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Containing Mil particulars relative to each journal published the 'United Kingdom and the British Isles, together with a com pkte Guide to the Newspaper Press of each county, and art im mense body of In!Ormathon, indispensah7c to all who advertise, and important to the Literary and Commercial World. Published by C. Mitchell, Red Lion-court, Fleet- street, and may be had of all booksellers. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALL, AND LAMONI), Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and Flimsy, at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all savours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested to be addretsed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must he deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately dispo!ed of according to instructions. Oltices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Verdi's highly successful Opera of NINO. 'With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Nines, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signor Corelli Orotasplie (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dallo (an °Meer of the King of Assyria), Signor Daffier' ; Fenena (daughter of Ninus), 3fadlle. Corbari ; Anna Oster of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Sinus), 31adlle. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATAItINA ; ou, LA FILLF. DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlie. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncelet, Casson, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Ilattia, and Perrot. Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear. THILATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Dar rison, Bardlin, liorneastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NIVPII. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. °labile', Sze., will appear. TILEATII E ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING WW I.t performed a New and Original Comedy, eallcd, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. C.) mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More :',lr. W. Farren; John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernetn Coverdale, Mr. H. Holi; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schuei-• dennann, Mr. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, 3lrs. Seymorir. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Reine d'un Jour,' "Antoinette," Cel'arias Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Rol d'Yvetot.' After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Ilumby, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL• LINOS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Itu-k.7tone ; Capt. Fhobbs, Mr. Tilbury Capt. Spruce, Mr. ltrindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Mlss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Appearance In the Regular Drama of the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB! THIS EVENING The performances will commence with W I.TCII AND WARD. After which, a New ExtraYaganza, entitled TILE MARBLI VAID EN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley. awl Miss L•tidlaw. _ _ To he followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en• titled I.IOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, Ths Ogre and It's Sevcn Leagtr Boots. Iu alticb Goneral Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressl; ter this oecasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, 55.; Bose;. is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, tit. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Wondrous success and hearty shouts of laughter at the New Faro of " I).d you ever semi your Wife to Camberwell ?" THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, In Two Acts, called THE CABIN I 101". Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecvtti :Mr. Paul Bedford Julien, 3laddinc Celeste; 3ldlle. Laroche, 31h, After which, a New Farce, entitled, DII) YOU EVER SENI. YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs.lloneybun, Miss Woolgar To be followed by 'TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zonrliaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wrigh', Weelgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled TUE PHA NT01: BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Mis. Woolgar, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Herr Keller has much pleasure in announcing the engagement 01 fI Tournaire and his troupe, together with the finest Stud of Horse, in the world, for one week only. On Monday, and during the week, a GRAND VOCAL and IN STRUMENTAL 'ONCERT, with Solos by eminent Artistes. After which Professor Keller's 103 ES PLASTIQUES, Flynn, Zephyr, Tableaux V ivans. Concluding with a new Pantomimic Spectacle, called THE CRU SIDEnS ; or, the Siege of Jerusalem, introducing M. Tournaire', celel,rated Dramatic and Equestrian Corps. Private Boxes, 11. Is. Dress Circle, 3s. Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is. Gal lery, Gd. PRINCESS'S Tt 1 EATRE, OXFORD-STAEET. THIS EVENING be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled, TIII DREAMER. Count de Flory'lle, Mr. James Vining; Sir Georg, Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charle Sedley, Mr. llarris ; Gage, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Bolton, Mrs. Stirling To be succeeded by a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, TIP FOLLIES Ow A Namur. Duke de Chartres, Mr. J. Vining; Coun de Brissae, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Tien, Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Millie. Duval, Miss E. Ilonner ; Duches de Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which, the Scrio Comic Drama, entitled, A STEARIN( LIE ENE.%A. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. Jana Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestris. To conclude with the Ron - Runic Drama, called, THE BRIG. NI; Principal characters by Messrs. Wallack, L. Murray, J. Vining Granby, Homier ; Miss Homier and Mrs. Brongham. NEW sTnAND THEATRE, M. PHILLIPPE'S i()IItEES aml 31A1 [NEES "ALYSTERIEUSE Two Morning Peri ormances during the Week At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distlnlieshe. families, and in order L, accommodate. the crowds who Ho k t• attend his Morning Performanceg, Al. PIIILLIPPE will g;ve hi Grand Juvenile Entertainment every ‘Veduesday and Saturda orning, a: Two 0'e10,1.. M. Philippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiment Will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amuiing Per formanees of the Chiarini Family, Ind the aitonuding Feats of tn. American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter vist Sen en, to con: mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2e. ; Is. ; Clattery, lid. ; Fey:de Boxer 1/. 1 s.. and 1/. 1 ls. 6(1 AsTLEY'ti BOY Ali AMPIDTHEATItt, AM S. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the proses brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throng of admirim; Spectators to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeon table , aux and magnitkence of effect.—Splendid Double Baud, Ste pondons Performing Elephants, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA 01 NA GPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which tl whole of the Company and heautitul Stud will appear. tiniowt Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats the British arid Foreign Company. The whole to cowhide with a Grand MILITARY BALLET. ROYAL SUE.REY kTRE. Enormous hit. Unparalleled attraction. The New Grand Spectael an! the Army , •1' Wom , m received with Thunderi of Applause The dew Drama Lighly saccesstul. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE S KING'S VOW: or, a Strung for Liberty. Supported by Me.iirs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, Ma} ard, JobaJon, Lewis, II ralop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Dal: Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warriors, After which the DAUGHTER. To conclude with Tur, WARLOCK OF THE GLEN New Drama, entitled, THE PASTOR THE SY E ATHER.—Stm OFFICE, MARCH 21. THERMOMETF.R, Lowest, 29; Highest, 44; Noon, 4t BARON TER, 29 65.-WIND S.W.; fine. Moil WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M;rnln,-, .. 13 atqlutes after 7. 1 Evening 47 minutes after v:.l, Gi%ip 11 % ( •,,,. - - 44 V 4 - - r . - t, , ."' 'e •'rl / E ' 66- '' ‘l% . !Jo; - ' -,-:h -,,k.,,,-...„,e-yi ,c.,,, . or— ., --e" z 2. 1 c 4 7, - ; :". ( ,;.:t, :ti- :::- ,7 r - ' A - ..;..4-rei i. .- ' : t'),"; ' 4 ,: :1itig.4„1.,..: ' 41,.. , e"l' I. '... r a b. , Vrf. - ' ' -- . ' fr '.. lr :':' * ?rticS.l . .... . f;,1( ? ,a e.. .) j , . :i. ' 1. ,4,:tlyki.„,---,... -- L.-We k, : eitV - 1111% V'ltit LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1846. The LORD CIIANCEI Lon took his seat on the Woolsack a Five o'clock. Various petitions having been presented, The Earl of CLANCARTY stated that Mr. GCLSTON haC presented to the Committee on the Irish Poor-laws thi papers to which a Noble and Learned Lord (BitouGH.im) hat alluded yesterday. Lord BltOtGliAlkl expressed himself satisfied with what hal fallen from the Noble Earl, but he wished for the paper: to be produced. The Metropolitan Buildings Act passed through Com mittee. _ -- - The Marquis of CLANR!CATME proved that the petition of G. Pryme, Esq., of Cambridge, an d J ames Tyler, Esq., of Is lington, be referred to a Select Commit tee to inquire and report thereon. These petitions were against the London and I ork Railway Bill, and had been confided to him on Monday, and he had held them over to make inquiries, and trusted that the petitioners would not be Prevented from b eing heard because he had kept back the petition. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the motion as quite irregular. Lord MoNTEAGLE thought the petitioners sho u ld 1, -e per mitted to go before the Committee. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY thought the better course to pursue would be to give notice of a motion suspending the standing orders, and then the matter would be regularly dis cussed on Monday. The suggestion was adopted, and the further discussion of the point postponed till Monday, after which their Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several Railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to b 2 committed. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Man chester and Southampton Railway Bill. Oa the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, it was ordered that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Monday next. Mr. NV msoN PATTEN gave notice of his intention on Mon day to move the appointment of a Select Committee with re spect to railways. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. WvsE, said that a charter of incorporation of the Board of National Edncation in Ireland had been granted by the Government, - - - - that since the grantingof that charter measures had been taken .... ? - ur 1 / 4 , - f by, the,,BoArd to establish schools in England, and also to -1-4 " iproniote agricultural schools or colleges in Ireland. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. RED READ Yos* , said that the Government had thought it r Treper to-iSt a free pardon to Joseph Mason, who was . , sentenced' to t.*enty years' transportation, at the York March 41adseei in 1842, upon a conviction which turned out to _ litritakintd4ce in error. Kr. a 9 , 44,50 r., on reading the order of the day for the --- • .„ - further consideration of the Customs and Corn Importation , Act, asked Sir R. PEEL whether it was the intention of the Government to present to the House copies or extracts of any correspondence which might have passed between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and her Majesty's Ministers at Washington, relative to the Oregon territory ? Sir It. PEEL thought that any explanation on the subject was wholly unnecessary, because ke was convinced that the expressions of her Majesty from the Throne, and the statements of Gentlemen in that House, had not been misunderstood. He had no objection to lay on the table of the House those public communications which bad already been made public, if it was thought desirable that he should do so. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to ask what course the Govern ment intended to pursue with respect to the Corn Bill, and the Irish Life and Property Protection Bill? Sir R. PEEL, said that he never felt greater anxiety for the progress of a measure than he did for that with respect to the cornslaws. He had received communications from parties both in favour of and against Ministers, earnestly de siring a decision on the corn-laws. He thought it desirable that the House should come to an early decision upon the subject, and it was not his intention to permit any of the Go vernment business to interfere with it. With respect to the Irish Life and Property Protection Bill, the course he intended to pursue was this—he proposed to take the second reading of the Corn Bill on Monday; it was understood that that discussion would last till Friday, but, in the hope that the discussion would terminate on Thursday, he would propose that the Irish Bill should be taken on Friday, as far as the first reading, but upon the un derstanding that if the debate en the Corn Bill was not con cluded till Friday, then that the Irish Bill should be read a first time on Monday. He would take that opportunity of stating, with respect to the report of the Classification Com mittee, relative to railways having a proposed termini in the City, that the Government intended to act upon the recom mendation of the Committee, and that on Monday they should acquiesce in the motion, and advise her Majesty to appoint a Royal Commission upon the subject. On the question of the further consideration of the Cus toms (the Tariff), The Marquis of WORCESTER moved that timber be omitted. Mr. H. lIINDE supported the amendment. Mr. CARDWELL defended the resolution, observing that it W2S one of the most popular that had been brought forward. Mr. A. CHAPMAN objected to the resolution, believing that it would have the effect of making this country dependent upon foreigners for timber to build their ships. Captain Haunts also objected to the resolution. Mr. G. PALMER also opposed the resolution. IVAnnuicroN supported the Government proposition, and felt no doubt, looking at the beneficial results of the tariff of 1842, that increased good would take place, if the present proposition was carried into effect. Mr. I'. BORTHWICE supported the amendment of the Noble Marquis, the Member for Gloucester. Mr. HENLEY and Mr. Hume: supported the Government. Lord G. BENTINCK spoke at some length in favour of the amendment. _ _ _ After a reply from Sir G. CLERK the House divided; their being for the Amendment 107, for the Ministerial measure 232 ; majority 123. The orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at one o'clock. The vote of the American Senate on the Oregon ques don, which has been looked for with some anxiety by ,took-jobbers, and by that class only, is regarded by most other persons, at least by all who are acquainted with the constitution of the United States, without the slightest interest. From the speeches made in that House on the subject, the principles on which the Members are elected, and the enormous power granted to the PRESIDENT, it may be taken as a certain result that on this point all the three different estates will agree. The popular voice in that country be s power to influence and guide every movement both in domestic and foreign relations, because all the agents are de pendent on its will. In this kingdom, even with the numerous and great changes produced by the Reform Biil, the power of the people arising from the franchise is extremely limited, and when compared with that of Cle inhabitants of the United States, can scarcely be taken into calculation. The ten-pound franchise ells only in the large towns—in the small boroughs it is of no use whatever, so completely are the electors exposed to the influence of some powerful landed pro prietor or mill-owner, as well as to the temptation of bribery and corruption. The Americans are not half so honest as the English electors, but their very condition —the fact that they are scattered over an immense terri ,ory, without any great lord or wealthy neighbour to control them—compels them to look for other fruits from heir votes than those which are generally sought after in this country. Whatever, therefore, is the mania of he day must be adopted by the Legislature as well as ly the PRESIDENT himself. The elections take place -very two years for the House of Representatives, and those fur the Senate every six years, the Chief Magis •.rate being elected fur only four—all short tenure. , . A ;light glance at the mode in which these three elements ,I*Gorernment are selected is sufficient to show that the dower of the people is without bounds, and must also ef ectually control the well-weighed and deliberate opinions :vcri of all who aspire to the rank of statesmen, or to my office whatever under Government. The re ,resentatives are elected by the persons who elect the popular branches of the different state legis :atures—that is, by the whole body of the male nhabitants, who are of age, sound mind, and un ainted by conviction for felony or some degrading !rime. The Senate is elected by the legislatuies of the Efferent states, all chosen by the people, and the Pre ident is appointed by electors nominated by the dif erent states, each state nominating a number equal to its senators and representatives in Congress. The num er of senators fur each state, whether small or great, two ; the number of representatives depends on the :opulation—New York, for instance, returniEg thirty 'our members, while Delaware returns only one; but a whatever proportion, or through whatever forms he course of election runs, it proceeds ultimately Vora the people as its source, and hence the !mid, wavering, and electioneering harangues of such nen as WEBSTER and CALHOUN, and the few other stategmen who apparently act on indepindent principles. E'he PRESIDENT, it is true, has a veto on the acts of .2ongress, but that only for a limited number of times, old besides he is a very transitory ruler—he can reign )nly four years, and must go back to his good masters to ;et a renewal of the lease, lle has thus every induce ment to yield to the popular clamour, and when, as in he present instance, he not only yields to it, but seems .o lead it, the decisions of Congress are virtually those of t countless democracy, scattered over a vast territory, Ind consisting in a great measure of men half educated, 'r not educsted at all, not scrupulous in their morality, 7 .nd disposed rather to contemn than respect those con titutional principles and those international conventions vhich have been viewed with reverence by the inhabitants .fmore ancient and civilised communities. The vas tron tge of the PRESIDENT, too, is a dangerous weapon in times !ilee these, and cannot fail to have a most injurious in [nonce on Members of Congress. lie is Commander a-Chief of th© army and navy ; he makes treaties, Nhicb, however, regnire the ratification of the Senate ; 'a nominates to all ju licial and diplomatic offices ; in 'act, he enjoys the whole patronage of the Union, and tas infinitely greater means to purchase votes than arty gowned head in Europe. This is the machine con structed by the WASHINOTONS, the FRANELINS, and he ADAMSES, to be the model of Government for: the ;ow World, and the envy and wonder of the Old. -:very day, however, it appears to fail more and more n accomplishing the objects of its authors ; bankruptcy nd want of national faith arc considered no defects ; he preservation of peace, so dear to its great founder, is he last consideration of the existing rulers; the occupa ,ion of their neighbours' territory by force or fraud, is a master-stroke of policy ; and a wanton assumption of claims which they call rights, and which renders them the enemies of every European power, is praised as a proof of the power, and wisdom, and independence of the aew Republic. Lord ABERDEEN, it will thus be seen, has no easy task in preserving peace with a community like this ; but still he is confident of success, and all we ,ay is—if the Foreign Secretary can settle the Oregon question without a war, and at the same time maintain he rights and the honour of England, he will be entitled to a high rank among the first of statesmen. Never have Members of the Lower House exhibited ,uch pertinacity in frittering away the time of Parlia ment and the patience of the people as the protec tionists have done throughout their wanton and forlorn opposition ; and never was this grievance more manifest than during the discussion of yesterday evening. We had participated in the general expectation that these Hon. Gentlemen would have yielded to the dictates of corn non sense, and have withdrawn, or at least moderated, heir frivolous antagonism; their proceedings, however, in reference to the timber duties, have dispelled the alt-gether. They are the same egregious stumbling blocks as heretofore—they will not rest satisfied until they have each individually stood in the very pathway of the great Ministerial proposition, and been crushed to absolutely nothing lin the passage of the free-trade measures through Committee. In a maiden speech of no pretensions whatever, the Marquis of WORCESTER moved an amendment f avoura bl e to t h e cont i nuance of protection to foreign timber, and, after a f ew moments of significant trepidation on the part of Mr. H. HiNnE, that Honourable Gentleman supported the amendment. Oilier speeches condemna tory- of this particular resolution, as well as of various other resolutions in the tariff c n masse, were delivered by Mr. CHAPMAN, Captain HARRIS, Mr. PALMER, Mr. i C IC- 0 t e e PETER BORTR WIC K, and Mr. HENLEY; and as if to gi ve s t the y o p p n p u o s s a l o f a a n climax, ded m 0 Lord nop 0 i G y o n c o c E u r ß i e E d urN the House during two mortal hours in the utterance of an harangue perfectly commensurate with the shallowness of his cause. About the most tangib le ar g ument upon which these disputants` laid especial stress was, the malific consequences to our colonial possessio ns, which must result from such a reduction of duties upon the importation of timber, And also upon the direct man" in which it would deteriorate our shipping trade gene- . rally. For evidence (?) of the reality of those gloomy ex pectations, a few garbled quotations from statistical tables and a swarm of lugubrious forebodings were produced ; and in this is concentrated the whole cause, force, and bearing of that long-winded opposition of last night, than which, altogether, nothing could be more useless, more incorrigible, or more thoroughly contemptible in every conceivable respect. Looking at the matter in its truest and simplest point of view, namely, as to whether the proposed reduction would be advantageous or detrimental to our colonies, but especially to Ca nada (whose interests were treated overnight with the most hypocritical tenderness by the mock-paladins of agriculture), what are the veritable conclusions at which we must arrive ? How are we to deduce our primary inferences upon the question one way or the other ? In which direction must we look for our first answer ? Surely to those individuals whose interests are one and indivisible with the interests of our colonial territories (Canada for instance), and our shipping trade ; or to those whose fortunes fluctuate in a lesser degree to the fluctuations of either of such im portant funds. And how, forsooth, have those persons acted with reference to the resolution embodying a re duction of the timber duties ? By not making any de monstration worthy of a moment's notice against a matter so materially connected with their pockets ! Surely that silent acquiescence upon the proposed inno vation of Sir R. PEEL is sufficiently significant, and is more worthy of consideration than the idle and pecu liarly personal manifesto of men merely striving to retard the progress of an entire sy = stem, by seizing hold of any and every clause ! 7n reference to this circumstance Mr. CARDWELL spoke judiciously and feel• ingly. lie controverted the fallacies about the injuries which would be entailed upon cur colonies in a few simple, but irrefragable facts ; he proved by the plainest possible arithmetic, that far from the interest of Canada being tampered with, by the proposed alteration, that country would, on the contrary, be materially bene fited, adducing, in corroboration of the statement, the gradual but glaring increase in the amount of the timber trade subsequent to the discarding of the old duty in 1842. The progressive improvement is too striking to be omitted :—ln 1843, it amounted to 45,0001. ; in 1844, to 71,000/. ; in 1845, to 94,000 L Of the good which has resulted to the shipping trade also from the reductions in the last tariff, the calculation of that interest in Liverpool is remarkable evi dence enough. For 1838, the number of vessels entered in that port were 305, the aggregate amount of whose ton nage was 160,000; in 1842, (the transition year, be it ob served!)the number of vessels was 165, the tonnage of which was 90,000 ; while in 1845, the number of vessels had actually increased to 423, with a tonnage of 239,000. One more transcript from the table of returns, and our employment of Arabic numericals shall terminate for the present ; and this conclusive quotation is no less than an estimate of the exports of Canadian timber pre cedent and subsequent to the reduction already made in that article. In 1838, 15,000,000 loads of timber were exported ; in 1842 (the transition again !), merely 9,000,000 ; whereas in 1845 there was an exportation of 28,000,009. After glancing over these incontestible facts, it is really beyond all Christian endurance to hear the flimsy prating of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, and his irrelevant and hackneyed allusions to " letting loose the hell dogs of war," and "clouds in the west," and "re posing on our laurels." It is provocative of more than impatience, it rouses up the indignation of every unbiassed thinker, to behold those who might be endowing their countrymen with blessings, persisting, Si ith a sullen and stolid blindness, in the pro crastination of an issue which they must know to be in evitable ; allowing stagnation to fall upon commerce ; disease and privation to accumulate in :the sister island ; and themselves to become, not merely an isolated, but a repudiated faction in their native land. As if to enforce this conviction upon them, by showing them beyond all gainsaying their utter impotence, the majorities by which their amendments are severally quash, d are becoming really something too ludicrously disproportioned for a sober perusal. Let us hope that this weapon of division will goad them at length into silence. We have received Madrid journals of the 13th, but they aid little to our previous information respecting the dissolution of the Ministry. Some of the papers state that it was mainly owing to a difference of opinion among the Members themselves as to the measure re cently brought forward by the Minister of the Interior for the dotation of the clergy, and that the Bill would be withdrawn. On the 13th the Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Bourse at 28 9-16 cash, and 28 ; for the 30th of April. The Five per Cents. were not quoted. In the French Chamber of Peers, on Thursday, a de. bate took place on the Polish insurrection, which was begun by the Count DE MONTALEMBERT when discuss ing the Secret Service Money Bill. The Noble Peer regretted that he could Rot grant the Ministry a vote of confidence as regarded their foreign policy, and least of all, with regard to Poland. his object in adverting to the question was to defend the holiest legitimacy, the only one he recognised—the right of every nation to exist and be governed according to the laws of justice. The late insurrection, he maintained, bad not been ex cited from abroad. The Poles required no such excita tion. Their oppression was a perpetual cause of excite ment; it was their right to strive to shake off an iron yoke; it had been their history during the last eighty years. He had not the courage, like others, in pre sence of the reverses of the insurgents and the blood they had just shed, to blame their late attempt. No body in France was placed in a condition to appreciate the circumstances that led to the insurrection, and to judge of its opportunity. Those who are deprived of all the blessings enjoyed in other countries should tot be lightly condemned for not better biding their time and calculating their chances of success. He then examined the condition of the Poles under the Prussian and Austrian rule, and commended the system pursued by Prussia towards her Polish subjects, who were at least frk.ed from bondage and all forced labour. In Gal licia the people possessed nothing, and could legally pos sess nothing. The pe:sants were subjected to the most arbitrary treatment, and it was not surpris ing that they had revolted against the nobility. It was JOSEPH 11. who had estranged from the latter the affection of the rural classes. That Sovereign had charged the nobility with the exercise of the most onerous and oppressive part of the Austrian system of government. It had been denied that Austria had set a price on the head of the Gallician nobles, but he had received a document from which it appeared that something very like this had been done, for the Aus trian Government bad offered a premium of 12f. to the peasant who should reveal the intrigues of the nobles, and 251. to those who delivered their landlords hand cuffed to the authorities. But Poland, he foretold, would again rise; twenty-two millions of souls were not easily exterminated, and so long as justice should be denied them they would revolt. And why should Poland cease to hope, when she sees Greece and Ireland, so long op pressed, and like her effaced from the map of Europe, re sume their rank among nations ? He declared, in con elusion, that Poland was imperishable, and that he hoped to live to witness her resurrection, and to see M. Guizor himself come forward to proclaim the legitimacy and equity of her revolution. M. GUIZOT briefly replied, and said he did not consider it useful or expedient to enter on such a discussion. It was not the duty of the Government to interfere in favour of, or take part in, the Polish insurrection—all the Government could possibly do was to afford a hospitable refuge to Polish exiles, and give them all the assistance due to their misfortune. A Government, after mature reflection, having adopted a political resolution, should shape its actions to it words. Now, the partition of Poland was an accomplished fact, upon the justice of which the present Government had not been called to pronounce, and which it had merely ac•• cepted with the rest of Europe. The Prince DE MOSKOWA the son of Nxv, who knew the Poles well, next ad dressed the Chamber, and was left speaking at the hour of post. It appears from the A I eridionale, a paper pub lished at Toulouse, that a disturbance had taken place at the theatre of that town, in consequence of the audience making some very noisy demonstration in re gard to the Polish insurrection. The following account of the affair appears in that journal of the 16th inst. : "The representation of Robert le Diable last night was attended with more agitation than that of Don Sebastien on Friday. Sunday is the day most favourable to demonstra tions of this kind. After the second act the cries reached their loudest point, and the performance could proceed no farther. Attempts were made to sing the Marseillaise, the Parisievne—and then Malbrourk, La Bovange?re, and we know not what other songs of a character not very pa triotic. It was again necessary to clear the house, and we saw with deep sorrow those deplorable scenes, supported by people who, under pretence of 'sympathy in favour of Poland,' injure that cause and the sympathies which might be raised fur it. Several police agents were ill-treated and wounded. A sergent de ville being alone in the pit, was seized by the rioters, thrown down under the benches, and trampled on and kicked in such a manner, as to cause fears to be entertained of his recovery. After the house was cleared, tke disturbance was mewed on the Place du Capi tole. A. display of military force was made, in order to deter tthhee mleogbalfrwoamrnainn3g, acts s of violence; but an inspector of police having re ce i ve d a severe wound in the head from a stone, About hf h br e otohu m u teg i 1 14 ost i t t r a te r i , s tleeandwa individualsd leading rge given, and the Place was cleared by A n ht strong vipotei.nc beenq n ev ao e t, t er s olaoi w nsc e kea r at e teet p vdi i l le a er c ys e tia d h:t a nee t get t oi h mwm e eameenatntirdha paradednii ne ctge. officer of the district, the prefect of the department, and the sub-prefects, were at the theatre." The National and Reforme contain long lists of sub scriptions in favour of the Poles. The total amount, reckoning the collections mrde in different parts of France, on Wednesday morning exceeded 100,000 f. (25,0000 The Augsburg Gazette publishes the following letter, ad dressed by Prince Metternich to the different Courts of Ger many. It is dated the 7th The news of the occupation of Cracow by our troops and those of Russia, and the happy termination of the in-urrec tion in every part of the republic, have been announced by the Vienna journals. If we cast a glance at the events which in the space of a few days produced convulsions and a calamity beyond description, we know not whether we ought to be most astonished at the degradation of those who conceived this audacious madness, or at the conduct of those who, miscalculating the means at their disposal, attempted to execute it, and who have become victims of au enterprise which could not. succeed. Without doubt the plot had been cleverly concerted. A vast conspiracy, spreading over the Austrian and Prussian portions of Poland, was conceived, and the free territory of Cracow served as a kind of depot for the use of the conspirators. Numerous emissaries, sent out by the leaders, covered the country, and their seductions and insinuations found favour with the country gentlemen and their dependents, who were in greater number in the provinces of ancient Poland than elsewhere. In the territory of Cracow, defective administrative institutions, and a social condition disorganized in every respect fa voured those efforts. Communist doctrines were ac tively di , seminated in all directions amongst the people, and the heads of the movement, who certainly cared very little about such doctrines, as far as they were personally concerned, indulged in the senseless hope that the agreeable prospect of freeing the peasants from the payment of taxes would decide the masses to serve as their instruments in carrying out their plans; and yet they also fancied that when the Governments had been overturned, and that the Utopia of the Polish kingdom had been established, they should be able to drive back the irritated waves into such a channel as might appear most favourable to their designs. But it was particularly in Gallicia that it might be clearly seen, that such projects were void of common sense and inexecutable. That country has been for 83 years umier the sovereigaty of Austria, and when it came into the hands of Austria was in a miserab'e state of political organization. Our Austrian laws, and particularly our good institutions, have been introduced into Gallicia. The effect of those in stitutions has been appreciated by the people of the country and by the mass of the population, who have now compre hended that it is the throne which protects them, as well as all their existence. This is precisely what the Polish emi grants who caused the movement have misunderstood and forgotten. They expected to find the people of the same feeling as themselves, but they were completely mistaken. The peasantry of Gallicia do not understand communist phrases, and the Polish system is odious to them, because they well remember the misery which has resulted from it. The great majority of the preachers of liberty are with them the oppressors of their peasantry. When the nobles provoked the peasants to revolt, and the insurgents, assembled in great numbers in certain places, wished to compel the peasants by bad treatment to take part in the revolt, the movement which they wished to foment turned against the instigators themselves. Many of the latter fell victims to the rage of the people, and the others were de livered up to the authorities. All is now quiet and orderly in Gallicia, and the movement no longer merits the name of revolution, but of counter-revolution, the flame of revolt being extinguished in Cracow, and the revolutionists of Gallicia, whose projects have been rendered abortive, are in capable of any longer disturbing the peace of the country. After such shocks time must be required to restore moral calmness to men's minds. The Government is turning its attention to this task, and will proceed in it with the greater success as it is encouraged by the broad basis on which the Government of Gallicia is founded to believe in the faithful attachment to the generality of the population. Be pleased to communicate this dispatch to the Cabinet to whom you are accredited." The Duke D'AUMALE and the Prince of SAXE COBURG arrived at Toulon on the evening of the 14th, with a suite of about thirty persons. The Princes were to have embarked on the following clay for Algeria. On Thursday the Three per Cents. dosed on the Paris Beurse at 84f. 15c. ; the New Loan, 84f. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 50c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,315 f. ; Rouen, 1,0601. ; Havre, 7501. ; Great Northern, 7851. ; Avignon, 980 f.; Vierson, 737 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 680 f. ; Boulogne, 5251. ; Troyes and Montereau, 422 f. 50c. ; Basle, 2441. ; Fampoux, 465 t ; Dieppe, 4731. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 542 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 576 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, de finitive, 621 f. boc. ; Spanish Passive, 574. The following were the quotations for other lines:— Lyons and AYlpton Railroad (Talabot), 512 f. ; ditto (Le cointe), 505 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cetta (Mackenzie), 802 f. 75c.; ditto (Ecpeleta), 504 f.; Charleroi, 490 f. LYONS, MAucn 17.—Rouen, 1,066 f 25e. ; Ylerzon, 758 E 75c. IIUSINESS 1)0NI1 IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 31Aucu 20 Boulogne and Amiens, I i/N - Bordeaux , Toulouse, and Cette Mackenzie), 2—Ditto (Espeleta), —Central of Spain, I ,4—Dutch Rhenish, 5% —East Indian, %—treat Northern of France Consti tuted, Hi—Great Western Canada, 3h—Louvain and Jetnappe, —Luxembourg. 2—Namur and Liege, 214—Orleans and Bordeaux, 13y,—Over Yssel, The Committee on the Andover Union met yesterday for the first time. Lord Courtenay was elected chairman, and the Committee determined not to commence the investigation till after Easter. Mr. Bunn left London for Paris this morning, at eleven o'clock, travelling post the whole way. Mr. Philip Howard, M.P. for Carlisle, paired off with Mr. Frederick Hodgson, M.P. for Barnstaple, in favour of the pro posed alteration in the Timber Duties. LORD MAN OR'S COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Hon. C. E. LAW, Recorder.) DENTON, PLAINTIFF, TUE GLOUCESTER, ABERYSTWIT/I, AND CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY COMPANY, DEFENDANTS, AND MESSRS. GLYNN, HALIFAX, AND CO. GARNISHEES. Mr. Locke appeared on behalf of the Gloucester, Aberys twith' and Central Wales Railway Company, to move that an attachment issued from this Court of moneys in the hands of the garnishees alleged to belong to the above company should be dissolved. Mr. Ryland appeared to watch the case for the plaintiff. Mr. LOCKE contended that the attachment could not be maintained, as, in fact, no such company Was legally in ex istence, it ntt having been incorporated, but only provision. ally registered ; and therefore the parties connected with it could not be sued as a company. _ _ Mr. RYLAND said it did not matter if they chose to assume a title; but, at all events, this was not the time or mode to try the question, as the matter of the attachment could not be brought before the Court till the case came on for hearing. The RECORDER said the attachment was with Mer_zers. Glynn and Co., the garnishees, and he therefore wished to try the question on affidavits by another party whether that attachment was right er not. Mr. LocKE—Our answer to it is, that the garnishees have no such goods, for there are no such persons or no such Company. The RECORDER—I do not see bow I can decide that point. 'You want to dissolve the attachment, but you do not put your answer in the shape of a plea; the garnishees may plead that they have no money belonging to such persons, and if they succeed in proving that on your present or future argument, then, of course, there will be an end of the attach ment. Mr. LocKß—But the great difficulty is, that the garnishees are not likely to plead. The REC/JRDER—If you make out that there is no such company in existence, how will you make out that any money paid into the bankers belongs to you at all? You wish to be a vivacious body for one purpose, and a disem bodied spirit for another—that you have a legal competency to become a plaintiff, but not to be sued. You would appear as a brave body against the bankers, but on the appearance of a plaintiff would vanish. (Laughter.) The Learned Judge said that these unincorporated persons had a quick sense of their rights and a very dim view of their obliga tions. Ifs did not consider he could take off the attach ment on the ground sulanitted ; it must be argued on the merits. If the garnishes did not plead, the defendant was not condemned if he could make out his plea. The motion was refused. ISAACS V. GREEN. This was an action to recover the sum of .5/. for money lent. It appeared by the evidence that the defendant had been treasurer to a club called the Friendly Union, held in Hounds - ditch, which, in ihe early part of last year was about to be dissolved. Defendant was found to be deficient 1201., but, on a day appointed, paid 901., and the difference was advanced by a person named Brandon, on Isaacs and his brother, and two other persons, undertaking to leave their five pounds each due from the club as security to Brandon. The Isaacses shortly after commenced an action against the defendant, but afterwards, in March last, agreed to suspend all proceedings for twelve months, if the costs in the two actions were paid, and Brandon paid the cost, 6/. Ils. Bd. An agreement was put in to prove that faet, and Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie, who appeared for the plaintiff, said they had been very much deceived in their instructions, and must at once consent to a nonsuit, and begin again when the time had fully transpired. THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROONS.—A rumour has been current in high society that the Queen intends to request her Majesty, the Queen• Dowager, to hold drawing-rooms during her re tirement. We do not know how far this rumour is founded, but her Majesty eould not have a substitute more respected and beloved. Great losses would be saved to the trade of the metropolis, whilst the small attendance at the recent drawing-room shows that they have taken place too early to be of avail. WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Duke and Duchess de Nemours are expected to arrive at the Castle tke latter end of May, or the beginning of June, to escort her Majesty and the Prince Consort to Paris, upon a visit to the King and Queen of the French. The infant Royal Family, as at present arranged, will remain at Osborne House during the absence of their illustrious parents on the Continent. It is expected that the Queen and Prince Albert will be away from England at least three weeks. _ Th e Lord Bishop of Lii;cclniiiis consented to preside at the annual banquet of the subscribers to the Literary Fund, on the 13th of May. DEATH OF ADMIRAL COLLARD.—We regret to an nounce the decosse of the above Gallant Officer. which took place on Wednesday last, at his seat, Teddington, Middlesex, at the advanced age of seventy-six. The Gallant Admiral has been for sonic time past labouring wider great depression of spirits, arising from the less of his wife. lie had also suffered from an attack of apoplexy, which greatly affected his mind, reducing him to a state of occasional de spondency, which resulted in his committal of an act of self-destruc tion, while left alone for a short period, on Wednesday last. Mr. Byng paired last night iu favour of a reduction of the timber duties with Mr. Walehouse ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT - I —On Friday the annual general meeting of the members of this Society, incorporated .by royal charter, August 2, 1827, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Abraham Cooper, Esq., R.A., in the chair. From the report, which was read by A. U. Thiselton, the secretary, it appeared that the Society still continued to receive the patronage and liberal support of its illustrious patron, the Queen ; that there were at present thirty-six widows, each receiving from the fund a yearly gra tuity of 20/., and twenty-three orphans, each receiving a yearly gratuity of 5/. ; that the receipts of the year had been 1,370/. 15s. 9d., the expenditure 1,3381. 10s. 2d., leaving a balance of 321. Os. 7d., to be carried to the account of next year. The report wag adopted. Mr. Benjamin B. Cabbell announced that Lord Viscount Morpeth, M.P., had consented to preside at the 37th anni versary festival on May oth, and that her Majesty the Queen had sent her Bth annual donation of 100 guineas to the fund. The fol. lowing noblemen and gentlemen were elected life members of the society :—The Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Derby, Lord Foley, Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart.; J. B. Byron, Esq. ; A. 11. Goldsmid, Esq ; C. Henderson, Esq. • the Rev. J. W. Mackay, M.A.; W. C. Macready, Esq. ; Edward i'epys, Esq. ; and the following gentlemen were elected annual members :—George Godwin, Esq., Fit S.; Charles Goodwin, Esq., secretary to the Queen Dowager ; Oetavius Thisel ton, Esq., and Thomas Waring, Esq. A vote of thanks to the president and other officers closed the proceedings. FLIGHT OF WILD FOWL,—Yesterday a large flock of wild ducks hovered over the river Thames, near Kingston, and flew in a southern direction. SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH.- NEWCASTLE-UPON- TyNE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The weather, which has been un usually fine for some time past, yesterday become celd and. frosty, and during the night a snow storm commenced, which has continued without Intermission during the whole day, and still rages with un abated fury. The snow is nearly two feet deep, and the 'Toads are almost impassable. The railway trains have been delayed, and some not able to go at all ; and, should the storm continue over night, It will be impossible for the coaches to run northward. Those duo this evening have not yet arrived. This is 7 j tlie most severe storm of snow experienced In tills Clistrict Da many years. MONEY and COMMEROPIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THRER. The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was dull and heavy, but prices have not varied from previous quotations. The sales were over 4,000 bales. Shares;in established lines are lower to-day, and in scrips almost impossible to make sales, except at considerable reductions. The total value of imports at the port of Toronto, for the year ending the sth of January, 1846, is 124,747/. sterling, the revenue collected, 22,200/. currency. The increase on several important articles has been very considerable ' • and if the duty on some of these, such as tea and tobacco, had not been reduced, the revenue would have shown an amount cor responding with it. The increased importation of tea alone, as compared with last year, is 65,2891b5. Estimated value of exports, 187,7001. Increase of shipping on Lake Ontario in the year 1845 : Two ships, three brigs, three schooners, and one propellor; total, 2,712 tons. The features in the Bank of England Weekly Statement, up to Saturday last, are these : Notes issued .... Increase Rest—lncrease Public Deposits—lncrease ...... • Other Deposits—Decrease 7-day and other Bills—Decrease Other Securities—Decrease Notes—lncrease. Bullion . £27,117.805 38j.'35 9,915 302,169 351,7F0 10,689 195,200 135,495 •• Increase ..... 47,855 The Bank Directors, therefore, are pursuing a very steady course, and the items are the same nearly in regard to their continued increase or decrease as they were in the preceding week. The English Stcck Market is exceedingly dull, and prices are almost nominal. Consols realise 95% to 96 for present transfer, and 96 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 235. to 265. Bank Stock for Account has been worth 212%. The Foreign Bonds are slack also. Spanish Five per Cents. 25%; the Passive, 5%; Portuguese Old, 78; Buenos Ayres have been 38% to 39; Grenada Deferred, 4 1 / 2 ; and Venezuela 44. • The Share Market is giving way still, aad everything dealt in has been lower, whether scrip or established lines. The share auction by Messrs. Lamond yesterday afternoon attracted more buyers than could have been expected, but only at low rates. Still, Lowever, prices are even more de • pressed in the Stock Exchange to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK* (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Consols Annuities Batik Stock for Account .. • .. 21231 Consols for Account .. • .. 96 Exchequer Bills. I%cl. I%d. 1,0001. .... 23 26 pm. 5001. .• •• • • 23 27 Pm. Ditto. Small ...• 23 27 Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 89 3831 Granada, 1 per Cent. •• Ditto, Deferred •• Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • .. Ditto, for the Account .. 25% Dit to, Passive Bonds Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 44 Dividends on the above payable in London. %BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz SHARE. Amber., Notting., Roston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% to -- Buckinghamshire .. .• 425. % die.. to Caledonian .. .. • • • • .• 10 9% 10 to 9% Ditto Half Shares • . 231 •• • • .2% %• • to Ditto Extension . 2% .... 1%..., to Cambralge and Oxford 1% .... to Chester and Holyhead •• .. 20 .• •. 19 .... to Cork and Waterford .. .. • . .... to Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% .... to 1 Direct Manchester (Remington's) .. 1 •• .. to Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) bk.... 3%.... to Direct Northern 23% .... 231 .. • to 1% Dublin and Belfast Junction .. •• 10 6 .•., tf Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... 1%.... to Eastern Counties .. • • • . 141. 16s. 0d..... 20%54 • • to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. I 3s. 4d % p.. to Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d % p.. to Ditto, York Exteasion 10s. East Lincolnshire .. .. • . 1% East and West of England .. .. % .. to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. •• .. 50 Ditto, Halt Shares 5 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. Goole, Doncaster. and Sheffield, &c... 425. • • Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) I% .. to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 17 .. •• to Great Western .. .• 88 145 .... to .• 78 liitto. Quarter Shares .. • • .. .... 153 4 to Ditto, Fifths .. •. .. • • •• 20 .• • • 31 34 •... to 32 Hull and Selby .. .. • 50 •••• to Ditto, Half Shares .• .. • • • . 7 .. • • 25%34 • • to Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth • • 2 .. • • 1 .. •• to % Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2% •• • • 2%.. ••to Liverpool. Mauch and Newc. Junct. 2% •• • • 234 .... to London and Birmingham ......100 .• . • 219 .. • to Lendon and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• .• to Lokdon and Brighton .. 50 .... 62% %• . to Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • .• 40 ••• • to Ditto ditto Fifths .. .• • • •• 20 .- 29 .... to 28% London and South-Western •• 411. 63. 10d. .... 75 3 4% . to Ditto, New .. .. 10 •• .• 17 .. .• to London and York .. '.• • .. 234 .... 2 k .... to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 234 •• • 2%.... to London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% 1%, .... to Londonderry and Coleraine • • • • 7% •• • • 534 to - Blauchster and Leeds • • • • .. 82 .• .• .... to -- Ditto, Halt' Shares • • • • • • •• 38 .... 56 .... to Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 •• .. 75% .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 .• • • 734 .... to 7 Manchester and Southampton .. .. 2 .. • • 1% .... to 2 Midland •• • • • • • • • • ..100 ....144% to 146 Ditto, New .• • • .. 18 . 293 •. to Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 26 •. •• to Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 10 13 3 4 3 4,34 to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • . • • 2% .... 1% • • to Norfolk Extension .. .. 2 .... 1 .... to North British .. .. • • .. .• 20 .• .• •• .• to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. .. 1% to North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. to 2 North Staffordshire .. • . • • 425. 3% pto Norwich and Brandon •• .. • • 18 •• • . .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 5 • • 734.... to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% .... 12 .. . to 1134 Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester 425. •••• 1 34 dis. to Scottish Midland .. • . .. • • • • 5 •• • • 2 .. • • to _ _ Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • • 2%.... 2% 4.. to Shropshire Union . •• •• 425..... 84 dis• . to South and Midlands Junction .. • • 425. •• •• 34% dis to South Eastern and Dover .. •-• • • 33% •. •• to Ditto, New, No. 4 • • .. .. 2% • ..• 2%84.. to — South Wales .. .. • • •• •• 5 .. •• 4 •• to 31 . E Wing, Reading, and Basingstoke .. 5 1 A 2% .. to Vale of heath • • •• • • • • • • 2 .• •• 2 .• • • to ' Waterfd. IVexfd., Wicklow, & Dublin I% %.... to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 2% •• • • 2% .• ••to York and Lancaster • . • • • • 2%•••• %.. to York and North Midland • . •• •• 50 .• ••.. to Ditto, Selby .. •• •• •• 30 ••• • 73 .. •• to -••• • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens •• •• .. 12 .... 12%.... to Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• .. to Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) • • • • 2 .. • . 2% .... to Dutch Rhenish •• •• 5 .• • . 5 .. • . to 6 Lyons and Avignon .. .• •• •• 2 •• • • 2 .. ••to Luxembourg . • .. .. 4 • • IN to Madrid and Yalentia . • • • • • • • 2 .. • • 0% •• • • to Namur and Liege .. .. • . . 4 •• 2%.... to Orleans and Bordeaux • . 6 •••• 12%.... to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England • • 35 •• •• 3.5% .... to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .. .... 3% .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Mama 21.—`Find S., light airs and calm, and line clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 20.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N.W.—Acrd. American Lass, Ammens, Demerara. Pt . :mourn, Mattel.' 20. Wind E.N.E. Arrd. Davenport, WlCenzie, St. John's, New Brunswick, water logged, and with loss of foremast and bowsprit. Fai.mouTn, Dimwit 20.—Wind W., fresh and squally. —Arrd. Coquette, St. Helena, with loss of boats, bulwarks, stanchions, &c. REDCAR, Malta' 20.—A small quantity of the wreckage of a small steam-vessel, one portion marked " Lark," was washed on shore here yesterday. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 19.—The schooner Undey, of Newburg, in putting back yesterday, struck on the bar, and became leaky, was laid on the North Sand, and has discharged. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 20.—1 t is blowing a gale at N.E.—The Magnet, Taylor, from Hartlepool to Swinemunde, was struck by a sea on the 18th inst in long. 2, lat. 30 E., and filled ; crew saved. PENZANCE, MARCH I:o.—Thc brig Tom and Jessie, Tregarthen, from Glasgow to st. Thomas, put into St. Mary, Scilly, leaky. ST. ÜBES, MARCH 12.—The Belgian brig Jean de Locquenghieu, from St. Domingo to Antwerp, put in here yesterday, very leavy, and must discharge. The Africa Wolsguard, bound to the Baltic, has put back, leaky, and with part of her cargo thrown overboard, having struck the bar. VIGO, MARCH 4.—The Bon Fortuna, Rois, from Lisbon to St. Michaels, out 22 days, has put in here, with damage; and also the Vencedora dos Santos, from Cardiff to Fayal, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Immense quantities of fruit and vegetables were on offer, yet a good business was doing at our quotations —Potatoes from 4s to 8s per cwt Turnips, 10d to 2s ; Carrots, 3s 6d to to 6d "; Spring Onions, 2s 4d to 2s 34 ; Greens, is 9d to 2s 6d ; and Leeks, 6d to Is 2d per dozen bunches. Apples, is 6d to 4s ; and i,pinacb, 6d to 8d per half sieve. Forced Potatoes, 4d to 8d ; Pine Apples, 65 to 9s per lb. Savoys 6d to 10d ; and Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 5s per dozen. Celery, 8d to 2s ; Horseradish, Is 6d to 5s ; forced Asparagus, 4s 6d to 6s ; and Rhubarb, 6d to is 2d per bundle. Oranges, 7s to 12s; and Lemons, 7e to lOs per hundred. Sea-kale, Is 3d to 3s 6d per punnet. Turnip Greens, Id to 3d ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to 8d per bushel; Ra dishes, 3d to 8d per dozen hands. NDWGILTI3 AND LEADENNALL. Frime Mutton and Pork commanded a ready sale, at full prises. In other kinds of meat very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Muttox, 38 4d to 48 6d; Veal, 45 8d to 5s Bd.; and Pork, 3s Gd to 5s per Sibs. by the carcase. Turkeys, 3s to 9s; Geese, 58 to 7s; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Tame Rabbits, is 4d to is 8c1; Wild ditto, 4d to 8d ; Pigeons, 6d to Is; and Roasting Pigs, 6s to 9s each; Fowls, 3s 6d to 8s per couple ; Partridges, Is to 28 ; Hares, 3s to 3s 6d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 6d ; Snipes, 6d to 10d ; Grouse, is Gd to 2s; Wild Ducks, Is Gd to 2s; and Widgeons, is 3d to Is 65 each. 11IINGERFORD. The supplies of each kind of produce were somewhat on the In crease to-day. Generally speaking, the trade ruled dull, and prices were barely supported. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s Sd ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 48 Sd ; Veal, 4s 10d to 54 led ; and Pork, is to 5s per 81bs. BILLiNGSG.&TE._ Turbots, 8s to 16s ; Brills, 2s 3d to 58 ; Cod Fish, 3s to 8s ; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Dlackarel, Gd to 10d ; Lobsters, is to 3s ; and Crabs 8d to 2s eaeh ; Soles, 6d to 3s 3d per pair ; Smelts, is Gd to 2s 6d. and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, 10d to is 44 ; Eels, 4d to 16 ; and Crimped Scate, 7d to 8d per lb. VIIIITECHAPEL. •••,../•••••11.MM. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 33 6d to 4s 8d ; Ireal, 4s 8d to 53 8d; and Pork 33 6d to 5s per 81bs. ERE/131. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9%d ; of Household do., 7d to B%d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE DIARIELET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 234 d. to 3d ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3!.(d to 3%d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3%d to 3Nd; do. 881 b to 961 b, pid to 4d; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4% ; Calf Skins (each), 4s to 7s ;' Horse Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 4s 8d to Gs 6d ; Half Breds, 4s to 5s Gd ; Downs, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s ; Shearlings, Gd to 8d each. lECALY itli/LVLKEICB. SMITIIFIKLD.—MeadowiIaT, 31 is to 7171ZClover ditto, 41 8s to 61; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 be to 41 10s ; Clever ditto, 41 8s to St 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s ; 'Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 1118 s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. WRITECIIAI4I:.-- 7 11eadOw flay, 31 38 to 41 Ss ; Clever ditto, 41 lOs to 6135; Oat Straw, 11 128 to 11 14s , Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. Mr. Morrison's motion for the appointment of a Com mittee to inquire into the subject of railway enterprise had been looked forward to with some eagerness in the City, where the princi ples of Mr. Morrison were already well known from the pamphlet which he recently published, and which was noticed under this head. His main object is to establish a tariff of rates by which a system of low fares may be preserved ; and his secondary purpose is to intro dc:ce into this country the plan, well known on the continent, of giv ing the companies a mere temporary int eres t I n t h e i r line. The Go vernment is decidedly in favour of Mr. Morrison, though from Sir R. Peel's speech it may be collected that he feared the Committee might not pay sufficient attention to the Bills HOW in progress without a special hint for that purpose. To Mr. Morrison's pamphlet he paid a deserved complim9t.-.-7imes. SALE OF AN ADVOW SON. — Yesterday a sale by auction took place, at the Auction Mart, by Mr. Shuttleworth, of the perpe tual advewson and next presentation to the vicarage of Edstcn, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, about two miles from Kirby Moor side. The revenue was mostly derived from glebe land (one hundred and live acres), which was appropriated, in lieu of tithes, under the Inclosure Act of 1788, and which returned 1781. 10s. sd. The entire income was 2101. The duty is single, and the population ahout 200. it was disposed of for 980/. COUNTY ELECTIONS. A Bill to Limit the Time of taking the Poll in Counties at Contested Elections of Members to serve in Parliament to One Day. Whereas it is expedient that the time of taking the poll at contested elections of knights of the shire be limited to one day; be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, that at any contested election of a knight or knights to serve in Par liament for any county, or for any riding, parts or division of a county, the poll shall be kept open during one day only (any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding); and such poll shall commence at eight of the clock of the fore noon of the third day after the day fixed for the election of each knight or knights, and the polling shall continue during such day only, and no poll shall be kept open later than four of the clock in the afternoon. Provided always, and be it enacted, that if such third day after the day of election be Sunday, Good Friday, or Christ mas-day, then the poll shall take place on the day next fol lowing such Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas-day; and if Christmas-day fall on a Saturday, then on the Monday fol lowing. And be it enacted, that this Act shall not extend to Ireland. EARL GREY'S MOTION ON THE STATE OF IRELAND. The following is a copy of the motion that is to be sub mitted on Monday by Earl Grey, in the House or Lords, respecting the state of crime, &c., in Ireland :—"To move an humble address to her Majesty, that this House, in com pliance with the recommendation in her Majesty's most gra cious speech from the throne, has taken into consideration the frequency with which the crime of deliberate assassina tion has of late been committed in Ireland; and that we hope that the adoption of measures calculated to give increased security to life, and to bring to justice the perpetrators of so dreadtul a crime, may be the result of our labour; that we have also given our sanction to the measures proposed to us fur relieving the distress occasioned in that part of the United Kingdom by the loss of a large part of the potato crop of last season ; that having thus attended to wh t appear to be the most pressing exigencies of the actual condition of Ire land, we think it right humbly to represent to her Majesty, that Parliament has repeatedly found it necessary to make provision, 'by temporary measures, for difficulties with re ference to that country, similar in character to those which have now demanded our attention, grants having on various occasions been made for the relief of the Irish people from the apprehended miseries of famine; the Executive Govern ment in Ireland having also from time to time been armed with extraordinary powers for the repression of crimes ; that we observe with deep concern that the necessity which has now again arisen for measures of this description proves that their adoption heretofore has failed in eradicating the evils against which they were directed, and that the pro gress which might reasonably have been hoped for, has not yet been made in remedying the rocial disorders of Ireland : that we are impressed with the conviction, that, under these circumstances, merely to grant pecuniary assistance for the relief of present distress, and to pass severe laws for the de r tection and punishment of crimes, cannot be considered as fulfilling the duties of the Imperial Parliament towards Ire land, but that measures ought, without further delay, to be adopted for the purpose of effecting a real and permanent im provement in the condition of this part of her Majesty's domi nions. That to this end it should be the aim of her Majesty's Government and of Parliament, by giving to the Irish people confidence in the equal administration of justice, to obtain their co-operation in the enforcement of the law, and, by remedying real grievances, to allay the spirit of discontent to which the prevalence of outrages and violence is to be traced. That, without the co-operation of the people, the enforcement of the law must ever be uncertain and unsatis factory; and while the spirit of discontent continues to pre vail, no system of repression, however severe, can be ex pected to prevent its breaking out from time to time in acts of oatrage ; that a change in the temper and dispo sition of the people, brought about by an improvement in the laws, and in the mode in which they are administered, is therefore required for the establishment, upon a solid foundation, of the good order and security indispensably necessary for the development of the industry of the nation, and the improvement of its great natural resources, whereby alone the periodical recurrence of insubordination and dis tress can effectually be guarded against ; humbly, therefore, to assure her Majesty that we shall be ready to co-operate with her Majesty in the adoption of measures having for their object to allay the discontent, and conciliate the affec tions of the Irish people, in the earnest hope that, by the . blessing of Divine Providence, peace and prosperity may thus be established in Ireland." THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sll{,—May I be permitted to correct an error which occurred in the notice of the Soirc é of the British and Foreign Institute, in your columns of last evening. Pomara, the New Zealand youth, there introduced, was sent from New Zealand to Sydney, three or four years ago, by a friend of mine, named Scott, where he resided with the family of T. Brennand, Esq., who put him to school. I wish not to receive undue praise, and beg to state that I only brought Pomnra with me from Sydney, and not from New Zealand, as there stated. I have the honour to'be, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE FRENCH ANGAS. 12, Upper Gloucester -street, Dorset -square, March 19. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. —On Friday the bakers in the east end of the metropolis, and also on the Surrey side of the river, raised the price of bread of both qualities %d. The price of the best bread is now 9C.. and 9d., and that of an inferior quality from 7d. to Bd. per four pound loaf ; the pike of bread was only on Monday reduced a similar sum. THE WEATHER.—After a long series of unusually mild weather, the temperature having hi several days within these six weeks been as high as sixty degrees, with vegetation generally Presenting an almost summer-like appearance, at this period, which is termed the commencement of spring, the metropolis, as well as the provinces, has been visited not only with keen northern blasts, at tended by hail and radii, but also with frost and snow, resembling the very depth of winter. On Thursday evening frost commenced, and about two o'clock yesterday morning snow descended, continuing for about three hours, and lay to the depth of four or five incites in the roads and streets in the suburbs of the metropolis. THE WEATHER.—The mild and genial weather of the last two months was succeeded on Tuesday last by a sharp frost, which, on Wednesday, was followed by one of the heaviest falls of snow we have experienced for many years. There was no wind, and consequently no drifts, but in some places the snow lay as deep as thrte feet. —Durham Chronicle, 'rho Cologne Gazette mentions a rumour from Alex andria that Mehemet All intends to visit Constantinople, and from thence to go to Paris, so as to be there at the same time as Queen Victoria. THE NEW TARI7F.—The Commissioners of the Cus toms having received a communication from Mr. Cardwell, Secretary to the Treasury, stating that he hid received directions from the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to transmit to them a copy of the resolutions agreed to by the }louse of Commons on Tuesday evening, and to direct them to admit the articles therein named, except seeds, either free of duty, or at the rates of duty severally specified, under the usual conditions of the parties abiding the ultimate decision of Parliament, the Customs authorities, in order to tweet the wishes of the Government in the matter, and to afford every possible dispatch in carrying the resolution into immediate effect, have already caused the same to be commu nicated, with copies of their Lordships' letter and the resolutions of the House, te every port throughout the United Kingdom, with directions to the ,collectors and comptrollers of the revenue to take care that the same he duly obeyed. It is important that it should be generally understood and known that it is not the intention of the Government that the additional duty of five per cent., levied on all articles of merchandise upon Importation into this country by an Act of Parliament passed ix the session of 1840, should be consi dered applicable to the articles in respect of which the duties have been reduced by the present resolutions of the Commons' House of Parliament. SUSPECTED MURDER IN SOHO -SQUARE.—Last even ing an inquiry, adjourned from Tuesday, relative to the death of Mary Beal, alias Slater, was resumed at Mr. Scholefleid's, the George, Hollen-street, Wardour-street, Soho. From the beets that were elicited at the previous Investigation, it appeared that the deceased was found hanging to the door of the apartment in which she had resided with a man of the name of Slitter, with whom she cohabited. Marks of recent wounds were found on her neck, and evidence was given of frequent quarrels with Slater, who had suddenly disappeared. Inspector Aggs, of the C division, who was called in when the de ceased was found hanging, and who cut her down, announced to the coroner and Jury that he had been unable to trace the man Stater, but had found his son and daughter, both of whom were in attendance. Catherine Slater was then examined, and deposed that she was the daughter of John Patrick Slater, with whom the de ceased had lived as his wife. Witness visited Hollen-street daily. She had not seen her father since Sunday last, when she met him at her cousin's, in George-street, St. Glles's, where he left about four o'clock in the afternoon. By the Coroner—On Sunda week witness went to Hollen-street to dinner. Deceased was in bed, and although pressed by her father to get up and partake of it she would not. After dinner her father and herself left the house. While she was present no quarrelling took place. Deceased was subject to headache, to relieve the pain of which she was in tie habit of taking laudanum. She never saw deceased tipsy, or knew her to attempt to wound her self. Witness saw the deceased washing herself on the Saturday prior, and then could discern no cuts on her neck. The witness never heard her speak about arsenic. Mr. J. W. Webb, sur geon, who was called in to see deceased when discovered, said that he had examined the bed, and found spots of blood near the upper part and about the middle of the bed, as alto a po,l of blood under where she was suspended. Inspector Aggs said that he had made every exertion to discover Slater but without success, and although he had no impression that he had murdered deceased, ho could not account for his keeping out of the way. It might be through fear, in consequence of its being cried about since the jury met before, that the deceased had been murdered, and that against the murderer, a man with whom she had cohabited, a coroner's jury had returned a verdict of wilful murder. There being no other witnesses te be exa mined, the Coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased was found hanging, but how she became so hanged there was no evidence to prove. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.—On Wednesday a long in quiry took place before William Carter, Esq., the Coroner, at the George Tavern, Kent-street, Dover-road, respecting the death of Mr. Benjamin Charles Minors, aged thirty-five years, lately residing at 239, Kent-street, who com mitted suicide under the following circumstances : 2 —James Allen stated that he was an apprentice to the deceased, who carried on an extensive brush manufactory. The deceased had been some time past in a state of despondency arising from his business having failed through another shop opening in the same street, which had taken away the chief por tion of his trade. On Saturday morning last several per sons called for money, which seemed to weigh heavily on his mind, as he was unable to pay them. Deceased continued on the premises, and whilst witness was passing through the yard from the factory, he saw his master hanging to the banisters adjoining the bedroom. Witness opened the win dow and cut the deceased down. He appeared quite dead and cold, and had fastened himself up by his silk pocket handkerchief. An alarm was raised and a surgeon sent for, but all efforts to restore animation were unavailing. The deceased had often referred to the shop at the end of the street, and said, "Oh, James, that new shop will ruin me." He would frequently leave the business and get intoxicated to allay his feelings, which seemed much excited when called upon for money by his creditors. He was certainly in great difficulties in his pecuniary affairs, and he had a bill come due on Saturday which he was unable to meet. His mind had Neu impaired for some weeks in consequence of the great depression in trade. Other evidence of a corfirmatory cha racter having been adduced, the coroner briefly addressed the jury, who:ultimately agreed to a verdict of "Temporary Insanity," The Bishop of London visited the establishment of Baths and Wash-houses for the Poor of the North-west District of the ➢ietropolis, situate in George-street, Euston square, on Thursday last, and was pleased to express his high approval of the general arrangements of that excellent institution, of which his Lordship is patron. _ _ The Moniteur contains a long report to the King, fol lowed by a Royal Ordonuance, occupying together four columns, on the subject of ,a change in the uniform of the National Guard. The National Guards arc to substitute the tunic, or round frock, for the coat hitherto worn, and in other respects make their dress in con formity with the infantry of the line. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEDIY.—A number of gentle men cadets will, next month, receive their commissions as officers In the Ordnance corps, should they pass the military examination requlred,before a board of officers appointed for that purpose. These promotions will take place in consequence of the 10th battalion being added to the Royal Artillery, and ordered to be immediately officered for that purpose. , BIGAMY OF TWENTY YEARS STANDING.—Mr. Sage, the individual who held the contract for building the church at Swindon New Town, was taken before the magistrates at Swindon, on a charge o bigamy, on Saturday. He has been married to his present wife about twenty years. It is alleged that a former wife is still living, and that he had by her two children. He was remanded till Thursday next for re-examination, ball having heeritaku for his appeaxanov,—/lainf @Et*. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their ao2ustoined early walk yesterday in the royal gardens of Bucking' ham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited lot Majesty yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, th e Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken a il airing in the gardens of the Palace yesterday. • His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yestew„%, afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for Pr onici t 7 and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness s.rrived Gwydyr-house, Whitehall, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Major. General Sir Edward Bowater; Commissioners present were Viscount Mahon, o'd Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. Wyse , an the Secretary, Mr. Eastlake. - The meeting then broke up at half-past four o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the P e t : formance of the French plays with their presence Y eSte 5 day evening. The royal suite consisted of the Counts of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Viscount 1 1 ' 1°r ; den, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward Boviat c '' The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal I lih : ness the Duchess of Kent on Thursday, at (,fare House, St. James's. The magnificent silver candelabrum, part of a service of plate now finishing for his Imperial Majesty the El; peror of Russia, an d th e pi ece o f pl a t e presented to 13 , 1 Excellency M. Lisboa, were submitted to her lie Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House. A deputation from the North American ColoaialA'd sociation, consisting of Messrs. Gillespie, Dowse, 511, Carter had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gla olol- yesterday at the Colonial-office. ea Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview wi the Chancellor of • the Exchequer yesterday at I ' s official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Anstey and a deputation had an interview ra t day with Mr. Secretary Gladstone. 'ef Mr. Hutt, M.P., and a deputation, bad an inter/ 1 4 with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the of fi ce of t° Board of Trade. Dispatches were sent off on Thursday evening , t - r °°l the Colonial-o ffi ce, for the Governors of Hong Ceylon, Malta, and Gibraltar. lo t lc Mr. Philips had an interview with Sir George (' yesterday. Sir George Hayter has been prevented, by severe disposition, from attending any of the Court rcceptiov this year, and is at present confined to his bed. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIET EXETER HALL. A treat was afforded to the musical world last evening , a performance of a selection of anthems and cathedral tou s L, chronologically arranged, the productions of Engli,ll ‘ of posers since the Reformation, extending over a peno_' ll ;, nearly three centuries, viz., from 1545 to 1800, by the w e * , hers and assistants of the sabove ociety; conducted 19.1 " Surman, whose abilities and assiduity needs no comment' On this oecasion, there being no orchestral acconill so meats, Mr. Turle, the organist of Westminster A b " officiated. The chorus was very e ffi cient, and greatly v 6 mented, being nearly 600 in number. The performance commenced with an anthem, ninTillea by Henry VIII., arranged by Mr. Turle; it contained „,., good passages, but was remarkable chiefly for the Vein" - of its style. The chaunt by Tallis (1575), a.rVenite Exultendue'i (psalm 95), is considered to be unrivalled where a great i uv t io of voices are attainable, as in the preseNt case; en' effect was heightened by the choir being a double one . , oir The "Te Deum" in by Orlando Gibbons (16 10 ) 1 .,.. c 1/1 opinion would have been better a note higher, it heft); for the bass voices. A , The an th em, " I beheld, and lo a great multit 3l ""Dicli Dr. Blow (1680), arranged by Mr. Perry, was also one I ` . could only be effected by a powerful chorus. Purcell's anthem (160), " My beloved spake" ( 1.0- 410 Songs of Solomon), is a charming composition, the (lope of which was delightfully sung by the professionals. ~5 0 ), gem of the evening was the anthem by Weldon ('' " In thee, 0 Lord." Gre e" The second part commenced with an anthem by Dr. 01 (1740), "God is our hope and strength." This fine Bp i nier, composition we remember to have heard with infinite J et sure at St. Paul's Cathedral, at the festival of the bon, the Clergy, and it lost nothing in our estimation by i ts formance last evening. I n d " Thou, 0 God, art praised in Sion" (1740), and a 0 %,01, chorus, "Thou visitest the earth," by th e same comp" were beautiful in the extreme. .nos° We must not omit noticing the anthem by yr. (1760), " By the waters of B a byl on ," an d th e conet ; u anthem by Dr. Beckwith, " Th e L or d i s great" (18°,,'''ii)tgli noble composition, and one w hi c h wou ld b e excee& ne r effective with a full orchestra, and we h o p e t o hear it 0 : r ol oo formed at some future period. Mr. Perry, the well' l , l l s . , composer and leader of this Society, was one of his Pur,ioo o The verse portions of the various anthems were Sn s f r o ge by Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, and Messrs. Hobbs, " Rafter, Phillips, and Leffler, with their usual ability. the We were greatly pleased with the style of Mr. Geng e .' e alto singer; he is a young beginner, and bids fair to r' s il i , 0 public estimation. Mr. Rafter, pupil of Signor Crive dto tenor singer, was placed for the part originally assigl, le r d . Mr. Lockey, who was prevented from attending by indt, to tion ; he, however, was unable to sustain the solos, oe' a severe cold. se S r. It is much to be regretted that performances like the to I . kn not more frequent. _t is utterly - impossible, we • e hear them at our cathedrals or churches, chiefly for " 011; of sufficient power and professional talent ; conseck, u no ve• many works of merit remain thus comparatively un' tie d fo t The committee of this Society are much to be comme n t hese; their exertions in bringing forward compositions like• and, by the crowded state of the great room last even" should say that the public appreciated their efforts. o eee Handel's oratorio, Joshua, is announced for perfor on Wednesday, April 1. SEVENTH REPORT FROM TU k,T,S LECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY m- CLASSIFICATION. mu te s Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Co nl-1 appointed for the Classification of Railway Bills tic;rbe ing to the resolutions adopted by the House, and tile are empowered to report from time to time, th at " A sa have considered the several matters referred to then , agreed to report as follows : Your Committee recommend that the North British,,„ Zir way (Carlisle Extension) be removed from Group and placed in Group No. 13. Your Committee further recommend that the Sou th ~, land (Huntingdon Branch) be removed from Group and placed in Group No. 29. THE DIRECT N ORTHERN R AC A, WAY. THE ALLEGED ERRORS I N 1 LEVELS. ding An allegation having been made before the S tAll isst , Orders' Committee of the House of Lords, on Tuesdl l Y dy that the levels of this proposed line of railway were fi g, it inaccurate, from the 49th mile outside and so on to lola was decided by their Lordships that three engineer s ° fo rge; be sent down to test the validity of so important B oo The Committee requested that each party—the Lond o n s va York and the Direct Northern—should send an eog inee dper that they should also send a third, and a disinteres te c lot son, to make a check survey, whose decision uponthe 'idof at issue was to be taken by their Lordships. 0 11 the three engineers met on that part of the line, an o f 0 1 carefully applying the most careful tests to five miles .0 46 line—the length fixed by the Committee—no errOr k nae found to exist. The engineer for the London and VI 00 . then requested that an additional five miles should he 0;0 sured. This was complied with, and the result "(Li g : 4 oW Mr. Airdie, the en g i neer a pp o i n t e d t o re p or t t o the tee, decided that no such errors were to be found. It — corir derstood that all opposition in the Standin Orders' mince to the Direct Northern line is to be g withdrategs' consequence of the opponent s f a iling to establish this 6 1 ; it tes tion. The engi n e ers ' re p or t w ill b e ma d e t o the Ca l on Monday. - - SPORTING IN TELLICIENe r t THE GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE O:illS`' - LEAMINGTON—YEsTER.DAr. 9, 1 [0' Match ; 100 soya. Three miles.—Mr. Praed's ,4 5 P (owner), 12st, beat Ensign Burdon's The Nun, Ilst 71b, h, A The Welter Stakes of 10 sous. ea c h, h ft, last 7lb ( 0 1 Capt. Morritt nd Resolution Capt. Reynold's Clinker Lord Glamis's Sailor Boy .......................................... 3 Lieut. Fort's Count Harry .... ....................... • &p,.. The third race, for the b ea t en h orses , was won bY, be rt' Grant's Salute, 12st 41b, beati ng Sir E. P oore ' s Sir picr ' llst ; Mr. H. De Rodes's Reg a li a , 12 s t ; Li eu t. Littles AP wick, list 41b ; Lieut. S. Barry's Tommy Tinkle, llst; Mr. Burton's Rainbow, Ilst. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. c 0 0 1" Her Majesty's stag hds., Mo n ., A sco t Heath -11 ' Cookham-bridge-111A ; Fri., Farnham Village—LT A Cheshire hds, Mon., Dunh am M aasa y ; W e d., S ' lu,,,—e 4 1. Toll Bar ; Thurs., Booth's Ob e li s k ; Nit., Fox and[. 1." Shropshire hds., Tues., Candever Hall-103/4 ; ~,1" gate-9. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—nn/a; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-5 to 1 agst Gothr e i , 6 to 1 agst Buttress (t), 6 to 1 a g st Morpeth, 10 to sp a Red Deer, 100 to 8 agst Needful, 100 t o 7 ags t Dr. 011 (t), 100 to 7 agat Lord Saltoun. ar t . CHESTER CUP.-12 to 1 agst Sweet mea t, 18 to Wit, Clumsy, 22 to 1 agst Miss Burns, 25 to 1 agst Best 1 WI "" 27 to 1 agst Fitzallen, 27 to 1 agst Th e B aron , 27 to 10 Hope, 45 to 1 agst Magnet, 40 t o 1 ags t I n h e ritres., agst Billy Purvis. (0 3 DEABY.-5 to 1 agst Sting, 14 to 1 agst Brocardp 20 to 1 agst lago, 25 to 1 ags t Tibth or p e , 40 to t , j iiror Fancy Boy, 40 to 1 agat Poy n t o n, 1,000 to 15 ag st virile (" OAKS.-8 to 1 agst Vanish, 20 to 1 ags t Lady Cec ilia 20 to 1 agst Osprey (t). MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENT.—J. 0. Seeker, D s Pr o i the Oxford Circuit, should - have been named as the succes s ,.., er e tt, Traill at the Southwark Police-court, instead of Mr. L us— Bath, and the Chester Circuit. . the RAVENSNEST.—A new romance, under this tit l e, a O O celebrated Cooper, is announced by Mr. Bentley to appe arin rod e f; days. In the present dearth of good works of fiction, a n o " . WI Lion by this most adthired writer may indeed be regarded AS a all lovers of this fascinating department of literature. AN IRISH WITNESS.—At an inquest held on ~ e, no at the Ben Jonson public-house, Great Wild-street, Brut,' Wl° Mr. Wakley, M.P., on the body of Thomas Power, an Irislnu_ s w g 0 10 ; died suddenly on the evening of St. Patrick's-day, the folloo.,Tod j t gular and ludicrous evidence was elicted :—The deceased t ps No. 1, Brewer's-court, in the neighbourhoed, and it was alicif; - 6 0joa; he had been drinking to an unusual excess on the day in Q,i, A 11 ;1 Julia Hollems examined —I flat Irish. I knew the decealt: his his son, who is a briclilal e o % believe he was supported by has a daughter that is married, and this daughter, and A ..., O r himself were all together, drinking a bit, on St. Patrickl-,Tox fo_ the desase told his daughter that he thought he a-as good, and then he began to cry tears. The Coroner—n 4.! tipsy? Witness—He was drunk before he got bet' (Laughter.) Coroner—How old was he? Wttnese—l should oxf o ol forty. Coroner— How long should you think he had been ie(Latis;_ll - A Juror—He must have married very young, Witness—l know he was married about thirty-six years• — witno r " then. t oirtf' Coroner—What was the deceased man? Witness (in continuation)—Yes, because his daughter is snore than at Sar. Coroner—l mean formerly, my good woman. Wir ies t, g htsq then, he was a miller and wheelwright by tradGrent ring —Nothing well, Coroner—Those are two very different th,ngs, which do Y e ' t hing '- Witness—l don't know, but this I know, that he had solne not voi do with the making of "whales" (looking at the jury), an d tuttle of his profishian, gentlemen. It here became evident that er of de' nothing could be made out of this witness, and the eaugh t ate ceased was therefore called to give evidence, but her panc it ii i , tat' . rendered her statement very little more intelligible than `j aug ilte+ , mony of the former witness, and the Jury, convu lsed th returned a verdict of "Died from natural causes." We learn from Hanover, March 11, that the ment of that kingdom has Just conpacted a loan of five Mu"' thWero, et a% per cent., wan gnu Dtiukgr. Of the 0014 _rsr- r ,„ • Colie g , ken, , av re Pol e ; on e , gelltlern a death, andfl., 4 R , 'l4 t (ige am Iga int e r th 41' t tit'lli, 4kt you lun, t o t i e ' i t the p 1.4; 4 11 .. 1 , j tlie ° 7 )l . ha ve th ...