The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-01 00:00:00

Wee k ending liar. 26 Aberdeen .. • . • ..... • • • • .. Amiens and Boulogne • .......• •• • • • • Arbroath and Foliar •• • •• • • ••••• • •• Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • .• •• •• Caledonian. . .• . ••••••• • • • • Chester and Holyhead. •• .. • • Cockermouth and Workington • • • • Dublin and Drogheda...—. .••• • • • • • Dubiln and Kingstown .... • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • • East Ang1ian........................ Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ..... • •• Edinburgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • .. Eastern Uni0n...................... Glasgow, Garakirk, and Caatbridge... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• • • Glasgow and Greenock • • • • ••• • • • • •• Great Southern and Western • • Great Western. &c • • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• •• Kendal and Windermere..., ~... .. Lancashire and Yorkshire...... • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle, •• • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • •. • • •• Londonderry and anr 'skillet' • ....• London and North Western, &e. London and 81ackwa11...... • • • • • • •• London and Brighton . •• • • .. London and South Western • ........ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle .. • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • .. North British .. • •••••••••• • • • • •• Paris and Rouen . .. • • • • ............ Rouen and Havre • • ...... Scottish Central .. Shrewsbury and Chester South Eastern and Branches ........ South Dey0n...... • Taff Vale Whltehaven Junction Wiskaw and Coltnesa ............. . York and Newcastle .............: York and North Midland .•••• •• 1,360 622 3,132 453 3,166 1,116 10,566 'Bs 974 2,025 919 2,422 16,962 3,089 104 8,809 1,031 9,048 788 450 126 34,'53 '2,319 1,004 1,170 16,411 716 6,767 .6,637 2,0,5 7,914 966 18,566 1,056 35,42$ 1,960 1,672 1,922 3,1b8 1,147 819 6,319 6,645 1,832 587 7,044 916 1,852 836 leo 421 17,944 2,145 1,560 1,484 5,079 893 10,035 7,292 410 6,622 476 1, 147 77$ 8,693 8,646 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 25th day of March, 1848. isms DIPARTNINT. X. Mates issued.... •• .. 28,556,328 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin arid bullion 12,738,430 SilTer bullion .. .• . • 1,817,890 1 128,556,320 If• 3 111ZSUALL, Chief Cashier. 148. EPAITYEN T. Government securi- 5... ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,688,041 Other securities .. • • 12,657,662 Notes . ...... ..... • • 10,953,245 Gold and silver coin.. 760,474 X 36,259,422 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 148. t nswers with his head for the maintenance of th , conditions laid down by the Provisional Govern ment. The arsenal and the fortreEs are in the hands of the Venetians." NAPLES AND SICILY. A letter from Naples of the 16th, in a German journal, says—" We learn from a source worthy of credit, that the Sicilian question is settled. FERDI NAND is in future to bear the title of FERDINAND IV. in Sicily, and FERDINAND V. in Naples." A later account (dated 22d) states that the King of NAPLES has abandoned Sicily, and that the Neapoli tan troops were about to evacuate the island. The KING, in his proclamation, declares that he has been forced to adopt this line of conduct, and appeals to the Powers of Europe to assist him. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) covinew-Gann EN. Very large supplies of both fruit znd vegetables were on sale, yet the g enera l d eman d wa s somewhat active at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. Potatoes from 4s; 9d to 5s Sd per cwt. ; Onions, 2s to 2s 9d ; and Apples, 2s to 8s per half-sieve ; Oranges, 5s 6d to 12s per 100 ; Forced Asparagus, 5s to 7s, and ditto Rhubarb, is 4d to 2s per bundle ; New Pota toes, Is 6d to is 9d per lb ; Greens, Is Gd to 2i ; Tur nips, is 10d to 2s 6d; Leeks, 8d to is; and Carrots, 6d to 5s ad per dozen bunches ; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen; Celery, 10d to la 10d; Horseradish, 2s to 4s 6d; and Brocoli, 24 to 3s 3d per bundle; Filberts, 8d to 10d per lb; Spinach, 4s 6d to 5s per sieve; Sea Is 6d to 3s 3d per punnet; Turnip Greens, 2s ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 3s to 3s 6d per bushel. NZWGATB AND %MAD ENE ALL , Prime Beef and Mutton were in good request at fully last week's quotations. In other kinds of meat compa ratively little business was transacted. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s Ss; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8,1; Veal, 3s Sd to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s Sd to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, 31 to 8s; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Rabbits, 9d to is Sd ; Pigeons, Sd to 9d; aid roasting Pigs, Ss to Is each. Fowls, 3s 3d to Si per couple; Fresh Butter, is Id to Is 4d per lb. ZUNGERPORD. ---- We had a very inactive demand for each kind of pro duce, and prices ruled somewhat lower. INTEXTECEAPEL. Beef', from 2s 10d to 35 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 43 8d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 43 to 4s 10d per slbs. E. Beef, from 3 s to 3 N s I WP Od; baron, 3e 8d to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s 2d to 48 10d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5a 2d per 81bs. BILLXITGSGATE. Our market was well supplied with Fish, and which commanded a ready sale at very fall prices. BEA.D. Theprices of WheatenlL Bread in the metropolis are from l id to sd; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 41bs loaf. BIDE IVIAIULET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, IA-d to lid per lb; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 2d to 24d; ditto, 7 - 21 b to 801 b, lid to 3d; ditto, 80!b to 381 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3 d tc ; ditto, 961 b to 1041b,51d t o 4d ; C a lf Skins (each), 4% 6d to 6s; Horse Hides, Ss to 9s ; Polled Sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ICents and Half-breds, 2s 10d to 3s 4d; Downs 2s 8d to 3s 2d; Shearlings, 4d to 6d. 3111 Y MIIIZIEETS. SMITUFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 15s; Clover, ditto, 31 15, to 4 / 1 5s ; and Straw, 112 s to 1183 per load. Trade cull . at but little variation in prices. CU MIIERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 3/ 163 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 15.; to 41 123; and Straw, 113 s to 11 9 per load.. A mo d erate supp l y, an d a s l ugg i s h d eman d. HITE CIIAPEL.--lleaciow 11,y, g/ 15s to 31 153; Clover ditto, 31 lfis to 41 163; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 8, per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL MARK E . West Hartley l4s 6d, Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d' Davison 's West Hartley 14s 6d 1 Holywell Main ..... 15s WI North Pontop 12s 6d' New Tanfield l3s Od North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Ord's Redhengh Taafield Moor Tanfield Moor Bates 134 Od Wall's End, &c Clarke and Co. Gosforth l4s 9d Heaton Hedworth l3a 6d Killingworth l4s 94 - YESTERDAY. ,Northumberland Riddell's l4s 6d Eden Main. lss 9d ißehnunt lss 9d Haswell l6s 6d Hetton Lambten Stewart's Adelaide Tees St. Helen's Tees South Durham l4s 9d Tees DerwentwaterHartley 14s 3d Howard's W. 11. Neth. 14s 6d Ships at market 54 BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN nE G. GRAVES. This bankrupt, who was described as of Norton Fol gate, cheesemunger, came up to pass his last examina tion. He was opposed by Mr. Dods on behalf of the assignees, and was supported by Mr. Lawrence. The balance sheet which extended over seventeen months, showed that the returns of the business had been upwards of 10,000/.; but the profits had only been 191. His HONOUR expressed his astonishment that such a business could only yield such a small profit. The bankrupt attributed his losses to the failure of the potato crop, which had materially affected the bacon trade, and he had been compelled to sell at a loss. Mr. LAWRENCE said the books had been well kept, and the bankrupt started with a capital of 7001. His HONOR said it was most reckless trading, but that was a question for the certificate. The bankrupt then passed his examination. RAILWAY RETURNS ItanwAT TR/sm.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail- Ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together Kith the receipts of tke same week iu the previous year:— 1 NAME OF RAILWAY. £28,556,320 Dated the 30th day of March, 18. BANKING D. X. • Propr'etors' capital.; 14.553,000 Rest •• • • 3 ,995,884 Public deposits (In eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say lugs-banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 7,45Z,356 Other deposits •• • • • 9,353,628 Seven day and ether •• • .... 944,334 436,259,422 Dated the 30th day •f Marsh, II 141. quizoT.--We understand that, on the day after the arrival of 11,, Guizot i n E ng l an d , a sum of 2,0001. was paid to his cr e di t , at a London bank by some un known friend. M. Guizot received almost at the sa me moment an anonymous letter from the party by whom the money was paid, stating what the writer had done, and another lette r from the ba n k ers, i n f orming him tha t the money was in their hands. The entire property of M. Guizot consists, we u ndersta n d , o f houses at Paris, pro .ducing, hitherto, an income of about 800/. a year. There is, however, we need scarely : say, m uc h cause to appre hend that this property will be confiscated by the National Assembly. We have reason to believ e th at M . Guizot was concealed for eight days in Paris before he could make his escape, and that he was obli ge d d ur i ng that time to disguise hiziaself in woman's clothes.— ..Brighton Gazette. A frightful scene took place yesterday at Vaugi- Yard. A journeyman wheelwright, named Fayeol, who, as a corporal in the National Guard, was on duty at a post near the church, being intoxicated, quarrelled with every one that came near him, till at last he became so infuriated that he drew his sword and wounded several of the men. One of them, who was most seriously hurt, could not ro,train 'his passion, and seising his musket, levelled it at Fayeol, and shot him dead.— Paris Power. VONEY and COMM EltUI AL Li CITY, Qv - AI:TP:1? TI) THREE The Cotto❑ Mark tat Liverpool )(steal:ly was with out any particular m ivena, nt, but continued heavy; sales 3,500 bales. Railway Shares were lower, and with but a limited business doing. Tce weekly statomeot of the Bank of England to the 25th ult., exemplifies what has been before noted ureLr this hi ad, as to the largeness of the monetary resources of the country at the pre:cht time, and the commanding position in which it is placed to prosecute mercantile undertakings of impor:ance, provided it retains the bless ings of peace. The principal changes compared with the previous week, are these: — Notes issued 28,556.320 Increase Rest 4,334 rublliencpreepasoesits 7,452,556 Increase 495,164 Other Deposits 9,353,628 Decrease 419,482 Seven Day and other Bills Increase 34,612 Government Securities Increase 115,861 Other Securities Decrease Notes 10,953,245 Decrease Bullion Increase 193,653 Active circulation Increase The business doing in exchanges has been limited throughout the week, and there was no improvement yesterday afternoon. It is not to be expected that Con tinental business will revive just yet. There has been no material change of feeling in the City with respect to Continental affairs, but there is rather more confidence in reference to Ireland, about which so much has been said this week. The declara tion of Lord Lansdowne as to the power of the Crown to suppress any seditious movement is regarded as very satisfactory, though there has never been any doubt of this in unprejudiced circles. Private lefterz from the Continent advise the suspen sion of payments by Messrs. Abraham Schaafhausen, hankers, of Cologne, and Messrs. Lombard, Other, and Co., bankers, of Geneva. The exports of bullion from London have been rather large this week, including about 20,0001. in gold coin, and 60,000 to 70,000 ounces in silver, nearly all to Holland, Belgium, Antwerp, and France. The arrivals of specie, however, entirely overbalance this, and the opportunity of exporting silver against the valuable consideration to be obtained abroad is likely enough to tempt our merchants. The Funds are fluctuating, but the demand for stock still keeps the price of Consols rather higher for Money than Account, whereas,!allowing for a fortnight's inte rest, the reverse should be the case. Consols have been quoted 81* to -I- for transfer on Tuesday, and 81 to for Account, being now about 81 to 4. Exchequer bills have realised 325. to 355. premium. The Foreign Bonds have been very flat, with the ex ception of Mexican which have risen to 15i 4. Portu guese Four per Cents. have been 14k, and Spanish Five per Cents. as low as 104 to 11. The Three per Cents. have been 181- to 20. Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 56 ex-dividend. In Railway Shares there is not so good a feeling, and the quotations have been in favour of the buyers both of English and French lines. ONE CLOSING elm E,± OF It RITISII FUNDS. OTLOCK. PRICES 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities...—. 81% % lii % 811 /B India Bonds, 1,0001. !Ditto under 1,0001... Bank Stock for Account ... ...... 190% 1921 2 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. - - ' 3d. — ._ 1,0001. ...... 35 33 p 33 p Small ... 35 p 35 p oNE CLOSINu IMES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Ditto, small — 65xd Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 15 % 3 / 4% 15% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 14% 14 1 A 2 Russian Bonds ... .• 75 75 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 1 0 3% 10% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account .1914183/4 18% Dividends on the above payble iii Loiaden. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 87. 1 ,4 Ditto. 4 Der Cent Certificates 56 x d 55 x d BAIL P W RIC Y S ES I24, F RES. PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ...... 23% 23 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 314...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 114 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .. v ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver- hamiton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... ... — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc 794 — ... • ••••••••• Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter BS Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 12/. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 Ditto, Preference l 5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. & H .... 18 ... Do., N. 10s. ...... 3% .... ... 3 .. “•• 3 Eastern Counties . ....,,, 20 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d.... par % p IA P Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 133. 4d... L dis. Do., North. & Eastern 50 .. — Do., Quarters .. 1214 ... . D0., New Eastern Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 A Ditto, Third5........135.4d.. .... 1)o. (guar.6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New ... 15 ...... Ditto, New Quarters 3 3 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 16 1 / 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ .• ••• Ditto, - Half Shares ... 15 .. .. 8 1 h B l /2 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 9 Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 33,j Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New 2 l / 4. .... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2:A — Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfrie nd Carlisle .. .............Si. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... . Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 - ...... r ••• - Great Northern Do., London and York 21/ 2 — ireat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo „... Ditto, New, 40/ 5 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New, 15/ 6 l /2 ... .. ... — Great Western 89% Ditto, % Shares 5O Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171........ 91/..... Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .., Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... Ditto, I ,f Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 17% Do., do., and Norwick 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% — ......... .... . Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares... 14% ••• ...... ... Do. Fifths... ........ ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 1 ,4 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union)4/.28... ... ....„„ — Do. (Preston & Wvre) 25 Do. 1 /,, Shares(i)... 9 ...... _ Leeds and ,, ~ Bradford ~i o 5O ••• •••••• -- Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42% _ _ Do., Half Shares 2%- Do, (blue) Scrip 2%..... ............... Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct. 3% — ••..•• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport • ......... ..... 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 /.••••• London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d.... 4 5 / 11 3 4 ............ 4:N Do. New, No. 2 5/.135.4d.... Do. Extension ..... 20 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consul. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ...... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ... ..... Ditto, Preference... IBi 17s 2d... Loudon and N. Western 100 126 125% Do.Quartert. (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 .....„. •• •••••• 7 1 A Do 40/. Shares (L. M. ) 20 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7% Do. 10/. (M. & 11.) B. 7%•••••• Do. 101.111 i. & B.) C. 1 ..... 34 V / 3% Lon]. & S. Western 50 Do. IS' el 50/. ... ..... 374_ .. Do. New 40 , 3O Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 •••• ••• ••••• ••.• Ditto ditto ... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds.... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil - Londondorry&Cvleraine 27% ....... ........ -- Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... ... ..... ••••• Lowestoft (4 per et.) Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchester,Buaton,and Matlock.... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire -.100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% —••-• ......... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7'A i Ditto and Gt. Grimsby 30 Ditto ditto . ...—... 9 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO ...... Do., Grimsby Dock Manchost.& Southampt. 2 1 A — lilidlan4l ... lOO ...... 97 96 97 96 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares... 15 ... .. 9 81 / Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... Midlnd, Brist.&Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ..... ... 11/.35. 6d... Midlnd,Leicest & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish Middleshro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle andCarlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket&Chesterford 18% — Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 15 Do. Man. & Lin. Union dl. 2s — Norfolk .... ...100 Do. New 20/. .. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... 25 Do. Half Shares l2 th ...... ... -- Do. Quarters.— ...... .. 5 1 / 1 , — ... — Do. Extension -- Ditto Thirds — North tz South-Western 2 ...... ........ ...... North Staffordshire lO ...... 8 A..... ........ 7% North Wales North Western. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverlnunpton Reading, Guildford, and _. . Reigate - Roystc,n and Hitchin ... 1.46 ..... ... ...... .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% . .... — Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .... Shrewsbury and Bina... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... ...... ........ Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 6 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Dsvon 4O ...... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 - ••• .• .• ••• •• -,outh Eastern & Dover. 334 234 .. ... 22% Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 ...... .. ...... ..-- Do., No. 4 South Waltfs ..... ...... 18 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 - ••••••••• ..... - Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stru. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vide Extension ... 4 Titames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17 1 / 2 ...... Vale of heath ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 A ..... .• — Waterford and Limerick 40 Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, • and Dublin' - West Cornwall ....... ..... 6 ... .. _ WbitehAven & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 7 Wilts, Somerset, S. Wey mouth 3O York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... Do. Onginal New and Berwick Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2.......... 10 Do. U.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain 2 Ceylon Demerara 7 1,4 — ••• — Dendre - Valley 4 - ......... ..•.•• -- Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 .. .. ...... .... . East Indian l l% — ...... . .... . Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 — Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 16 ... .. 2 Northern of France...... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... ••••• ••• ...... Iv t Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ....... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 414 4% Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and .N ante 5........ 8 ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ..... 16 West Flanders B%. •.. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London Joint Stock Provincial of Ireland ... 25 British North American 50 — London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Union of Madrid ...... ... 40 National Prof. England. 35 Ditto, New lO Colonial 25 Union of London..- ..... 10 Union of Australia Ditto,New,.. ...... ..... 21,4 ...... Ditto New—. .......... 10 National of Ireland WA...a. ... ........ ... MINES. Anglo-Mexican Real Del Monte, Unreg. Brazilian Coelies&Cuiba 30 British Iron ...... ......... 12 ...... Bolonos Scrip . ..... .... — — Galvanized Iron lO Ditto, New LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL I.—Wind N.E., light breeze stud fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 31.—Arrd. Phoenix, Berbice; Mag dalena, Gibraltar; Clemcnce, Honfleur; Wischafez, Arrd. [rum the River and sld. William Shand, Singa pore; Eliza Killick, ditto; Captain, Bombay; Sea Bird. Africa; Margaret Elizabeth, Bahia; Berbice, Berbice; Medora. Jamaica; Wenham, New York; Walton, Boston; Spartan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Eglinton, ditto; E,Dpire, ditto; Astonian, ditto; Cumberland, ditto; Hy men, Pugwash; Pearl, Montreal; Laurel, Saguinay; Barkhill, St. John's, Newfoundland; Isabel, St. Michael's; Rival, Lisbon; Laurel, Cork. Sld. Orynthie, Miramiehi; Centurion, Quebec; Wolfmove, ditto; Pearl, Montreal; St. Andrew, ditto; Barkhill, Newfoundland; Rival, Lisbon; Robert Heddle, Cardiff; with the rest of the outward-bound. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd.,3oth, Caleb, Griamhaw, New York; New World, New York ; Andrew Foster, New York. Sld., 30th, Syria, Mon treal; 31st, Zenobia, Matanzas; Ravenswood, Jamaica; Gipsey, New Orleans; Maharica, Montreal; Ana, Mon treal; St. John, New York. Off port, 31st, Washing ton, Mobile; Oregon, Mobile ; Queen, Apalachicola; Royal Sovereign, --. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, MARCH 26.—Cathstrina, Toosbury, Stamburg, for Cuba. HARWICH ELECTION. The nomination of a candidate for the vacancy in the representation of this borough, occasioned by the ejec tion of Mr. Attwood, took place yesterday. The MAYOR (Mr. John I'attrick) opened the proceed ings at the unusually early hour of nine o'clock, as ap pointed. He addressed the electors, and hoped they would on this occasion purge themselves of the stigma that had been cast upon them. On themselves depended whether this was or not the last time they would be called upon to exercise the rights of the franchise. The Hon. Mr. Sutton and Sir J. Cam llobbouse having been duly nominated, The Hon. Mr. SUTTON came forward, amid loud cheers. He denied, fairly, openly, and straight for wardly, that he appeared there as a nominee or delegate. He did not mean to say anything disrespectful of Mr. Attwood, but he would not consent to bo his, or any other man's nominee, to gain one or twenty seats.— (Hear, hear.) He appeared there on Conservative prin ciples, and those who th oug h t we ll o f t h em wou ld s upport him.—(Hear, hear.) He rejoiced to hear that bribery and corruption were protested against; he pledged himself to be no party to either, directly or indirectly.—(Hear, hear.) Relying on the promises he had received during a personal canvas, he felt confident of the result, and that he would to-morrow be placed at the head of the poll.—(Cheers.) Mr. BULL addressed the meeting on behalf of Sir John Cam Hobhouse, and said ho had no d ou bt, h e h av i ng been one of the deputation that waited on the Right Hon. Baronet, that in the course of a few mont h s a ll would feel obliged to him for his share in i n t ro d uc i ng him to the electors of Harwich.—(He was much inter rupted by constant cries of " Where is he?" &e.) On a show of hands, the MAYOR declared Sir John C. Hobhouse had a majority, and a poll was demanded by Captain Deane on behalf of Mr. Sutton, and fixed for to-morrow (this day). PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the rotes and I'rxceedirgx of the louse of Cunanbns.) FRIDAY, ?MARCH 31. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolution was reported from the above Committee : . _ _ That in the case of the New Ross Port ar.l llarhour petition for leave to deposit a petition for a BiU. the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to present their petition accord ingly.—Resolution agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 31. SUPPLY.— (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 113,847 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the territorial possessions of the East Indi a Company) Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be maintained fur the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist day o f April,lB4B, to the 31st d a y o f March, 1849 :"—Whereupon Motion made, and Question put. " That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 10,000 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the territorial poosessions of the East India Company), Commissioned and Non-Comurissioned Officers included, be maintained for the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist day of April, 1848, to the 31st day of March, 1849. 9 The Com mittee divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 3 9 . Aglionby, H. A. Greene, Joh* Scully, Francis Alcock, Thomas Hall, Sir p. Smith, J. Benjamin Berkeley, Grantley liastie, Alexander Strickland, Sir G. Blswitt, It. J. Henry, Alexander Stuart, Lord Dudley Bowring, Dr. Ilumpliery, Ald. Sullivan, Michael Bright, John Kershaw, James Tancred, H. W. Brothorton, J. IPGregor, John Thompson, Colonel Brown, Humphrey Meagher, Thomas Thompson, George Clay, James Molesworth, Sir W. WakleY, T. Crawford, W. S. Mowatt, Francis Walmsley, Sir J. Duncan, George r edid' , Captain Williams, John Ewart, William Pilkington, James TELLERS. Fagan, William Raphael, Alexander Hume, Joseph Gardner, J. D. iicholefield,lWilliam Cobden, Richard MAJORITY—NOES, 293. Abdy, T. N. Elliot, J. E. Morison, General Adair, Hugh E. Emlyn, Viscount Evans, William Morris, David Adair, It. Shafto Evans, Sir De Lacy Afulgrave, Earl Adare, Viscount More, Colonel Adderley, C. B. Fergus, John Napier, Joseph Alexander, N. Ferguson, Co lo ne l Newdegate, N. Anson, Colonel Ferguson, Sir R. Newry, Viscount Amon, Viscount Floyer, John Norreys, Lord Ansley, Tkomas Forbes, William Norreys, Sir D. Archdali, Captain Fordyce, A. D. Nugent, Sir Percy Arkwright, George Forster, Mathew O'Brien, Sir Lucius Armstrong, Sir A. Fertescue, Chichester Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Fortescue, J. W. Paget, Lord A. Bagge, W. Fox, It. M. Paget, LerdiGeorge Bailey, Joseph Fox, S. L. Palmerston, Viscount Bailey, Joseph, jun. Freestun, Colonel Parker, John Baldwin, Barry Frewen, C. R. Patten, J. W. Barkly, hoary Fuller, A. E. Pcel,:Sir Robert Baring, F. T. Gaskell, J. M. Pennant, Colonel Baring, W. B. Gibson, T. M. Perfect, Robert Bernard, Viscount Glyn, G. C. Pigott, Francis Bateson, Thomas Goddard, A. L. Pinney, W. Bellew, R. M. Grace, 0. D. Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, Philip Graham, Sir James Plowden, W. H. Beresford, William Greene Thomas rower, Nicholas Berkeley, Captain Grenfell, C. Pascoe Price, Sir R. Berkeley, H. F. Grenfel , Charles W. Prime, , Richard Birch, sir Thomas Grey, Sir G. Pagh, David Blackall, S. W. Grey, Ralph W. Pusey, P. Blandford, Marquis Grogan, Edward Rawdon,:Colonel Boldero, Henry Grosvenor, Lord R. Renton, J. C. Bolling, William Guest, Sir J. Reynolds, John Bourke, It. S. Gwyn, Howel Ricardo, Osman Bowles, Admiral Haggitt, F. R. Rice, E R. Boyle, Colonel Hallyburton, Lord Rich, Henry Brackley, Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Robartes, T. J. Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, Lord John Bremridge, Richard liardcastle, J. A. Russell, Edward S. Broadley, Henry Harris, Ilon : Sapt. Russell, F. C. Brockman, E. D. Hawes, Benjamin Rutherfurd, A. Browne, R. D. Hay, Lord John Sandars, George Bruce, C. L. Ilayter, W. G. Seyiner, 11. K. Buck, L.W. Median - 1, Thomas Seymour, Sir H. Buller, Charles Ileathcote, Sir W. Seymour, Lord Bunbury, E. H. Henley, J. W. Slia. to, R. D. Burghley, Lord Hervey, Lord A. Shell, R. L. Busteild, William Heywood, James Shelbunie, Earl of Cabbell, B. B. Ilildyard, R. C. Sheridan, R. B. Campbell, W. F. Ilobliouse, T. B. Sibthorp, Colonel Cardwell, Edward Hodges, T. L. Simeon, John Carew, W. P. Hodges, T. Twisden Smith, R. V. Carter, John B. Hollond, Robert i Smith, J. A. Castlereagh, Vise. Hood, hir A. Smith, M Tucker Cavendish, G. IL Hope, Sir J. Smyth, John G. Cayley, E. S. Ilornby John Smollett, A. Charters, Francis Hotharn, Lord Somerville, Sir W. Chichester, Lord J. Howard, C . W.G. Spearman, 11. J. Childers, J. W. Howard, E. G. Spooner, Richard Cholmeley, Sir M. Hudson, G. St a ff or d , A ugustus Christy, Samuel Hutt, William Stanley, E. J. Clay, Sir W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stansfield, W. R. Clerk Sir G. Jervis, Sir John Stuart, J. Clive, 11. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Sturt, Henry G. - Cocks, 1 homas S. Jones, Sir W. Sutton, 11. M. Codrington, Sir W. Keogh, William Talbot, C. R. Coke, Edward K. Keppel, G. T. Teuison, E. K. Langston, J. IL 'I hicknesse, It. A. Colvile, C. It. Lewis, Sir T. Coles,Coleb rooke ,Henry Str . T. Labouchere, Henry Te nnen t, i. J. Thompson, Ald, Compton, H. C. Lewis, George C. Townley, E.G.) Corry, H. Lincoln, Earl of Townshend, Captain Courtenay, Lord Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. Cowper, W. F. Littleton, E. R. Turner, George Craig, W. G. Locke, Joseph Tynte, Colonel Cripps, William Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lord H. Cubittt, William Lockhart, W. Venter, Sir W. Currie, Raikes . Lushington, Charles Vivian, J. H. Davies,;D. A. S. Mackenzie, W. P. Vyse, R. H. Dawson, T. V. 31 acnamara, Major Waddington, H. S. Deedes, W. 31`Cullagh, W. T. Wall, C. B. Denison, W. J. 3P.Naghten, Sir H. Walsh, Sir J. Denison, J. E. 11`Neill, Duncan Ward, IL G. Disraeli, • B. M'Taggart, Sir J. Watkins, Colonel Dod, J. W. • Magan, W. H. Wawn, JT. Dodd, George Mahon, O'Gorman Wellesley, Lord a Douglas, Sir C. E. March, Earl of West, F. R. Douro, Marquis et Marshall, W. Westhead, J. P. Drummond, Henry Matheson, Alex. Wilson, James Duckworth, Sir J. Matheson, J. Wilson, Matthew Duff, George S. Matheson, Colonel Wood, Sir Charles Duacuft, John Manic, Fox Wood, W. P. Dundas, Admiral Maunsell, T. E. Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Sir David Melgund, Viscount Wyld, James Dundas, George Meux, Sir Henry Wyvill, Marmaduke Dunne, Francis P. Mitchell, T. A. Yorke, Henry R. Ebriugton, Lord Moffatt, George Egerton, W. T. Monsell, William MLERS. Ellice, Edward Moore, George 11. Tufhell, Henry Ellice, Ik, jun. Morpeth, Viscount Hill, Lord Marcus Original Question again proposed:—Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, " That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 108,398 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the territorial possessions of the East India Company), Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers iacluded, be maintained for the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist day of Am!, 1848, to the 31st day of March, 1849." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 45. Aglionby, H. Henry, Alexander Scully, Francis Alcock, Thomas Hume, Joseph Smith, John X. Berkeley, Grantley Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord D. Blowitt, Reginald M'Gregor, John Sullivan, Michael Bowring, Dr. Meagher, Thomas Tancrod, H. W. Brotherton, J. Mitchell, T. A. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Moffatt, George Thompson, George Crawford, W. S. Mowatt, Francis Trelawny, J. S. Cobden, R. Osborne, Ralph Wakley, Thomas Duncan, Geofge Pearson, Charles IS'alrasley, si r J. Ewart, William Pechell, Captain Williams, John Fagan, William Pigott, Francis Willoughby, Sir 11. Gardner, J. D. Filkington, James Wood, W. P. Greene, John Raphael, Alexander TELLERS. Melly burton, Lord Reynolds, John Moleswerth, Sir W. Motto, Alexander Scholefield, William Bright, John MAJORITY-NOES, 246. ELECTION RECOGNIZANCES BILL. Report further considered :—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the A men dment be now read a second time:"—Amendment proposed, to leave ou t from the words " That the" to the end of the Question , in order to add the words 6 , Report be taken into further consideration upon this day six months," instead thereof .—Question put," That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" The House divided; the Ayes to the old Lobby, the Noes to the new Lobby; and a Member having been found in the House who had not voted on either side, he II as brought to the table, and was informed by Mr. Speaker that he must vote; whereupon the Question was stated to him, and he declared that he voted with the Ayes. MAJORITY-AYES, 92. _ _ ---- - - Adderley, C. E. Fox, Richard M. Alexander, N. Fuller, A. E. Reynolds, John Anson, Viscount Gardner, Richard Sandars, George Ansley, T. C. Grace, Q. D. J. Seholefield, w, Bagge, William Greene, John Bailey, J., jun. Grey, R. NV. Shell, R. L. Barkly, Henry Grogan, E. Bennet, Philip Hamilton, G. A. sir:lcon John , B Beresford, William Hervey, Lord A. Smitk, J. B. Scully Berkeley, Grantley Hildyard, R. C. Smyth, J. G. Boldero, H. G. Hope, Sir J. . Sumllett, A. Bolling. William Hudson, George Somerville, Sir W. Brack:ey, Viscount Jones, Sir W. Bright, John Kershaw, James Stafford, Augustus Brockman, K. D. Lindsay, Colonel Start, 11. Q. . Burghley, Lord Littleton, B.lt. Sulllvan,iMichael Chichester, Lord J. Locke, Joseph Talbot, J. 11. Christy, Samuel Lockhart, A. E• Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Lockhart. W. Turner, George Cobden, Richard Magan, W. hi. Vyse, Howard Cocks, T. S. Mahon, O'Gorman Waddington, H. S. Codrington, Sir w. March, Earl of NVakley, Thomas Colvllc, C. R. Meux, Sir 11. Walmsley, sir J. Cripps, W. Newdegate, C. N. Walsh, Sir J. B. Davies, D. A. Newry, Viscount Watkins, Colonel Dod, J. W. Nugent, Sir Percy Wcsthead, J. P. Dundas, G. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Williams, John Ellice, Edward Paget, Lord A. Williamson, Sir H. Fagan, ‘l9.lllam Pearson, Charles TELLBB.S. Floyer, Joins • Pilkington,Jamen Wortley, J. 8 . Forbes, W. PlumPtr e, • J • .r. Mackenzie, W. F. SSltri ,aboPtolitii raer peri,', Francis Richard c Alexander oi NOES, 73. e as Pechell, Captain Grat a, C. Pascoe Pigott, Francis Abdy, Thomas N. Adair, Ilugh E. Grenfell, Charles W. Price, Sir Robert Adair, R. Shaft. Grey, Sir George Itawdou, Colonel Aglionby, 11. A. Hallyburton, Lord Ricardo, Osman Bellew, R. M. Hastie, Alexander Rice, Eft Bernal, Ralph Hawes, Benj. Ratherford, A. Bowring, Dr. ' -,T -t e r W. G. T T — horn Seymer, Henry Ker Brotherton, Joseph Hey ter, Heathcote.Sir W. Seymour, Lord Buller, Charles 111INGOreReill T, Henley, J. 11r. Saft°, R. D. Cabbell, B. B. Campbell, W. F. I l o bl i ouse• T. B. Sh er i dan, R. B. Cardwell, Edward Hood, Sir Alexander Smith, M. Tacker Carew, W. P. N ow, Sir R. Stansfleld, W. R. C. i Chart cris, Francis Jervis, Sir John Stuart, Lord,D. Clerk Sir George Lewis, G. C. Thicknesse, It. A. Coles, H. B. Linco ln, Earl of Townshend. Captain Craig, W. G. M'Cullagh• Wawn, J. T. Dodd, G. M` Taggart, Sir J. Wood, W. P. Douglas, Sir C. M or peth, Viscount W yld, James Duckworth, Sir J. M o rris, David IV yvill, M. Dancuft, John Mulgrave• Earl Y or k e, H. It. Ebrington, Viscount Norreys, Sir D • C. S l e, S. Elliot, John E. Og TELLIOI3. poet, Lord G. Fordyce, A. D. Palmerston, vi s. 11111, Lord M. Gaskell, J. AL Hall, Sir Benjamin Parker, John Graham, Sir J. ------- IMPROVEMENTS IN ITALYANIZATION OP METALS.— Messrs. Morehead and Rogers have patented the use of alloys of zinc and tin, or zinc and lead, or all three, combined in certain cases with antimony (an olectro thermal antithesis to zinc, or a negative pole to it as the positive), in coating iron, whereby the protective power of the zinc is combined with certain other advantages, such as the obviation of its brittleness by aid of the tin, which is well known to coat iron without that tendency to scale off which zinc has manifested. Tee patentees have also protected various other improvements, such as the use of vapour of muriatic acid to dissolve the oxide , and th e ttse of rollers fluid bath of alloy, while g pl e u n n e g ra ed ted in on a the iron plates to be coated are pressed by the rollers during the process of coating.—B„ikkr. s soft te and iron not surface, fa quite ee Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from the Governors of Ceylon, South Australia, New Zealand, and the Mauritius, and also from the Lord high Commissioner of the lonian Islands. ON THE SOCIAL POSITION OF GOVERNESSES. BY THE AUTHOR uF " WOMAN'S MISSION." The following remarks on a subject of some public importance, were originally called forth by an applica tiou from a distinguished friend of the writer, v. ho re quested assistance for the bazaar about to be held in aid of the " Governesses' Benevolent Institution." Some friends to whom they were communicated urged their publication, as placing the claims of governesses on grounds more consistent with their truth and value, than public opinion, or even public benevolence, has yet at tained to respecting that important body. It is hoped that they may have some interest from the novelty, and some weight from the Let, of their coming from one within, and not without the " pale." However difficult, if not impossible it may be, to put the public in possession of the real motive.: of an author, it is highly desirable to prevent the imputaiion of such as are false. This is especially the case with respect to all statements of abuses : it is of importance to know that public censures are not provoked by private grievances. The writer, then, has no wrongs of any kind to resent. A long professional career has, by a rare felicity, shown her her profession only under its brightest aspect ; and her professional relations with individuals have been marked by a liberality, a courtesy, a high consideration, worthy of all gratitude, and which have left nothing to be desired by the most jealous or personal self-respect. In treating, therefore, of the wrongs, or what she conceives to be the wrongs, of governesses, she is actuated by none of the asperity of adversity, and none of the bitterness of wounded self-love. But a personal exemption from great "class evils," ought not to blind the understanding to their existence, or shut the heart to the misery which they produce. Even the perception of these evils, however, would not have sufficed to urge her to a public declaration of her sentiments, but that she feels some of the highest interests of society to be thereby compr om i se d, an d th a t soc i ety i s even more unjust to itself than to her profession in suffering their existence. The frequent appeals to public eonspassion made in behalf of governesses—the "fancy fairs," shilling sub. scription cards," got up with a view to their benefit, are calculated to fill a thinking mind with painful re flections, and a cynical mind with bitter ones. There must be some great wrong—something very " rotten in the state of Denmark," before society would venture to offer, or respectable individuals could be induced to accept, such compensation for social prejudice and social injustice ! It is difficult to speak of benevolent intentions, even when one thinks them ill-directed, with any thing ap proaching to harshness; but it remains a matter of grave consideration whether the tendency of the above-men tioned charities be not, like many of the efforts of merely impulsive benevolence, to relieve individual dis tress at the expense of general good. It is too true that governesses can rarely provije for old age or contingencies. But why ? Because the emolument received by governessess (however superior) is not sufficient to enable a person, required to keep up the appearance of a gentlewoman, to do so—because the general notions on this subject are notoriously sno b , as to have been made the subject of more than one popular burlesque ! The salary of a first-rate governess i s scarcely more than the interest of money which her education ought to have cost ; and those of all under "first-rate" are not more than is given to the upper ser vants of good families. The profession of a private governess is the only profession which offers no premium to distinguished abilities, and we see the results, un happily, every day. Would it not be better to pay governesses a little more, and to pity them a little less ? The prejudices which would degrade, and the injustice which inadequately remunerates, the members of an honourable and useful profession, are ill compensated by a tardy and patronising compassion. The writer knows not how the members of her profession feel generally, but, for her own part, she would prefer having recourse to that legal provision which the laws of her country allow all to claim,—to receiving in the form of alms that which had been denied in the form of wages. Nor can it be wondered at if the high-minded amongst the body should reject, rather than be grateful for, that form of compensation which arises from public charity, and is to be sued for in forma pauperis. But this is not the only, nor, in the writer's opinion, the gravest aspect of the subject. That individuals should suffer humiliation is a light thing in comparison of a great cause suffering injury. Education is a great cause. The public think it so ; they talk of it, at least, as such ! The progress of society permits no one now to say, whatever he may think, that ours is a degrading occupation. We have essays on education, essays ou educators ; how the tone of the one and the character of the other may be raised. Can the tone of education, or the character of educators, be raised, while society continues to ( ffer to the mem bers of this profession for their services—the wages and social position of a domestic, and for their distresses and old age—the provision of a pauper ? Their knowledge of human nature must be very small who do not perceive that a class, the distresses and necessities of which are thus constantly made the theme of public commisseration and the object of public charity, can never attain (as a class) to that position of social respectability which the members of so in fluential a profession ought to occupy ; and education can never be what it ought to be, till educators do fill such a place in public estimation. How is society to I learn to look up with respect to those on whom it has been first taught to look down with pity ? It is im possible ! But there are two sides to every question ; and where there is blame it is never altogether on one; nor is it here. Candour compels the acknowledgment, that while the respectable and meritorious are often grievously un derpaid, there are but too many in our profession who would be overpaid at any price. And the same candour compels also the humiliating confession, that the inade quate remuneration and low social position of gover nesses may be greatly attributed to the assumption of the office by those whose necessities are their only title to employment. Is it not monstrous that while a lady will not give her dress to be made to any one but a first rate dressmaker, she will give her children to be educated by a second or third rate governess ? That she will commit their training for this world and the next to a woman whose only qualification for the task is, that she has had a twelvemonth's apprenticeship in an inferior boarding-school, or—that her father failed last week ? One has really very little right to complain of the want of respect shown by society to a profession which respects itself so little as to have allowed this state of things to continue without a grand simultaneous effort to re medy it. But such an effort being, it is to be feared, hopeless, some other remedy must be found. This remedy appears to lie, not in public charity but in public institutions. That governesses may be more respected, they must be better qualifi ed ; t h at they may be better qualified, they must be better paid ; that they m a y be both, they must be better chosen ; that they may bo better chosene there must be somebody to choose them. That somebody should be the Government ; for the Church, which ought to be the curator of public educa tion, does not sufficiently represent the people to take up its office. The Government then, in our own, as in other countries, ought to take upon itself the office of securing the public interests, by excluding the half-edu cated or simply necessitous from the rank of public in structors, thus giving respectability to the office and EC.. curity to the public. The public feeling on this subject has already found representatives in two bodies—the " Queen's College," and the " College of Preceptors." To both— and especi ally to the latter, as organised by the Educational body itself—much gratitude is due for their endeavours after a great moral and national good. But the writer (with diffidence) suggests that they are both deficient in a most important respect, vis e they are not armed with a com petent and efficient weight of authority. The power needed is a power of exclusion—a power which can say, " You shall not take up this vocation unless 'you show testimonials of ability." No privately organised body would, or could assume to itself the power of such exclusion ; and the assumption, that the diploma granted to the capable would amount to a virtual exclusion of the incapable, seems to be based on an insufficient considera tion of the peculiar difficulties of the case. Some of these difficulties the writer (also with diffi dence) ventures to suggest. It appears to her, that while the ignorant and incapable might (by accepting law salaries) evade the requisite examination, the very superior—those of acknowledged merit and talent — might, neglect it, not from contempt, but because nothing but a Government diploma, absolutely indispensable, and giving to the educator the dignity of a recognised public functionary, could be to such persons a suflicient desider atum to induce them to submit to the ordeal of a public examin tion. Now, these are the very persons whom it would be desirable to tempt into that profession to which society entrusts its dearest interests. It appears also to her, that no amount of fairness or impartiality could se cure the members of those bodies from the suspicion of partisanship in the exercise of their self-constituted functions ; and that the clamour of injustice, first raised perhaps, by disappointed incapacity, would soon find an echo in the public mind, and nullify the benefits ex pected. A Government sanction, then, appears to be the principal means by which the object so laudably attempted by the bodies can be attained ; and the only means by which full security can be given either to the profession or to the public, that the highest of all tasks may not often be assigned to the lowest of all minds ! But waiting these better times, there is much misery waiting also for relief. And that charity should stay her hand till justice has done her work is not to be ex pected—not even to be wished. It is, however, to be desired, that this relief could be afforded in a manner which would maintain the dignity of the profession, while it solaces the distress of the individual ;: that some regard (as to ways and means) be had to the feel ings of those, who are many of them in reality, and all of them by courtesy, gentlewomen; that still more regard be had to the public interests, which are deeply compro mised by any further degradation of a body so important to the moral interests of the community. If these remarks prove suggestive of any useful thoughts to the public in general, the writer will be well content; but her chief object is to rouse the attention of those of her own sex and profession, who may not yet have considered the subject in its full bearings, on their own position and interests, as well as on the public good. To them she looks for sympathy, from them must come the efforts (whether pecuniary or otherwise) that are to overcome the evils which all must deplore. Why should not the heads of prosperous and respectable ladies' schools come to the rescue of their less fortunate sisters ? An annual subscription of comparatively _rah deate amount from all such would effect much good in this cause. To be the pensioners of a fund havi n g (at least for its basis) a professional co mbination is one thing ; to be the pauperised claimants of eleemosynary public charity is another. To rescue the fortuna fortunate members of our noble common p rofession from rode grading a necessity would seem to be an object needing no other recommendation than its own merits. And if this appeal FOU:0 a few thinking heads and noble hearts (there are some such amongst ti,) to consideration an, e.niseynent action, it will nut have been made in vain.— Fraser's Magazine COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Ifighnes.;es the Princess de Joinville and the Duchesse d'Aumale, paid her Majesty a private visit yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing iu an open car riage and four yesterday. Her Roj al Highness the Princess Royal walked yes terday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace; and her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of 'Cent visited the Queen yesterday evening at Buckingham -palace. Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and suite visited the exhibition of the Incorporated Society of British Artists in Suffolk street yesterday, previously to the private view. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester-house. The Marquis of Breadalbane and Mr. Dennistoun had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yes terday at their office in the Board of Trade. General Sir Alexander Duff had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. A deputation from the British and Foreign School Society, consisting of the Rev. George Clayton, Mr. Robert Forster, Mr. James Nisbet, Mr. John Corderoy, the Rev. S. B. Bergue, Mr. James Grant, Mr. William Harvey, and Mr. Richard S. Smith, had an interview with Earl Groy yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, had a dinner party yesterday at Lansdowne House, Berkeley square. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial Office for the Governor of New South Wales. btrbf Writtion PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, states that in telligence received from Pomerania and Brandeburg shows that these countries are opposed to what has been done at Berlin. A proclamation has been published in Pomerania, protesting in strong terms against the right arrogated to itself by the ca pital to demand concessions and cause the sol diers to be sent away, without the co- operation of the provinces. In consequence deputies, it says, are to be named on the 17th of April, to proceed oil the 18th to Berlin, and declare to the Presidents of the Burgesses-Ist, that Pomerania does not acknow ledge their right to act as they have done. 2d, that she has seen with regret the massacre of the troops, who only obeyed the KING'S order. 3d, to demand from the said Presidents if they are inclined to return to their s en ti ments of fidelity to the KING, and if they wish to co-operate with Pomerania in restoring order in the country. METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASE. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The Shaver ... 1 Gazeley .. British Yeoman SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. METROPOLITAN lIANDICAP.-8 to 1 agst Cracow ( 0 ); B . to 1 agst Jericho (0; 9 to 1 agst Glen Saddel (t); 10 to 1 agst Tufthunter ; 14 to 1 agst Marquis Conyngham (t); 14 to 1 agst Snuffbox; 14 to 1 agst Rattrap. NEWMARKET ITANDICAP.-7 to 1 agst Sylvan (taken and afterwards offered); nothing else backed. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAHES.-7 to 2 agst Blaze (0; 5 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (0. CHESTER CUP.-25 to 1 agst Cracow (taken to 251.) Nothing done in the Derby beyond an offer to take 1,000 to 100 about Surplice. PONTYPOOL STEEPLECHASES.—TnuRsamr. The Open Handicap was won by Lord Strathmore's The Roarer, lOst 91b (Mr. Rowland), beating Mr. Potts' Bold Davey, 9st 121 b (G. Vivian), in a canter. The second chase was won in a canter by Mr. Iron's Hope, 9st 12.1 b (Mr. Rowland), beating five others. The third chase was won easily by Mr. Potts's White Stockings, lOst 91b (Mr. Rowland), beating Redmond, Major, and several others by three lengths. The Newmarket Railway will be opened for general traffic on Tuesday next, so that the frequenters of the races will now be enabled to make the journey in little more than two hours, without change of carriages. This, no doubt, will indnce hundreds to attend the meetings, who have hithcrto found the journey too long and ex pensive. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) BODMIN. The Bodmin Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Mr. Hamilton in the chair. It was engaged the whole morning in hearing evi dence to support the charge of treating brought against Mr. Wylde. The Committee was occupied till its rising with the evidence of several licensed victuallers of Bodmin, who supplied the voters with drink and refreshments to the extent of 53. each, on their producing a ticket autho rising them to do so. TEo Committee adjourned till Monday morning at eleven o'clock. EXHIBITION AT THE SUFFOLK STREET GALLERY.-(THIS DAY.) No inconsiderable amount of enterprise has been evinced during the past 12 months by the distinguished Society of British Artists, whose productions are annually exhibited in the Suffolk-street Gallery. Schools of Art have been permanently opened, and, according to the official announcement just published, it would seem that already " nearly one hundred students have entered; and the classes have been regularly and well attended." Beyond this lectures of very superior ability have been delivered at intervals, one course of which lectures (namely, the course on the anatomical studies essential to an artist, by Mr. Strickland), we had lately occasion to notice in terms of deserved eulogium. Notwithstanding all these additional labours, the principal members of the Insti tution have displayed an unusual amount of applica tion, and in some instances a remarkable degree of ability. Only two have revealed any disposition to wards idleness—namely, Josi, who has produced merely one picture, and Herring, whose name for once appears on the catalogue :without a single piece for display. The latter circumstance we cannot but regret, as his delineations of animals arc generally characterised by genius. On the other hand, we have in the exhibition for 1848, ten paint ings by Clint, nine by liomerton, twelve by Hassell, nine by Childe, nine by Payne, ten by Pidding, ten by \Voolmer, twelve by Shayer, eleven by Wilson, eight by Ilurlstone, six by hill, nine by Clator, ten by Allen, and nine by Baxter. Without intending to prejudge the entire collection from our first rather hurried survey of this day (the first day of privat e exhibition), we cannot but remark that the works for the present year appear to us rather inferior in ability to their predecessors. Among those which particularly arrested our atten • tion, either from their defects or their excellences, were the following : No. 1. " Our Saviour," by Count D'Orsay, an ideal figure, peculiar for the affected stiffness of the left band, and the brilliant colouring of the garments. The countenance of Christ is without one gleam of divinity; and in the general simplicity of the attitude it is manifest that the gifted painter (in some respects the Crichton of our gperation) has not forgotten the sublimity of the up-raised arms of St. Paul in the glorious cartoon of Raphael. 11. "An English River Scene," by Tennant , one of the very ablest national landscapes in the Gallery. Every portion of the canvass glitters w i t h naturalness. The ducks, " rowing themselves with oar'y feet," on the surface of the current among t h e bulrushes and waterflags, are clever ; t he team of h w o h r o s l e e s an n a crossing g ree a t b h le e bridge animation. the foreground gives the masses 30. " Sunset—Coast of Yorkshire," by Clint, is of rock s are bold, but over-gaudy. The 41111 worked up admirably 63. " Frolic and her Puppies," the by by Nightingale, gives considerable promise ; two of the p u p p i es, espe cialy in the concept ion of their cha ranters, are hardly Woolmer, is full of unworthy of Landseer. s e L b l e k a e uty such as Boccaccio would have loved. of Pergusa, by light introduced between the sombre massiveness T be h a 7 i s i i ty i of the walls is infinitely truthful. 81. " Shades of Evening," by Boddington. The sunbeams are slanting up from the valley, and bathe the top boughs with lustre, throwing the bulk of the scene in a cool, delicious shadow. The whole picture is suffused with the peacefulness and suavity of evening. 93. " Shepherd Boy," by Hill. The dog is inimi table, glancing up with half-dubious, half-interroga tive air at the young shepherd. Another sketch by the :same artist (No. 193. " Mother and Child") is exquisite in point of colour ing, and not by any means deficient in sentiment. 287. " Fishing Boys on the South Coast," from the same easle, is life-like; we remember, however, the attitude of the one stooping ; it seems to be a re petition of one by Hill, in a large garne-piece ex hibited two or three seasons back. No. 296. " Gipsy Life," is the most animated and gracefu:ly-grouped picture we can remember hy The dancer is beautifully conceived, and has an Italian daintiness in the drapery, though the pos ture is of the robust manner of her country. 108. " Pallanza, on the Lago Maggiore," is a noble picture by Pyne, such as Pyne alone could have composed and as such is worthy of his genius in the art. The distances are wonderfully expressed —the lucidity of the lake—the picturesque dimness of the Italian buildings, the sprink ling of the clouds, the filmy dapple of _the cirrus in the celestial blue of the heavens, are all exact and admirable. No. 245, " Saint's Day at Ve nice," also by Pyne, is a circular: sketch, :brimming to the very framework with beauty, but still not to be mentioned with its predecessors No. 547. " Little Hampton Pier," from the same master, is worthy of study—it shows how far the imitation of Turner will carry a genius, even as in disputably great as that of Pyne. The very waters, as well as the heavens, seem blazing with a conflagration of green, purple, and damson.coloured flame, instead of exhibiting the refulgence of sunset. Of the other paintings we can only speak very briefly. 197. " The Victim of Sin and Death," by Latilla, is a daring composition such as Paton might have imagined, and such as he would have embodied with yet more extraordinary effect. 475. " The Futile Disguise," by Woolmer, is a graceful incarnation of loveliness, and will, we doubt not, be represented in that exquisite material which seems a sort of compromise between marble and por celain. 564. " Amy," a little sketch of female countenance, by Dicksee, is delicately beautiful. There is a capital copy of Gerard Dow (No. 694) by Aane Brimmer, in the water-colour room; and among the specimens of sculpture we must mention "The Wanderer's Home" (No. 798), by Stevens, the home being the cross of Christ. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WHITEHALL, MARCH 11, 1848. The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Anthony Horrex Roger Micklefield, of Stoke Ferry, in the country of Nor folk, Gent. to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the aboli tion of fines, and recoveries and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Norfolk. CROWN OFFICE, MARCIE 31. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVH IN THIS PRESENT PAR* LIAMENT. County of Monmouth—Edward Arthur Somerset, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Granville Charles Henry Somerset, commonly called Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset, deceased. Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Yorkshire. 2d Regiment of West York Militia—Streford Chandos St. Leger (and not William St. Leger, as inserted in the Gazette of the 10th instant), Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 28. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDE - D. William Norley, cattle dealer, Paradise-street, Fins bury. _ _ Samuel Prentice, licensed victualler, Boxford, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Octavius Tanner, fruiterer,' Edmonton, to sur render April 7, at half-past one, and May 12, at half past eleven„ at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Towns, Devonshir,-street, Bishopsgate. William Beach, cutler, Salisbury, April 13, at half past one, and May 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Jones, Quality -court. John Bates, watch maker, Kettering, Northampton shire, April 13, and May 12, at one, at the Court of F ° Ba r nkruptcy. Whi tmore, officiAl assignee, Basmghall earnhead, Cliff or d' s Inn. steet; James Green, wholesale hat manufacturer, Barbican, April 7, at two, and May 12, at twave at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Depree, Law rence-lane, Cheapside. George Dugl . as, linondraper, Brunswick-place, Old Kent road, April 11, at halt-past one, and May 12, at eleven, at the Cuurt of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Cooper, Hatton garden. Daniel Greenaway Porter, wine merchant, Great Tower-street, City, April 7, and May 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fullett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street; Tilson and Co., Coleman-street. John Coward, schoolmaster, Sloanc-street, April 8, at two, and May 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy: Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street ; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. Charles Edward Collis, draper, Poplar, Middlesex, April 12, at two, and May 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. William Patrick, builder, Farnham, Surrey, April 12, at half-past twelve, and May 13, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Johnstone and Co., Farnham; Temple, Farnham; Nicols, Farnham. Adam Potter, butcher, Pekeaham, Suffolk, April 12, at half-past one, and May 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, o ffi cial assignee, Basinghall street; Galsworthy and Nichol, Cook's-court, Carey street. William Pell, merchant, Upper Thames -street, April 11 and May 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Marten and Co., Mincing-lane. Frederick Elphick, glass cutter, Castle -street East, Oxford-market, April 13, at two, and May 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwa r d s , o ffi c i a l assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Dy er an d Quick, -Ely place, Holborn. David Gilby, coach builder, Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, April 11, at half-past two, and May 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Gooday, South square, Graff lon. William Edmunds, tailor, Wenlock-road, April 11, and May 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Wilson, Furnival's Inn. Richard Bayes Perkins, currier, Coventry, April 13, and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Trough ton and Lea, Coventry; Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn. R. Ireland, wine-merchant, Wem, Shropshire, April 12, and May 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Walmsley and Co., Wem ; James, Birmingham. John Aldersen, druggist, Tunstall, Staffordshire, April 15 and May 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wil liams, Hanley. _ _ _ Simon King, dealer in cutlery, Cheltenham, April 18, at twelve, and May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol. Edward Christopher Holland, surgeon, Honiton, Devonshire, April 13, and May 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Cox, Honiton; Daw, Exeter; Church, Bedford-row, London. Felix O'Hanton, linen draper, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, April 3, and May 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Geare and Co., Exeter; Finch and Co., Lin coln's Inn-fields, London. James Dawson Green, plaid manufacturer, Leeds, April 17, and May 8, at e l even , a t th e L ee d s District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row, London; Shackleton, Leeds. William Henry Spurr, builder, Liverpool, April 14, and May 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; Duncan and Co., Liverpool. James Smith, slate merchant, Birkenhead, April 19 and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpol District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; VVilkin, Furnival's Inn; Brown, Liverpool. John Roberts and William Hammill Roberts, iron mongers, Liverpool, April 19 and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple ; Grocott, Liver ! pool. Manchester District Court. May 4, at eleven, at the Mane N District April 11, and Manchester; cams and Cu., Richardchester, Smith, corn merchant, Preston, April 1 . 9 and Hobson, o ffi cial assignee, Bedford-row; Turner and Son, Preston. b . a c le u a u n a d pside. Man chester;MuEy_l%3va,radt Co., he at eleven, at the Exeter District eleven, c a t b t r h o e k a A n t c a h n P"t'officaeldasasni ass i gne e, Friday Manchester; stree t , Samuel Curry, brick maker, Taunton, Somersetshire, Hall,ele Court. klernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, E xeter; Brace and Surrey-street, Strand. Edmund Hender, ironmonger, Bodmin, Cornwall, April 12 and May 3, April 13 and May 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Commins and Son, Bodmin; Smith, Southampton-buildings; St dog on, Exeter. Martin Cawood, iron founder, Leeds, April 20 and May sat eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Hawkins and ;Co., New Bos vvell-court ; Atkinson and Co., Leeds ; Blackburn, Leeds. Daniel Bradshaw, merchant, Aldmonbury, Yorkshire, April 11 and May 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row; Floyd, Huddersfield. . , . (Dividends, &c., in our next.) PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending : March 28 1848, is 245. 2 d. per cwt. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . SlR—Some of your readers may be able to answer the following question:,--- __ Whom does a the present House of Commons represent? Not the masses of the people. Every proposition for their peculiar relief or benefit is invariably and unhesi tatingly rejected. Not the middle classes. The debates and divisions on the income-tax remove this from doubt. But whom, then, does the present House of Commons represent? __ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ONE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. March, 1848. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 31.—The trans actions of the jeek were chiefly confined to a few sales of Mauritius, it easier rates. The market closed with a dull appearance,—BristolMercury. Last week. .01 r. i ." ,• CD P I Cg THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY __EVENING, APRIL 1, 1848.