The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-31 00:00:00

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His ; in * m, and ie ranks of Art, g, when copy of mode* le story engraY humble ist, was inals.-- the Ist A yeert in the vise of r, Esq., Epenses Bed me, 5 2 9 5 . 2d. York April• Roman to the MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO TiIREE The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, the demand being fair. There was no alteration. in price. Sales 4,000 bales, of which 3,0r0 were American, at 4-id. to 51d. per lb. Railway shares closed rather firmly, without any material iteration in prices. The market, however, had still a downward tendency. The confirmation of the acceptance of the treaty of peace with Mexico by the Mexican Senate has come to hand this morning, but we find no particular commer cial news in the papers. The continental journals received to-day give no news of particular importance, but although from Paris the advices are not good, the absurd holiday-making system still prevailing, and the Presse news paper having been subjected to mob law, there is at least the favourable circumstance that the Government is respected. The advices by the Hamburgh mail report all quiet in most parts of Germany. Holstein was still arming, Let Denmark does not appear to be making any preparations for war, although its expressed determina tion is to incorporate Holstein. At Stockholm there had been some rioting, but it was suppressed. The es tablishment of a republic at Venice is mentioned in the German accounts, but it is said to have been effected pacifically. The following remarks from the forthcoming number of the Banker's Magazine are worthy of the attention of all holders of public securities:— " The ♦iolent fluctuations and the rapid decline in the price of the English Funds which we noticed in our last review, has continued with scarcely any intermis sion up to the period at which we write (March 28th, 1848). In the week ending, February 26th, 1848, the price of Consols varied from 591 to 8711 and in the week ended March 25th, 1848, the oscillation was be tween 80j and 81i. " The longest tall the Foreign Stocks exhibited is in the case of French and Belgian investments, and the circumstance is abundantly accounted for by the combi nation of unsettled politics and utterly disorganised finances with which both these countries have been so suddenly overwhelmed. " But the march of depreciation has extended beyond British or Foreign State Funds, and has included even the best of our own railways. " Now, there can be no question that the extraordi nary career of receding prices exhibited by these state ments of figures, is to be traced almost exclusively to a feeling of panic. Intrinsically, there is no reason why the shares of the London and North-Western Railway should be worth 10 per cent. less on the 24th March, than on the 19th February ; and the same observation applies, with almost as great an emphasis, to each of the other instances put down on our list. It is the infelicity of our times to pay little regard to considerations of intrinsic estimation; and in the present ominous state of the future we can easily understand how the impetuosity of the timid and unthinking to get hold of as much hard cash as they can grasp, should lead to an inordinate sacrifice of sound and substantial pro perty. There can be no hope of any restoration of the price of the Continental Securities for some time; but we may perhaps hope for a change is the negotiable value of the best of our railways, a species of property which cannot very well be stolen, and is not very likely to evaporate." The Corn Market is lower to- day. The Funds have been fiat again this morning, al though Money Stock is very scarce, and the sales pressed just now are nearly all for time. Consols have been 81 to 81i for present transfer, and 80i to. 811 for Account. The latest prices are 801 to 81i Bank Steck for Account has been at 1921, and India Stock at 233. Exchequer-bills have realised 31s. to 345. premium. The dividends are to be paid on the 6th April. This is settling day in the foreign market, and the most conspicuous feature is the heavy decline in the Russian stock, now quoted at 75. Spanish Active bonds have been 11 to Mexican stock has realised 15k to 15i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have de clined to 38 and 35. _ _ . Railway Shares are very dull at rather reduced prices. CLOSINO PRICES 79% xd 81% ONE O'CLOCK. UCF.S OF ItRITISIT FUNDS. 8 par C( nt. Reduced Anns . . ... per Cent. Consols Annuities 8 1 14% 81 Long Anna. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 7-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. 8 V 6 Igp _ Ditto under 1,000/. . ..... .—.... 18 p 18 p Bank Stock for Account .. Consols for Account ..... ......... 81% 897 i 81% 81% India Stock for Account 233 233 _ _ ......... Exchequer Bills. 3d. ' 1.0001. Small 35 30 p ONE I 'RICER OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 15% Ditto, Account 15% Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account ll Ditto. Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . Dividends on the above payble in London. ... . 30 p CLOSIN PRICES. 1 5T h 15 5 ' ___ /8 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 88 85 36 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junetion 3 1 4...... - Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 tAi — Belfast & County Down 11% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... ... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jung 7 3 4...... ••• • --...., Boston, Stamfd & Birm 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire-. 12/. 4s. Caledonian .. — Ditto, Half Shares .. 3 3 / 4 — ... — Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead.- 37%...... 13% l4 Ditto,;Preference l5 ...... . l4 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2.1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... „. — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% East Anglia, 25L, L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... _ Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 10s. ..... 3% ~„ — ..».. Eastern Counties . ....... 20 Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1.-- 6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters .. ..... 12 1 ,E — Do., New 23 Eastern Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Ditto, fhirds..... ...135.4d:. .... Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 ...... . .... ~ .. ~. Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .... 15 Ditto, New Quarters 3 3 % — East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 3 7 14 Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. 9 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214...... Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, New.. 314 — Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New 214..... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ........... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2%...... A ..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 .. 5 Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 151 6 lA— ••• ...... Great Western 9O ..... 89 90 88% ...... Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...... 50 49% Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171........ 9% 7,ii Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds- Hull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, to Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm 17% Do., do., arid Norwick 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% ......... .••• • Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 .. Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto • B2 ..... 70 ... ..... .... . Dittd, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares... 14% ... ......... ... Do. Fifths.... ....... .... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (Reg.).....10/. 45... •.. ... ........ Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 33 ' Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 60 Do.( W. Riding Union)4/.25... ... 3% dis, 3% dis. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42 1 ...... Do., Half Shares 1 7 1..... ... Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 2%..... Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 Ditto, New ...... . ..... . 22% _ ... ... — Do., Prefer. ,6 per CL 3% — Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . ... 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2%...... London & Black wa11...13/. 68.8 d.... Do. New, No. 2. 5/. 138.4 d.... 2 dis 2 dis. Do. Extension ...... 20 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. 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... 181 17a 2d... London and N. Western 100 12 4 1% 126 124% 124% Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...., — •• •••••• . Do 40/. Shares(L. bl.) 20 Do. 104 (M. & B.) A. 7% Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. Do. 10 7 . (M. & B.) C. 1 ... ..• Lon a. & S. Western Do. New 50/. ..... 37%.. Do. Now 401. 3O Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 ..• ........ ••• Ditto, Third 5......... 10 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ........ Londondorry&Coleraine 27% Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ••• ..... Lowestoft (4 per et.) Ditte (6 per ct.) M andi ester, Li rt. xt on , an d Matlock . 3 — 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% — Ditto and Gt. Grimsby 30 Ditto ditto . ..... 9 ••••• •• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO ......... Do., Grimsby Dock l5 Manchest. & Southampt. 2 51idlan ... lOO ...... 96 93% 96%... Do. Consolidated Pref 100 Do., do., 501. Shares... 15 ... Do. Birm., and Derby100 Do.Consol.Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 Midlnd, &Ist. &Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ..... ..111.35. 6d — Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Recker, .6 per cent. guar. N ewcastie and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket& Chesterford 18% — Do. Extension ......... 21 . 125.... - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor .. 15 Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 s — Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do_ do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... 25 1)o. Half Shares 12%...... Do. Quarters... .....• 5 1 / 4 .. Do. Extension Ditto Thirds North & South-Western 2 ...... —..-.... North Staffordshire lO 8 1 4 8.......... North Wales North Western. 6 Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% . Ditto, New........ ••••• 10 ............. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .. Shrewsbury and Bina: 5 7 Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 •• ........ Ditto Oswestry 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / 2 Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc, 2. - • ... Do., No. 3 ....... •••••• 20 Do., No. 4 South Wa1e5......... South Yorkshire, Don castor, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca- _ =23 meron's SUB - . C0a1.... 6 ... Taw Vale Extension ... 4 'names Haven Dock and Railway — Vale of Neath ..... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13%.. — Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublini West Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 7 W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 3O York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ......... 25 29 1 4 ... 2 9 14 Do. Original New and Berwick . Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 00. G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West !tid ing Extension • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara 7 - ............... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras 53. . ... Dutch Rhenish . ..... 7 .. ...... East Indian ......• l l4 — ...... . Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid.Junetion 1 Louvain ila Sambre ... G Luxembourg.... Lyons and Avignon ••• Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege l6 ... 2% 2............ Northern of France lO Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/ 854 d...... Paris and Lyons .10 ..... 1%% Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 5 4% ....... . Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders — MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 31.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light airs, and fine mild weather. DEAL, MARCH 30.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd., Augusta, Thurden, Bahia, and sld. for Copenhagen; Onyx, Brown, Singapore; Royalist, Murray, Africa; Mountain Maid, Wighton, Rio Janeiro; Kirkland, Boston. Arrd. from the river, Centurion, Quebec; St. Andrew, Mon treal; Margaret Turner, Bermuda. Sld., Great Britain, Montreal. _ _ _ OFF DUNGENESS, MARCH 28.—Phcenix, Johst, Singa pore. • OFF BEACHY HEAD.—D'Elminer, Jansen, coast of Java, for Amsterdam. PLYMOUTII.—SId., Mahomed, Slab, Adelaide, South Australia; H.M.S. Hercules, Madeira. ST. MAWES.—Arrd., Mountain Maid, Brazils. FALMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Wind S.S.E.—SId., Charles Kerr, Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—Wind S. Arrd. Eliza, Abernethy, Rio Janeiro; Westmoreland, Pernambuco; Majestic, Elgie, Bombay; Dowthorp, Bombay; Henry Curwen, M•Vicar, Mauritius; Dyson, Crockett, Callao. Ski. England's Queen, Shanghae; Zion's Hope, Brazils; Forfarshire, Staten Island ; Swatara, Philadelphia ; Elizabeth, Boston; Star, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Britannia, Montreal; Montreal, Montreal. DEAL, MARCH 30.—The Archibald, of Bremen, for Lisbon, dismasted, was spoken by the Ranee, arrived in the Downs. BRISTOL, MARCH 30.—The Talbot (steamer), hence to Port Talbot, got on shore in going down the river this morning, but floated off on the return of the tide, and has put back apparently without damage. SYDNEY, MARCH 28.—The Worcester (schooner) of this place, is on shore, but is likely to come of without damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.—(FRIDAY.) The present week's arrivals of Wheat of home-produce have been on the increase, and the show of samples here to day was good. As the attendance of buyers was small, the demand for all kinds of . Wheat of home produce was in a very sluggish state, and in some in stances the quotations had a downward tendency, with out effecting a clearance. The beat parcels of Foreign Wheat were mostly held at full prices; but the middling and inferior kinds were somewhat easier to purchase. The sales were mostly confined to the late arrivals. The Barley trade was heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported. In Malt, very few sales took place, and the inferior parcels were somewhat easier to purchase. Oats, Beans, and Peas had a downard ten dency. In Flour we have no ehange to notice. S. Bs: ley. Osts. I Fleur. 8,1150 qrs. I 4,410 qrs. I 4,080 ski. 15,220 -- 4,900 I Wheat. 4,720 qrs. English ...... Irish. •• •• •... Foreign .• •... 1,670 Malt, i,630 qrs. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. 2,460 We hare to notice a slight improvement in the demand for the best new Hops, at fully last week's quotations. In the middling and inferior kinds exceedingly little business is doing. Sussex Pockets, 31 to 3/ 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 3s to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3151 to 51 8s per cwt. BMITETIELD. Our Market today was very moderately supplied with Beasts as to number, but the general quality was good. The primest Scots, Devons, &c., moved off steadily, at full prices ; otherwise, the Beef trade was in a sluggish state. The show of foreign stock was comparatively small. For Sheep, the numbers of which were trifling, we had a steady inquiry, at fully late rates. Lambs were in moderate request, at from 6s to 7s per 81bs. In Calves very little was doing, yet the currencies were mostly supported. The cork trade . Wll5 heavy, at Monday's 35p 2% 20 2014 31 ,4 13N 17 1 4 88% 49% 191 t 73(, 10% 7% 29 t/ 8 18 THE! StN, LON'DO"N-, qultations. Mulch Cows cluling their small Calf. 414 391,4 61 . ;old at from 151 to 18/, in Per 81bs. to s s. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beash..... 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Second quality ••• • 3 6 3 8 Coarsc-woolled ditto 4 6 5 0 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Soutlidown Wether 5 2 5 4 Prime Scots ...... 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs .••• •. 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 E 5 0 Small Porkers ••. • 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves —2O 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs .• 18 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 8 310 Lambs .... •. •• 6 0 7 0 link the offal. - SUPPLY AT MARKET. Boasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Ms. 872 I 3,430 239 370 NIRWGATE AND LEADENRALL. The general demand was somewhat inactive to- day, on the following terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to a. d. iieef,inferior 3 0 3 2, Mutton, inferisr .. 3 6 310 middling 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 i 4 4 primelarge .. 3 4 3 6 prime •... 4 6 4 8 prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, largo— •• •• 3 8 4 4 Veal.. Lamb. 5s 10d is Gs 10d. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been quiet, only small parcels having been sold for immediate wants, and in most cases at a decline. Refined stanlard Lumps have realised 53s 6d per cwt; East India, 108 casks 4,859 bags Bengal sold rather cheaper; low to mid white Benarcs 37s 6d to 38s 6d; good mid and good 39s to 40s 6d, and mid and good yellowish soft 37s to 38s 6d per cwt. Mauritius, 7,542 bags, mostly found buyers at previous rates; low and mid yelloW, 35s 6d to 375 6d; good mid and good, 38s to 39s 6d; low and mid grey, 35s to 375; and low brown, 26s per cwt. Java, 789 bags, went at 30s to 39s 6d; for mid to good grey, 37s 6d for fine brown; and 37s Gd to 38s 6d for washed; 337 casks, Manilla. were taken in, low to good mid grey, 35s 6d to 38s 6d; low to good,. brown, 33s 6d to 343 Gd; and very low washed, 30s per cwt. COFFEE.—The demand for British Plantation has been limited, and prices are not buoyant. Ceylon has been sold at 325; for good and fine old grey, at 28s 6d to 34s for triage, and at 39s to 44s for pea-berry, damaged; low mid and mid bold oolory has realised 44s to 565; f and f fine old colory 36s to 425; ord to good ord 30s to 35s ; Native good and real good ordinary bold pale has been taken in at 32s to 32s 6d per cwt. Costa Rica, 1,590 bags, has been sold at 21s 6d to 30s for damaged. In Mocha and other descriptions, very little has been done. SPlCES.—Pimento has been sold at 3P to 4d per lb, and in some instances at 30 to 4kd per lb. Black Pepper has been quoted 2d to 21d per lb. Penang has declined about id per lb. There has been a little busi ness done in Nutmegs, Cloves, and Ginger. RlCE.—Business has been very dull in this article. SALTPETRE.— Rough low to fine Calcutta has been at 33s 6d to 35s 6d per cwt., and in demand. RUM.—The market is quieter. INDIGO.—The next public sales will offer about 8,000 chests, but present prospects are not very cheerful. TEA.—The market is not active. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 52s 6d per cwt. on the spot. BANKRUPTCY. 7 --(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice HOLROYD.) IN RE MILNER. In this case, in which the bankrupt passed his exami nation some time since, an application was made by his solicitor for the costs of the fiat up to the choice of assignees. The fiat had been sued out at the instance of bankrupt, and the question of costs had been ad journed—the application was, that the solicitor's bill should be paid before the official assignee, or the mes senger of the Court. The SOLISITOR to the assignees objected to the bill, on the ground that the bankrupt had put his creditors to expense in endeavouring to effect a compromise, and when they were willing to accede to his proposition he came to this Court. His HoNoun did not think there was any ground for disallowing the costs, which would be paid in prefer ence, except the per centage, in collecting the debts and the possession money. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) COLES V. BULLMAN. This was an action to recover the sum of 201. for goods sold and delivered under the following circum stances :—The plaintiff is a carrier, and the defendant is a tea•dealer, at Islington, and on the sth of January last, having several chests of tea to deliver from Messrs. Young and Co., tea-dealers, to different persons, he left with defendant three chests of a very superior quality to that ordered by him, and plaintiff now sought to recover the difference in value which he had been com pelled to pay to Messrs. Young and Co. Mr. WILDE, for the plaintiff, contended that as the chests were all marked, and defendant, as a tea-dealer, knew they were not those ordered by him, an implied contract had been raised, and that plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. For the defendant it was contended that the plaintiff had no right of action, as the person to whom the goods properly belonged might bring his action of trover. Verdict for plaintiff. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) BODMIN. The Bodmin Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Mr. Hamilton in the chair. Evidence having been called, Mr. MERRWETHER summed up, after which Mr. WORDSWORTH rose to reply, but he was inter rupted by The OHAIRMAN, who said the Committee would Rot trouble the Learned Counsel to reply, as they were of opinion that the petitions had failed to establish the al legation that Mr. Wyld did not possess the necessary property qualification to entitle him to serve in the present Parliament as a burgess for the borough of Bodmiu. The case of bribery and treating was then proceeded with. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse. back yesterday, attended by Colonel Seymour, Equerry in waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode out on their ponies yesterday in the gardens of Bucking ham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the per formance at her Majesty's Theatre with his presence yesterday evehing. His Royal Highness was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Camoys, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ale honoured the per formance at her Majesty's Theatre with her presence last evening. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, and Ldrd James Murray. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his residence in Downing-street. Mr. George Moffatt, M.P., bad:an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Whit bread had an interview on Wednesday with the Right Hon. Baronet. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall place. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS DR MONTPENSIER.— ROTTERDAM, MARCH 28.—The Batavier steam-ship, which ought to have' arrived yesterday, has been dis patched from Rotterdam to St. Sebastian, having on board the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier and suite. They both appeared in good health and spirits. THOMAS GISBORNE, ESQ., YOXAL-LODGE.—It is with satisfaction we announce the restoration to health of this respected and highly intelligent gentleman, M.P. for Nottingham in the last Parliament. Accounts from Italy convey the agreeable assurance to his friends not only of his convalescence but of his expected return to England before the close of the present spring. SALE OF THE PLATE OF THE DUKE OF BUCK INGHAM.—Yesterday the sale of the beautiful service of plate of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham was pro ceeded with by Messrs. Christie and Manson, the auc. tioneers, of King-street, St. James's, the rooms being crowded by the nobility and gentry. The property was divided into 163 lots, some of the pieces of plate being of the most magnificent description. A candelabrum, with arms, standards, and heraldic supporters upon a plinth, surmounted by a palm tree, from which spring branches for six lights, presented to the Duke by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry, weighing 340 ounces, sold for 10g. per ounce. A magnificent sideboard dish with me dallions, and of the coronation of George 11., and the other a crest surrounded by wreaths and suspended by ribbons, the border richly chased, sold for Bs. ld. per ounce. A pair of beautiful ewers, chased with shells, fetched 9s. 6d. per ounce. A candelabrum, with branches for four lights, richly chased with scrolls and flowers in relief; sold for 10s. 9d. per ounce. The other articles, consisting of vases, goblets, ewers, waiters, dishes, &c., fetched sums averaging fromr,ss. to 10s. per ounce. The wines sold on Tuesday and Wednesday fetched extra ordinarily high prices. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—EIGHT LIVES LOST.— DAWLEY, SALOP, MARCH 28.—A coalpit accident, which has resulted in the loss of eight lives, has given rise to a most painful amount of sensation in this neighbourhood. Coroners' inquiries on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers have just concluded, from 'which wo gather the subjoined facts relative to the deplorable catastrophe. The pit is situate within the district known as Malinshee, near this place. It is called the " Lodge," and is the property of Mr. Botfield. On Wednesday morning, between four and five o'clock, the eight poor fellows who lost their lives went to the mouth of the pit for the purpose of descending and proceeding to work. Scarcely had they got more than fifty yards down the pit, when the main shaft broke, and all were hurled to the bottom. The chain rope at the same mo ment got off the barrel, and the entire mass, weighing upwards of two tons, fell on them, and shockingly muti lated them. Their instantaneous death was immediately concluded. The jury found " That the deceased came by their death in consequence of the ) breaking of iron pins holding down the main shaft, by which the baud fell to the bottom, and the rope chain falling on the deceased, inflicted mortal injuries of which they died. The jury also came to the opinion that the said iron pies, the breakage of which was the cause of the acci dent, were composed of defective iron." FOREIGN CATTLE.—The steam-ship Free Trade, which has made two or three trips from Oporto to the metropolis with cargoes of live cattle and provisions, has now arrived from Viana, having on board, in addition to a general cargo of oranges, eggs, and wine, 61 oxen and cows, consigned to order. The steam-ship Lion, from Harlingen, has brought as a portion of her cargo 225 oxen and cows, which, we think, is the largest quantity of horned cattle brought from the continent on any single occasion. FR - MA Y AMERICAN NEWS. RATIFICATION a, THE MEXICAN TREA(I Y. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. We have received New York papers to the 11th instant, which were landed at Cork from the packet ship New World, Captain Knight. A communication by telegraph, from Washington, announces the fact of the Mexican treaty having been accepted, subject to some few minor modifications, by a majority in the Senate of 58 to 15. What these modifications consist of can only at present be gleaned from the correspondence of parties at Washington, supposed to have good means of ac quiring information, as the injunction of secrecy under which the proceedings have been carried on has not been removed. The boundary of the 32d parallel, it is said, stands as proposed. An attempt to fix the Wilmot proviso, prohibiting slavery in the acquired territory, has failed. Then comes the main point of difference, the question of religion, on which both contracting parties have appeared to be so decidedly positive. The whole ninth article, guaranteeing the supremacy of the Romish Church in California, and the religious grants and rights, has been rejected, and upon this question some difficulty is anticipated from the known determined opinions of the Mexicans on the matter. A substitute has been adopted, affording unrestrained religious toleration, which is as far as the United States constitution is capable of going. A clause in the treaty provides that this territory should be incorporated into the union as soon as pos sible. This has been amended by substituting "as soon as proper and suitable," leaving the discretion absolutely in Congress, and imposing no obligation of immediate admission in territorial capacity. It is the opinion of Mr. Calhoun, and other distin guished men, that California and New Mexico cannot fit themselves for admission as states under twenty years ; while there are others of equally eminent posi tion, who extend the time to thirty years. The article providing for the payment of the 15,000,000 dollars to Mexico, has been so amended as to make the annual instalments payable in coin in Mexico, rejecting the alternative of transferable stock as agreed by the treaty. An attempt was made to strike out the 3,250,000 dollars provided as the maximum for the claims of American citizens against Mexico, but failed by a vote nearly unanimous. The object was to afford the claimants larger latitude. MONEY MARIET.—the bill market for the steamer closed heavily ; a large amount being left over. The best bills were sold at 1091. BRAZIL. The Liverpool Times publishes the following ex tract from a Rio Janeiro letter of the 9th February : " Rio, FEL 9. " We have just learnt from a private source, worthy of the most implicit confidence, that the decree of the Ist October last, imposing extra dues and duties on British vessels and goods on and after the Ist July, 1848, will not be attempted to be put in force before the Ist January, 1849, during which interval it is to be hopod some more amicable arrangement will be entered into than at present exists. The slight demand for goods that existed for a week has completely died away, and business is quite as dull as it was in December. The stocks of woollens are very heavy, equal to about three years' supply." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY. A blank day. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.—TIRTRSDAY. The Tally-ho Stakes of 10 sots. each, h ft, and 25 added. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Gray's Reality, 3 yrs, Bst 9lb ...(Cartwright) 1 Mr. Steevenson's Rothersthorpe, 4 yrs, lOst 91b, 31b ex. 2 Mr. W. Cowper's The Morsel, 4 yrs, lOst 91b, 31b ex. 3 Mr. J. Tresham's Terror, 6 yrs, 125 t Betting-5 to 4on Reality-3 to 1 each agst Rothers thorpe and Morsel. Won by two lengths. The Althorp Park Stakes of 10 sots. each, and 50 added, for two-year-old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y. C. (28 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright...(F. Butler) 1 Mr. Payne's Glauca Mr. H. Watson's Nina ... ... 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Major Pitt's Piccola (W. Abdale)—Mr. B. Green's Routh (Wintringham) Lord Strathmore's Steel (Crouch)—Mr. J. B. Day s Traitress (A. Day)—Mr. Douglas's Margaret (Bartholomew)—Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill (Ford)—Duke of Richmond's Syrup (Kitch ener)—Duke of Bedford's Retail (Pettit)—Mr. Gregory's Cacus (J. Marlon)—Mr. T. Nevin's b f by Caesar, out of Emily (F. Bell) —Lord Clifden's Peerage (Sly)—Lord Bateman's Goodwood (Rogers)—Mr. J. Peck's Historian (W. Oates). Betting.-4 to 1 agst Glauca--5 to 1 agst Routh-6 to 1 agst the winner-6 to 1 agst Nina-8 to Ist agst His torian—and 10 to 1 agst Thornhill. The Clzsar filly and Nina jumped off together, and with Glauca, Routh, and several others laid closely up, made strong play to the distance, where all were beaten except Nina, Glauca, Routh, and Sister to Arkwright. Routh was beaten half way up, and Sister to Arkwright, who had been lying off, joining Nina and Glauca, one of the finest races rver seen ensue], Sister to Arkwright winning by a head, and Glauca having precisely the same advantage over Nina ; Routh a good fourth. Run in 47 secs. The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes of 10 sous. each. Winner to be sold for 5001. Twice round. (12 Subs.) Lord Clifden nd Bellenden, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Ryder) 1 Lord Northampton nd Fergu►, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ... Lord Spencer's Dacia, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ... 3 Mr. Moore nd Watchdog, 4 yrs, Bst 91b 4 Betting.-6 to 4on Fergus-5 to 2 agst Watchdog 4to I each agst Dacia and 13ellenden. Won in a canter by four lengths. Run in 6 min. 30 sees. The Produce Sweeps of 100 says, each, h. ft. fur three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Ono mile (6 Subs.) Mr. Bouverie's Prairie Bird (allowed 31b) (J. Marson) 1 Mr. Watson's Fiddler (allowed 31b) ... 2 Lord Exeter's Sword Player ... 3 Mr. Mostyn's Mantilla Betting.-5 to 4 agst Fiddler-5 to 2 agst Mantilla and Prairie Bird. Prairie Bird made all the running and won by a length. Run in 1 min. 50 secs. Handicap Sweeps of 10 sous. each, h ft, and 50 added for three yrs old, &c. One mile and a half. (12 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity, 4 yrs, Est 21b ... (Nat) 1 Mr. Parr 's Marietta, 5 yrs, ist 121 b ... 2 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Pedley's Miss Burns, aged, Bst 71b—Mr. Womb well's Walmgate• bar-Without, 4 yrs, Bst I lb—Mr. Fow ler's Ranthos, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Captain Pott's St. Oswald, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb—Mr. Johnstone's Icicle, 5 ) rs, 7st 71b— Mr. J. Marsh's Mother Carey's Chicken, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Betting.-6 to 4 agst Miss Burns-5 to 2 agst Waltu gate-bar- Without—and 5 to 1 agst Sagacity. A splendid race between Miss Burns, Walmgate-bar-Without, Marietta, and Sagacity, the latter winning by a head, Walmgate• bar- Without third, beating Miss Burns by a neck. Run in 3 min. 5 secs. Sagacity was backed after the race for the Metropolitan handicap at 25 to 1. The weather was gloomy in the early part of the day, and showery during the greater part of the afternoon; but this had little effect on the attendance which, both in rank and numbers, was not much inferior to that of the first day. 'The sport was first-rate, the two-year old race in particular was one of the most exciting ever seen, and in closeness it was almost equalled by the handicap. On the whole the meeting, thanks to good and liberal management, was eminently successful. The prospect for next year is highly encouraging. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. 3 to 1 taken freely about Blaze, and 6 to 4 offered on him_agst Flatcatcher. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Springy Jack (taken) 10 to 1 agst Surplice. No other mentioned. NEW GOVERNMENT STEAMERS.—Two of the new steamers, intended to carry the mail between Dublin and Holyhead, arrived in Kingstown harbour yesterday evening. They both started from opposite Birkenhead at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and one, the Ban shee, made the Kingstown harbour at thirty-one minutes past four, Liverpool time. The other, the St. Columb, arrived at thirty minutes past five, having been beaten an hour by the Banshee. The mail-boat Urgent, which left Liverpool at four o'clock, A.m., did not arrive till after the Banshee. The new steamers are long, nar row, and evidently built with a view to the attainment of the greatest speed. They have each two funnels, and one of the most remarkable external appearances they present, is the enormous size of their paddle. boxes. We have heard it stated that the Banshee, instead of lifting to a sea, goes right through it. This may be all very well as far as the conveyance of the mail goes, but will not be particularly attractive to passengers. The Ban shee and the St. Columb started together this morning from Kingstown harbour on another trial trip.—Dublin Packet. GERMAN FREEDOM.—A public meeting of the Germans resident in the metropolis was held last night, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, " for the purpose (of voting an address of sympathy, congratu- lation, and gratitude to the German people, for their heroic conduct in the recent struggles for reform and liberty." The chair was taken by Dr. Taube, who, after some observations, called for a cheer for "Fatherland." The whole company rose simultaneously, and, amid deafening cheers and waving of colours and handker chiefs, mo st enthusiastically responded to the call. Bo'ner's rational melody Du Schivertun meiner Linthen —" The si vord is at my left side"—was then beautifully given by a party of vocalists on the platform. Herr l3aucr then moved an address in German, which was unanimoiasfy adopted. The meeting was addressed by several g entlemen, among whom the principal speaker appeared to be M. Levin, of Konigsberg. The proceed ings, whi, ..~h were of a very animated character, did not co:iclude until after tea o'clock. ADDRI ISS TO BEE. MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT. —At a sr ccial meeting of the town council of Plymouth, held on ti se 29th of March, addresses to her Majesty and Prince A dbert on the joyful occasion of the birth of a Prii.cess were proposed and unanimously agreed to by a veiy full as sembly of the members of the corporation. PLY 10t— ITII, MARCH 29.—Orders were received this morni7ng for preparing for immediate embarkation 180 men 'belonging to this division of Royal Marines. This number, with others from the Portsmouth, Chat ham, and Woolwich divisions, are to form a brigade eif 100 aim, to be placed under the command of Colonel Waring `' , Jr service in Ireland. .11.11 ft 961/2 8 3 4 73 20% NM. 3N l - lii 15% 9% 7 3 ,4 6i% 12% lA 4% i /2 --.-r . EVENING, T/r , 'IVIARCH 31 , 1848. LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE. At a recent meeting of the Royal Acaelemy, Dr. Romney Robinson gave a most interesting account of the present condition of Lord Rosse's great telescope. In 1845 the Learned Professor submitted to the Aca demy the first fruits of its performance ; since then the enormous instrument has done nothing. And why? The Doctor answers this, and adds some most interesting information on the recent discoveries in the heavens:— lie had often been asked why this telescope had given nothing since. His English friends, though doubt less acquainted with all of the sufferings of Ireland that appeared in the daily press, had but a very inadequate conception of the overwhelming pressure with which those miserable years bore on the personal exertions of that class whom the position in society which raised them above actual want, bound to aid encou courage, and instruct their unhappy countrymen. Lord Bosse is not a man to seek enjoyment and knowledge in the heavens while he had duties to per form on earth, and he gave himself exclusively to their performance. Some parts of the machinery, which could be finished by his workmen without superin tendonce, IA ere proceeded with ; and the resolution of the great nebula of Orion, imperfectly observed. was communicated to and published by Dr. Nichol, of Glasgow. Some of the men, in the general dis tress, became careless, and the speculum was tarnished slightly in consequence of wet getting admission. But these days of evil are gone, end though the future was still dark and threatening, yet he trusted in God it would bring nothing like the past, nothing but what energy and wisdom, working together, might turn to the good of our country; and in this same hope Lord Russe felt himself justified in resuming his favourite pursuits with the new year. Dr. Robinson - found that the speculum (whose figure as he had formerly stated was not quite perfect) as well as a duplicate one, had, during the time referred to, been polished by 'the work men; but as he apprehended no difficulty in the process, it was repeated. Au unexpected difficulty, however, occurred, which made much delay, till Lord Rosse dis covered the cause. The success of the operation requires that it be performed at the temperature 5.5. In winter this must be obtained by artificial heat, which, however, increases the dryness of the air, so that the polishing material cannot be kept on the speculum. In this case the surface is untrue, and gives a confused image. This was verified by the hygrometer, and remedied by a jet of steam so regulated as to keep the air saturated with moisture. The result was immediate, and at the first trial the speculum acted so well that it was unnecessary to try any further experiments. Three additions had been made to the telescope. 1. The - movement in right ascension is given from the ground by ma chinery intended to be connected with a clock move ment which is in progress. 2. To obviate the difficulty of finding objects, an eyepiece of large field and peculiar construction is connected with a slide, so that it can be replaced by the usual one in an instant. It mag nifies 208 times, and employs nearly four feet of the speculum, the same as Herschel's forty feet ; thus giving the power of trying what that instrument might show. 3. The micrometer is peculiar, a plate of parallel glass, with a position circle attached. Light admitted at its edge cannot escape at the parallel surfaces, except they be scratched, and a scale of equal parts engraved on one of them with a diamond—luminous in a field absolutely black. The exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather subsequently prevented much from being done • in fact, there was but one good night, the 11th ult. In the moon he observed the large flat bottom of the crater covered with much fragments, and satisfied himself that one of the bright stripes, which have been often discussed, had no visible elevation above the general surface. In the belts of Jupiter, streaks like those of Pyrrhus' cloud were seen, and the fading of their brown colour towards the edge is evidence that they are seen through a considerable and imperfectly transparent atmosphere. A similar shade in the polar regions, where little cloud is to be expected, seems to indicate that the brighter bands are cloudy regions, and the more dusky show the body of the planet. Several nebulas were exa mined, and, as formerly, all were resolved, That of Orion is most remarkable. Even before the mirror was perfect, and in bad nights, that part of it which presents the strange flocculent appearance described by Sir John Herschel, is seen to be composed of stars, with the lowest power, 360. But Dr. R.'s required 830 to bring out the smaller stars, amongst which these are scattered. Having seen them and known the easiest parts, they were seen with the 3 feet and 500. Dr. R. has seen a recent notice in which this nebula is said to have been resolved by the observers of Harvard University, U.S., with a Munich achromatic of from fifteen to sixteen inches aperture. He has often seen it with Mr. Cooper's of 13.5, a difference easily to be allowed for, but never saw any trace of resolution. He does not in the least dispute the observation; fur a precise knowledge of the place (which Dr. Nichol had mentioned) with a purer atmosphere and sharper eyes than his are suffi cient to account for it; but he cannot refrain from re marking that the epithet, "incomparable," which they apply to their telescope, would be less extravagant it', in addition to the two stars of the traperium which were discovered by the telescopes of Dorpat and Ken sington, they had seen the other two which the six feet showed at the first glance, after its polish was completed. Another interesting object is the plane tary nebula, h. 464, situated in the splendid cluster, Messier, 46, and probably a part of it. It is a disc of small stars uniformly distributed and surrounded by the larger. Messier, 64, is a singular modification of the annular form seen obliquely. The opening seems black as ink, and at its margin is ono of these in terior clusters of bright stars so often noticed before. But the most remarkable nebular arrangement which this instrument has revealed is that where the stars are grouped in spirals. Lord Rosse described one of thew, Messier, 51, in the year 1845 ; and Dr. R. found tour others on the 11th, of which he exhibited drawings, h. 604 (seen by Herschel as a bi-central nebula), Mes sier, 99, in which the centre is a cluster of stars. Messier, 97, looks with the finding eyepiece like a figure of 8 ; but the higher powers show star spirals re lated to two centres, appearing like stars with dark spaces round them ; though probably high powers in a fine night would prove them to be clusters. Another fact deserves to be noted, from its bearing on Struve's Etudes d'Astronomie Stellaire. In that ad mirable book, among other curious matters, he infers that the 18-inch telescope of the Herschel penetrated into space only one-third of what was due to its optical power. He explains this by supposing the heavenly spaces imperfectly transparent. In com puting the limit, however, he assumes that the milky way is in its greatest extent " unfathomable by the telescope." Dr. R., however, chanced to observe it when it is deepest at 6 4, and is certain that its remotest stars were very far indeed within the limit of the 6 feet, and very much larger than those of the nebula of Orion. He concluded by apologising for the limited number of facts which he had com municated, but mentioned them as an evidence that their great instrument was again at work. For the future it would be constantly employed, as he had trained for Lord Rosse an assistant, on whose zeal and talents he could rely, and as it could never be turned to the sky without finding some new wonder, he felt assured of a glorious and unfailing harvest of discovery, which would be at once a treasure to astronomical science, a reward to the generous master of the telescope, and the noblest of honours to his country. ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE ITALIANA. The second meeting of the above association was held last night at the Western Literary Institution, Leicester square. The hall was not so full as on Wednesday se nnight, but the same unanimity prevailed as on the former occasion. Signor PisTnuccr, the President, took the chair; and after briefly alluding to the events which have taken place in Italy within the last ten days—the insurrection in Lombardy—the victory obtained by the inhabitants of Milan over the garrison, and the evacuation of that city by the Austrian troops—proceeded to state that their principal object in assembling that evening was the for mation of a special committee for the purpose of receiving the names of those who should offer themselves as volun teers to start immediately for Italy, there to aid in the struggle to emancipate their country from a foreign yoke, if indeed that emancipation were not already achieved by the ♦ictorious Milanese. It would be the duty of the committee to supply the volunteers with the means of returning to Italy, as far as the funds at their disposal, arising from the subscriptions of the members of the association, permitted. Such assistance would be afforded to those only who, being poor, could not them selves defray the expenses of the journey. The follow ing gentlemen wore then nominated, composing the special committee :—Signori l'istrucci (ex officio), Brizzi, Villani, and Giglioli. The SECRETARY stated that the subscriptions received hitherto amounted to little more than fourteen pounds, upon which the President made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the objects of the association; additional sub scriptions to a considerable amount were handed in, and several persons enrolled themselves as volunteers in the cause of Italian freedom. It was then announced that the special committee would sit on Thursday evening at the Gratuitous Italian School, Grevillo-street, liatton- garden, when all who were animated by genuine patriotism would have an opportunity of imitating the example set them by those who had already devoted themselves to the liberation of their native country. After the reading of an address in which Englishmen were invited to contribute towards the objects of the society, the meeting was adjourned to Wednesday next. THE AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP HERMANN.—This new steam-ship, the second built for the New York, Southampton, and Bremen line, made an experimental trip on the Hudson on the 9th instant, _which, although it is the first movement she made in her proper element, she performed with great ease, and gave satisfaction to those on board. She is built much upon the same lines or model as the Washington, but with the difference of one foot more beam, and five feet in length. Her en gines are also upon the principle of those in that vessel, with, however, some improvement. She would leave New York for Southampton on the 20th instant.—Liver pool Albion. NORWEGIAN POULTRY.—An importation of a package of game from Norway, a few da) s since, was the subject of especial notice, in consequence of its re markable character. We observe that the vessel, Richard Cobden, of Norway, arrived from Brevig, i❑ the City Canal, has brought a package of poultry of Norwegian produce. We know of no previous arrival of this kind having taken place from this northern country of Europe, and the importation is of interest. TIIE POTENTIAL MOOD.—M. Ledru Rollin seems to wish to rule France with his " absolute shall." Let us hope the future will prove this " absolute shall" to be Overruled in time by the " popular will."—Punch. HOURS OF LABOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—Having so nobly assisted the cause of the shoprnen and assistants of this metropolis in their en deavours to obtain an abatement of the hours of labour, I trust you will nut refuse to give a place to the com plaints of that nutneroui and respectable body of men, the clerks of the metropolis. The facilities granted to commerce by the estab lishment of railroads, steam-packets to nearly all parts of the world, and last, though not least, the penny postage, has had the effect of greatly increas ing the labours of the clerk, unaccompanied by an increase of salary, although his employers have thereby obtained a considerable increase of income. The hours of his attendance at office are now pro longed indefinitely, to the detriment of his health and comfort. lam not pleading ;for those exceptions to the general rule, " the managing clerks in large firms," whose toil is sweetened with the thought that their salaries fully cover their expendi - tore, and enable them also to make provisions for the vicissitudes to which this life is liable—hut I plead for that large body of clerks whose salaries are insufficient to keep themselves and families in comfort and respectability, much less being able to provide for the accidents of this life. Artizans, in general, leave off work at six o'clock, and should their services be required after that time, they are paid extra; but the clerk has no such privilege, he must stop at the office till eight or nine o'clock whenever needful, and is not even thanked for his extra labour. From various in quiries which I made I consider that no clerk need be kept at hi; official duties after six o'clock, after which time, I contend, it would only be fair on the part of our employers to pay us 2s. 6d. or so an hour. The various arrangements made of late by the Post office, Stock Exchange, Royal Exchange, and the Bank of England and City banks, all lead to the belief that an abatement of the hours of labour is perfectly possible without detriment to the interests of the employers ; and were the clerks to meet together and fairly discuss the question, I am con vinced that much good might be done ; for if there was a general though respectful demand for extra pay for all hours after six o'clock, I am convinced that very few masters would think it worth while to idle their own time away in the day time, but would get all their work done by six o'clock. Many a man is now prevented from earning a trifle, by keeping books for tradesmen in order to eke out his miserable salary, through the unreasonable hours of late introduced. I would ask our merchant princes what they got last year by their corn speculations, when the clerks were kept sometimes till eleven and twelve o'clock, night after night? They may depend upon it the speculations of the present age are not healthy. " There is something rotten in the state of Denmark," and the sooner they return to the good old system of a fair trade,—that which has raised this country to its present grandeur, the better for them, for their clerks, and for the people : the prices of whose necessaries of life are thus wickedly raised above their fair value. Clerks of London, I call on you all to aid the good work of an abatement in the hours of toil. I call upon the press to give us their valuable assistance that, press which has so nobly infused the spirit of liberty all over Europe. Sir, if you think our cause worthy of notice, pray use your great talent by bringing it before the public. I am Sir, your obedient servant, A COMMISSION MERCHANT'S CLERK. Liverpool-terrace, Liverpool-road, March 28, 1848. COST OF FEEDING ANIMALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There is hardly a subject of greater importance to the community at large, and certainly not one of greater interest to the agricultural population, than the cost of feeding animals, and yet there is hardly a subject on which greater obscurity prevails. Looking over the list of prizes awarded last Christmas by the Smithfield Club, I have endeavoured in vain to discover, anything near like what the cost of feeding any one of the animals there enumerated amounted to, from first to last. The prizes are awarded for the best got-up creature without the least regard to expense. I feel confident it would be a matter of great interest to many if any of your careful feeders of stock would inform the public what is the best age to send an ox, a sheep, a pig, or a fowl to market, and what was the cost of feeding the animal, to a given age. ➢ir. Cantelo, the inventor of the Hydro- Incubator, has made a sort of approximation to the in formation so desirable. He states, in a pamphlet, that the cost of feeding a chicken to 96 days old as from Bd. to 10d., but omitting to state the weight of the fowl or of the food given. I have ascertained that the average weight of his chickens, 96 days old, are 211b5., and by going to a corn chandler's I also ascertained that the quantities he states would come to about 101Ibs. of food to each of the various sorts, worth nearly ld. a pound on the average. Hoping that these remarks may draw attention to the subject in influential quarters, I remain, Sir, A WELL-WISHER To THE COMMUNITY. IMPRISONMENT FOR FORTY DAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,- 1 : am glad to find that the iniquitous power vested in the Judges of the new County Courts, of com mitting debtors summoned before them, and who either do not attend, or are unable to pay their instalment as ordered, for forty days to prison, there to be subjected to all the rigours reserved only for the criminal, is be. tinning to attract the public attention, and that the Legislature has been appealed to, in the hope of obtain ing a speedy repeal of the unjust provision. See how easily a man may be dragged from his home or place of business —nay, more, from a bed of sickness—under the authority of this obnoxious provision, and consigned for forty days to the very diet and treatment of the felon. If a mau is ordered to pay a debt by instalment, and fails to do so from illness or any other cause which may altogether prevent him from doing so, however honest may be his intentions, he is liable at any moment, without being again summoned to state the reason of his default, to be taken to the debtors' gaol ; to have his hair cropped, gruel for his breakfast and supper, coarse soup for dinner, locked up at six o'clock in summer and four in winter, barred in his cell at ton, and be kept, not only rigidly away, but out of the sight of the other debtors there, who being less inclined to be honest, have managed to get into debt for more than 201. Let me illustrate this by an actual case was com mitted to Maidstone gaol, under the Small Debts Act, for contempt, because I discontinued paying the instalments I had been adjudged to pay. I did it for this simple reason, that I found the person who had proceeded against me had done so under a false name (he was a Jew, and, like many of his tribe, had adopted for occasional use the name of a Christian). Although able to pay, I refused to do so, on this ground, and I had a right to do so, believing that I should be again sum moned to state my grounds of refusal; but nothing of the kind took place. I lived at Greenwich; but I was taken to Maidstone gaol, a distance of 56 miles from my residence, and there subjected to the felon treatment I have enumerated for four days, the distance from London having prevented mo from getting the matter settled, even at great expense, in less time, though the money was ready. The horrible treatment to which I was subjected would have extorted any amount of money from mu by any means of payment, for had I stopped longer, I believe I should have become insane!! The whole debt, though the whole of the instalments were not due, was thus extorted from me with of course enormous costs. The sufferings of those who cannot pay (and surely the Court ought to inquire a second time into this before the order for committal is made out) must be agonising in the extreme. If debtors are to be treated worse than the convicted murderer, for his hair is not shorn off, and if a forcing process, second only in 'brutality to the injunctions of the Star Chamber, is to be resorted to in a civilized country, to compel the wretched debtor to pay, why let the power I complain of continue. But if not, if the law is to be tempered with mercy, the sooner the clause is repealed the better. Surely more indulgence ought to be shown to the man who owes less than 20/. than to the one whose debts count by thousands; and, by the way, whilst I was sub jected to the diet I have named, and compelled to quench my thirst with water, a rich debtor, on the other side, had some dozens of wine sent in to him. J. I. S. The church decorators of the olden time did all in their power to destroy the coldness and monotony of blank walls. Hence fresco, or more properly distemper painting, was a common internal decoration, and the walls were covered with pictures of the lives of the Saints, or the history of the Saviour; the Last Judg ment, &c. Many of these have been laid bare when the process of new plastering church walls has destroyed the whitewash with which they have been covered; and so long a list might be given of churches which have been thus decorated, that it would go far to prove this practice universal. Where pictures did not exist, a pattern in diaper si ork was stencilled, and the pillars and arches thus decorated, or the flutings painted in various tints. The windows, in the same way, exhi bited in glowing tints the fathers, martyrs, or saints their acts and legends. The ceilings were frequently painted; and the floors brilliantly glowing with coloured tiles, and thickly interspersed with monumental brasses. —Art• Union Journal. TIIIRTT-SIX HOURS IN A SEWER.—Yesterday morning one of those extraordinary beings who gain a precarious subsistence by penetrating into the sewers of the metropolis, in search of coins or other valuables that may be washed into them through the drains, was taken out of the main sewer, in Broad-street, Golden square, in a very exhausted state, having been thirty-six hours endeavouring to find his way out, which, from having advanced further than was his custom, to recover some silver that had been dropped down a grating near the Seven Dials, he was unable to accomplish. Fortu nately, his cries were heard by Mr. Tickle, cheese monger, at the corner of Berwick-street and Broad street, opposite whose house there is a man-hole, which he had contrived to climb; and, assistance being pro cured, he was liberated. VOTERS IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS. — From official returns made to the authorities of the county of Middlesex, it appears that in the following me tropolitan boroughs and the county, there are 80,037 voters on the register, viz., Marylebone, 16,812; West minster, 14,125; Tower Hamlets, 19,361; Finsbury, 15,822; and Middlesex, 13,917. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last evening an extra performance took place at this theatre for the benefit of distressed artizans, Mr. Lumley having kindly given the use of the house for the occasion. The performance was given under her Majesty's sanc tion, and with the patronage of a numerous list of the nobility and gentry. Sir Robert Peel occupied one •of the boxes on the grand tier. The performance consisted of Rossini's Barbiere di: Sivigtia, the last act of I Duc Foscari, a divertissement including Madlle. Taglioni's scene from Coralia, a scene in which this fascinating dancer last year made her first and most triumphant impression upon a British audi ence, and the last new favourite ballet ol Fiorita. The house was numerously attended by members or the aristocracy and fashion, and the performances went off with the greatest éclat. Mdlle. Cruvelli was in splen did voice, and i❑ the music scene in the Barlaere intro duced the charming old melody, "Sul Margine d'un rio," with variations, which she sang with great taste and brilliancy. She was enthusiastically cheered in her last variations, in which her ornaments and fioriture were executed with surprising neatness and finish. The entertainments in the ballet department wept off with triumphant effect, Marie Taglioni and Rosati both receiving immense applause and encores in their favors-. rite pas. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—BENEFIT FOR Tete IbiTRESSED ARTIZANB. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess Kent, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The suite of their Royal Highnesses included the Marquis of Aber corn, Lord Camoys, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were also present on this occasion, attended by the Baroness Beust, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. E. St. John Mildmay. Amongst the general company we observed his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse), who was attended by his Excellency Prince Castelcicala; the Count de Montemolin and suite; the Prince and Princess Kotchonby, the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Mary Howard, the Baroness Brunnow and Madlle. Olga de Lechner, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Lonadale, the Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, the Countess Grey, the Earl of Darnley, his Excellency the Sardinian Mi nister, the Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, and the Hon. Miss Barrington, Viscount Anson, Viscount Ranelagh, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Adolphus Fitacla rence, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, Lord Aylmer, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Molesworth, Lady Sondes, Lady Garvagh, Lord Teitiplemore, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Robert Clinton, the Baron Nicolai, the Count de Barke, Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Sir Henry Meux, Bart., Sir John Lowther, Bart., the Attor ney-General and Lady Jervis, Lady Shaw Stewart, Hon. F. Stanhope, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Hon. A. Willoughby D'Eresby, lion. F. Charteris, Mr. and Lady Margaret Milbanke, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Colonel Dixon, Colonel Wildman, Count Kielmansegge, M. Ca nourgari, Major Backley, M. de Cottu, Lord Elphin stone, Lady Quinten, Captain Reynolds, Captain Smith, Mr. Alexander Baillie Cochrane, M.P., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Montagu Gore, Mr. G. Cor newall, Mr. Tomlins, Mr. Hooper, and the Misses Hooper, &c. &c. The following held boxes on the occa sion :—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Turkish Mi nister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister, the Duchess of Leeds, the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Huntley, the Duchess of Somerset, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, Mr. Charles Stokes, Lord Marcus Hill, Mr. Henry Tufnell, M.P., the Countess of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Blackburn, the Countess of Jersey, Mrs. Ewing, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Parnther, Lady Montefiore, Mr. Alexander Grant, Mr. Graham, Lord Lindsay, Mr. Crombie, Colonel Otto, Mr• Williams, Major Aldrich, Mr. E. B. Ashford, Colonel Storey, Lord Ossulston, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Mr. J. Cavan, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mrs. Pack Redwig, Mr. 11. Broadley, M.P., Mr. J. Collett, M.P., Miss Beaumont, Mr. Bentley, Lady Woodford, Mr. J. Sandford, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Marquis of Granby, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Megan, Mr. Hornell, Sir Philip de Broke, Hon. General Up ton, Sir J. Shaw, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Waite, :Mr. Hertford, Hon. D'Astley, Mr. Reynolds, &c. &c. SURREY THEATRE.—Mr. Benton, the much-re spcsted treasurer of this theatre, takes his benefit on Wednesday next, on which occasion the gentlemen of the St. James's Histrionic Club have kindly volunteered their services, and appear in the tragedy of Macbeth. In addition to this treat for the lovers of tragedy, Mr. Benton has provided an excellent bill of fare ;for the general play-goer and sight-seeker, and has also secured the services of Mr. Ramsay, who is unrivalled as an imitator of the past and present London performers. We trust Mr. Benton will meet that reward from a generous public which he deserves, and that his benefit will turn out a bumper. _ Cholera, plague, fever, after all, are species of poisoning, almost if not entirely as much within human control, as poisoning by arsenic or corrosive sublimate. Preventive measures are just as efficient in one case as in the other. If the opinion of one who has paid this subject long and anxious consideration be of any weight, I would utter it as my most sincere conviction that the above-named diseases would have no power whatever over a community whose sanitary welfare was even tolerably provided for. The rich will look to them selves, but the poor and ignorant must be minded ; they neither know nor care to look to themselves. Their dwellings should be entirely reconstructed ; they are every where, at least as regards these kingdoms, a dis grace to civilization—nay, to common decency. I can speak from experience. I have been in the huts of the Africans, of the American Indians ; I never saw the filth, the desolating, appalling wretchedness, that I have over and over witnessed in England, Ireland, and Scot land. It would be a glorious aim for the noble profession of architecture, to devise dwellings such as the working man ought to inhabit.—Dr. M'Cormac, of Belfast, in The Builder. Previous to the restoration of Charles 11., the Park of St. James's appears to have attracted little attention, and to have been left to the guidance of Na ture alone. Charles seems to have had Versailles in view when he laid it out from Le Notre's design. A long straight canal was formed in its centre from a square pond which existed at its foot near the Horse Guards. Rows of elm and lime trees were planted on each side of it, an aviary was formed in that place still called " The Bird Cage-walk ;" and in the large space between this walk and the canal, and nearest the Abbey, an extensive decoy for wild fowl was constructed, popularly termed " Duck Island," and of which the famous St. Evremond was appointed a salaried governor. Charles, who was exceedingly fond of walking, and who tired out many a courtier who tried to keep up with his quick pace, was continually seen here amusing him• self with the birds, playing with the dogs, or feeding the ducks. On the opposite side of the canal, three broad walks were constructed and shaded with trees, one for coaches, the other for walking, and the centre one for the game of " Pall-Mall;" an athletic exercise, of which the King and gentlemen of the day were fond. The game consisted in driving a ball through a ring at the extremity of the walk, which had a narrow border of wood on each side of it to keep the ball within bounds. The floor of this por tion of the park was made of mixed earth, covered with sea•sand and powdered shells, as at Versailles. The park was much secluded, except on this side, which was that only accessible to the public in general. There, Spring Gardens, e ith its bowling greens and gaming -tables, seduced the idle and dissipated, until the Mulberry Garden (which stood on the site of Carlton Gardens), put forth its attractions; and which, as Evelyn says, became " the only place of refreshment about the town for persons of the best quality to be exceedingly cheated at." The plays of the period abound with intrigue and adventure carried on at both places. The Mall ceased to be the resort of royalty at the death of Charles; but it continued to be the fashionable promenade until the close of the last century.—Art- Union Journal. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGIN/MRS.—MA/ICH 28, 1848.—Joshua Field, Esq., President, in the chair. The paper read was " The Engineering of the Rhine and the Moselle," by Mr. G. B. N. Jackson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. This communication was written during a short visit made to Holland, for the purpose of inspect ing personally the works with which the author had become familiar in the writings of Bea i udemoulin, Vanderbergh, Defontaines, llibbert, Krayenhoff, Ock hart, and Wiebeking. It commenced with tracing the geographical course of the Rhine from its source on the Babers, in the canton of the Grisons, to its numerous outfalls into the sea. It then treated at considerable length the geological character of the country through which the river and its branches thus traversed. The ancient works, as far back as the time of the Romans, were then briefly described, and the general state of the bed of the river, with the compara tive levels, the inclination and the velocity of the stream at the commencement of the modern works, were then laid down in a tabular form as points of data, and then the capability of the Rhine for forming banks by warping or depositing the matter held in suspension was discussed. The remainder of the first part of the paper was tken occupied by descriptions of the modes of straightening the bed of the river, and of constructing the dams, weirs, division arms, spurs, and shoreworks, and the method of blasting the rocks, which latter considerably impeded the course of the stream. Our limits will not permit us to follow the details of these works, which differ so essentially from any in our own country; but the whole proceedings ap peared to be given with such precision, that the paper, when it is published at length, with the copious details with which it was illustrated, will form a most interesting portion of the minutes of the proceedings. The second part of the paper, containing an account of the engi neering works on the Moselle, compiled chiefly from a paper by Mr. Vandenbergh, the eminent engineer, under whose direction the works had been executed, was reserved for reading at the meeting of Tuesday, April 4. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.-GrAt excitement was created in the town on Monday night, in consequence of the sudden orders for the dispatch of 300 marines at a moment's notice, and the unexpected arrival of th• route of the 39th regiment, which was to leave for Manchester. One detachment left yesterday, another to-day, and the remaining three companies are to follow to morrow. Two companies of the 9th arrived yesterday from Win chester, the remaining detachment, with head-quarters, is expected to morrow, and will occupy Cambridge and Forehouse barracks. Two companies of marines were ordered for Ireland by the Birkenhead, which had its steam up, and we believe the baggage on board and the men on their march, when the order WAS countermanded. —Portsmouth Guardian. • ea 11. 93 12 61 33% 1 18. 6954 653 6431, her ;