The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

MON +6ONIIOI . "iterAL NRW4. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. - - 'rho Cotton Market at Li v erpool on Saturday was root Sales, 4,000 bales. Railway Shares had further improved. Midland were in good request, and the value of the principal lines was increasing. The accounts received from the continental cities are of the character anticipated, the first intelligence of the outbreak of the revolution having occasioned visible agitation among the people, and anxiety on • the part of the Governments. The continued moderate tone towards foreign states of the men now at the head of Miura in France should inspire confidence however, when it becomes known, especially after the recognition of the Republic by England. The declara tion of independence by Neufchatel is regarded, never theless, as being somewhat embarrassing under the cir cumstances. The intelligence from the West India colonies by the mail steamer is of a chequered character. The weather in parts of Jamaica was favourable, but in others extremely dry. Even where good crops were made the return would not cover the expenditure, which was being curtailed in all directions by the discharge of book-keepers and other European employds. In Barba does the suspension of the West India Bank occasioned much distress, and there was no prospect of the liabili • ties being met within a reasonable period. Two or three years will probably be required to pay off all claims. The other colonies were suffering from the great depression in the value of produce. There are accounts of Feb. 16 from New York by the Cambridge packet-ship. The value of American Securities had improved 1 to 11 per cent. Accounts to the end of December from Valparaiso notice some scarcity of shipping. Money is easier in the City to-day, and confidence stronger generally. Renewed orders for the purchases of money stock have given strength to the Consol market, the heavy de cline in which seems to have been in anticipation of almost everything untoward that may arise. The speculators for a fall have, in fact, made their calculation upon disturbances in Germany and Italy, or with the prospect of peace between France and Bnglar.d, a fall of 10 per cent. would, not have been brought about. Consols have ranged from 82i to 821. Exchequer-bills have advanced to 255. and 295. premium. Bank Stock is Worth 194. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 83k. In the Foreign Securities the transactions have been numerous. For the first time since the crisis Belgian Bonds have been officially quoted, the price being 65 for the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. On Friday last they Were nominally 55, and on the 22d ult. 94 to 91. Brazil Stock has been quoted 79. Mexican has realised 14/ to 13 1- Peruvian Bonds are 26. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 16f to 171. Spanish Five: per Cents. 13} i, and the Three per Cents. 24 to 241, being about previous rates. Dutch Two•and• a-Half per Cents. Were quoted 441, and the Four per Cents. 721. Railway Shares have been rather looking np again, and there is a better disposition to do business at the higher rates established, even for some of the French lines, except for Boulogne and Amiens. ONR CLOSING r RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 194 194 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna ... 8 2 %% 82% 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-... 82 %4 li 82% New 34 per Cent. Anna. 8 34 83 Long Anne. to expire Jan. 1860 ... 8 11-16 13-16 $ 13-16 India Stock ladia Bonds, 1,0004 ........ ..... 5 p 5 p South Sea Stock Consols for Account .... ....... Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. .......... 25 29 p 29 p 500/. Small ..... 021116 CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian ;Bonds Ditto, Small 77 79 79 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1 4 34 15 Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto. Account 26 28 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent. — Ditto, Account l7 17% 16% 17% 171,4 Russian Bonds ... ...... a... 9 7 3,E 974 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account ..... ......... Do., Coupons Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account . 24% % 24 24 3 / 4 Dividends on the above payble in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. ........ Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 72 1 ,E 74% PRICES OF ~,,y , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING .„- RAILWAY SHARES. 'AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.) Aberdeen .., 4i ••,.." -- ......... .••••• -- Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junetion 34 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 4 Belfast & County Down 11% ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 - Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birmit g.,Wolverh'pton, and btour Valley 101. 145... ••• .. n. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7% — ••• • ••• ..... • Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds 2O Buckinghamshire... 12/. 45...... Caledonian Ditto. Half Shares Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37% Ditto, Preference l2 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc 25 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%...... East Auglia, 25L, L. & E. ard L. and D 25 ...... Do., 181., E. &11.... 18 Do., 31. 105. - Eastern Counties... .... . 20 l4 14% 13% x d Ditto, Extension, 6 per Cent, No. 1...... 61.185. 4d par Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters .... 12% ...... ......... De., New 23 — ••• Eastern Union 50 - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 — Ditto Third5........135.4d.. .... Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 ...... . .... .. Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New „,... —. ... ......... ... Ditto, New Quarters ay. ...... East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 - ....... •••• Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Diu*, New.. 3% Ditto, Newport. l2 -. •••• Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, k Dorch 2 Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glaagow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 60 ...... --. Ditto, New ... ... . . .... 40 - ...... ..•..... Do. Preference Consol. 16 Great Northern Do., London and York 2%...... Great South. and West. 110 M •• (Ireland) .... - 8714...... .... ..... ...... Great North of England.loo ...... -- ••• ...... •••" Ditto, New, 4el 5 Ditto, New,,4o/ so — Ditto, New, 151 6%..... ..........•.... Gnat Western 9O 95 97 ex div.... 95% x.d. Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, U Shares Ditto, Fi ft hs Ditto, New 171........ 9 1 % 9% 10 x. d.... 10 x.d. Huddersfield and Manch. 24 • Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 .'...... Ditto. Half Shares ... 25 ...... 49% x.d 48% x.d. Ditto, M Shares Ipswich &Bury St. Edin. 17% Do., de., and Norwich 15 ...... .„... Do.; do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..._ . Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares.. 14% — ••• •••• . Do. Fifths... ..... ..... 8 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 --• Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 45..... Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakifield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W, }tiding Union)4l. 25...... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42 ...... Do., Half Shares l7 ...... —...- ......... Do.NowEranch(blue) 2 ... . De. Extension (green) 2 i i — Do. NewExten.(pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 Ditto, New ..... ...... 22% 6%...•..... 6% Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% — ....... ....... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . ...... ........ 2 - Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 9 1 ,4...... London &Blackwall...l_t/. 63.8 d.... 5% 5 x.d 5 x.d. Do. New, No. 2 .•,...54 138.4 d.... ...... Do. Extension ... 17% -- London, Brigbaon, and South Coast Do. Co'zsol. Eighths. 40 Do , .P, tiar ant. 5 per ct.., 9 ..... . Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. . 46 ijiitto, ditto.... 1852 50 Vendon and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... Lend= and N. Western 100 ...137 136 137 x.d 135 x.d Do., Quarters L.& B. 22 ......, ....... — Do., do., New ......... 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 9 •••••••• "•••• 9 Do. 1 4 Shares ( G. J. 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.DL) 15 ...... Do. 404 M. & B.) ... 40 "" ..... Do. 10/. M. & B.) A. 7 Do. 10/. M. & BO B. 7 Do. 10/, (AL & B.) C. 1 ... Load. &S. Western Do. New 501. ... ..... 37%..... ••• De. New 401. 3O - De• Tutil (coasel.) 50 - ....... ..... -- 21% tr Ylltcb dittki •...•••• e••• Ditto, Thirds _ 81.65. 8d.... 3 dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... . . .....«. 11,4...... Londonderry Bteulorainc 27%. — .....«........ Londonderry and Ennis killen .. 25 ..... ... ..... .... Lowestoft (4 per at.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Mancheiter•Buxton,and Matlock .. 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —lOO - ........ .-- Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% --- ........ Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 7% — .. — Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto di' - 7 Jll AtO . ......... Ditto ditto ...... ...... 4% — ..•••• ......•• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1,4...... ..••••• Do., Grimsby Dock... 12 ......... Do. Man. &Lin. Union 41. 2 s — Manchest. & Southarnpt. 2 blidlan., l Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. UM Shares l5 .. 114 Do. Binn., and Derby100 D. Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per et.... 100 Midlnd, Brig. &Gloestr. 36 Ditto, ditto ...... 3s. 6d — Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan-. nington, 8 per ct.gaar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish N eweas tie and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 .... Newitirk et & Chesterford 18% — 11 1 ‘ 79th Do. Extension .........21. 12a.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoust, and Rostrevor .. 15 Norfolk .......... 100 Do. New 20/. .. . 5 - • ••• 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 ...... 23% ••• Do. Half Shares 1 2 14...... 11 104 Do. Quarters 5% 4% Do. Extension • «.... Ditto Thirds 2 ...... 1 1 A% North & South-Westorn 2 ...... .......: : North Staffordshire lO ...... 954 ...... ........ North Wales North Western. Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... .. 23q. 23% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston aad Hitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% Ditto, New 10 — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Gioia ... ........ ... 5 Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 23 : 1 / 1 10% 4 lA, ..... 1% 9 % 21 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 Shropskire Union' South Devon Do. Preference South Stailbrdshire South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 4 273'4% Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 Do., No. 4 South Wales ..... .......... 18 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 8 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 ...... Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Tkames Haven Dock and Railway .... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 / 2 . Waterford and Limerick 41 Watertd,W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W est Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 92& Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...... Do. Original New and Berwick ........ 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 16 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 9 L.,1 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West hid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 co. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley..., 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian l' — ...... Great Indian Peninsular 51. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg.... 7 Lyons and Avignon ••• .••..• Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege l6 ... .. 4 Northern of France...... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 3 ..... Over Yssel 4/ 384 d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 1 ,4 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 6% 6. Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 ...... Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbiso, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders....... — ••• MINES. - 11% 1 1 4 27% 12 1 tA 4 xi. 4 I-A, 24 1 % 11 Anglo-Mexican lOO - Brazilian Coeaes& Cuiba 30 British Iron ... Real Del Monte, Unreg — Bolonos Scrip ...... .. .. Galvanized Iron lO Ditto, New ... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W., light breeze, and dull cloudy weather. Dna', MARCH s.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh.— Arrd. Mount Stewart Elphinston, Thompson, Peru, and sailed for Berwick. Arrived from the Mauritius, Caroline Augusta, Penang; Briton, Mauritius; Coaxer, Barbadoes. PoRTEMOUTH, MARCH S.S.W. to N.N.W. —Arrd. Comte de Flandre, de Jachire, Gambia for Brussels, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. Sid. Windsor, Madras and Calcutta. RAMSGATE, MARCH 4.—The Dorothea, Veinier, Ba tavia to Amsterdam, put in here to-day, leaky, &c. sth. The Salami, Hull to Smyrna, put in to-day with bow sprit and cutwater carried away, having been in contact. LIVERPOOL, MARCH s.—The schooner which struck on the Dutchman's Bank, on the sd instant, was the Prince of Orange, from Bangor to Ma!don. A severe hurricane was experienced on the 25th ultimo, in lat. 44, N., lon. 30, W., by the Julinda. Howlett, arrived here. The Chieftain, Mackey, hence to Africa, has been abandoned off Tuskar; crew saved, and was afterwards passed on the 3d instant, seven miles E. by S.. from Tuskar, on fire, by the Neptune steamer, from Waterford. CARDIFF, MARCH 3.—The Farewell, Schroeder, of Konigsberg, from Shields to Barcelona, foundered 26th ult., in lat. 47. long. 9; the mate and two seamen saved. A brig, running to the eastward, with loss of bowsprit, foretop mast, foreyard and main topmast, was passed on the 27th by the Eliza, Jones, put back to Penarth Roads 4th. The Eliza, Jones, from Newport to New York, which put back to Penarth Roads Ist inst., with loss of bulwarks and cargo shifted, sill have to come into this port and discharge part of her cargo. The Laure (brig), of Rouen, foundered in a gale 27th inst., in lat. 49. The Libra, of London, was passed 28th ult., in lat. 47" N., lon. 7 W., with decks swept, bulwarks gone, and ap parently a mainyard for a jurymast, and the sea break ing over her; 8 men were counted on deck; no assist ance could be rendered to her, on account of the heavy sea; it blew a gale next day from S.W., when nothing could be seen of her. BIDEFORD, MARCH 4.—The Bideford, Lisbon to Ham burgh, went on shore on the South Shoals, 29th ult., has been got off and towed in here much damaged. KinssaLE, MARCH `2.—The Waterloo, of Clonakilty, Cork to Bantry, is totally wrecked in the harbour ; crew saved. DUNDEE, MARCH 4.—The Lord Melbourne sloop, of Goole, was brought in here to-day, after being on shore on a bank at the entrance of the river Bien. BELYAST, MARCH 3.—The Mary, of and for Dundee, from Liverpool, was in contact with a vessel in the Lough, received considerable damage, and must discharge. BRISTOL, MARCH 5.—A sloop, with a tanned mainsail and jib, was seen to founder on the S.W. Patch, one mile N. of the light ship in the Channel during a heavy gale, 27th ult. BANGOR, MARCH 3.—The Prince of Orange, Evans for Mahlon, in beating out to-day, got on the Dutch man's Sands, and fills with the tide. WEXFORD, MARCH 4.—The Chieftain, M'Kay, from Liverpool to Africa, was dismasted ten days ago, and abandoned ;yesterday on Blackwster Bank; crew saved. TOEERMORY, Das. 29.—The Olive Branch, Runcorn to Annadale, has put into this port, with loss of bulwarks and stanchions, and several sails split, having been thrown on her beam ends daring a severe gale from S.E. onthe 27th instant. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH s.—The Maria Amelia, Nibble, from Memel to Hull, was assisted in here this morning leaky, having struck against the south pier in taking the harbour, and with cargo in a very heated condition. CAUTION TO MARINERS. PENZANCE, MARCH 4.—lt is reported that the Staff and Ball on the beach on the Wolf Rock have been washed away during the late gales. 64 14xd par par 48 ........ 8% 16% 53 /4 Lt `.DON, Ioi3ONDAY MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Last week's arrivals of all kinds of grain of home pro duce, including Flour coastwise, were on a limited scale; while those from Ireland and Scotland were small From abroad we received 7,487 quarters of Wheat, 4,906 ditto of Oats, 166 ditto of Beans, 448 ditto of Tares, 87 ditto of Linseed, 73 ditto of Baptseed, 119 ditto of Mustard Seed, 239 ditto of Indian Corn, and 1,195 sacks of Flour. Fresh up to-day an unusually small supply of English When t came to hand, coastwise and by land carriage, from Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., hence the show of samples —most of which were in improved condition— was scanty. Notwithstanding, the attendance of buyers, both town and country, was by no means large, the demand for the finest descriptions of white was somewhat active, at in some instances an advanca on last Monday's quotations of la. per quarter. In all other kinds of Wheat of home produce a steady business was doing, at fully, but at no thing quotable beyond, lest week's prices. Prior to the close of business nearly the w hole of the parcels found buyers. The show of Foreign Wheat was by no means large. Selected parcels of both red and white sold readily, at prices quite (quid to those obtained on this day se'nnight. In the inferior and out of-condition sorts, comparatively little business was transacted, yet the holders generally were firm. A very limited quantity of Barley was brought forward, yet it proved quite equal to the wants of the dealers. Malting parcels moved off steadily, at full prices, but Grinding and Distilling sorts were neglect, d. Not withstanding the show of Malt was trillirg, that article was a very dull sale, and late rates were with difficulty supported, without a clearance being effi.aited. We have to report a small arrival of Oats, nevertheless that Grain was in very moderate request, at barely stationary prices. Very fine English Beans vs ere on show, hut several large parcels of foreign were offering. Salts progressed slowly, at barely the late decline in value. In peas exceedingly little business was transacted, and late rates were with difficulty supported. Indian Corn and Meal were somewhat easier to purchase. Flower was tolerably steady, at last week's prices, very little 'telly fine American was on effer. CURItENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. .Yheat—Essex & Kent, Y alt—Clievali‘r.. • • s9s to GOs Bed. .... .... 458 to 548 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,Whito, New 48s 58s Lincolnsh., Fe4d. 19s Th Norfolk and Lin- Potato . ..... 23s 25c coin, Red.. ..., 45s 488 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White .. •• .. 485 52e Black. ••• . •• 163 V. - n' Irish, Red .... ... .—s —a Cork, White ..• lBs 21s Ditto,White.. •. .. —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 23s 25s Rye—Old ............ —s —.s Beans—Tick 34s 4Vs New... ........ 32s 34s Pigeons Barley—Grinding ... .. 27s 80s Peas—Grey .. •.•• .. .. 38s 433 Malting . ........ 30s 32s Maple .•••• • . . . • ZBs 438 Chevalier .... ... 31s 33s White.• ••• •• ••• 36s 405 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .•••• .. •• 408 42s folk ............ 54s 56s Brown ........... 46s 52s Kingston and Ware 56s 88 s SIVIITII: Flour—Town-mule... 4I s 45s iuffolk •• •• •.••.• 35s 38s Stockta & Norfolk 35s 3:5s 'IELD. From the following returns, it will be seen that the imports of foreign stock into London ha'e been consi derably on the increase during the past week; and we may observe that their general quality has been good, though not to say first rate:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Hamburg! ... Antwerp Rotterdam Harlingen ... 77 ... 438 ... 31 Total.. Corresponding week in 1847 • 197 e*e 443 - 205 Difference ..... . 46 more. 341 more. 89 more. At the outports, the arrivals have consisted of about 400 bead, and which have been mostly landed in very mid dling condition. The show of foreign stock here to-day was comparately small, vix., about 140 Oxen and Cows, 260 Sheep, and 47 Calves. The Beasts and Calves were in good condition, but that of the Sheep was inferior. The demand was in a very inactive state, yet last week's prices were well supported. The supply of home-fed Beasts offering was moderate, yet a very small number was beneath the middle quality. The droves from the eastern districts, as well as the steamers from Scotland, were extremely prime. Although the dead markets were far from active, the Beef trade this morning, aris ing from the increased attendance of country buyers, was steady, though net to say brisk, at fully the quota tions obtained on Monday last, and at which a clearance was easily effected. A few of the very primest Scots sold at from 4s 6d to 4s Bd, but the more general top figures for Beef were from 4s 4d to 4s 6d per 8 lbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, v,e received about 1,000 Scots, short horns, and runts; from the Northern, Western, and Midland districts, 1,200 Herefords, runts, Devons, short-horns, and Irish Beasts; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 200 horned and poled Scots. An un usually small number of Sheep was again brought for ward, owing to which the Mutton trade was very firm, at an advance on last week's currencies of quite 2d per 8 lbs. Some of the best old Downs, in the wool, sold as high as 5s ad per 8 lbs, yet the general top price for that breed was 56 6d per 8 lbs. Previous to the close of business, the whole of the Sheep were disp( sed of. There were about 300 shorn Downs offering, and which produced from 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. Prime small Calves commanded a ready sale, at very full prices. Otherwise, the Veal trade was in a sluggish state, yet the quotations were gent rally supported. Pigs were in short supply and moderate request, at late figures. From Ireland no arrivals have taken place. Per Ribs. to el 3. d. to v. d inferior Beast►..... 3 4 3 6 ink the offal. .econd quality • ... 3 8 3 10 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 s. d. to s. (1. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Prime Seas .. •... 4 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 5 2 Aouthdown Wether 5 4 5 ti Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prlmre small ditto .. 4 8 S 0 Ditto out of the wool 6uckling Calves —2ll 9 26 Inferior Sheep 3 10 4 0 Large Hogs ...... 4 0 4 G Small Porkers .... 4 8 5 0 Quarter old rigs • .18 a 24 0 Lambs • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MAIIIiF,T. I Sheep. Calves. 13.670 117 rdZWGATE AND Peasts. 2,962 I PP±s 295 The supplies of both town and country-killed [n—it on offer, to-day, were seasonably good, Loth as r, cc's quantity and quality. As the attendance of ba) yrs small, and the weather extremely damp, the demand fur Beef, Veal, and Pork ruled heavy, and, in some in stances, the quotations had a downward tendency. For Mutton, especially for Down carcasses, the sale was steady, at full prices. Since our last report, about 200 carcasses of foreign meat have appeared on sale. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. lieef,isferlor •••• •• 3 0 3 2 Mutton, inferior •. 3 8 310 middling •••• 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4 prime large •. 3 6 II $ prime —— 4 6 4 6 prime small •. 3 8 311 , Pork, 1arge........ 3 8 4 4 r ea 1,............. 310 410 1— small 4 0 416 Lamb. Os Od ti Os Od. sonotran AND SPITAX.:7XELDS. By water-carriage, as well as by railway, the arrival of Potatoes since Monday last, have been extensive, and of considerably improved quality. For all kinds, the demand is heavy-01E drooping prices. From Holland and Belgium, aboit 200 tons have come to hand. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Selected qualities of New Hops were in monerate request, at, in most instances, full rates of currency. All other kinds were a mere drug, and somewhat easier to purchase. In Old Hops, not a transaction took place. WOOL. The imports of Wool into London last week were liberal, viz , 238 bales from liamburgh; 22 bales from Monte Video; 900 bales from Bombay; 330 bales from Sydney; and 620 bales from Algoa Bay. Since the conclusion of the public sales the business doing in the private-contract market, owing to the dull advises from the manufacturing districts, has been trifling i❑ the ex treme; and, as yet, we have no improvement to notice in the quotations. TALLOW. Notwithstanding the stock on hand is very small, even the time of year considered, the demand for all kinds of Tallow is heavy, and prices are quite is per cwt. lower than on Monday last. PY C on the spot is now 50s to 50s 3d per cwt; rough fat 2s 94d per 8113 s. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) 'The House at today to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Canning, and the Bishop of Manchester. DRUMMoND AND OTHERS V. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTIIERS. The further arguments in this part heard appeal from the decree of Sir Edward Sudgen, in 1842, when Lord Chancellor of Ireland, weiv resumed this morning, and occupied their Lordships the whole day. At the con clusion of the arguments we shall give a statement of the case. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) James Robert Dudderidge, for stealing a sovereign and two half sovereigns from his employ er, was sentenced to transportation for seven years. MA.RLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY) James Parker, the young man who was brought up to this court on the 21st ult., charged with stabbing Eliza Burgess and Mary Ritchie, at No. 26, Dudley-street, was again placed at the bar for further examination. Sergeant Bain, 2 F, said there was no additional evi dence at present, and produced the surgeon's certificate, stating that Mary Ritchie was doing as well as could be expected, and that Eliza Burgess was confined with a ,cemale child on Saturday last, and is going on very Svourably. The prisoner was then remanded till the 21st inst. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) Michael NPlVamarct was placed before Mr. Yardley, Ott .reward, charged with stealing two hundred cove reig. as, the money of his uncle, the Rev. Mr. John Ityai I, the parish priest of Athea, in the county of Li►r.e rick. 'Fit a circumstances of the case have already appeared. De. Biel Shine informed the magistrate, that if the prisoc.er was discharged he should take him into cus tody atnd remove him to Ireland. He should start to da y for Bristol aad thence to Cork. The prisoner asked the magistrate to have the case disposed of in this court; he did not wish to return to Ir Mr. YARDLEY said the robbery was committed in Irelamd, and there was no prosecutor in attendance. He should hand the prisoner over to Shine, and directed him ts proceed at once to Ireland. DEM SPEAKER'S DINNERS.—The Right Hon. the Sp eaker of the House of Commons gave his fourth Par -12 dinner at his mansion in Eaton square on !Itttrchty last. PVENI Nei * sioineß 18114. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the Ist, Lord Palmerston proceeded with his reply - to the monster motion. Of necessity, in the multilicity of sui.jtcts concerned, there were many cal which a diversity of opinions has been held, both at the time when the facts took place and at the present hour. But there is some thing approaching to ludicrous, in the attempt to take a Minister to task for all that has occurred during his political life, on which a diversity of opinions may have existed. And the result will be nothing but to give to the Minister attacked and to the Ministry with which he is connected, accessi n of strength both in the House of Com mons and out of it. Tbe attack, too, was particularly unfortunate in coinciding with a period when the Minister for Foreign Afftirs was laying so deep a claim to the gratitu!e of the public, by his conduct in a crisis when the fate of Europe was to a great extent in: his hands to make ur mar. It was as if Neptune proclaiming a had been obliged to turn round to chase a gad fly that assailed him in the rear. It is to be hoped our brethren of France will rot fall into the mistake of announcing in a bulletin, Le minister e Anglais chancele, was les coups des ; growls orateurs populaires. The conclusion of Lord Pairnerston's reply being close upon the hour of six, the House ad,;ourned. On Thursday the principal debate was on what is called the " Westminster Nov Palace and Bridge." The history is interesting in conjunction with the times. Eleven years ago the Houses of Lords and Com mons were burned down. The opportunity was a glorious one for members of architectural and pic torial tastes to gratify their propensities; at the public expense. An estimate was made and agreed to, amounting to 707,0001. Eleven years have passed, and double the money has been expend' d, and the buildings are not halt done. What has been produced is a tawdry toy, discreditable to the country as the Chinese bridges of George the Fourth, and only calculated for being turned at some time into a hospital fur decayed workmen like the Tuileries. Everything has been done to outrage popular feeling in the execution. A hall is built for the assembly of the three branches of the Government on occasions which require it. Half of this is given to royalty ; two-thirds of the remainder to seats for the Lords ; and the fractional residuum is devoted to " no room for standing, miscall'd standing room," for the House of Commons. On the outside of the building all the hard bargains of English history are ostentatiously paraded,—the ejected bigot, the restored reprobate, the executed criminal, and the unmanly pedant,—while England's "chief of men," the opener of the path into which the world is rush ing, is commemorated by the exclusion of his effigy. The very name of the building is a studied insult to the popular branch of government. The respectable mover, in his antiquarian studies, has discovered that the building where the House of Commons held its sittings before the fire, was within the site of an aban doned royal palace. It was in a chapel too, and might have been in a scullery ; but this forms no reason why for its re-construction either a palace, a chapel, or a scullery should be provided. It is the Chinese argument, which burned a house to roast a pig, because the first time a pig was roasted it was by such an accident. The tendencies of this nomencla ture are two; the first, to give the slap in the face to the popular branch as above; the second, to throw the shield of royal influences over the augmentation of the expenditure. But the palace is not all. The amateur legislators think Westminster-bridge is not quite in the right place, nor quite in the right style, to suit their toy house ; so it is to be pulled down,::and: built over again. Nor is this the end ; there is yet a further vision in the distance, which is that of purchasing half the Surrey side, to make " an approach " on the opposite bank, in imitation, it is presumable, of the view at the Madeleine at Paris. The Vatican and the Escurial have been quoted in support already ; and the Madeleine will bring up the rear when found most convenient. From the Pyramids downwards, architectural demonstrations have been evidences of the pleasure one class has had in spending the money of another. . _ Four millions is now spoken of as the ultimate amount. The lion. Mover defended the expense, on the ground that it would be a great benefit to the working classes, and that one-fourth of it might be expected to come back to the Government in the shape of duties on articles consumed by them and quoted the philosopher Southey in support of the opinion that the more Governments taxed and spent, the merrier for all. This was effectively replied to by Captain Bernal Osborne, who asked whether the money would not have been as much expended on the working classes, and as much of it returned to the revenue, if it had been left to be expended by the owners. You will see that the fallacy he exposed, is neatly identical with that involved in the fantastic theory of the Pro tectionists, who take care to overlook that money would he as much expended by the honest owner as by the dishonest. This case of the " Palace at Wes tminster" is an evidence, not inopportune at th! present tnotnent, that on the question of preventing foolish expendi ture to please foolish people, you have virtually no government. You are an anarchy. And you wall continue so, till, with all due attention to the different modes in which we do things here from other countries, you make a kind of parliamentary Three Days for the reduction of expenditure, the re arrangement of taxation, and the widening of the electoral basis as the means of holding your ground when you have got it. The motion was finallywithdra•,,n, on the Minister's undertaking the formation of a Commission. On Friday the debate was on Mr. Hersman's amendment, " That if the Income-tax be continued, it is expedient to amend the Act, and not to impose the same charge on incomes arising from professional and precarious sources as on those derived from realised property." As there would not be room for the full examination of the question, I shall only note a few of the accidents of the debate. Mr. Goulburn advanced ari extraordinary proposition on the life incomes of physicians and lawyers. It amounted to saying, that the reason N't by we give a guinea to these professions is, because we bear in mind the condition of their wives and children after their death; and that if it were not for these considerations, the honorarium would be fifteen shil lings. The weakness of this appears to be, that it would equally apply to any amount of misarrange ment. if the decision were that physicians and law yers s hould pay treble income tax, there is no doubt they would do their best to recover it in their fees, and would partially succeed; but this would not make the arrangement just. On the popular side, too, there were fallacies advanced. Thus it was de clared that an income-tax was an evil, because it deprived the working classes of the expenditure of the money by the taxees. It was only the night before, that the other side declared taxation to be a good, because it gave the working classes the benefit of the expenditure by the Government. Which points t* the two arguments being mutually destructive, and ends i❑ showing that the working classes in the aggregate are neither damaged by the taxation of the other classes, nor benefited by the expenditure of the Government, except to the extent that the expendi ture of individuals may be for objects leading to the further extension of industry, which the expenditure of 6-(vernments never is. Resistance Was also made (but which possibly enough arose from some mis appl ehension of terms) to the assertion on the Mi nisterial side, that if one tax is not or cannot be made just in its bearings upon all classe s , something may be done in the way of remedy throu g h the intervention of other taxes which shall bear in a different manner. o f the other; e both to operate the Ath iol g au r tg e uh a r t ec t e r tr u ot t a h ici , lolu i y f t nt h eo e rtaie ft bearing sttilheey aof one tax are to be of a bearings r same way. hence to say in the general, that one unequal tax cannot be mended by another unequal tax, is a mistake ; and so it vial be found, whenever the people are able to try their hands at application. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, March 6, 1848. iolcih might have been ex as sh own hi mse lf an i• We are happy to anno unce tha t the line of conduct taken by the King of P r ussia with r egar d to the F renc h pßeeept ui.dblif?roims precisely mated by so constitutional a s p irit at home, and who, while he governs his peop le in t he way hest suited to amon arethhatw which their welfare, is ready to admit the right of other nations to be governed after their own fancies, provided those fancies do not interfere with the general peace of Europe. If we are well informed, his Majesty's Ambas sador in London made, on Saturday last, an official de claration to the British Goveinment to the effect that Prussia would not interfere in the internal affairs of France; but that while she (lid not contemplate any ag gressive military movement against the new Republic, she was resolved to i.sist any attempt of France to violate the territory of her neighbours. It is needless to add that this decimation of his Prussian Al a i„g ty h as been received with the greatest satisfaction by the Go vernment, for it is in point of fac: an adhesion to the principle already laid down by Lord John Russell as that which would guide her Majesty's Ministers in their relations with the Provisional Government of France. From the concurrence of two such Powers in this view of the qutstion it follows inevitably that France may devote herself to ithe reconstruction of her constitution without fear of let or hindrance from without.— Times. A SUGGESTION TO BRICKMAKERS.—A subscriber to the Builder thus writes;--Will you allow me (through your paper) to draw the attestion of the manufacturers of bricks, artificial stone, or other similar materials, to the desirability of making ornamental or suitable plain coverings or bands for graves, as well as borders to keep up the earth. It would be the means of churchyards and cemeteries always retaining a clean and orderly appearance, and where CcOllOll 3 Y WAS required, I conceive it would have that effect. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. The New York packet-ship Cambridge, Captain Peabody, arrived here from that city this afternoon, with dates to the day of her sailing, Feb 16, inclusive. She brings specie to the amount of 30,0001. The stearn•ship Hibernia, which sailed from Liverpool on the 29th ult., arrived at New York on the 16th Feb., after a tempestuous voyage. There is not any political intelligence of moment by this arrival. The intelligence from Mexico states that Mr. Trist had been in conference with the Mexican Commis sioners, and that certain terms for adjusting the dif ferences between the two Republics had been agreed upon. Nothing authentic, however, was known. It was stated that, at the latest advices from Queretaro, there was not a quorum of Congress in attendance. General Anorga had been succeeded by Pena y Pena as President, and a new one was to be chosen when Congress assembled. Reports were current that Origaba had been captured, and that it was in quiet iiossession of th body . of American troops dispatched from the city of Mexico. Colonel Hayes and 100 of the rangers under his command had an encounter with a party of gueridas, under Father Juranta, whom the former defeated. The advices from the city of Mexico are down to the 15th of January. According to accounts which appear in the New York papers, it would appear that the Mexicans are collecting large forces to fall on General Wool, and mean to retrieve the glory they lost at Buena Vista. There was a rumour at Vera Cruz that Santa Anna had made a pronunciamento, by which he called under arms 20,000 men to continue the war. The report had been brought to Vera Cruz by an especial express, but few believed the statement. Little that was either interesting or important had taken place in Congress at Washington. The Ten Regiments' Bill was still_before the Senate ; every member of that loquacious and august body being determined to have his say on it, it was left for discussion in the House of Representatives. Of course there is nothing new in the arguments contained in the speeches now before us. The agitation respecting a new President was being carried on with much vigour. Mr. Polk i 3 doing all he can to secure the nomination of himself at Balti more. A great meeting has been held at New York to support General Taylor's claims, but the parties as sembled were not unanimous in their opinions, and the consequence was that an adjournment took place to the 22d of the same month. Mr. Clay is the favourite of that locality. Commercial matters generally were dull, but re mained without any material change from that re ported on the arrival of the last mail steamer here. Flour was selling at 5 dolls. 75f. to 6 dolls. 25f. In dian corn, 60Ic. to 61c. per bushel. The demand for cotton was limited, but holders acted firmly. The provision market was firm, and sales to a moderate ex tent had taken place at late prices. Freights remained nominally the same ; the engagements trifling ; 100 hhds. tallow were taken for Liverpool at 20s. T HE The ex-King and Queen of the French, who have as sinned the title of Count and Countess Neuilly, arrivsd here on Saturd:y afternoon. Their ex-Majesties were accompanied from Croydt n by the Duke de Nemours and the Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha. ihe Count de Jurnac and Generals Dumas and Ru migay were in the suite of the ex-King and Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albt rt, attended by Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Claremont shortly bawe five o'clock, and had a long interview with the ex-King and Queen. His Royal Highness subsequently returned to town. The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg re turned to Buckingham Palace at a later period of the evening. The Count de Jcrnac also took leave of the ex-King. and left Claremont for London. The Duke de Nemours left for East Sheen at an earl) hour is the evening. This morning their Royal Inghnesses the Duchess f't Nemours, with their two children, the Count d'Eu and the Duke d'Alenc.m, and their Royal Highnesses tin Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, arrived litre from East Sheen, and joined the other members of the ex-royal family for the first time since they had left Paris. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours left Claremont at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to town to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by the Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Cowper, arrived here this afternoon to pay a visit to the Count and Countess of Neuilly. Her Royal Highness returned to town in the evening. The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg arrived here this afternoon, and remained with their royal relatives through ou t th e day. His Excellency, the Belgian Minister, had the honour of an interview with their ex-Majesties this morning. The Count and Countess de tfarna.c have also paid a visit to the royal exiles to-day. The ex-King and Queen are in good health, and rapidly recovering from the excitement and fatigue they have recently undergone. We believe we may state on authority that the whole ex• King's family will assemble and remain at Claremont for the present. The ex King and Queen will arrive at Buckingham Palace this morning to pay a visit to her Majesty. We subjoin some additional particulars of the ex- King's arrival and conduct at Newhaven, which will be found interesting:— The King, Queen, and a few attendants landed on the pier from the Southampton steam-boat Express, and were received by souls ot the Customs' officers, who con• ducted them to the Bridge Inn about twelve o'clock. The whole of the rooms there had been engaged early in the morning for some refugees; but the proprietors scarcely expected the honour of royalty coming to them. The news soon spread that the King had at last safely gained the shores of England ; but to the credit of the inha bitants of Newhaven, no mob raised tumultuous shouts or noisy greetings, sounds which would have grated rather harshly upon the ears of the royal fugitives. The Deputy• Consul, Mr. Cole, soon waited upon their ex- Majesties, and the King expressed his anxious desire to communicate his arrival to Buckingham Palace. Accordingly, having written a letter to the Queen, it was dispatched to Mr. Iron, the secretary of the Steam-boat Company at New haven, who immediately set off for Lewes to pro ceed to London. On Mr. Iron's departure, it being thought proper to formally congratulate their Majesties on their safe arrival, and to offer the hospitality of the inhabitants of Newhaven, the Rev. Theyre, T. Smith, the rector, the Rev. F. Spurrell, the curate, and Mr. Elphick, the principal landowner, sent in their cards to his Majesty, intimating they had arrived to pay their respects; and they were immediately admitted to his presence. The King advanced and eagerly shook hands with all, expressing his delight at being once more among the English, whom he said were always his friends. Mr. Smith addressed a few words of condolence to his Majesty, and expressed deep regret at the unhappy circumstances which had occurred, adding that it was no small source of congratulation to welcome his Majesty to Newhaven on having safely arrived at the shores of Britain. Mr. Spurrell then informed his Majesty that they bad come also to offer such help and assistance as New. haven afforded, adding, that should his Majesty prefer the quiet of a private house, Mr. Elphick had come to place his at their Majesties' service. Mr. Elphick fol lowed up the offer of his house by that of his carriage and horses. and any other service he could render. In reply, his Majestys aid, he deeply felt the kindness ot all these attentions and hospitable services, and for which he felt truly thankful; but it being his intention to pass the night at Newhaven, he should prefer :remaining at the inn, where he found himself comfortable, without accepting Mr. Elphick's generous offers. " Truly happy and thankful indeed am I," the King said, " that I have once more arrived in England, and which I will not leave again. The bullets were striking the windows and doors when I escaped from the Tuileries, but here I am, safe and unhurt. I have nothing to tax my conscience with, and nothing to reflect upon (laying his hand upon his .heart), and I thank you very much. But here are only two cards, and there are three of you, and I wish to take care of them all three, as containing the names of the kind friends, the first to welcome me to Newhaven and to England ; where is the other ?" Colonel Ruinigny accordingly gave the other card, which happened to be that of the Rector of Newhaven, to his Majesty. " Mr. Smith ;" exclaimed the King, after identifying the individuals with their names, " that is curious indeed 1 and very remarkable that the first to welcome me should be a Mr. Smith, since the assumed name was Smith by which I escaped from France ; and, look, this is my passport made out in the name of William Smith 1" At the end of the inter view 2.1 r. Elphick again offered his house and services, when the King's resolution seemed shaken ; he accord ingly went to ask the Queen, who was in an adjoining room, but who declined to accept the offer, and his Majesty therefore declined too, after again and again thanking the whole party and shaking their hands repeatedly. The King steamed but little the worse for the fatigue of travelling, and talked cheerfully and in good spirits all the time. His Majesty had not changed his dress since he left France, and few, perhaps, would have recognised King Louis Philippe in a blue pilot coat, with a pocket handkerche fur a cravat, without his usual lofty wig, and with his face bearing proofs of being untrimmed for many days. About half-past two o'clock, knowing the distress the Queen must be in from having no luggage, Mrs. Elphick, accompanied by her sister, Miss F. Gray, proceeded to the inn with a chest of linen and toilet necessaries, to offer for her Majesty's use. Having sent in their cards and explained the object of the visit to the Queen's at tendant, her Majesty immediately desired them to enter, that sho might return her thanks. On their entering the room, the King, who was by this time decayed, shook hands with them and led them to the Queen. Her Majesty, advancing a step or two, similarly welcomed them, and set chairs for Mrs. Elphick and her sister on either side of her ; and having gently forced them to sit down expressed her thankfulness and joy at her having arrived safely, and having met with such kind friends. After condoling with her Majesty Mrs. Elphick begged her Majesty to make use of the contents of the box she had brought; but her Majesty, with tears, distinctly, yet most thankfully, declined the kindness, " Vous etes trop bonnes," she said, "mais achete des habits." After conversing some time both in French and English, and thankfully declining all assistance, the King said, " Where is Mr. Elphick ? I wish to introduce him to the Queen; no, no, not to the Queen, to the Countess de Neuilly." On being informed that Mr. Elphick was in the adjoining room, the King. sent for him, and receiving him warmly again intro duced him to the Queen, who heartily shook hands with him. Atter again declining all assistance the Queen affectionately kissed Mrs. Elphiek and her sister, who then retired. THE EX-KING AND QUEEN 07 THE FRENCH.— NEWIIATEN, SATURDAY, MA RCS 4.—Tbeir Majesties who slept last night at the Bridge Inn (Mrs, Smith's), left Newhaven station at eleven o'clock this morning, by train, via Keymer, for Croydon. His Majesty was loudly cheered by several hundred of respectable people on his way from the inn to the railway. A number of persons arrived to see the King from Lewes, Brighton, Seaford, &c. His Majesty shook hands with several individuals at the station. Just before the train started, Mr. Henry Simmons, of Seaford, had the honour of congratulating his Majesty on his safety, at the window of the railway carriage, whom the King cordially shook by the hand, as also did the Queen, expressing great pleasure at their reception generally at Newhaven. Count de Jarnac, the late French Ambassador, who arrived here last night from Brighton, had an interview with the King, and slept at Mr. Thomas Stone's. Their Majesties rose about eight o'clock, and partook of a good breakfast. Count Duchatel, the ex-Minister of the Interior, and Mr. Lawrence, and Lady Jane Peel, had an audience at the inn. Several gentlemen from Brighton, Lewes, Now. haven, Seaford, &c., were introduced by Mr. Packham to his Majesty, whom they congratulated on his safe arrival. The day was most splendid, and the greatest sympathy was expressed for the fallen Monarch, who departed in excellent spirits. re Obxerver and Gratuitous Supplement, together sixty folio columns. for Sixpence. Contents of The Observer, March 5 :--19 columns of French News, six columns of Parliament, ono column of Marylebone Vestry, about 100 useful Advertisements, and nearly 30 columns of miscellaneous intelligence. The Observer of February 27, which gave 13 folio columns of Paris news, has been twice reprinted, and copies can yet be had at the office, 170 Strand. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Monday's edition, with that day's markets, best adapted for the country and abroad, is published at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. A most determined act of suicide took place in Hull on Saturday. Mr. Davey, butcher, residing in Scale-lane, who has been some time labouring under mental despondency, occasioned by pecuniary difficul ties, went into the shop, an I, with a large knife used in his trade, nearly severed his head fro:n' his body. Mr. Davey, a few years ago, was a highly respectable trades man, and considered well off in the world. AN OFFERING FOR CONSCIENCE' SAKE. The clerk of the 11o1y Trinity Church, in Bridgewater, Mr. John Hayward, has recently presented to that church an oak cover for the font, six feet two inches high, designed and carved by himself, as a memento of gratitude for restoration to health. When we say that the donor is an accountant, and having lost the use of his right shoulder joint, has worked the whole of the cover with his left hand, our readers will give him credit for much perseverance as well as a good motive,—,Builder. 12 11 96 15 EX-ROYAL FAMILY - OF PRAINCE A'l' CLAREMONT. CLARLIIIONT, SUNDAY. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold Count de Syracuse had an audience of the Queen en Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. His Royal High ness was attended by his Excellency General Prince Castelcicaln, the Neapolitan Minister, and the Chevalier de Collona. His Royal Highness was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.11., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. The Queen was attended by Lord Elphinstone, Lord in Waiting, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, attended by Madame la Baronne de Wangenheim and Baron Fritch, left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before six o'clock on Satur day morning for the London-bridge station, en route to the Continent. _ _ . His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, went on Sa turday afternoon by special train to Claremont, to visit, upon their arrival in this country, the Count and Countess of Neuilly, which title their Majesties the King and Queen of the French have assumed. His Royal Highness returned to Buckingham Palace in the evening. Her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday. Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Ma jesty on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred took an airing on Saturday in the Royal Gardens. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenar officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended I by Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, went yesterday afternoon to Claremont, to visit the Count and Countess of Neuilly upon their arrival in this country. The Royal Duchess returned to town in the evening. Prince Leopold Count de Syracuse visited her Royal llighn•ss the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glouc, ster House. Yesterday the Prince paid a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours left tow❑ yesterday for Claremont. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday morning in St. Michael's Church. Baron knesebeck was in waiting on her Royal Highness. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John llobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Viscount Morpeth. The Council sat an hour and a half. Earl Spencer had an interview with Sir George Grey:on Saturday, att he Home-office. A deputation on the Health of Towns Bill, con sisting of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., Mr. Henry Barkley, M.P., and Mr. Wintorn Harris, had an in terview with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday at the Office of the Woods arTd Forests, in Whitehall-place. Lord and Lady John Russell left town on Satur day morning fur St. Leonard's, Hastings. The Duke of Wellington attended the early ser vice yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and received the sacrament. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. The Marquises of Granby and Staffird, Ladies St. Germans and Jersey, Lords St. Germans, Fortescue, Ingestrie, Ebrington, and Granville, attended the daily service yesterday. The prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore, the lessons by the Rev H. Thomas, and the communion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley ; the anthem was " I will seek unto God," (Greene). The sacrament was administered by the Bishop of London. The Bishop of Manchester will preach the sermon on Sunday next in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box on Saturday evening, at her Majesty's Theatre, was occu pied by the Marquis of Anglesey, the Ladies Paget, and Mr. Leveson Gower. His Grace the Duke of Welling ton was amongst the company. There were also pre sent:—The Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Idarquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl of Munster, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Ex cellency the Swedish Minister, the Viscount Can talupe, the Viscount Clifden, the Countess of lllessington and the Misses Power, the Count D'Orsay, M. de Berg, Lady Augustuaßaring, Lady Ebringtoa, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Sandy's, Lady Quentin, the llon. Mrs. Dawson Darner, Lady C. Somerset. Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Paget, Lord Elphinstone, General the Hon. C. Caven dish, General Sir Alexander Woodford, Hon. Miss Somerset, Hon. Miss Gore, Hon. Captain Browne, Sir Charles Shakerley, Sir Augustus and Miss Clifford, Sir John Bayley, Sir Thomas Hare, Major Buckley, Mr. Frank Miles, &c. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE.—The charming and fascina ting v..calist and actress, Madame Anna Thillon, we perceive takes IL r benefit tc-morrow, March 7. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge patronizes the evening's entertainment. Madame Anna Thillon has ~ mo destly intimated to the public, that sh e will " attempt the chit. actor of Lady l'eazle, in Sheridan's incomparable comedy of the School for Scandal. We think that the attempt %rid prove a successful one — t his highly gifted lady never fails to please in all that she un.:ertices. A rich treat is p-ovided for the lovers of the drama, and the fair w tiste, on this her last appearance, seems determined to let her patrons be . fully satisfied. Her song of " Love rules the Palace," from the opera of The Crown Diamonch, which she sings so exquisitely, is alone worth the visit. Madame ninon takes her leave of the audience as the Young Guard, and if our anticipations be verified, she will retire amid the ap plauding shouts of as crowded a theatre as was ever before witnessed. LORD BROUGIIAAI.—We learn with much regret that Lady Brough am has received letters from the south of France which slate that the Noble and Learned Lord was detained at Cannes by indisposition. His Lordship was too unwell to risk the fatigue consequent on travel , ling, and therefore could not leave on his return to Eng laud so soon as he contemplated. NAVAL INTELL rGENVE The: Apollo troop-ship, C mander Radcliffe, is on her passage from the Mauri.ius to Portsmouth, with the 35th Regiment on board. The Prince Wgent, 90 gun-ship, has bent sails, and will go out of Portsmouth harbour to the roadstead to morrow. The steam-frigate Stromboli, Lord Beauclerk, went to that anchorage on Saturday, to await orders from the Admiralty. The order for the removal of the Royal Marines of this division to Forton barracks, which was to take place on Tuesday next, has been rescinded ; it is now post poned until the Ist of April.—Hants Telegraph. The Marines give a grand ball at their barracks in Ports mouth this evening. The Java freight ship, with the 76th Regiment on board for Corfu, is still at Spithead. Two new cases of measles broke out among the troops on Thursday, and on Saturday morning, orders having been received to disembark those men who had n ever had the disease, 170 of them were accordingly iandcd in the afternoen. The Wellesley, 72 guns, at Ptymouth, flag ship of the Earl of Dundonald, is expected to be in the Sound by this time, orders having been i3sued to expedite her. The 90 gun. ship Aboukir, built et Devonport, on the plan of the late Surveyor-General of the Navy, is ex• pected to be launched on the 4th proximo. The Driver, Spiteful, Phoenix, and Sphynx steamers, are ordered from Woolwich to Sheerness, to be stationed ready for service. We have communications from the Asia, 84, Rear- Admiral P. Hornby, dated January 28t.h, in latitude 4 23 N. and longitude 25 47 W.; all well. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMETS. PROMOTION. Lieutenant C. Jafferi( s, to be raired commander under the regulations of 1830. APPOINTMENTS, Captain E. J, Bird to the Investigator, discovery ship, at Blackwall. Lieutenants—Melville G. H. W. Ross, to the Investi gator ; Edmund E. Tumour, to comnyind the Shear water, steam-vessel, at Holyhead; Richard M'Kinley Richardson, to command the Pluto, steam-vessel, at Woolwich; R. J. M. M'Clure, to the Enterprise, dis covery ship; J. M. Jackson, to the Star; J. J. Barnard, to the Investigator. Surgeons—W. Houghton, to:the Ganges, 84,;at Sheer ness; R. Anderson, to the Investigator. Chaplains—The Rev. Samuel Blackburn, to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth; Rev. H. F. Edgell, to the Havannah frigate, at Sheerness; Rev. R. B. Howe, to the Ganges. Naval Instructor—K. M. Knapp, to the Havannah. Second Masters—William Fatter, acting, to the In vestigator; C. Smart, to the Pluto. Clerks—H. M. Moore, to the Victory; J. H. C. Grey, el veestloey thfleag IfsvheipstigoaftoEra; B IA charge, to th e A n d romac h e store depot on the coast of . Scotland ; J. D. Gilpin, Matthews, to rl Dun donald, at Devonport. Midshipmen—J. H. E. Wemyss and J. Jenkins, to the Powerful, at Portsmouth; F. M. Noel, to the Champion, at Portsmouth. Assistant Surgeons—H. -Wellings, to the Albatross; S. Adams, to the Enterprise; W. Dunbar, to the An dromache; H. Matthews, to the Investigator; J. Little john, R. C. Scott, and J. Murphy, to the Vernon fri. gate, in the East Indies. Master's Assistant—A. F. Gibbons, to the San Josef. Naval Cadets—F. M. Norman, to the Havannah; G. Tryor, to the Imaum, in the West Indies. Coast Guard Appointments—T. E. Symonds, to the Exmouth district; Commander A. N. Fairman, to the Kinsale district. Removals—Lieutenant J. G. S. M. Moore, from Lymo Cabb to Brixham; Lieutenant J. B. Clarke, to Hayling Island; Lieutenant J. Clarke, from Hayling Island to Lyme Cabb. LITERATURE. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. Although this is, strictly speaking, a quarterly publication, it comes this month more aptly under the category of magazines. Several of the papers con tained in the North British Review for the present quarter are as light and unsubstantial in character as any one of the contributions in any one of its monthly contemporaries. Take, for example, the eccentric chapter, entitled " Criticism's Christmas Carol"—a title by the way which, although pleasantly alli terative, is horribly ungrammatical, for it leaves the mind in doubt as to whether criticism is intended to be an impersonation or an ideality. Some portions of the effusion are, in spite of its pervading grandi loquence, smart and sparkling. "The Female Cha racters of Goethe and Shakspere," are worthy of a profound analysis, such as that of Pudor, or that dainty and bewitching one of Mrs. Jamieson. The reviewer here gives us a rapid, but in several instances very inge nious comment upon these commentators, a criti cism on criticisms, a dissection of dissections. " The Art of Angling" is a refreshing essay, suggested by the recent publications of Stod dart and Ephemera exquisitly Waltonian in relish. Of the excessively repulsivst paper on what the reviewer indecorously calls " Mariolatry," we can only say that it might have been conceived by M. Michelet and vended under the porch of Exeter-hall by the Pere Duchesne. It were well if the writer would read the preface to Leigh Hunt's "Jar of Honey," and remember the eleventh commandment, which is there spoken 6f—that sublime commandment which seems to be the very epitome of Christianity— " Love ye one another !" The placard said to have been posted up in the window of Messrs. Richard son and Son, the publishers, concluded with this significant paragraph (see North British Review, No. xvi., p. 341) :—" Catholics do not adore the Blessed Virgin Mary, ncr the angels, nor the saints, nor any being whatsoever except God Almighty. All charges against the Catholic Church on that head are grounded on misconception of her doctrine." If the reviewer, therefore, like the King in Hamlet, instills the poison into our ears, he also pours out the antidote. In a different sense from that applied to the phrase in Divine Writ, we may say of the reviewer, the zeal of his theology hath eaten him up. There are three or four clever contributions of a political character—such as one on " Settlement and Poor Removal," another on " Colonization from Ireland," another on "The Scotch Marriage Act," and another on " The Hampden Controversy." The posthumous works of Dr. Cnalmers are also noticed at considera ble length, the reviewer giving of that remarkable man a very striking biography, and a very impassioned panegyric. Besides this, the Astronomical Observa tions of Sir John Herschel are mentioned in befitting terms of eulogium. Lord John Russell left town on Saturday for St. Leonard's, where he intends to recruit his health by a residence of a few days. lle sulNred severely from an attack of influenza some time since, and the urgency of public business has hitherto prevented his complete re covery. His Lordship's general health is, however, said to be unimpaired. NOVELTY IN THE APPLICATION OF STEAM PowElL—On Wednesday week, Messrs. A. and A. Shaw, of Park mills, Shaw, near Oldham, gave an en tertainment to their numerous work-people and a large circle of friends in the new buildings recently erected by them, on the occasion of the first starting of four new and powerful steam-engines. The engines were made by Messrs. E. and J. Taylor, of Marsden, near Huddersfield, and do great credit to their mechanical skill. Each engine is of upwards of thirty horse power, but the chief point of interest connected with them arises from their all being united together in one engine -house, a thing never before witnessed. in this country. The whole po w er of the four engines is concentrated at one point, and works so that two cranks are up and two down, and thus ob viating the hitherto existing weakness of the or dinary engines, where the desideratum is supplied by the momentum of the fly-wheel. Their 'first trial, com bined in this manner, was looked forw ar d t o w ith some anxiety, and at the time appointed for starting, a large number of spectators, including the owners, the makers, and several iron-founders of the district, assembled to witness their first efforts. At a given signal the steam was turned on, and the whole moved together in the most perfect unanimity, eliciting marks of approbation and affording conclusive evidence of the complete suc cess of this "quadruple alliance," where uniform motion is indispensable. After being fully satisfied of the undoubted success of these iron Goliahs, and the pro prietors having, according to custom, with all duo honours, bestowed upon the engines the name of the " United Brothers," the wh o l e ,party adjourned to the large building, where the evening's entertainments were kept up until a late hour.—Leas Mercury. FIRE AT BOLIIOLD PRINT WORKS, BURY. About halt-past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, a lire broke out in the machine drying room, at the print works of lir. James Sudrew, of Bolhold, near Bury, and such was the rapidity of the flames that the roof fell in by nine o'clock. It cannot be ascertained how the fire originated. There were seven engines on the spot in a very short time. The stock and premises are insured in the West of England and Imperial offices for 8,7001., and the loss will be about 2,5001. Fortunately no lives were lost. The fire was got under about half past twelve at night. The fire will throw a large number of persons out of employ m ent.—Manchester Guardian. ANTIQUITY OF CIVILISATION IN OHIO. —lt is stated upon good authority, says a New York pap er , that the man who cut the first tree i n the wilds of Ohio is still alive. his name is Daniel Cush_ well. He reside s on a small farm in Oneida county, New York State, Observer. STUCCO V. STONE AND BRICK . — Th e use o f stucco has been the fruitful source of much that is vile in con struction, and puerile and tasteless in art. Monstrous caricatures of architecture, things utterly impossible to be executed in real stone, have been perpetrated in the counterfeit , whilst th e fi rst cost c h ea pness of s tucco, which is the tempting lure, soon becomes at much a fallacy as the other advantages to which it makes claim. It is notorious to all that can and will judge fairly on the subject, that since the general intro duction of compo as an external decoration, excellence of construction in brick-work has been almost entirely lost sight of—one has only to approach a shamstone facade to be certain to detect a thousand cracks and fissures in the work, which all the future stopping s and patchings, and at last paintings over, will never effectually conceal or remedy. However, I firmly believe that the persua sion that compo is not so cheap in the end as some sup pose it to be, is gradually forcing itself on the building mind, for even in the last twelve months we may per ceive an inclination in many (planers to return to the honest English practice of building in brick and stone, when the entire expense of stone cannot be afforded. Correspondent of the Builder. I