The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-13 00:00:00

• ONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. • I CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotton Market:at Liverpool on Saturday the ea.!te were 2,500 bales. The market was quiet, and roes were without alteration. A better tone prevailed art the market for Railway Shares, and there was a ten deney to advance. The Funds, according t- the accounts received from abroad, were very depressed in all the Continental cities, and confidence is at a much lower ebb there than here. I t we /night judge, however, from the embarrassed state 11 the French finances, we should say that there is likely 430 much prudence exercised by the new Assembly in c oder to avert a war. It is understood that rather a large amount in specie Las been sent to Holland from London within the last few days, and which is not comprised in the 40,0001. forwarded up to Thursday last. This is not the result of any balance of trade against England, but, on the contrary, of an operation which will bring considerable rofit, because the bullion is lying idle here at present. here are more failures reported at Amsterdam, in con nexion with the Stock Exchange. The following extracts, from the New York Herald, received by the Hibernia, presages with singular point events likely to happen in France, and most other parts of Europe. It need hardly be stated that the news of the revolution in France had not been received out when the lines were penned:— " When the harvest in Great Britain proved deficient, and the attention of Europe generally was directed to the Most important sources of supply, considerable anxiety Was experienced relating to the ability of the United States to meet the demand likely to arise. This Produced a great deal of inquiry regarding our agricultural resources, and more information was gathered of our position than would have been obtained under other circumstances in several Years. When it was stated that we could alone supply the deficiency in the harvests of the United Kingdom, no one on the other side believed it; but when we filled their markets with provisions and breadstuffs, there was no longer any doubt. The facts which then trans pired, showing the immense crops of the country, and the annual surplus on hand, astonished even those who had made it their business for Years to have examined these things; and when the statements sent to England were so soon followed by much immense quantities of the real article, all doubts disappeared, and all fears relating to sufficient supplies vanished at once. Our agricultural rescurces were comparatively unknown abroad before the short bar- Vests in Europe, but they are now well understood, and it is this knowledge that has operated so favour ably upon the minds of capitalists, and turned their attention to our finances. It is well known that the agricultural products of a country constitute its Most important element of wealth ; and a country rich in these must soon be so in every thing else. There is no other country on the face of the earth the natural resources of which are so great as this ; and our people possess an energy sufficient to develop them with the greatest rapidity. Every thing that constitutes wealth We possess to an unlimited extent, and the seeds of revolutions or of social discord cannot take root upon lour soil." The Committee of the London Stock Exchange have not yet come to any determination respecting the short ening of the " Account" in the . English market, but no interference is intended with the present Account, which runs on until April 13. Upon the commencement of business this morning in the Stock Exchange the speculators seemed inclined to renew their sales, and Consols were marked 804 .1 for time; subsequently they rallied to 80 I-, and are now 84 to 4. The meeting at Kennington Common has formed the ground for renewed " Bear" operations, but the lowest rates at which money bargains have been concluded are 801 to 204. The public still seem disinclined to sell at the existing rates, and unless stock la th rown u p on th e mar ket, the dealers will have to pick it up between this and the account day. Events must determine this, and it is impossitle yet to form any opinion. Exchequer-bills have realised = 28s. to 305., and India Bonds 12s. premium. In the Foreign Securities, business has been exceed ingly dull. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 114 to 12, gad the Three per Cents. 22 to 23. Mexican Stock has realised 141 to 154. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 404 to 42, and the Four per Cents. 60 to 62. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been of moderate extent, and without any improvement in prices. N t; !'RICER 80% 8 7-18 12p ONE L . /itch ,4 Or 11111:;Fi : nNI), k:' LG'x I per Cent. Consols Annuities 80 3 / 4 % 7 % Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o — Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 7-16 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account ..... ......••• 80 3 / 4 1 / 471 4 % Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/. Small ....• olrE 1 RICEt, OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — - Ditto, Deferred —2% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 • 14%% 146 Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 3 per Cent ..- - 15 1 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account l2 1114 Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payble in London. Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — 16 Ditto, Deferred 4 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 40 Ditto, Account 40% 42 42 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 62 61 60 59 PRICES OF , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID BUSINESS AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.: Aberdeen LO •••••• - ......... ••••••• -- Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 1 4..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & C nnty Down 11 1 %..... Birmingham and Ox- ford Junction '.... ... 20 Birmingham. I , ‘ Myer hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,l% olverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 14a... 314 & 3 di5...... 3.dis Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun.-- 7% - ............. — Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 •••••• Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. ... .. 4 dis. 4 die Caledonian - Ditto. Half Shares 801 - 4 28 p 28 p 30p CLOSES 2 Ditto,olydesdaleJunc 50 . Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 7 . 1 2 ...... Ditto, Preference l 2 Clarence Do. lst Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... •• — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth - Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...... .. . — Dundalk & Enniskillen 171 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. & ll. 18 — Do., 3/. 10q. .- 3 l, ..... 3 1 4 ........ -.. 3 - 4 Eastern Counties... Ditto,Extenbion, 5 per Cent-, No. 1......61. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d — ..• —li Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters .... ..... 1214 De., New Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d. . Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 — . .... .. ..... Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 33,i•••••• East Linco:nshire ...... 16 1 / 2 Edinbutrgb. and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 B% Edinburgh and Northern 25 — i Ditto, New ... 3.i — Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2k - ..... ......... Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... .•• ..81. 6s. 8d.... ..... ......... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New . . 4O Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2 1 / 2 . ::),,,, Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of En gland 100 ......229 225 ..... Ditto, New, 40/ ...... ... 5 Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 151 Great Western Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares 5O ..... Ditto, 1 A Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171....... 91/2... Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 99 Ditto,lHalf Shares ... 25 ...... 48 1 / 2 Ditto, 1 % Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 171/2..... 51,4 Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 ...... ......... .... , Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... ..... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 _ Ditto, ditto - • ••• . Ditto, % Shares ...... 33 ... • Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 / 2 — ... ... ...... ... Do. Fifths... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 l /4 Do. Thirds (1teg.)....10/.45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 — Ditto 1 ,4 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. ( W. Riding Union)4/. 25... Do. (Preston & W re)y 25 Do. IA Shares ( A)... 9 . , Leeds and Bradtord 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42 1 / 2 ••• Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) scrip Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New - •.•.• Do.. Prefer.. 6 per Ct. 31 2 ..••• . . Live/park Croby and Soarkport • .. 2 Liverp., .Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,4 °odor'. & Blackwall...l3/. . Do. New, No. 2 ..... 5/.135. 4d.... 2 dis... Do. Extensions miss 17% — THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ..... •••• Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... London and N. Western 100 Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths .. 2 Do 40/. Shares (L. M. )20 ...... Do. 10/. M. & B.) A. ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. ..• Do. 101. ( & B.) C. 1 ••• .. Lon 4. &S. Western Do. New 50/. ..... 37%.. ••• •••••• Do. New 40/ 3O - ........ Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 ...•.. Ditto, Thirds Si. 6 s. 8d.... 338 die.... 3% die. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry&Coleraine 27 ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen ...... ........ 25 — ..... Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) - . Nlarphester,Buxton,and Mat10ck... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 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 ditto . ......... 7 - •...... ..... ••• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7%...••• ...._......••• Do., Grimsby Dock 1 2 1,E — Do. Man. &Lin. Union 41.2 s — ...... Manchest.&Southampt. 2 1 A Ntidlan}l lOO lOO% 99 99%... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares ...... ... 15 ... .. 9% Do. Birm., and Derbyloo — Do•Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......117% Midlnd, Brist. &Glocatr. 36 Ditto, ditto .• • 11/. Bs. 6d•.. —.•-••... •••••• Midlnd,Leicest.Bc Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western. Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - ••....- am Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket&Chesterford 18% — ..... •••.•N• Do. Extension .........21. 12s — Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 .••••• --- Newry and Enniskillen 7 ...... — "••••• Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l5 --• .. Norfolk ......... ...100 Do. New 20/. .. Do. Extension Do• Guaranteed sU t pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 •••••• •..•••...•••... North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12q...... 9% Do. Quarters SIA 4 ..• Do. Extension % — ..•• •• Ditto Thirds North & South-Western 2 ...... ........ North Staffordshire...... 10 .. 9 ...•••.•••• North Wales 3% --• North Western. - ...sow ••••••••• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% _ _ Scottish Central - 214% 27 Scottish Midland 2 2 1, f1 — . ..- Ditto, New W ••..•• •••••••• ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ... ........ Shrewsbury and Birm 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. klin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 6 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union south Devon... .. Do. Preference south Staffordshire 4 'south Eastern & Dover. 33 1 ,{ 2 2 4 1,E 23% ...... Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. - Do., No. 3 •-•••• ...... 20 ...... - ........ Do., No. 4 South Wales -outh Yorkshire, Don caster, and Boole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 - ••• .. ...... ... raw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath ... .. 4 — W aterford and Kilkenny 13 I/2 . .... •-••• .. Waterford and Limerick 40 VVaterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ...... ...... 2 •-• . West Cornwall 6 ... •• ..... Whitehaven & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 925. — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick.. . . Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ...... 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 8',4 7% Bli York ,inet North Midland 50 Ditte, Preference Do. East and W est Bin ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara 7% — , , Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ..• --- Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ... .. 3 % ...... .. . . East Indian l l4 ...... ...... _ •„. . Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S.Mid•Junction 1 ...... Louvain ato Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg... Lyons and Avignon 5 -••••• •" Madrid and Valentia... 2 ..... . Namur and Liege ...... 16 ... ........ Northern of France...—. 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ...... Over Yssel 4/ 354 d...... Paris and Lyons ...... 10 ..... I% I A , Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ..... 20 •• •• Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and llavre Sambre and Meuse 2O .•• .„ Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt 16 ........ ..••• West Flanders ••• MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Real Del Monte, Unreg. 29 1 A MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Coastwise, as well as by land carriage and sample, the arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce last week were somewhat on the increase, and of fair average quality. From Ireland and Scotland they were chiefly confined to a few cargoes of Oats. The foreign imports consisted of 5,039 quarters of Wheat, 2,369 ditto of Barley, 11,844 ditto of Oats, 6,747 ditto of Beans, 952 ditto of Peas, 1,591 ditto of Tares, 1,734 ditto of Linseed, and 350 barrels of Flour. The duty on foreign Wheat has advanced to 7s; on Barley, Oats, Rye, Beans, and Peas it remains at 2s 6d per quarter. From Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., the supply of Wheat fresh up this morning was very limited, and the show of samples of that grain was small. The number of both town and country dealers in attendance being large, the demand for all kinds of English Wheat was somewhat brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from ls. to 2s. per quarter, and a clearance was speedily effected. The market closed decidedly firm. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on show was nut to say heavy. Fine Dantzic, Hamburgh, and Riga parcels commanded Is. per (puller more money, with a firm inquiry. In the middling and inferior kinds, more busi ness was doing, at very full prices. Malting Barley was in good request,and is. per quarter dearer. Grinding and distilling sorts were tolerably firm, but not higher. Notwithstanding the supply of Malt was somewhat on the increase, that article was held firmly, and, in some few instances, Chevalier qualities produced a trifle more money. The secondary sorts were quite as dear. With Oats we were much better supplied than for some time past; nevertheless sales progretsed steadily, and very full prices were obtained in every instance. The general quality of the foreign imports has turned out good. The show of Peas was not large; yet the demand for most kinds was in a very sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations. Very few English Beans were in the market, but the supply of foreign was extensive. The transactions were trifling, at barely late rates. Indian Corn and Meal were quite as dear. The best town-made Flour sold freely; and the finest American was more inquired for at full prices. Inferior parcels of the latter commanded very little attention. CURRENCT PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • . • • • 57s to 56s Red. ...... .. 448 to 54s Oats Yorkshire and Ditte,White, New 466 503 Lincolnsh., Feed. 13s 218 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red. •• .. 44s 52s Toughal and Cork, Ditto, White.. •- •• 465 its Black. ••• • • • 16s 198 Irish, Red •••• • • • • —s —a Cork, White .•• .. las 21s Ditto,White .•• • • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 23s 248 Rye—Old •••••• • • • • • • —s —s Beans—Tick ....... .. 325 44s New. ••• • • • ...... 325 34s Pigeons .• . • 365 42s Barley—Grinding .•• •• 27s 2fs Peas—Grey .. •• • Malting ...•. . • • . 30s 31s Maple .••••• • • • • • 575 40s Chevalier .. • • ... 315 325 White .••••• • - .. • 365 385 Reit—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers folk ••• • • • ...... 54s 665 Floar—Town-made... 41s 46s Brown .••••• . • • • • 46s 625 Saffolk ..........351 38s Riagsten aad Ware 54s 1175 Steckia & liteitelk 3is 385 SMITZLTXXX.D. Very moderate imports of Foreign Stock have taken place into London in the past week, as will be seen by the following return : ~. From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Rotterdam 149 ... 289 Harlingen Hamburgk BO Antwerp Cal Ten. 8$ 1 11 9 ••• ..... ••• ''' Total 203 Corresponding week in 1847 398 -80 G ... 28 Difference .. The arrivals at Hull, and the other large outports, have amounted to about 400 head of each kind of stock, mostly from Holland. There were in the market, to day, about 120 Beasts, 130 Sheep, and 40 Calves, from Holland, in full average condition. The demand was tolerably steady, at Lull prices. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably good, and of excellent quality, particu larly as relates to the Scots and short horns from the eastern counties. Although the attendance of both town and country buyers was by no means large, the Beef trade was steady, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the prices paid on this day se'nnight, at which, a good clearance was effected. A few of the primest Scots sold at 4s Bd, but the general top quotation for Beef was 4s 6d per 81bs. By " drift" and railway we received from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge shire, about 1,100 Scots and short horns ; from the northern, western, and midland counties, 1,000 Here fords, runts, Devons, short horns, and Irish Beasts ; from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 230 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were again very small, the time of year considered ; but their quality was prime. The best old Downs moved off readily, at fully last week's prices, viz., trom 5s 4d to 5s 6d per Blbs ; but there was not so brisk a demand for other breeds, yet their quota tions were well supported. About 800 shorn sheep were in the market. Downs, out of the wool, produced from 4s 10d to 5s per 81b. For Calves, the supply of which was moderately extensive, the demand was firm, and the late advance in the quotations was paid in every in stance. Prime small Porkers sold readily, at full prices. All other Pigs were a dull inquiry. - - - Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 8 4 3 6 iecond quality • 3 8 Z IS Prime large Omen • • 4 0 4 2 Prime ideas • . • ... 4 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 • 4 e Prime small ditto .. 4 10 5 2 Suckling Calves ..20 • n • Inferior Sheep •• •. 3 15 4 0 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Coarse-woollodditto 4 8 5 2 Southdown Weaker 5 4 5 Ii Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs •••• • • 4 • 4 G Small Porkers • • • 4 $ 5 0 Quarter old rigs •• 15 I 25 0 Lambs •••••• • • • • 0 0 0 0 I rigs. 300 Beasts. 3,309 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. I Calves. 14.850 I li 111113VITGATE AND TABAMEINEILLX.36. Since our last report the arrivals of country killed meat for these markets have been very moderate, but of fair average quality. The supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been tolerably extensive, if we except those of Mutton. Each kind of meat has ccm. manded a very steady sale, and, in some instances, the quotations have hwd. an upward tendency, while the value of other qualities has been well supported. Only about 200 carcasses of foreign meat have been offering. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to 1. d. a. 41. to s. d. Beef,liferlor•—• 3 • 3 2 , Mutton, inferior 3 $ 310 middling •• 3 2 2 4 ! primelarge 3 6 3 A prime ••.. 4 6 4 g prime small .. 3 8 3 l•. Pork, large ... . 3 8 4 4 real• ••••• • • •• 4 • a 0 small .. • • .... 4 6 5 Lamb. Gs Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARMOT. Our market still continues in a very inactive state for all kinds of Hops, especially for the middling and infe rior qualities. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. New Hops :—Sussex Pockets, 21 18s to 3/ 45; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 to 31 7s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 51 to 518 s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITILLPIELBS. A full average supply of potatoes has arrived during the past week, coastwise as well as by railway, and the quantity on offer is more than adequate to meet the wants of the dealers. Prices, therefore, have a down ward tendency. The imports from abroad havo been rather heavy, ♦iz.: 200 tons from Rotterdam, 100 ditto from Ghent, 110 ditto from Ostend, 60 ditto from Ham burgh, and 60 ditto from Leer. WOOL. Since Monday last the imports of wool into Lond , n have consisted of 1,913 bales, from Sydney ; 174 ditto, from Hamburgh ; 166 ditto, from the Cape ; 36 ditto, from Monte Video ; and 449 ditto, from Algoa Bay. On the whole the demand for most kinds of wool, by private contract, is steady, and prices are well supported iu every instance, althi,ugh the manufacturing accounts are by no means satisfactory. TALLOW. Although only a moderate business is doing in Tallow, last weeks's quotations are well supported. About 1,200 casks have arrived from Sydney. P.Y.C. on the spot is 50s to 50s 3d. per cwt. For forward de- livery nest to nothing is doing. Town Tallow 49s to 50s net cash; rough tat 2s Old per 81bs. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) The swearing in of special constables was continued to-day, great apprehensions being entertained of dis. turbances, in consequence of the meeting in Kennington Common. A number of respectable inhabitants of this neighbourhood were sworn in at the sitting of the Court before the night charges were entered into. SMASHING.—Persons in trade should be on their guard against parties passing bad coin, at houses along the road between Shooter's Hill and Dartford. O❑ Friday one of these offenders went into the Old Fox, at Bellgrove, near Watling, and tendered two bad shillings, which being refused, he pulled out a handful of shillings and told this person in the bar to take her choice. The young woman selected two, which proved bad. lie was, however, soon after stopped by the police, at the Rose, on, Bexley-heath, in the act of uttering another piece of base money. He was committed to Maidstone gaol for trial. LINCOLN, SATURDAY EVENING. —The decision of the Parliamentary Committee against Mr. Seeley's re turn was communicated to the chairman ,of Sir Bulwer Lytton's committee in this city by telegraphic dispatch immediately after it was given, and made public within the hour. Another telegraphic dispatch from the friends of the unseated Member stated that a candidate in the Liberal interest would be down by the mail train in the morning. Meetings of Mr. Seeley's friends and of Mr. Collet's friends were immediately held. Mr. T. Rob house arrived by the mail train as the Liberal candi date, and made a brief address from the Black Goats Inn to a small assemblage of persons, and thence com menced a canvass. The Conservative party have hung out their flag at the Spread Eagle, and sent a depu tation to a gentleman whose name has not transpired. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's flag was put out at the Monson's Arms. The city sheriff (Mr. T. J. N. Brogden) re ceived the writ this morning, and has appointed Wed nesday for the election, in order that the polling may be over before the market day (Friday). DARING BURGLARY AT BRADIALL.—Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday night latt, a most daring burglary was committed at the house of Mr. Ambrose Cooke, a farmer, residing at Kitt's-moss, Braman. After the inmates had retired to rest the thieves effected an entrance by getting into the barn which adjoins th. house, into which they forced their way by taking bricks out of the wall. There were either four or five of them. They went up stairs to the inmates, who were in bed, and threatened, if they stirred or made any alarm, they would blow their brains out, at the seine time presenting pistols at them. They then ransacked the house, and atter some time decamped, taking with them two silver watches and some money in silver. Between three and four o'clock the same morning in formation of the circumstance reached the police, and they have since been in search of the thieves.—Man chaster Guardian. I• .... I • ..... • . ~ - 3 2171, - I l ii . 35 , .. 5 1,42 ••• ... 2 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCIIjI3.—Wind this day at noon N.W fresh breeze, and dull cloudy weather. PouTsmoux, MARCH 11.—Wind W. hard and squally. —l2th, N.N.W. to W.N.W. , di t to.—Put back Feruze pore, Masterton, for China, with damage from stress of weather. DEAL, MARCH 11.—Wind S. W.,toW.N.W., strong and squally.-12th, W.S.W. to N., fresh .—Arrd. Frolic, Lewis, South Seas ; Alvorton, Buckland, Calcutta ; Abbotsford, Marshall, ditto ; Eliza Killick, Norman, 6hanghae ; Portley, Reed, Cape of Good Hope. Armed from the River, Velocity, St. Lucia. Arrived from the River and sailed Anna Maria, Hobart Town ; Mar garet, West, Batavia ; Worcester, Bombay ; Jesse, Newfoundland. Sailed, the outward bound. BEAUMARIS, MARCH 10.—Wind W.—Sailed John Parker, Boston. BRISTOL, MARCH 11.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Gon dald Warnack, Mauritius; Lucy, Cherry, Demerara . P LYMOUT H, MARCH 12.—Wind N.W.—The Libra, Oporto to London, was totally disinasted, &c. in the Bay of Biscay, crew landed theve by the Mount Etnt, arrived here, who reports that she must have sunk .soon after. DEAL, MARCH 12.—The Elizabeth Grange, from Penang, arrived here yesterday, was in contact with a Belgian pilot-boat, between Dover and South Foreland, and the latter is supposed to have sunk; eight out of a crew of eleven saved. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.—The Mertoun, Hamilton, of Belfast, New Orleans to this port, was taken into Key, West Hull, very leaky, having been on Florida Reef. FALMOUTH, MARCH 19.-- There was very severe weather here last night. DUMFRIES, MARCH 11.—The Freerald Isle, of and from Dublin, for Annan, struck on Drumroof Bank ' a few miles south of Southness L i g h t , on the 9 th instant, and sank; crew saved. REDCAR, MARCH 12.—The Lark, of Arundel, from Hartlepool to Littlehampton, struck on the rocks off this phice, the night before last, was severely damaged, and di:, water was soon up to the cabin-floor. Part of the cargo (coal) has been discharg ed, but it is now blowing a strong gale from N.N.E., and she is breaking up. -HARWICH, MARCH 11.—The Georgians, of Dundee, from Sunderland to Malta, has put back to Dundee very leaky. The New Commercial, of Whitby, from Middlesborough to London, was assisted into this port to-day, making much water, having been on shore on the Gunflcet Sand, where she struck. BRISTOL, MARCH 10.—A vessel:of about two hundred or three hundred tons, apparently a brig on her broad side, was passed off Mortpoint 9th instant, by the Mary, Bailey, arrived here. NEWPORT, MARCH 10.—The Adelaide, of Bideford, was in contact 4th instant off the Scilly Islands, with the Talbot steamer, when the latter lost cutwater, figure head, &c. OFF MARGATE, 'MARCH 11.—Arrd. Catherine Rol land, Porta, Junin. 36 1 / 2 16:Y 1 48 1 / 2 5 i ( i 3 /4 .. 2 d is. 47' 99% 117% 2 1 ; : i 5 , i 4 8 7 1~ 23 1 4 27% 15 3 4, 10% 7 3 / 4 60 11% la •••••• EVEN IN G, MARC EI 13, 1846. GREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON KENNINGTON COMMON. (THIS DAY.) It will no doubt be within the recollection of our readers, that the meeting which followed the abortive one of Mr. Charles Cochraue, in Trafalgar-square, on Monday last, broke up, or rather the speakers left the arena, on the understanding that a great demon stration should take place this day, at twelve o'clock, on Kennington Common. At the meetings since held in various parts of the metro polis and its suburbs, it was announced that the meeting to-day was to be an aggregate gathering of the Chartists of London, for the treble purpose of considering the best means to be devised to obtain the passing of the Charter and the repeal of the income tax, and to congratulate the Parisians on the great and glorious revolution they have so successfully accomplished. The neighbourhood of the common by nine o'clock evinced unmistakeable signs that something out of the ordinary course of things was ou the eve of enaction. Streenes of people, the majority of whom were working men and boys, from that hour until twelve o'clock kept pouring towards the scene. The majority of the shops in the vicinity were closed, and business was altogether suspended. Pending the hour of the meeting the crowd—and amongs% it there were thousands of the lowest classes— not the hardworking man, but the coarse, brutal ruffian, too idle to labour, eager enough to steal, and pleased at any time to play a dangerous part in any crowd, whether it be a brutal tight or a great national demonstration, and with just power enough to make a respectable con gregation disreputable—pending the meeting, we say, these persons committed themselves in the most dis graceful way. First of all, a baker's trop in a street running out of the Camberwell-road, we heard, was stripped of its contents, terrify jug the inhabitants almost ut of their lives. An innocent pieman or two were knocked down on the common by 50 or 100 scoundrels who joined hands, and ran them down, scattering their ware far and wide. The bread in the one case and the pies in the other were soon devoured by the hungry multitude. In order to keep themselves warm, for the morning was cold and damp, the mob ran to and fro with much rapidity and humour—now running down a baker-man, and quickly employing his basket, anon bonneting a respectable person, plucking off his hat, and sending it high up in the air amidst boisterous cheers and laughter. At twelve o'clock about 5,000 'persons had stationed themselves cut6de and inside the Common, and at half past twelve—the hour at which the proceedings were placarded to commence—there wore between 7,000 and 8,000, including those in the streets in the vicinity. The utmost exertions were used on Saturday and yesterday by the Commissioners of Police, in order to devise the best means to prevent a breach of the peace, it having been currently reported that the parties pro moting the meeting would march to the Common in procession. Constant communication was kept up with tke Home Office, and at length the following arrange ments with respect to the police were come to : " 1. All the mounted men who are not at present attached to the head divisions of their respective quarters, are to repair to them on the 12th (this day), at which places the superintendents are requested to arrange for the men and horses being properly quartered for the night. On Monday morning the several parties, under the direction of an inspector and sergeant, will proceed to take up their post at Ball's livery stables, Kennington-cross, at 9 A.R. "2. The officer in charge of each party will report his arrival to Superintendent Williamson, of the T who will be there to take command of the whole, and wait for further orders. "3. The superintendents must be particular to ob serve that men and horses sent from each division are properly equipped. " 4. The number of mounted men from each division, at present ordered, will be as follows :-11 8, R 13, 0 8, N 10, T 15, V 14, P 12. " 5. The several detachments will move forward froai the different stations at such an hour as to enable them to arrive at their destination at nine a.m. " 6. Superintendents Butt of the L, Robinson of the P, and Bicknell of the V divisions, are to communicate with the churchwardens and other authorities in their respective parishes, in order that steps may be taken to swear in as large a body of special constables as has been done in other parishes. " 7. The magistrates will attend at the several police courts at nine o'clock on Monday morning, and have re ceived instructions from the Secretary of State to swear in those parties willing to become special constables." These instructions were carried ,out to the letter, and with the greatest secrecy. A detachment of the 1) division was stationed in Mr. M'Kelly's school room, Bowling-green-lane, and detachments of the other divisions were kept in ambush in the unfrequented streets immediately adjacent to the common. The churches and chapels in the vicinity were also called into requisition. We were informed, on good authority, that a detachment of the Foot Guards were quartered in Kennington Church, and a detachment of the Life Guards (horse regiment) in the vitriol works adjoining the common. Our reporter passed round the sacred edifice, but the gates of the churchyard, and the doors of the church, were closed. There was nothing to denote in the exterior that there was a living soul inside. The same remark applies to the manufactory. The gates were closed, and the works, except from a meagre quantity of smoke, appeared suspended for the nonce. There could be no doubt about the presence of the mili tary in the immediate neighbourhood: at half past twelve, about fifty of the horse patrol, each armed with a brace of pistols and a cutlass, passed by the common and took up their position near the church. Altogether, there were one hundred mounted police in readiness, and about two hundred and fifty of the military, and fe , ur thousand policemen io attendance. Many were dispersed about the common in disguise. It is right to mention that the following placard was posted about in all directions:— " CAUTION.--KENNINGTON- COMMON. °—"." " Whereas a meeting is called to assemble on Kenning ton-common on Monday next, the 13th instant, ; and certain information has been received that large bodies of persons intend to proceed there from place to place, whereby the peaceable subjects of her Majesty are likely to be alarmed, and the public peace to be en dangered. " Notice is hereby given, that persons will not be permitted to march or move in procession through the public streets in large bodies at any unseasonable hour. " And caution is hereby given to all well-disposed persons not to attend or join any such procession. " And notice is further given, that all necessary mea sures will be adopted to prevent persons from marching or moving about in large bodies, and effectually to pro tect the public peace, and to suppress any attempt at the disturbance thereof. A. By order of the Commissioners of Police of the Me ,ropolis. " Metropoliian Police Office, Whitehall, March 11, 1848." The meeting was called by the following placard:— " PEACE — ORDER —MORAL AGITATION. "A grand meeting will be held on Monday, March 13, at Kennington-eommo n . The chair will be taken at 12 o'clock by G. W. M. Reynolds. Objects of the meeting:—Sympathy with the French, Universal Suffrage, Total Abolition of the Income. tax. :Nlr. G. W. M. Reynolds, and some other persona acting with him, appeared on the scene at half past twelve, and were loudly cheered. They immediately took up their position in one of the two waggons which had been provided, in the middle of the common. Im mediately after, a van full of people arrived from the direction of the Elephant and Castle. A tri colour flag was borne by one of them and was loudly cheered. The vehicle was driven on the common alongside the others, and the tri-colour was Placed at the back of the spea kers . Mr. REYNOLDS tnen opened the meeting, and after declaring its object, implored those present not to com mit any act of violence, he proceeded to say, that the presence of so vast a number of police showed that those who had sent them there knew that the people were in the right, and that they were wrong, for they i n t e nded to put them down by force.—(Cheers.) He addressed the meeting at some length on the French Revolution, universal suffrage, the rights of labour, and concluded amidst loud cheers. Mr. JOSEPH WILLIAMS moved the first resolution— " That this meeting expresses its most heartfelt sym pathy with the brave people of France, who have anni hilated the throne of a tyrant, and established a form of government founded on natural and national rights." Mr. ALEXANDER SHARPE seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. The second resolution was to the effect " That this meeting demands that the Ministry will immediately in troduce a measure for the extension of the suffrage to every male adult having attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is in the enjoyment of his intellects, with such provisions for securing the efficient working thereof as was contained in ' The People's Charter.' "—Proposed by Mr. JOHN CLARKE, s econded b y Mr . THOMAS CLARKE. Mr. Dutoe proposed the third resolution—" That this meeting requires at the hands of the Government the immediate recognition of the rights of labour, and the principle of a fair days wages f or a f a i r d ay ' s wor k, ' and of every man who I , s able and willing to work, hav ing work found for him. a speech of considerable length, Mr. AVG-RATH, in seconded the motion, which like the previous ones was carried unanimously. Mr. STILLMAN then moved the appo i ntmen t o f a committee to communicate these resolutions to the Mi nisters, with a demand that in case the Ministers shall refuse to accede to the propositions set forth in the second and third resolutions, they be requested imme diately to surrender the reins of power into other hands. A WORKING MAN seconded the resolution, which was also unanimously agreed to. Some person, whose name we could not catch, then proposed, that Messrs. G. W. M. Reynolds, henry Walker, John Clark, Thomas Plume, Joseph Williams, Edward Stillman, and Nathaniel Braham be nominated a permanent committee, with power to add to their number, for the purpose of communicating with her atujesty's Ministers, i n pursuance of the preceding reso lotions, and likewise for the purpose of organ i z i ng an y sense and obj ec t s o f the s e re future meetings which th e lutions may render necessary. (The mover had not concluded his address when our report left.) Some of the mornin' papers have the f o ll ow i n g. The ' statement is in some degree correct:—lndependent of the followi g regulations, the Commissioners have cent an order to the several oilmen in the metropolis that they will abstain from selling powder or shot to any perso* to-lay, and by 80 doing they 1 , 411 roa- terally aid in carrying out the regulations of the police. Orders have likewise been sent to have the whole of the broken granite that has been laid down to repair the road in the immediate vicinity of liennington•common removed. An extra number of swords and fire-arms have been sent off to the rural districts, so that the police may be well prepared to act in case any attempt at riot is made in these places. The military are ordered to be all under arms; the different public offices, as well as the Bank of England and Buckingham Palace, have an extra guard to remain on duty the whole of the night. The Metropolitan and City police are to be placed in companies in such quarters as to prevent any processions from passing through the pub lie thoroughfares. The gunsmiths in London have been requested, and have agreed, to uncrew the barrels of all fire• arms in their possession, so that in► the event of a seieure being made by the rabble, the weapons will be perfectly useless. The military will also be placed in such positions that in case of any emergency they will be ready at a moment's notice to assist the police and civil powers. It is not the intention of the Commissioners to prevent the meeting taking place, but nothing in the shape of processions or large bodies of people will be allowed to pass through the streets of the metropolis. Should the meeting last beyond the hoer of six in the evening, the same will be declared illegal, and the ground will be cleared of the populace. It is expected that the meeting, which had not broken up when we went to press, would march, en masse, to Downing.street at its conclusion. In the event of their doing so, a conflict with the police, and failing, then the military, is unavoidable. We shall give further particulars in our Third Edition at seven o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. _ The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, attended by his Equerry in w siting. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed airings on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty and Prince Albert on Saturday evening. Yesterday morning the Queen walked out in the garden of the Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service yesterday, in the private chapel in the Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. His Royal Highness the Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. Jam es's. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended divine service yesterday morning in St. Michael's Church. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor ChapeL A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Yiscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Ilobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Viscount Mor peth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Lord Chancellor arrived at a quarter before four o'clock and joined his colleagaes. The Council broke up shortly before five o'clock. Mr. Robertson, Consul-General of Ecuador, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign office, on Saturday. A deputation from a meeting of Irish Members and Members of Parliament possessing property in Ireland, consisting of Sir Lucius O'Brien, Major Blacken, Mr. John O'Brien, and Lieutenant-Colonel Dunne, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street, to ascertain whether it is the intention of Government to bring in a Bill to amend the Act 2d Victoria, chap. 1, for the purpose of getting the unfinished works in Ire land completed. Also to ascertain whether, in re-advancing whatever repayments may be made of the advances of last year, under the relief Acts, this object will be kept princi pally in view. A further suggestion was made to'the Right Hon. Ba ronet, by the deputation, that counties making these re payments should have a prior elaim for readvances, whether for public works or for actual drainage, or under-land Improvement Acts. The Marquis of Chandos had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Mr. Charles Cowan, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Lord John Russell left town on Saturday morning for St. Leonard's, Hastings. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Pendarves, Sir W. Snow Harris, Mr. John Taylor, and Mr. Carpenter Rowe, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth, on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. The Royal Commission for inquiring into the Mer chant Seaman's Fund held a meeting on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The Commissioners present were, the Earl of Ellenborough, Admiral Sir Edward Cod rington, Sir William Clay, M.P., Mr. Lock, and Mr. En derby. Sir John Pelly was examined at the meeting, which sat three hours. _ _ . .• Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces ; and also from the Governor of Malta ' • and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee Meeting on Saturday. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Tho Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. Tho Bishop of London offi ciated at the Communion service. At the daily service _ the prayers were read by the Rev. T. lielmore; the lessons by the Rev. J. Knapp, and the Communion ser vice by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Manchester. The anthem was " Bow thine ear" (Bird). The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Ladies St. Germans, Palmerston, and Ebring ton, the Bishop of St. David's, Lords Devon, St. Ger mans, Spencer, Fortescue, Ebrington, Grey, and Canti lupe, were among the nobility proalint. THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. The ex-King and Queen of the French remain in re tirement at Claremont, surrounded by the members of their family circle. During the past week the ex-King has received visits from very many of his personal friends, these including several members of the British aristocracy. M. Guizot has been to Claremont more than once since his arrival in this country. The Duke de Monte bello and M. Duchatel have also paid personal visits to their late royal master in his retirement. Both the ex-King and Queen are said to be in good health. The terrible change in the fortunes of the royal pair appears to affect them less (as far as may be gathered from outward appearance) than might have been expected. The ex-King takes occasional airings in a private carriage in the vicinity of his retreat, and is everywhere received with the most marked respect by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. This remark also applies to the younger branches of the illustrious exile's family, the Duke de Nemours and the Duke de Mont pensier, both of whom frequently walk in the vicinity of Claremont. The Countess Granville paid a visit to the ex-King and Queen on Saturday. Yesterday his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador was among the distinguished personages who visited the ex-monarch. The Count and Countess Jarnac were also at Clare. wont several hours yesterday. The ex•royal family attended divine service yester• day, at the Catholic Chapel, Weybridge. lIER MAJESTY'S TIIRATRE.—The Queen ' s box was occupied on Saturday evening by Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, and the Misses Wheatley • that of her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager by the Wheatley; of Jersey, Lady Clementine. Villiers, and Lady Cowley. Among the general company we observed the Baroness Brunnow and Madlle. Olga do Lechner,: his Excellency the Ha noverian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Duke of Wel lington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds,lthe Prince Louis Napoleon, the Prince Lowen stein, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, and Lady:Emily de Burgh, the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess of Blessington and Miss Power, the Earl Aboyne, the Countess of Cardigan, the Countess Poulett and Miss Dormer, the Earl of Munster, the Viscount Enfield, Lord Dundee, Lady Cowley, Lord Harry Vane, the Ladies Tollemache, Lord Paget, Count de Berke, the Count d'Orsay, M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence, the Baron Nicolai, Sir Ralph'and Lady Howard, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir John Bayley, Sir Alexander and Lady Woodford, Gen. the Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. R. Curzon, Captain and the lion. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Captain Reynolds, Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe, Reading; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Trelawney, Mr. B. Sheridan, M.P.; Mr. Broadley, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Hardvvicke, Mr. Stafford, M,P. FIRES. —Yesterday morning, shortly before three o'clock, a fire, attended with considerable damage, broke out in one of the large warehouses in Wheeler's-Yard , Itedcross street, Borough. It commenced in the ground floor occupied by Mr. E. Lywood, a skin dealer and furrier. The cause of the disaster could not be ascer tained, but the flames, when first discovered, had ob tained a firm hold of the property. Fortunately an in stant and abundant supply of water was obtained from the Southwark Company's mains, and the engines were set to work, but the fire was not extinguished until a serious amount of property was destroyed. Mr. Lywood was insured in the Atlas Fire-office. On Saturday afternoon a fire which, bad it occurred in the night time would doubtless have been attended with the most dis astrous consequences to life and property, broke out in the mansion belonging to the Right Hon. the Earl of Kinnoul, situate at 58, Green street, Grosvenor-square. It proceeded from the even flue in the kitchen, which set the large beams, bressimers and flooring of the dining-room on the ground floor in a blaze. Timely information was sent to the fire stations, and very speedily the London Brigade and parish engines arrived, and the firemen having set to work most vigorously, they succeeded in confining the fire to that part of the premises in which it originated. The property was insured for 10,000/. in the Sun Fire-office. Mr. Antody Schrack is appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court of Demerara and Essequibo, British Guiana, in the place of Mr. Wilday, deceased. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the Sth, the principal de bate was in Committee on the Catholic Relief Bill. There seems to be a determination to remove all external signs of humiliation, which in hours of victory may have been imposed upon the Catholics. And the Catholics, on their side, appear to be content with this, and not to desire anything but admission to the common privilege of doing as they like so long as nobody else is injured by it. On one point there will perhaps be room for them to exercise a sound discretion, and not incur the risk of alarming those who are in the main their friends. Where Catholic powers have seen a necessity for legislating against certain religious fraternities by name, ur interfering in a minor degree with their regulations and mode of recruiting, it would seem but common prudence that, in a country where the majority are Protestants, any dispute on such points should be avoided, by taking care it is not raised. If Catholics cannot comprehend this evident rule of policy, they of course are prepared not to complain if the consequences should be unpleasant to them. Three divisions were come to in the course of the debate, with constant majorities in favour of the Bill as it stood; and the further consideration was finally adjourned. At a later period of the evening the Bill for " Killing Hares" was read a second time. There seems to have gone forth a calm on the violent spirits of this side the water. A Bill which would once have roused the energies of the landed interest, and have been con tested as the certain inlet to the destruction of both Church and State, was allowed to pass with something very much like the assistance of those who might have been expected to oppose it. On Thursday the evening was consumed in debate on a Bill proposed to be brought in by Mr. Sharman Crawford, to amend the Irish Poor Relief Extension Act. The object was to repeal the 10th section, which prevents giving workhouse relief to any person in the occupation of more than a quarter of an acre of land. The telling argument against the repeal was, that the law acted as a check upon the Irish land lords paying their rents out of the poor-rates. The Bill was refused by 114 against 21. On Friday the question was renewed •on Mr. Hume's motion that the income-tax be limited to one year. Mr. Wilson (Westbury) opened the night's debate, and displayed much of the knowledge which became the editor of the Economist. But on one point he amusingly disappointed the expectations of the economists within the House. After saying that wherever a few Englishmen chose to esta blish themselves on a commercial speculation, there a frigate was to be sent to protect them,—and leading everybody to suppose he was going to quote the celebrated description of our "perching a Governor and Deputy-Governor upon every rock large enough to hold them,"—he turned round with the conclusion, that because the frigates were sent they must be paid for, and therefore the Government must have the income-tax for three years. So that the argument seems to be, that wherever there are three cats to chewy, a frigate must be sent to do it ; whereas some might have concluded, that the cats should be let alone. As was intimated on the other side, ambitious yachters may play the " illustrious stranger" in Borneo or where they please; but it does not follow that frigates should be paid for, as the consequences of their movements. The Economist said a great deal in favour of a properly regulated income-tax, which was entirely true. But the struggle at this moment is, not to pay. On one point his defence struck me as incomplete. He said an income-tax did not take employment from the working classes more than any other tax. Is not the real answer, that no tax either takes from or adds to the employment of the working classes in the aggregate, inasmuch as what is not expended by the payers of the taxes is expended by the Government, and vice versa? It may be true that the Government expends on musquets, and the taxees would have expended on fowling-pieces. But in this it is the taxees that lose, and not the working classes. They lose to the extent of going without the fowling pieces which they say they wanted, and getting nothing for their money but the musquets, which they say they did not want at all. A remarkable instance came out in the course of the debate, of the spirit of inaccuracy and unreason which posses:es the Protectionist benches. It was stated a few nights ago by a leader on that side, that when the duty on French brandy was taken off , the price of brandy in bond rose from 4s. 3d. a gallon to ss. 1 d. The clear inference and understand ing from which was meant to be, that when the duty was taken off no important diminution of price to the consumer was the consequence; being another form of the assertion we have heard in the case of the corn-laws and elsewhere, that the import duties on foreign produce are paid by the foreigner. But upon examination, how do the facts stand ? It ap pears that when seven shillings of duty were taken off French brandy, the brandy which used to cost the English consumer eleven and threepence, plus any remaining duty, came to him for five and eleven pence, plus the same sum. So that the fact pro claimed under the title of the benefit going to the foreigner, proves to be that a fourth of the benefit went to the foreigner in the shape of the natural rise of the price abroad consequent on the increased demand for the commodity. And how should it be otherwise ? Did 7iot every grocer's apprentice always know that this must be the case? And did not he equally know, that one reason why nobody likes to see a duty laid on his own produce by foreigners, is that there will not only be less sold of it to foreigners, but also at a lower price ? The Member for Buckinghamshire (Mr. Disraeli) was convicted of the same kind of mistake by Mr. Gladstone in his reply. The Member for Bucking hamshire announced, as matter apparently for statis tically determining the consequences of removing duties, that after a duty of so much per pound on American cotton was removed, the price of cotton in America rose to more than the former price and the duty too. Which Mr. Gladstone effectually disposed of, by pointing out the simple fact, that in the in terval there had been a " cotton-famine." So useful it is to have a place like the House of Commons, where the supporters of fallacies can be trotted out, And strange enough it is, that men so incompetent to explain the simplest phenomena of trade, should main tain pretensions to make the Government of a com mercial country. In the course of the evening Mr. Disraeli acted as Master of the Ceremonies to the League for the Re vision and Adjustment of Taxation, and introduced it to the House. The debate was finally adjourned till Monday ; so that Mr. Hume's motion still lies over for decision. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON Blackheath, London, March 18,1846. THE NEW POEM " KING ARTHUR." By the Author of " The New Timon." Skillfully arranged and unfolded; marked by passion, imagination, and unostentatious but redundant know ledge; everywhere evincing the influence of the best taste, the poem of " King Arthur" is likely to win the admiration of all who have poetical feeling and know ledge. It takes up a great subject and promises to treat it worthily; evolving its national interest. The author has incarnated the dim ideas of a legendary period in flesh and blood beings drawn from his own experience. Two of the prominent characters in the poem will at once bo recognised, with a strange interest at the present moment, as Louis Philippe and his Minister; and keen, as well as merciless, though in the light and laughing guise of wit, is the writer's exposure of the qualities that have dethroned and degraded them. This is clearly such a writer's privilege. So Ariosto wrote ;so our own Spenser.—Examiner. RESPITE or ANNETTE METERS.—The sentence of death passed upon this wretched woman has, as was gene rally expected would be the case, been respited. Yester day (Saturday) evening, at five o'clock, Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, received from the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, through the hands of a special mes senger, an instruction that execution of the wretched woman was to be respited during her Majesty's plea sure. This is, of course , eq ual to a reprieve of the capital sentence altogether. The Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the prison, having left the gaol when the m itsive arrived, Mr. Cope , the .Gov!rnor, lost no time in communicating the gratifying intelligence to the unhappy woman. We understand . she was but little moved by the intelligence, retaining the sullen and indifferent manner which has peculiarly characterised her since her confinement. Annette Meyers is sup posed to be the daughter of a well-known barozet Sunday Times. 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POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On and after Monday, the 6th of March, letters and newspapers will be received at the _railway station, Euston-square, to be dispatched by the night and day mail trains to all towns, the corre spondence of which is conveyed by the London and North-Western Railway, or by the lines branching from it. A list of these towns may be seen at the station. A fee of sixpence, in addition to the postage, will be charged upon every letter, and a fee of sixpence upon every newspaper; this fee, as w ell as the postage, .must in all cases be paid in stamps. A bag for the receipt . of these letters will be suspend ed at the station, from 7 30 A.M. to 9 50 A.M. for the day mail; and from 7 30 r.st. to 8 35 P.M. for the night mai l. No letters will be received on Sundays. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Menielsschn's fine oratorio, St, pad, will be perforated at Exeter Hail on Wedueeday Rex 239 - , RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAIL- W AY.-THE WAR OF THE GAUGEg. , --RE. NE WAL OF HOSTILITIES. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company, adjourned a second time from Saturday last, the 4th instant, was held to day at Dee's Hotel. The object of the last adjournment was to receive the result of the negotiations stated to be in progress between the dissentient shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Company and the directors of the Great Western, founded upon the propositions made by the solicitor to the former body. The proceedings ex cited great interest, and, in consequence, a large number of influential shareholders, interested in one or other line of railway, were present; amongst whom were Lord Hatherton, Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Russell (chairman of the Great Western), Mr. Saunders (secretary to the Great Western), Mr. Barlow, Mr. Mozley, Mr. Wag staff, Mr. Alston, Mr. C. Shaw, &c. In the absence of Mr. P. H. Muntz, the chair was again taken by Mr. W. Matthews. The CHAIRMAN having announced the business of the meeting, stated that he had been put in possession of some copies of a printed circular, containing the corre spondencewhich had taken place between the parties on the subject of the pending negotiations ; and, with the consent of the meeting, he should propose that that cor respondence should be read. Upon the motion of Mr. MOSELEY, supported by Mr. T. COLMORE, the re-election of the retiring directors was first proceeded with, and Messrs. Moseley, A. Pey ton, S. Beak, Bigg, and Cobb were unanimously re elected; Mr. Paget, of Leicester, was also elected in the room of Mr. T. B. Wankyn, of Manchester, who had retired from the direction. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the corre spondence which had taken place, consisting of several letters from Messrs. Hunt and Co., solicitors to the Great Western Railway, and Mr. Dobie, solicitor to the dissen tient shareholders. From this correspondence it appeared that the negotiation had been broken off, in consequence of the Great Western Company requiring as a condition to issuing the coupons to the shareholders for the pay ment of the sum of 30/. 55., that some 800 or 900 of the shareholders, to be selected by the Great Western Com pany, were to sign an agreement pledging themselves in no way to use their influence in opposition to the pro posed Bills for introducing the broad gauge into the midland districts, or otherwise to interfere with the Bills to be brought before Parliament by the Great Western Company. Mr. DonrE then proceeded to state that after the first consultation with Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Rolt, the former Learned Gentleman submitted to him nine pro positions as the basis of the proposed negotiations. By virtue of this agreement forms of coupons were to be prepared for the payment of principal and interest by the Great Western Company to the shareholders of the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, according to the terms of the agreement of the 12th of November, 1846 ; Albs were to be introduced into Parliament to carry out the objects of that agreement; a resolution was to be pro posed to and adopted by the shareholders of the Bir mingham and Oxford Company sanctioning the Bills so introduced, and pledging themselves to abandon all opposition, and the coupons were to be exchanged for copies of such resolution. Other heads of agreement were submitted in conformity with the propositions sub mitted in his (Mr. Dobie's) first letter. Sir Fitzroy Kelly also handed to him a paper entitled a " Secret Article," having for its object the prevention of the shareholders for opposing any of the Bills brought forward by the Great Western Company for the extension of the broad gauge into the present narrow gauge districts. By this agreement it was to be understood that Mr. Glyn, M.P., the chairman of the London and North-Western Rail way, should be allowed to act ministerially in signing documents on behalf of the North-Western Company; but individually he was to be debarred from exercising any personal influence against the Great Western Bills. On receiving this " secret article " he (Mr. Dobie) in formed Sir Fitzroy Kelly that he did not object to the chief heads of the agreement; but that with respect to the " secret article," he could not hold himself respon sible for what individuals might think or do. He appeared as solicitor for a company, and he could not ask individual shareholders to enter into an engagement with a corporate company. The secret article was returned to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, be tween whom and Mr. Bolt a correspondence after wards took place. The most important part of this corrssnondence was a declaration on the part of Mr. Bolt, that although he wished for an amicable adjust ment of difference, he was afraid all efforts would fail unless the Great Western had the signature of the share holders of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction with drawing all opposition to their Bills, and sanctioning the introduction of the broad guage provision. The Great Western Company had thus been playing " fast and loose" with the shareholders, and it was evident, in his opinion, that they did not mean to give the coupons unless they obtained the broad gauge —in fact, should they fail in obtaining the broad gauge they would con tend that the agreement was not binding, and that they were not compelled legally to abide by it. Mr. GEORGE TURNER, of Birmingham, said that he understood that when the shareholders of the Birming ham and Oxford Junction had paid up their full 20/. per share they were entitled to a coupon of 301. ss. from the Great Western Company. It would appear now, how ever, that it was not to be paid unless the Great Western succeded in getting the broad gauge. The chairman was deeply engaged in another company with which the Great Western was concerned—he (Mr. Turner) daily looked after it—and he feared if such were the terms as regarded that undertaking, lie (the chairman) would find himself in the same predicament as they were. Mr. A. PEYTON wished to ask the chairman whether be considered that the issue of the coupons was accord ing to the agreement, contingent upon the Great Western Company obtaining the broad gauge?" The CHAIRMAN, in answer to the Hon. Proprietor, said that there were three descriptions of shareholders. First, the great majority of the original shareholders, who with himself agreed in the sale to the Great Wes tern ; secondly, part of the original shareholders who, like Mr. Mozley, opposed the sale ; and thirdly, another class, not original shareholders, who purchased their shares after the sale was effected, for purposes they best knew themselves. Now he, as an original shareholder, thought that the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Company had no right to their coupons until the terms of the agreement were fully and faithfully acted upon. They had nothing to do with the London and North-Western Company as a company, but they had to do with the shareholders of that company who also hap pened to be members of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction. Amongst the terms of that agreement was a clause introduced into their Act of Parliament for ex tending the broad gauge to their :line of railway, and they were bound to see that extended as far as they Were enabled so to do before they were entitled to their coupons. _ _ PEYTON—The queston is, are we entitled to the coupons before the broad gauge is obtained ? Mr. C. SHAW (a director who has hitherto acted with the Great Western party) exclaimed with considerable vehemence, " There never was any such condition. The shareholders are entitled to their coupons without refer ence to any such contingency.—(Ch ee r s .) I p l e d ge m y reputation that the question has been frequently raised at the board, and no such condition was ever contended for."—(Loud cries of " Hear.") Mr. MOLLEY said that he would abstain from making any irritating remarks, as he was still anxious, notwith standing what had occurred, that some amicable arrange ment of their differences might be accomplished. The plain question was, whether or not this desirable ar rangement was to be contingent upon the beads of the agreement to which reference had seen made, or upon the terms of the secret article, the fulfilment of which amounted to an almost irresponsibility. He contended that it was impossible that they could answer for the signatures and disposition of every shareholder in the Birmingham and Oxford Company, and that they were bound to have the agreement completed upon the terms and in the spirit in which it was originally made. He would appeal to the board of directors, and ask them whether the security promised to the shareholders was contingent upon the attainment of the broad gauge, when they knew that its introduction into these districts was absolutely interdicted by a special Act of Parliament? The deed of agreement of which they (the shareholders) required the fulfilment, was not a one-sided agreement, but bore the signatures of the directors of the Great Western Company. It intimated that the shareholders, so soon as they should have paid up their full amount of 201. per share, should be entitled to a coupon for 301. Se. Did they, the Great Western Company, mean to adhere to that agreement? It was absurd to suppose that the extension of the broad gauge was a condition upon which those securities were to be given, and he challenged the Great Western Company to find in any of the bills they had recently filed in Chan cery the mention of any such contingency. They knew that the extension of the broad gauge was depeae dent upon the will of the Legislature. It appeared, however, according to the argument now for the first time set up, that n o t w ith s t a nding all the assistance which the shareholders might give to the Great Western Company, if they failed in obtaining the broad gauge, if the Legislature refused to sanction its extension, they were to be refused their coupons. How could the di rectors enter into an agreement by which one party was to be bound hand and foot, and the other left to break it at any moment they pleased?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SHAW assured Mr. Mozley that the Great Wes tern Company never for a moment intended that the delivery of the coupons depended upon the obtainment of the broad gauge. Mr. MozLey need not add more to Mr. Shaw's admis sion. He (Mr. Mozley) had been content to consider himself beaten. He had fought the battle fairly and honourably, and he had hoped that there had b een a term i na ti o n of his labours.—(Hear, hear.) H e h a d re solved to do all in his power to bring about an ami cable se ttlement.—(Cheers.) When, h owever , h e saw t h e secret article, he said they could have nothing to do with it, and that it ought to be put behind the fire. How could they get the signatures of 600 or 700 persons selected by the Great Western Company ? They had no power over such persons; and the failure of one or two to sign would put an end to the question upon such terms. There was nothing in the original agreement which called for so preposterous a condition.—(Hear, hear.) After a most able and energetic speech, Mr. Mozley concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That the letter addressed by Mr. Dobie, on behalf of this company, to Messrs. Hunt, on behalf of the Great Western Company, dated the Bth instant, be, and the same is hereby approved and adopted by this company, and the letter of Messrs. Hunt, dated the 10th instant, having been read, it is further resolved, that the Great Western Company be forthwith formally called upon to deliver to the shareholders of this com pany, who have paid their calls, the securities now due to them under the agreement of the 12th November, 1846, and in all other respects to carry out that agree , menti and that a letter be addressed to the Great r 7r