The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-22 00:00:00

MONEY and C 4 O.IIIIVIERCIA s , EWS. CITY, QUARTER TO Tii The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy, the sales being 2,500 to 3,000 bales, and American selling at 4 d. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull, and prices were still declining. The private advices by the Overland Mail have not yet been delivered, but there is sufficient in the news. paper summaries to prove that matters are in a very unfavourable state at Calcutta, although rather better at Madras and Bombay than might, perhaps, have been expected. Money was scarce in the first-mentioned city, and the Union Bank appears to be a complete wreck, the worst indeed that we remember in the annals of banking. Misappropriation of funds, a combination to raiso the prices of the shares, and a deliberate misre presentation of the accounts are among the acts of the late directors, and it need not excite surprise that in Calcutta there was a general feeling of indignation. The shareholders appear to be threatened not only with the loss of their original capital, but likewise with tre mendous sacrifices. Some disappointment is felt at the statements in the American papers, per Ivanhoe, relative to the uncer tainty as to peace with Mexico being concluded upon the terms of the proposed treaty, but there is a hupe yet that an arrangement will be come to. Some of the Continental mails of this morning are still due, although the news from Belgium respecting the suspension of cash payments has just been received. The measure is one of precaution, but may have, espcci ally if followed in other continental kingdoms, the effect of drawing specie from England, an occurrence that would induce an advance in the current rates of discount here. The necessity of revising taxation is now so generally admitted in England, that the main point is as to the best means of effecting the desirable end. To dispense with Indirect taxation is not yet agreed upon as the best plan, but a party advocates it strongly in a pamphlet en titled " A Budget of Two Taxes only. " He states that— " The plan here submitted, and which is well adapted to these requirements, consists in the abolition of the whole of the taxes known as customs and excise, toge ther with the assessed taxes and all local taxation—such as poor-rates, repair of roads, church and county rates, and to raise the supplies necessary for the national wants by the simple machinery now applied to the col lection of the stamp-tax ; which, as being easy of col lection, the least oppressive and least felt, would re main as at present, merely extending the legacy duty to all property, and equalizing it at 10 per cent. This alteration would equalize the amount at pre sent deducted from one class of legatees, and extend its application to a class now most un fairly and unjustly exempted from its operation by their own class Legislature. The imports would double in the second year, and the rewards of labour would be greatly increased, both in actual remuneration and in cheaper living. This tax would produce, at the very least, 14,000,000/. per annum. The tax upon prop erty, fixed at 10 per cent. , and the ta x u p on income, at 5 per cent., upon all property and every income, would be • most just, as all would benefit—the rich equally, though in a different manner, with the less affluent. This tax would likewise produce, at the least, 24,000,0001., the value of the property of the United Kingdom being esti • mated at 5,000,000,000/. " Taking the expenditure as at present at fifty-one millions, which by judicious reductions may be with ease, and without the slightest disturbance, or impairing the efficiency of needful services, be reduced to forty millions; with eight millions for the support of efficient institutions for education and employment, due by the State to the people, and for the maintenance of a more . perfect system of roads, repairs of edifices devoted to public instruction, and to other local expenditure, we have a grand total of 48,000,00 a, leaving the pablic debt untouched." The English Funds have decidedly advanced, and there is a more active business doing. Consols for transfer have ranged from 814 to 81i, and for time from 814 to 82. Exchequer-bills have realised 235. to 275. premium, being again lower. India Stock for ac count is at 233. The Foreign Securities have been also better. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 124 to I, and the Three per . Cents. at 22k. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 144. Brazil Stock is at 70. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 414 to 41k. Railway Shares are in a few instances a shade higher, but North-Westernjand Groot Wctern are again excer Liens. Brighton are steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCK. CFrom the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Console Anna - 81%N li % % Long Aatuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 50 Tears, Expire Jan. 6, 1160.. 8 9-16 India Bonds under 1,0001........ ....... Consols for Account India Stock for Account 238 Exchequer Bills. 3d. Jana. 1,000/. 5001 PUCE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.' Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 14 % 3 /4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 22 Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cant l7 Spanish Bonds, 6 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bends 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 22% Dividends on the above payable ii Lenden. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2i,4 par Cent., 12 Guild 4 l l, Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates Harsh. 20 23 p BUSINESS DoNts IN ItAiLVrAT stIABES AT oNii O'CLOCK RAu.wAte. ram rex SUM. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3!.4 % .... to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and Count, Down .. 11% .. .. Ilirmingnam & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.14 a.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 7 3 /4 ...... to Boston, Stamf., & Birming... i Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 20 Backingbamshire— Caledonian Ditto. Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 . — Chester and Holyhead 37%..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., lot Class, $ per Cent lO .. . ... to Do., 2d Class, I per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmoitk 8% — to Dublin and. Belfast Junction.: 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17%...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D .. Ditto, 18!.,E. k H ls — to Ditto, 81. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., i per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d par Do., d 0...—. ......... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... —..— to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter Do., New ... 23 Eastern Union if Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 8 per cent.) ... 10 . — Ditto, ditto ...... ............ 25 ...... East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 15 Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire 164...... Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%-.... „,.... to Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ...... 3% — t• Ditto, New port l2 Ditto, ditto, New 24 — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... t• Ditto, New .... ..... 2% — • to Glasg., Dumfries, Is Carlisle..Bl. 611.8 d... t• Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... to Ditto, New DcPreference Consolidated 18 ..... .. Great Northern Ds. London & York Exton. 2% Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% lB . ..... to Great North of England 1011 Ditto, New 401. Ditto, New au 30 .. .. Ditto, Now 15/...... ... ...... VA__ . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares 17%...154 15 15% te 15 . Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ Huta:bullet and Manchester 24 .. ... Ditto, Thirds 8 Hull and Selby Ditto. Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — ...... t• Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2%...... ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds ls Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... t• Ditto, ditto ... 82 Ditto Half Shares , .. 38 Ditto Quarters .. 14%...... ... .. to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 64 ..... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.43 7%% dis. to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38 De. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 33 ' Di., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole Do., Wes: _tiding Union ...41. 2e..... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) I Leeds and Bradford SO ..... 85 Leeds,Dewsbury, & Stanches. 42 1 ,4 — De., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2% — ...... t• Leeds and T lairsk ........ ...... 40 Ditto, New Do., de., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 314, - t• Liverpool,. Crosby, and South- . . - port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newsastle Junction 2% to -- London & 131ackwall ...111. is. U....—. 4 3 4% to -- Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 18s. 4.1.... De. Extension Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. i . ..... D•. Pref. Cony. i per Cent. 50 ...... 42 .. - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 174 2d... ...... to London & North Weetern.....loo 124 126... to 125 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 De. New Do. Fifths Do. 40/. Sharee.....L. &51 2O ...... —.... to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%. .... 9 3 4 to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% i to 1% Do. 111.... IL aid E. (C.) 1 TR' SUN, LONPO.K,, :VVEDN'ESDA, London and S. NV esttrn ....... 50 ...... 44% to 45 Ditto, Now 50/........ ....... 371 4.•••••• Ditto, New..4o/...- ..... .. - 30 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - Ditto, Thirds Si. 6s. Rd ... 4LA dis. to 3% dis. London, Salisbury, & Yeoyil 1 1 ,4 — ...... to . Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / 4 — Londondeny and Enniskillen 25 ..... Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 14 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, 1 / B Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 ,x ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 7 ...... 71 to Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. . ...... ........... 7 Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 12 1 / ( 2 — Ditto, Man. & Lin. Liion 4/. 25.... Nlanehester and Southiunpton 914 — ~. ... to Midiand 100 Ditto, Consol. Preferouce...100 Ditto, 50/. Shares..... ...... 15 ...... 8% to Midland, Birm., and Derby...l(X) ..... - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 ll 6 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ..• .. _ . _ ... Ditto ditto 11/. 35.6 d. .. ...... to Midland, Leiees. and Swan ningion (8 per ct. gua.)....100 .... . NI i dld. Great Western (Irish) 35 Middlesbro' and Itedcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterlora 183 2 — Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Ileref. 6 Norfolk 100 Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 ..... 4% to Do. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2 ...... Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Euniskillea ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Itostrevor .. 12% _c orthern Counties Union ....14 North British Ditto Half Shares.... ..... 12% 8 34...... to Do. Quarters SI,E Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds ... .... 2 North and South-Western... 2 ..... North Staffordshire.. .. ...... 10 ..... B%A I.. orth Wales North Western 6 - •••• to -- Oxford. Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% Royston and Hitchin ... - Scottish Central ......... ...... 25 Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22% — ...... to Ditto, New...—. ........... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole - '' hrewsoury and Birmingham 7 Ditto. ditto. Class B. 4 :..hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves. Ditto... 3 ... .. . Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref .. . 6 Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union South Devon ....... . ..... ... 40 Ditto, Preference 22%...... ...... to South Staffordshire ... 4 •...... .. .. to South Eastern and Dover 33% .... 23 %Ihxd to Ditto, New, No. 1 - Ditto, New, Ne. 2.....- ..... 17 7 ...... to Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4............ 71 ,4 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e..... a Swans. and Loughor and Ca ineron's Stm. Coal ..... .... .. 4 l'hames Haven Dock and Railway 17% — raw Vale Extension ........ 4 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 2 West Cornwall 4 - Ntitehavon and Furness l2 ... ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western... .... . ........ Wilts, Somerset,&Weymoutk SO 14% ... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 2l Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exten. No. 1 (T. Is N.) 16 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 14 ... De. U. N. E. Par. or Pref. $ ... .. $ York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 61 Ditto, Prefereaca Ditto East and West Riding Extension . ... ........ 25 "iOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 614%... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... 2 Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain 6. la Sambre ......... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France. A Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — ...... to Paris and Lyons - to Paris and Orleans 2O ...... ...... to Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tenni & Nantes ... ... ..... .. 8 "fournay, Jurbise, Landen, and flasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 51 Colonial ..... ........... ......... 25 Commercial of London London Joint Stock ...«..... 10 ...... Leaden and Westminster... 24 National Provincial of Eagld. 35 Ditto, New National of Lreland ... 2 2 1 /4 ... .. to Provincial of Ireland ...... ... 25 Ditto, Now Union of Australia ...... Ditto, New 2l/4 — Union of London .. 10 Union of Madrid 4O ...... ...... to MINES. Anglo M exican lOO — to Asturian Mining Company... 12 ....• Australian 214 — Elaenarron Iron and Coal ... ill Bolanos Scrip - liritish Iron • Brazilian Imperial —..• •.... 24 ..."•• •••••• t• Galvanized Iron ... ...... ...... le - Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . to -- Do. Blaek Debentures COURSE OF EXCHANGE. 6.trist , arkiam .......••• 12 5% 31braltar • ..... .• •. •• • • Ditw, at sight •..... 12 y Lecher' ........ ...... Itottcrdsun •••••• 12 6 ch uoa „ .......... 2 fi se Antwerp........ Milan •••- 11ariburgh .... • • M.E. 13 14 „ „ /Rona Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • Palermo, Ditto, Li5b0n..........., „ „ Marseilles • • .• • • • • .... Oporto „ „ „ Bourdeaux.... 29 Rio Janeiro „ „ Frankfort oa Maize.... 121 n Bahia ........ „ „ „ „ Petersbargh, bid. ltble.. Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin.. New York, 21 days'sigist Vienna, effec. Philadelphia Trieste, ditto.— • • .... TRIM skir BULLION. lan OIL Madrid Cadiz •. ............. 48 , Now Dollars • • .... 0 4 8% rortwgal Gold Coin .. 0 Barcelona .• .. 3paalsk Doabloons .. 0 •• •... •• .• Raver la bars ........ 0 4 11 - - • CIIANCERY.-(TITIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court in the Old Hal), Lincoln's Inn, to day, and heard appeal motions, this being the fourth seal after Hilary Term. ATTORNEY GENERAL V. MUNRO. Our readers will recollect that the Lord Chancellor, a few days ago, stayed the execution of the decree pro nounced by the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce in this case, which relates to a Presbyterian Church in St. Peter's-square, Manchester, by which that Learned Judge ordered the trustees of the church to be dismissed and new ones appointed, and also dismissed Mr. Munro from being the minister of the church. The ground on which the Lord Chancellor stayed the execution of the decree till the appeal was heard was, that it would cause the dispersion of the congregation, and also the greatest inconvenie' co, provided he should decide upon hearing the appeal in favour of the appellants. Mr. J. RUSSELL this morning applied to his Lordship for leave to give notice of a motion for Friday next, to discharge the order of his Lordship sta)ing the execu tion of the decree of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. Since his Lordship had made that order ti.c etia.elt had been locked up and deserted, and Mr. Munro and his congregation had performed Divine service else% here, so that the object which the Court had of preventing the dispersion of the congregation had been frustrated. The LORD CHANCELLOR granted leave to Mr. Russell to give notice of motion for Friday, to discharge his order staying the execution of the decree. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) This being the fourth seal, his Honour the Vice- Chancellor of England took motions. BARNARD GREGORY AND WIFE V. SIR THOMAS WILSON. Mr. BETRELL showed cause in this case, on behalf of the plaintiffs, against dissolving an injunction which they had obtained, restraining the defendant, Sir Thomas Wilson, from proceeding with an action of ejectment which he had brought against the plaintiffs. It appeared that, so long ago as the year 1813, a gentleman of the name of Thompson entered into a treaty with the late Sir T. M. Wilson and Lady Wilson, to take a lease of certain land in the neighbourhood of Hampstead, and to erect a mansion upon it. Although the lease was never exe cuted, Mr. Thompson entered into possession of the land, and erected a mansion upon it, which was called the Priory. He resided there many years, and upon his death the plaintiffs, as his devizees, entered into posses sion of it, and had lived there ever since. The present Sir Thomas Wilson brought an action of ejectment to turn the plaintiffs out of possession, on the ground of their having committed a breach of the contract, not having kept the premises in proper repair or insured them. To restrain this action an injunction had been obtained, which it was now sought to dissolve abso lutely. Mr. WALPOLE, who appeared for Sir Thomas Wilson, said that he thought it would be best for all parties, as there was a legal objection to the possession of the plaintiffs, that that quEstion should b© tried at law, and for the purpose of that question being decided, although no lease had ever been executed ho would admit on behalf of Sir Thomas Wilson that there was an executed lease. Mr. BETHELL asked for time to consider this propo sition, aid the motion was ordered to stand over till the first day of Easter term. The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce did not sit to-day, and nothing of public interest occurred in the Court of the Vice• Chancellor Wigram. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER). DEAN ♦ND ANOTHER V. MORTIMER. The plaintiffs in this action are ironmongers, in King William-street, City, and defendant is an attorney. The claim was for ill. 7s. 4d., for goods sold. The de. fendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but did not appear to support his plea. The plaintiff's attorney said the action had been brought in the superior court, as it was a question whether the defendant, being an attorney, could be sued in the county courts ; and he might have pleaded his privilege. The facts of the case, however, were very simple, for the defendant had both ordered the goods and agreed to the price. A solicitor, who attended on behalf of the defendant, said he was not instructed to dispute the delivery of the goods or their value. Evidence having been adduced, a verdict was given for the amount claimed. WATTS P. HIND. This was an action fora bill of exchange for 101. De fendant pleaded that ho did not accept, but no person appearing on his b.half, and positive evidence being ad duced, a verdict was given for the plaintiff. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) George Nadge, a respectably-dressed young man, who has been recently sworn in a special constable, was placed at the bar charged with being one of a party who had amused themselves by firing pistols in the Kenning ton-road. Police. constable 94 P, proved the offence. The firing of pistols has now become common with the recently-created conservators of the peace, and tradesmen have in many instances complained of broken windows from the concussion. The prisoner explained that, having been detained in court all day yesterday as evidence against the Camber well rioters, he had not had an opportunity of taking food, but after retiring, he,. with more " specials," ad journed to a public-house, after leaving which one of his , companions, who was armed with a pistol, fired it in th• air, in order to prevent after danger. The MAGISTRATE fined him lOs., or in default to be sent ten days to the House of Correction. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HORSHAM. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition presented against the return of Mr. John Jervis for Horsham met this morning; Lord Courtenay in the chair. Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. Merewether, appeared for the petitioners; and Mr. Sergeant Wrang ham, with whom was Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Wordsworth, for the sitting Member. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. M. D. HILL rose to open the case for the peti tioners, but he was interrupted by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIXAM, 'who stated that the peti tioners prayed that the election might be declared void on the ground that Mr. Jervis was not of age, and did not possess a proper qualification, and that the lion. Gentleman obtained his election by corruptly treating and brioing the electors. Now he would admit at once, on behalf of the sitting Member, that treating was practised at the election, and of course the consequence of that admission would be that the election must be declared void, and that Mr. Jervis would be precluded from contesting the borough during the present Parlia ment. The object of the petitioners would, therefore, be gained without going into the case at all, and it would save the• time of the Committee, and expense to the parties, it the admission were at once accepted. Mr. M. D. HILL said the proposition of the Learned Sergeant had taken him and his Learned Colleagues quite by surprise, and he must, therefore, apply to the Com mittee for an adjournment till to-morrow, in order that he and his Learned Friends might have time to consult the petitioners on the matter. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee having consulted together for a few minutes, the parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had determined to accede to the application of the Learned Counsel for the petitioners, and to adjourn till twelve o'clock to-morrow. At the same time he was instructed by the Committee to mention, that although the charge of treating had been admitted they felt it would be necessary that some formal evidence of the allegation must be put in order that they might found their resolu tion upon it. The Committee then adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. BEWDLEY ELECTION. Mr. Chalmers, the clerk of the Bewdley Election Committee, brought up the minutes of the evidence given before the 'lewdley Election Committee. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition, agreed to at a public meeting in Brighton, in favour of the People's Charter ; also a petition praying for the abo lition of the duty upon solicitors' annual certificates. Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from Bal line, in the county of Mayo, praying the House to adopt some measure for the reclamation of waste lands. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Glasgow against the Bill for establishing diplomatic relations between this country and the Court of Rome. Mr. K. SEYMER presented a petition from the Governors of Christ llospital, praying for the aboli tion of the duty on legacies left for charitable pur- poses. RIVER DUN NAVIGATION (EXTENSION TO SHEFFIELD). The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. EJECTMENTS (IRELAND.) Mr. POU LETT SCR OPE wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any steps are being taken or contemplated by the Government for the prosecution of the parties con cerned in the illegal destruction of several houses, and the forcible ejectment of their inmates, which took place in the Union of Galway on or about New Year's Day last, and which occasioned the deaths of several of the unfortunate beings so ill treated; as appeared by the evidence taken on oath before Major M'Kie, Poor-law Inspector for that union, at the request of the Commissioners, printed in page 467 of the Fifth Series of Papers relating to the Relief of Distress and State of the Unions in Ireland. The Hon. Member proceeded at sonic length to read extracts from the Report of the Commissioners of Poor-laws in Ireland, forming the ground of his question, but was finally called to order by the Speaker. Sir G. GREY said that it was impossible to read without feelings of considerable pain of the destruc tion of a great number of houses in the county of Galway. He was not aware, however, that the parties so destroying the property had laid themselves open to any criminal information. It was his opinion, that if a landlord in the exercise of his discretion acted in an unjust manner towards his tenant, the latter would have a right of civil action, but he did not think that they were open to any criminal pro ceedings on the part of the Government. On the motion that the order of the day be pro ceeded with, Mr. P. SCROPE said that he begged to differ from the opinion expressed by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with respect to the persons who had forcibly ejected their tenants and destroyed their houses not being amenable to any criminal proceedings. It appeared to him, from the statements in the reports, that such conduct was punishable under the " White Boys' Act," which prohibited the destruction or pulling down of houses. In this case the unfortunate tenants had been compelled to leave their houses in the middle of a cold and inclement night, and their houses were im mediately destroyed. It was nothing more nor less, in his opinion, than a system of agrarian outrage carried on by the more powerful classes, for which many of the poorer and weaker classes had been im prisoned or transported. Sir G. GREY said that he deprecated the facts of the case as much as any Hon. Member ; all that he had stated was to the effect that he did not think that the Government had the power to institute criminal proceedings against the landlords for the commission of such acts. Mr. B. ROCHE said that it appeared to him that the whole of these evils were the result of the opera tion of the " quarter-acre" clause, which the Irish Members had vainly requested the House to repeal. With respect to the right of the ejected tenant to bring a civil action against the landlord, it was a perfect farce to talk of such things, or suppose that a poor wretch stripped of everything, turned out of his dwelling, and compelled to seek refuge in the union workhouse, could carry on an expensive suit against the rich and powerful landlord. Was it to be sup posed that the poor people of Ireland could feel any thing like confidence in a Government which treated them in this cruel and unfeeling manner ? The whole object of the legislation of the House appeared to be to protect and give impunity to the rich landlord in his oppression of the poor. Sir W. SOMERVILLE denied that these eject ments were the results of the " quarter-acre clause ; there was no proof whatever to show that those so ejected were the holders of only quarters of acres ; they might, for aught they knew, be the holders of eight or ten acres. He quite agreed in the opinion of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that the Government had no power whatever to institute criminal proceedings against the landlords for these ejections and destruc tion of houses. Sir A. BROOKE deprecated the wholesale charges which were brought against the landlords of Ireland. If cases of oppression and injustice occurred he was perfectly willing that the names of such persons should be made known and held up to public repro bation.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS proceeded to read further ex tracts from the " Blue Book," in confirmation of the opinions expressed by the Hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Scrope), of the atrocity of the acts complained of, and expressed his thanks to the Hon. Member for bringing the subject before the House, and his sur prise that he should have been induced to vote against the motion recently brought forward for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the poor-law, and the causes which led to this disastrous state of things. Mr. NAPIER wished to confirm the opinion ex pressed by the Rignt Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that the Govern ment had no power to institute criminal proceedings against the landlords of Ireland. Mr. R. M. FOX suggested that Mr. Blake, the party who had been guilty of these outrages, ought, at least, to be removed from the commission of the peace. AGRICULTURAL TENANT RIGHT BILL. At the request of the Earl of MIRCII, Mr. PUSEY consented to postpone untill this day three weeks the second reading of the Agriculturtil Tenant Right Bill. After a few words from Mr. Slaney, Sir G. Strickland, and Mr. Henley, the motion was agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a second time this day three weeks. OUTGOING TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved the second reading of the Outgoing Tenants (Ireland) Bill. The tenant right had been, from time immemorial, treated in Ireland as real property, and the object of the present Bill was to place the rights of outgoing tenants in Ireland upon the same footing as they were at present in Ulster, and to assimilate the common law of Ireland with that of the common law of England, as it related to the relation of land lord and tenant. One great reason why he was anxious that the Bill should become law was, that the tenants of Ulster were attempting to invade the custom that prevailed there with respect to the rights of tenants, and it therefore became necessary to perpetuate the custom by making it law. Unless this Bill became the law every man in Ireland would feel that he had not a permanent title to his land, and he therefore could not be supposed to have any motive for attachment to the country. The tenant right in Ulster had proved beneficial in various ways, It had been the means of establishing and extending manufactures, and without it they would have been in as miserable a condition as the other parts of Ireland. Commissions after commis sions had reported upon the necessity of some alteration in the lawof landl or d an d t enan t i n Ire land ; the reports of those Commissions had been un heeded in that House, and one great object of this Bill was to relieve it from the obloquy under which it laboured for this neglect. The Hon. Member having at some length observed upon the provisions of the different clauses of the Bill , concluded by mov ing that it be read a second time. (LEYT SITTING.) HER MAJESTY S T 11.EATRE. Ths Queen's box, at her Majesty's Theatre, was last evening occupied by the Earl Delawarr and the Lady Arabella Sackville West, the Hon. M. Sackville West, and Lord and Lady , Colchester. In the Queen Dowager's box were the Earl and Countess Howe, the Hon. Mr. Curzon, and Captain and Airs. Moritague. The gener al com p a ny included his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Ex cellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Mi nister, the Baroness de Itrunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, his Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of Syracuse, the Duke of Wellington, the Due de Melfort, the Marquis and Marchioness of D ouro , t h e M a r q uis of Clanricarde, the Marqu'is of Donegal, the Earl of Fel mouth, the Earl of flesh orough, the E a rl of Granville, the Earl of Munster, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Clifden, Lord William Lennox, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lady Mary Howard and the Hon. H. Howard, Lady Caroline Towneley, and, Mrs. Towneley, Lady Carroll and the Misses Carroll, Lady Ba rre tt L e nnard, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, &c. &c. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received 101. from an anonymou s correspondent for " a game certificate and income-b of omitted." The amount will beEcarried to the credit of the public service. An appropriate tablet to the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal is about to be erected in the parish church of his native town, Chclm sford. We . hear that the project of placing a bust of the. deceased in some public building `.4l.Chelmsford is reviinad.—Bury and Norwich Post. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, MARCH 22.—Wind S., light airs, and fine clear weather. OFF LIVERPOOL, MARC!! 21.—Ivanhoe, Pekin, Heath, Alison. and Havannah packet, CLYDE, MARCH 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Erromanga, Ramsey, New York ; Harruonia, Churchill, ditto. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20.—Arrd. Susan, Laguna ; Elizabeth, New Orleans ; Devon, Betts, Savannah. 21. Sophia, Honduras; Devonport, Savannah; Stephen, Munchie, St. Andrew's; Lancaster, Hallen, Hamburgh; Sld. 21, John Robin, Joynson, Calcutta; John Bibby, Pearson, ditto; Chrishna, Spence, Singapore ; St. Leon, Jarvis, Castina ; Nina. Alexander, Rio Grande. MUMBLES, MARCH 16.—Ski. Berenice, Singapore. CARDIFF, MARCH 20.—Std. Jesse, St. Thomas; Lord Haddo, Cape of Good Hope. BRISTOL, MARCH 21.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Mary Ann Peters, Cardiff and Bermuda. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2 L.—Wind N.W.—Sld. West minster, Port Philip. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 2 1.—Washington steamer, New York. OFF THE WIGHT, MARCH 18.—Nathalie, Surinam. DEAL, MARCH 21.—Wind W. to S.W.S, strong and squally.—Arrd. Mimona, Somdgren, Charleston, for Gothenburg. A rrd. from the River, Woodpoint, Porto Rip.); Aromoeto, St. John's, New Brunswick. SOUTHWOLD, MARCH 21.—The Clothed, Simms, of and from Shields to London, was stranded on Sisewell Bank this morning, and has since become a total wreck; crew saved. MILFORD, MARCH 20.—The Princess barque, and Duudonald brig, in leaving the harbour this morning, got in contact, and have put back, the former with loss of bowsprit, &c., the latter with trifling damaga. YARMOUTH, MARCH 21.—The James and Mary, An dersen, of Peterhead, in leaving this place to-day, got on the North Beach, but was afterwards assisted off, and back to the harbour, apparently without damage. THE EUTERPSON SOCIETY.—The members of this excellent choral society gave a grand concert last even ing, at the City Lecture Theatre, Wilton -street, Fins. bury. The first part consisted of selections from Han del's Oratorio, Judas Maccabeus, and the second com prised pieces from the works of eminent English authors. Miss Wortham, Miss Sara Flower, Mr. Rafter, and Mr. W. F. Winn were the professionals engaged. The perfor mances of the evening afforded evident eatisfactiou to a niunetons and respectable audience. DERBY. The Derby Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Mr. Childers in the chair; when the evidence of bribery on the part of Mr. Strutt, the sitting member and his agents was resumed. At the close of the second witness's evidence, Mr. Sergeant WRANGEAK said it would perhaps save the time of the Committee and expense to the other side if he admitted that the allegations of bribery had been established against the agents of Mr. Strutt. lie denied however that the honourable gentleman himself had been personally concerned in the corrupt practices, and he should be able to show by the testimony ot unim peachable witnesses, that so far from Mr. Strutt having taken part in or been cognizant of the cases of bribery proved on the other side, that gentleman distinctly inti mated to his friends and partizans that he would be no party to anything in the shape of bribery and corruption. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COvRNT GARDEN. — Her Majesty's box was occupied last evening by Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. and Miss Peel, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge. Among the general company we also noticed the following:—His Excellency the Greek Minister and Madame Lizardi, the Marquis of Lichfield, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Wilton, Viscountess Castlereagh, Lord and Lady Malmesbury, Lady Cowley, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Munster, Earl Bruce, the Earl of March, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Duplin, Viscount Tem pletown, the Countess of Cardigan, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Lord Foley, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Holland, Lord George Manners, Lady Webster, Lady Burgoyne, Lady Melet, the Hon. Miss Foley, Hon. Edward Cope, Hon. J. Fortescue, Sir Henry Paulet, Bart., Sir William P. de Bathe, Bart., Captain de Bathe, Sir George Armytage, Bart., Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Major General P. Campbell, 8.A., Colonel Browelow Knox, M.P., Colonel Blane, Mrs. Dennistoun, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawny, Mr. and Miss .o:itchell, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Scott, Henry Greville, Esq., J. Lloyd Clayton, Esq., Gerard Sturt, Esq., Samuel Rogers, Esq., Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., H. T. Hope, Esq., M.P., W. Ord, E<q., M.F., George Repton, Esq., M.P. MORNING MAlLS.—Yesterday notice was issued at the General Post-office, St. Martin's• la-Grand, that Winehfield, in Hampshire, and Oldham, had been added to the list of towns to which morning mails are for warded. The total number of 'towns in England and Wales to which morning mails are now dispatched is 283, exclusive of Ireland and Scotland. Louts I?uturrE's Swonn.--Numbers of the com batants of February, anxious to retain trophies of their prowess, had kept the arms they took from the Tuileries, in spite of the many appeals of the Provisional Govern ment to restore them. Causidi6re, the new prefect of police, has been active in his researches, and caused most of these arms to be restored. Amongst these was a sword which had been preserved in Louis Philippe's cabinet, and which ho had made use of in his first cam paigns under ihunouriez. 8V44 N iikra ci s NI A VI OVERLAND MAIL 1 N 11 1 A. The intelligence brought by the Bombay mails of the 15th of February is not of great importance. The mercantile affairs of Calcutta and Bombay appear to engross lunch of the attention of the newspapers. The exposures effected of the proceedings of the Union Bank of Calcutta, during the last year, are absolutely appalling. The shareholders, who see ruin staring them in the face, have made some efforts, and a contribution of 20 per cent. is to be levied on the shares. The Laudable Assurance Company is involved, from having invested their funds in the securitii-s of that bank. The state of commerce in the east of India is affected by those important pro- ceedings. In Bombay another subject of discussion has arisen in the new Act for improving the Small Cause Court, which was proposed to the Legislative Council at Calcutta by the Chief Justice of Bombay, Sir Erskine Perry. This is looked upon by all enlightened men as a vast improvement. As it will simplify many of the suits, and enable the suitors to obtain speedy justice, a sort of hole and corner opposition has been got up against it in Bombay. Misrepresentations and abuse are abundantly scattered on the subject. Sir E. Perry, who went to Calcutta in the month of January, has explained the matter to the Legislative Council, and the Act was to have been passed in the beginning of March. The opposition which was raised against it had become divided, and there was everyprobability of this vast improvement being carried forward. The parties most opposed to it were the attorneys and lawyers, who united to perpetuate their old system of plucking the natives. The Governor of Bombay went to Sinde on the 10th of February ; he was accompanied by two secretaries, and was not expected to return from the banks of the Indus until the end of March, when the great heats are felt there. From the Punjaub there is not much news. The settlement of that country is going forward. A quan tity of treasure, amounting to 250,000/., was found buried in a house once the property of Lall Singh ; half of the money has been handed into the British Treasury in payment of the Sheik liabilities. Sinde presents nothing remarkable, except the news of an unusual fall of rain in the northern part, and the loss of another steamer, by carelessness, in the Indus, where she struck on the anchor of the Satellite, and soon filled. She had a part of the 9th Regiment of Native Infantry on board, who, with their kit, &c., and the engines of the steamer, were saved. Several courts-martial have been held in Bombay on officers and men of the Indian navy, and severe sentences have been passed. One young officer, who was publicly addressed in unbecoming and irregular language by a junior lieutenant, replied, " That he would be d—d if he should stand such ;" and asked to be reported. He then threatened to send in charges against the lieutenant, who, on overhearing the threat, got first to the captain, and lodged his complaint. The young mate was tried for insubordi nation, from his having resisted the opprobrious ex pressions, and has been dismissed the service. Other trials of as odd a nature are going forward. Her Majesty's ships Vernon and Cambrian were in Bombay harbour ; the former, requiring repairs, was about to be docked. From Madras the news is scant. The Marquis of Tweeddale was to remain there until the arrival of Sir Henry Pottinger, who was expected from the Cape about the middle of March. The old question of the discussions with the natives respecting their re- ligiJus feelings, &c., is still alive, and likely to excite dissatisfaction unless Sir H. Pottinger finds means to pacify it. The district of Shornpore, which during the last five years was under the management of Captain Meadows Taylor, was slightly disturbed by an attempt of the Ranee, or Queen-Mother, who sought to create a rebellion amongst the peaceable inhabitants. The attempts failed; the principal leaders of the Ranee's party have been imprisoned, and she herself removed from the district. Order and quiet prevail as before, thanks to the prompt measures of Captain Meadows Taylor. The new Governor• General remained at Calcutta, where he was employed in learning all the details. He has a wide field. His approval of the Small Cause Court Act of Sir E. Perry has raised hopes of the willingness of his Lordship to effect salutary reforms in India. The departure of Lord llardinge has been the occasion of raany compliments having been paid to him. India was tranquil and healthful. A slight com plaint, called the English cholera, prevailed in Poonah and its neighbourhood. The weather at Bombay in the beginning of February had been cold, but towards the middle it was pleasant. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Bombay Times of Feb. 14.) Since the dispatch of the last mail the state of our market has remained much the same as for the fortnight before it had done. No improvement has made its ap pearance in prices, either for import or export goods, owing to the great pressure on the money market; and cash continues very scarce. Business, however, has been done during the fortnight to some extent, but at lower rates than during last month, for cotton goods and cotton wool; while for metals full prices have been obtained us formerly, and rennin steady. Since the dispatch of last snail the prices of Oriental and Com mercial Bank shares have fallen off per cent. We quote to-day the former at 3 per cent. premium, and the latter at 9 per cent. discount. We can hardly expect a better demand for these or any other stocks in trade until the money market becomes easier. The steamer with the London mail of the 7th of January, which arrived on the evening of the 9th instant, having brought accounts of a better demand for cotton wool existing at home, has produced some effect on our market for this staple, and also on tonnage. Cotton yarn and woollens continue to be neglected and dull. Nothing has been done in them. Metals Copper There is a steady demand for sheathing, braziers, and raised bottoms, and they have advanced 1 rupee per cwt. The following sales have taken place during the fortnight, and the stock is nearly exhausted. The price of tiles and American remains at our former quotations : Rs. A. 500 cwt tile copper 300 ditto - 300 ditto 200 ditto Bolt Copper—None in the market, and a good in quiry after it. Swedish and English iron, nail rod (round and square), sheets, hoops, nails, steel, lead, spotter, quick silver, tin plates, red and white lead, remain much the same as at our last report. Cochineal.—We have heard of no sales to report, and the prices to-day may be quoted at 41r. per lb. Saffron—We have heard of no sales since our last, and the price is nominally 14r. to 16r. per lb. Spirits—Holland gin is scarce in the market. Tho supply in the importer's hands we have heard of is very trifling, and the article will command a higher price than brandy. Marine Stores—We have heard of nothing doing under this head; the prices may be considered as quoted. Of tar, coal, and Stockholm there is none in market, and the first small parcel that comes to hand will com mand a pretty high price. Sugar—A sale of 6,000 piculs of No. 2 China sugar has taken place, at 3r. Ba. 3p. per Surat maund. EXPORTS.—Cotton Wool—Since the dispatch of last mail the prices have somewhat fallen off, and business of the fortnight was limited in amount, until the evening of the 12th. Since then they have risen 2r. per candy. We have heard of purchases of some parcels of this staple being made within these three days—of Broach and Jumbooter at from 70r. to 72r., and of Dhollera at 64r. to 74r.; and 300 candies Ooramwuttee at 70r. to 71r., by native shippers. Sheep's Wool—We have heard of no purchase to report, and the prices may be considered as quoted. Opium—A slight alteration has taken place since our last. We have heard of purchases having been made during the fortnight of upwards of 100 chests, at from 870 r. to 880 r. per chest. TONNAGE. Freight to Great Britain has advanced since our last to 41., at which rate engagements have been freely made; and to China 15r. per candy. Excmarrovs. Exchanges on England, six months' sight, ls. 91d. ; three months, Is. 9d. one month, Is. Bid., these are the Banks' rates ; and for bills secured by shipping documents we quote Is. 10d., at which rate some trans actions have been done. On China, 210 r. per 100 dolls. The rate on Calcutta has advanced since our last for Company's draught—say eight, per cent. premium thirty days, Dir. ; and sixty days, 98r. for private bills. THE CALCUTTA MARKET. (From the Calcutta Englishman of Feb. 7.) Our markets here, since the date of our last report, have been in rather an unsettled state. Distrust and want of confidence have increased, and are extending among the native portion of the mercantile community. We have, happily, no new casualties to report among the European houses ; but several native firms have suspended payment, and the firm referred to in our Price Current of the: 21st of January, after a short and vain struggle to maintain Its position, was compelled finally to close business. Our export market has been inactive, and prices of produce are generally lower. The very discouraging advices received of the home markets, and the high rates of freight have induced buyers to operate sparingly and with great caution. Sugars are pressed on the market by holders, which has increased the declining tendency. There has been an animated inquiry for saltpetre, but the want of tonnage had restricted opera tions. There is nothing doing in silk, and silk piece goods still remain neglected. Rice has attracted a good deal of attention, and a fair amount of business has been done iu it. In our import market a good demand has existed for cotton piece goods, which have been moving off freely, but generally at much lower rates, holders being more ready to meet the views of buyers. Mule twist has continued dull, and for the season the demand has been moderate. Metals remain without alteration. The money market has become more tight, and the wants of the mercantile community more urgent, yet the coffers of the Bank of Bengal remain full, for want of approved investments. A considerable dechne has taken place in Government securities. 'rho following are our present quotations:—New Five per Cents., 1 2 to 1 8 discount; Old Sicca Rupees, ditto, 5-8 to 6 ditto; sieca rs., 4 per cent., 19-8 ditto; Company's rs., ditto, 17 4 to 17 8 ditto; Bank of Bengal shares arc 2,190 r. to 2,200 r. premium, being 350 r. to 400 r. lower than our last quotations. Exchange is still at 1-11 to 1 111 for document bills at six months' sight; Baring's credits, l-121 to 2. At the export warehouses 420,000 r. have been advanced on goods under hypothecation at 1 10i-. The amount drawn by the East India Company on the Bengal Treasury by this mail is 40,5,431.45. 3d. Tonnage has been scarce, and eagerly taken up as it offers. Freights have -consequently advanced; our present quotations are—to London, saltpetre and sugar, 6/. 10s. to 61. 155.; rice, 6/. 15s. to 7L; indigo, 81. Indigo—The buyers of this article have since our last evinced a degree of reserve which diminished the com petition in the biddings, and caused the prices in most instances to rule 2r. Ba. to 2r. lower, thereby bringing, particularly.the good and fine qualities, and the middling lower consumers, to a par with London October sales value. The transactions since our last were confined to public sales, at which 20.171 chests were put up, but only 1,926 sold at the under-mentioned rates, the proprietors partly refusing to submit to the reduced offers. Sugar—The demand has been falling off, and though the best qualities are from their scarcity firmly main tained, buyers are less eager, whilst they decline trans actions in all the lower sorts, even when offered at easier rates. Saltpetre—A fair business has been doing in this article, and no inconsiderable part of it for the British markets, at fully previous rates for the better kinds in low refractions and good colour, and a decline of 2a. for the lower qualities. Rice—The inquiry for this pulse remains unabated, and fully previous prices are freely paid, and with the large supply not less willingly accepted. Safflower—The growing crop is represented to be less forward than usual, but, notwithstanding, promising a fair average outturn if the weather should be favourable for another month. _ . Raw Silk—Nothing worth notice has been done in this article. The stocks remain small, and there i 3 no disposition on the part of buyers to operate. Cotton—Nothing has been doing here in this wool. Prices in China had fallen 4 to 5 mace lower, Bengal cotton being quoted at 7 taels 4 mace to 7 taels 6 mace. Exports from the Ist to the 31st of January, 184$ : Bales. To Singapore ... 1,327 China ... 580 Rum—This spirit continues neglected; shipments going forward being on account of distillers. Exports from the Ist to the 31st of January, 1848: — Gallons. To Great Britain ... . . ... 57,309 Sidney ... ..• 2,356 Exports from the Ist of February up to date:— To Great Britain ... ... 5,001 Opium—The third sale of the season took place on the 24th ult., and passed off languidly at reduced rates. Since the receipt of the last advices from China, where stocks are reported small, a slight ad vance has occurred, shippers feeling more confidence in the drug. AMERICAN NEWTS. LIVERPOOL, TUBSDAY NIGHT . By the arrival of the New York packet•ship Ivanhoe, Captain Edwards, we have papers from New York to the sth instant, four days later than was received by the Sarah Sands. The news from Mexico is unimportant. It is generally said at Washington that the treaty entered into by Mr. Trist with Mexico would not be ratified by the Congress of the United States. The steam-ship Britannia had reached Boston after an extraordinary long passage of 21 days. She en• countered very heavy weather. Her advises had an immediate influence on the markets for cotton, flour, grain, Indian corn, and provisions, which:slightly advanced, with the'prospects of a further improvement. MALTA. MALTA, MARcu 13.—The fleet under Sir W. Par ker continues on the coast of Sicily, and its return is not spoken of. Each vessel as it arrives on the station, is dispatched to join the Admiral, and from the fact of provisions being forwarded, it is sup posed that its absence will yet extend to some time. The Harlequin brig, long since ordered to South America, has not yet sailed for those seas, and has, within a few days past, returned to Catania. The Fantome has been despatched to Tripoli. She is ordered home. It is thought, however, that in con sequence of the events on the continent, both these vessels may be detained by the Admiral. The Archbishop Cocle, Confessor to the King of Naples, having been obliged to fly from Naples, ar rived here by a Neapolitan war steamer, the Nettuno, and has been received by the Roman Catholic eccle siastical authorities with much kindness. The steamer has returned to Naples.; There have been no further disturbances between the military and the people. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK STEEPLECHASE. YESTERDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sots. each, h ft, for officers' horses; 12st each. Three miles. (29 Subs.) Captain Dyson's Master Robin ... (Owner) 1 Captain Harvey's Mushroom ... ••• ... 2 Li eu t e nant Hesketh's Modest Maria, Lieutenant Ark wright's The Agent, Cornet Tomlins's Cockspinner, Cornet Denistoun's Maid Marian, Captain Miles's St. George, Captain Pryce's Columbine, Lieutenant May cock's Angela, Captain Campbell's Fortunatus, and Lieutenant Alleyne's The Priest, also started, but were not placed. Betting-5 to 2 agst The Priest, 3to 1 agst St. George, 5 to 1 agst Cockspinner, 5 (and after starting) 4 to 1 agst Master Robin, 8 to 1 agst Mushroom and Angela. Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, p.p., for officers' horses; list each; winner to be sold for 1001. Three miles. (23 Subs.) Captain Campbell's Fortunatus, list 101 b ... 1 Sir E. Poore's The General ..„ 2 Captain Harvey's Lunatic ••• 3 The following also ran:—Captain Somerset s Twilight, Cornet Denistoun's Do-it.again, and Captain Bond's Lucretia. Butting-2 to 1 each agst Lunatic and Lucretia, and 3to 1 agat General. Won easily. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 200 to 50 agst Ballinafad. CHESTER CUP. ,200 to 30 apt Enchanter 3,000 to 30 agst Mont ,ooo to 15 agst lonia I pensier BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDIT. NORTRAMPTONSHIRM STALES.-5 to 1 agst Ballinafad ,t), 10 to 1 agst Thistledown (t), 12 to 1 apt The Coa: vict (t), 14 to 1 agst Duplicity (t), 15 to 1 agst Walm gate-bar Without, 100 to 6 agst Louisa Newell (t), 100 to 6 agst Cosachia), 100 to 5 agat Joe Lovell (0. CHESTER CUP.-22 to I agst Cracow (t), 25 to 1 agst Blaze (t), 30 to 1 agst Swallow, 30 to 1 agst Jona than Wild (t), 35 to 1 agat Lightning, 40 to 1 agst Bal linafad (taken freely), 40 to 1 agst Enchanter, 40 to 1 agst Bantam, 400 to 10 agst all the three yrs old (offers to take), 50 to 1 agst Inheritress, 50 to 1 agst Joe o'Sot. DimaY.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 12 to 1 agst Springy Jack (offers to take), 12 to 1 agst Glendower, 20 to 1 agst Fern, 40 to 1 agat Backbiter. MADEMOISELLE DE MONTEENSIER, AN AUTOBIO GRApiy.—No romance of the present season will prove more estertaining than the " Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier." There is a charm attaching to what we know to be real far surpassing that pertaining to the creations of the novelist. Mademoiselle de Montpensier was a woman of great beauty, and from her youth up wards she displayed a wild untameable spirit. It is at the period of her life when she has, as it were, almost become a woman, that she appears happiest. Delighting in amusement—dancing, theatricals, dress. Iler delight is also in the stirring drama of intrigue, the details o f political manoeuvring, the concerns of a court. There will be found iu these memoirs a fund of anecdote, amusing relation, intrigues, traits of manners, and re marks upon men and things which will prove a sou rce of . great entertainment. Altogether the narrative is one of extraordinary interest. —Sunday Times. A DUCAL SOVP Tonere —An example worth imitating by our aristocracy has been recently set by his Grace the Dake of Argy le, who has given orders to shoot all the roes on h is estate, in order to supply the into effect kitchen at Inver ar y . This order was carried effect on the 6th instant, by the gamekeepers on the estate, who shot as man y as 32 roes during the week. These have been m ade into most delicious soup, and dis tributed:to the poor of the town. It is expected that the supply of venison will continue for a number of weeks more.—North British Mail. The Senatus Acadernicus of the University and King's College o f Aberdeen, a meeting on the 11th instant, unanimously conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on Alexander Reid, Esq., A.M., rector of the Circus-place school, and • Jam es Gloag, Esq., teacher of arithmetic and mathematics in the Edinburgh Academy. —Witnas. COURT CIR The following bulletin of t, issued yesterday : "Buckingham Palace, Al " The Queen has had anothe• " Her Majesty and the Infant Princess continue well. " JAMES CLARK. " CHARLES LOCOCK. "ROBERT FERGUSON." Her Royal Highneis the Duchess of Gloucester arrived at Buckingham Palace in the middle of the day, to learn the state of her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise yesterday. Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold a levee, at t. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty. this day, at two o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge called at Buckingham Palace yesterday, to inquire after the health of the Queen. Lord Camoys has succeeded the Earl of Listowel as the Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; and Lieut.- Colonel A. N. Hood has succeeded Sir Frederick Stavin as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The nobility and gentry who called yesterday at . the Palace, to read the bulletin of her Majesty's health, were very numerous. A deputation of the Directors of the India and Australia Steam Navigation Company, consisting of Lieutenant Waghorn, Mr. Ford, Mr. Montefiere, Mr. Robinson, 11r. Scott Russell, and Mr. Yates, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Westminster had an interview with, Sir George Grey yesterday. Sir Hedworth William. son had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home-office. A .deputation from the Birmingham Canal Com pany, consisting of the lion. Colonel Anson, M.P., Mr. Aluntz, M.P., Mr. Scott, Mr. Furey, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Ingleby, had an interview with Viscount ktorpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place, on the subject of the Health of Towns Bill. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday, the 20th, Mr. Hume proposed. the reduction of the men to be voted for the service of the nary, from 43,000 to 36,000. On this subject I believe my reasoning to have , been different from that of many about me, though conducting to the same result. I have no such abso lute confidence in the continuance of peace, as would. warrant any departure from what general considera tions of policy would otherwise point to as the maximum of wisdom. The state of Europe is un settled to an extent that has not occurred within the period of what may be called a generation of man kind ; and a state of Europe that is unsettled, cannot be depended on for peace. On the side of America war is as likely, and almost as inevitable, as that one move on a chess-board shall lead to another. The slave States have been allowed without impediment to conquer Mexico, under a distinct agreement, known to everybody but those who conduct our game, that the free States are to preserve the balance by enabling, in the words of the American general in Mexico. " Uncle Sam to throw his hat over Canada ;" and this, unless the habits of governments are greatly changed, will not be done without a war. If war was to be hindered, it was to be done when the war was in a nutshell, and when a cruiser and an inch of State paper might have prevented the annexation of Texas. Neither is my confidence any greater in the immediate effects of Free Trade. It may act tea years hence ; but no great dependence is to be placed. upon its action now. The actual course of things in Europe, it is to be feared, is not towards the influence. of knowledge, but of ignorance. The counsels cf Ledru Rollin to the French electors are not particu larly likely to result in a free-trade demonstration. The probability on the contrail is, that there is no absurdity on the subject of commerce and in• dustry in general, which is not destined to be worked out for the improvement of the world's experience. But, supposing all this admitted, is it a reason for voting with Mr. flume or is it not ? In my view, it is a reason for doing it. I can imagine nothing m ore impolitic, under the admitted possibility of future war, than the display of a resolute determination never to let the community have a shilling in reserve.. Compare the case with that of an individual, whom nothing can induce to make the smallest reservation. from expending all his income. Nothing can be more certain, than that he is making the worst possible preparation for the shocks which flesh is heir to, and which are sure to occur, first or last, to Rey individual however fortunate. If there is danger of some great call for expenditure, have a few pounds beforehand, if you can, to meet it. Do not make what you can raise by screwing, the perpetual measure of what you shall expend. And above all things, do not point to the results of present expenditure, as a reason for continuing it. Do not, for instance, say, " you have at this moment six carriages and five-and-twenty horses, and what a pity it would be to insist on reducing such a beauti ful establishment !" Yet this is what is (brie by the Ministry, when they point to the magnificent num ber of " 460 vessels," as what the present scale of ex• penditure has produced. I have moreover strong doubts of the policy of telling M. Arago (for whom I beg to express the highest consideration), that England does not con• sider herself safe without a navy equal to any two European navies which could be brought against her. At all events, if I were 111. Arago I should know how to make my market of such a declaration. These considerations, or some of them, 1 hope will excuse me to my constituents for being found in Mr. flume's minority of 38 against 347. On Tuesday, after some private and routine busi ness, the House broke up at seven o'clock. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, 22d March, 1843. CALEDONIAN ASYLIIM.—A. general meeting was held yesterday, at the house of the Scottish Corporation, Crane-court, for the election of directors, and the trans action of other business. An objection was made be-. fore the commencement of the proceedings by Mr. Dobie, who maintained that the meeting was illegal, as only eight days' public notice had been given instead of ten, which was required by the Act. A long discussion took place upon this important question, which resulted in an agreement that the meeting should simply elect the directors, and that a special meeting should be sub sequently called to confirm that proceeding, and dis pose of the remainder of the business. The committee then proposed a list of gentlemen to fill the vacancies caused by resignation and the retirements by rotation —namely, the Mac Gregor, Messrs. J. Mackenzie, P. Robertson, E. Antrobus, J. Auldjo, W. Burn, M. Boyd. I). E. Forbes, A. Gillespie, and Dr. A. Henderson. In consequence of Mr. Gillespie declining to fill t h e office, the name of Mr. Harrison was substituted for that gentleman, and the list recommended by the direc tor adopted, after an amendment had been proposed and lost by a large majority. The proceedings then terminated. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY ♦ FEMALE,--Yesterday forenoon, about half-past ten o'clock, a fine looking young woman, fashionably attired, entered a coffee-house in Judd-street,',Branswick-square, and took a seat in a private part of the coffee-room. She requested the waiter to fetch her a cup of tea and some toast. Her conduct attracted some attention, and at length she was observed to empty the contents of a phial into the tea, which she swallowed. Shortly afterwards she felt pain, and became insensible, when a surgeon was called, and it was found that she was labouring under symptoms of poison. The stomach-pump was used, and a quantity of laudanum was extracted. On being restored to her senses, she declined giving any account of her self, when a policeman was procured, and she was taken to the station-house, and charged with having attempted to destroy her life. On being searched a letter was found in her pocket addressed to her father, a highly respectable tradesman in Goswell-street, named Ironmans, bidding him and her friends adieu, and ex pressing her determination to destroy herself, as her life was a burden to her, and alluding to her disappoint ment in a love affair. Her friends were immediately communicated with, when it was discovered that some time ago the unfortunate creature formed an intimacy with a gentleman of property, who had seduced her under a promise of marriage, and then abandoned her, which so affected her mind, that she had since made five attempts upon her life, and w as twice charged before Mr. Henry, the magistrate at Bow street Police-court. Very recently her seducer had married a lady, which added to her affliction, and there was little doubt that her intellect was deranged. She was again taken before a magistrate in a very weakly condition, when she was allowed a seat. The seducer's card was handed in, but his name and address was not made public. The prisoner looked pale and ghastly. Her relations and friends were present, and she did not recognise any of them, and she seemed to be uncon scious of anything that was passing around her, but occasionally the tears rushed from her eyes. It being evident that she was still in a dangerous state, and unable to understand any evidence which might be given against her, she wac ordered to be taken to the hospital, and that proper means should be taken to provide for her in a lunatic asylum. NEW OCEAN STEAMER.—On Monday morning, a little before nine o'clock, the steam-ship America, the first completed of the fowr new steam-ships for the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, arrived at this port. She had a most magni ficent appearance as she rapidly steamed up the Mersey, going at a speed, as nearly as could he judged from the Prince's Pier, of fully sixteen miles an hour. In her run from the Clyde she has proved herself to be the swiftest ocean-going steamer afloat. The dimensions of this splendid vessel are—Length of keel and fore-rake. 250 feet; breadth of beam, 38 feet; tonnage, 1,840; horse power, 650. The total sum expended in her con struction amounts to more than 80,0001. The America is under the command of Captain Judkins, and the crew consists of about 100 individuals.— Liverpool Albion. '''' '• • • " S .4kPitito". CUT,' . 7 "": t - 2 4 the 00Abfi , 417, . March • II" • good Is4.lVtism:4ll7 I . 1 A i I