The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA M () NEY and COMMEIiCIAL NEWS.' De. Pref. Conv. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. ... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... .. to CI TY. i s i ('AR i'E i? TO 7 $ . .r? f , , ;^, L. , .ridel‘ and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... The Cottoe Mark, tat Liverpool N esterday was steady. Ditto Preference .........181 lis 2d... - Sales, 5,000 bales, In Railway Shares there was a Londoi, & North Western.....loo 127 further improvement, and oith a good demand. Do. Quarters ( L. and B.) '22 - The stock of Cotton at Liverpool is 343,320 bales, Do New 2 against 495,930 bales at this time last year. Do. Fifths 1)o. 40/. Shares L. &M. 20 ...... tiThere were s o me i m p or tant changes in the position of Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 7%..... 9% to the Bank of England during the week to the Ist April. Do. 101. .. M. and B. (13.) 7% The close of the financial quarter, and the excitement Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 preceding the abortive Chartist meeting, will account for London and S. tom e , ... .Wes— 50 the variations that have occurred, and the exports of Ditto, New 504.-- 37%...... 26% to bullion to the continent, will also assist in this respect. Ditto, New 401-- .... .. -. 30 The foll ow i ng are t h e i tems o f t h e b a l ance s h ee t corn Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Pared with the pr ev i ous wee k : Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds•.• Notes issued 28,008.385 Decrease Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% Rest Decrease Public Deposits . •.... 4,586,084 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... Decrease 2,554 041 blanch, Buxton, .i, Matlock 3 Other Deposits 11,961,862 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Increase 2,3 8 1 .478 Ditto 1G Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Seven Day and other Bills Ditto, is Shares (No. 3)... 7%. ... Increase 81,864 Do., New 10/. Preference.. 7%...... Government Securities Increase 96:,300 Ditto, ditto. Other Securities Decrease : 476,137 Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 10 ...... Notes 9.767,750 Ditto, Grimsby Dock Decrease Bullion Decrease Active circulation Increase Midland. (firm., and Derby...100 to . The shipments of Gold and Silver from London Midland, Consol. ' Bristol and direct and independent of .what may be in course ot Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 rt" ex p o rtation from the o u tpo e still continue. Not far Midl an d, B r i s t o l and Glouc. 36 ... .. - short of 80,0004 has been sent from the Metropolis this Ditto ditto 11/ 35.6 d. .. ...... to We ek, and nearly all t o the continent. Midland, Leices. and Swea tTO complete th e remar k s g i ven yesterday under this nington (8 per ct.gua.)... mead, respecting the growth of cotton in our own posses- Mi dld. Great West ern(lrish) 40 Ilion'• we m a y a dd t h e f o ll ow i ng: — Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 • " Taking, for exa m pl e , th e year 1786, as the year p er cent. g uar. .... ..... ... . 50 effectively began, and selecting, for illustration, Surat Ditto Quarter Shares cotton-_Newmarket and Cheste,rforu ifre 2 — iredb t y tie best cotton produced in India—it can be Ditto Extension - living contemporary testimony, and by the Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 ..... -to ut nParl)'s trading records, that the price of Surat Norfolk cotton was, in 1786, and in subsequent years, at, and Ditto New 20/. Under, 80 rupees, or 84 per candy of 784 lbs., equal to Ditto Extension 2 1•16 d fr. , . . per lb at Bombay, the shipping port ; and the Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 6 .. tb r e t on the Company's chartered ships, the sole ships Do. Scrip, :847, N. ot Norflk 2 ngaged in the trade with India, was 251. 10s. per Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 In tel' : a_ t which rate the freight of every pound of cotton \ Newry , and Enniskillem ...... 7 3 7-16 d., and the cost, delivered in London, sid. , e i r s y t , re, Warrenpoint, and 124 Per lb.; that in the year 1786 the Company sold this cotton 11 1 , 11 Lat,n Lo ra n i d p o r t i i ce a , t 11 id. 'Or -iOrtiiere Counties Union per lb., cotton, which if left at its North British would have freely sold at aid. to 4d. per Ditto Halt Shares-- Lo. and, consequently, that it was the East India Com- Do. Quarters 5%. .. ,,,, —. Wing w h0, 5 43 '—' tiTe grower in in With cotton, 1786, sowed the fields of the United States Ditto. Extension ... Ditto Thirds ... . by ensuring to the grower there, over the na npr North and South-Western... 2 lb upon e India, a bonus of no less than Secondly,veryNorth Staflordshire... .. ...... 10 ..... 7% to 6% land. Pound he could bring to market in d in r g -- - North Wales , t o from that it is the East India Company who, continuedt time North Western 6 ale forwards down to the present hour, have Oxford, Worcester, and NV 01.. .. the same encourage ment to the American verhanipton f aouwer t o • or i t • ' the impoverishment and ruin of the native, Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%...... ! _ near lisuin7 evidence before a Committee appointed in the Royston and ilitchin 25 — by the Government of Bombay, to inquire Scottish Central zi t _to the of the decline of the cotton trade of that Scottish Midland .... 22% — ...... to causes,. Ditto, Nen , lO 8 4. residen cy , that taking the medium price of a candy of - urat cotton now, as it was in 1786 , . 80 rupees, or 8/. liefheld, Rotherham, and at the shi . 5 tak en [Ting port, the sum which the company have , Goole hrewsbury and Birmingham 7 from the eative, as land tax and duty, is 48 ru- Ditto, Shrewsbury and dit C C l h aa ea s t a er 4 ki P 1: 8 or 4/. 16s. per candy, leaving him for the sweat of brow and the sustenance of his family 32 rupees, or (Nor. W. Min.) 34 43 , not quite one penny (i 45-4 . 9 d.) per pound. Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ...... to ; 1 2. 1ai , r diY, the company after having evie tis Ditto, Uswestry to 14 ...... d uty upon on the Leave, imposes a heavy export Ditto (New) I tug upon the same cotton whenever it arrives, h D re i w tt s o b B ur p y er an C d en H t. e P re r f e o t r . d ......... 2 6 through the worst roads and after a transit cc- S s hropshire Uni0 . n ....... ......... 4.(t)to etl PYing days and weeks, for shipment at any port in South su u tthh t t o Es 1) , to ....... to the Company's territories. It is superfluous to sry that t a Preference s a e fl em n r ds . h . i . r . ... . . . .. . 33 — :2% .. if Bt4ch had been -. the encouragement" given to Cotton i n the United States, not a pound could there have been -- Produced ; and that if it had been possible to treat in a Ditto, New, No. 1 si milar way the grow th and trade in corn in the United vitt°, New, N 0.2... .17 R-i ngdom, Englishmen would long since have been Ditto, New, No. 3 ... " .... 20 W.. to * tarred out of their own country. Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 7% 4 % ....... to The Finds have been heavier to-day, and after the South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 8 - Swans, and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 4 - rhanies Haven Dock and Railway l 7l raw Vale Extension ....,... 4 to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13%...... Waterlord and Limerick..... 40 ..... Watertor d, W exford, W icklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .... ...... 4 2 3/ — to Do. do. do. West Cornwall • 4 - Nhitehaven and Furness l2 ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts, Somerset,& W eymouth 30 l'oric, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ..... Do. Extun.No. 1 (Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ..... 10 to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. .7% to 8 York and North Midland .. 50 ..„.. 63 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and 11' est Riding Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon .. ... Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian . l4 to Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege......... l6 Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. ... 20 Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ........ ....... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt . ........ ...... ~ 16 ....i. ...... to West Flanders JOINT STOCK ISANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..•.. .. Commercial of London London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster. .. 20 - National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australi a ...... ..... to Ditto, New.,. 2% — to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid . MINES. Anglo Mexican Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian 2% — ..... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 60 - •••••• to ''' Bolar;os Scrip — British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 Qalv an ized Iron ...... to Ditto, New Rsal del Monte, Unregistered . .. PA to Do. Black Debentures — - - Settlement of so heavy an account there is some lassitude azhibiied.Consols have realised 82 to 82i ; for transfer next week, and 82 to f for account. The New Three-and . 4, .. Quarter per Cents. have been 81/1 to i. Bank Stock ails risen to 188. Exchequer-bills have been 40s to 42s premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been also limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 10i, and the Three per Cents. 194. Portuguese Four per Cent. Bonds have been at 15. Brazil Stock is worth 58. Mexican Bonds are marked 14i to j. Dutch Two•and- R-Half per Cents. have been 37 to 38. Railway Shares have varied but little. BRITISH. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 188 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... ..... 80 % 3A 3 per Cent. Consols Anns B2 82 824 New 3 1 4 per Cent. AIM 812% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 - D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 B% India Stock - Do. Bonds, 10001 2l p Ditto under 1,000/ Consols for Account exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. .... 42 40 42 p 500/ Small P RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, New, 1843 - Ditto Small Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 1 4 14% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 29 30 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 i, Dividends on the above payable in London. "‘TINESS DON . r., 0.1 RAILWAY SiIAICES AT ON E O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHARE. Aberdeen - Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 t,s - ....- to - A. jrshi re and Galloway '2% - t o - „thaltst and C ounty Down .. 13 .. .. - airmingh am & Oxford June... 20 - to - 13 „ i rnaingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . - - i niting., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... - B irkenhead, Lancashire, and b -Cheshire Junction 7% - ...... to - nost on , Stamf ., & Birming... 5 - to briestol and Exeter - - ~_ Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 20 - - uuckinghamshire l2l. 4s -4 dis.... to - Caledonian - Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - to - Chester and Holyhead... 37% - to - Ditto Preference l5 - - Cla r ' ence. - ..... to - bo b , ~ Ist Class, 6 per Cent lO - . ... to - 1, 0., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - DDo., G ov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - - irect London & Portsmouth 3 3 / 4 - to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 - s,;! u ridalk and Enni s killen ... 17%.... .. - 4 "t Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D . 25 . Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB - - . Ditto, 31. 10s. E. & H... 3% ...- to - 'Warn Counties , 1- - ) 0. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... - - Do. do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... - - 10 1)0 •• Northern & Eastern... 50 - . 1 .,!.. Quarter .... ... 12 %... .. - - is --‘,•• New •••• • ..... 23 calatern Union - Ditto, Quarter Shares - to - 13 Ltto, Thirds ...135. 4d - to - Ditto, (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 ...... - E Loitto ditto 20 _ , ........ .......... ••-•• - - ast Lancashire Ditto, New - E 1)0 ., New Quart ers • 6 1 4 - to -- .s.st Lincolnshire 16% - 4ainburgh and Glasgow . 6O - to - Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 12%. - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - - Ditto, New..... ... ..... ...... 3:Y Ditto, New port- .. .... . ... 12 4 Ditto, ditto, New VA - ••• ..• to Easter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - t o - Ditto, New - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s. 8d... - ..... to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... - ...... to - Ditto, New 4O - - Do• Preference Consolidated 15 ...- - - Great Northern l3 - Do. London & York Exten. 2% - ...... to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40 - - Great North of England 100 - - Ditto, Is t w 40/ 5 - to - Ditto, New 301. ......... 30 - •••••• ••• •• ••- Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 6 %.....• - • ••• to - Great Western 9O - Ditto, Half Shares 5O - to - Ditto, Quarter Shares l7 %...... 15% ... to 15 Ditto, Fifths - Huddersfield and Manchester 26 th .. - - to - Ditte, Thirds ..to - Hull and Selby .................. .-- to - Ditto, Half Shar ,.. ea - ........... 60 to - Ditto, Quarter Shar es.. ... .......... 25 ...-. - .ares ..... - 12% • - Ipswich & Bury St ..•... to - to - Do.do. and Norwich 17% 4 1 ,4 1 A ... to - Do.. do., Extensioch ...... 17% - ...... to -- (late (Camb. and Ser v i° l ~ Lancaster and Carlisle. y) . ' 50: n Do., Thirds....... ... e- • .". I,ancashire and Yorkshire .... ci s. - ...... t° - Ditto, ditto ........... *" ... 3 - •••••• to Ditto Half Shares .... : • • •• 2 '4 2 3 ...... 68 ...... to - Ditto Quarters ..... .. ........ 14 - -"' to - - Ditto Fifths ........ ... - ..... 9 - ...... - ••• •• to Ditto Sixteenths ......... 614. .. .... - ...... to _- Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. 4a. ....... 8 7 - t° Po. Liverpool and Bury,.. 43 .... .... die.,,, to Do. (Hudders. and Shell.) 33 ...... __ • ••• to -- Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 5O ...... - Do:, - West Riding Union 4l. 2a..... ..._ ......... to - Do., Preston and Wyre .. ....... to .... ) - Do., do. Half Shares (A) 9 - .. to o - Leeds and ' Bradford .... Leeds, Dewsbury, & Mancha 42% - ...... to -- Do., Half Shares - ...... to - Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... - •••••• to -. Leeds and Thirsk ...-..- ..... 40 Ditto, New - - Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 %..... - Liverpeol. Crosby, and South- . Port. 2 - to - Liverpool. Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ... 2% - ...... to - London It Illackwall ....... 6s. 8d - - Ditto New, No. 2' 5/. 13/ 13s. 4e1..... - ... -to - Do. Extension - to - 4.0 ad., Bright, & South Coast 50 - Da... Consolidated Eighths ... 40 •....• .- -..t0 -. Am Giareateids per Ont. 9 . ..... mu.. to .... COURSE OF &raster:lam .......... D1V...), at aight ...... Itottc rdatn .. •••• .. • &ntwesp • • .. 26 50 fiamburgli .. •. • • M.B. Litona ......... Paris , .• • • ... 3 days' sight ...• 25 50 Marseilles .......• •• • • fieurdeaux .... • • ... •• Frankfort on Maine.... Peter sburgh, SII. Rbl e Revlin ...... .. • • • • •• Vienna, effec. Trieste, ditt0.......... Madrid Barcelona • Saville •• •• •• • •• •• • 12 4 EXCHANGE. Leghorn .•.•.•.•• • •• • . .. Genoa ••••••• • • • " •• Milan •••••• • • • • • • Venice.... .. •••• • • • • Naplee ..... • • • • 88 Palermo, porn.. Lisbon 1 . 14 . Oporto .••••••• • • • • • • • • MI Rio Janeiro .• • ••• • • • Bahia Buenos Ayres .. ••. • • • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia •..... -- P ll Ol3 01 ata.moic. nix os. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 i 7 9 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 314 9 Myer bars ........ 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL Is.—Wind E., light breeze, and frosty. _ PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—The Henrietta, Barker, from London to Constantinople, arriv e d h ere to-day, with loss of main topmast, sails, &e., leaky, and with cargo shifted, having experienced very heavy weather between Beachy Head and the Owers. BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 14.—The Vestal, Eddington, from London to Shields, was in contact on the 12th inst. off the Dudgeon, with the Darlington brig, of and from Shields to London, and sank; crew saved. The Dar lington lost bowsprit, and was otherwise slightly damaged. The Great Britain, Thompson, of and for Sunderland from London, was in contact on the 12th inst., off Cromer, with the Drover, of and from Aberdeen to London, and had her starboard bow stove and deck beam broken, lost feresail, &c. The Drover's jibboom' figure head, two jibs, & c ., are on b oar d th e Great Britian. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 13.—The Lymington Spit Buoy is adrift, and has been towed in here. f ATEnFoRR, AP RIL 13.—Th e M antura (schooner), from Michael' s to Li verpool, was in contact near the s dikries, with the William Penn steamer, and imme -11 W. y san, lat.k; crew s ave d, T he Mantura spoke in lon. disp a t c h es ot 43, the An ne ( s hi p ) , having on board the ,the Anne (ship), which has been lost. PASSAGE OF THE SOUND. Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from their agent at Stettin:-- " The Foreign Ministry at Berlin has notified to our Exchange, that the Prussian Ambassador at Copenhagen has been ord ere d from the Danish Governmet, a de nunciation that P russ i an vessels, or ve sse l s b oun d t o Prussian ports, u n d er every condition shall clear the sound free and unhindered, IA cue he cannot obtain CHARTIST CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) The delegates met this morning at the usual hour, but in consequence of the number who had left as mis sionaries to various parts of the kingdom, the number was rather limited ; Mr. M'Grath in the chair. THE PUBLIC PRESS• Mr. STEVENSON brought forward a motion, denouncing the press of the country as the enemies of the working classes of the country, more especially the Morning Chronicle, the proprietors of which belonged to a class who had r eceive d great assistance from the working classes. Th e C onvent i on had no objection to a report of their p rocee di ngs going before the public, but he pro tested again s t th e a b om i na b le m i srepresentat i ons of the i r proceeding s in the Morning Chronicle and other papers. Mr. ADAMS made a most violent attack upon the gentlemen attending to report their proceedings, whom he was pleased to denominate as men who would sell their country for a crust of bread, and were either traitors to the cause of truth, or had not the moral courage to give fair reports of their proceedings, think ing that they might lose their situations. An observa tion of Mr. Lund, 3 esterday, that the press would write down Jesus Christ as a devil to serve their purpose had been taken notice of as blasphemy; if that was consi dered as blasphemy, he would continue to be a blas phemer. - Mr. GRAHAM protested against entering into a theolo gical discussion. Mr. ADAats explained that he did not mean to bring on any discussion of that sort. Mr. SHERRIN thought that the press ought not to be interfered with, and that the resolution ought not to be brought forward. Mr. COCHRANE, pointing to the reporters' table, said that they were the persons who would write anything according to their own interests, and he believed that these infamous reporters of the public press were now inwardly sneering at the expressions of the delegates. (This pointed attack was received with loud cheers from the people assembled in the galleries.) Mr. WILKINSON thought that it was most cowardly to attack gentlemen who had not the opportunity of reply ing or defending themselves. Mr. CIIFFAI thought that the Convention had not taken the proper course with regard to the press, if they had anything to complain of they ought to call the printer and publisher to the bar of the house.— (Loud laughter.) That was the course pursued in another place, and what did it en d i n ? Wh y nothing. —(Cheers and laughter.) For his part he had nothing to complain of, for the press appeared to be very friendly to him, for any thing which he said in that assembly which those around him considered very shocking, was invariably suppressed by the gentlemen of the press, he believed, with the best feelings, viz., a regard for his (Mr. Coffey's) personal safety.—(Cheers and laughter.) He found that he had become a very popular man lately, and as such had received various letters, one or two of which he would read to the Convention. The Hon. Dele gate then proceeded, amid roars of laughter, to read the following letter from Col. Sibthorp:— "If Mr. and Mrs. Cuffay have no objection to take their meals with a gentleman rather opposed to them on political questions, Colonel Sibthorp would be de lighted to see them at a family dinner on Wednesday, the 19th, at six o'clock. "Colonel Sibthorp is much pleased with Mr. Cuffay's moderation in the Convention, and will have great pleasure in making his acquaintance. Nobody dines with Colonel Sibthorp on that day but Mr. Disraeli and a gentleman from Philadelphia and bis lady. " 27, Chester-street, Grosvenor-square. " To Mr. Cuffay." Mr. COFFAY also read the following letter, purporting to come from Miss Martineau:— "Dear Mr. Cuffay,—l am so sorry to see by the papers that you are in such distress. I shall be happy to give your wife a day's washing every week, and the scraps of my house, and I could find you some employment at a friend's house in shoe. cleaning.—Yours, &c , "HARRIET MARTINEAU, " To Mr. Cuffay." Mr. Cuffay proceeded to state that if people thought he was a tool he did not care for it, and he did not pay any particular attention to what people thought of him.— (Cheers.) He thought it most ridiculous to press the motion to a division, and he begged, therefore, to move the previous question. Several delegates having supported the original motion, Mr. CUFYAY, with some warmth, said that he thought that the Convention ought to consider itself highly honoured by being noticed by the press at all. He did not complain of anything the press said of him, as the world well knew that he was opposed to the present system of things, and prepared to do anything at any time to upset the Government. A very:animated discussion ensued, in which several of the delegates supported the opinion that the working classes ought not to frequent any house where the papers opposed to them were taken in. The CHAIRMAN did not approve of any particular paper being made the subject of a motion, and advised that the name of the Morning Chronicle be expunged from the motion, as if, some months hence, a pane of glass should be broken at the office of that paper, it would be laid at the doors of the Convention. The press was the main upholder of the present form of the go vernment, and without that support it could not exist. He proceeded to state that the Chartists were not men of blood, but were determined to obtain their rights. 1)o what they would, they 'could not please the writers for the press ; their language to the Chartists seemed to be "you can and you can't, you shall and you shan't, you'll be d---d if you do, and you'll be d--d if you don't." The motion having been amended by the omission of the Morning Chronicle, was carried by a large ma jority. MEMORIAL TO THE QUEEN. Mr. WALTER then brought up the report of a com mittee appoint/ d to draw up a memorial to the Queen, praying her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministry, dissolve the Parliament, and call to her councils per sons favourable to making the Charter the immediate law of the land. The memorial having been read was, after a few verbal alterations, unanimously agreed to. Mr. CHILDE then moved that meetings be held throughout the country for the purpose of adopting the memorial, which it was then suggested should be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting, and that the ground occupied by the meeting should be measured, and the area forwarded by the chairman to the Execu tive in London. Several delegates said that the people would not be put to the trouble and expense of signing any more petitions or memorials on the subject. Mr. CHILD said that he waited upon several persons with some of the sheets of the last petition, and was told by many of them that they would not sign the peti tion any more; that the House of Commons were too great a set of thieves ; and if that petition was not granted, they would then be prepared with something harder than pen and ink. Ultimately a motion was agreed to for the appoint ment of two tellers, who should inform the Executive of the numbers attending such meeting. such a promise, he shall immediately give notice thereof to the Prussian Ambassador in London, who is ordered there to requ, st the British Government to send cruisers to the Channel and the Sound, who might inform vessels b utid to our ports of the intentions of the Danish Go vernment, and summon them to make for some British or Norwegian port, i❑ order to escape the danger of which they might be threatened." ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONVENTION. Mr. WILKINSON moved that the Convention, at its rising, should adjourn till Monday next. After some discussion, the motion was agreed to, and the Convention adj ourne d a t h a lf-p as t t we l ve o'clo ck. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Easter Term, the Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster. In conse quence of the new arrangement that has been made, that the Lord Chancellor s h ou ld not enterta i n the Judges, Masters in Chancery, or Queen's Counsel to breakfast on the first day of any term, with the exception of Michaelmas, his Lordship took his seat at half-past ten o'clock, and after disposing of the unopposed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear appeal motions and appeals. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GRAINGER. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V. GRAINGER. Mr. Twiss applied to-day in these cases, that the first case might be transferred from the paper of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England to that of his Lordships', in order that it might be heard at the same time that Christ's Hospital v. Grainger came on before his Lordship upon appeal from the de decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. Our readers will recollect that the case of the Attorney. General v. Grainger was an information Sled by her Majesty's At torney General at the suggestion of the Charity Com missioners, for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the Court to a scheme for the better administration of a charity in Reading, called "Kendrick's Charity," and the case of Christ's Hospital v. Grainger is a suit insti tuted by the governors of Christ's Hospital claiming the whole benefit of the charity in consequence of the default of the Corporation of Reading. The latter case had been hilly heard before the Vice• Chancellor of England, and his Honour had pronounced a decree in favour of the claim of Christ's Hospital, and the former csae had only been partly heard. Under these circumstances the present application was made, on the ground that if the Court after hearing the appeal should affirm the decision of the Court below, the principal object of the information would be put an end to. Mr. Twiss and Mr. Blount were in support of the application, and Mr. Stuart and Mr. J. Parker opposed it. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the proper course to adoi t would be to request the Vice-Chancellor of England to stay the further hearing in the case of the Attorney General v. Grainger, until he (the Lord Chan cellor) had heard and determined the appeal in Christ's Hospital v. Grainger. PRENDERGAST v. LDSHINGTON. His LORDSHIP was occupied the re s t o f the morning with the arguments in this case, w hi c h came before his Lordship upon a motion to stay all proceed ings under the order pronounced by the Court below, and by the Lord Chancellor upon appeal on the case, until an appeal, which had been presented to the House of Lords, had been heard. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) The Vice Chancellor of England sat at Westminster to-day, it being the first day of Easter term. RIGGINGSON v. THE ROYAL BANZ, OZ Lirzazoozo. The further arguments in thii part heard raOtiOrl ort Waif of the Royal Beak of Liverpool, to dissolve In injunction to restrain them from proceeding against the plaintiff to recover the sum of 60,0001., occupied the Court the whole morning. EEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Lord Chiet Justice and Mr. Justices Patteson, Wightman, and Erle, took their seats on the bench chortly after ten o'clock. Q U. i IN THE MATTER 01 GUY.—NISCONDUCT OF AN ATTORNEY. Mr. MARTIN ap p li ed for a rule, calling upon an at torney whose name, he stated, was Guy, to show cause why he should not pay to a Mr. Boustead, or his attor ney, the sum of 461. 10A, The applicant was the exe cutor of his brother, who died in July last. He applied to the attorney to take out probate, and paid to him, at his request, the above -named sum, in order to enable him to do so. It was originally inten ded to have taken out probate in the Court of the Bishop of Carlisle, but he stated that by taking it out in London 201. would be saved, to which the applicant assented. Owing to the great delay that took place the suspicions of Mr. Boustead were aroused, and it was found, on inquiry, that no steps whatever had been taken in the matter. Many letters had passed between the parties, in which the person complained of had sought further time. The COURT acceded to the application. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Coleridge sat fur about a quarter of an hour in the Bail Court this morning; but one motion was made, and it was devoid of public interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco) This being the first day of Easter Term, their Lord ships took their seats upon the bench shortly after half past ten o'clock. The Judges were Chief-Juaice Wilde, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, and Mr. Justice Williams. The business in the court during the morning was of a nature entirely devoid of any interest to the public. EXCHEQUER._(THIs DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Platt, entered the court at half-past ten, and took their seats upon the bench. After hearing several motions, their Lordships pro- ceeded with the peremptory paper. EVRNIN G, AP'RI'L 15, 1848, Notes issued.. • . • • •• 2g,008,385 CHARTIST CONVENTION. AFTERNOON SITTING. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. Cufrdy was elected to take the chair, which he did amidst much laughter and cheers. Mr. WHEELER said he bad been requested by Mr. O'Brien to make an official communication to the secre tary of his resignation as a delegate. Mr. lIARNEY considered that Mr. O'Brien had treated the Chartists of London with great disrespect in acting in the way he had done. He would, therefore, move— that this Convention considers that Mr. O'Brien has treated the Convention with disrespect in the manner in , which he has thought fit to vacate his seat in this as. serubly. Mr. CUFFAY seconded the motion. Mr. KYDD did not think they had any right to inter fere between Mr. O'Brien and his constituent s , who ought to be allowed to settle any matter of difference between themselves. As his constituents had returned him as a delegate, they had power to receive his resigna tion, and it was their business to see that they were represented in the Convention. With that view he begged to move that the question be not entertained. The amendment was seconded by Mr. WALTER, but was negatived on a division being taken, and the motion was accordingly carried. Mr. HARNEY said he had observed a sneering para graph in a newspaper at the end of the report of their proceedings, stating when the meeting broke up a per. son stood at the door shaking a money box in the ears of the public. Now he wished to know upon what autho rity the box was placed there? He did not object to any person contributing towards the expenses of that assembly but he did strongly object to a man shaking a box at the door and crying out " Remember the poor delegates of the Convention. '—(Laughter.) He was one who thought that those who sent delegates to the Convention ought to be able to support them—(Cheers)—and he was therefore much against adopting the practice of the disciples of Daniel O'Connell. Mr. WGRATH said, as theirs was a public cause it ought to be supported by the public, and he saw no rea -567 son why a box should not be placed at the door to give 132 toe an opportunity to those who were able and willing to 168 contribute towards the expenses. He did object, °93 however, to a person shaking the box in the ears of the !tie people as they left the meeting. 12 It was ultimately agreed that the box should be left Iss at the door in a less objectionable manner. Mr. WALTER brought up the address which had been prepared by the different trades' unions in Great Britain and Ireland, which was agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. HARNEY said he had received a communication from Aberdeen, stating that at a meeting held there of five er six thousandpeople, a resolution was come to to enrol a national guard, and also one expressing their confi dence in the proceedings of the Convention. The letter further stated that the enrolment of the national guard had already been commenced.—(Loud cheers.) her to up ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. Mr. ERNEST JO councilsJONES proposed that the Convention should draw Charter ; and further, a memorial to the Queen, requesting dismiss her Ministers, and to call men to her pledged to th e principlest he People' s the enlightenment r etioes toher of to dissolve memorial be entrusted Parliament, as n ot of representing the feelings and the people ; and that such - presentation to the Queen.—( Cheers.) H e b e li eve d that resoluti on was in co to the N a ti ona l A ssem bl y for compliance with th e one w hi c h had been passed by the Conv ention, cit again t o p et i t i on t h e House of Common s s h ould the National Petition be re jected ; for after the proceedings in the H ouse o f might lo ok uf v o a n s the petiti on as as th th e e refore the Commons last night th e y e b f o o u re n d r e e n . virtually rejected. Th e S overeign next highest court of appeal t o w hi ch it w duty of the people to submit their gr i evances b sorting to any ulterior measures. As the conduct of the House last night was tantamount to a rejection, it would be humiliating on their part to have any further intercourse with it, and he contended that they should send no more petitions on any plea whatever. It had been stated that the enthusiasm in favour of the Charter was dying away in consequence of the events of Monday last, but on the contrary, the Chartists were stronger, more courageous, and prouder of the cause than they had been before.—( Cheers.) Would any one venture to assert, after looking round the hall, and seeing the enthusiasm which prevailed, that the people would have gone, day after day, and listened with so much interest to the deli berations of the House of Commons?—(Cheers.) He concluded by suggesting that the memorial should be adopted at the simultaneous meetings on Good Friday. Mr. WALTER, in seconding the motion, observed that if the monarchy of this country was ever put an end to, it would not be so much by the proceedings of that Convention, or even by the act of the most ardent Republicans, as by those who were in the confidence of the Sovereign, and who prevented her listening to the opinions and the real wants of the people.—(Hear.) The motion was unanimously carried, and a com mittee was appointed, consisting of Mr. E. Jones, Mr. Harney, and Mr. Walter, to draw up the memorial. After a good deal of discussion upon several matters, without any determination being come to, Mr. E. JONES proposed that a committee be appointed to draw up certain little tracts, containing a simple illustration of the People's Charier, for publication and gratuitous distribution in some cases, and in others for sale at the lowest possible price. The motion was seconded by Mr. STEVENSON. A subscription of 11. from a stranger present, to aid in carrying that motion into effect, was announced amidst loud cheers. The subscription was accompanied by a recommendation that a committee of ladies should be appointed to distribute these tracts emong the soldiers which recommendation was received with a burst of ap plause IA DELEGATE said a soldier, who had been sent over to this country from Cotk to aid in putting down their demonstration on Monday, t o ld hi m the ether (thy that he did not think, in the event of a collision, the soldiers would have fired upon the people. The way in which the IL was received bad a conta gious effect upon the auditors, if we may judge from the manner in which a number of shillings and six peOces were thrown from all sides of the hall upon the senatorial tables, to the danger of the uncovered heads of the delegates. The motion was unanimously carried, and a committee appointed for the purpose, and the meeting shortly after wards adjourned. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the Bth day of April, 1848. 18SUB VIP kATMEN T. Z. Government debt . • 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 12,089,798 Silver bullion ••.• • • 1,918,587 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April M. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the 'Wool sack shortly before Five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, which were respectively read a first time. PETITIONS. The Earl of ORKNEY presented a petition from the schoolmasters of Orkney, praying for an alteration in the law respecting schoolmasters in Scotland. Also pe titions from various lodges of Odd Fellows, praying that their societies might be legalized. MUTINY BILL. Thd Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. MARINE MUTINY BILL. The Marine Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. LEASES MINES (IRELAND) RILL. On the motion of the Earl of DEVON,. the Leases Mines (Ireland) Bill was read a second time_ MINISTERS' MONEY ( IRELAND). The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition from Drogheda against the imposition of ministers' money in Ireland. ODD FELLOWS. Lord BEATJ MONT presented a great number of petitions from various lodges of Odd Fellows, all very numerously signed, preying for the legalization of their society. The Earl of HARROWBY presented several peti tions with a similar prayer. SCOTCH POOR -LAW. The Duke of RICHMOND presented 3a petition from Forres, praying for an alteration in the Scotch Poor-law. ELECTION RECOGNIZANCES BII.L. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Chel tenham against the Election Recognizances Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE, in consequence of the absence of a Noble and Learned Lotd who was exceedingly anxious to take part in the discussion of the Election Recog nizances Bill, postponed the second reading of the Bill to Monday, and he hoped that after that day no further obstacles would be thrown in the way of the progress of the Bill. Lord CAMPBELL thought that the Bill might be read a second time sub silentio, and the discussiion taken on going into Committee. Lord BROUGHAM reminded the House that, al though the discussion on the principle of a Bill was usually taken on the second reading, yet still it was not unusual by agreement to permit a Bill to be read a second time sub silentio, and to take the discussion on the motion for going into Committee. After a few words from the Earl of ELLEN:MOROI:GM and Lord CAMPBELL, the second reading of the Bill was postponed to Monday. SMOKE. Lord REDESDALE introduced a Bill for :the sup pression of the nuisance of smoke. It was idea tical in its provisions with a Bill which had last session passed through the House of Commons, and he would explain the provisions of the measure on the motion for the second reading. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was glad the Noble Lord had turned his attention to the subject, and would render him every assistance in his power. CORN AVERAGES. The Duke of RICHMOND asked for information as to the manner in which the corn averages were taken. Great quantities of corn were sold which. never appeared in the averages at all, and as the tithe commutation was founded on these averages, it was important that the averages should be perfectly kept. He wished to know whether the Board of Trade sent down from time to time persons to examine the books of the inspectors, and to see that they were properly kept, and he would suggest that farmers might be permitted to make returns of their sales and prices direct to the Board of Trade. Great mistakes had been made in taking the averages, against the repe tition of which it was the duty of the Board of Trade to guard. taking an kwTinnh towns wt M bh e a i c r ah q v u eh i ra s adg o eh f se et L nh LANSDOWNE wt oe said et a t h markes n t k 13 :: yt s the the Excise officers, who were responsible persons. In what might be called the old towns the averages were taken by respectable shopkeepers, whose accuracy could p b l e ae d e e s pe in nd i e n d sp u e p e o to n r , sh a nip d s as of c v o a c f. n a n c i esreturns,oec t u h rr o e se d v i ace nt n h o ose ies were filled up by Excise officers. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord STANLEY rose, according to notice, to draw the attention of the House to the manner in which the business of both Houses of Parliament was conducted. He did not at all intend to touch upon the manner in which private business was conducted, but should confine his attention to the manner in which public legislation was conducted. There was now a much greater degree of attention paid by the public to the subject of legislation than was paid many years ago, but with that greater degree of attention there had arisen an idea in the mind of every man that he was a competent judge in all matters of legislation, so that contemporaneously with this greater degree of attention to public affairs there had arisen a want of deference to the authority of Parliament. There had arisen a feeling of a somewhat similar nature in the other House. Members of the House were more inde. pendent in the expression of their opinions than they had formerly been, and were much more dependent on their constituents than formerly.—(Hear, hear.) The electors watched their Members more closely, and perhaps they required too frequently that the represen tatives should submit their own judgment to the precon ceived opinions of their constituents.—(Hear, hear.) The representatives sought to recommend themselves to their constituents by increased speaking, which did not at all advance the public business. They had a great desire to see their names in print, but it did not tend much to the edification of those who listened to their orations, and still less to the advancement of the public business. — (Hear, hear.) An adjourned debate some years ago was a rare thing, but now it seemed to be the rule and the conclusion of a debate in one night the ex eeption.—(Hear, hear.) Again, it seemed to be expected by the public that the Government should provide remedies for all public grievances, real or imaginary, which greatly increased their labours, and caused an Additional responsibility to be thrown on them. But the Government had also less facility in forwarding their business than they used to have. They had but two nights in the other House of Parliament, the remaining three night being given up to individual motions.— (Hear, hear.) They had not, in fact, the command of the two nights, for upon the motion for going into Com mittee of Supply it was in the power of any Member to bring forward any subject he thought proper.—(Hear, bear.) It was necessary that provision should be made for the financial affairs of the country, and that the annual Mutiny Bill should be passed before Easter,: and ther.fore the Legislative acts, the law-making, could not properly begin until the month of o e f st. the me o a t s h n e r r es House were e a o l m aa m -, en w ee h d en in the rig b h u t sine e ss arn brought in by wholesale, and pressed forward with great haste.—(Hear, hear.) They were generally re ferred to a Committee, and the business of that Com mittee was either interminable, or, to remove objections and save loss of time, the Government were obliged to submit to various amendments from different Members, to the manifest injury of their Bills ; and these amend ments, it must be remembered, were made by Members on separate clauses, without reference to other parts of the Bill, which often led to the greatest absurdities.— (Hear, hear.) Measures so made were often, to use the words of ,Rieha'rd, " Sent before their time into this breathing world." They were made up, and that so lamely and unfashionably, that, if the dogs did not bark at them, the lawyers carped at them ; (and the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, with the other learned administrators of the law, must often, in the language of Milton, feel " Chaos sits supreme, And by decisions more embroils the fray." —(Much laughter.) A much larger proportion of Scotch than English Bills was passed into Acts, solely because there was less talk about them.—(Hear, hear.) He feared their Lordships were fast sinking in public estimation, because during tho first five or six months they had to sit without having any busi ness to do, and during the remaining five or sia.- weeks of the session they bad a mass of business thrustproperly attend them which it was impossible they could pass measures the session at attend to.—(Hear,thheeaurt.) proper consideration, must eit h er, therefore, ordrop v,. them, hie othne)l'h,Ae , egrreo introduced e o d t u ' the eed often obliged so to treat House. The result was, that they we House re of Commons had be liangteo p t e h r e i i o r d L Lordships' s h ips' measures upon which th d e they were consequently re gardedstowed great pains, an prevent the passing o g obserrations to any particular by the country,f asoeadmimscehaiseuvroeuss._in(tourveeanr,tihoena,rt.o) He did not apply t he se .t was II übject which could eras partake in fact i party of the evil of afford a fair example last years would e s u h n o t n le e r u of character.—(Hear, hear.) Th on e bes t ei h nr r v e : e ; believedr having that of e he T n h h e e fi l r ia st d w th a Conserva tive Administration, nistre complained.tio n, w. . . e t o h i e ltr t o h l ir o d f , as an y far Gaosv Govern ment, member of f thend toA Administration, i t n h i e st w ra e t r io st n , , t h a e n and greaterhe e vil would be found n place that year. In the second year a change of rGtattokrveleiarmumxctotuolodk be e place,un under r d t h i e n went, it was under the control of the Noble Lord oppo site. In 1845, 130 Acts of Parliament were passed, of e of from m L o t r h d e s , o a t h n edrlo7 Housein twh'beicchom23moorlilgs.inaTtehdeitn itilii:sHenotuusep of Parliament and p r i nted amounted to 91 d they , A l; ug M u s s r t c , h l ,. 5 s;eAtipiarithinthe 12; May, 'la' e n b ru a r came before thei r L ordships as follows:--In 4 ;June,July, 9; 59; lstst six we e k s of tho session of 1845 no less than 63 of the 130 Acts, or nearly one half, wer e , f or the first time, submitted to their Lord• ships' in s p ect i on during the last six weeks of the session (Hear, hear)—and he then excepted the Acts which their Lordships did not think it necessary to print. In the year 1846 there were passed 117 Acts of Parlia ment, 12 originating in the House of Lords, and 105 in the Commons, of which 26 were not printed, and he would, therefore, take the remaining 79. Of these 28 had been sent to their Lordships up to the end of June, 15 were rent up in July, and :36 in the month of August, so that their Lordships were called on to consider no less than 51 distinct Bills in two months.— (Hear, hear.) In 1847, 115 Bills were passed, 11 originating in the House of Lords, and 104 in the House of Commons, 7 of which were not printed, leaving 97. They were for tunate enough last session to prorogue on the 23d July, which in these times was very unusual—(Hear)—and in January they had 2 Bills; in February, 6; in March, 7 ; in April 10; in May 15; making 40 to the close of May. In June 28 were brought up, and in July 29, making 57 Bills in the last two months, of which 45 were in the last six weeks, and 28 in the last three weeks.—(Hear, hear.) Now it was impossible to look at this and say it watt creditable to the Legislature; and the consequence was that Acts to amend such hasty legislative measures Were constantly being introduced, and all parties were COURT CIRCULAR. _ - - - The following notice, relative to the admission of the public to Windsor Castle, was issued yesterday:— " Lord Chamberlain's-office, April 14, 1848. " Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of ex cavations now in progress in Windsor Castle, the floors in some of the passages are necessarily removed, and it is impossible to admit visitors to the state or private apartments. " The issue of orders is, on that account, unavoidably discontinued for a short period." Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early walk yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne, and the royal childre►► took walking and pony exercise. The Military Secretary to the Commander-in- Chief had an interview with Lord Juhn Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. Cooper, Mr. Ashton, and Mr. Adcock, a depute. tion from the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners, with Mr. Randall, their clerk, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at th© office of her Ma jesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in White hall-place. Mr. Jobn Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The whole of the clerks and messengers of the different departments of the Treasury, and of the Government offices at Whitehall, asmbled yesterday in the Board room of the Treasury, when Lord John Russell expressed his thanks for the unanimity and alacrity di sp l ayed by all parti es i n vo l untar il y coming forward for the protec tion of the public offices on the recent occasion of alarm. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps . of G en tl emen at Arms, commanded by their captain, Lord Foley, an d t h e Yeomen G uar d, comman d e d by their captain, th e Mar quis of Donegal, were on duty in St. James's Palace on Monday last. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial -office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial -office for the Governors of the North American Provinces. Lady John Russell was safely confined of a son yes terday morning. Her Ladyship is going on well. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 14.—The Peninsular and OH. ental Steam Navigation Company's ship Montrose, Captain John Bowtn, has just arrived h e re, a f ter a fine run of th ree - an d- a half days from Vigo. She brings the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails in charge of Lieut. Peter Rainer, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are—Gibraltar, April 4; Cadiz, April 5 ; Lisbon, April 9 ; Oporto, April 10; and Vigo, April 11. The Montrose has a good number of passengers, and the following cargo :-960 chests of oranges, 2 cases of eggs, 15 boxes of specie, 2 barrels of pork, 2 cases of feathers, 5 casks of wine, 5 cases of leeches, 22 bags of walnuts, and 13 packages of general merchandise. .She also brings letters of the 9th instant from the city of Lisbon. Lisbon was perfectly tranquil. The Cortes had not yet interpreted the 63d article of the Charter, nor had the Ministry made direct elections a Cabinet question, although favourable to that system. No progress had been made in financial measures. Her Majesty's ship Howe sailed on the 3d from Lisbon for Madeira, to convey the Qeeen Dowager to England. The steamer Scourge immediately followed, it was reported, to tow the Howe, in case of light winds. The steamers Stromboli and Comet were the only British vessels of war remaining in the Tagus. The Galliot, Mexico, ninety-two days from the coast of Africa, arrived at Lisbon on the 6th instant; she was dismasted on the 26th of February, in lat. 40 23 N., lon 36 23 W. A p i lot schooner. fell in with her twelve miles S. W. of C ape Rica, and towed her into Lisbon in a helpless st a t e , an d she was performing quarantine at Belem. The Zargo st eamer arrived on the 9th at Lisbon, in six days fr om M a d eira. The Queen Dowager had n . at the Canari es , and remained in a favourable state; of health. This steamer brought part of the Duke of Palmella's b agg age, an d his Grace Portuguese st eamer to convey himself and family to Lisbon. goes on The Sardinian Mi n i ster lea ve by the Mont rose.was expecting a Discount on Bank of Lisbon notes, 55 per cent. Ex change on Lond on , at 30 days' sight, 52/cl.; at 90 days, 53d. From Gibraltar, under date the 4th instant, we learn that her Majesty's troop-ship Bellerophon arrived on the Ist instant, in 24 days, from Corfu, having on board the 34th Foot, whi c h regiment disembarked on the 2 d. Lieutenant-Colonel D e d es died of fever five days p9or to the Bellerophon's arrival, and his remains were in terred on the 3d at Gibraltar, with all the honours due to his rank. Five of the men had also fallen victims to the fever. Her Majesty's 79th R eg i ment was tb h ave e mbarked on the Belle ro ph on for Canada • but the Montrose brought out ord ers f or the detentio n' of that regiment at Gibraltar, and the Bellerophon was ordered to join the rendezvous of the Channel fleet at Cork without delay. The transport General Palmer, from Corfu, with in valids for England, h ad arrived at Gibraltar. Her Majesty's brig Fantome left Gibraltar on the 3d for the westward. Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus was at anchor in ie bay. . _ A French sloop-of-war (name unknown) on the 3d, between th e r i vers Gua d aranque and Pal moues. w as aground state. CopperMe rc c a i? n na t i lp l s e i gw a se f f r a se i c r as s re i cl COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. in , n G g2 i b a4 r : o a s l o t ,oo a or to6r remained r r i t n o: a s n o pn i e n br a o c ca t wr i active . Para cotton scarce, 20,000 to 94,000 reis per cwt. Hard wheat was dull, at 2,001 8 reis per fanega. Buenos Ayres and Monte Video bides were scarce, and Barbary salted bides sold at 8,000 reis to 8,006 reis per cwt. Horns were in request, at 48,006 reis to 68,009 per 1,200. Spanish lead 3,010 reis to 4,000 reis per 1121 b. There was a very small supply of Irish beef , and the quotations were 14,000 'sis W 16,000 reis per barrel. Spanish brandy, 8,006 reis per barrel. Swedish deals, 14 ft. by 3 in. were 7,oo9lreis per dozen afloat; Beni carlo wines were selling at 23,024 reis per pipe. I n o th er descriptions of merchandise not much doing. Exchange on London at 90 days' date, 484 to i ; on Paris, sf. 25c.; Marseilles, sf. 26^. - to 51. 28c.; G enoa sf. 30c.; at 8 days' sight on Madrid, 2f to p did. ; G E E,: f dis.; Malagar, i dis.; Seville, f dis.; Alicante, i to dill.; Valencia, i dis. ; Barcelona, & dis. Spanish pillared dollars had declined to 2i per cent. premium. Freights—United Kingdom and South America 14,000 to 16,000 reis and 10 per cent. ; Malta, Le— ghorn,' or Genoa, 4,000 reis and 5 per cent. A special meeting of the shareholders in th e S t. John d'el Rey Mining Company to ok place yesterday, when, in order to show the prese nt progress of th e con cern, the report of 11.. a D. Keogh, d a t e d Morro Velho, the I s t of January, 1848, was distribut e d . The Isle of Man Commercial Bank, which recently suspended p a yment, had a general meeting on the sth inst., wh en th e directors stated that the loss to the shareholders would be about 103. per share, and that the business of the bank had been agreed to be taken up by the City of Glasgow Bank. It was also stated, th at M r Dickie, the late manager, had re si gned on the gro un d of ill-health, and that his office would be suppli ed, for the present, by Mr. John S. Jac kson, f ormerly manag er o f the M anc h es t er and Liverpool District Bank. T he amalgamation t o li f e due the paymenthwithankof all hih the Citya of Glasgo w Bank i ilities, and is reglrded with satisfaction by the creditors and share holders. DIVISION OF BUCKINGIIAMSHIRE.--The county of Buckingham has been divided,. under the n ow County Coroners' A c t, i n to four districts, viz., those of Ayles bury, B eacons fi e ld, Newport Pagnell, and Winslow. The order appears in last night's Gazette. EXPLOSION AT CAIRO.—The last letters from Cairo state that two barrels of gunpowder, deposited in a house in the quarter called Uargouche had exploded and destroyed a range of five houses. Fifty bodies of men, women, and children, in a frightful state of mutilation,' were subsequently dug out of the ruins. A n i uvesti: .g±ttion had been set ore toot to discover the cause of this 1 disaster. X 28,008,385 M. Dated the 13th day of April. 1848. MARSUALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DEPAZTMEN T. £28.008,385 X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest •• •.. 3,336,002 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,586,084 Other deposits ...... 11,961,862 Seven day and other bills .. • ..- .... 1,007,866 Government secnri- ties (including Dead Weight 12,682,1466 Other securities .... 12,460,152 Notes Gold and silver coin. • 594,046 Z 35,504,814 A 35,504,814 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 13th day of April. let MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN ST. LUKE'S—Yesterday afternoon an adjourned inquiry was concluded at the Coach and Horses, Great Mitchell-street,4St. Luke's, before Mr. W. Baker, respecting the death of Mr. Samuel Wood, aged 69, a watchmaker, who was found dead by the police, under mysterious circumstances, a few days since. The jury, after a patient investigation, returned an open verdict, viz., " That the deceased was found dead, apparently from suspension, and that se veral wounds and bruises were found upon his body, but how caused no satisfactory evidence hath appeared to the jurors." M ELTON MOWBRAY.— A sensation was created here on Sunday by some foolish persons, who raised a report that Goadby-hall, the residence of Roger Man ners, Esq., Charti had been attacked by a b o d y of men calling themselves sts, from Nottingham, and that the whole of the windows were demolished. As the news flew from one to another, and kept on gathering, it grew into a formidable conspiracy formed for the pur pose of upsetting all aristocratical residences. Upon making proper inquiry, it was found there was not a shadow of truth in the statement; it all arose from two or three rollicking fellows breaking a few panes in a farm-house window in the night after Croxton Park races.—Lincoln Mercury. Before Mr. Justice Williams left Chester on Monday last, he directed the execution of William Bates and John Mawdesley, who were convicted on Saturday, of the murder of William Wyatt, at Adling ' ton to take place on Saturday, the 22d instant.—Stosk -1 9 1 port Mercury. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Thursday morning last a number of serious depredations on the property of_ railway trav e ll ers , comm i tte d b y ono o f t h e superinten dents:of th e P res t on stat i on o f t h e N ort h U n i on Railway, . u were brought to light. The person charged w ith the offence is John Hetexicks, who has been in the employ of the railway company for some years, but for dis twho was dismissed from his situation a few weeks b obeying the orders of the directors. It appears that a portmanteau had been lost by ks le station, and after Ileteric ft he was suspected , and a traveller at the Pre ston his house searched, when the habit of stealing in fthe n pass engers in the trains. portions of the luggage o itbeweas discovered that for a great length of time he had He was immediately a pp re hended and brought before the borough magistrates, b y w h o m he was remanded till police hoping by that time to h ave discovered theowners Thun,day next, the of a considerable portion o f t h e stolen property. Thearticles already foun t d are val ue d at fr o m 1501. to 200 1 There are three dressing-case s , one a marked " William Trevor Rope r , valuable one, very small book case, several Fli n tshire;" one Plus-jig. Mold, portmanteaus, carpet bags, numerous umbrellas, parasols, walking sticks, whips, &c.; • a new t i c k s , •, hat box, a richly embroidered black velvet shawl very valuable, six bottles of otto of roses, and wearing apparel in abundance. Several of the articles of wearing apparel are marked E. Atkinson,"" A. M. G.;' "J. S. Walker." There have also been found several rich silk and satin shawls, scarfs, mshaw antlets, visites, top coat s, police capes, and woollen ls. Among the articles discovered is a photographic likeness, which, on being handed to the bench of magistrates on Thursday was immediately re cognized by the mayor of the borough as being the likeness of Mr. Fairbourne, C.E., of Manchester. Three bunches of keys, nearly 200 in number, and of various szes, Were found in the poncilioa of the prisoasr whsa apprehended. Week ending Apr. NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen .. • .. ..... •• • • •• • 9 Amiens and Boulogne .•••••••• •• •• Arbroath and Forfar ••••.•• • • • • • • 9 Chester and Birkenhead ........... 8 Caledonian... •• •• • "—— Chester and Holyhead.. : .. ••—•• • • • 9 Cockermouth and Workington.— G Dublin and Drogheda• ••• • • •••• • • • : 1 Dublin and Kingstown •••••• • • • • • • 8 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• •• • East Anglian—. • • • • •• •• " Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ...... • I Edinburgh and Northern •••••• • • • • • ) Eastern Counties and North Eastern. I East Lancashire —• • ...... ••••• • • • • ' Eastern Union.. —•• •• • •• • • • •.• ••' • ' Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbndge... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .. •• Glasgow and Greenock.. •• •• •• • " •• Great Southern and Western • • •• •• •• Great Western, &c • • • • •" • • • ' ' • ' Kendal and Winderrnere•• .. .•• • • Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • •• • • •• Lancaster and Carlisle.. •••••• • • Leeds and Think... ——•• •• • •• •. ' Londonderry and i• Illsiskillen • ..... •• London and North Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11.....• • • • • • • •• London and Brighton . .. •• • • •• •• •• London and South Western . •• .. • • •• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Mary -port and Carlisle .. —..••• • •• • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • •• N ewmarket.— ...... • • •• •. • • •• • • • • •• Newcastle and Carlisle•••••••• • • •• •• • PNorth British ...................... Rouenaris and Rouen . .. •".•• • • • Scottish •• and Havre •••••••• • • • • •• ••• . . Central ....he5.......•. Sh rewsbury and Cheater . ..... .. ... . South Eastern and Branches .• •• • • . South Devon— •••• • . ....... . .............. Whitehaven Junction ............... Wishaw and Coltness ............. .. York and Newcastle . ............... York and North Midland . ......._ 726 797 866 474 3,367 3, 1,141 - 11,806 10, 1,119 1,036 1, 2,206 2, 1,084 I, 2,11& 1, 9,440 19, 8,884 8,7 1,601 1,61 166 - 38,131 39, 803 8,631 7, 7,847 7, 2,047 2, f,21 9,881 16,1 977 - 2,016 2, 1,694 1,1 1,919 1,, 588 4 7,703 9,1 936 1,1 1,602 1,4 842 9 167 2, 10,104 I 8, 7,882 5, OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT -OARED CUTTER MATCH.—The great aquatic struggle betw een two cubs selected from the cutter übs o f the u n of Oxford and Cambridge, an d which invariab ly cites great speculative intere s t among the sons ofyAlemxa. Mater and the amateur watermen of the Thames, will not take place this year. Various reasons are as signed for the match not coming off, but it is expected that the rival crews will contend either at the Thames or Henley regatta. BALLOON ASCENT. - On Tuesday aft ernoon, be tween four and five oclock, a balloon was observed wending its way, at an immense altitude, towa r d s t hi s town, and travelling in an easterly direction; the re flection of the sun upon the silk giving it the appearance of a stupendous golden ball suspended in mid-air, and producing a magnificent effect. The voyagers, it ap pears, started from London, and the ascent was a private and experimental one, the inflation of the . balloon, called the " sylph," having taken place at the Independent Gas-works, at Haggerston. The mronaut whose name is associated with this enterprise, and who conducted it, we bear, in a most scientific and masterly manner, is Mr. Henry Coxwell, a well-known traverser of the skies, and the editor of the Aerostatic Magazine, his sole companion on the occasion being Mr. G e orge Sharp, a gentleman who has made several ascents, and who is particularly enthusiastic in the science of terostation. They describe their journey as one of the grandest and most inter esting they ever made. Mr. Coxwell, finding that the wind would limit their distance to the county of Essex, determined to ascend to as great a height as possible, and enjoy a view of the clear sky, with the clouds rolling far below the aerial chariot. He accordingly made three successive ascents and descents, the last of which was characterised by an alti tude of upwards of three miles. Here the aeronauts became exceedingly cold, and lost all view of the earth, whilst a perfect ocean of clouds seemed to float about two miles beneath them. Approaching Maldon, after the Sylph had lowered some six thousand feet, the ap pearance of the Blackwater river suggested the propriety of a termination of the trip; Mr. Coxwell, therefore, fell in with the lower current of air, and floated on till a favourable place of descent presented itself at Messing, where the Sylph gently alighted on a lawn in front of a gentleman's residence. Mr. Coxwell there made, to the extreme gratification of the excited country people, several partial ascents, and having finally emptied the balloon, proceeded to Kelvedon. We hear that Mr. Coxwell contemplates an ascent from Chelmsford or Colchester.—Chelmsford Chronicle. REMOVAL OF ALIENS BlLL.—Considerable misap prehension has we believe, ari sen i n t h e minds of foreigners residing in this country, as to the intended operation of the " Removal of Aliens Bill," introduced into the House of Lords on Monday last by the Marquis of Lansdowne. The object of the proposed measure is simply to give to the Secretary of State and the Lord Lieutenant the power to remove from the United King dom, by warrart under their hands respectively, aliens of disreputable character, whose presence and conduct may be deemed dangerous to the peace and social order of these realms. Under the sixth clause of this Bill it is provided that foreigners who have been domiciled and settled in this country for the last seven years cannot in any way be affected by the Act. NEW BOAT FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is about to be initiated in the fine manly and truly healthful exercise of rowing, and a new and beautiful single sculling boat is now being constructed for his Royal Highness on the latest and most improved principles. by the Messrs. Searle, her Majesty's boat-builders, of Stangate-street, near Westminster- bridge. The skiff' is a complete model of the boats used by gentlemen on the Thames, and as a specimen of workmanship is perhaps unequalled. Ii is twenty feet in length, of proportionate breadth, and is built of the finest bird's eye maple, with mahogany linings, sax-boards, and thwart-. The spaces between the timbers are filled with a peculiar lining, not of cork, but of a material said to be considerably more buoyant, the invention of Captain Light, for the purpose of ren dering it more secure, in fact a perfect life-boat in miniature. The cushion on which his Royal Highness will sit to pull his sculls is also stuffed with this mate rial, and which it is affirmed will prevent the utter possi bility of the little craft sinking. The minor appoint ments are most ingeniously designed, and of the most tasteful and elegant description, and in perfect keeping with the general appearance of the boat, which has been inspected at Messrs. Searle's upper premises near Lam beth Palace, by most of the members of the Oxford and Cambridge, and other crack aquatic clubs, who have expressed their admiration of its perfect build and equipments. It is understood that it is intended as a present, to his Royal Highness from the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George-street, Westminster, or one of the members of that society. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE REV. MR. SHORE .—A public meeting of the friends of religious liberty was held last night, in Exeter Hall, to hear from the Rev. J. Shore, of Berry Pomeroy, a narrative of the proceedings taken against him by his diocesan, the Bishop of Exeter. The spacious hall was densely crowded in every part. On the platform were the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Revs. Thomas Mortimer, T. Evans, Dr. Jenkyn, lir. Massie, Rev. J. Bakewell, J. Thomson, Watson, J. Smith, and about two hundred Binney, Ebenezer Davis, Dr. Morison, Dr. A. Thomson, Anslie, James Sharman, Dr. Henderson, Dr. Cook other ministers and gentlemen. The Hon. A. Kinnaird occupied the chair ; and the meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr. Shore, and by several other Reverend Gentlemen. The circumstance of the case, between the Bishop of Exeter and the Rev. Mr. Shore, which occupied exclusively the attention of the meeting, are already familiar to our readers. Several resolutions were adopted; and also a petition to Parliament, praying for such alterations of the law as would pre vent any recurrence of such a course as that followed by the Bishop on this occasion. EXECUTION OF DAVIES FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WlFE.—Yesterday (Friday) being the day appointed for the execution of Mathew Davies, convicted at the last assizes, of having murdered his wife, Mary Davies, at Birmingham, on the 13th of October last, the town at an early hour began to present a bustling appearance, caused by the arrival of numerous parties from the towns and villages in the neighbourhood. As the hour fixed for the execution approached, the front and precincts of the gaol became crowded to excess. About five minutes before twelve, the bell commenced tolling, and a few minutes after that hour struck by the clock of St. Mary's, the melancholy procession made its appearance, attended by Mr. Whately, the Under Sheriff; the Rev. Mr. Lang harne, chaplain of the gaol; Mr. Henry Adkins, the Governor, and other officials. The unhappy man was placed underneath the beam, when the halter was adjusted round his neck, without his displaying the slightest emotion. The cap was then drawn over his face, and in two minutes after his coming on the platform, the bolt was withdrawn, and the culprit was plunged into eternity. After hanging the usual time, the body was taken down and removed into the gaol, within the precincts of which it was interred the same evening. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM ISHIP.--.ThUrsday the general stores and furniture of the ill-fated Great Britain steamer were brought to the hammer at Liver pool. The sale appeared to excite considerable interest, the room, from the commencement of the sale, being much crowded with purchasers and others. It may be of some interest to give the particulars of the stores for this celebrated ship. We therefore notice a few of them. The furniture of the cabins and berths included 228 hair mattresses, 406 feather pillows, 580 blankets, 970 linen sheets, 344 counterpanes, 1,556 towols, 513 bed curtains, 791 pillow cases, 801 dusters and glass cloths, IhB table cloths, 23 sofa cushions, 85 painted chests of drawers, 116 dressing glasses, - 88 painted boxes, besides several ranges of oak dining-tables, forms, carpeting, matting, and ehamber services. The china, glass, and culinary articles consisted of an immense quantity of decanters and glasses of various descriptions, table, breakfast, and tea services, a huge lot of large copper steam-cooking apparatus, besides a countless number of other miscel laneous articles. Notwithstanding the great number of articles offered, they did not form the whole of the stores, but only that portion which was secured after the noble ship met with her unfortunate disaster in Dundrum Bay. F or t h e most part, the articles o ff ere d fort thissale gave evidenc e o f roug h usage an d dil a pidation, but did not seem to damp the spirit of competition on the part of purchasers. THE YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY.—The following order was received in Wakefield this morning:— " G. 0. Ist si you are re- West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry quested, by are gimental order this - day rec eived, to tohold yourself to readiness for immediate *ern if re q uired . .-April l3, 1848." Last a week. 2 t t u 0 t o £ 1,133 674 3,629 RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:—