The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. et a The Cott on M ar k et at Li verpoo l on S a t u rd a y w as d Sales, 4,000 bales. American realised 44d to Sid per lb. Railway Shares were firm, and the demand was good. The Bank des Pays Bas had declared a dividend of 45 florins per share. The reserved fund is stated to amount to 21- millions of florins. The manutacturers of Lille begin already to experience the serious results of the labour combination in France, and have memorialised the Provisional Government to raise the duties upon Belgian fabrics. France must ex pect soon to find herself behind every other country in her foreign trade, unless a great alteration takes place in her Soc i al system, and already the Belgians are following out the f ratern i ty pr i nc i ple, as taug h t t h em by th e Parisians, and endeavouring to deprive Frenchmen in Belgium of their usual employment. At Mons, as is mentioned in the Antwerp papers, the banking firm of W. Delvaux has suspended payment. Letters from Manchester announce the payment by Messrs. Scholes and Co. of the last instalment of ss. in the pound, with interest at the rate of three per cent. Per annum, upon the debts of the firm, which at the Period of the stoppage last November were 91,273/. 1 ,.° 111 e anxiety h a d preva il e d i n cons equence of Messrs. -4 ' e ltth, Furze, and Co. having declined to netept cerfain bills drawn by Aylton and Co., alt hough it was hoped that the delay might only prove Messrs. Baltszzi and Co., of Constantinople, Jive remitted specie to cover the bills granted by them,. me continental revolutions having so greatly interfered with mercantile credit, and interrupted the operations Of the Greek buyers. The Corn Market has been steadier to-day. Prices , 4 a're not a d vanced, however, the supp l y o f f ore i gn b e i ng serg e . The Caledenia steamer is expected to-morrow. There h as b een a fluctuating market aga i n to -d a y f or ! 814 ) Public securities. Consols opened firmly at 82i for t ransfer to•morrow, and have receded to 811 to 82 :T ce. Tim e b arga i ns have b een ma d e a t 81',1 to 4 7. The state of continental affairs, and the abundance of money are the counteracting causes which stimulate speculations either for a fall or Ban "' r anee. The N e w Th ree -and-a-Quarter per Cents. e bee n 8 1 i to 814, and the Three per Cents. 80 i to 4. Bank S tock has been firm at 186 to 1884, and I n dia Stock d u l l at 230. Exehequer-bills have been 40s. 425„ and India Bonds 18s. premium. - An increased business has been done in the Foreign e eurities. S pan i sh live per Cents. have been 10;1- to T i a l, and th e T hree per Cents. 194 to 20, being an ad• • nee in b ot h i nstances. Portuguese Four per Cents. Zen ro bee n marked 15 to 15i. Brazil Stock has at 61 to 62. M exican bonds have been mar k e d 14 e i to th Dutch Two- an d- a - Ha l f per C ents ., ow i ng to advance at Am s t er d am, have touc h e d 40 , an d t h e F our per Cents. 65. The Railway Share Market has been rather firm, 254 with a moderate business doing. Caledonian have been to 26; Eastern Counties, 134 k; Great Northern 34 4; Great W estern, 851 to 86; Brighton, 284 to 4; ENorth Western, 1254 to 127; South Western, 434 to 44; ittrid, 96 t o 9 6 4 ; North Stafford, 6i to 7; Sout h e etern, 224; York, N ewcast l e , an d Berwick, 291; ulogne and Amiens, 54; Northern of France, 24 to 3; a nd Paris a n d L yons, 1 4 to 24. o - SE CLOSING P).i— b_ ..-a OP BRITISH FIINDS O'CLOCK. PRICES . &mak Stock 186 18814 1 88 % 804 a Per Cent. Reduced Arms .... BOV2I , 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 824 ~i , 11• 74 82 81 % New 34 per Cent. Ann 5...... B l 3 / 4% :4- 81% 8 5-16 l'epngAnns.to ex ire Jan 1860 . 8 1 4 5-16 India Stock P 6 . •• 230 228 20 p India Bonds, 1,000/. Di tto under 1,000/ . Consols for Account EZchequer Bi ßills.2l, 82 821% 81% 82 81 3 / 4 3ci. 1,000/. 5 00/. .... 40 42 p 5ma11......... ... offE PRI CES OF FORE IGN FUNDS. O'cLOCS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 62% bo., New, 1843 .......... •••••• Grenada Boads, 1 per Cent. — , B leiticiui, 5 per Cent. 1846 1 4 34% Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3O Por tuguese 5 per Cents. — D itto, 3 per Cent D itto, 4 per C en t l5 15 15 15 154 Ditto, Account 82 80 82 Russian Bonds 11 10% 10% B Panish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive D itto 3 Der Cent 2O 19% 19 .. Ditto Account 204 20 venezuela Bonds, 2;j per Cent _l9 _ _ 19 43 p 41 p 41 p CLOSIN PRICES. 62 60 12% 14 % 14% 30 Dividendson'ihe above payble in London. Dutch 21;i . per Cent., 12 Guild.... - 40 3 8 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 55 I , i PRICES OF A m BUSINESB v Ir oc IC K E . C LO SING A"-"ILTIAT BIIARES. r-- -- • AT ONE 0 . 25 berdeen ... 50 __ .............. Amber., Nott., Boston, and'Eastern Junction 31 4•••••• Ayrshire a n d G alloway.. 2 Belfast & County Down. 13 ...... -- Birmingham and Ox ford dmiction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... •• Birnaing.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/ . 145... •• ........ *** -- sand Stour Valley ioi. 14 ........... irkeah e • •ad, Lancashire, _ and Cheshir e J uno 7N — •• • ''• — _ Bo ston, Stacnfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 D itto, Thirds.... ..... 20 Bu ckinghamshi re . 12/. 4s. Caledonian - ' ..' 50 ..... 25% 26 25% 25% Ditto. Half Shares .. 6 t 4 — - Cl 50 Chister and Holyhead... 37 %...... 14 14 , gitto, Preference' • l5 ...... • Uarence - 784 Do. Ist Cl ass , 6 per C t. 10 tict• 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Pp, Government Loan, . : 4.ner Cent. Dire4' London & Ports- ~‘ Month Dundalk and Belfast Junc. 25 •••••• ... b uundelk & Enniskillen 17% ..... •cast Anglia, 25L, L. & . E. and L. and D....•• 25 ••-•• ........ 18 De.,3/. 10s. , zitstetn Counties........' 20 Ditto;Extension,s per Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d.... par 1 , 13 ' die Ditto ditto, No. 2-61. 13s. 4d... Do., North. & Eastern 50 1)0., Quarters ..».... 12% — .... Do., Neer ... 23 ...... 4 aetern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 — Ditto,,Thirds .......135.4d.. .... D Do. (g uar . 6 per cent.) 10 ittoolitto Xast Lancashire - 18 Ditto, New , L in New Quarters 6 1 4.;•••• •L a st colnshire ...... 16% r ••• zAlinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..-•• ••• ••••• - Ditto, ffilf Shares ... 15 .. .. 9 .. • •e , D itto, Quarter Shares 12% ' ..ainburgla and Northern 25 ...• Ditto, New ”4 - - .... - D itto, New Port l2 ~„ bitto, futto, New 2!4. .... 1. , 4•xeter,Yenv il, & Dorch. 2 3, ' „Pitto, g ew utalgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... & ••• ..........Si. 6s. 8d.... 431 Noi m ar., Ayr 60 ...... aiitto, N ew . ....... „.• 40 b e. Preference Consol. 15 Great Noithem n) Lbndon and York 2% •.-- ....• ...... "reat South. and West. ~ (Ireland) %/Nat North of England .100 ...... D itto, New, 401 a Ditto i New, 30/ 3O Ditto. New, 151... ...... 6 1 ,i Great ,Western DO ... .. 85 3 4 85 Ditto, % Shares SO Ditto, 1,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171........ 9% Huddersfield and blanch. 26 DittO, Thirds Mall and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares .., 25 ...... 47% Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Di m 17% • 4 1 4 Do., do., and Norwick 17% — ••••• Do., do., Extents. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% — ......... •••• • Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - ''••-• ••• '' ......... pato, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ...., Ditto, ditto ............ 82 .. . 6B .. Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ••• •• Do. Quarter Shares... 14% „„„ ....... .•• Do. Fifths... ........ . 9 Do. Sixteenths ...... . 64 - ' -- Do. Thirds (R eg.).- 1 0/.45...•,• •••••• ..... *" Do. Liver?. and Bury 43 ••• Ditto IA (late Hud- ". deratield and Sheff. ) 33 m.o. ..... Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 DO.( W. Itidink Unien)4l.2e.::.** Do. (Preston Wyre) 25 '. '*- -** . ..... - -- Do. % Shares (A)... 9 .. .. .... -- ............... Leeds and Bradford..,... 50 -'--- -. .. .. -- ............. Leeds, Dewsbury, Sec.... 42, . •.•"*"-* ...... ••• ........ Do., Half Shares ...... 17 1 A. %. 3 13% % dis 74 14:!i 3 1 , 3 85% 49 14 3 % 19% 47 1 ,4 414 7 Do.. (blue) Scrip....., 2 (5•••••• .... ......... Leeds and Think ............... . Ditto, Sew 26 .. ..... Do., Prefer. .6 per Ct . ••• ••......... - Liverpool, Crosby and ....... ...... Southport . 2 ...... Liverp., Manchester, and •• ..... ...... Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,4...„, ........ London & Black wa11...14 6s. 8d 4:Y 4 .... ................ ,-.. Do. New, No. 2 . ..... 5/. 13s. 4d ............... 414 . Do. Extension ... 20 - London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per et.., 9 •••••• Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 .. ..• •••••• Ditto, ditto 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ••• ..... • ••• •• Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... 18 3 / 4 1834 London and N. 'Western 100...125 1 ,4 127 126 126 1 ,4 1261 4 Do.Quartera (L. & B.) 22 ...... — Ditto, New ... i iitto, Fifthi. - .... .. .. 2 ...... 714 ,. ...... 7 1 4 Jai 40/.Shares(L.M.) 20 Ds. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7 1 A 1 — Do. 10/. (1. & B.) B. 7 4...... 9 1 4 ....•• .. Do. 101. rit & B.) C. 1 ..... 3 Load, & S.:KPstern 1 ). ,ew emu[. . 30,.., .17. .. ..... .. 4- ',„ 0 • Now 40/, "9 , Tefithis (CeanaQl.) 50 9! ‘ i 3 As 441,4 I Ditto ditto 40 ...... 28 Ditto, Thirds— Luncion, Salisbury, and Yoovil Londonderry &Co:eraino 271 Londonderry and Ennis k,l.ll 25 ..... -••• Lowestoft (4 per et.) Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 3 .. ... Man thester,fuaton,and Matlock Watch ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...l oo ••• ••••••••••• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ••• 7% — Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7 1 ,( 2 — Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 38 Ditto ditto . ..... 9 •••••..••.••.•• Ditto ditto .. Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO ........ Do., Grimsby Dock l5 Manchest. & Southampt. Midi= ,1 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares... 15 ... Do. firm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......116 115 Ditto, Bri.q. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ... 111.35. 6d — ......... Ditto,Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish ... .. Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastieancl Carlisle...loo Do. Quarter? Newnirket&Chestertord 18% — Do. Extension ...... '125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l5 Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 s — Norfolk Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed s►,pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk.... 23!4 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares l 2 l / 2..... 8%% Do. Quarters.- ...... .. 5 1 / 2 3%... Do. Extension Ditt' Thirds - North & South-Western 2 ...... ........ ...... North Staffordshire lO ..-.. 7 6%74 North Wales North Western, 7 l /2 Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchiu ... 134 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 2 2 1 / (2 - . . Ditto, New Sheffield, _Rotherham, and Goole .... 5 Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ... .. 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 6 Shrewsbury and Ilerefd. 2 Shropshire Union ...... 4 South Devon 4O Do. Preference •••• . •••• •••• South Staffordshire 6% 2 1% ..... .. loath Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 ...... Do., No. 4 South Wales .. .. 2-3 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stin. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17 1 / 2 . Vale of Neath .. .. ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 ., — .. Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. ... 25 West Cornwall ... Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... ... 7 ...... .... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do. Extensioh No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 7%... 7% York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and W est Rid- 20 1 ,4 8 % 3 :r4 23 1 ,i 61 /ii 25!4 22 5 1 ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain 2 -• ••• •••••• ...... Ceylon Demerara 714 — ••• ......... ••• Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ...—.. 7 ..... %...... •••• •• East Indian ..".. _ 1 1 4 — ...... .. •••• • Great Indian Peni nsu l ar s s. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. J unction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg 7 — Lyons and Avignon Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ..... 16 ... .. 1% Northern of France...—. 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3 5 4 d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 214 13 , 4 2 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O .... 4% ••• ••••• Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- --% den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West F1ander5•........... 8 1 ,4 4% LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 17.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze, and showery. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.--Acrd. Niagara, Nye, New Orleans; Ariadne, Newman, Rostock. 15th, Gauntlet, Cain, St. Michaels. 16th, Gemini, Benn, Calcutta; Ann, Johnson, Maranham. Sid. 2d ult., Joseph Touro, Nickerson, New Orleans; Tyro, M`Farlane, Lisbon; Frederick Wilhelm, Boyes, Dantzic. Sld. 15th, Inez, Africa; Passenger, Rio Janeiro; John Peat, Rio Janeiro; Columbus, Pernambuco, Indian Ocean; Demerara; Jamaica, Jamaica; Elizabeth Taylor, Santa Martha; Venture, Tampico; Sarah Sheaf, Apalachicola; Haidee, Boston; Volucea, Barcelona. 16th, Roscama, Bombay; Jenny Lind, Valparaiso; Herald, Havanah ; Alexander, Vera Cruz; Nathaniel Hooper, New York; Devon, New York; Deborah, New York; Oxford, New York; Henry Duncan, Quebec; Britannia, Newfoundland. OFF LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16.—Acrd. Henry Gardner, Bombay; Superb, Mobile; Nymph, Cephalonia; Mary; Majesty ; Susan ; Catherine ; Queen of the Ocean; Freak; Energy; Hawk, --, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15.—The top of a ship's house, apparently American, was seen 27th ult., in lat. 41, long. 50; and a quantity of wreck passed in the Gulf, by tho Judah Tonro, Nickorson, arrived here, which vessel experienced heavy gales during the passage. TORBAY, APRIL 14.—The Robert and Anne, Smith, sprang a leak, and sank in Brixham Roads, near Black Bull. SCILLY, APRIL 14.—The Omega, of Liverpool, with loss of rudder, ke., and abandoned, but with the hull apparently in good condition, was passed in lat. 37, lon. 44, by the Franklin, Smith, off this place. STUDWELL ROADS, APRIL 13.—Arrd. British Queen, Arkholl, Cape of Good Hope, for Liverpool. BRISTOL, APRIL 15 .—Arrd. Joy Green, M'Cnlloch, St. Andrew, North Britain. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN-EXCHANGE.—MONDAY. During last week very limited supplies of all kinds of grain of home produce, including Flour, came to hand. From Ireland and Scotland they were chiefly confined to a few cargoes of Oats. The imports from abroad were, however, somewhat extensive, viz, 23,562 qnartera o f Wheat; 2,092 ditto of Barley; 5,811 ditto of Oats, 10,656 ditto of Beans; 262 ditto of Tares; 3,614 ditto of Linseed; 289 ditto of Rapeseed; 18 ditto of Mustard seed; 161 ditto of Indian Corn; and 624 sacks of Flour. From Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, and our various other grain districts, the arrivals of Wheat fresh up this morning were very small; and the stands were scantily filled with samples of both Red and White. Although the attendance of buyers was far from numerous The demand for all kinds of English Wheat was firm at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the prices paid on Monday last, and at which a good clearance was readily effected. The pressure of foreign parcels on the market prevented any advance in the quotations. There was a slight improvement in the inquiry for the best parcels of foreign wheat, both red and white, at extreme cur rencies. In the middling and inferior kinds next to nothing was doing, but we h ave no c h ange t o notice _in price s . Th e supp l y of B ar l ey was very limited, hence the trade ruled firm, and last week's prices were well supported in every instance. On the whole the Malt trade was in a very inactive state; 3et the factors refused to accept lower prices. The supply of Oats bcin . g small, an d most o f t h e d ea l ers oa short of stock, the trade . was fir m , an d l as t w ee k' s c b u e r e re o n n csiiedserwed'rtehwe wee t ea: ahnittahmecl. potato parcels must of foreign B eans, chiefly from.er Alexandria, was on the market. Thi s h ad a depressing A 1. ivneflrYuelnacregeugpuoannttihtye demand, and the quotation: sup ported. Scarcely any Peas, eithe r ere with difficulty English or foreign, were on offer. All ki n d s u ore steady , at very full prices. Indian Corn was in moderate request,.at late figures, but IT! , lisp \feel weQ 8t very low p with ccarculy any &mud. Town-made Flour was unaltered tered . in value. Country make and the best parcels u r 9 Ameri can Ivere tit any improvement in the more inquired for, but witho' quot atious. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Arheat—Essex & Kent, Al alt—Chevaller • . • • • • 585 to M's Red. .... •• • • 44s to 55s Oats Yorkshire and Di tto,White, New 46s 58s Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 20s Norfolk and Lin- Potato Cole, Red... . • 45s 48s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • • 46s 53s Black .•.• • • • 15s 185 Irish, Red •••• • . • • —8 —s Cork, White .•• .. 175 205 Ditto, White —. • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 31s 2 3 s Rye—Old •••••• • • • • • • --e s Beans—Tick ..••• • • • • 325 44, Barley—Grinding . .... 2 3 9 28 s 34s 1s Peas-- Pi t te re7. ' ::::: 2 •••• 3430 : 3484 : Molting . .... •• • • 32s 33s Maple. .• .• ••• • • • 538 33 s Chevalier .... •• • 335 31s ' White .••••• • - • • • 3 5 s 3s s NI alt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 3 6 s 40 5 folk ...... ••• • • . 55s 57e Flonr—Town-rnade .• . 415 4G s Brown . ... •• • —45 s Suffolk ..........353 38 s Kingston and W'aro 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 355 3s s 8211ITZWIELII. Th© imports of live stuck into London, last week, were as follow: From whence. Beasts. Rotterdam 173 Amsterdam... Hamburgh 111 Harlingen Total 543 Corresponding week in 1847 Sheep. ... 547 Calve?. 75 10 12 2 _ 99 - 920 Difference ...... 339 less. 308 less. 13 less. At the outports, about 400 head of each kind of stock have been landed from Holland and Germany i❑ good condition. To day the show of foreign stock, especially that of Beasts, was good, and of full average quality. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts, fresh up this morning, were considerably on the increase, and at least three-fourths of them were good weighers. Owing to the prevailing mild weather, the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at, in some instances, a decline in the quotations paid on Monday last of 2d per Sibs. Still, however, the primest Scots sold at from 4s 4d to 4s 6d per Bibs. At the close of business a total clearance had not been effected. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire comprised about 1,300 Scots and short horns, with a few homebreds • From the northern, western, and midland districts, there arrived about 1,000 Herefords, runts, Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other parts of England 350 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 220 horned and polled Scots. Notwithstanding the numbers of Sheep were on the increase, the Mutton trade was firm, and the late ad vance in the currencies was steadily swooned. The primest old Downs in the wool sold at from 5s 6d to to 5s 8d per Blbs. With Lambs we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. All breeds moved off readily, at very full prices- From the Isle of Wight we received 50 head. Calves— the supply of which was good—moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. In Pigs next to nothing was doing, but we have no change to notice in value. Per Sibs. to e. d. to s. d. s. d. te s. d. Inferior 80a5t5..... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 4 econd quality •.3 10 4 2 Coarse-vroolledditto 410 5 4 Prime large Oxen.. 4 2 4 4 Southdown Wether 5 6 5 Prime Scots . •• 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool 5 2 5 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs .. 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 6 2 Small Porkers .• .. 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves ..20 0 23 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 2C 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 4 0 4 2 Lambs •• •••• 6 0 7 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sleasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pies. 3,159 16,210 120 310 IV3BWG.A. TB AND LZELDENNAI.X. Very limited supplies of country-killed meat have arrived up to these markets since Monday last—they have amounted to only about 90 carcases of Beef, 220 ditto of Mutton, 140 ditto of Lambs, 40 ditto of Veal, and 130 ditto of Pork. Those on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been small, even the time of year considered ; hence, the general demand has ruled active, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, and at which good clearances have been effected. From Ham burgh five barrels and four baskets of Beef have come to hand. Ink the offal. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY At per atone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. I s. d. to s. d. Beefeinferior— .... 3 2 3 8 Mutton, inferior •• 310 4 2 middling •... 3 4 8 6 middling.. 4 4 4 6 primelarge •• 3 8 310 prime •:• • 4 8 410 prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.. •.••• . 3 10 4 4 4 0 5 2 5ma11•...... . 4 6 i 0 Lamb. 6s 0,1 is i e Od. nonouart AND SPITALPXELDS. Coastwise, the arrivals of potatoes since this 1;y• se'n night have been seasonably good, and of fair average quality. By land carriage, they have been but mode rate. The imports from abroad have consisted of about 40 tons from Rotterdam, 235 ditto from Antwerp, 437 ditto from llamburgh, 97 ditto from Ostend, and 110 ditto from Lsrwen. The trade is decidedly heavy, and prices are not supported. BOROUGH HOP Next to nothing is doing in this market, and, in some instances, the quotations are next to nominal. The show of samples is by no means heavy. Sussex pockets 3l to 31 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 313 s to 31 103; Mid. and East Kent ditto, 31 5s to 518 s per cwt. WOOL. The imports of Wool into London, during last week, were composed of 20 bales from Trieste ; 50 ditto from Hamburgh ; 138 ditto from Monte Video ; 28 ditto from Antwerp ; 27 ditto from Ostend ; and 2,038 ditto from Port Phillip. The private contract demands still rules exceedingly heavy, and, to effect large sales of any de scription of wool, town prices must be taken. TALLOW. Notwithstanding the limited stock, this market ruled very dull today, and prices are from 6d to 9d per cwt. lower tha❑ on Monday last. T.Y.C. on the spot is sel ling at 51s per cwt. For forward delivery we have no sales to report. Town Tallow is 51s net cash. Rough fat 2s 10d per Blbs. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House sat to• clay to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Redesdale, and Lord Wrottesley. LAPSLEY V. GRIERSON.-JUDGMENT. Their Lordships gave judgment at considerable length this morning in this appeal from the judgment of the Court of Session in Scotland, declaring the appellants illegitimate. Their Lordships affirmed the judgment of the Court below with costs. We gave the facts of the case at length during the arguments, and it is totally unnecessary to repeat them. Judgment affirmed with costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) PHILLIPS V, CHARLIES. Mr. WHATELY, (.2.C., applied for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial in this matter, on the gruund that the damages were excessive. The action was for a breach of promise of marriage, and was tried at Gloucester, before Mr. Justice Paulson, at the last assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff; damages 1,000/. The plaintiff was a single woman, 42 or 43 years of age, and had kept a spirit shop, but at the time of the action was a lodging-house-keeper; and the defendant was an attorney. At a pie-nic party the defendant it appeared made a promise of marriage in the presence of the plaintiff's sister, and subsequently gave the plaintiff 50/. to purchase the wedding dress and other articles necessary on tho interesting occasion, and, moreover, appointed a day when they should be joined in the bonds of matrimony at Clifton, Bristol. Instead, however, of the defendant making his appear ance at the church at the appointed time, he was, to the astonishment of the parties, non est inventus, and on the following morning a letter was received from him, stating that he had married an old lady, with whom it appeared he lodged, and who was 70 years of age, and was obliged to be carried in a sedan chair to the church, and could only reach the altar by the aid of crutches. Evidence was given at the trial that the pro perty in possession and reversion of the defendant amounted to 9,000/. The Learned Counsel made the ap plication on the ground that the defendant's property only amounted in fact to 3,000/., that one or two of the jury were acquainted with the brother-in-law of the plaintiff, and also that the plaintiff had not suffered in character or in a pecuniary sense, by the non-compliance of the defendant's promise. The COURT refused to grant a rule, observing that the conduct of the defendant in not seading word to the plaintiff before the day on which the marriage was ap pointed to take place, that it was not his intention to tulfil his promise, was most unfeeling, and that the jury were the proper parties to estimate the amount of da mages to which she was entitled.—Rule refused. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court proceeded this morning with the peremptory paper. LEWIS V. LORD SUFFIELD. In this case it appeared that Lord Suffield, the de fendant, had requested the plaintiff to negociate for him a loan of 180,0001. upon the security of his Lord ship's estates, and had agreed to pay to the_i)laintitfthe sum of 4,0001., for n ego ti at i ng t h at loan. Negotiations were accordingly opened with the Rock Life Assurance, but from some cause or other the loan was not accepted. The plaintiff upon this brought his action to recover the amount of his commission. The defendant pleaded to the action, but allowed judgment to go by default. The present proceedings were adopted in order to obtain leave to set aside cognovit and judgment, and that defendant should be at liberty to plead to the action, and that plaintiff should answer the matter of certain affidavits made in the case. The ground relied upon by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appeared for the defendant, was, the statute of the sth of Anne, which enacted, " that all and every scri vener, broker and brokers, solicitor and solicitors, driver or drivers of bargains, who should receive more than five shillings as allowance or brokerage for every 1001. they might obtain, should for each offence pay a penalty of 2 0L,and suff er i mpr i sonment for half a year. The sum claimed by the plaintiff was considerably more than the sum named in the statute, and any arrangement to pay such sum was therefore illegal. The ATTORNEY - GENERAL, on beh a lf o f t h e d efendant, expressed his willingness to pay the legal sum, and all expenses attending the proceedings. The case was ordered to stand ever until to-morrow, in order to afford time tor the parties to arrange the matter. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) SMITH V. DEARLEAF. Mr. BAINES, Q C., applied for a rule nisi in this case, which was tried betore Mr. Baron Alderson at the last assizes at York, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 301. The action was in trover to recover the value of a carriage and some harness, and the question was whether the defendant in his character as an innkeeper had a lien upon the goods left in his possession as a guarantee for the payment of a tavern bill of 20/., which had been incurred by the plaintiff. The defendant was the land lord of the Queen's Hotel, Harrowgate, and the plain tiff, who came there in the summer of last year, occupied private apartments in a house adjoining the hotel, and nad accommodation provided for his carriage and norm)* in the defendant's . premises. It .was contended at t h e trial that as the plai ntiff did sot UYQ is the hotel he WAS not a guest, and that, therefore, the defendant had no legal lien upon the goods, and that argument was fa voured by the summing up of the Learned Judge. It was proved at the t r i a l t h at the pla i nt iff h a d f rom time to time had refreshments at the hotel, and that in addi tion a friend of tho plaintiff's was provided with apart mentsßaaiinnetsi ffsruebnmdietrteedd htiimiasteltfhleiasbulcmiOngn in the defend ant ' s house, for the rent of which plaid grounds Mr. of the Learned Judge was incorrect, an d t h at the p l a i n tiff was virtually laiegnuuepstonofthte plaintiff',hod defendant, property.t, R,h e ,therefore, had a good The COURT postponed the decision until they had consulted Mr. Baron Alderson. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY) Henry Thompson, a di rty -l ook i ng f e ll o w, was brought before Mr. Bingh am , c h arged with attem pting to ent er the residence of Mr. J ames R ayner, 26, Saville - row. John Henry Ru s t, c l er k to t h e prosecutor, said that about a quarter t o n i ne on Satur d a y night, he was passing down Savill e - row, when hi s a tt e ntion was at tracted to his empl oyer ' s res id ence by seeing the prisoner stoopin g d own, apparen tly examining the lock of the door. Witness, to satisfy himself as to the prisoner's intentions, crossed over to the opposite side of the street, and watched him for a short time, when he saw ; him take something from his pocket, a n d t ry to open the door. Witness then went up to him, and, taking him by the collar , said , You are attempti ng to enter the premises, and you must go with me to the station." The prisoner replied, "It's a lie; you have made a great mistake." Witnes s said, " No, I h ave not; I have been watching you for some time, and you must go to Vie station." The pri soner then struggled, and threw something into the road which seemed like falling keys. Witness called out for the police, and a soldier, who was passing by at the time, came to his assistance, and secured the prisoner who, after finding himself in safe custody, threw away two other keys.. The soldier subsequently searched the spot, and found the skeleton keys produced. Andrew Smith, a private in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, proved finding the keys, and corroborated in a great measure the evidence of last witness. The prisoner, who is an old offender, was committed to the House of Correction for three months, with the addi, tion of hard labour. EVENING, APRIL 17, _B4B. THE MEMORABLE MONDAY. (From the Dispatch.) We have examined since Monday nearly all the Pro vincial Journals which have reached us, with the view to ascertain the feelings of the toiling millions regarding the great Chartist meeting held upon Kennington-com• mon. It seems that great excitement prevailed every where. At M anc h es t er . Li ver pool, Birmingham, Wol verhampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, &c., all classes were alive to the movement. So much had been said at the Convention previous to the day of meeting to inflame the minds of the people, by Julian Harney, Mr. Cuffay, Mr. Jones, and other individuals, and so great were the preparations of a warlike character made by Govern ment, that everybody made sure of a collision with the troops and the Chartists. It was calculated that at least there would have been bloodshed; that London would have been reduced to ashes; Buckingham Palace taken possession of ; the Queen hurled from her throne, and a Republic established. The demonstration in the metro polis was to have been the signal for similar demonstra tions elsewhere. INlr. O'Connor, however, spoke to his "children"—he urged them to be peaceable—promised the authorities that there should be no popular outbreak, no riot, no confusion—that the day should end without a collision, and that each man should return home w ith out making the slightest attempt to violate the peace. Th e Chartists—and the fact speaks volumes in their favour— obeyed the wishes of their leader. We require no other proof of the disposition of the great body of the Chartists to carry measures by moral means—they repudiated the hints thrown out by some of the delegates to arm them selves, and having done SD, we hope they will urge upon the Harneys and the Joneses to accept the Chiltern Hun dreds and retire from the Convention. In connexion with this subject, and to show the powerful excitement that was manifested everywhere, we may mention some interesting and curious facts. We have seen several letters from provincial newsvenders, addressed to the proprietor of a large ne ws p a p e r publishing-house in London. One Agent writes—" The people in this district are alive to the great meeting on Monday; have the kindesa to send me two quires of The Sun over and above my u sua l number. If the people should come into collision with the soldiers and police, double the quantity ; if there should be bloodshed, you may send 10 quires. If the Chartists should gain the day, and take possession of some of the public buildings, send me all you can spare." Another letter runs thus:—" I hope you will not ne glect me in this excitement. If the Chartists should gain the day, send me down a good supply of newspa pers ; but should they be defeated you will know what to do." A third communication from Liverpool is as follows :—" We are rife for action here. If the blow should be struck in London to-morrow, good by to Nosey Wellington and Little Johnny. If there should be a good row—a row and no mistake—and if the rails should not be torn up, send me 500 newspapers extra, but if things should pass off contrary to our expectations here, you will know how to govern the supply Unless a few people are shot or sabred, there will be no inte rest in the proceedings. A good murder, like a trim. con., always causes excitement." In a letter from Bir mingham, the writer says—" Send me by the lest train some extra papers—say two quires—but all will depend upon circumstances. The Chartists here are looking out. If any thing is done, there will be a good sale; but, in the absence of a jolly kick up, I will not risk the purchase of more than half-a-dozen extra copies." The last commu nication we shall quote is from Dublin :—" There is no mistake, and we are ready here; and I hope you are in London. We shall certainly have repeal, and if the Chartists do their duty on Monday, it will hasten the consummation. Now, y ou see, the papers w ill sell well if the people act determi ne dl y ; b ut, if they run away from the soldiers, like c urs , and do noth i ng, on ly increa se my number by half-a-dozen quires. Do you think, Mr. , there will be a glorious Republic ! If the unio n were separated we will b e t h e most flourishing country on earth—peaceable and happy by our own firesides — and all our commerce flourishi ng . I t i s your d—d aris tocracy and the infernal Church that have ruined Ire land. Mind, now, if there are no persons killed, do not send an over supply, for I shall not be able to get rid of them." Some of th e communications exh ibi te d to us contain the most c ur i ous observations, al l tending to show that the n ewaven d ors had an especial eye to their own pocket int e r es t. Notwithstanding the f avoura bl e issue of the day, th e even i ng newspapers of M on d a y we re in great demand, The Sun and Globe e3pecially, and the late edition of the Morning Chronicle. The machinery at The Sun office, so g reat was the d eman d, failed to print the papers fast enough, and the same remark will apply to the Globe. In Paris it will be seen, by referring to our news elsewh ere , a telegraphic commun i ca tion — akin to those which h ave been so repeated l y manufac tured in Fleet-str ee t o f late, by the daily journals, and which have cont a i ne d nothing but lies—announce d that London was in flames, that th e Q ueen had bolted with her Royal husband, an d had gone to Gosport , an d that going there was terrible work on, and a Republic estab lished ! Well, th e b us i ness has bl ow n over, and here we are, as quiet as if nothing had happened. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY , A 15.—The Pe ninsular and Orie n t a l S teani Navigation Company s ship Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney , arrived this morning from the Mediterranean. Her dates atesar Civita Vecchia , March 31; Leghor n , A pr i l 1; Genoa, Apr il 3 ; Gibral tar, April 8. She b r i ngs no mails, b ut h a s 31 first cabin passengers, 11 second, and eighteen dec k passen gers, and the following cargo: - 26 bales of silk, 1 package of stag horns, 33 packages of works of art, 10 packages of pictures, 50 chests and 16 tubs of cheese, 7 pipes and 501 chests of oil, 1 marble bust, and 115 packages of merchandise. At the departure of the Iberia a Russian brig of war was at Civita Vecchia, and the Iberia spoke the barque Glenmore, off Malaga, on the 7th. The Bellerophon, Polyphemus, and General Palmer transport, remained in Gibraltar Bay. The Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Fairy, left Gibraltar on the 4th, for Cowes. Her Majesty's Commissary-General at Gibraltar had advertised for tenders to suPPIY 766,5001 b. of flour, for the use of the garrison. Loss OF AN EAST INDIAMAN.—rLYSIOUTII, APRIL 15.—The steam packet Sir Francis Drake, which left the Channel Islands yesterday (Friday) evening, arrived here this morning. Captain Sadler s tates that when on the point of leaving St. Helier's, a report had reached there giving an indistinct account of the loss of an East Indiaman, on Thursday morning, the 13th inst. She is represented to have struck on the Ecrehon Rocks, which lie is the centre of the Dirouilles Sankbank, between the north-east end of Jersey and the coast of France. The ship was from Calcutta, laden with sugar and rum. She was called the Nabob Raja, or some other eastern title; had a crew of 24 persons 11 of whom are saved and 13 lost, or 13 s a ved and 11 lost; in all probability she was bound to London. The wind at the time was strong from the westward, and the weather thick, and the supposition is that by an error in her log she was 30 or 40 miles south of her reckoning, and when her crew calculated her to be coming up Channel she went ashore on the Ecrehon Rocks. A light on the north coast of Jersey has long been required by mariners, and had one exist e d t h ere now, the present loss of life and property might not have taken place. THE JEWELS OF THE LATE ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.—The Nottrellibte des Flandres states that one of the Ladies of Honour of the Princess Clementine of Orleans, Princess of Saxe Coburg, arr i ved at Bruges, three days ago, to examine the jewels lately found in possession of tho person named Van Doorne, of that town. Most of them are said to be recognised as be longing to the Princess Clementine. What was at first taken for the eagle from the Imperial Cro wn appears to be, in fact, an ornament presented to the Princess, on her marriage, by her brothe r-in-law, the Icing of Por tugal. Several of the stones of this ornament, which is of great value, are missing. Among the jewellery were also several articles of value, belonging to the Princess de Joinville. THE COMMAND IN CHIEF AT THE CAPP. w e have received a confirmation of our announcement, that Vice -Admiral Dacres, now the Comm ander-in -Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, will not b e superseded by a successor until he has fully served his term of three years. In f ac t, we understand that it is not lik e ly t h e new appointment will take place until the beginning of June next, and that Vice -Admiral Dacres' return to England may not be expected before Ch r istmas.— United Service Gazette. Trin COMMAND IN CHIEF AT THE FORE : Up on inquiry we aro informed that the gallant and ds - ti i guished Commander-in- C hief at the Nore, vice-Admiral• Sir Edward Durnford King, K.C.11., w ill retain command until the middle of next month, although his three years' term of service will V . exp.re his three next. --United Service Gazette. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the 12th, the Crown and Government Security Bill was considered in Com mittee. If evidence were wanted of the principal point at issue, the danger and undesirableness of pro secuting for words spoken, it would have been given in the course of this debate. It was experimentally established, that of words spoken within the last half hour, in the hearing of men of average talent and with no assignableintention tomisrepresent oralter, there was no posssibility of coming at anything like a just report or accurate repetition. For example, the Member for Pomfret, designated for distinction the "learned," made a verbal statement of the difficulties attending prosecutions of the nature proposed. An ex-Attorney- General replied, and he and various Members made their several statements of what they conceived the Member for Pomfret to have said. But not one of them touched or came near to the accurate statement. Fancy the learned Member for Pomfret to have been on his trial with the prospect of transportation for life, for " open and advised speaking" tending to " deprive or depose" parole evidence from the " style, honour, or name" it at present occupies in the estima tion of the law or lawyers, and there will be a pretty exact representation of the case. All the witnesses, within half an hour after the facts, roundly stated that the learned Member for Pomfret had asserted the inadequacy of parole evidence; meaning, as is the understanding of the term " parole evidence " and nothing else, evi dence give n b y word of mouth by a witnessbefore the court. For satisfaction I have looked into Black stone, and the first words I find are, "proofs are either written or p aro l, th at is, by word of mouth." This, then, was the statement of the witnesses. And after all, the truth was that the learned Member had not expressed the slightest intention, compassing, or de vising of any such attack, or any question on the merits of parole evidence at all ; but what he said was a thing as distinct as light from darkness, from anything stated by the witnesses, for it was that neither p aro l e ev i dence nor any 'other evidence within the reach of man, Was to be trusted for the establidtment of acts committed by parole or utterance only, and where no written or other docu ment made part of the act charged. I submit the difference to every man, high or low, who signed the great petition, and beg him to view the enormity of the failure of these witnesses to describe. Yet this is what men are to be exposed to, when their transportation for life is the question concerned. A House of Commons, Attorneys-General and all, half an hour after the facts, is utterly unable to dis tinguish between a man's having spoken of evid ence by word of mouth, and evidenc e to a crim e charged to have been committed by word of mouth ; yet men are to be transported for life on the evidence of wit nesses to words only, under the accumulation of every possible source of mistake o r corruption of the truth. The experiment in the House o is, of Commons invincibly demonstrates, that the great difference be tween written and spoken words that in the one case there is a corpus delicti capable of being laid in its proper person upon the table of the court , and in the other there is not; that in the one case the li ters scripts rnanet, and in the other the proof is in its nature secondary, and cannot be produced in court except by a sort of hearsay. On Thursday the principal incidents were con nected with the Special Report on the Petition for "universal Suffrage, &c." The Committee on Public Petitions stated themselves to have discovered, that the number of signatures was only one million nine hundred and seventy-five thousand four hundred and ninety-six. That on numerous consecutive sheets the signatures are in one and the same handvtriting. That the names of distinguished individuals occur in it, who cannot be supposed to have concurred in its prayer. That there were names obviously altogether fictitious. And that there were words and phrases written in the form of signatures, which decency prevents from being reported. All this looks as if there had been a good deal of neglect somewhere; for everybody knew that facts of this nature would damage a petition, and therefore somebody should have looked to hindering it. The best advice that can be given to the petitioners, is that it.should not happen another time. Meanwhile the allegations must be reduced to their real value. It was stated in the House that the name of the Duke of Wellington appeared written sixteen or seventeen times ; which is tantamount to observing that in one petition with a hundred thousand names, or in one out of a hundred pe titions with a thousand names, which is vastly more than the average number to a petition, the name of the Duke of Wellington was found in serted once by way of joke. The same may be said of the fictitious signatures and the indecent. It is plain that no single instance of this kind would be held to vitiate a petition with five hundred or a thou sand names; though it might be made a handl e o f against the Member who presented it. I have seen indications of a like facetious spirit in petitions put into my hands ; but should have thought myself an egregious ass if I had allowed these tares of an enemy's sowing to interfere with the honest object of the body of petitioners. In the present case the charge of personal carelessness is only formal ; for by the showing of the Committee it would hare taken the Member for Nottingham three weeks, working twelve hours a day and resting on Sundays, to examine the names himself. Nothing can be plainer than that the things complained of were in the main the work of enemies and not of friends. It is folly to go before the millions with nonsense on such a subject. For example, it has been stated that in one part of the petition was found written, "We could not get paid for any more ;" and there were innocents who lifted up their hands in amaze at the depravity of the unrepre sented classes. The most serious part of the charge, is that of sheets of names being written in one hand. It is a thing that has often been heard of before ; and it would be desirable to know how many sheets, and whether the names thus suspiciously added, made one in a thousand, or one in ten thou sand, of the whole. I say " suspiciously," because where men of limited habits of writing are concerned, the proof of fraudulent intention is not absolute. Nothing might more easily happen, than that the inmates of a given factory or neighbourhood, should invite the best writer among them to write their names as the readiest way. Soldiers in signing their regimental accounts, have a tendency to the same kind of thing which it requires positive exertion to prevent. The petitioners, or some of th e m, acknow ledge that the thi ng was done, but not in fraud. At the same time there is no denying, that it must not happen again. It was charged that among the signatures are those of women. There is no legal objection to women signing ; nor any objection at all, except that if not noticed it may affect the estimate of the relative strength of the petitioners. In the actual case, the charge ends in the notable discovery, that every twelfth name was a woman's. Violent attempts were made to fasten a charge on the Member for Nottingham, for having described his petition as sign e d b y five millions, when it turned out to be signed by only two millions. Now every man in his heart knows, that this in the main is only pant; though it is undeniable that accuracy of statement is always desirable, and that a man risks giving an ad vantage to his enemies by not attending to it. Princi pals make their statements upon the information of subordinates ; and of the information of subordinates there is little to be said, but that it is almost always wrong. There is scarcely a public meeting on an agitating subject, where the numbers are not doubled by the reports on one side, and halved on the other; and if a Member of Parliament were to be taken to task, for having stated the numbers of a meeting he never counted, according to the estimate in his own party's journals, he would be in something like the position of the Member for Nottingham on this part of the case. All this was followed by a scene, of which the public journals may be referred to for the facts, and the ten dency of which may be considered as being signally to increase the influence and numbers of those who may be in a dangerous state of discontent. Born in a society which does not recognise the duello, and only fights at the command of the civil magistrate, it can be no desire of mine to meddle unnecessarily with such sub jects. But, familiar as I must inevitably have been with every existing opinion, I see no objection to saying, that under no code on earth would the con duct of the Member for Nottingham be considered as anything but the most eminently proper, and that nothing would have justified him in carrying his re sentment beyond the opportunity for condonation. On the whole the attack on the petition is what is technically termed " a mare's nest ;" the fallacy lying, in collecting the deaf nuts out of a ship-load, and parading them as if they came out of a gallon. 1 After every conceivable deduction, it is clearly the petition of a million and three quarters of earnest men ; and nobody will be the better for the way in which it has been treated. On Friday the debate on the " Security" Bill was continued to a late hour in Committee. The Go vernment holds to the punishment for words; and the Solicitor-General as good as told the House, that the limited period was only to get over present opposition, and there was no doubt of the law being meant to be perpetual. An Alien Bill is before the other House, and altogether we are a gcod way on the road to 1798. I th oug ht th e Whi gs wou ld have carried us off the s h ore ; b ut I b eg i n to b e a f ra id it must be done on the other tack. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. RRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, April 17, 1848. CONSECRATION OF ST. JUDE S CHURCH, WRITE caArEL.—On Saturday tho new church of St. Jude's, Commercial -street, Whitechapel, was consecrated by the Bishop of London, in the presence of a highly respec table congregation, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council on Saturday afternoon, at her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. At the Court, the Right Rev. John B. Sumner, D.D. , had an audience of the Queen, and did homag e , on b e i ng appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.., her Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for the Home Department, and the Bishop of Nerwich, assisted at the ceremony. The Right Rev. Dr. Hampden had an audience of her Majesty, and did ho wage, on being appointed Bishop of Hereford. Secretor s ) , Sir George Grey, and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony. Her Majesty held a Privy Council. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, the Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward, th e Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council, the Archbishop of Canterbury was in troduced, and was sworn of her Majesty's most Honour able Privy Council. Ilis Grace took his seat at the Board. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audience to the Marquis of Lans • dowse. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Norwich and Hereford, the Marquises of Lansdowne and Clanricarde, Earls of Auckland, Spencer, and Fortescue, Lords Campbell and Morpeth, Sir George Grey, and the lion. William Bathurst, travelled from town to attend her Majesty's Court by. a special train on the London and South-Western Railway, crossed from Gosport in the Firefly steam-packet, and arrived at Osborne at half-past t elve o'clock. A drjeuner was served at Osborne, to the noblemen and gentlemen present at the Court. At half-past three o'clock the Duke of Norfolk, the Bishops of Norwich and Hereford, and the Ministers and Officers of State present at the Council, took their departure from Osborne, and re-crossed to Gosport in the Firefly, on their return to town. The Archbishop of Canterbury remained yesterday at Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. Divine service yesterday morning, at Grosvenor Chapel. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at f ended Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine service yesterday morning, in St. Michael's Church. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, visited Christ a Hospital yesterday afternoon. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Right Hon. 11. Labouchere took his seat on Friday, at the Board of the Commissioners of Railways, at their office in the Board of Trade. Dispatches for the Governor of the West India Colo nies were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colo nial-office. The D u k es of Wellin g t on an d R utlan d an d Si r Frederi c k T rench attended the early service yesterday in the Ch ape l Wesley officiatednoaynadlP pbret.acjheadmets'hse. se T rm he en ßev a . t D th r e y . daily service th e prayers were read b the . Rev. 11. CTohmommausLotnheSeLervsiscoensbybythetheßißsheop Rev. ofW . L H o a n l d l, en an . d T t h h e e Sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. The anthem was " llosannah” (Gibbon). Sir Geor Smart presided at the org an . The Dean of Westmigne ster will preach on Good Frid ay, a n d on Sunday next the Bishop of Oxford will preach the sermon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia attended Divine service yesterday morning at the chapel of the Prussian Legation in the Savoy. His Royal Highness, attended by a single aide-de-camp, walked to and from the chapel. After luncheon the illustrious Prince, accompanied by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, Mr. Ernest Bunsen, and Major Oelrichs, paid a visit to the Botanic Gardens in the Regent's Park. On leaving the gardens his Royal Highness drove round the outer circle, and subsequently took walking exercise in the park. Last evening the Prince dined, en famille, with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. Major Oelrichs and Captain Bolen were in attendance upon his Royal Highness. To-morrow morning the Prince, accompanied by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, will leave town for Os borne, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Schwartz, the new contralti, from Vienna, made her diln4 on Saturday evening, in the character of Orsini, in ,Donizetti's opera of Lucretia Borgia, and a more successful delnit it has seldom been our lot to witness. Ber voice is a rich, pure, powerful contralto, and, as might have been opined, from the fact of the great success she has achieved in Germany, she is an accomplished musician. Great natural powers without much science may accomplish a partial success in England, in Italy, or even in France, but none but an artist would be tolerated in Germany; therefore we were not surprised to find that Mademoiselle Schwartz was perfect mistress of her art, and that, marvel for a contralto—at least for such contraltos as those to whom we have hitherto been accustomed—she never sang out of tune. Her intonation was throughout perfect. She was rather nervous at the commencement, and failed to produce any great effect in her opening aria from that circumstance ; but she gained confidence as she pro ceeded, and the drinking-song is the last act, "II segretto per lesser felice," was a perfect triumph. The applause was enthusiastic, and its repe tition was called for a second time, albeit the double encore was not insisted on. Mademoiselle Cruvelli, who appeared as Lucrezia Borgia for the first time, sung and acted admirably. In the final scene with Gennaro, nothing could exceed the heartrending pathos which she infused into the part. Gardoni was exceedingly graceful as Gennaro ; and Lablache, as the Duke, was, as he:always is, perfection. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Countess of Mansfield, Ladies Murray, the Hon. Mr. Talbot and party. In her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box were Lady Clinton, Mr. Hugh Seymour and party. There were also present his Royal Highness the Prince of Sy racuse, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, the Marquis St. Pierre, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of Ely, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Sligo and Ladies Browne, Prince Louis Napoleon, M. de Berg, the Princess Lieven, the Baroness de Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency tho Hano verian Minister, Count de Burke, Baron Nicolay, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl of Falmouth, the Viscount Canter bury, Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, the Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Anson, Viscount Clifden, his Excel lency the Swedish Minister, Lord Monteagle, Lord Gardner, Lord T em pl eman , Lord Sandys, L o rd William Lennox, Lord Elphinstone, Lady Foulis, Lady Fre mantle, Lady Holland, Lady Cbetwynd, Lady Howard, Lady Neville, Lord Rendlesham and the Misses Duff, Count Koudriaffsky, Hon. R. Curzon, Hon. R. Boyle, Hon. F. Stanhope, Hon. Willoughby de Eresby, Hon. Miss Bathurst, Sir J. Bailey, Bart., Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Sir T. Dare, Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., Sir F. Trench, Bart., Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Colonel and Mrs. Maberly, Colonel Thornton, General the Hon. 11. Cavendish, Major Needham, Major Buckley, Captain Meynell, Lieutenant-General Sir A. Woodford, Bart., Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing; Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Miss Lane Fox, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., Mr. N. Macdonald, Mr. Broadley, M.P., &c. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—llanders oratorio, Messiah, will be performed on Wednesday next, in ac cordance with the society's usual practice in Passion week. TUE THEATRES.—EASTER AMIISEMENTS.--The managers of most of our principal theatres are now ex erting themselves to the utmost to gratify the holiday folk at Easter. At Drury-lane, Franconi puts forth an entire new programme. The Haymarket produces a new extravaganza, in which Keeley, Bland, Miss Rey nolds, and Miss P. Horton appear. At the Lyceum we shall have a new classical burlesque extravaganza, for the production of which the management at this theatre are so celebrated; it will be supported by Harley, IL Hall, Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Miss Marshall, and Miss J. Coleman. At the Princess's a new grand ballet. For the Marylebone Theatre, Mrs. Warner has secured the services of Macready. At the Adelphi will be produced a new burlesque, in which Wright, Bedford, and, we believe, Madame Celeste will appear. At the Olympic, G. V. Brooke and G. Bennett appear. Sadler's Wells, it is said, will re-open with an operatic company. At the Strand we shall have a new drama and a new farce for Oxberry. The holiday makers.hte on the other side of the water will be del ig hted by the appearance of Van Amburgh and hisforth trained lions and tigers at Astley's. The Surrey puts s i r. tn A a t new drama, in which Miss E. Terry w ill appe his last Parlia dthoemlersitcietodrriaamwaes.shall have a now theatre, and two new The Right Hon. the Speaker his mansion in Eaton-square. To House le Commons, mentary entertainment this session, on aofonvielSoawtiunrgdanyoblasiemt, noblemen and gentlemen, members .of 4h i. _ orc leman : _ v _ Bernard, the Gentleman: —Vis count Drumlanrig, Viscount Captain Edward Harris, were the guests of the Right, on. Ut Viscount Adare, the Hon._Ca n p . John Johnstone, Bart., Sir Maxwell, Sir, Colonel Sibthorp, Hon. James P. .x, Lord Norreys, Hon, William Begot, the 1 . 10 John Young, Bart, George •Arkwright, •r.T. W. Arthur .Dunc i‘ o r mb T e, the Brams.on, • . , hitt Mr. . • c R Colville Mr. Geo. Mr. Sheral Ca , , Mr. John Floyer, Mr. Carew, Mr. C. B. Ad reErdlewy.a, m C r o . lonel It.n A o t Mr. Henry Beaumont Coles, Mr. W. ii. Pole Dundas, --- Mr. C. wykeham Martin, Mr. John W. A. Mackinnon, F R e o ll b ° i w n ' so s' n, M . r. George Sanders, d Mr. R. Spooner. evening at the y House terrace, to an Hi s Excellency the Prussian Minister gave a Neeld, Mr. George i rc l i . Saturday u Carltonrda resi dence Lord John Russell and a distinguished party. The grand e o n f te t r h t e al L nm eg e a n t t io o n n , Premier was expressly invited to meet his Royal High ness the Prince of Prussia; and among the other guests who assembled at the banquet, were—Viscount and Vis countess Canning, Viscount and Viscountess Melgund, Lord and Lady Ashley, Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., &c. The party broke up early. NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM-suirs.— The America, Captain Judkins, left Liverpool on Saturday, on her first trip to Halifax and New York, with the week's mails and a large number of passengers. The Caledonia, which would leave Boston on the sth and Halifax on the 7th inst. with the mails, may be ex pected to arrive in the Mersey on Tuesday (to-morrow). STATE OF TRADE. IAPRIhas b een FOREIGN an WOOL improved TRADE, dema n I a 4EE fo D r S L 14.—There return of We are glad, however, to observe the gradual . ' foreign . wools during the past week, but transactions only to a limited extent. confidence, as is evident by the increase of orders . in the hands of the manufacturers, and we think there is reason to expect a decided improvement in trade. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL 14.—There has been very little done in sales of wool this week. Prices are in a great measure nominal. WOOLLEN TRADE OP LEEDS..--We have had very dun markets at our cloth-halls both on Saturday and T9et• day. The unsettled state of the continent has a senoras effect upon our foreign trade, whilst, at the same time, the Chartist agitation in London, and in some of the large towns, has almost paralysed the home trade. Front these causes there has been a very trifling amount of business done since this day week. The stocks being low in the manufacturers' hands keep prices steady. Few buyers have been in the town from the same cause, and, in consequence, business has been exceedingly dull in the warehouse. BRADFORD WORSTED MARKET, APRIL 13.—`FOOL. s—etTtlhe a ed . state eeorpothsin ofetiocontionuerntt,randied,e(airibsingthferodmiscthoontuenn; iheeertee,d:sacnadunsionnge bsueseimnedssisptransaction sto presentbe t totally tally n e conditiong of commercial affairs, to buy anything but for immediate use. Yarns—The demand for yarns is by no means ,so animated as in the latter part of February and early in March, when the trade showed symptoms of a marked improvement. The prices being exceedingly low, deters the spinners from producing. Pieces—This branch of our trade, for some time past, has been nearly confined to the home merchants, who have been doing more than an average business for the spring trade. Paramattas are steadily moving off in limited parcels. TO ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE. France, in her future annals, shall set down This blazoned work on Freedom's battle-field, And show how men can step and crush a Crown, When puppet Kings ask more than mea should yield. Her almost bloodless victory shall be A sacred lesson to earth's latest hour; And all who would be greatly, bravely free, Must give her noble watchword, "Peace is Power." Thou, Lamartine! her gentle Poet One, With heart all mercy, and with speech all truth, Whose lays we love to hear at evening hour Breathed by some happy maid, or dreaming youth Thou halt arisen in Confusion's roar, Mid chafing people and a burning throne, Stopping the reeking tide of Slaughter's gore, Lulling to sleep the cannon's thunder tone; Thou hast stood forth with firm, unfearing breast, While Discord's steel was flashing round thy brow, Proving that minstrel eloquence can wrest The poisoned arrow from the beaded bow. GOD keep the form of Liberty arrayed In her bright garments of primeval white; Each blood dyed stain of purple that is made, Sullies the high divinity of " Right." But come what may, of evil or of wrong, Ere the dark, teeming clouds of Doubt depart— Thou, Lamartine! as great in deeds as song, Hest wisely, promptly, done thy mighty part. Let France bo proud in claiming such a son, Kings, empires, dynasties, fall and rot; But Spirits such as thine, thou Poet One, Hold the unmeasured life that dieth not! —Weekly Dispatch. UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 15.—1 n a full Convocation holden this morning, th e d egree o f D octor of Divinity was con ferred by the decree of the House, unanimously ap proved, upon the Rev. William Jacobson, M.A., late Vice -Principal of the Magdalen Hall, now Regius Pro fessor of Divinity. In the same Convocation the names of the follow ing gentlemen were unanimously approved as Publics Examiners:— In Literis Burnanioribus, the Rev. Mark Pattison, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College. In Disciplinis Matheinaticis et Physicis, the Rev. Wm. Medley, M.A., Fellow of University College. In a Congregation holden at the same time, the fol lowing degrees were conferred:— Masters of Arts—Rev. P. S. Swanwick, of Brasenose College; Rev. Henry Jacobs, of Queen's College. Bachelors of Arts—Edward Shepherd Croft, of New Inn Henry J. Dodwell, of Exeter College. In a Convocation holden this afternoon, the Rev. Richard Michell, 8.D., late Fellow of Lincoln College, was unanimously chosen Public Orator, in the room of Dr. Jacobson, resigned. Dr. Fox, Provost of Queen's College, has founded an Exhibition for the benefit of Scholars educated in the Free Grammar School at St. Bees, of 301. per annum, tenable for four years. It is understood that the Bishop of Hereford will preach his farewell sermon at Ewelme, on Easter Sunday. Henry Jacob, Scholar on the Michel Foundation at Queen's College, has been elected a Fellow on the same Foundation. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Carlton-gardens, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl and Countess of Mahnesbury, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lady Seaford and the Hon. Miss E. Hardy, Lord Seymour, Lord and Lady Cowley, Hon. H. Howard, Mr. H. Greville, and Mr. Lutterell. In the subsequent part of the evening the Noble Via countess had an assembly, which was honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, his Serene Highness Prince Paul of Wurtemberg, and a long list of nobility and gentry. BRADFORD.—MUNIFICENT GIFT.—John Hardy, Esq., late Member f o r B ra df or d, h as presented to the Rev. Dr. Burnet, vicar of that parish, the sum of 6,0001., for the purpose of church building and endowment. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—An order has just been issued reducing the height at which young men will be enlisted for the artillery service from 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 8 inches, their age being between 18 and 22. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--We have learned from authority that this line will positively be opened for public traffic on Monday, the Ist of May. All possible exertions are made by the contrantors to complete and clear the line of all the " working mate rials," &c., for the approaching event. The line (we are told) is in excellent working condition, so far as the Conway embankment; and the stations are in a very forward state, and, it is fully expected, will be completed by the appointed day. Heavy trains have traversed the line from Chester to Conway, almost daily, since the month of January last. Two locomotives and tenders passed down the line to Conway, and having been taken to pieces, and conveyed over the suspension -bridge, are now traversing the line from Conway to the Bangor sta tion. Other locomotives are already placed on the line through the Isle of Anglesea. The " monster tube" over the Conway was, this week, successfully raised, and is the n en t h l ) e , I, d , e r l a , u t l o i c make engines, rogio:hm, fi f i ttl ol a t f e nbro e eedr ia s now suspended to the en o r mous b eams connected with 4difit day yeenil finished ad e h l 1 ltseaadasgobar this n o eb v s aoA e tu. t ot o n i r t uktbs the u p ew i b e l d e r h2r m i t; a othh e - f, ii s thnrh t a o senn n t o.dt e , us aa c p bna i e e rdc e r ii d , stee o hman n edtpj v jut- occurs,o h us y i tb c eee h dd lo i on t :i lowered per n t a o l r i t e s s t p i n r ogppe place level. c e it h uWbheee been determined upon that a grand ball and supper will be given by Messrs. Evans, on or about the 26th, in the interior of this novel piece of architecture.—Carnarven Herald. We are happy to learn that the Viscountess Hood, who has been seriously indisposed, is now reeovering. TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN BROWNLESS.—Captain Brownless, of London, late of this port, has been pre sented with an elegant and massive silver cup, accom panied by the following letter:—" We, the undersigned, having left London in the steamer Camilla, for St. Petersburgh, on the 11th instant, are desirous of ex pressing to Captain Brownleas our satisfaction not alone for his attention to our comforts, but his anxiety during I. M. __ ti _. ans aar, the passage for the safe navigation of thevesse j l. a E m d es wa ic rd J. Dent, Isaac Babbilt, R. G. Fairban ks , Wilson, C. Cayley, Vincent Merillce adan f: ipa r poff, l3 and R. E. Rippon, Thomas Tower, AI Madame A. Kuituitsky." HARB.—This gentle man died on the Bth inst., a Earl of Listowel, being Ile was brother to the Wales. Ennismore, who died during seqkuteon.mceorogrfoet: t ßY his residence in South t . r h i ( l a o la r t T e n v E is i c lO u N n. . t HEN by the daughter of Lord Clonbroch. son the DoElfi married. WooLvacn, Aram 13. ROYAL ARTILLERY : received at head-quarters here to day,asborn in 1503, And has died un. DEATH of his father , . of Royal Artillery to Ireland Euston- companies in that, immediately, nottor strengthen the forces in Dublin. Major country, but to sptere, and pro at present in the fi eld batteries, ' Tomkyn's company , ho An order has n b e ce w n In Fisher's companies elieve any of the g, wi f l o l r to send a company leave Woolwich at two eon , o'clock d by an early train to Li ver pool , c seed n route to Dublin. em Captainandorrdneirn, ar rived at the Royal Arsenal here on Saturday last, and joined the garrison the same day from the West Indies. The whole of the artillery sent to London, to do duty in the early part of the week , returned yesterday evening to barracks. Captain Sava PRESERVATION OF ORDER. --It has been suggested that should the Chartist . • • agitation continue gentlemen of Lincoln's Inn, who have been sworn in special con stables, should volunteer • their services as an armed company, disposable by the Government. It is pro posed that each of the l gent emen of that society, wil lin to g serve (of whom more than four hundred mus tered as special constables last Monday in the garden), should, after providing himself with a plain forage up and dark frock and trousers of a uniform colour, apply to the proper military authority for a supply of arms and accoutrements similar to those furnished to the outpensioners. The Learned and Gallant Bencher who acts as commander of the special constables of this society would, doubtless, afford his services as chief of such a corps. THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND THE LIVERPOOL BA/MS.—An arrangement has been completed this week between the Liverpool banks and the Bank of England, differing in some respects from that for merly existing. Without entering minutely into the nature of the present arrangement, it is sufficient to observe, that the able deputation of the Liverpool bankers succeeded in obtain ing a concession from the Bank of England on a very material point. Heretofore the Bank has made its se lection from the paper offered for discount, charging ono class of paper higher than another. On the pre sent occasion the directors conceded the principle de manded by the Liverpool banks, that there should be no preference, and that their endorsement should be , sufficient without refereece to th e f ace o f th e J3ill. 1 Liverpool Albion.