The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-08 00:00:00

• , k‘' THE SU N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY_ EVENING, MARCH 8, 1848. MONEY arid COMMERCIAL NEWF. CITY, cu/AR TER TO THREE. The Cotton Market as Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales, 2,000 bales. Railway Shares were flat. The accounts to the 20th ultimo from New York. by the Washington steatrer, do not bring any definite in telligr,ence respecting Mexican athirs, as was confidently expected. Still the conclusion of peace is held to be very near. " Among the various rumours and surmises in re• ference to the treaty which it is supposed Mr. Trist has either negotiated or proposed, we find the following the Washington corresponience of the Journal of Corn vierce of this city. " The truth is that Mr. M'lntosh has unceasingly en deavoured to effect a treaty. He persuaded Santa Anna to treat, and assured General Scott that a treaty would be made, and thereby brought about the armistice, prior to the final battles before Mexico. Since that time, Mr. 11 Pintosh has unweariedly operated upon the Govern ment at Queretaro with a view to effect a peace. He brought the three commissioners from Queretaro to the city of Mexico to make overtures, or rather to confirm his overtures. " The head of the commission was Mr. M'lntosh's own legal adviser and attorney, and the other two were also completely under his influence. They were ready to sign anything that the Goverement at Queretaro Would ratify. Their propositions have been, without ratification by the Mexican Government, forwarded to this Government, and they are in such a shape that they cannot be recognised. They would justify the Presi dent in sending a suitable person as Commissioner to Mexico to treat with the Government at Queretaro." The prospect of pcaee has, however, most decidedly increased, and we may yet hope ere long to hear of its conclusion. In the Money Market capital was abundant, and the banks discounted liberally. Still the Government Might experience some difficulty in contracting its loan, unless European capitalists participated. The .IVa io York _Herald is tolerably sanguine upon the point, though it is impossible to say whether well-informed or not in its statement regarding Messrs. Rothschild. " There is no doubt but that this loan bill will pass the senate at once, receive the signature of the Presi dent and become a law. In accordance with its provi sions the Secretary of the Treasury will issue proposals for bids, and a few weeks will settle the question. A. the loan must be made at par or above, no bids will of course be made below, and the Secretary of the Treasury will soon know what prospect there is of success. Should European capitalists view the terms of this loan in a favourable light, it is not improbable but that bids may be received from the other side, and we look upon this as the only chance of its being taken at par. The statements made rela five to the Rothschilds are something more than mere rumours, as the circumstances connected with the financial operations of that house in Mexico are such as to make it a very great inducement to take the whole or that part of this loan which would be re quired within the limits of Mexico. Other European capitalists may become large purchasers of United States stocks from second hands, and our capitalists re. lioved in this way of much of the burden ; but the Rothschilds must come in as bidders for the loan, it they wish to make their funds in Mexico available for the purpose of payment. So long as we retain posses sion of that country, so long will the restrictions con tinue upon the exportation of specie, and so long will the funds of the Messrs Rothschild, or any other house, be subject to the payment of the duty fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury. It therefore appears that the only way for that house to make their Mexican funds available, is to take the loan of the United States autho rised by the Bill recently passed ; and if they did not wish to hold the whole or any part of it, purchasers could be easily found." There are accounts from Berlin via Antwerp, of two important failures having occurred in the former city, connected with the Bourse, but the names are not given. The mercantile markets have been dull here, but some articles, such as Rum, for which a large Government contract is expected, Saltpetre, &e., are held more firmly. The Public Securities left off rather flatly last night, at 814 4, owing to the slight disturbances here, and this morning there was no particular improvement, the first quotations being 81* for Consols. Since then the rates have been 814 to 814. Excheq er-bills are 255. to 30s. premium._ Bank Stock has ranged from 190 to 194 . Reduced Three per Cents. have been 811- to 82*. The Foreign Bonds are heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. bring 124 to 124, and the Three per Cents. 23 to 2 3i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 16 to 17. Mexican have not been quoted. Brazils Bonds have been marked 78. Dutch Two sand-a-Half per Cents. have realised 42* to 434. The Railway Share Market is looking rather heavy again, and prices are lower both for the English and French lines. Northern of France have been down to 44 an d 34 . OWE ceost - N P leßti OF FUNDS. OVLOC/E. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne .. 11131,% 82 82 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 81% 3 / 4 81 1 4 New 314 per Cent. Anna........... 82 82 1/ LongAnns. to expire Jan.lB6o ... i 13-16 11-16 11-18 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8% 1 / 2 31 / 2 India Stock India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,000/. Consols for Account ...... 81 1 4 3 / 4 3a 3 4 SPA Exchequer Bills. 341. 1,1001. 500/. Small ..... • g 0 27 p 27 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN fUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred 3 ,4 3 1 ,4 Alexicsui, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 14 1 , 4 Ditto. Account ..... ... .... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 2 4 1,4 24 1 / 2 Portuguese 6 per Cents. 73 75 Ditto, 4 per Cent — 17 Itussian Bonds . Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto 3 Der Cent 2 3 1434 23 23 Ditto, Account . 2 3 1,4 23 Dividenis on the above payble in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 43% 42% 44 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certijeates 72 70 72 72 PRICES OF PAID DIMNESS DONE CLOSING . RAILWAY SNARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.' _ iberteen 5O Amber„ Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 1 4 Ayrshire and Galloway.. '2 1 ,% — Belfast & County Down 111,4 — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145... •••••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... • •• • Boston, Stamfd & Birm. I Bristol and Exeter B5 22% Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 20 Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. ... .. Caledonian Ditto. Half Shares .. 3% Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 h Ditto, Preference l 2 Clarence Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June 25 ...... Dandalk & Enniskillen 17 1 ,4 — East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and 11...... 25 ...... 8%.... 6% Do., 181., E. &1i.... 18 Do., 31. 105...... 3 lh ~. . •••• Eastern Coanties... ...„ 20 Ditto, Extension, b per Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, Ns. 2.-61. 13s. 4d... I ,i die. par Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters De., New 23 Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Snares 12 1 h Ditto. Thirds .......135.4d.. .... Do. (guar. 6 per cent.) 10 - . ...• •• ..... _ . Ditto ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 11 3 / 4 ...... East Llano:minks ...... 16 1 h Edinburgh and Glasgow 60 ...... - ••,. Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. 9 Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,/' Edinburgh and Northers 25 Ditto, New.. 3 .i - Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New VA_ --_ Exeter,YeoYil, k Dorch 25 Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle.....Si. 61. 8d.... Glaszow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ')it - 48 Ditto, New ... • Do. Preference Consol. 11 - Great Northern 5% Do., London and York 2 1 / 5 ...... ..••• . .• Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo Ditto, New, 401 a Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto, New, 151 6% ..... • Great Western 9O 95 96 ex dig ••• Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 4O .... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171— .. .. 91 ,4... _ Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ....„ Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ipswich k Bury St. Edm l 7 l/, _ Do., do., and Norwich 15 .. a••• Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late (Jamb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 — ......••••••. „ Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 38 - Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — ... Do. Fifths... ........ -.. 9 ti 1 . 1 : Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 45...... ...... .. ...... Do. Liverp. and 13ury 38 Ditto 1 / (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 81 / 2 Do.(Waketield,Ponte: Tract, and Goole) .., 50 Do. (W. Riding Union)4l. 25...... Do. (Preston & Wvre) 25 D 0 . 1,4 Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford it Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 421 / 2 ...... Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) scrip ...... 2 1 ,¢..... Leeds and Thirst: ...... 40 Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3 1 /i...... .......» — I,iverpool, Crosby and Southport . ... 2 - 47R Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... London & Black wall 13/. 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2 5/.135.4d. Do. Extension 17% London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O 3 0 34 31% Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 20 Do. Guarant. 5 per et... 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ......... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — ..... ....... Ditto, Preference... 181175 2d — Leudon and N. Western 100 ......134 135 x.d 133 x.d L. itto, Quarters 2 - 6 Ditto Fifths 2 - Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 20 Do. 10/. ( 11. & B.) A. Do. 101. (51. & B.) B. Do. 101. (61 & B.) C. 1 Lon,l. & S. W« stern 5O do. New 50/. ..... 37%.. ........ ...... 28% Do. New 40/. 3O Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 81 .6x. 8d.... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... •-• Londonderry &Colernine 27% — ........ Londonderry and Enniv lh..... ..... 25 1, ~westoft (4 per et.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per et.) Ntan,_diesier,l3uxt6n,and Matlock.... ... 3 eeeeeeee •••••• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (Ne. 1) 13 ..., Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (N 0,3 ). .... 7% — Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7 Ditto and Grimsby.— 25 Ditto ditto . 7 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire Do., Grimsby Dock... 12j.4 — Do. Man. &Lin. Union 4/..28 — 3034 2 0 10% 7% 31anchest& Southampt. 2 1 ,4 ...... Midian. l lOO ......104 106 104 lo4x. d Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. :401. Shares l5 ... 10 LA I lO L/ 2 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... XI idlnd, Bnst. &Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto Midlnd,Leicest.lk Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... __. _. &Editld Great Western Irish Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 25 Newinrket&Chesterforsl 18% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l5 - ••• Norfolk ........- ....... ....100 - . ..... 65 id Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,,,pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of N0rf01k.... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 iorth British .......... 25 Do. Half Sharks Do. Quarters... ...... Do. Extension Ditt ,, Thirds North & South-Westorn 2 ...... North Jtatiordishire lO .. {)% North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester. and W olverhampton ...,.. 40 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% — . Ditto, New -sheilield, Rotherham, :k nd Goole - .. ••• Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ..... Shropskire Union South Devon Do. Preference - •••• •••• •••• South Staffordshire -'outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 27 Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nc. 2. - ........ ... Do,, No. 3 ....... ...... 20 Do., No. 4 South Wales ....... ........ 18 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 _ 94 9 1 ,t 4 3 4 I Swans. Sc, Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 ••• •• Thames Haven Dock and Railway .......... Vale •1 Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13, Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,W icklw, aad llublui W est Cornwall A hitehaven & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 925. ilts, Somerset, & Wey m0uth.........30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. _ Do. Original New and Berwick . Do. Extensioa No. 1. 16 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 t)e. Gi.N E.Preference 8 ......89j%........... 6% York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 •• East Indian Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain i la Sambre 6 Luxembourg.... 7 •••••• Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia..• 2 Namur and Liege ...... 16 ... .. ••• ........ ...• Northern of France...... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 3 .., _ --2% Over Yssel, 4138 4d...... II 2 1 / , i dis Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 ••••••••• Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ...... .. 8 Tournav, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ..... 16 West Flanders ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock— 10 — Provincial of Ireland ... 25 British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 - • ••• ••• Commercial of London 20 Union of Madrid 4O - ••• National Pro f. England. 35 Australasia Colonial Union of London Ditto, NOSY lO -- Union of Australia Ditto,New... ...... ..... 2%...... • Ditto New... National of Ireland 22%...... ••.. MINES. - 1% Anglo-Mexican lOO Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30 .... British Iron . . Real Del Monte, Unreg LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) - LONDON, MARCH B.—Wind S , light breeze and fine. DEAL, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W. to N.E —Arrd. William Ackers, Sargeant, Mauritius. Arrd. from the River, for Amissa, Algoa Bay, Bombay, and Hong Kong; Isle of Wight, Mauritius. Sld. Caroline Au gusta, Penang; and the rest of the outward bound. LIVERPOOL MARCH 7.—Wind Hin dostan, Cushing, New Orleans ; Washington Irving, Caldwell, Boston; Amelia. Agry, Charleston. Sailed, Earl of Durham, Rio Janeiro and Bombay ; Grace, Madras; Courier, Valparaiso ; Alice, Barbadoes ; Ho ratio, Santa Martha; Enterprise, New York. DEAL, MARCH ;.—The Hope, from Port Arthur to London, leaky, was passed in lat. 15 N. long. 32 W., by the Ariteola, arrived in the Downs. The Duhro vick, for Trieste, has put back with damage. PLtstours, MARCH 7.—The Daniel Ross, Anderson, from Rio Janeiro to Hamburgh, with loss of sails and vat's and bulwarks, and part of cargo throws over board, put in yesterday. The Amazon, steamer, which has been in search of the Waratah, arrived here ye.terday, without having heard anything of her. SCILLY, MARCH 6.—The Minerva, from St. Michael's, with the loss of sails and bulwarks, and leaky, arrived here on the 4th inst. The Francais Casimer, has been got off shore at Trescon, without much damage. ,ABERDEEN, MARCH 6.—The Elizabeth of Aloa, from the Clyde, struck on the North Pier, this morning and sunk; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd 6th, Robert Stewart, Honduras. 7th, Lady Fitaherbert, Wetherall, Mauritius, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stan chions, and crew disabled; Marie Laure, Batsey, Bristol, for Mauritius, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and decks swept. FALMOVTR, MARCH 7.—Wind DIM. W., strong gales, with violent squalls-51d. 6th, Crane Packet, Madeira, Tenvritre and Brazils. CARDIFF , . MARCH 6. Sld. Crusador, Naughton, Brazils; Prince Thomas, Cape of Good Hope; Sir 1-I , :nry Pettinger, Bermuda. KINGSTOWN. — Arrd. tMonarch, Perceval, China, and vailed for Liverpool. HULL, MARC'S 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. 6th, Ghana, Singapore. :MARGATE, Mallen 7.—The Elizabeth and Mary, of Charente, on shore, at Kingsgate, 2d instant, was got off last night, after discharging about half her cargo, and towed into this harbour. PORT TALBOT, MARCH s.—The Talbot steamer was iu contact 4th inst., between Scilly and Barry Islands, with a brig, but sustained only slight damage. GALWAY, MARCH s.—The Marine Plant, Wick to Shields, which sank at Galway 28th ult., has been raised, after discharging; she is logged, and appears to have suffered considerable damage. LIVERPOOL, MARCH - 7.—A quantity of shots, par tially burnt, and a topmast charred at the back, Here passed sth inst., between Tuskar and Bardovy, supposed to belong to the Chieftain, from Liverpool to Afi ica, which was seen on fire 3d inst., seven miles N.E. of Tuskar, by the Washington Irving, arrived at Liverpool. WHITBY, MARCH 7.—The Eagle, of this port, i❑ taking the harbour last evening, struck on the bar, came against the pier, and is expected to have received damage. MAGAZINES, &e. (CONTINUED). FI?ASER. Of the observations contained in Fraser's Magazine respecting the miserable immorality and ignorance prevalent among the humbler classes of the population of %Vales we have already spoken in another depart went. The writer is svidently ambitious of nothing more than an enforcement of the facts enumerated in the reports published by the Commission appointed by Sir George Grey. Those facts are sufficiently startling to corroborate to the uttermost the assertions made by the late representative of Coventry (Mr. Williams) at the commencement of the Parliamentary session of 1846 ; and they are certainly enough to justify the Government in adventuring upon some educational scheme of an extraordinary character, even supposing that scheme be alone applicable to the principality of Wales. No tuition of a very remarkable character is requisite in the first instance ; let school-rooms be opened in the different parishes with the simple intention of teaching the poorer children the English language, and when that is done much good will have been already accomplished. Let the circumstance be borne in recollection that the wealthier members of Welsh society are habituated to the English tongue—a tongue as foreign to their humbler brethren as the patter of Timbuctoo would be to an Irish peasant—and some c onception may be formed of the estrangement of both classes from each other. All the relations of life are interrupted by this single casualty, and no practical improvement can be effected until one idiom er other is common to all the inhabitants without distinction. " A Plea for Physicians" might have had an alias— " An Onslaught on Charlatans," " Childhood and its Reminiscences," is a didactic composition, which might have been penned by Elizabeth Youatt, and the delineation of Church-lane, St. Giles's (the last remnant of the once notorious rookery), might have been authorised by the signatures of the Commis sioners of Gwydyr House. Without possessing that skill in the portraiture of a locality which is one of the principal charms of " Box," the writer is as exact as the most conscientious appraiser. We have been sin gularly amused with an article in the present number, entitled (with more truth than was everintended by the contributor), " Romance of Portuguese Revolution." It is a critical notice of a novel called " The Student of Coimbra," recently written by one Doctor Centazzi. The book itself is a romantic effusion which the author possibly imagines to be a historical novel. Whether Dr. Centazzi is such a chamurros as to fancy so or not, it is clear that the writer in Fraser is possessed with the idea. Not only, indeed, does the latter regard the work as a historical novel, but he I actually reviews its revelations as history—with all I the seriousness one would devote to Tytler or Rapin. After uttering an incidental eulegium upon the im mortal " Lusiadas " of Luis de Camoens, he jeers at the barrenness of Portuguese literature—a literature which after the poetical King Diniz, contains such names as Francisco Nascimento, Barbosa Bocage, Albuquerque, Garrett, Carvalho, and Castilho. As if a nation of scarcely 3,000,000 could be expected to be as prolific in writers, and sculptors, and painters, and musicians, as the more populous countries of the European continent, especially when it is borne in remembrance that Portugal was toiling so long and so bravely in the very van of European enterprise, and that it has latterly been the prey, first, of British intermeddling in the Peninsula, and secondly, of its own intestine dissentious. Por tugal is, in truth, the very last kingdom that should be pointed at by the finger of scorn, for if it has pro duced very few great thinkers, it has given birth to very many great actors— actors, not upon the petty stage of a provincial playhouse, but in the broad arena of Christendom. Few histories are more glorious than the history of Portugal—of that Por tugal which, by promoting the science of navigation, gave a sublime and irresistible impetus to the cause of civilisation. If France has its Charlemagne, Por tugal has its Prince Henry ; if England has its Chaucer, Portugal has its Camoens ; if Spain has its Ximenes Portugal has its Vasco da Game; if Rome has its Rienzi, Portugal has its Diaz ! It is an act of ignorance and ingratitude to scoff at Portugal as a country that is low in the scale of European nations, when it is not to be forgotten that its princes were the first geographical adventurers in Christendom. But the contributor to Regina only ceases to ridicule the Portuguese when he begins to distort the history of Portugal. He recounts, with punctilious exactitude, the arrival of the corvette Lealdade (from Rio Janeiro) in the mouth of the Tagus, bringing news of the royal decree by which his Majesty Dom Pedro IV. (the Emperor of Brazil), gave a constitution to the Por tuguese, and resigned the crown of Portugal in favour of his daughter, Donna Maria 11., who was to marry her uncle, Dom Miguel. This, of course, was in 1826. He tells, also, of the rejoicings which commenced on the 31st of the July of that year in Lisbon, immediately this decree was officially con firmed. But when he begins to recount the rise of the adherents of Dom Miguel, and the proclamation of that prince as King of Portugal, he outrages all common sense by his exaggerations. We doubt not that his ears would tingle with horror at the sound of 0 Rai chegau —" The King is come !"—the first stirring words of the Miguelite war-song. He has scarcely patience to mention the capture of Oporto by the Miguelites, and the ocupation of the Portuguese throne by Dom Miguel; he hurries on to the fitting out of Dons Pedro's expedition atgerceira, and its arrival at Oporto in July 1832—the expedi tion consisting of a fleet of two frigates, two corvettes, three brigs, fifteen gun-boats, and a number of trans port ships, having on board 2,400 seamen, and 8,029 soldiers ; the British brigades being commanded by Shaw, Cotter, and Bacon. The contributor then refers to the entrance of Dom Pedro into Oporto on the 9th of July ; the blockade of that city ; its bom bardment; the heroic assault made upon it by the Miguelites on Michaelmas-day; the mutiny of the fleet under Sartorius, and its re-organization by Napier; the presence of Maria in Lisbon, and the ultimate capture of that capital by the Pedroites and their British auxiliaries. All these things, however, appear to have been re-capitulated in the magazine, principally for the purpose of showering the most vulgar and scurrilous abuse upon the head of the unfortunate Dom i Miguel. In one passage he is "an absolute king, who gives way in the moment of victory to " a bloody reaction ;" in another, he is " the tyrant Miguel ; ' in another, he is described as a first rate charioteer, "like the Nero whom he in many re spects resembles." The Limoeiro is painted as a second Bastille ; the Fortress of St. Julian as another Bicetre; Telles Jordao as a monster little less infamous than Marat ; and Cardoso as not much better than Henriot ! " Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud Without our special wonder?" There are thousands now in these islands who can well recollect the time when Napoleon Bonaparte was looked upon by Englishmen as a sort of devil incar nate, a sensualist, an adulterer, a wretch guilty of every crime from incest to intoxication, a man accus tomed in his paroxysms of rage to kick his mother down the stairs of the Tuileries, to swear at his at tendants, and occasionally (perhaps by way of variety) to 4‘ pitch into" hi s Fi e ld M ars h a l s . There are thousands now living in England who can recol lect that such things were actually believed of the First Consul and the Emperor. The late John Murray published books seriously stating as much with all the grave veracity —not of verse, but of history— we have read the books ourselves with disgust, and believe they were called, if we recollect right, " The Revolutionary Plutarch." Since then the true spirit of history has vindicated the character of Napoleon. The same spirit will in like manner dissipate these bugbear stories about Dom Miguel: posterity will see him more justly than we do. Other articles are contained in Fraser for March, and the number con cludes, as usual, with a clever epitome of the events which have occurred throughout the world since its last publication. respective temporary lodgings, to ponder rather upon their plans for the ensuing day, than to reflect upon the dangers they had incurred in their proceedings. " The four women, to whose care the body of the queen had been thus confided, were the four faithful, unit attached, and chivalrous maids of honour, who had attended upon Anne in the Tower, and accompanied her to the scaffbld. These, when her head was severed from the body, took charge of both, suffering no one to touch them but themselves, and having wrapped them carefully in a covering they had provided, and placed them in the old chest, which had been brought thither to receive them, they went with those who were appointed to bear away the body to the church, and did not leave it till they saw it completely enclosed in the grave which had been so hastily opened to admit it. " One of these four was Mary Wyatt, and one of the four men was her brother, Sir Thomas Wyatt, who could not endure the thought that one whom he hud once so fondly loved, whom he had always admired and esteemed, should be buried like a dog, and thrust into the grave as a thing dishonoured and despised ; and, when a mes senger brought him word that Anne, but a moment be fore she knelt down o■ the block, whispered to his sister to implore ber brother to bear off, if posssible, her re mains frees the Tower, and to give her the rites of Christian burial in a place she named, he determined at once to encounter all risks, to fulfil, if practicable, her dying request. "There was, undoubtedly, great personal danger to himself in the attempt. He had very narrowly escaped being sent a prisoner to the Tower, with Norris, Wes ton, and Brereton; and, had he accompanied them, he would undoubtedly have been executed together with them, two days before. He knew and felt this ; and that his life was not worth a week's purchase. "But there were other difficulties to contend with, and other considerations to be given to the subject, than such as arose from any personal dangers to himself. Alone, he was powerless. Yet, who would be his con federates in a scheme that threatened the loss of life to all engaged in it ? Who would enter into a hostile Tower, well garrisoned, and vigilantly guarded, and brave the vengeance of a governor, by carrying away the body of a queen, of whose person, whether living or dead, he had the custody ? The poor queen could give no thanks: her friends were all in disgroce. Wyatt had no money, and no influence or authority ; but that helped him which has helped so many others, and which has so often achieved success in still more perilous en terprises—he had man's love for woman to appeal to. " Those chivalric maidens, who braved without fear the frowns of their king, and the insulting speeches of his courtiers, to attend upon their unfortunate and maligned queen in her degradation and distress, were not likely to have either pusillanimous lovers or brothers ; and the men happened to be in this case worthy of the women. They entered immediately and cordially into Wyatt's plan, and separately, and without an hour's delay, made their way to the Tower, to make inquiries as to the health and well-doing of their respective favourites. When there, various reasons were found for their stav ing during the night. The ladies themselves would all depart the next day, and the assistance of such friends in their removal was more than desirable. " Besides, other circumstances within the Tower in some measure favoured their projects—the hurried pre paration for so many executions within the walls during the last few days—the arrival of so many nobles and counsellors, to sit in judgment upon the prisoners—and the arrival that day within the Tower of the King's brother—the Duke of Suffolk, the king's son, the Duke of Richmond, and other high officers of state, to witness Anne's execution—and their hurried departure, after all was over, with their numerous retinue, deranged the usual customary duties of the guard, and made them less inquisitive than they would otherwise have been, as to the persons they admitted. _ _ _ "In addition to this, all the prisoners, who had caused this excitement, had been disposed of—all were executed, and, moreover, buried. There was no one re maining within the Tower cared for by any one ; and the extreme vigilance of the constable, Sir William Kingston, so long as he had the prisoners in charge, and until he had in every respect obeyed the King's stern decrees in respect of them all, made him, perhaps, now less severe in his regulations towards the few un happy ladies, their friends, who would be his guests only a few hours more within the Tower walls. " The peculiarly mournful situation of these ladies, the melancholy and :Meting scenes they had so lately witnessed, their heroic conduct, and their deep distress, made it impossible to dony to them the sympathy and visit of a Jew friends. Mary-Wyatt, in her deep sor row, might well be supposed to need a brother's consola tion, and even, in her forlorn state, a brother's protection. This gave him, immediately subsequent to the execution, an amply sufficient reason for visiting his sister in the Tower; and he soon arranged with Mary all the details of his enterprise; and Mary soon secured the hearty co-operation of the other ladies, who were but too well pleased to lend their aid to fulfil the last expressed wish of their dying mistress. "A quiet entrance into the church was all that Sir Thomas then seemed to need for the success of his plans. He strolled into the church, conversed unreservedly, and with as much composure as he could assume, with the sexton, who pointed out to him the stones which covered the bodies respectively of Queen Anne and her brother, Lord Rochford. The man, it appeared, from his con versation, had greatly commiserated the fate of the un happy Queen, and was shocked at the heartless manner in which she had been thrust into her grave, without any attendant priest or religious service. Sir Thomas Wyatt availed himself of this favourable prepossession, and by persuasions of various kinds, some verbal, some perhaps, inure substantial, he obtained of the man permission to enter the church at midnight, and with the ladies who had been the Queen's attendants, to complete her funeral obsequies secretly and quietly, as they best could. " Of course the sexton never knew, nor did the Con stable of the Tower ever dream, of the masterly ma ❑ceuvre that had been practised against them. So far, however, had Sir Thomas succeeded, that he had rescued the body from its grave, and had placed it in hands that would, to their utmost, protect it. The next step was to remove it beyond the Tower walls. " It was natural enough, that from the excitement and distress of the preceding day, from the terror and grief they had been exposed to in the actual witnessing on the scaffold the beheading of their lovely queen, that the ladies should be more or less ill, and that one at least should need to be carried to her litter, from illness and sheer exhaustion. " When the hour arrived for their departure, they re spectively sent their adieus and their thanks to Sir William and Lady Kingston, and a litter being at the door, three of the ladies, in the deepest mourning, en tered it; and presently Sir Thomas Wyatt and another gentleman appeared, carrying in their arms a lady, who seemed but little able to support herself. She was also in mourning, and closely covered up. This was the body of Anne. Having safely deposited her with the others, the whole drove away, followed by the other maid of honour, disguised as one of the attendants. Quietly and together the gentlemen walked through the Tower gates, beyond which their horses awaited them; mounting these, they proceeded westward, and were soon lost sight of in the crooked and narrow street which led directly from the Tower to the City." The body was afterwards interred at Salle Church with the proper observance of religious rites. Mr Warren continues his " Adventures on the river Amazon," Miss Costello her " Sketches of Switzer - land," and Professor Creasy his " Comments on the Six Decisive Battles of the World ;" the Battle of Me taurus is the subject of the present comment. Mr. Postans contributes a graphic account of the "Two Funerals of Napoleon ;" the one at St. Helena, the other at Paris, at both of which he was present; and " A Cape Codder" spins a superb yarn about his "Adventures among the Mermaids," which is as superbly illustrated by Leech. M. Appert, under the title of " Visits, Dinners, and Evenings at the Quai d'Orsav and Neuilly," gives some pleasant gossip anent various notabilities of Parisian society. Charles Whitehead contributes an account of the " Battle of Aliwal," which is illustrated by a life-like portrait of Sir Harry Smith. This is an excellent number of Bentley. the exact and facile pen of Mr. Percy St. John, we anticipate a very lively description of that gran,l popular ni(Nenient which he has just had the privi lege of watching ts a spectator. George v.rites a clever sketch of Professor Nichol, as the first in a series of sketches of " Popular Lecturers." We would suggest, however, to Mr. Gilfillan that he is plunging too many irons into the fire together—al ready we have had from him the commencement of a series of " Literary Portraits " (as a second series), and of portraits of " Female Authors "—and now %%c have a third series of "Popular Lecturers" — all begun and not one completed. We suspect from his discursive contributions to Tait that he is as vola tile in disposition as he is versatile as a book man. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder perseveres steadily, " plodding his pleasant (not his weary) way " along the margin of the Tyne. " Entails and their Reme dies " will prove mostreadable toyoungersons, and " A Word for Dr. Hampden " will be anything but nuts for Dean Merewether. " Fragments of the Life of a German Princess " is an agreeable criticism on an agreeable book, followed by another " Letter from the Channel Islands" and a chapter on " Insurance Societies." The magazine closes with a copious " Literary Register " and " Political Register," and by way of an appendix, it administers a bitter blow to the Cabinet anent the Budget, which is to be amended, and the income tax, which is not to be increased. BENTLEYS. Dr. W. C. Tayler opens the present number of Bentley with a well written criticism on the life anti writings of the late Isaac Disraeli (the Disraeli par excellence). It is illustrated with an admirable por trait of the author of "Curiosities of Literature." Mr. J. Marvel then s mokes a pleasant " Pipe with the Dutchmen," and then comes a most interesting his torical paper entitled, "Anne Boleyn and Sir Thomas Wyatt," from which we extract the following account of the removal by midnight of the body af the ill-fated Queen from the chapel of the Tower : The hour of midnight had just passed away, when four women and four men , singly and stealthily crept into St. Peter's Church, in the 'rower. When there, grouped together, one explained to the rest the proposed course of proceedings : all then bent their steps to the same point, and were presently engaged, some in lifting rip a huge flag stone from the pavement, others in spreading a very large cloth by the sid e o f i t ; an d, t wo wooden shovels being produced, two of the men pro ceeded instantly to throw out upon it the earth from a newly-made grave. This was the grave of Anne Boleyn, whose headless body had been rudely and hurriedly thrown into it, only twelve hours previously. I n all possible silence the men Nltorked, and with no other light than was thrown on the soil by a small dark lantern, most carefully held; but, alth oug h s il ent l y, t h ey yet worked resolutely, and with great vigour and dispatch cast forth all that was found between them and the object of their search; w hi c h was an old e l m - c h est, t h at bad been used for keeping the soldiers' arrows in. In this were deposited the remains of their late queen; and, the lid being removed, th© body, whi c h ha d on t h e scaffold been most carefully folded in a thick winding , sheet, was then lifted out, sad laid on a largo black cloak. The lid replaced, and the earth, with great caution and speed, being again thrown in, and the large flag-stone again laid down, the party hastened to the church door. A gentle signal from within having been answered by the opening of the door from without, and the assurance given that all was well,—that no one was stirring, or in sight, the whole party passed hurriedly away with their burden into a house near at hand. Very shortly after the men separately retired to their COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen walked yesterday both morning and afternoon in the gardens of the Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry-in-Waiting. Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Ma jesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took their accustomed airings yes terday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday even ing, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Sophia on Monday, at her resi dence at Kensington. Admiral Sir Charles Adam had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, yesterday. Mr. Beckett, M.P., had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Gentleman, at the office of the Com missioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. A deputation of the Iron Trade of South Stafford , shire on the Health of Towns Bill, had an intervie , 4%, with Viscount Morpeth, yesterday, at the Office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests,. in :Whitehall Place. The deputation consisted of Lord Ingestre, Hon. C. Villiers, Mr. Thorneley, Hon. E. Littleton, Alderman Copeland, Colonel Anson, Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Philip Williams, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Barker. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TuEsoky. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 35 to 1 agst Blaze (t), 90 to 15 agst Flatcatcher (t), 6 to 1 agst Sur plice (offers to take). CHESTER Cup.-20 to 1 on the field (offered),2s to 1 on the field bar War Eagle. DERRY.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 11 to 1 agst Glendower. 12 to 1 agst Springy Jack (t to 501.), 25 to 1 agst Fern (offers to take). COVENTRY RACES.—TUESDAY. The City Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added; for three yrs old, &c. One mile and a half. (9 Subs.) Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 9st 61b (S. Darling, jun.) 1 Mr. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 3 vrs, 7st 1 llb ... 2 Mr. Wesley's Elimea, 5 yrs, 9st 21b ... 3 The Miller, 9st lib—Gratis, 7st 11 ib—Amazon, 10st —Lucy Neal, 9st 91b— also ran, but were not placed. 6t05 on the field. Won by two lengths. Handicap of 10 soy's. each, h ft, and 50 added. One mile and a half. (17 Subs., 5 declared.) Mr. J. Bell's Fiddlestring, 5 yrs, 7st lllb...(Bumby) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b ... 2 Mr. Smith's Master Downes, 6 yrs, Bst 31b ... 3 Mr. M. Dawson na John Harris, 6 yrs, Bst 51b ... 4 Mr. A. Campbell's Bletchington, 3 yrs, sst 21b ... 5 Marlette, 7st 111b—Passionate, Est 111b—Cast-off, 6st 51b, also ran. _ _ _ Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Lurewell, sto 2 agst Fid dlestring, sto 1 agst Master Downes. Won by halt a length. The Craven Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added. Once round and a distance. (b subs.) Mr. M. Dawson's Liston, S yrs ... ... walked over. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Two miles. Mr. Worthington's Flooton, 9st 41b (W. Oates) 1 Mr. Stagg's Minuet, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 2 Mr. T.ParesMoonlight, Tat 101 b ... 3 Mr. Wildman's Megaia, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Bletchington, 7st, and Cantle,6st 41b, also ran. 'Won by a length. The Free Handicap Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Herbert's Shipmate, lOst 61b (W. Sanders), boating Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, lOst 61b, and eleven others, cleverly by half a length. THE ENGLISH WORKMEN EX PELLED FROM FRANCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Yesterday the Mayor of Portsmouth (Mr. Owen) received instructions from the Secretary of State relative to the disposal of the people brought to this port by the Brighton and Continental Steam Packet Company from Havre on Saturday and Sunday, and such others as may follow. His worship is directed to pass such persons to their own home at the Government expense. A number left yesterday, and nearly all the residue this day, for their respective des tinations, with food and money, by the Brighton and South Coast Railway, in accordance with arrangements made, by Mr. Sutton, the superintendent of this station. The poor creatures seem very grateful for the kindness shown them, and the care taken of them by this com pany and the Government. The Brighton and Dieppe steamers left the harbour this day, on their return to Havre for fresh passengers. FOLKESTONE, TUESDAY.—Yesterday fall the English workmen at the flax manufactory in the neighbourhood of Boulogne were discharged, and the example was be coming general throughout the locality, so that some 2,500 English, employed in the department in ♦arious branches of industry, are within the last two days left without bread, and many of them without the means of returning to their native country. The brickmakers and other people employed on the railway in the neighbourhood of Neufchatel are also sent away, and many of them were amongst the arrivals of this morning. They do not appear to complain of any ill treatment on the Boulogne line, but some of them speak bitterly of the ill feeling shown towards them on the other lines, more particularly the Rouen and Paris road, where some of the men are said to have received hard usage from the French workmen who had been em ployed with them on that particular work. In fact, the discharge of English workmen from both French manufactories and railways was universal. The French workmen iu the manufactories insist that they should have the same wages as those paid to the Eng lishmen without regard to the relative skill of the par ties, or else that the wages of all Englishmen should be reduced to a level with their own. In many instances no option was allowed the employer, who was compelled by threats to discharge his foreign workmen. Many of these poor people were in extreme distress, unable to exist or get work any longer in France, and perfectly destitute of the means of getting to England. RAILWAY COLLISION IN FRANCE.—The Gazette de France states that a collision between two trains has taken place on the Northern Railroad. There were 43 persons wounded ; 22 National Guards of l'lsle Adam. 18 of Jouy le Comte, and eight of Vilmondois. One of the latter, a sergeant, has had his foot amputated at . the hospital of Pontoise. An inspector at the station of La Chapelle likewise suffered an amputation of the leg. An engineer died in the night. It is expected that the lives of other victims of this catastrophe may be preserved. The Constitutionnel notices the paragraph of the Gazette de France, and adds,—" We have not heard of any accident on the Northern Railroad later than that which occurred immediately subsequent to the revolution of February, and we trust that these melancholy detail: refer to that accident." 'file Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from an anonymous correspondent 121. 45., which he will pay into the receipt of the Exchequer. MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN CLERGY ON TEE SUBJECT •F SANITARY REFORM. —Yesterday a general meeting of the metropolitan clergy, convened by circu lar, was held at No. 40, Leicester-square, for the pur pose of adopting measures, under the sanction of tht Lord Bishop of London, for pr omoti ng sanitary reform, by moans of Committees to be established to carry out that object. The Rev. M. W. Lusignan, M.A., rector of All-Hallows, presided, and was supported by the Ver) Rev. Dr. Buckland, dean of Westminster, the Rev. Dr. Sprenger, the Rev. J. Fletcher, the Rev. S. R. C att l ey , Rev. J. Jenkin son ! &c. Resolutions consonant with the views of the meeting were carried nem . con and the Committee appointed. SouTuasTrox, TURIDAT, MARcu 7.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Company's iron ship Madrid, Captain Weeks, .sailed to-d a y w i t h t h e usua l ma il s for Vi g o, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, andr Gibraltar. She has eighteen passengers, and a good tango. The Euxine is expected M a l ta, to-morrow fro m Constantiyople, &c. She will bring that portio n o f t h e B om b a ma il not forwarded via Marseilles. On Sunday morning, Robert Greenfield, a porter in the service of the Great Western Railway . Company, at Bath, mat with a severe accident, It is the custom, after the dispatch of the down mail-traia, to extinguish the lights on the platform. This was done as usual on this morning, and Greenfield passing along the platform after the lamps had been put out fell through the hole through which the luggage is hoisted (a distance of nearly 20 feet), on to a bar of the machine which draws up the luggage. As might be expected serious contu sions were sustained by Greenfield, and it is feared that he has fractured some of his ribs.—Ou Monday afternoon a girl named Sarah Ponting, abort ten years of age, was playing with some other children at a neighbour's house, in Twerton, when her clothes caught fire, and she was burnt so seriously that she died the next day, at the Bath United Hospital, from the injuries received.— Somerset County Gazette. The Fairy whaler, Captain Kerr, left our Harbour yesterday for Greenland, to prosecute the whale a n d sea l fishing. As usual on such occasions a considerable number of individuals as sembled , on the qu a y s to w i t ness her departure. The other four whalers are b e i ng fitted-out fur Davis's Straits.—Duadee Advertiser. 7'AIT. An excellent narrative of the late revolutionary movement in the French metropolis is given towards the conclusion of Tait's Magazine. The introductory portion is, however, the only part of the paper which is in any respect remarkable for its accuracy—the ac count penned by the contributor of the emeutes them - selves and of the consequences of the insurrection being marvellously false and partial. For example, the writer execrates the rabble for having pillaged the Tuileries, and destroyed its magnificent decorations, when it is among the many glorious characteristics of the revolution of 1848, that property was respected beyond all precedent under similar circumstances, and that the productions of' artistic ingenuity were guarded by the mob as things sacred. "Mort aux voleurs!' That was one of the many memorable cries which re sounded in the streets of Paris during the three im mortal days of February. Mort aux voleurs!—and the thief bit the dust of the boulevards, shot by the bul lets of the citizens. Mont aux voleurs !—and the burglar was transfixed by the bayonets of the insur gent workmen even while clambering over the ledge of a window, or dropping from the leads of a dwel liug• house with his pockets stuffed with booty. It was the wild justice not of revenge, but of a libe rated people —a justice that was pitiless and inexorable. How erroneous, therefore, for Tait to declare that the Parisians " attacked the Tuileries, and destroyed the furniture, the books and the pictures of that magnificent man sion"—and how doubly erroneous to preserve this slander in the magazine, even while it is acknow leged in a foot note that the rumour has been con tradicted! Mort aux voleurs !—that is i ts contradic tion. Then, again, a covert derision is cast upon the members of the Provisional Government of the Republic, a derision arising from a vague belief of their incapacity to direct the affairs of a great nation, and, above all, to nurture the powers of an embryo and scarcely nascent Legislature, when already— before a week has elapsed—those Republican states men have, by the wisdom of their proceedings, evok e d order from chaos, tranquillity from revolt, and confi dence from doubt —covering themselves with g l or y by the beneficence and vigour of their numerous in augurative measures. In these respects th e c l ose o f the article is unwor th y of its opening—an opening in which the differ ent motives for the outbreak are dispassionately discussed , and conse cu ti ve ly enu merated. " Miran da' becomes this month doubly interesting, since itis a tale of the former revolution in France, by one who has been an eye-witness of all the stirring events recently enacted iu Paris. From MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY A full average quantity of English Wheat has arrived for our market this week, viz., 3,340 quarters. Although the standslito-day were well supplied with samples, ,the demand for all descriptions was firm, and Monday's quo tations were well supported, the best foreign Wheat was quite as dear ; but other qualities were much neglected. Fine Barley was in request at late rates. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off heavily. The Malt trade was very dull, and, to effect sales, lower rates must have been submitted to. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were neglected. Fine Flour was scarce, and quite as dear. AILRITAL S. Wheat. ff Barley. Oat,. IKlonr . 3,340 qrs. 1 3,820 qrs. 2,850 qrs. I 1,380 sk,. 140 I -- 3,459 1 Enqlish .• • • .• Irish. Foreign •• • • 840 Malt, 5,030 qrs. WHXTECBAPEL The general demand was very steady to-day, at fully last week's quotations :—Beef from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 86i to 4s lOti; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3a 8d to 4s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.). The Lord Chancellor sat , to-day at half-past ten o'clock, in his court in the old hall, Lincoln's Inn. NIGHTINGALE V. COULBURN.-JUDGMENT. The Loin CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him a few days ago, upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram. The question in the case was with respect to the validity of a bequest to Mr. Goulburn, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be applied to the ad vantage of this country. The testator, Colonel Petrie, by his will, dated in July. 1843, bequoathed several legacies, gave an annuity of 2001. to his wife for her life, and after her decease disposed of his residuary estate in these words:—" I now desire that my said trustees shall convert all and singular my investments in the stocks, funds, and other securities into money, and do and shall pay such money (after the payment of all legacies and expenses) to the Queen's Chancellor of the Ex chequer for the time being, to be by him appropriated to the benefit and advantage of my beloved country, Great Britain. A bill was filed for the administration of the estate, and it was ascertained by the Master that it amounted to above 18,0001. of personalty. When the case came on for further direction, it was argued, on the part of the next of kin of the testator, that the bequest to the Crown was void for uncertainty, and therefore distributable among them; but the Vice-Chancellor held that there was a good charitable use pointed oat with respect to the personalty. The decree was, therefore, in favour of the Crown with respect to the 18,000 L, and from that decree the parties appealed, and upon that appeal the Lord Chancellor now gave judgment. His Lordship, after going shortly into the facts of the case, and referring to the authorities that had been cited during the argument, stated his clear opinion to be that the Court below had come to a right decision, and ordered the appeal to be dismissed, with costs. Appeal dismissed, with costs. The Lord Chancellor then proceeded to hear appeal motions, it being the 3d seal after Hilary term. Nothing of any interest occurred in the other equity courts. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John Lewis was charged before Mr. Hall with assault ing a policeman, C 135, and inciting others to assault him by saying that he had killed a man, during a scuffle between a body of the C police and the mob in the course of the riot yesterday. The constable said that he had been engaged with a body of the C division in removing a number of dis orderly persons in Trafalgar square, when the prisoner and others began to cry out, "He has killed him ! C 135 has killed a man I pay the out for it!" The prisoner and others struck him several times, and one blow, from a stick, was so severe that he was knocked down by it. He got up, and finding himself separated from his comrades endeavoured to force his way through the crowd to join them. lie then used his truncheon. The prisoner and others were then calling out, " Kill the ! He has murdered a man." Witness received a blow on the forehead from a stone, and was again knocked down. He had hardly got up again when he was knocked down again by a blow from behind. He was at length released by the other constables. He did not use his truncheon till after he was first knocked down. _ _ _ The prisoner admitted that he struck the policeman, and joined in the cry that he had murdered a man, but insisted that the constable had so severely injured a ' man, that, if he was not already dead, he could not live much longer. Mr. llefenY said, even so, the prisoner should not take the law into his own hands. It was a very dan gerous thing to raise such a cry, and might hare cost the constable his life. Besides it was quite unnecessary, for the prisoner knew the constable's number, and could have given information against him if he exceeded his duty. Both the constable and inspector said, that though there were several persons struck by the police with their truncheons, and some slightly wounded, they had not yet heard of any one being seriously injured, nor did they believe it. Mr. HENRY remanded the prisoner, in order to give him an opportunity of calling a witness as to character. Several other cases arising out of the riots were heard in the course of the morning. Two young Men of respectable appearance, named Turner and Allis, were charged with resisting the po lice, and with having fire-arms in their possession. Mr. Commissioner Mayne stated that about half past ten o'clock this morning, having heard that a number of persons were still assembled in the square, notwith standing the proclamation, he went to the spot. lie found the prisoners there amongst others. Seeing a boy throwing stones, he desired a policeman to take him in charge, and, as the constable proceeded to do so, the mob made an attempt to rescue him. As soon as the constables had quelled this disturbance he (Mr. Mayne) went up to the prisoners and those who were with them, and desired them to go away, remind ing them of the proclamation, and warning them that their conduct was unlawful. The prisoners refused to leave the spot, and when at last the constables were compelled to take them into custody, they resisted with great violence. On searching them at the station, the constable found on Turner a pistol, loaded and primed, with a percussion cap, a powder-flask, aid some loose caps and wadding. On Allis was found a bullet. _ _ _ This statement was corroborated by Inspector Lona dale and the constable. The prisoner Turner said that he lived out of town. and as he frequently walked out at night he thought it necessary to carry a pistol for his own defenc. He as sured the magistrate he intended to make no improper use of the weapon. Allis said the bullet found on him would not fit the pistol. It was a gun bullet, and belonged to a gun which he had at home. He was going away when the constable took him in charge. Mr. HENRY remanded them i❑ order to make in quiries as to the prisoners'character. MARI.BRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY) A ragged miserable looking fellow, by the name of 21:omas Oyilvcy, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, chaiged with exciting and causing a mob to assemble in St. James's-street. Constable 59 I) said, he was on duty in St. James's street übout ten o'clock last night when he saw a mob of near 1,000 people. The prisoner was marching at their head, flourishing a stick on which was tied a piece of rag, and calling out, " Come on, my boys; now for death or glory !" Witness went up to him and took the stick from him. The prisoner then collared him and kicked his legs, and tried to throw him down. Another con stable came to his assistance and took the prisoner into custody. I) 104 corroborated the last witness's statement. The prisoner denied the charge, and said he merely came up to London from Norwood to see his aunt. Mr. Hannwica said, if the prisoner had stopped at home he would not have been sent to prison for a month. Committed for the latter period. Charles Walker was fined 10s. for exciting a mob in the Haymarket. APPREHENDED VISIT OF STRANGERS WITHOUT PEERS' OR MEMBERS' ORDERS TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—It is understood that, in anticipation of a possible visit from some of the young gentlemen anx ious for police marks of distinction who congregated yesterday afternoon in Trafalgar•square, and with the view of throwing cold water on their projects had they taken such a step, the mains of both houses were kept charged with houses attached, by bringing which into play they would, doubtless, have found their ardour very cousiderably damped. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—It gives us much pleasure to learn that this Railway is weekly rising in success, the receipts far exceeding expectation. Encouraged by this support, the Directors have added another to the trains daily betwixt Montrose and Brechin; and we may look for a similar addition soon betwixt this place and Dundee. In the carriage of light goods and parcels, the railway affords advantages to our merchants which we are sure they were not prepared for.—Montrose Review. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1548. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 270 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 49 urbercular Discascs... 157 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 136 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 35 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 178 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. • ••• ••• childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, & c . Malformations... ~, Premature Birth „, Atrophy Old Age ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ••• „, Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ILL CAUSES 24 33 59 13 20 ... ... 25 ... 1,114 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1543-7. in tho 1841. Five Winters. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 161 ... 179 :C•rth Districts.. 375,971 ... 209 ... 202 Central Districts 373,653 ... 203 ... 179 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 235 ... 238 South Districts .. 501,190 299 316 Totals... ..... 1,948,425 ... 1,107 ... 1,114 Males ... ... ... 557 Females ... ... 557 BIRTHS 1N THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... 713 Females ... ... ... 667 Total .. ~ „.. ... 1,376 THE RIOTS IN GLASGOW. A special train left Stirling yesterday morning at ten o'clock, for Glasgow, with 300 soldiers. Glasgow was tranquil at the time this account left, and no disturbance was anticipated duriag the day, but the people were to meet on the Green at nine o'clock in the evening, and it was feared that the riots of the pre ceding evening would then be repeated. EDINBURGH, TUESDAY, Two, P.M. The guard of the 11 30, A.m., train reports that Glasgow is comparatively quiet, but that the same amount of discontent among the people continues. GLASGOW, HALF-PAST SEVEN, P.M. The city continues in an apparently tranquil state, but a serious outbreak is expected in the night, al though general confidence is felt in the sufficiency of the military force. EDINBURGH, TEN O'CLOCK, PAL The streets of this capital are now in possession of the mob, who have just passed the Electric Telegraph office, breaking lamps and windows in their progress. The Lord Provost and the magistrates are employed swearing in special constables. (From the North British Daily Mail of Monday.) This afternoon an emeute on a large, and at one period very alarming, scale took place in this city. About twelve o'clock a meeting of the unemployed took place in the Green, when upwards of 5,000 persons assembled. Our readers must have been prepared, from previous announcements in the Mail,l for the state of excitement in which the work•people of this city have been tor some time, and for the state of discontent and dissatis faction into which they have been thrown by what they conceive to be the refusal of the Relief Committee to afford them adequate employment. On Saturday, as announced in the Mail of to-day, the Relief Committee distributed a great amount of meal to the unemployed, and to all who applied for it. To-day, however, the exasperated feelings of the de luded portion of the unemployed operatives that meet in the Green came to a head, and they resolved upon a riot, which ao distress can justify, and no fancied grievance palliate or excuse. . About two o'clock a portion of those assembled, in ac cordance with a resolution passed at the meeting, left the Green, and proceeded to the Police-buildings, where the magiitrates were sitting, and demanded food or employ ment. The magistrates, who were engaged preparing soup tickets for the destitute, replied that these would be ready immediately for distribution. Not satisfied with this answer, the mob proceeded down Nelson-street, and commenced the work of destruc tion, by breaking into the shop of Mr. Anderson, baker, Trongate, from which they carried off a largo quantity of bread. Proceeding into the Gallowgate, they broke into the shop of Messrs. Young, ironmongers, carried off several guns, powder flasks, &c., and broke two windows. The crowd now assumed a more serious appearance, a number of unemployed navvies and other parties, evidently strangers to Glasgow, having joined in it. In London-street, a baker's shop was broken into, and , all that it contained carried away. About three o'clock, a vast mob, consisting of men and boys, amongst whom were found many women of the lower classes, came along Argyle-street, smashing the windows, and plundering bakers' and provision shops of their contents. At the foot of Buchanan•street, they seized upon a cart of meal, which was soon appropriated among them. In Stockwell-street and Dunlop-street, women and young lads were seen runing, the former with their aprons, and the latter with their bonnets filled with meal and other provender. Passing the Cross, the mob broke into the shop of Mr. B. Musgrove, cutler, gun and tool maker, and nearly emptied it, as we are told, of its stock of guns and pistols, knives, &c. At the foot of Candleriggs, the shop of Mr. Landells, gunsmith, was ransacked. Henceforth another element entered into the character of the riot, which now assumed the aspect of a regular emeute, Luckily ammunition was scarce, otherwise serious damage, and oven loss of life, might have been the con sequence. A few shots, however, were fired, as the mob pro ceeded on its onward course. In Wilson-street, at the corner of Glasaford-street, the shop of Mr. Drew, tinsmith, was partially plundered. In Buchanan-street, the shop of Findlay and Field, jewellers, was robbed of watches and trinkets of all sorts, to the ♦alue of nearly 2,0001. The windows were besides smashed to pieces, We are informed that the shop of Mr. A. Martin, gunmaker, Exchange-square, was likewise broken into, and several guns and other tbings taken away. Among the cries raised by the mob were " Bread or Revolution," " Vivo la Republique," &o. We ques tion if they understood the meaning of the latter. By this time the alarm had very widely spread, and the citizens began to take precautions for the protection of their property. The shops generally were closed in every part of the town. _ The police were nowhere to be seen. Neither Captain Pearce nor any of his men were visible anywhere. About five o'clock the military were called out; and a strong body of infantry, followed by a troop of cavalry, marched along the principal streets. The infantry were headed by Baillies Brown and Orr, accompanied by Captain Wilson, of the Southern Dis trict Police. The Riot Act was read in front of the Exchange, by Baillie Orr. After doing all the mischief they could in Buchanan street, the mob returned along Argyle-street, and made an ineffectual attempt to enter the Argyle-arcade, the gates of which were shut upon them at both ends. They then proceeded to the Cross, firing shots as they went along. The crowd at this time had become immense, and filled the vs bole street. In the Saltmarket, they broke into the shop of Messrs. Vann, ironmongers, and plundered it of several guns, but were disappointed in:their search for ammunition. The mob then went across Glasgow Bridge, into Lauriestou ; and at the corner of Eglinton-street, below the Rainbow Hotel, they rifled Mr. Fyfe's ship-chandler's shop of a portion of its contents. In Clyde-place, also, they plundered the shop of Mr. T. Bishop, ironmonger and ship-chandler. They next proceeded to the Main-street, Gorbals, and plundered different provision shops on their way. Casks of butter, cheese, kegs of herrings, &c., disap peared in all directions. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO AND FROX NEW GRANADA. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MARCH 7, 1848. Her Majesty's Government having concluded a con vention with the Republic of New Granada for the reduction of postage upon letters and newspapers con veyed between this country and New Granada; on and after the 16th inst., the provivions of the convention will come into operation, when the rates of postage will be as follows: Upon letters passing between the United Kingdom and any port in New Granada, whether is the Atlantic or Pacific, an uniform rate of one shilling the half-ounce, two shillings the ounce, and ao on in proportion. Upon letters passing between the United Kingdom and countries or places in the Pacific, via New Granada, an uniform rate of two shillings the half-ounce, four hhillings the ounce, and so on in proportion. The postage upon letters dispatched from the United [ Kingdom to New Granada, or to countries or places in ' the Pacific, via New Granrada, must be paid in advance. British newspapers duly stamped and posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to New Grenada, and New Grenadian newspapers, pruited in the language of New Grenada, and posted in that country, addressed to the United Kingdom, when f 4 warded. by packet direct, will not be liable to postage. When such newspapers, however, are transmitted by private ship, they will be subject to a postage of one pertly each, which must b e pa id i n t h e United Kingdom both on their receipt and dispatch. One day during last week a large shark was discovered aground on the butch, opposite the Lime stone Quarry at Dundiheuch, by Mr. James Smith, jun., carpenter, Sandend. When first observed it was alive; and, although rather out of its element, seemed deter mined not to "die soft," eagerly gnashing and snapping asunder everything put wtt►.tin reach of its terrific jaws I which are bristled with t)7.ree rows of teeth. A smart stroke on the head with a carpenter's adze put a period to its existence. When dead, it was found to measure about twelve feet in length, and a considerable quantity of oil was obtained frort 1 its liven—Banffshire Journal. We understand tkiat Prince Metternich has re issigned the presidency of thee Austrian councils. 3 ...,'" .