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

310 :11)( and COMMEttUtti..L NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton M ar k et as Li verpoo l yester d a y was d u ll. Sales, 2,000 bales. Railway Shares were flat. e V he aceouets to tlw 20th ultimo from New Yor k . b y te Vashingten steamer, do not bring any definite in igence respecting Mexican affairs, as was confidently expected. Still the conclusion of peace is held to be /cry near. fft Among the v ar i ous rum ours and surmises in re• eith er to th e treaty wh i c h i t i s suppose d M r . T r i s t h a s th _ l ,lr y llegotiat e d or propose d, we ri n d the following in ashin g t n correspondence of the Journal of Gm " Kr Ceof this city. `` The truth is thatM'lntosh has unceasingly en esso Mr. to 'v ured to effect a treaty. He persuaded Santa Anna b e tr eat, and assured General Scott that a treaty would 13)4 ( e, and thereby brought about the armistice, prior ... i the final b att l es b e f ore M ex i co Si nce t h a t ti m e, Mr. f l lnto.h h as unwear i e dl y operate d u p on the Govern erit at Queretaro with a view to effect a peace. He l'eught the three commissioners from Queretaro to the 1 1 : 1 15 F , )lexieo to make overtures, or rather to confirm is overtures. " The head of the commission was Mr. M'lntosh's te en lei-al adviser and attorney, and the other two were As o einpletely un d er hi s influence. They were ready to „„ anything that the Government at Queretaro °illl ratify. Their propositions have been, without th is by the Mexican Government, forwarded to t`e.ti Governusent, and they are in such a shape that they n n"t he _recognised. They would justify the Presi ;et in sending a suitable person as Commissioner to ,!C` ) to treat with the Government at Queretaro." L e -4: ne prospect of peeve has, however, most decidedly reased, and we may yet hope ere long to hear of its coclusion. h In th e M oney Mar k et cap i ta l was a b un d an t, an d th e ei ght di scounte d lib era lly. Still the Government e' e i ght experience some difficulty in contracting its dew isifess uropean caitalists participated. The York Hera E ld is tolerably sanguine upon the point, o : ° egh it is io - poesible to say whether well-informed not tu 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 tad become a law. In accordance with its provi fel;",,s,t,he Secretary of the Treasury will issue proposals ‘ 1 , 416, and a few weeks will settle the question. As f •• Jean must be made at par or above, no bids will cours e be made below, and the Secretary of the su l 'easury will soon know what prospect there is of t r ee s 's'. Should European capitalists view the terms b u , t uit loßu in a favourable light, it is not improbable lit, L l that bids may be received from the other side, i t , Is we look upon this as the only chance of si, e ueing taken at par. The statements made rela te the Rothschilds are something more than tre rumours, as the circemstences connected with to l3 ,finatici a l operations of that house in Mexico are as to make it a very great inducement to take the e „,u'e or that part of this loan which would be re within the limits of Mexico. Other European a Pitalists ma y b ec ome large purchasers of United States stocks from second hands, and our capitalists re iovtehdsciiinuothis way of much of the burden but the s must come in as bidders for the loan, it t e r ! Wish to make their funds in Mexico available for s Purp ose o f payment . So long as we retain posses- I ra of that country, so long will the restrictions the funds upon the e xportation of specie, and so long will k e fuad s o f t h e M essrs Rothschild, or any other house, &abject to the payment of the duty fixed by the `,', ae retary of the Treasury. It therefore appears that 1.46 only way for that house to make their Mexican funds available is to take the loan of the United States autbo- Ved by the Bill recently passed ; and if they not "Ish to hold the whole .or any part of it, chipusers cOuld be easily found.. There ar e accoun ts from Berlin via Antwerp, of two , fillortant failures having occurred in the former city, ' ll nected with the Bourse, but the names are not given. ~,,th e mercantile markets have been dull here, but some di es, such as Rum, for which a large Government Contract is expected, Saltpetre, &c., are held more firmly. at 814 Public Securities left of rather flatly last night, i ;„"t 4, owing to the slight disturbances here, and this " r aing there was no particular improvement, the first potations being 81-1 for Consols. Since then the rates i. qt re been 814 to 814. Exchequer-bills are 255. to 30s. la t tilltas Bank Stock has ranged from 190 to 194. '4 1 , , e1 Three per Cents. have been 814 to 82A. G ate. Foreign Bonds are heavy, Spanish Five per 2 lite. bring 12k to 124, and the Three per Cents. 23 to tz• Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 16 to 17. t _exican have not been quoted. Brazils Bonds have marked 78. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. ace realised 424 to 434. The Railway Share Market is looking rather heavy tni and prices are lower both for the English and „nch Northern of France have been down to . 4 Mid 34. ONE CLOSING P I LICEs OF Bytmsff rims. O'cLOCIE. FItICES -eeelt Stock 190 190 a Per Cent Reduced Anne ..... 31% %82 82 ler Cent. Consols 81%W/fi t % 81 1 4 d ew ete Cent. L o per ent. Anus 82% ngArins to expire Jan.lB6o I 13..16 11-16 11-16 Ind• ia s tto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B%l 8 Mtock "tha Bonds, 1,0001. Unto under 1,0001... ...... 3 p k;e nsols for Account ....... 81 1 4 3 / 4 30/4 81 i 1 / 4 lehequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. „,5001. /spun UNE Fitt, - . , -Kg OF FOREIGN fUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred 3 14 ' , lexicon, 5 per Cent. 1846 — CLOSIIU PRICES. 78 2% 3 /4 141 ,---, Ditto. Account Peruvian buds, 6 per Cents 2 4 1, ;1 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 73 , Ditto, 4 per Cent il — . ussian Bonds 97 97 B Panith 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 1 2 1 14 11 3 A Ditto 3 Der Cent 2 3 1 / 2 3 /4 23 23 Ditto, Account . 23% 23 Dividenels on the above payble in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cant. Certificates 72 70 72 72 p„, PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING it ""`Al k. LwAy SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O' CLOCK. PRICES.' I'deen 'uber., /slat., Boston, 4 11 r 1 c 1 Eastern Junetion 3 1 4 ..... Pshire and Galloway.. 2% • ....'... ....... . r„,lfast & County Down 11% '' r tningliara and Ox-. Birmingham, Junction .... ... 20 k _ Wolver b.'amPton, and Dudley 10 ir rning,,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145... ••• li i kenhead, LancisLire, a nd Cheshire June.... 7 3 4 — ... . ... ..... . O s ton, Statnfd & Birm. 5 ... Bristol and Exeter B5 .., Ditto, Thirds B uckinghamshire... 121. 4s. ... C aledonian .. ...... ...... 50 ... .. 30 1 ,E Ditto, Half Shares .. 334 titto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37 % CF IBI/ Preference l2 ... v&arene9e bo• tat Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, l 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Directn London & Ports- Mouth Pt blin and Belfast Junc. 25 ...... ü b andalk & Enniskillen 17% 4114 .„t Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ••••••• 8 %.•• - Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 a Do., 3/. 105.... 314.•••• — 13% .x d 4 aidern Counties........ 20 Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 1/ dis. par , n o, North. & Eastern 50 "0., Quarters _De., New - 44 •steni Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Ditto, Thirds Do. (guar. 6 per cent.) 10 Ditto, ditto CAE Lancashire Ditto, New , Ditto, New Quarters 2 3 / 4 ...... tan Lincolnshire ...... 16% Xdinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... • Ditto, Hall Shares ... 15 .. •• 9 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 - tdinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, New.. : 3 3;i — Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New 2 14. .... E xeter,Yeovil, & Durch 2% — ..... ...... Ditto, New 2 %•••••• Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ` 4l _asgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, N ew ... ...... ... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern 1)0 , London and York 2% — •• ..... - Great South. and West. ( Ireland) Great North o',' Englaud 100 ..• •• Ditto, New, 40/ Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditt o , New,ls/... ...... 6% • ••••• Great Western 9O ... 95 96 ex div 96 x.d. Ditto, % Shares 5O ..... Ditto, 14 Shares bitto, _Fifths 2O „..Ditto, New 171........ 9 1 ,4..... •icludderstield and Stanch. 24 ~ par, 19 1 , 1 ~. 229% ... 561/2 ........_ , Ditto, .._ . Thirds Mull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares IPswich & BurvSt. Edin. 17 1 / 2 ..... .... 1)0 ., do., and Norwich 15 Du., do, Ex tens. Scrip , (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 — ' l4 ancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto ditto Ditto, IA Shares ...... 38 ••• •• Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 / 2 Do. Fifths. • ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... ..... ... • Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and ShefE) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 De.(W. Ridirz 1if1i0n)41.25...... -- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDVESDAY EVEN ENG, MARCH 8, _1846. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 /,_ Shares (A)... 9 90 x.d. Leeds and Bradford...... 50 Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42% ... Do., Half Shares l 7 l /2 — ... Do., (blue) scrip ..• ... 2%... „. Leeds and T'uirsk ...... 40 ... Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%...• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2%. • — London & Black wa11...131. 6s. 5d.... ••.......••• Do. New, No. 2 . ..... 5/.138.4d.... •.. Do. Extension ..... ... 17% — London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O 3 o 3j 31% 3 0 34 Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ..... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... ••••• • Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 ..... _ London and Greenwich 12/16s 4d... ••••••••••••••• Ditto, Preference... 18i 1 7s 23 . t ndon and N. Westera 1 00 . . 134 135 x.d 1 33 x.d I. it to, Quarters .. 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .. .., 2 Do 40/. Shares(L. M.) 20 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7 1 / 2 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7 1 / 2 — •..... Do. 101, (M & B.) C. 1 ..• •• Lon 1. & S. NV estern 5O i:o. New 501. ... Do. New 401. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ~, ........40 • Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d .. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... • .... — 1%•••••• Londonderry &Coleraine 27%...... ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... ••• ..... ... Lowestoft (4 per et.) Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 3 Man;thester • Buxton,and Matlock 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — •• •• Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 7% 7%.. Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire Do., Grimsby Dock 12% — Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 s — Manchest.& Southampt. 21t s Midlana lOO lO4 106 104 lo4x. d Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - ••• Do. 401. Shares Do. SO/. Shares ...... .- 15 ... .. 10% lO% Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do•Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... Mid Ind, Brist. & Glocetr. 36 Ditto, ditto slidlnd,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Carli3le...100 Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket&Chestertord 18% — 4% 10 Do. Extension - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 — Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ........ 15 Norfolk ...... 100 Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk.... 2 ...... .•• ..... ••••• Do. do. Wayeney Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 ••• ••• North British ...........25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... Do. Quarters.- ...... .. 5% — ......... --- Do. Extension Ditto Thirds '2 ... •. North & South-Westorn 2 ...... ........ 9% North z,tatlordshire lO ... North Wales - • ....,..,_ _ North Western — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ..., 4O ... .. 23 1 4 93 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and liitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% — • .... — Ditto, New Nheflield, Rotherham, and Goole .... Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. .11in.) Ditto Hal'res ... ditto 8 ......• .. ••«......•• Ditto Oswestry ... .. 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 6 ..... . •• • .... ...... Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 ..... Shropshire Union south Devon-- 4O Do. Preference - s ou th Staffordshire - /a outh Eastern & Dover. 33 V s 27 Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nt, 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ....... 20 ...... ••• • Do.. No. 4 • 7 1 ,4 2 .. 54% South W ales euth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Groole swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 few Vale Extension ... 4 - .•• •. ...... ••• rhaines Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath • . 4 W aterford and Kilkenny 131. 1 . Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall W hitehaven & Furness 10 - - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 925. Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ...... ... 25 ..... • Do. Original New and , Berwick .• ........ .... 25 Do. Extensioa No. 1. li Do. do. No. 2.........10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 8%%........... 43A York watt North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension _ _39 , 1 / 2 _ 39i i i xd 141 241 h 75 22 293 / 4 with violent squalls—Sid. 6th, Crane Packet, Madeira, I Teneriffe and Brazils. CARDIFF, MARCH 6. Sld. Crusador, Naughton, Brazils; Prince Thomas, Cape of Good Hope; Sir Henry Pottinger, Bermuda. KlNGSTOWN.—ArrdaMonarch, Perceval, China, and sailed for Liverpool. Hum., MARCH 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. 6th, Gitana, Singapore. MARGATE, MARCH 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 in 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, were passed sth inst., between Tuskar and Bardovy, supposed to belong to the Chieftain, from Liverpool to Africa, which was seen on fire 3d inst., seven miles N.E. of Tuskar, by the Washington Irving, arrived at Liverpool. WurrnY, MARCH 7.—The Eagle, of this port, in taking the harbour last evening, struck on the bar, came against the pier, and is expected to have received damage. DIP: MAL PA RIA AM ENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.. The SPEAXBA ;took the Chair to day at Twelve o'clock. iirIANCIIERTWATERAVORKS. Mr.BIIOTHELTON, in the absence of Mr. Munte, moved, that it be an instruction to the Com mittee on the blanchester Corporation Waterworks Bill, to entertain. the petition of the owners of pro perty, &c., in fiyde, presented against this Bill, not withstanding the same was not presented within seven clear days from the day on which the Bill was read a second time.—Aigreed to. Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN presented petitions from the City of Lime rick for the abolition of Ministers money'.; in favour .of the Jewish Disabilities Bill; and against the contemplated changes in the navigation laws. The Earl of AILL T NDEL and SURREY pre sented petitions from Stirling in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Bill; and from Fleetwood against the Charitable Trusts Bill, and in favour of the Catholic Relief Bill. Mr. FREWEN 'presented:a petition from Islington against any further concession to the Roman Catholics. CARLISLE ELECTION. On the motion of an HON. MEMBER, the evidence taken before the Carlisle Committee was ordered to be printed. Mr. WADDINGTON presented a petition from a place in Somersetshire, praying the House to take measures for the suppression of seduction. On the motion of Dlr. SPOONER, the River Dun (extension to Sheffield) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. FOX presented a petition from Oldham, pray ng for the reduction of the duties on tea. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Mr. C. ANSTEY moved that the House should resolve itself into Committee on the Roman Ca tholic Relief Bill. Mr. IL DRUMMOND wished to know when the Hon. Member for Youghal intended to proceed with the adjourned debate on the Treaty of Adrianople. Mr. C. AN STEY said, that if the orders of the day before it were disposed of in the course of the morning, he was prepared to bring the debate to an end that day, but as that did not appear likely, he thought the best course would be to adjourn the con sideration of the subject de die in diem, and take the chance of bringing it on some day when the other orders were disposed of. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill ; Mr. Bernal in the chair. On the motion for postponing the preamble being put Sir R. INGLIS said he was most desirous of knowing what course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the B:.11. Sir G. GREY said, that as the House was in Committee on the Bill, he should be prepared to state on the part of the Government, as the Bill went on, what course they would pursue with respect to it. He saw no objection to the first part of the Bill, and did not intend to oppose that part of it. Mr. SLANEY could mat support the Bill in its present shape. He had voted for the second reading of the Bill against the wish of his constituents, but he did so in order that the objectionable part of it might be removed in Committee. If they were not he must oppose the Bill altogether. He was against monastic orders having more privileges than they had at present, and must object to everything that was calculated to give them an introduction into this country. Ever since he had the honour of a seat in that House, he had always voted for the removal of real grievances from all classes of her Majesty's subjects ; and he trusted he should not be considered a bigot, if he stated that he was riot prepared to go the length of the present Bill. If the objectionable part of it were not removed in Committee, he should object to the Bill altogether in a future stage. Mr. GOULBURN was anxious to know upon what part of the Bill the present discussion had taken place ? Mr. BERNAL said that the discussion had arisen upon the question of postponing the preamble. On the first clause being put, Sir R. INGLIS proposed the omission from the clause of the words, " shall be repealed." After some desultory discussion in which Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir G. Grey, Lord Mahon, Mr. Law, Mr. Henley, Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Chisholm Anstey, Mr. Croulburn, Mr. Drummond, the Attorney- General, and Mr. Shiel took part, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided when there appeared-- For the clause Against it . . Majority in favour of it The amendment was consequently lost. Mr. HENLEY moved as an amendment that the words "in so far as the same relates to or concern Roman Catholics" should be left out, so that no distinction should be drawn between Roman Catho lics and any other class of religionists. Mr. ANSTEY had no objection to omit the words where they appeared in any other part of the Bill, but he could not consent to their being struck out of the clause. Mr. GREENE remarked that if the words were struck out, the clause would be rendered unintel ligible. Sir G. GREY agreed with the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire that the words to which he had referred ought to be left out of the Bill. The Act proposed to be repealed by the clause related to Protestants as well as Roman Catholics, and it oug ht, therefore, to be repealed unconditionally if it were repealed at all. Mr. BERNAL (the Chairman) gave it as his opinion that the amendment was informal. Mr. HENLEY, under the circumstances, would not press his amendment. Mr. LAW did not think it right that Honourable Members should be precluded to move the omission of words in a clause, but he felt with the Right Hon. the Home Secretary that the provisions of the Act proposed to be repealed applied to all classes of religionists, and ought to be struck out of the statute - bo ok, without any reservation. He could see no reason why th e R oman Catholic . should be placed a more advantageous situation than Protestants, and the amendment proposed by the Hon. Member for Oxfordshi re was no t necessar ily repugnant to the title of this Bill. He hoped the Committee would be allowed to give their opinion upon it. He should therefore re-move the amend ment which had bee n withdrawn by the Honourable Member for Oxfordshire.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HILDYA.RD said the omission of the words could be moved on bringing up the report without violating the rules of the House; and as the Hon. Member who had p ossessi on of the Bill had stated that he would consent to the amendment then, it would be much better to defer the amendment till the report was brought up. Mr. LAW thanked his Hon. and Learned Friend for this advice, and would readily adopt it. 1 The amendment was accordingly withdrawn. (LEFT SITTIN4I.) ELECTION COMMITTEES. (Tins DAY.) BE W DLEY. The Bewdley Electioa Committee reassembled at the usual time this morning, Mr. Wrightson in the chair. The evidence in favour of the case for the petitioners was resumed. Sarah Bineer, a labourer's wife, residing in the neigh bourhood of Bewdley, proved that Mr. Harris, one of the agents for the Tory party of Bewdley, to whom her husband was indebted a few pounds, threatened to send him to Worcester gaol if he did not vote for Mr. Ire land. It was to herself that Mr. Harris made this threat, but ho stated, at the same time, that if her hus band would vote for Mr. Ireland he was authorised to present her with 101. when the election Was over. LINCOLN. The Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition presented against the return of Mr. Charles Seeley, for the city of Lincoln, met for the first time at twelve o'clock this day. Mr. Morgan John O'Connell in the chair. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Word swor th sp peered for the petitioners, and Mr. Serge ant Kinglake, with whom was Mr. Edwin James, for the sitting Member. Mr. Sergeant WRANOII.OI opened the ca se for the petitioners. The Hon. Gentlema n a g ain st whose return the petition had been presented was a miller and baker, in Lincolnshire, and was a candidate for the city in the year 1841, but he was defeated then by Mr. Collett. After his defeat the friends of the H on . Mem ber started a club, which they christened " The Pig and Whistle," and it would seem that the object 0, its foundation was to secure Mr. Seeley s return at the next election. About twelve months before the l as t e l ec ti on the club began to enroll members with great spirit, and Mr. Seeley made a very liberal donation to its funds. The club flourished after this m ost astonishingly, and just before the election the interests of Mr. Seeley were committed to the custody of the managers of the Pig and Whistle, and they at once established Free- and-easys at every public house where landlords would promise to vote for Mr. Seeley. The expenses were d e f ra y e d by Mr. Seeley and his friends ; but, in the case of the land lord of the Plough, who hnd supported the opposite party with his vote, and whose bill for the free-and easy amounted to between 141 . and 131., payment was refused, and the bill was afterwards recovered in the County Court, from one of Mr. Seeley !; friends, who gave the necessary:orders for the establishment of the Plough free-and-easy. THE PRESBYTERIANS AT MALTA.-411S Excellency the Right Hon. Mot O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, has directed that for the future the bodies of Presby terians shall receive burial in the ground destined to hold the remains of the other members of the Protestant community. MAGAZINES, &c. (CONTINUED). FRASER. Of the. observations contained in Fraser's Magazine respecting the miserable immorality and ignorance prevalen among the humbler classes of the population of Wales. we have already spoken in another depart ment. J 1 he writer is evidently ambitious of nothing more that i an enforcement of the facts enumerated in the repor is 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. William , 0 at the commencement of the Parliamentary session cif 1846 ; and they are certainly enough to justify tbe Government in adventuring upon some educatio''al 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 schoo 1-rooms ;be opened in the different parishes with the simple intention of teaching the poorer children 1 he English language, and when that is done much ge od will have been already accomplished. Let the circumstance be borne in recollection that the wealthier members of Welsh society are habituate! d to the English tongue—a tongue as foreign to their humbler brethren as the patter of Timbuct oo would be to an Irish peasant—and some concepti. m may be formed of the estrangement of both classes ft sum each other. All the relations of life are interrupi:ed by this single casualty, and no practical improveettent 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 Ons laught on Charlatans," " Childhood and its Reminiscences," is a didactic composition, which might have been penned by Elizabeth Youatt, and the delliwation of Church-lane, St. Giles's (the last remnant .of the once notorious rookery), might have been autlaorised by the signatures of the Commis sioners or Gwydyr House. Without possessing that skill in the portraiture of a locality which is one of the principal charms of " Boz," 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 actually reviews its revelations as history—with all the seriousness one would devote to Tytler or Rapin. After uttering an incidental eulogium upon the im mortal " Lusiadas " of Luis de Camoens, he jeers at the barrenness of Portuguese literature—a literature which after the poetical King Dinia, 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 X.itnenes Portugal has its Vasco da Gama ; 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. Ile 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, be outrages all common sense by his exaggerations. We doubt not that his ears would tingle with horror at the sound of 0 Rei chegoul—" 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 Aliguelites, and the ocupation of the Portuguese throne by Dom Miguel ; he hurries on to the fitting out of Dom Pedro's expedition atrierceira, 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, 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 Dorn Pedro into Oporto on the 9th of July ; the blockade of that city; its bom bardment; the heroic assault made upon it by the iguelites 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 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 " pitch into" his Field Marshals. 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 ast publication. BENTLEYS. Dr. W. C. Tayler opens the present number of Bentley with a well written criticism on the life and 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 smokes 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 of 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 up a huge flag. stone from the pavement, others in spreading a very large cloth by the side of it ; and, two 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. " In all possible silence the men worked, and w ith no other light than was thrown OR the soil by a s mall dark lantern, most carefully held; but , although silently, they yet worked resolutely, and with great vigour and dispatch cast forth all that was found between them and the object of their search; which was an old elm-chest, that had been used for keeping the soldiers arrows in. In this were deposited the remains of their late queen; and, the lid being removed, the body, .which had on the scaffold been most carefully folded in a thick winding.. sheet, was then lifted ou t, and laid on a large black thrown in, and the large cloak. The lid replaced, and the earth, with great caution and speed, being agai n " flag-stone again laid down, the party hastened to the church door. A gen tle 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 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, and attached, and chivalrous maids of honour, who had attended upon Anne in the Tower, and accompanied her to the scaffold. 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 had 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 on the block, whispered to his sister to implore her brother to bear off, if posssible, her re mains frozi the Tower, and to give her the rites of Christian burial in a place she named, be 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 hare 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 us arose from any personal dangers to himself. Alone, he was powerles s . Y et , w h o wou ld b e hi s 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 stay 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 afflicting scenes they had so lately witnessed, their heroic conduct, and their deep distress, made it impossible to deny to them the sympathy and visit of a few friends. Mary Wyatt, in her deep sor row, might well bo 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, more 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 nceuvre that had been practised against them. So far, however, had Sir Thomas succeeded, that he had rescued the body from its grave, and bad 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 togetker 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'Orsay 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. 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 &nettles 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 I—and the thief bit the dust of the boulevards, shot by the bul lets of the citizens. Mart 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 d ro pp in g from the leads of a dwel ling•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 inexora bl e . How erroneous, therefore, for T a il 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 its 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, evoked order from chaos, tranquillity from revolt, and confi dence from doubt—covering themselves with glory by the beneficence and vigour of their numerous in augurative measures. In these respects the close of the article is unworthy of its opening—an opening in which the different motives for the outbreak are dispassionately discussed and consecutively enu merated. " Miranda" becomes this month doubly interesting, since it is a tale of the former revolution in France, by one who has been an eye-witness of all the stirring events recently enacted in Paris. From the exact and facile pen of Mr. Percy St. John, we anticipate a very lively description of that grand popular movement which he has just had the privi lege of watching as a spectator. George Gilfillan writes a clever sketch of Professor Nichol, as the first in a series ofsketches 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 we 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 most readable to younger sons, 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 copiou s " 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. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain .. Ceylon Demerara 7l/2 — „, — Dendro Va11ey...... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ...... ... 7 ..... East Indian ..-.. Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. J unction 1 Louvain ala Sambre 6 Luxembourg-- ......... 7 Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege l6 .. .. Northern of France...-. 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 3 —•• • - 2% Over Yssel 4/ 354 d...... 3 2. 1 , die Paris and Lyons lO .... et. .•••• ••• •••• - Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 •• ••• • ........ Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 - ...... Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse St ras bourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders 8 1,4.... 1 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 British North American 50 Loudon & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Union .:). Lladrid National Prov. England. 35 Australasia Colonial 25 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 Ditto, New Union of Australia ..... 25 Ditto,New.... ..... sib vim 2%•••••• """ • - Ditto New. ........... 10 National of Ireland 22%•....• ••• MINES. Anglo-Mexican Brazilian Couaes& Cuiba 30 British Iron .... l2 Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Mericu B.—Wind S., light breeze and fine. DEAL, MARCH 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, Maoiitius. Sid. Caroline Au gusta, Penang; and the rest of the outward bound. LIVERPOOL, MA 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Bin dostan, Cushing, New Orleans ; Washington Irving, Caldwell, Boston; Amelia, Agry, Charleston. Sailed, Earl of Durham, Rio Janeiro and Bombay ; Gr ace , Madras; Courier, Valparaiso ; Alice, Barbadoes ; Ho ratio, Santa Martha; Enterprise, New York. DEAL, MARCH 7.—The Hope, from Port Arthur to London, leaky, was passed in lat. 15 N. lon g . 32 W., by the Agricola, arrived in the Downs. The Dubro vick, for Trieste, has put back with damage. PLYMOUTH; MARCH 7.—The Daniel Ross, Anderson, from Rio Janeiro to Hamburgh, with loss of sails and spars and bulwarks, and part of cargo thrown over board. put in yesterday. Tho Amazon, steamer, which has been in search of the Waratah, arrived here yesterday, 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 hero on the 4th inst. The Francais Casimer, has been got off shore at 'l'roscon, 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 Fitzherbert, Wetherall, Mauritius, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stan chions, and crew disabled; Marie Laura, Batsey, Bristol, for Mauritius, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and decks sw i ept. aI4OIITII, isisitcE drag gales, 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 stand:to-day were well supplied with samples, ithe demand for all descriptions was firm, and Menday'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. ARRIVALS. Barley. 3,420 qrs. Oats. Floor. 2,850 qrs. 3,380 sks. 140 I --- 3,451 1 - English • • •• • • Irish. Foreign Wheat. 3,340 qrs. 7% 94 9 1 ,4 2 4 3 4 $ - 1% 840 Malt, 5,030 (Fs WHETZCHILTEL. The general demand was very steady to-day, at fully .ast week's quotations ;—Beef from 3s to Ss 10d ; liuttoo, is 8d to 4s 10d; Vial, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, is 8d to 45 10d per Ellis 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. GOULDURN.—JUDGMENT. The LORD 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, bequeathed 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 out with respect to the personalty. The decree was, therefore, in favour of the Crown with respect to the 18,0001., 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 tho 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 an ! 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. He then used his truncheon. The prisoner and others were then calling out, " Kill the -1 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 ho 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. HENRY 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 have 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. He 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) weHt up to the prisoners and those who wore 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, and some loose caps and wadding. On Allis was found a bullet. This statement was corroborated by Inspector Lone dale and the constable. Th• 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 defence. Ile 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. Ile was going away when the constable took him in charge. Mr. HENRY remanded them in order to make in quiries as to the prisoners' character. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY) A ragged miserable looking fellow, by the name'of Thomas Ogi!vey, was placed before Mr. Hardw•ivk, charged with exciting and causing a mob to assemble in St. James's-street. _ _ . Constable 59 1) said, he was on duty in St. James's street about 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 I" 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. HARDWICK said, if the prisoner had stopped at home he would not hare been sent to prison for a month. Committed for the letter period. Charles Walker was fined 10s. for exciting a mob in the Haymarket. APPREHENDED VISIT OF STRANGERS WITHOUT PEERS' OR MEMBERS' ORDERS TO TIME HOUSES Of PARLIIMENT.—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 considerably damped. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.--It gives us much pleasure to learn that this Railway is weekly rising in success, the receipts far exceeding expectation. Encourag, d 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, CO tRT 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 interview 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.—TuEsoIy. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. —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), 25 to 1 on the field bar War Eagle. DERBY.-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.—TUESDAT. _ _ The City Stakes of 5 soya. 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 yrs, 7st I Ilb ... 2 Mr. Wesley's Elimea, 5 yrs, 9st 91b ... 3 The Miller, 9st I lb—Gratis, ist 111b—Amason, lOst —Lucy Neal, 9st 9 lb—also ran, but were not placed. 6t05 on the field. Won by two lengths. Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 50 added. One mile and a half. (17 Subs., 5 declared.) Mr. J. Bell's Ficldlestring, 5 yrs, 7st 111b...(Bumby) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ... 2 Mr. Smith's Master Downes, 6 yrs, Bst 31b ... 3 Mr. M. Dawson na John Harris, 6 yrs, Sat 51b ... 4 Mr. A. Campbell's Bletchington, 3 yrs, sst 21b 5 Marlette, 7st 111h—Passionate, 6st 111b—Cast-off, 6st 51h, also ran. Betting-2 to I agst Lady Lurewell, sto 2 apt Fid dlestring, sto 1 agst Master Downes. Won by half a length. The Craven Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added. Once round and a distance. (5 subs.) Mr. Si. Dawson's Liston, ft yrs ... ... walked over. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Two miles. Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 9st 41b (W. Oates) 1 Mr. Stagg's Minuet, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 2 Mr. T. Parr's Moonlight, Tst 10th 8 Mr. Wildman's Megara, 6 yrs, Sst 101 b ... 4 Bletchington, 7st, and Cantle, Est 41b, also ran. Won by a length. The Free Handicap Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Herbert's Shipmate, lOst 61b (W. Sanders), beating Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, lOst 61b, and eleven others, cleverly by half a length. TIIE 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 Gevernment 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 tall 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 various 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 in 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 FEANCE.—The Gazette de France states that a collision between two trains has taken place on the Northern Railroad. There were 45 persons wounded ; 22 National Guards of '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 details refer to that accident." The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from an anonymous correspondent 121. 45., which he will pay into the receipt of the Exchequer. MEETING OF TUB METROPOLITLI'I CLERGY OE THE SUBJECT OF 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 the Lord Bishop of London, for promoting sanitary reform, by means 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 Very Rev. Dr. Buckland, dean of Westminster, the Rev. Dr. Spranger, the Rev. J. Fletcher, the Rev. S. R. Cattley, Rev. J. Jenkinson, &c. Resolutions consonant with the views of the meeting were carried nem. con., and the Committee appointed. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MINCH 7.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Company's iron ship Madrid, Captain Weeks, sailed to-day with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, andr Gibraltar. She has eighteen passengers, and a good cango. The Euxine is expected to-morrow from Constantiyople, Malta, &c. She will bring that portion of the Bombe mail not forwarded via Marseilles. On Sunday morning, Robert Greenfield, a porter in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, at Bath, met with a severs accident. It is the custom, after the dispatch of the down mail-train, 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 near ly 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.—On Monday afternoon a girl named Sarah Pouting, about 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 and seal fishing. As usual on such occasions a considerable number of individuals assembled on the quays to wit ness her departure. The other four whalers are being fitted-out for Daria's Straits,—Landes Advertiser. ,' ~~. i