The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-01 00:00:00

1. , ••••••• ?la nail ' t of ''"veers with hia head for the maintenance of the grl 0 N ► l l .lid down by the Provisional Govern- A.lle arsenal and the fortress are in the hands of the Venetians." NAPLES AND SICILY. A letter from Naples of the 16th, in a German Journal, says—" We learn from a source worthy of credit, that the Sicilian question is settled. FERDI NAND is in future to boar the title of FERDINAND IV. 111 Sicily, and FERDINAND V. in Naples." A later account (dated 22 , 1) states that the King of NAPLES has abandoned Sicily, and that the Neapoli tan troops were about to evacuate the island. The KING, in his proclamation, declares that he has been forced to adopt this line of conduct, and appeals to the Powers of Europe to assist him. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVE? 'r -GARDEN. Very large supplies of both fruit and vegetables were on sale, yet the general demand was somewhat active at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnsght. Potatoes from 4s: 9d to 5s 3d per cwt. ; Onions, 2s to Is 9d ; and Apples, 2s to 3a per kalf-sieve ; Oranges, bs 6d to 12s per 100 ; Forced Asparagus, 5s to 7s, and ditto Rhubarb, Is 4d to 2s per bundle ; New Pota toes, Is 6d to is 9d per lb ; Greens, 13 6d to 2s ; Tur nips, is 10d to 2s 6d; Leeks, 8d to is; and Carrots, 3s 6d to is 3d per dozen bunches ; Parsnips, 6d to Is per dozen; Celery, 10d to is 10d; Horseradish, 2s to 4s 4d; and Brocoli, 2s to 33 3d per bundle; Filberts, 8d to 10d per lb; Spinach, 4s 6d to 5s per sieve; Sea Is 6d to 3s 3d per punnet; Turnip Greens, 2s ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 3s to 3s 6d per bushel. NEMTGATII AND I.MILDENHALL. Prime Beef and Mutton were in good request at fully last week's quotations. In other kinds of meat compa ratively little business was transacted. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8s; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 10d; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3: Sd to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, 3: to 8s; Geese, 4s to 6: 6d; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Rabbits, 9d to is 8d ; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; aid roasting Pigs, 5s to Ss each. Fowls, 3s 3d to 9s per couple; Fresh Butter, is Id to Is 4d per lb. ICUNGERFORD. We had a very inactive demand for each kind of pro duce, and prices ruled somewhat lower. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 41 to 4s 10d per Blbs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Veal, 45 2d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 2d per Blbs. 33 /laaNGSGATE. Our market was well supplied with FiAi, and which commanded a ready sale at very full prices. BREAD. The rices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7 id to Sd; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 4lbs loaf. 71111211 MILIMET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 14d to lid per lb; ditto, 141 b to 721 b, 2d to 2/d; ditt o , 721 b t o 801 b, 21d to 3d ; ditto, 801 b to sBlb, 3d to 3/d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d tc ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 4d ; C a lf Skins (each), 4s 6d to 6s; Horse Hides, 83 to 9s ; Polled Sheep, 3s 6d to 41 3d; Kent; and Half-breds, 2s 10d to 3s 4d; Downs 2s 8d to as 2d; Shearlings, 4d to 6d. SAY M.A.2I3ILETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 15s; Clover, ditto, 31 15s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 112 s to 118 s per load. Trade dull, at but little variation in prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 31 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 15s to 41 12s; and Straw, 1135 to 11 9 Per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. W RITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 1.55; Clover ditto, 31 16s t• 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 Per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL M.A.RKE' West Hartley l4s 6d l Huddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d, Davison's Wes t Hartley lds 6d I Holywell Main ..... 15s Od North Pontop 12s 6d New Tanfield l3s Od North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Ord's Redheugh Taalleld Moor Tanfield Moor Butes l3s Od Wall's End, &c Clarke and Co. Gosforth Heaton Medworth rillingworth ...... 14s 94 %-YESTEROAY. Northumberland 14s Od Riddell's ..... ...... 14s 6d Eden Main lss 9d Belmont lss 9d Haswell l6s 6d Hettoi Larabten Stewart's Adelaide Tees St. Helen's Tees South Durham l4s 9d Tees Derwentws ter Hartley 148 3d Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 6d Ships at market 54 BAN KRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GooLßum) IN RE G. GRAVES. This bankr u p t , who was described as of Norton Fol. gate, cheesemonger, came up to pass his last examina tion. lie was opposed by Mr. Dods on behalf of the assignees, and was supported by Mr. Lawrence. The balance sheet which extended over seventeen months, showed that the returns of the business had been upwards of 10,0001.; but the profits had only been 191. His HoNotia expressed his astonishment that such a business could only yield such a small profit. The bankrupt attributed his losses to the failure of the potato crop, which had materially affected the bacon trade, and he had been compelled to sell at a loss. Mr. LAWRENCE said the books had been well kept, and the bankrupt started with a capital of 7001. His HONOR said it was most reckless trading, but that Was a question for the certificate. The bankrupt then passed his examination. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (TIIIS DAY.) BODMIN. The I3odmin Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Mr. Hamilton in the chair. It was engaged the whole morning in bearing evi dence to support the charge of treating brought against Mr. Wylde. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILwAr TRarric.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week In the previous year:— ....m . 8.1 • ' ..t; -.....2 • bo uli Week eliding Last week. Mar. 26 NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen Amiens and Boulogne . .............. Arbroath and Forfar • • • ............ Chester and Birkenhead . • • .......... Caledonian. ........... .••••• . • • • • • Chester and lloiyhead. • • • • .... •• .. Cockerineuth and Workington.— . • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• . • • • • •• • •• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown .. •••••••• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • •• •• •• East Anglian.... Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • ••• • • • Edinburgh and Forthern • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • ......... • • • • • • • • Eastern Union• •• • • • • • • •• .. • • • • •• • • Glasgow, Garakirk, and Coatbridge... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock.. • ••• • • •• • • Great Southern and Western • • •..... Great Western, &c •• • • •••••• • • • •• Kendal and Windermere • • .... • • • •• Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • ..... • • • Leeds and Think— . • • . • • • • • • Londonderry and cnniskillen........ London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall.• • • • . • • • • London and Brighton ............... London and South Western Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle ... • ....... Midland, Bristol. and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • .. • • • • • ... North British .......• •• • ... . Paris and Rouen • .............. • • .. Rouen and Havre ...... • • Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chest e r . . ......... South Eastern and Branehes ........ south Dev0n...... .............. Taff Vale Whitehaven Junction .• . • • . • • • • • •... Wishaw and Coltness . • ........ York and Newcastle . • • York and North Midland ........... 1,360 626 3,132 41,3 8,166 1,116 10,566 83i 974 _ 3,189 2,025 919 2,422 16,962 1114 8,809 1,491 126 84,753 716 6,767 6,637 2,096 465 18,566 1,066 1,960 1,672 1,922 2,1811 1,147 687 7,044 9,048 736 490 2,319 1,004 1,170 16,511 916 1,852 838 160 7,914 946 35,428 Sl9 8,319 6,645 1,838 10,03 b 7,292 All 17,9/4 2,145 1,b60 1,484 6,078 893 410 6,322 478 1,187 778 8,693 b,646 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 25th day of idArch, 1848. 11181:1B DrJAILETWENT. X. Notes halted.... •• .. 211,556,320 .£28,556,320 Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities .. .. '2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,738,430 Silver bullion •• • . 1,817,890 28,656,320 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 30th day of March. 1 , EPAITICEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,6813,041 Other securities .• • • 12,857,662 Notes .. .. .. .• .. .... 10,953,245 Gold and silver coin.. 760,474 I £36,259,422 M. TIARSTIALL, Chief Cashier. 48. 4 NANKING D X. P roprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 eat •. .. 3,995,884 !labile deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, say ings -bank s, and Di vidend accounts) • . 7,4 c 2,556 Other deposits • • 9,353,628 Seven day and other 904,354 4 36,259,422 pitted the 30th day of March. Is, M. GulzoT.—We understand that, on the day after the arrival of M. Guizot in England, a sum of 2,0001. was paid to his credit, at a London bank by some un known friend. M. Guizot received almost at the same moment an anonymous letter from the party by whom the money was paid, stating what the writer had done, and another letter from the bankers, informing him that the money was in their hands. The entire property of M. Guizot consists, we understand, of houses at Paris, pro. ducing, hitherto, an income of about 800/. a year. There is, however, we need scarely say, much cause to appre hend that this property will be confiscated by the National Assembly. We have reason to believe that M. Guizot was concealed for eight days in Paris before he could make his escape, and that he was obliged during that time to disguise himself in woman's clothes.— Brighton Gazette. %lONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was with out any particular movement, but continued heavy; sales 3,500 bales. Railway Shares were lower, and with but a limited business doing. The weekly statement of the Bank of England to the 25th ult., exemplifies what has been before noted under this head, as t© the largeness of the monetary resources of the country at the present time, and the commanding position in which it is placed to prosecute mercantile undertakings of importance, provided it retains the bless ings of peace. The principal changes compared with the previous week, are these: — Notes issued 28,556,320 Increase Rest Increase 4,334 Public Deposits 7,452,556 Increase 495,164 Other Deposits 9,353,628 419,182 Decrease _... Seven Day and other Bills Increase 34,612 Government Securities Increase 115,861 Other Securities Decrease Notes 10,953,245 Decrease Bullion Increase 193,653 Active circulation Increase The business doing in exchanges has been limited throughout the week, and there was no improvement yesterday afternoon. It is not to be expected that Con tinental business will revive just yet. There has been no material change of feeling in the City with respect to Continental affairs, but there is rather more confidence in reference to Ireland, about hich so much has been said this week. The declara tion of Lord Lansdowne as to the power of the Crown to suppress any seditious movement is regarded as very satisfactory, though there has never been any doubt of this in unprejudiced circles. Private letters from the Continent advise the suspen sion of payments by Messrs. Abraham Schaafhausen, hankers, of Cologne, and Messrs. Lombard, Odier, and Co., bankers, of Geneva. The exports of bullion from London have been rather large this week, including about 20,0001. in gold coin, and 60,000 to 70,000 ounces in silver, nearly all to Holland, Belgium, Antwerp, and France. The arrivals of specie, however, entirely overbalance this, and the opportunity of exporting silver against the valuable consideration to be obtained abroad is likely enough to tempt our merchants. The Funds are fluctuating, but the demand for stock still keeps the price of Consols,rather higher for Money than Account, whereasAallowing for a fortnight's inte rest, the reverse should be the case. Consols have been quoted 81* to 4 for transfer on Tuesday, and 81 to 4 for Account, being now about 81 to I. Exchequer bills have realised 325. to 355. premium. The Foreign Bonds have been very flat, with the ex ception of Mexican which have risen to 154 Portu guese Four per Cents. have been 144, and Spanish Five per Cents. as low as 104 to 11. The Three per Cents. have been 184 to 20. Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 56 ex-dividend. In Railway Shares there is not so good a feeling, and the quotations have been in favour of the buyers both of English and French lines. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Arms Bl % lAli% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 l9 17 20 p Ditto under 1.0001 Bank Stock for Account 190 1 ,4 Consols for Account ..... Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0004 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account ISA% l A Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 75 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account . lO% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2O 19 Ditto far the Account 194 18% Dividends on the above payable ii London. Dutch 2 1 ,e, per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONI O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. rail. swam. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 1 ,4 — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 11 11lrmingtiam & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. - Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 - to Chester and Holyhead-. 37% — to Ditto, Preference l5 - Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10 ...... . Direct London & Portsmouth 3% to Dublin and liell.ist Junction__ 95 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — to East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aad L. &D. Ditto, 18/., E. &II lB ...... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3 ...... to Eastern Counties . .. Do. l'erpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13x. 4d par Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 138.4 d... % die to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12%... .. Do., New East ern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto., Thirds ... 13s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . — Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New .. .......... .... • 15 Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire 16%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow SO Ditto, Half Sha res 15 •• ••• 8% to Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,L 9 Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 to —. Ditto, New ..... ... ..... .....„ 33A ...... to Ditto, New port Ditto, ditto, New 2 1.4 — ••• ..• to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to ~. Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Ca.rlisle-8/. 65.8 d... - to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New 4O — Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ..... .. ... to Great Northern.... .......... ... 13 Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% 16%...... to Great North of England 100 — Ditto, Ni. w 40! Ditto, New 301 Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 61,‘,..... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares 17% — to Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 17/. 9%..... to Iludditrsfield and Manchester 24 .. -. Di tte, Thirds 8 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% — to -- Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% to Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2% — Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds... lO Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 14% — ... .. to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ..-....... 6 1 4...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s — to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38 Do. (Hudders. and Shoff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2a ...... to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford . 50 ..... Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 42 1 ,E — , .. . Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2% — . ..... to -. Leeds and Thirsk ...........••• 40 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... Liverpool. Crosby, and South port Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ... 2% — ...... to London $c Blackwell ...181. 6s. 8d 4 % 3 / 4... to Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 13s. 4d.... .. .. to Do. Extension ........ - ..... 20 to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . . — ..... to Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 60 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ... ..... ... to — to to .... London Ditto Pref e ren c e and G ree nw ich . . . 1 1 2 8 1 1 . 1 1 5x. 71; 2 4 d d . ..... .._— London & North Western..... loo ...... 126 .. to 125 1 / 2 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - ...... to Do. New Do. Fifths - Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M 2O ...... ...... to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%. .... 9 ...... to —. Do. 10!. .. N. and B. (B.) 7%...... __. Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 — 3 IA V I -. to London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto. New 504 Ditto, New 404..- ..... 30 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ..- Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,E ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — .• Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 / 1 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, IA Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 % ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 7%...... Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 12% — to Ditto, Diaz & Lin. Union 41. 21, ... -- Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 4.. — ... to Midiand 100 ....... 97 96 ... to 97 Ditto, Consol. Preference 100 .. — ...... to Ditto, 50/. Shares 15 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... 73 -. Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... Ditto ditto • 11/. 36.6 d. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ctgua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 35 Middlesbro' and ltedcar, 6 per cent. guar. SO Newcastle and Carlisle - Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chestsrtora 18% — to Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Norfolk lOO - Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 11 / per ct. 5 ... Do. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 N e awry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. Northern Counties Union .... North British 12% — ..... to 14 to— Ditto Half Shares, ..... ..... 12 1 ,4 — ...... to Do. Quarters 5 1% — to Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... 3 ...... North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 North Wales 3% ..... ..... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1 ,4...... Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22 1 ,4 — ...... to Ditto, New... Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 ...... ...... to —. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 — to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) Ditto Halves. Ditto 8 ... .. . ... t• Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 0 ...... Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 ...... Shropshire Union . South Devon ....... ......... 40 Ditto, Preference ...... to South Staffordshire 4 South Eastern and Dover 33 1 Ditto, New, No. 1 . . Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 i 7 Ditto New, No. 3 2O — to —. _. . Ditto New, No. 4. .. 7 1 ,E 4 to South Wales - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Longhor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 4 llamas Haven Dock and — to ....., Railway 1754 — to ••••• Taw Vale Extension ........ 4 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1354.- to Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ... .. to Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall IVhitehaven and Furness l2 ... .. ..... to -• Windsor, Staines, and South Western 92s. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 80 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 18 ..... Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. 7,4 3 % to York and North Midland .. 50 ...... Ditto, Preference Ditto East and Westßiding Extension ..... ..... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 5% to 6 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain «. 2 Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction Louvain i la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) - ••• •• to Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege l6 ...... 2 ... to Northern of France. lO ...... 2145 g... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d , ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. 2O - to Paris & Strasbourg . ..... ..... 8 ...... Rouen and Havre ........ ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... to Tours & Nantes ... « 8 - •«... to ..-• Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK RANKS. 5 • •••• 4 •••••• ''. - 58. •••• • -- 7 .••••• •.. ••• to -- 1 1 4 0.1.0 &I. • •.••• to 4 — to 1 — ••• .. to 6 — ......to -6 ...• - to Australasia - British North American .... 50 - ...... to -- Colonial ..... ......... ........... 25 Commercial of London London Joint Stork London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New 1• Union of Australia Ditto, New 2 1,4 — Union of London ...... ........ I 0 Union of Madrid . MINES. Anglo Mexican to .... Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian ..... Blaeuarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip — 13ritish Iron Brazilian Imperial .... .. - to Galvanized Iron ...••• to Ditto, New Real del Monte. Unregistered . .. 1%..... to Do. Black Debentures — COURSE OF Amsterdam ...... •• .• Ditto, at sight ...... 12 3 Rotterdam .... • • • • 12 7% Antwerp • .• .• Ramburgh .... • • M.B. Altona ...... .••• • • • Paris, 3 days' sight 26 70 Marseilles nourdeaux . • . Frankfort en Maine.... Petcrsburgh, Sil. Itble.. 13er1in........ • • • • • • • • Vienna, effec. rib.. • Trieste, ditto.... Madrid • • ..... Cadiz • • •.• • • .. ••• • • • Bilbao .......... Barcelona Saville..•••••••• •• •• EXCHANGE. 31bra1tar•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• Leghorn ........ 33 Genoa .. •• • • ...... •• .. 27 50 Milan Naples .•••••• • • • • • •• Palermo, per oz • • •• • • • • Lisbon.... • • . SOX Oporto .... .• .... ••.. • • 50% Rio Janeiro •• .. .. • • 26 Bahia Buenos Ayres ...... • • New York, 21 clays'aight —. Philadelphia . . . . • • . . .. -- _ TIMM OF BULLION, PEI 01. Foreign Gold la bars.. X 3 l 7 9 1 , 14pw Dollars ••. • • • 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Saver in bars ...... • . 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL I.—Wind N.E., light breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 31.—Arrd, Phoenix, Berbice; Mag dalena, Gibraltar; Clemence, Honfleur; Wiscbafex, Arrd. from the River and sld. William Shand, Singa pore; Eliza Killick, ditto; Captain, Bombay; Sea Bird. Africa; Margaret Elizabeth, Bahia; Berbice, Berbice; Medora, Jamaica; Wenham, New York; Walton, Boston; Spartan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Eglinton, ditto; Empire, ditto; Astonian, ditto; Cumberland, ditto; Hymen, Pugwash; Pearl, Montreal; Laurel, Saguinay.; Barkhill, St. John's, Newfoundland; Isabel, St. Michael's; Rival, Lisbon; Laurel, Cork. Sld. Orynthia, Miramichi; Centurion, Quebec; Wolfscove, ditto; Pearl, Montreal; St. Andrew, ditto; Barkhill, Newfoundland; Rival, Lisbon; Robert Heddle, Cardiff; with the rest of the outward-bound. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd.,Botb, Caleb, Grinishaw ' New York; New World, New Y or k ; Andrew Foster, New York. Sld. 30th, Syria, Mon treal; 31st, Zenobia, Matanzas; R avenswood, Jamaica; Gipsey, New Orleans; Maharica, Montreal; Ann, Mon treal; St. John, New York. Off port, 31st, Washing ton, Mobile; Oregon, Mobile ; Queen, Apalachicola; Royal SovereigN—. AtIONTROSE, MARCH 29.—S1d. Henry, Quebec. The schooner Eliza Watson, Watson ' of Pittenween. in work. ing out of this h ar b our yesterday, went on the rocks near Scurdyness, where she now lies in a diamasted state. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, MARCH 26.—Catharina, Toosbury, Stamburg. for Cuba. HARWICH ELECTION. The nomination of a candidate for the vacancy in the representation of this borough, occasioned by the ejec tion of Mr. Attwood, took place yesterday. The MAYOR (Mr. John Pattrick) opened the proceed inges at the unusually early hour of nine o'clock, as ap v.anted. He addressed the electors, and hoped they would on this occasion purge themselves of the stigma that had been cast upon them. On themselves depended 1 whether this was or not the last time they would be called upon to exercise the rights of the franchise. The Hon. Mr. Sutton and Sir J. Cain Hobhouse having been duly nominated, The Hon. Mr. SUTTON came forward, amid loud cheers. He denied, fairly, openly, and straight for wardly, that he appeared there as a nominee or delegate. He did not mean to say anything disrespectful of Mr. Attwood, but he would not consent to be his, or any other man's nominee, to gain one or twenty seats.— (Hear, bear.) He appeared there on Conservative prin ciples, and those who thought well of them would support him.—(Hear, hear.) He rejoiced to bear that bribery and corruption were protested against; ho pledged himself to be no party to either, directly or indirectly.—(Hear, hear.) Relying on the promises he had received during a personal canvas, he felt confident of the result, and that he would to-morrow be placed at the head of the poll.—(Cheers.) Mr. BULL addressed the meeting on behalf of Sir John Cam Hobhouse, and said he had no doubt, he having been one of the deputation that waited on the Right Hon. Baronet, that in the course of a few months all would feel obliged to him for his share in introducing him to the electors of Harwich.—(He was much inter rupted by constant cries of " Where is he?" &c.) On a show of hands. the MAYOR declared Sir John C. Hobhouse had a majority, and a poll was demanded by Captain Deane on behalf of Mr. Sutton, and fixed for to-morrow (tbia day). - - PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commgns. .... FRIDAY, MARCH 31. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolution was reported from the above Committee : That in the case of the New Ross Port and harbour petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought .to be dispensed with: —T hat the parties be p e r m it te d to present their petition accord. ingly.—Resolution agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comoro uk) FRIDAY, MARCH 31. SUPPLY.— (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motionocr es, made , n t and exceeding Qu eatio l n l p 3, r B o 4 p 7 ose m d, en "That a number o f Land Men employed in the territorial possessions of the East Indi a Company) Commissioned an d Non-Commissioned Officers included, be maintained for the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the let day of April, 1848, to the 31st day of March, 1849:"—Whereup on Motion made, and Question put. " That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 100,000 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the territorial poosessions of the East India Company), Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be maintained for the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the let day of April, 1848, to the 31st day of March, 1849." The Com mittee divided:— MINORITY —AYES, 39. Aglionby, H. A. Greene, John Scully, Francis Alcock, Thomas Hall, Sir B. Smith, J. Benjamin Berkeley, Grantley Ilastie, Alexander Strickland, Sir G. Blewitt, It. J. Henry, Alexander Stuart, Lord Dudley Bowring, Dr. Pechell, Captain llumphery, Ald. Sullivan, Michael Bright, John Kershaw, James Tancred, 11. W. Brotherton, J. 3 PGregor, John Thompson , Colonel Brawn, Humphrey Meagher, Thomas Thompson, George Clay, James Moleswurth, Sir W. WakleY, T. Crawford, W. S. Mowatt, Francis Nelmsley, Sir J. Duncan, George Wi ll iams, John Ewart, William MUM. Pilkington, James Fagan, William Raphael, Alexander Hume, Joseph Gardner, J. D. Scboletleld4Wlllian Cobden, Richard MAJORITY -NOES, 293. Abdy, T. N. Elliot, J. E. Morison, General Adair, Hugh E. Emlyn, Viscount Morris, David Adair, R. Shafto Evans, Sir De Lacy Musgrave, Earl Adare, Viscount Evans, William Mare, Colonel Adderley, C. B. Fergus, John • Napier, Joseph A 'exander, N. Ferguson,,Colonel Newdegate, N. Anson, Colonel Ferguson, Sir R. Newry, Viscount Anson, Viscount Floyer, John Norreys, Lord Anstey, Thomas Forbes, William Norreys, Sir D. Archdall, Captain Fordyce, A. D. Nugent, Sir Percy Arkwright, George Forster, Mathew O'Brien, Sir Lucius Armstrong, Sir A. Fortescue, Chichester Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Fortescue, J. W. Paget, Lord A. Bagge, W. Fox, R. M. Paget, LordiGeorge Bailey, Joseph Fox, S. L. Palmerston, Viscount Bailey, Joseph, jun. Frcestnn, yolonel Parker, John Baldwin, Barry rrewen, C. B. z....,-. r vv. Barkly, Henry, Fuller, A. E. Peel,;Sir Robert Baring, F. T. Gaskell, J. M. Pennant, Colonel Baring, W. B. Gibson, T. M. Perfect, Robert Bernard, Viscount Glyn, G. C. Pigott, Francis Bateson, Thomas Goddard, A. L. Pinney, W. Bellew, R.:11. Grace, 0. D. Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, Philip Graham. Sir James Plowden, W. H. Beresford, William Greene Thomas Power, Nicholas Berkeley, Captain Grenfell, C. Pascoe Price, Sir R. Berkeley, H. F. Grenfel , Charles W. PrimeAltichard Birch, Sir Thomas Grey, Sir G. Pugh, David Blackall, S. W. Grey, Ralph W. Posey, P. Blandford, Marquis Grogan, Edward Rawdon,:Colonel Bolden), Henry Grosvenor, Lord R. Renton, J. C. Bolling, William Guest, Sir J. Reynolds, John Bourke, R. S. Gwyn, Howel Ricardo, Osman Bowles, Admiral Haggitt, F. It. Rice, E. ,R. Boyle, Colonel Hallyburton, Lord Rich, Henry Brackley, Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Robartes, T. J. Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, Lord John Bremridge, Richard Hardcastle, J. A. Russell, Edward S. Broadley, Henry Harris, Hon.lCapt. Russell, F. C. Brockman, E. D. Hawes, Benjamin Rutherford, A. Browne, R . 1). Illty, Lord John Sandars, George Bruce, C. L. Hayter, W. G. Seymer, H. K. Buck, L.IIV. Headlam, Thomas Seymour, Sir H. Buller, Charles Heathcote, Sir W. Seymour, Lord Bunbury, E. H. Henley, J. W. Shal to, R. D. Burghley, Lord Hervey, Lord A. Shell, R. L. Busfeild, William Hey wood, James Shelburne, Earl of Cabbeli, B. B. Hildyard, R. C. Sheridan, R. B. Campbell, W. F. Hobhouse, T. B. Sibthorp, Colonel Cardwell, Edward Hodges, T. L. • Simeon, John Carew, W. P. Hodges, T. Twisdelt Smith, R. T. Carter, John B. Hollond, Robert i Smith, J . A. Castlereagh, Tisc. Hood, Sir A. Smith, SI Tucker Cavendish, G. H. Hope, Sir .7. Smyth, John G. Cayley, E. S. 'foray John Smolle:t, A. Charteris, Francis Hotham, Lord Somerville, Sir W. Chichester, Lord J. Howard, C.W.G. Spearman, li. J. Childers, J. W. Howard, E. G. Spooner, Richard Cholmeley, Sir M. Hudson, O. Stafford, Augustus Christy, Samuel Hutt, William Stanley, E. J. Clay, Sir W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stansfield, W. R. Clerk Sir G. Jervis, Sir John Stuart, J. Clive, H. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Sturt, Henry G. Cocks, Thomas S. Jones, Sir W. Sutton, H. M. Codrington, Sir W. Keogh, William Talbot, C. R. Coke, Edward K. Keppel, G. T. TeriLson, E. K. Colebrooke, Sir T. Labovchere, Henry Tennent, 1 , . J. Coles, Henry B. Langston, J. H. Ihicknesse, It. A. Cols ;'e, C. R. Lewis, Sir T. Thompson. Ald. Compton, H. C. Lewis, George C. Townley, R.G. Corry, 1 1. Lincoln, Earl of Townshend, Captain Courtenay, Lord Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. Cowper, W. F. Littleton, E. R. Toner, George Craig, W. G. Locke, Joseph Ty ate, Colonel Cripps, William Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lord H. Cubittt, William Lockhart, N. Verner, Sir W. Currie, Raikes Lushington, Charles Vivian, J. H. Davies,T.D. A. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Vyse, R. H. Dawson, T. V. litacnamara, Major Waddington, H. S. Deedes, W. M'Cullagh, W. T. Wall, C. B. Denison, W. J. M'Naghtel, Sir E. Walsh, Sir J. Denison, J. E. _ M'Neill, Duncan W ar d, H. G. Disraeli,lß. _ „ M`Taggart, Sir J. Watkins, Colonel Dod, J. W. Mogan, IV. IL Wawn, J T. Dodd, George Mahon, O'Gorman Wellesley, Lord C, Douglas, Sir C. E. March, Earl of West, F. R. Douro, Marquis of Marsaall, W. Westhead, J. P. Drummond, Henry Matheson, Alex. Wilson, James Duckworth, Sir J. Matheson, J. Wilson, Matthew Duff, George S. Matheson, Colonel Wood, Sir Charles Duncuft, John Maule, Fox Wood, W. P. Dundas, Admiral Maunsell, T. Z. Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Sir David Melgund, Viscount Wyld, James Dundas, George Meux, Sir Henry Wyv.ll, Mannaduke Dunne, Francis P. Mitchell, T. A. Yorke, Henry R. Ebring*.l., T.nrel At ntt,a t., nonrge Egerton, W. T. Monsell, William TELLERS. Ellice, Edward Moore, George H. Tufnell, Henry Ellice, E., jun. Morpeth, Viscount Thu. Lord Marcos Original Question again proposed : —Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, " That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 108,398 Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the territorial possessions of the East India Company), Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be maintained for the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist day of April, 1848, to the 31st day of March, 1849." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 45. Aglionby, IL Henry, Alexander Scully, Fra u d s Alcock, Thomas Hume, Joseph Smith, John B. Berkeley, Grantloy Kershew, James Stuart, Lord D. Blewitt, Reginald lit'Gregor, John Sullivan, Michael Bowring, Dr. Meagher, Thomas Tancred, 11. W. Brotherton, J. Mitchell, T. A. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Moffatt, George Thompson, George Crawford, W. S. Mowatt, Francis Trelawny, J. S. Cobden, R. Osborne, Ralph Wakley, Thomas Duncan, George Pearson, Charles Walrasley, Sir J. Ewart, William Pechell, Captain Williams, John Fagan, William Pigott, Francis Willoughby, Sir H. Gardner, J. D. Pilkington, James Wood, W. P. Greene, John Raphael, Alexander TELLERS. Hallyburton, Lord Reynolds, John Moleswerth, Sir Iv . Basile, Alexander Scholetleld, William Bright, John MAJORITY-NOES, 246• ELECTION RECOGNIZANCESBILL. Report further considere d:--Motion made, and Question proposed, " That th e A mendment be now read a second time :"—Amendment p ropose d , to l e ave out from the words " That the" to th e en d of the Ques ti o n, in order to add the words " Report b e t a k en i nto furti er cl asideration upon this day six months," i ns t ea d t h ereof : —Questio 1 put , " That the words proposed t o b e l e f t out stan d p a rt of the Question :" The House divided; the Ayes to the old Lobby, the Noes to the new Lobby; and a Member having been found in the House who had not voted on either side, he vas brought to the table, and was informed by Mr. Speaker that he must vote; whereupon th e Question was stated to him, and he declared that he voted with the Ayes. MAJORITY—AYES, 92. Adderley, C. B. Fox, Richard M. Raphael, Alexander Alexander, N. Fuller, A. E. Reynolds, John Anson, Viscount Gardner, Richard sanders, George Ansley, T. C. Grace, 0. D. J. scholefleld, W. Bagge, William Greene, John Scully Francis ili van,illichael Shell, R.L. Bailey, J. Jan. Grey, R. w, Barkly, Henry Grogan, E. Sibthorp, Colonel Bennet, Philip Hamilton, G. A. Simeon, John Smith, J. 13. Beresford, William Hervey, Lord A. Berkeley, Grantley Hildyard, R. C. Smyth, J. G. Boldero, H. G. HoPe, Sir J.: Sniollott, crier, George Bolling, William Hudson, George Somerville, Sir W. Brackley, Vise.unt Jones, Sr W. Spooner, Richard Bright, John Kershaw, James Stafford, Augustus Brockman, E. D. Lindsay, Colonel Blurt, H . G. Su Burghley, Lord Littleton, E. R. Chichester, Lord J. Locke, Joseph Talbot, J. 11. Christy, Samuel Lockhart, A. E. Thompson, Colonel Clay, James Lockhart, W. Tu Cobden, Richard Megan, W. IL Vyse, Howard Cocks, T. S. Mahon, O'Gorman Waddington. H. S. Codrington, Sir W. March, Earl of Walley, Thomas Colvile, C. R. Meux, Sir H. _ Walmaley, Sir J. Cripps, W. Newdegate, C. •L‘ • Walsh, Sir J. B. Davies, D. A. Newry, Viscount Watkins, Colonel Dod,'J. W. Nugent , Sir P erc y Westhead, J. P. Su Lucius Dundas, G. Williams, John Ellice, Edward Williamson, Sir H. Fagan, William Pearson, Charles TICLIADA. Floyer, John r il kington, Junes Wortley. J. S. Forbes, W. PlutoPttei- J * P. Mackenzie, W. F, Paget, A. miNG°reitenie'irl;l::ll3°l- ES' 7slansfieid, Pechell, Captain Abdy, Thomas N. Greufell, C. Pascoe Pigott, Francis Adair, Hugh E. Grenfell, Charles W. Price, Sir Robert Adair, R. Shaft° Grey, Sir George Rawdon, Colonel Aglionby, H. A. Hallyburton , Lord Ricardo, Osman Bellew, R. M. Haw., Alexander Rice, E. R. Bernal, Ralph - HAWS, Benj. Rutherford, A. Bowring, Dr. Hood, sir tlexander S Bh m aft ith ° , Viscount Seymer, Henry Ker Brotherton, Joseph HaY ter ' W. G. Heathcote, Sir W. Seymour, Lord Buller, Charles Earl Cabbell, B. B. Henley, J. W m • Hobhouse, T. B. Sheridan, R. B. Campbell, W. F. M. Tucker Cardwell, Edward G t e ervi wie s : il . . C J !lta nnt wStuyakirt,, JamesLordiD • / n ue, Sir It. Carew, W. P. Charter's, Francis Clerk Sir GeorgeW. R. C. Thicknesse, R. A. Lincoln, Earl of Townshend. Captain Coles, H. Z. M.Cullagh , W. T. Wawn, J. T. Craig, W. G. iirT a ggart, Sir J. Wood, W. P. Dodd, G. Douglas, Sir C. Morp gr e a th s : e Norr i s , David Wyvill, M. D D a u a ck euft wor j h o , h S n ir J. Sir D Yorke, H. R. yEbrington, Viscount Norre ,D. Elliot, John E. Og'e,3 S• C. MIAs/4 Fo - dyce, A. D. p ag e, Lord G. Hill, Lord M. Gaskell, J. M. P a lmerston, Vic Hall, Sir Benjamin Par k e r, John Graham, Sir J. DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS.—A deputation from the Scottish Patriotic Society, under the patronage of her Majesty and Prince Albert, has arrived in town, to the suffering but un complaining the London p u bli c , an d br especiallyin g the H the destituteoh tindr ea h conditionportion before o of f it. The o bj ec t o f th e seeds, buted deputationoarms among nb s gst subscriptions ih o pe b t grain and vegetable purchase them, to be distri- Righlanders, who are at present unable, frem their abject poverty, to purchase seed for their little patches of land. A public meeting will be held in a few days in furtherance of the objects of tho deputation, when we hope the appeal of the deputa tiaodinenss destitute te presents deputa tion will be cheerfully responded to. PURCHASE OF STEAM-BOAT S BY THE GOVERN• MENT.—Three large steam ships, b u ildi ng for the Penin sular and Oriental Steam Comp an y, ( t h e sma ll est , at Cowes, is upwards of 900 tons, the others about 1,200), have been purchased for the Government. They will be leuuched 44 is fe w (1110. (there are some such amongst us) to consideration and consequent action, it will not have been made in vain.— Fraser's Magazine. ON THE SOCIAL POSITION OF GOVERNtSSES. BY THE ♦UTHOR OF " WOMAN'S MISSION." The following remarks on a subject of some public importance, were originally called forth by an applica tion from a distinguished friend of the writer, who re quested assistance for the bazaar about to be held in aid of the " Governesses' Benevolent Institution." Some friends to whom they were communicated urged their Publication, as placing the claims of governesses on grounds more consistent with their truth and value, than public opinion, or even public benevolence, has yet at tained to respecting that important body. It is hoped that they may have some interest from the novelty, and some weight from the fact, of their coming from one within, and not without the " pale." However difficult, if not impossible it may be, to put the public in possession of the real motives of an author, it is highly desirable to prevent the imputation of such as are false. This is especially the case with respect to all statements of abuses : it is of importance to know that public censures are not provoked by private grievances. The writer, then, has no wrongs of any kind to resent. A long prof ess i ona l career has, by a rare felicity, shown her her profession only under its brightest aspect ; and her professional relations with individuals have been marked by a liberality, a courtesy, a high consideration, worthy of all gratitude, and which have left nothing to bo desired by the most jealous or personal self-respect. In treating, therefore, of the wrongs, or what she conceives to be the wrongs, of governesses, she is actuated by none of the asperity of adversity, and none of the bitterness of wounded self-love. But a personal exemption from great "class evils," ought not to blind the understanding to their existence, or shut the heart to the misery which they produce. Even the perception of these evils, however, would not have sufficed to urge her to a public declaration of her sentiments, but that she feels some of the highest interests of society to be thereby compromised, and that society is even more unjust to itself than to her profession in suffering their existence. The frequent appeals to public compassion made in behalf of governesses—the "fancy fairs," "shilling sub scription cards," got up with a view to their benefit, are calculated to fill a thinking mind with painful re flections, and a cynical mind with bitter ones. There must be some great wrong—something very " rotten in the state of Dnmark," before society would venture to offer, or respectable individuals could be induced to in acce injustice It is difficult to speak of benevolent intentions, even when one thinks th em ill -d i rected, with any thing ap proaching to harshness; but it remains a matter of grave consideration whether the tendency of the above-men tioned charities be not, like many of the efforts of merely impulsive benevolence, to relieve individual dis tress cso ad.”, -e Qpnoral good. It is too true that governesses can rarely provide for old ago or contingencies. But why ? Because the emolument received by governessess (however superior) is not sufficient to enable a person, required to keep up the appearance of a gentlewoman, to do so—because the general notions on this subject aro notoriously such, as to have been made the subject of more than one popular e burlesque ! The salary of a first - rate governess i s scarcely more than the interest of money which n her d r education ought to have cost ; and those of all u "first-rate" are not more than is given to the upper ser vants of good families. The profession of a private governess is the only profession which offers no premium to distinguished abilities, and we see the results, un happily, every day. Would it not be better to pay governesses a little more, and to pity them a little less ? The prejudices which would degrade, and the injustice which inadequately remunerates, the members of an honourable and useful profession, are ill compensated by a tardy and patronising compassion. The writer knows not how the members of her profession feel generally, but, for her own part, she would prefer having recourse to that legal provision which the laws of her country allow all to claim,—to receiving in the form of alms that which had been denied in the form of wages. Nor can it be wondered at if the high-minded amongst the body should reject, rather than be grateful for, that form of compensation which arises from public charity, and is to be sued for in forma pauperis. But this is not the only, nor, in the writer's opinion, the gravest aspect of the subject. That individuals should suffer humiliation is a light thing in comparison of a great cause suffering injury. Education is a great cause. The public think it so ; they talk of it, at least, as such ! The progress of society permits no one now to say, whatever ho may think, that ours is a degrading occupation. We have essays on education, essays on educators ; how the tone of the one and the character of the other may be raised. Can the tone of education, or the character of educators, be raised, while society continues to offer to the mem bers of this profession for their services—the wages and social position of a domestic, and for their distresses and old age—the provision of a pauper ? Their knowledge of human nature must be very small who do not perceive that a class, the distresses and necessities of which are thus constantly made the theme of public cemmisseration and the object of public charity, can never attain (as a class) to that position of social respectability which the members of so in fluential a profession ought to occupy ; and education can never be what it ought to be, till educators do fill such a place in public estimation. how is society to learn to look up with respect to those on whom it has been first taught to look down with pity ? It is im possible ! But there are two sides to every question ; and where there is blame it is never altogether on one; nor is it here. Candour compels the acknowledgment, that while the respectable and meritorious are often grievously un derpaid, there are but too many in our profession who would be overpaid at any price. And the same candour compels also the humiliating confession, that the invle quate remuneration and low social position of gover nesses may be greatly attributed to the assumption of the office by those whose necessities are their only title to employment. Is it not monstrous that while a lady will not give her dress to be made to any one but a first rate dressmaker, she will give her children to be educated by a second or third rate governess ? That shC will commit their training for this world and the next to a woman whose only qualification for the task is, that she has had a twelvemonths apprenticeship in an inferior boarding-school, or—that her father failed last week ? One has really very little right to complain of the want of respect shown by society to a profession which respects itself so little as to have allowed this state of things to continue without a grand simultaneous effort to re medy it. But such an effort being, it is to be feared, hopeless, some other remedy must be found. This remedy appears to lie, not in public charity but in public institutions. That governesses may bs more respected, they must be better qualified ; that they may be better qualified, they must be better paid ; that they may be both, they must be better chosen ; that they may be better chosen, there must be somebody to choose them. That somebody should be the Government ; for the Church, which ought to be the curator of public educa tion, does not sufficiently represent the people to take up its office. The Government then, in our own, as in other countries, ought to take upon itself the office of securing the public interests, by excluding the half-edu cated or simply necessitous from the rank of public in structors, thus giving respectability to the office and se curity to the public. The public feeling on this subject has already found representatives in two bodies—the " Queen's College," and the " College of Preceptors." To both—and especi ally to the latter, as organised by the Educational body itself —much gratitude is due for their endeavours after a great moral and national good. But the writer (with diffidence) suggests that they are both deficient in a most important respect, viz., they are nos armed with a com petent and efficient weight of authority. The power needed is a power of exclusion—a power which can say, " You shall not take up this vocation unless 'you show testimonials of ability." No privately organised body would, or could assume to itself the power of such exclusion ; and the assumption, that the diploma granted to the capable would amount to a virtual exclusion of the incapable, seems to be based on an insufficient considera tion of the peculiar difficulties of the case. Some of these difficulties the writer (also with diffi dence) ventures to suggest. It appears to her, that while the ignorant and incapable might (by accepting low salaries) evade the requisite examination, the very superior—those of acknowledged merit and talent — might, neglect it, not from contempt, but because nothing but a Government diploma, absolutely indispensable, and giving to the educator the dignity of a recognised public functionary, could be to such persons a sufficient desider atum to induce them to submit to the ordeal of a public examin tion. Now, these are the very persons whom it would be desirable to tempt into that profession to which society entrusts its dearest interests. It appears also to her, that no amount of fairness or impartiality could se cure the members of those bodies from the suspicion of partisanship in the exercise of their self-constituted functions ; and that the clamour of injustice, first raised perhaps, by disappointed incapacity, would soon find an echo in the public mind, and nullify the benefits ex pected. tj. Government sanction, then, appears to be the principal means by which the object so laudably attempted by the bodies can be attained ; and the only means by which full security can be given either to the profession or to the public, that the highest of all tasks may not often be assigned to the lowest of all minds ! But waiting these better times, there is much misery waiting also for relief. And that charity should stay her hand till justice has done her work is not to be ex pected—not even to be wished. It is, however, to be desired, that this relief could be afforded in a manner which would maintain the dignity of the profession, while it solaces the distress of the individual that some regard (as to ways and means) be had to the feel. ings of those, who are many of them in reality, and all of them by courtesy, gentlewomen; that still more regard be had to the public interests, which are deeply compro mised by any further degradation of a body so important to the moral interests of the community. If these remarks prove suggestive of any useful thoughts to the public in general, the writer will be well content; but her chief object is to rouse the attention of those of her own sex and profession, who may not yet have considered the subject in its full bearings, on their own position and interests, as well as on the public good. To them she looks for sympathy, from them must come the efforts (whether pecuniary or otherwise) that are to overcome the evils which all must deplore. Why should not the heads of prosperous and respectable ladies' schools come to the rescue of their less fortunate sisters ? An annual subscription of comparatively mo dente amount from all such would effect much good in this cause. To be the pensioners of a fund having (at least for its basis) a professional combination is one thing ; to be the pauperised claimants of eleemosynary public charity is another. To rescue the less fortunateo members of our noble common profession fro de grading a necessity would seem to be an objectrts. And if needing no other recommendation than its o wn this appeal rouse a few thinking beads 'ti n n e d noble hearts COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess de Joinville and the Duchesse d'Aumale, paid her Majesty a private visit yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing in an open car riage and four yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal walked yes terday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace; and her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday evening at Buckingham -palace. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and suite visited the exhibition of the Incorporated Society of British Artists in Suffolk- street yesterday, previously to the private view. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester-house. The Marquis of Breadalbane and Mr. Dennistoun had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yes terday at their office in the Board of Trade. General Sir Alexander Duff had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. A deputation from the British and Foreign School Society, consisting of the Rev. George Clayton, Mr. Robert Forster, Mr. James Nisbet, Mr. John Corderoy, the Rev. S. B. Bergue, Mr. James Grant, Mr. William Harvey, and Mr. Richard S. Smith, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, had a dinner party yesterday at Lansdowne House, Berkeley square. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from the Governors of Ceylon, South Australia, New Zealand, and the Mauritius, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial Office for the Governor of New South Wales. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DOWNING-STREET, MARCIE, 29, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Anthony Schrack, Esq., to be Registrar of Demerara and Esse quibo, in the colony of British Guiana. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 30. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT Borough of Aylesbury —s,-,-- the last election for the said borough having been curet'ae void. CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 31. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Monmouth--Edward Arthur Somerset, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Granville Charles Henry Somerset, commonly called Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, Mmacil 31. Ist Dragoon Guards—To be Captains, by purchase— Lieutenant Lockhart Little, vice Power, who retires ; Lieutenant William Tuthill, vice Newland, who retires, March 31. To b e Li eutenants, by purchase—Cornet Mordaunt Fenwick, vice Little ; Cornet James Robert Steadman Sayer, vice Tuthill, March 31. To be Cornets, by purchase—George Henry Warring ton Carew, Gent., vice Fenwick, March 31 ; Robert ard Thomas Thom son , G ent., vice Sayer, April 1. s Lieutenant,L i u v t i . e e ß h o l b e e a r t Robert e h k o e r e axtca exchanges, n f from March 31. 64t 6th Drago on Foot, to be e G 12th Light Dragoons--Cornet Charles Goring to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fullerton, who retires'; Constable Curtis, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Goring, March 31. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Herbert Gall to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bromwich, who retires; Charles Ambrose Lloyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gall; John Dudgeon, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Lloyd, March 31. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel 'William Fraser, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Henry Pen leaze, who exchanges; Lieutenant and Captain Hugh Andrew Robert Mitchell to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Fraser, who retires ; En sign and Lieutenant Lord Frederick John Fitzroy to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Oswald, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant John George Cavendish Disbrowe to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Mitchell; Frederick Charles Keppel, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord F. J. Fitzroy, March 31; William John Christie, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Disbrowe, April 1. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain James Hunter Blair to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brandreth, who retires ; En sign and Lieutenant the Hon. John Strange Jocelyn to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Blair; John Dugdale Astley, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Jocelyn, March 31. 15th Regiment Foot—James Walmsley, Gent.. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George John Walmsley, who retires, March 31. 22d Foot—Captain Frederick Browne Russell, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Coote, who exchanges, Jan. 5. 28th Foot—Captain Henry J. Coote, from 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Russell, who exchanges, Jan. 5. 44th Foot—Sergeant-Major James Pope, from 3d Foot, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign; Quarter master Daniel Doherty, from 68th Foot, to be Quarter• master, March 31; Surgeon Daniel Armstrong, from half-pay, 84th Foot, to be Surgeon, March 17. 53d Foot—Ensign George John Ashton to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, March 31. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Henry Kilvington to be Captain, without purchase, vice Smith, deceased, March 12; Captain Charles Pattison, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Cap tain, vice Lyttleton, who exchanges, March 31; Ensign Alfred Picton Bowlby, to be Lieutenant, vice Kilving ton, March 12 ; Lieutenant Josiah Marshall Heath, from 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Bickerstaff, who exchanges ; Ensign William Davies Shipley, from the 95th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bowlby, March 3 t. 68th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Coutts Paul Amedee Stuart to be captain, by purchase, vice Kennedy, who retires ; Ensign William George Stephenson to be Lieu tenant, by pnrchase, vice Stuart ; Joseph Henry Vis count Russburough to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ste venson, March 31. 75th Foot—Lieutenant John Selwyn Payne, from half-pay 39 thyoot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cox, promoted, March 31. 79th Foot—Ensign Edward William Cuming to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leader, who retires; Ro bert Tod Boothby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cuming, March 31. 84th Foot—Sergeant-Major Archibald Elliott to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macbean, deceased, March 31. 89th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander M'Geachy Alleyne to be Captain, by purchase, vice D'Arcy, who retires ; Ensign George Pinckney Atkinson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alleyne ; Charles lleycock, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atkinson, March 31. 93d Foot—Captain James White, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Ambrose Russell, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Alex. ander Sebastian Leith hay to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice White, who retires; Ensign John Alexander Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay; Frederick William Burroughs, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Fraser, March 31. 95th Foot—George Wightman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shipley, appointed to the 64th Foot, March 31. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign Richard Jennings Bramly to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Harvey, who retires; James Charles William Kippen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bramly, March 31. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Captain Westcote Witchurch Lyttleton, from 64th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pattison, who exchanges, March 31. BREVET. - Major William Fenwick Williams, of Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, March 3L UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant John Hamilton Cox, from 75th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, March 31. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Captain the Honourable George Guy Greville, com monly called Lord Brooke, to be Lieutenant. Colonel Commandant, vice the Right Honourable the Earl of Aylesford, resigned March 6, 1848 ; Cornet the Hon. Heneage Finch, commonly called Lord Guernsey,: to be Major, vice King,: promoted; Lieutenant Robert John Barnard, to be Captain, vice Lord Brooke, promoted, March 23. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire. 2d Regiment of West York Militia—Strafford Chandos St. Leger (and not William St. Leger, as inserted in the Gazette of the 10th instant), Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 28. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 21. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Benjamin Bousfield Ilerrick to be First Lieutenant, vice J. A. Fynmore, resigned; Second Lieutenant Wynder Belby Ireland to be First Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, AfAßcu 11, 1848. The Right Honourable Sir Thoma s Wilde, I fni ht Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Cepmon Pleas at Westminster, has appoi nted Anthony norrex Roger Micklefield, of Stoke Ferry, in the country of Nor folk, Gent. to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the aboli tion of fines, and recoveries and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Norfolk. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Nor l e y, cattle dealer, Paradise -street, Fins Samuel Prentice, licensed victualler, Boxford, Suffolk. bury.sam BANKRUPTS. Alfred Octavius Tanner, fruiterer, Edmonton, to sur render April 7, at half -past one, and May 12, at half past eleven„ at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Towns, Devonshire-street, Bisbopsgate. William Beach, cutler, Salisbury, April 13, at half past one, and May 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Jones, Quality -court. John Bates, watch maker, Kettering, Northampton shire, April 13, and May 12, at one, at _the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, 13asinghall. street; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn. James Green, wholesale hat manufacturer, Barbican, April 7, at two, and May 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Depree, Law rence-lane, Cheapside. George Duglas, linondraper, Brunswick-place, Old Kent road, April 11, at half-past one, and May 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Cooper, Hatton-garden. Daniel Greenaway Porter, wine merchant, Great Tower-street, City, April 7, and May 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Tilson and Co., Coleman-street. John Coward, schoolmaster, Sloanc-street, April 8, at two, and May 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall street; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. Charles Edward Collie, draper, Poplar, Middlesex, April 12, at two, and May 13, at half-past twelve, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. William Patrick, builder, Farnham, Surrey, April 12, at half-past twelve, and May 13, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Johnstone and Co., Farnham; Temple, Farnham; Nicole, Farnham. Adam Potter, butcher, Pakenham, Suffolk, April 12, at half-past one, and May IS, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Galsworthy and Nichol, Cook's-court, Carey street. William Pell, merchant, Upper Thames-street, April 11 and May 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Marten and Co., Mincing-lane. Frederick Elphick, glass cutter, Castle-street East, Oxford-market, April 13, at two, and May 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Dyer and Quick, Ely place, Holborn. David Gilby, coach builder, Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, April 11, at half-past two, and May 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Gooday, South square, Gray's Inn. William Edmunds, tailor, Wenlock-road, April 11, and May 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Wilson, Furnival's Inn. Richard Bayes Perkins, currier, Coventry, April 13, and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Trough ton and Lea, Coventry; Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn. R. Ireland, wine -merchant, Wein, Shropshire, April 12, and May 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Walmsley and Co., Wean ; James, Birmingham. John Aldersen, druggist, Tunstall, Staffordshire, April 6ot;t: Christie, official assignee, Birm hams, Hanley. Simon King, dealer in cutlery, Cheltenham, April at twelve, and May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol. Edward Christopher Holland, surgeon, Honiton, Devonshire, April 13, and May 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtssel, official assignee, Exeter; Cox, Honiton; Daw, Exeter; Church, Bedford-row, London. Felix O'Hanton, linen draper, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, April 3, and May 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Geare and Co., Exeter; Finch and Co., Lin. coln's Inn-fields, London. James Dawson Green, plaid manufacturer, Leeds, April 17, and May 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row, London; Shackleton, Leeds. William Henry Spurr, builder, Liverpool, April 14, and May 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; Duncan and Co., Liverpool. James Smith, slate merchant, Birkenhead, April 19 and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpol District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Furnival's Inn; Brown, Liverpool. John Roberts and William Ilammill Roberts, iron mongers, Liverpool, April 19 and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple ; Grocott, Liver. pool. Richard Smith, corn merchant, Preston, April 12 and May 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, M anc h ester; N orr i s and Co., Bedford-row; Turner and Son, Preston. Edward Hall, stock broker, Manchester, April 11, and May 3, at eleven, at the .Manchster District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale and Co., Man chester; Reed and Co., Friday-street, Cheapside. Samuel Curry, brick maker, Taunton, Somersetshire, April 12 and May 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter; Brace and Colt, Surrey-street, Strand. Edmund Hender, ironmonger, Bodmin, Cornwall, April 13 and May 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Llirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Commins and Son, Bodmin; Smith, Southampton -buildings ; Stogdon, Exeter. Martin Cawood, iron founder, Leeds, April 20 and May sat eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Hawkins and .Co., New Bos well-court ; Atkinson and Co., Leeds ; Blackburn, Leeds. Daniel Bradshaw, merchant, Aldmonbury, Yorkshire, April 11 and May 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow and Cu., Bedford-row; Floyd, Huddersfield. (Dividends, &c., iu our next.) PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 28 1848, is 2-Is. 2 , 4 d. per cwt. ELECTION COMMITTEES. BODMIN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After the examination of other witnesses, The Committee adjourned till to•rnorrow. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) All silk materials now assume a lighter tint, an nouncing the approach of spring, and suitable either for day or candle light ; many are of green glaci and brocl in a paler shade, light blue plaids on narrow grounds ; checks of groseille colour on gray glace, with white shaded taffetas figured in sprigs and large checks in white cerise and blue on a deep blue ground; each material has its peculiar style of lace; application, for tulle; Angleterre on satin; Alencon on velvet; and for neglige Valen c i e nn es an d Mechlin. In ball dresses three and even four skirts are worn of tulle or crape, and of taffetas d'ltalie, pink, blue, or white, with flounces entirely covering the skirt; the corsages continue pointed ; the new pelerines for evening wear, are with long narrow ends, edged with lace, put on a little full; these ends are in tended to go round the waist and tie behind in the style of the Autoinettes ; there is also another style of cannezous, forming demi berthe, termed is la Roland, which is made of point lace, embroidered muslin, or lace laid on. The round crowns termed jokeys are fashionable for bonnets, and the newest form is rather more open, and much ornamented with flowers ; the capotes termed Dolores, and an other boigneuse, are amongst the novelties of the mo ment. Satin bonnets are sometimes ornamented by a scarf of black lace, placed two or three times round the ends, falling at the side of the crowns demi rondos. Capotes of white colours are lined with white. The caps worn, both in evening and neglig6, are pretty, the form is round, small, and flat, the orna ments varying according to fancy. Many small coiffures are made up of half squares of Brussels lace; the Yalliere is composed of lappets of lace falling at at the back of the head without concealing the hair. Pretty evening caps are made of pink crape, covered with lace, having a rose and small green foliage in front: pretty neglig4;; caps are made of tulle, edged with lace, and trimmed with narrow pink and black velvet ribbon; pretty little turbans are made of laird, crape lissee, velours Aping* and damas, embroidered in silver and gold; they are placed very backward on the head, leav ing the ears uncovered. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Some of your readers may be able to answer the following question:— Whom does the present House of Commons represent? Not the masses of the people. Every proposition for their peculiar relief or benefit is invariably and unhesi tatingly rejected. Not the middle classes. The debates and divisions on the income-tax remove this from doubt. But whom, then, does the present House of Commons represent? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ONE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. March, 1843. GALVANIZATION OP METALS.--. IMPROV EMENTS IN Messrs. Morehead altealldt,eodrt allhe ereeof: alloys ofzinc combined in certain cases with antim on y ( an e l ectro - andtin, and or Rogers i n have e a nd p a rrua l antithesis to zinc, or a negati ve p o l e t o it as t h e 1 1 positive), in coating iron, whereby the protective power of the zinc is combined with certain other advantages, s uch as the obviation of its brittleness by aid of the tin, which is well known to coat iron without that tendency to scale off which zinc has manifested. The patentees have also protected various other improvements, such u the use of vapour of muriatic acid to dissolve the oxide generated on the iron surface, and the use of rollers plunged in a soft and not quite fluid bath of alloy, while the iron plates to be coated are pressed by the rollers during the process of coating.—Bbi/dcr. A Lyons journal relates that, on Friday last, the cute of La Guillotiere, in that city, packed up all the sa cred vessels and other objects of the church, among them a cross in gold worth B,ooof. or 10,000 f., and sent them off in a cart to a house at Moulin 1 Vent. But a post of the Natiohal Guard having been informed of what was taking place, seized the articles, and deposited them at the guard-house. The municipal administra tion went to the spot, and made an inventory of them. A large crowd assembled, and cried " A bas le cure !" One of his vicaires was present, but no cry was uttered against him. The cure took to flight. A frightful scene took place yesterday at Vaugi rard. A journeyman wheelwright, named Fayeol, who, as a corporal in the National Guard, was on duty at a post near the church, being intoxicated, quarrelled with every one that came near him, till at last he became so infuriated that he drew his sword and wounded several of the men. One of them, who was most seriously hurt, could not restrain his passion, and seizing his musket, levelled it at Fayeol, and shot him dead.— Paris Paper. I of ►ro- ops of we vill Cu- of di, ins er )ur to tot 306 by ii, er lan ast i I IV es- Kl ult icy to- ai li - of nn- Jo Ito Ifh in ING, APRIL 1, 1848.