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tt ............--- 4.---. ..- 13, Great Marlborough-street. N OTICE! THE TWELFTH VOLUME, Completing the LIVES THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, IS NOW PUBLISHED, And Subscribers are recommended to complete their sets without delay. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. reacy, price 15s . und, with Illustrations, M.R. PEARCE'S HISTORY of the INNS of COURT and CHANCERY. IcrlT/i1 MEMOIRS OF TUEFOUR MOST HOUSES. EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE Including the Rules a nd Regulations of the Four Societies. " An amusing book, giving a pleasant account of the tour learned Nilhomnoonrerabeleelesboracietetir m , e w m it b h er T , eir tog a e n t c h ie er nt w fo i r th ms g an lim d p us ses age o s ; and masques, revels, and feastings which in the good old times' alter nated with their griever studies."—Athetueum. " A. history or the inns of court was a desideratum in our litera ture. This work is carefully digested, admirably arranged, and ele gantly written "—Observer. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street; to be had also of Henry Butlierworth, Law Bookseller, 7, Fleet-street. THE SCHLESWIG•HOLSTEIN QUESTION. This Day is published: Bvo., with Map, price 2s. 6d. stitebed, AMEMOIR cn the SCHLESWIG-HOL STEIN QUESTICN, presented to Lord Palmerston by the CHEVALIER BUNSEN: with all other important Documents published by 0. VON WENGIIISTERN. London : Longman, B:iwn, Green and Longmans. "THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. REOPENED ON EASTER MONDAY. Last Week but Two. On Monday next, an entirely new selection of Performances of the most brilliant and magnificent character. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. Last Week but Two, the whole troupe being obliged to return to Paris on the 16th of May. The public is respectfully informed that during the Easter Week Three Grand Morning Performances, of the most brilliant and mag nificent character will be given (for this week only) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Performance to commence at Two o'clock. First Price as usual. No Second ;Price. Private Boxes to be had at Jullien and Co.'4, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Manscement et Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. Oa EASTER MONDAY, Will be presented a new comic Drama, called OLD HONESTY. Mlshael Bradshaw, Mr. Webster ; Joseph Bradshaw, Mr. H. Van denhoff ; Sir Perkins Besborough, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Septimus Hook, Mr. Tilbary ; Toby Perch, Mr. Keeley ; Dame Bradshaw, Mra. Glover ; Mary, Miss Reynolds. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge loci. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production. and called THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. :Matured, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr. J. Bland; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip polito, Mrs. W. Clifford; Isabella, Miss Reynolds; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. Sta;r: Manager, Mr. Fareen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at lialt-pest Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE 11.0 Y AL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o: Madame Celeste. On EASTER MONDAY, Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Alter which, a new Piece, entitled THE FOUNTAIN OF ZEA ; or, the Child of Air. To conclude with TIIE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mun yard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, Miss E. Harding, &c. Boxes, 42.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. " ,, re oren at Halt-past Six, Performance is commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the Mangement of Madame Vestris. Sole Less,e a , Mr. Charles Mathews. This Theatre will r.E-OPEN on EASTER MONDAY, April 24, when Wlil be performed a Co - nic Drama, called . A BOUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby , Diddear, Bellingham, Buclistone; 31n, Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, an entirely new and original CLASSICAL EXTRA VAGANZA. To conclude with a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No nalf-pi ice to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. FRENCH PLAYS.--ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, o.d Bond-street. Last Appearance but Two of DI. Lafont. Mons. Lafont begs respectfully to announce that his benefit and last night but two of his engagement will take place at the re-open ing of the Theatre on WEDNESDAY next, April 26, on which occa sion will be revived (for that night only) the celebrated play of LE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGES. Le Chevalier, M. Lafont; Le Baron, M. Montaland ; Mdlle. De Presle, 31dlle. Paul Ernest. —ln addition to which wal be produced also (tor that night only) the po pular vaudeville of JEAN ; ou, Le Mauvais Sujet. Jean, M. Lafont. With other Entertainments. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre. 3s. ; Gallery. 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 20. TUERslo3irrza, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 58; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 29.37. WIND N.N.E.; morning, fine; afternoor, rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 3lorning .. 10 min. after 3 Evening .. 2S min. after 3 • 7 4. ft tt ; 77e• aui•p4, 4. 1 - - • . let, • Iberning 2int '‘l>% LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1848. Nothing could have been more unanimous than the approbation expressed yesterday evening in the House of Lords upon the intention and probable operation of the Crown and Government Security Bill. After the Lord Chancellor had explained the tendencf of the proposed measure, on moving that the Bill should be read a second time—after showing that the simple effects of the innovations would be to transform into felonies the offences which had been formerly treated as high treason, and to extend the law so altered to the population of Ireland, several of the most distinguished members of the Upper House pronounced themselves decidedly in favour of the views entertained by the Government. Lord STANLEY restricted his objections principally to the precipitation with which the law of treason was being subjected to alteration, but, assuredly, the Noble Leader of the Opposition must exonerate the Administration in a great mea sure from this censure, when the advancement of the session and the extraordinary movements through out the United Kingdom are borne in recollection. That some impediment is absolutely necessary for the prevention of sedition and the quelling of insubordi nation is obvious, and it is equally obvious that the principal exigency in this particular is the instanta neous application to the more conspicuous offenders of some stringent and ignominious punishment. No thing but severity, promptitude, and ignominy can restore to the minds of a considerable portion of the population of these islands, and especially of Ireland, that wholesome respect for the law which was justly characterised last night by the os t Duke of WELLINGTON as one of the m im portant safeguards of the Constitution. Without some effectual enforcement of this principle of obe dience, the country must continue to be disturbed at the behest of every unprincipled demagogue, of every demagogue who would prefer the notoriety of vice to the honourable obscurity of virtue. In Ireland especially the greed of renown is so consuming, that it destroys all those sentiments of humanity, and ex tinguishes all those lights of reason, which are in herent in the bosom of every Christian. What to `hem are the sanctity of religion, the effusion of blood, the majesty of the constitution, or the dictates of prudence, when beyond them lies the coveted prise of popularity? No matter whether that popularity be spurious or evanescent—popularity it still is for the moment, and as such is to be ambitioned and be loved- Nothing prevents them from struggling to "aids the attainment of this grand object of their aspirations. Nothing! Decency is outraged, com mon sense abused, charity derided, intelligence con temned, every exp ressi on that is most base and opprobrious emplo y ed in the furtherance of this odious and repreh ensibl e pr t oject. Laws human and coo divine are treated with :Thous indifference by these promoters of anarchy a n d orators of rebellion. Against them the olden punishm ents almost entirely inefficacious. t are f oun d t o b e c Legi s l a t ure co mes the bounden duty of consequ en tl y be to repress the growi ng and i n solent spirit of sedition by a novel application of the ly cut v ulgar inflictions upon those who are ' • more principal pable. The existence of this imperative necessity was successively acknowledged by three of th e f i rst legal authorities in the empire —Lord BROUGHAM, Lord DENMAN, and Lord CAMPBELL. To the arguments by which Lord CAMPBELL enforced the urgency of this great necessity too much attention could scarcely be awarded under the circumstances ; and the support re ceived by the Government from the Noble and Learned Lord in this instance is the more worthy of consideration from the circumstance of his having already reprobated in language of so much de termination the Bill introduced by Lord ELDON in 1796. The disapprobation pronounced in this instance by Lord CAMPBELL was explained by him last night as having arisen from the fact of Lord ELDox's Bill tending to " the assimilation of cases of a • very different amount of gravity"—a project,"in his opinion, eminently calculated to defeat its own ob ject. Whereas, in the present case, a proportional punishment would be inflicted, and a judicious dis tinction drawn among the various classes of offenders. It was maintained with very considerable acumen by the Noble and Learned ex-Chancellor, that the only offences created by this Bill were " compassing or imagining the deposition of the QUEEN, levying war against the QUEEN, and inviting the invasion of the QUEEN'S dominions by a foreign force." Nor, said Lord CAMPBELL, would these three crimes consist in their open and advised advocacy; " the crime must be either compassing or imagining the deposition of the QUEEN, levying war against the QUEEN, or invit ing the invasion of the QUEEN'S dominions by a foreign power." After this very explicit distinction it is anything but surprising to hear the Noble and Learned Lord remark in conclusion that it seemed to him a fallacy to pronounce the provisions of this Act an invasion of the rights of the subject. " Whatever advantages," said he, "prisoners had hitherto enjoyed, they would still continue to possess." A more em phatic and unanimous approval could scarcely have been pronounced upon a Government measure by both Chambers of the Legislature than that which has been uttered in reference to the Bill for the better security of the Crown and Government. Be sides this, the measure received the consecrating voice of the great legal authorities in the highest Chamber of the Legislature. The House of Commons, according to custom, has adjourned for the Easter holidays, and according to custom nearly half the session has elapsed and consi derably less than half the necessary sessional business has been accomplished. However, the programme of Lord J. RUSSELL, announced last night, evinces a disposition on the part of the Government to make the best use of the time that yet remains. About ten weeks have passed since the Parliamentary session began. During that brief period most extraordinary events have occurred in foreign countries. The whole continent has been con vulsed, old moearchies have been crushed and new republics founded. Nevertheless, as Mr. -A-EACAULAY happily expressed it, " amidst the commotions which everywhere surround us—amidst the crash of foreign thrones—the Constitution of England remains im• moveable on its basis." During this marvellous period the House of Commons has pursued its ordi nary routine, not perhaps attracting quite so much of the public attention as is its wont—public atten tion being directed elsewhere. One of the first and most important subjects which occupied Parliament during this recent half session was the Jewish Dis dbilities Bill—that Bill which is so striking an evi- dence of the liberality and tolerance of the presen (lay—which has been read a first and second time, his passed through Committee, and been reported, and which is now appointed to be read a third time on Thursday, the 4th of May. A measure of a similarly liberal and tolerant character has not as yet been so fortunate in obtaining the attention of the House—the adjourned debate on Mr. ANSTEY'S Catholic Relief Bill is postponed till the 31st of May. It will be a singularly anomalous, if not unfair, proceeding, should the Jewish Bill be accepted by the Legislature, and that the Catholic Relief be thrown over till next session, more especially as the latter is one of a very peculiar character, relating simply to the expungement of certain statutes which it is impossible to enforce. Among the most important of the subjects re cently considered by the House of Com mons the most prominent was necessarily the financial state of the country, and especially the income-tax. The very lengthened debates upon this matter were chiefly occasioned by a project of the Government of increasing the tax two per cent.—a project which they very judiciously abandoned; and also by a motion on the part of Mr. HORSMAN for reducing the tax imposed upon precarious incomes— a most salutary and popular proposition, which was unfortunately lost by a majority of 175 ; and, lastly, the subject of the income-tax was still further continued before the House by a proposition of Mr. auxin to continue the tax for one year only— a proposition which was also lost, and by a majority of 225. Among those measures which have for a time occupied the attention of the Legislature, but without any immediate success, on e of the most important was Mr. E WART'S motion for the abolition of the punishment of death, a measure which that Hon. Member has already repeatedly brought forward, and which will, without doubt, be carried at some probably very distant day—a mea sure for which we are inclined to think the time is not yet arrived, it being too advanced even for this liberal and civilised age; the motion was on this oc casion lost only by a majority of 56. Another im portant and very beneficial measure, the only objec tion against which is its expensive cha racter, was Lord ASHLEY'S proposed Medical Relief— a measure which, in a more modified form, perhaps, we trust, the Noble Member for Bath will, at another time, bring before the consideration of Parliament. Propositions for alterations in the Irish poor-law have been repeatedly introduced, 'but without success ; and another Irish motion, of a more pretentious character has just been brought forward by Mr. J. O'CoNNELL, namely, that for repeal of the union. The most important Irish measures, however, are yet to come ; and we have the Prime Minister's assur ance that they will be very speedily introduced, Lord DUNCAN'S proposal of a repeal of the window duties has been lost by a majority of 92 ; and Mr BRIGHT'S alteration in the game laws, owing to some technical regulation of the House, was unfortunately thrown over for a time. Inquiries into proceedings at elections have occupied a considerable portion of public attention, and results have been elicited such as to prove the existence of a most iniquitious and wide-spread system of corrup tion in many constituencies, results which declare the necessity for some revision and remedy of the laws regarding elections. These are among the chief sub jects on which parliamentary attention has been en gaged during the past ten weeks—and to these we may add the brief debate on the monster petition, and the introduction and passing of the Crown and Govern ment Security Bill. The greater part of what remains to be done in the ensuing portion evening, of the session Lord J. RUSSELL enumerated last ven On Monday, the Ist of May, the first business to be considered will be advances for he promotion of emigration , special purposes, namely, 1 vances to Ireland ding vancing agai n the money ' g e r a y t , io a n Wa and d s t a In p r d 0 i p a o n s a L I o f a o n r a f d o r . re t p he aid las f t rom two the yea a n d- . On the same day the second reading of the Alien Bill is fixed—a Bill which, in answer to a question received by the. rmLoartdion M re r s ' ul E t of information admitted to b fr e om the Govern ment from several quarters. The Alien Bill, he ob served, was quite opposed to the general policy of the country, but the Government were induced to think it necessary under present not circumstances— circumstances, c ircumstances, however, which he did Y es — think it d advisable to state. The Bill, he added, was to be merely of a temporary character. Thursday, the 4th of May, as we have already said, is appointed for the third reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill, and the day following for the Committee on the Alien Bill, which is to be followed by the Committee on the Health of Towns Bill, if that Committee cannot be taken before. On Monday, the 15th of May, the President of the Board of Trade will propose an amendment of the Navigation-laws ;he will at the same time state what course is proposed to be taken with regard to the registration of seamen and the re gistration of ships, and explain the intentions of Government with regard to the alteration of the Merchant Seamen's Fund. On the Ist or 2d of May the Secretary for Ireland is to in troduce a Bill with respect to the elective fran chise and the . polling places of Ireland. Such are the intentions of Government as i declared by Lord JOHN R USSELL last evening, and, n answer to various question s of Ron. Members he furthermore expressed a hope o f b e i ng enabled ' to introduce a Bill similar to that introduced last paying cla uses of they Reform year, having reference to the rate• he had no intention Act. He declared that of introducing about the Irish Church, and En cumbered Estates Bill he with r egar d t o the observed proceeded with in the liouse of Commons as soo that it would be it had passed the L or d s ; and a as with respect to the amendment of the grand jury J laws, he stated that THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY if he saw a reasonable prospect of proceeding with it he should be glad to introduce it, but he expressed his unwillingness to introduce ten or twelve Bills, when only two or three could be passed. On the subject of the recent evictions in Ireland, Sir G. GREY stated that a Bill had been prepared and transmitted to Ireland for the Lord-Lieu tenant's consideration, which Bill should be brought before the House shortly after Easter. The mis• cellaneous estimates and the Joint-Stock Companies Bill are to be considered on an early day. This is an epitome of the proposed Government pro ceedings after the Easter recess. It is useless now to consider their merits, as those merits must depend chiefly upon how they may be carried out. If, however, such measures as reform in the practices of elections, the Health of Towns Bill, and remedial measures for Ireland be passed in a comprehensive and satisfactory form, we shall have little cause to complain of the doings of the session. There are few persons of any class, shade, or variety of creed or politics, on either side of St. George's Channel, who will not receive with deep regret the painful intelligence contained in another column of the attempted suicide of the high-minded, the honest, the unpurchaseable THOMAS STEELE. The attempt was happily frustrated, and the unfor tunate gentleman still survives to receive, we trust, those expressions of sympathy and friendly solici tude that may reconcile him to a prolonged sojourn in what he has had too much reason to complain of as a cold•bearted and ungrateful world. Whatever opinion may have been entertained with respect to the political views advocated by Mr. STEELE, during a life of no ordinary activity, there can be no question as to the purity and disinterestedness of his motives, and the zeal and energy with which he obeyed the dictates and advanced the objects of his great leader—the departed Liberator of Ireland—to whom be clung through the varied scenes of his eventful career with a desperate fidelity, an unparalleled devotion. Few men have ever taken so prominent a part in political strife whose integrity and honour have been less questioned. THOMAS STEELE never had a personal enemy, for even his warmest opponent in the turmoils of party warfare ever recognised his consistency of character, and acknowledged that he put forward the honest convictions of his heart.: _ _ Mr. STEELE entered life under the most favourable circumstances. He graduated at Cambridge, having previously taken high honours both in classics and science, and he is at present a member of the Senate of that University. His attainments are such as would have insured him the highest success in any of the learned professions, but he was (perhaps unfor tunately for himself) possessed of a handsome inde pendence, and he was actuated by a spirit of the most enthusiastic and ardent patriotism. He, there fore, dedicated his talents, his life, and his property to the service of his country, and no man ever laboured more zealously to redeem the pledge thus given. Early in life he became acquainted with the late DANIEL O'CONNELL, and he conceived the most profound admiration for that distinguished patriot. In consequence of that feeling he altered the name of his ancestral property to which he had succeeded at the death of his uncle, from Cullane Castle, to "Lough O'Connell," by which name it is still known. It is not necessary that we should now relate the part which Mr. STEELE took in the strug gles for the emancipation of his Roman Catholic brethren, and other liberal and constitutional reforms. His name is as widely known, his okaracter as honourably appreciated, as that of the leader himself, whose chief follower and " head pacificator" it was his greatest pride to be accounted. In his struggles for the advancement of his country, he unfortu nately to a great degree neglected his private affairs, and in consequence the estates, from which he had at one period realised a handsome income of from 1,8001. to 2,000/. per annum, were thrown into Chancery, and a receiver appointed through whom the rents, issues, and profits were paid into Court. The property being strictly entailed could not be sold, otherwise a very considerable surplus would have remained, which would have maintained the inheritor in perfect independence. It was unfortunately otherwise, and, after the legal costs, expenses, and the other charges, a small sum only could be made applicable to his private purposes ; straitened and harassed, however, as he had been for some time by pecuniary embarrassments, his spirit shrunk from accepting the aid that would have been freely tendered by many when his exigencies be came known, and he suffered in silence without per mitting his wants to be revealed either to friend or foe. Such was his condition when two circum stances occurred which changed the entire character of his life, and plunged him into the deepest afflic tion. First, the mysterious visitation by which the food of the greater portion of his countrymen was blighted, and the greatest destitution and misery inflicted on the Irish people. He saw his beloved country suffering under all the horrors of famine and pestilence induced thereby, and he found his own limited resources almost wholly cut off by the depre ciation of every description of Irish property. But everything was comparativeiy forgotten at the death of his idolised leader—the man whom he had almost worshipped as a superior being. From that moment he retired from public life, and never again interfered in party conflict. He wit nessed with the deepest pain the precepts and coun sels of his deceased friend wholly forgotten, and a wild and sanguinary course recommended by the would-be leaders. Then, indeed, his spirit sunk within him, he found himself forgotten, and he de spaired for his country. The feelings which prompted him to the desperate effort may be gathered from the following letter, which he wrote and posted just before the moment that he supposed would have been his last, having ascertained that it could not reach its destination until this morning. It will appear therefrom that his heart was racked by conflicting emotions—deep and bitter regret for his country—placed as it is in the hands of heartless and bloodthirsty agitators—and sorrow for his own trials and sufferings, which his pride forbade him to publish or reveal. It will, however, speak for itself:— " Wednesday, April 19, 1848. "My dear - -,--You will, I well know, read this letter of your old friend with deep pain. _ " Bat, when you contemplate the dreary and heart-breaking present aspect of Ireland, and con trast it with what it was in its majestic peaceful movement, under the sublime and benign moral sway of my ever-deplored friend and leader, august O'Connell, you cannot be surprised that, with a complication of private ills upon me at the same time, the ties of life are with me dissevered and in disrup tion for ever. " The highest aspirations of my nature were, that I should be O'Connell's principal instrument of peace, his Head Pacificator of Ireland,' in his efforts for the peaceful, bloodless regeneration of his own country, and for setting an example to other realms, as was nobly proved in England by Richard Cobden and his League, how revolutions may be achieved by the consolidated organization of public opinion, and without the pollution of carnage, blood shed, and convulsion. " Before you receive this to-morrow I will have ceased to live. I am quite weary of existence, although of course, as a matter of manly firmness, in private society I deport myself as if I were without a care. " I shall manage the matter in such a way that there shall be no corse for the ceremonial of a coroner's inquest and post mortem examination. When a thing of this kind must be done, the more quietly and less theatrically it is done the better. " I am, with most grateful feelings for all your kindness to me for so many years as a private friend and public journalist, " My dear -- "Affectionately yours—Farewell for ever ! " THOMAS STEELE." Now, that PaoVJDENCE has happily prevented the catastrophe which a prolongation of anguish had rendered desirable, it is but right, it is but just, it is but generous, and true-hearted, that hu manity should strive, in some measure to assuage a desolation resulting from the abandonne of a ro mantic patriotism. Tom STEELE has been rescued from destruction—his heart is still beating with en• thusiasm for the hopes of Erin and the dreams of EVENIN G, O'CONNELL. In this period of insurrection and anarchy, when the voices of so many unprincipled demagogues are audibly invoking the demon of strife and bloodshed, when ruin seems to impend over the deluded population of Ireland, when the pacific aspi• rations of the Liberator are fading away in the memories of his countrymen, shall not this Govern ment bestow an honest recompense on him who was so long and so effectually the " Head Pacificator of Ireland." Such a proceeding would redound to the glory of the Cabinet at this supreme moment of anxiety. The rewards bestowed upon the Pacificator of Ireland, would be auspicious of the discomfiture of Irish rebels. Let the Ministry bethink themselves of this— it is no idle honour to be afforded the opportunity of bestowing a guerdon upon a distinguished pacificator, at a time when pacification has become so urgent. Not, however, that this guerdon belongs exclusively to the Administration. The people should participate in the satisfaction of a memento emanating simul taneously from themselves and the Government. With how much cordial goodwill shall we ourselves become the medium of this token of national regard for THOMAS STEELE, by receiving instalments to wards an appropriate testimonial. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a decree authorising the Bank of St. Fernando to purchase all the silver pro duce of the Spanish mines. It is said that the Duke of MONTPENSIER had ad vised the adoption of a more liberal system of government, which advice had so irritated NARVAEZ and CHRISTINA, that the Duke has been exiled to Seville for his pains. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 14.—Three per Cents, 21 ; Five per Cents., 131. Exchange on London, 43 50. THE FREINVII REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The regular troops were arriving hourly, and the public tranquillity had not been interrupted up to the hour the post left. Paris would be garrisoned by 40,000 regular troops to-day. The illonileur publishes the following decree : " The Provisional Government, considering that the subsistence of the people ought to bo one of the first pre-occupations of the Republ►c, and that it is of especial importance to diminish the price of articles of food which can add to the physical force of the labourers— Decrees : " Art. 1. In Paris the octroi duties on butchers' meat is suppressed. " Art. 2. The duties will be replaced by a special and progressive tax on proprietors and tenants occupying tenements of the value of 800 francs and upwards ; and, secondly, by a sumptuary tax on carriages de luxe, on male domestics a here there is more than one in a family, and on dogs. " Art. 3. The Minister of Fir.ances is authorised to apply this decree with the least possible delay to the towns of the departments." By another decree an ad valorem duty on wine en tering Paris is substituted for the present octroi duty. Another decree of the Provisional Government regulates the calling out of the National Guards. It enacts that, considering that the beating of the rappel for the turning out of the National Guards unnecessarily frightens the public, injures trade and labour, and fatigues the National Guard unneces sarily, it is henceforth ordered that the rappel shall only be beaten in Paris by the express order of the Minister of the Interior or the Mayor of Paris, and, under exceptionable circumstances, by the mayor of the arrondissement. Several functionaries who held office under the Monarchy have been dismissed. M. SAURIAC, the Commissary of N. LEDRU ROLLIN, who was twice expelled from Montauban by the people, has resigned. Orders have been issued for the arrest of BLANQUI, and of others engaged in promoting the cause of plunder and disorder. The club over which CARET presides has been closed. General CIIANGARNIER has been appointed to the command of the regular troops in Paris. The file to celebrate the fraternization of the troops and the National Guards is to take place today in the Champ de Mars. Rumours are rife that an attempt is to be made by the Communists to assassinate At DE LAKARTINE, and the more enlightened of the members of the Previsional Government. The Provisional Government has published the following programme of the fele : " NATIONAL FETE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLOURS. "The following dispositions have been adopted by the Provisional Government for the fete of fraternity, to take place on Thursday, the 20th April. "At seven o'clock the National Guards and troops will be assembled, and will occupy the posts assigned to them from the Cirri Marigny to the Bastile, and along the quays. " At 8 o'clock the members of the Provisionary Go vernment will meet at the Ministry of War; they will proceed at half•past eight to the estrade placed at the Arch of Triumph. " At the moment of taking their places a salute of 21 guns will announce the commencement of the feast. " The colonels of the different legions and detach ments of the army, the chefs de bataillon of the Garde National Mobile, the colonels of the Garde Republicaine and Civic Guard, accompanied by their standard-bearers, will be assembled in front of the estrade. " At nine the distributing of colours will commence. " Each colonel will ascend the estrade and receive from the hands of one of the Members of the Pro visionary Government the colours to be delivered to him. " During the distribution minute guns will be fired. " The defiling will then commence by battalions in mass, and by platoons. " Behind the members of the Provisionary Govern ment will be placed— " The members of the Council of State, the deputa tions from the Court of Cessation, the Cour des Comptes, the Court of Appeal, and the other tribunals, general officers of the army and marine, under-secretaries of state, the adjuncts to the Mayor of Paris, the principal functionaries of the Administration, a deputation from the corps des polity et chumfees, a deputation from the Council of Public Instruction, deputations from the Go vernment Commission fer the workmen, from the wounded of February, and ancient political condamnes. " Salvos of artillery will announce the termination of the defiling, and the departure of the Provisional Go vernment. " In the evening the city will be illuminated. (Members of the Provisional Government.) " Paris, April 18." The Provinces still continue in a disturbed state. 'We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter, dated St. Etienne, April 17, 1848 : " Since my last letter of the 14th, we have been here in constant agitation. As you know, there were five convents burnt in St. Etienne, and several more in the neighbourhood. " In the conflict, which took place at the Refuge between the National Guard and the mob, there were unfortunately eight men killed, and the rabble is now so exasperated against the Guard, that it is ' probable the National Guard will be obliged to dis solve. 1 " The officer, Lieutenant GRANDVILLE, of the Horseguards, who ordered the guard to fire on the populace, has been compelled to leave town in haste, as his life was endangered. " 'We have here a regiment of Hussars and a foot regiment, and we trust they will be enabled to main tain peace. The Commissary of the Government, who arrived here on Friday, does all in his power to keep the town quiet, but many have serious appre hensions, as the great bulk of the workmen do not earn any wages, and the manufacturers refuse to take any orders for the present." BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19. TIIREE O'CLOCK.—The marke t . has and prices have all advanced. Three Tho per Cents. 75c., and opened at 411. 50c., were done at 421 .a and 40 closed at 41f. 75c., being a rise of 11. The Five per Cents. opened at 611. 50c., went up to 62 . 1._, and then, after touching 60f. 25c., closed at 61f. , 5e., 1 or 75 . c. better. It will b e seen by these prices that tie varia tions have been more numerous than have been seen of late; in fact, the market had a more healthy appearance, and looked more like bowl fide business doing than since the Revolution. Bank of France Shares present an improvement of 25f., closing at 1,140 f.; Belgian Stook continues firm, the Five p e r Cents. ( 1840) remainin g at 611., as they were the day before; and those of 1842 at 61if., or i b etter. Bons d u Tia.sor a re again better, having been to-day negotiated at 39 p er cent lo:s. Scarcely anything was done in miscellaneous securities Railway Shares are all better, particularly Orleans, which have advanced 30f., closing at 480 f. Lyons and Strasburg are 6f. 25c. better, at 3121. 50c., and 351 f. 25c. Versailles (Left Bank) and Rouen 5f., at 105 f. and 310 f.; Northern and Nantes, 3f. 75 c ., and 338 f 75 • 0 . ;Bale If. 25c., at 811. -3C. ,at 3371. 50c. e- • Havre, Mar seilles, and Bordeaux' are all unchanged, at 170 f., 195 f., and 3901. A report was current to-day at the Bourse that the Moniteur was the next day to contain a decree affirming the necessity of the State taking the lines into its hands, but it was not possible to trace the rumour to any certain source; the decree was to leave the question of terms still undecided. French ;old continues to go down in value ; it was to-day et only 301. The charge for cashing a I,ooof. note is also lower, being only at from Elf. to 10f. 1 APRIL 20, 1848. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Prussian State Gazette of the 17th, contains several Cabinet orders :respecting the seminary at Foppelsdorf, the loan for public works, the proceed ings in political cases and offences committed by the press, the restoration of the Rhenish civil law in regard to marriages, the founding of loan banks, &c. From Stettin, under date April 12, we learn that the re-actionary party there is beginning to take measures to effect the return of the Prince of raus• SIA. Although a petition containing an invitation to the PRINCE to take up his residence at Stettin, as Stadtholder of Pomerania, is for the present kept back, yet an article in the Stettin Gazette expresses the desire that the Prince of PRUSSIA. should take a part in the approaching discussions on the constitution. Gracile, of the 18th, say s — The Aix la Chapelle " In consequence of the riots which took place yesterday a proclamation has been issued, prohibiting the assembling of more than five persons, and de claring that if the milittiry, the burgher guard, or police are attacked or citiobeyed, recourse shall be had to force of arms. Notwithstanding this procla mation several conflicts took place during the course of the day, but no official return has yet been made. " TEN O'CLOCK, P.M.--The city is quit." It is said that the Prussian Cabinet is engaged in a new organization of Posen, which is essentially favourable to Polish nationality. The German dis tricts will be reunited to Germany, and the rest of the duchy form a separate State, to be governed by a special constitution, the King of PRUSSIA ruling by the title of Grand Duke. All offices to be in the hands of Poles. The Prussian States Gazette contains the following important declaration : " We arc authorised to state that all the endeavours which have been made by the Prussian Government for the conclusion of a pacific arrangement of the dissen sions with Denmark, nave called. Accordingly the offi cer commanding the Prussian troops in Holstein was authorised, some time ago, to act according to circum stances, and, if necessary, to transport the operatimis to the other side of the Eider. Fresh troops have been sent from Prussia into the Duchies." The Prussian Gazette publishes a royal ordon nance dissolving the supreme Protestant Consistory created in the month of January last. A letter from Posen, dated the 12th of April, an nounces that the armed bands in the Grand Duchy have surrendered, in pursuance of a capitulation con• eluded by the Polish Chiefs with General WlLusaN. A portion of the men armed with scythes are to be incorporated into the regiments in course of forma • Lion. AUSTRIA. The lViener Gazette of the 14th of April contains an official proclamation of the EMPEROR, stating that on the petition of the States of Lower Austria, and by the advice of his Ministers, his MAJESTY has de termined to grant his faithful subjects the protection of the rights of property, as also the abolition of various taxes. The Gazette also contains the official report received by the Minister of War from the head-quarters at Verona, dated April 9, giving an account of the entry of LICHTENSTEIN'S brigade into Verona. BAVARIA. The Allgemeine Zeitung says, " The King of BA VARIA has written an autograph letter to the Mi nister of the Interior respecting the working classes, expressing his great concern at the present state of commerce, and his desire that immediate steps should be taken by the co-operation of all parties to effect the restoration of trade and commerce, the renewal of confidence, and the improvement of the working classes ; that although this does not entirely depend upon the Government, he nevertheless requests the Government to take immediate steps to provide work for all who shall be inclined to work, by undertak ing railways, water-works, bridges, roads, public buildings, &c., so far as the public Exchequer will admit." The First Chamber of the States has adopted the project of law for the elections to the National As sembly, as modified by the Chamber of Deputies. The Prince DE LINAGE has addressed a letter to the KING, renouncing all his prerogatives of birth. Lieutenant-General VON DER MARK, Minister of War, has been released from his post at his own request. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. No further hostilities have taken place. They write from Schleswig that the Danish troops had advanced from that city, where 8,000 men had been concentrated, and taken up a position at Dannevick, in advance of their town. The KING arrived at Schleswig in the afternoon of the 13th, with two squadrons of dragoons, and one squadron of cuiras siers, and a brilliant staff, and after inspecting his troops, returned to Flensburg at five o'clock. General VON HEDEMANN is the Danish Commander-in-Chief. Altona and the country round are full of Hano verian troops quartered there. The Hanoverian ar tillery have not yet marched, though they have been three days in Altona. WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA. If the news we have received from the principali ties of the Danube is to be credited, Russia has taken a step in advance towards Constantinople. The Hos podars of Wallachia and Moldavia have been driven by an insurrection from their Governments. Prince BIBESCO sought refuge in Galicia, and the Russian troops have entered the pricipality, and established their head-quarters at Jassy, the capital of Wallachia ITALY. LOMBARDY. The rumour of the surrender of the important for tress of Peschiera to the Sardinians, which we men tioned yesterday, is confirmed. The importance of Peschiera in a strategic point of view, consists in its closing the direct road frum Brescia to Verona, by Lonato, and in its furnishing a rallying point for the operations to be carried on against Verona or against the valley of the Adige, to cut off the road from the Tyrol. It is supposed that the measures adopting by CHARLES ALBERT tend to this object. The Milan Gazette of the 12th instant states ' a curious fact, which explains the prompt capitulation of Peschiera. The Lombardy volunteers, under Captain MUNARA made a sudden attack on Lazise, not far from Peschiera, and having advanced close to the latter place, they gained possession of a powde r magazine, situated near the Verona gate, and took 75 prisoners and 500 barrels of gunpowder. In con. sequence of this bold adventure the garrison must have been in a very short time deprived of ammuni tion. It is also stated that General BES had opened a sharp cannonade on the fortress from the heights of Mondello and Monteferro, on the banks of the Mincio. M. GIOBERTI hss addressed a letter to King CHARLES ALBERT, declining to accept his nomina. tion as Senator of Piedmont. By official accounts from CHARLES ALBERT'S head quarters, at Volta Mantovana, dated the 12th, we learn that the large village of Castel Nuovo had been wantonly set fire to by the Croatians, who surrounded it, and drove the inhabitants who tried to escape back again into the blazing village. The Austrians have made a razzia from Mantua, and carried off 130 head of cattle. The Supreme Regency of Parma publishes a letter from the DUKE, dated Parma, 9th, in which he ac cepts the resign ition of the Re:;eney, and leaves the magistracy of Parma to form a Provisional Govern ment, ;till the result of the arbitration offered to King CHARLES ALBERT shall have decided the fate of the duchy. LATEST FROM ROME. PROPOSITION FOR AN ITALIAN DIET PRESENTED TO PIUS IX. BY DEPUTIES OF THE DIFFERENT STATES OF ITALY. Most Blessed Father,—The benediction of GOD, invoked by your HOLINESS has descended upon Italy. The MOST HIGH has heard the magnanimous voice which, from the sacred heights of the Vatican, has secured triumph for the oppre ised, redemption for a people. Now Italy is free, is mistress of her own destinies, is independent, is a nation. All the citizens of Italy, with hearts overcome by unspeakable joy, turn full of hope, and trust to the generous PONTIFF who has initiated the Italian re surrection, and entreat him to accomplish the holy work commenced. These people have the conscious ness of their nationality, are sons of the same family, and earnestly desire to bind the compact of love and brotherhood, uniting themselves around their father, their liberator. In this urgency, the undersigned beg of your Hou- NESS to use your efforts for providing, that without loss of time, the representation of the Italian States (which you have promoted) may be centred in Rome, formirg a national Parliament, ur Italian Diet. Most Blessed Father ! in this great shipwreck of all the Potentates on earth, in this sublime reorgani zation of European nationalities, one Power alone remains enduring, because, resting on the immove able foundation of truth and right—that power is yours. Your Holiness first pronounced the sacred word that opened the new era for Italy and Europe; to your Holiness pertains alike the glory of adding fresh splendour to the Papacy and Religion, raising yourself to the supreme dignity of Moderator for all the Italian people, and restoring to Rome her moral and civil primacy, not only in Italy, but E uro p e an d _ _ the world. All Italians now anxiously wait the sound of the all-powerful voice, whose religious ac cents give civilization—that of your HOLINESS. They desire to consecrate the triumph of their cause, uniting around you the standard of Religion, Liberty, and Fraternity—the Cross; on the eternal altar of their nationality —the Capital. The undersigned interpreters of the sentiments of all Italians beg of your HOLINESS to promote the convention of the Italian Diet in Rome ; and in the certainty of being heard, present to you the homage of their national gratitude and filial devotion. 1 Marquis D'A Z EGLIO. Professor ORIOLI. Padre VENTURA. The following has been written for circulation among parties in authority in support of the project : "The Italian arms in the ages of Roman domina- ion sufficed to govern the earth. Italian union gave them force, and with this they introduced civilisation a:nongst barbarous people. The fatal divisions of the Roman empire opened a path to the incursions of the barbarians, and thus Italy, because wanting union, was invaded, conquered, and dissolved; but strong in the Latin civilisation of which she preserved the germs under the iron yoke of barbarism, she was able to restore to many of her provinces, in the mid dle ages, the ancient glory of arms, learning, and culture. These provinces, become powerful by knowledge, wealth, and civilisation, effected a new civilisation amongst nations, which subsequently for getting that benefit, and availing themselves of our divisions, constantly conspired for our disadvantage. Italy has been obliged to expiate more than five centu ries of opprobrium and foreign tyranny owing to the blindness of our ancestors, who never could create a centre of opinion and national force. If this had been done, Italy would never have suffered the scourge of those dominations which, in the spirit of cal culation, and as a condition to their existence, have had to make use of every nefarious artifice to suppress the Italian genius, and beat down every element of prosperity in Italy, with the manifest object of de stroying arnoeg us all sense of dignity and national life—dominations from their nature and self-inter est hostile to every generous sentiment, perpetually stationary and retrograde. " Now, that the doctrines of Italy are rising again triumphant throughout the Peninsula under the guid ance of the universal cry that invokes union, this magic sound should not remain an abstract and empty word, but should become a truth—a fact— serving as a foundation and safeguard to our political existence and future glory. But this union cannot be obtained without forming, by common consent, a central and supreme authority to represent Italy, and serve as a legitimate organ to the national opinion and will—a supreme directing authority agreed to, vene rated, and obeyed throughout the land. Without such a centre we should fall back into our ancien and disastrous municipal differences, and into those inevitable divergences of opinion, which have never failed to be fatal to Italy. _ _ "In order that the regenerating principle of our political resurrection may succeed to the victory of arms, that no anarchic confusion of ideas and languages may arise; that desires too ardent and intemperate may be purified; local and personal pretensions contrary to public interest checked; we invite all persons in authority to promulgate by every possible means the manifesto accompanying this. We exhort them to make use of every effort that the proposition contained herein may be ap preciated as the anchor of our salvation. Amongst the means to be employed, we recommend particu larly the adhesion of the municipal authorities, and subscriptions from corporations or individuals. The example of the great misfortunes of Italy, and the terrible spectacle of empires now tottering before our eyes, from the absence of union amongst their component parts, will excite every well-intentioned person to effective co-operation, that the evils sure to arise out of divisions may not again afflict our beautiful and renovated Italy. "In this holy work fervent zeal and the highest, the promptest activity are demanded. "As soon as the public sprit of Italy shall have shown itself unanimous in the inculcated principle of unity, we may be certain of having for ever, secured, under the peaceful standard of Pius IX., the perfect and enduring resurrection of the independence, liberty, nationality, happiness, and power of our be loved country." (Signed by the Marquis POTENZIANI, Advocate PETRUCCI, PIETRO HERBINI, &C.) The Mat quis of POTENZIANI is one of the wealthiest and most enlightened of the Roman nobles. HER BINI is the editor of the Conlemporanco. TYROL. The following leaders of the Republican move ment at Erente have been arrested by order of General RADRTZKY :—Count TIIUR, Count Scuizzo, Count G. AIANSIEN FESTE. There are others, whose names are not known. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE METTER, NICH IN ENGLAND. His Serene Highness Prince Metternich, accom panied by his Princess, Prince Richard, the Baron Charles Bagel, and a numerous suite, arrived at the Blackwall Pier early this morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam-ship Rain bow, from Rotterdam. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF TOM STEELE. Last evening, at seven o'clock, the numerous persons passing over Waterloo-bridge were thrown into a state of considerable excitement in consequence of the following desperate attempt at suicide having been made by Mr. Steele, better known as Tons Steele, the late Daniel O'Connell's head pacificator. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman mounted one of the seats on the upper side of the bridge, and instantly pl unge d head foremost fr om t h e third' arch into the river. A Waterman, named Richard Larkin, of Stamford place, Lambeth, was crossing the river in a boat with five persons in it, and by desperate exertions he succeeded in rescuing the poor fellow. The moment Larkins laid hold of him he tried all he could to get away and to accomplish his object, but fortunately he was prevented. He was immediately taken to Bow-street police-station, and from thence to King's College Hos pital, where he at present remains. Whilst in the re ceiving -room of the hospital, ho said that he was stop ping at the Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and expressed a wish to be removed to Peel's Coffee-house. He also said that ho had acted very foolishly in not waiting till it was dark, as then he could have done the business effectually. He, however, did not state what had induced him to make such a desperate attempt upon his life. We regret to announce the death of Major Henry Bertles, which took place at his residence, 66, Pembroke place, Liverpool, on the 13th inst. This gallant officer entered the army as ensign, in the 36th Regiment, in 1799. In 1800 he accompanied the expedition to Belle Isle, and obtained his lieutenancy in the 82d Regiment. In 1803 he obtained his company, and in 1807 served under Lord Cathcart, at Copenhagen; was selected by Sir George Smith, gave up the keys of the arsenal, and covered the retreat o: the regiment. In th e same year he joined the expedition under Sir Brent Spencer. In 1808 he was appointed major of brigade to General Bowes, and atter the battles of Roleia and Vimiera, joined Sir Henry Fane's brigade, and remained till after the battle of Corunna. In 1809, he served with Sir William Erskine in the expedition to the Scheldt, and until within a few years was on the staff at Liverpool. GRAY'S INN, APRIL 19.—A r th ur Ri ce J enner , Esq., was tLis day called to the degree of barrister-at law, by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn. :.~,,' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were ser ,000 bales. In prices there was no alteration. Amica* brought 48 I. to 5 ,7 1 d. per lb. Railway Shares were im proving. The market was firm, and prices were tending up wards. The continental advises are not of particular interest at present, a lull being apparent in many his Money appears to be scarce in some parts, and tbis leads to the impression that there may . be p a drain from Ecgr i . land, nod some attempt to arrest it by raising the rate discount. The greater quantity of the bullion withdrawnfrom the Bank must, however, not be supposed to have gone abroad, as there has been an internal drain of late, and a good deal has gone to Ireland. The house of Williams and Delvanx, of Mons, has been allowed a judicial protection against proceedings on the . part of i•s creditors. Messrs. Hammer and Schmidt, ot Leipzic, have resumed, and it is expected that the Fret; sian Government will give some assistance to the fire of Schaafhausen. The Funds come lower from Amsterdam, un der date of the 18th instant. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent 139 38 to and the Four per Cents. 568. Portug uese en. - I Russian Five per Cents. of 1798 were 79. The following received by the American mail seems interesting:— "It appears by accounts received from the principal points in the Western States, that the amount to ell forward upon the opening of navigation is muc h sma e than last season. According to the returns re.. d ceived, it arrears thatt h ere is at the ga n River Railroad depOLs 60,000 bushels of w heett k% the Sandu•ky and Mansfield Railroad 20,000 btlsPe; wheat, and very little flour ; at Mill 25,000 bushel wheat ; Maumee 8,000 barrels flour ;l 0 :0 ne South Canal 2,000 bushels wheat, a nd 6) d barrels flour ; Detroit 45,000 barrels flour. e ih." very little along the line of the Central R at St. Joseph there is not more than half what there_ was last year. The stock of wheat on the ITPPer, Lakes is estimated at 800,000 bushels. - and that o i l Flour at 20,000 barrels. It it reported that in a' the grain-growing sections of the western countri the supply (.f grain is limited compared with /ans. year. The wheat crop in Illinois looks very Pr". raising, but wo have no accounts from any otheiv` state. There is very little danger of the "P P (o of breadstuffs being sufficiently reduced this year fte r keep up prices, and it is our impression that so on the resumption of navigation there will be a greatde cline from the prices now current." The Funds have improved again to-day, and that°, have been further money purchases. French !'" Spanish capitalists are said to have been bull and there is some demand for home ell,. Consols have been , 82i to 83 for trap to and 82i to 828. Exch(quer.bills have been 40e• : . . 435. premium. Bank Stock is 187 to 18 9 , an d let t - Stock 227. The New Three-and-tiQ uatl‘e r per Cet i " - have been 82 to I. The Foreign Securities had been rather better alsGt, Spanish Five per Cents. 11* tol and the Three Ili. Cents. 201 ; Portuguese Four per ' Cents. .have bees ' ; to ; Mexican Stock is 15 to I ; Brazil Bonds he% been at 66; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents are 39 to 4 v Railway Shares are looking rather better. CLOSII ONE PHIC °- I'iCICEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 15 9 , Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 8 1 1 4 1h% 81 81 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.— 823 8 83 82% New 3 1 A perCent.Anns........... 82% 1 4 82 8 5-i 4 Long Arms. to expire Jan.lB6o 814 5-16 8 9..46 Ditto :30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 9-16 22 7 India Stock 227 India Bonds, 10304 Consols for Account ..... Exchequer Bills. 3d. 44P 1,0001. 500/. ................. Small OTTE HICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 66 Brazilian Bonds --....... ___ Mexican ' 5 per Cent. 1846. — 16 Ditto. Account ......... ..... 15 1 ,E IA 15 .--., Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 15 1,4 Ditto, 4 per Cent l 5 l / 2 14 58 Russian Bonds - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. 14 Ditto, Account ll% 20 Ditto 3 Der Cent 2 O l /R ....- Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 ,i, per Cent — 534 Ditto, Deferred 5% Dividends on the above payble in London. 9 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4O 39 5534 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 59 58 58 1 A rr.05 1116 . .10 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE PAID. -,,,--,. RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. L'''' 34l jot Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, ..-- and Eastern Junction 3 1 4 — ........ .. ..... _ Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,i — ............ .. 7 Belfast & County Down. 13 ... . -• ........ - ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145... .... ...... ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, ...-• and Cheshire June.— 7% — ... . .......•••• ~ i gig Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 11 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds 2O — Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 6 1 4 - .. Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 — — ••••• • Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 ...... Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June 25 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 174 - East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. Sc H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Coulties... ..... 20 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. L..... 6/.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... .•••••••••••••• Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New Eastern Union 5O ...... ......... ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New ......... ... 15 Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... East Lincolnshire ...... 16% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... . Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Eilinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, .New.. 3 .i — Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New 2 1A...... Exeter,Yeovil, & Doral. 2% % 3il ..... ••••••••• Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle . 0 . n .. 50. . 8 1 1. 1 6 5 5. 8d.... ..." ......... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 60 ..... —. _ . ...• Ditto, New - 40 Do.Pleference C - •••••• • ••• Great Northern Do., London and York 2% — Great South. and West. ( Ireland) Great North of England 100 ...... .............. Ditto, New, 401 5 - .:......••••••• Ditto, New, 301 Ditto, New, 15/ ll% ... .. ••• ... '" ''' Great Western " -• ** 69 ... ........... Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 50 ............... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O - ........ Ditto, New 17/... ..... 9% Huddersfield and M anc h. 26 ... — ........ .. ..... Ditto, Thirds ........ Hull and Selby .. - ............. Ditto, Half Shares • .. ..... ..• 25 • --- ......... ..... 1 4 Shares - ..• -** .. IpDittoswich & Bury St. Edm l7l ...... --- ••.......... .............. Do., do., and Norwich 17 1 / Q ...••• 0 -- "''' Do., do., Extens. Scrip •• • • • (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 % ...... -- ...•• "" .... Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... --- ......... ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... ............... Ditto, ditto - ............. • .. -•• D Do it . to (iO l / 2 art S e h r a S re h s ar . e . s . ...... 419 ..... 4 3 % .. .. ....- 361 / 2 • •• • • • • • .... .................. .. .. Do. Fifths.. ... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — ............ Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4 5...... . • ....... ...••.... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 — ......••••.. Do. ( W. Riding Union)4/.28... ••••• Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. ',4 Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 47 1 / 2 ....•• ............... Do., Half Shares ......... Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 2%... ............... Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 40' Ditto, New Do., Prefer. ,6 per CL 3% — .........••••• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport ...... ........ 2 ............... Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... ............ London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d — ............... Do. New, No. 2 . 5/.135.4d — .............. Do. Extension ...... 20 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 81A.......•••••••• Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — --•••-••-** Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d — ..... •••• •. Loudon and N. Western 100 127% 126% 128% ,- Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 ...... •••»......•••• Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 Do. 40/.Shares(L. M.) 20 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% — ............... Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 7% — ...... ........ Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lone. &S. Western Do. New 501. ..... 37%.. Do. New 40/. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ........,.... 40 - • .......... ••• Ditto, Thirds lO ...... .............. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Colerains 27 %...... .....» ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... . VP, 11./•• ..... 13 1 4 4 dis 27% 3 18 1 4 li as ... 49 ..-• 20 .% 3 1 A 15, 194 ;i4 14 ~:: 54 29% 1% il tA