The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-19 00:00:00

=J _.~. pro• )ovier iifit urcb :ear.) outri f the best thheld of the Lord : bt op L their made knot" Lndal ; sed f ° ike is e tbe ion of it bad r itself 'in its were tland? 10 0 r° talons ddera e ruP' i n a )ougl3 pe ace bodY )'r a i hUren' t gra' . ino 3l. id Oat, scoldHe 0.., beiujare 3ie;lce3 ; of V' 3 0. * ' y,ci. Y o{ell COO ° )a l 0,0,011)og a oo' " ,rivroi,teo ;n$ ring o v. 6coP to k Ic'e° E SS• ,rf iC• , :;5• Nl ,re " a tis t " st " • tf cloq : te r lt! ,00147 MORNING EDITION. The TO CORRESPONDENTS. of i t rPraph to which Mr. Small refers expressed the opinion 4'4 Guardians of th e Bill er i cay U n i on , f o r which we are r esponsible. We cannot find room for the petition tain:st :be clan .e to he proposed by Lord Eliot. withdraw anything we- said against the conduct of the middle classes i n relation to the working classes. Of the forme. r, the latter are the faith ful and immediate servants, whom the middle classes,thoughmuchpo •werhasheenintheirhands, have never protected from oppression. Let us mention an example 1 ehich has always appeared to us as a flagrant dereliction of duty on the part of the middle classe s , which applies particularly to merchants and'shipowners such as may reside at Liverpool. The middle classes have had the power to stop any and every Government, however strong, fre,m invading their property, and they have ex erted that power for their own protection. But they were served by seamen who were for years, or even ages, treated. worse than dogs or thieves. When did the shipowners or the merchants step forward to remonstrate against the treatment the seamen received? Where is their indignant pro test against that disgraceful enormity, impress ment ? When did they throw the shield of their power over their oppress s.d men ? When did they move a finger to protect their own servants, though thoy frequently shook the empire to its foundations to protect their own property ? Where is to be found proceeding from them a remonstrance against the disgraceful practice of man-stealing inEnglan.d, which is far worse than man-stealing in Africa, for here it is practised by those who are bound to protect the seamen ? This is, unhappily, only an example of the general conduct of the middle classes to their faithful friends and servants, wanting whose assistance they could have and could gain nothing. Their general conduct has been similar to this. They have done no thing to protect the lower classes from the oppressions of the ruling classes, they have rather sided with the upper classes in committing injustice. What bolt that could have so alienated the lower classes from them as they are at present alienated ? In the great mistrust which the lower classes have of them they may see the natural and necessary consequence of their own conduct. We have no wish to dwell on such painful topics, but when we are in a manner challenged to make good the assertion that the middle classes seek only their own inte rest—for which, howev'er, we did not blame them, for we know that it is natural—we cannot avoid reminding the middle classes of some. of those circumstances which have alienated from them the affections of th eir friends and servants. Would to GOD it wei'e otherwise ! for then we T E CELINA SUN," which was lately RE-PU BUSHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. : )rders received at Me Sun Office, No. 112 Arato. IN PROGRESS, 11 1 a RAILWAY SUN. kith a, P of all the RAILWAYS in the 1116(1 - - Kingdolia ; containing all the STA rioxs on each Railway, and 'a great variety Information and other particulars connected. kith Railways. TT COTtONAT[ON SUN, `UINTPI) IN r ETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A 4;',AUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF L'lt MAJESTY THE . QUEEN, fl.buzerit, by post free to all parts of the Ern, Price SIXPENCE. 112, Strand, London. THOMAS INGOLDSBY, ESQ. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., • -A4{ SOME ACCOUNT OF COUSIN NICHOLAS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq., Author of " The. Ingoldsby Legends, &c. To which is added, 'THE RUBBER OF LIFE. iehard Bentic.y, New Burlington - street. nEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. cat the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. * WM THIS EVENING. MARC 9 be repeated the New Comedy, in Five l Acts, entitled Sir n LONDON ASSURANCE. 'court Courtly Bart., Charts W. Farren Hark blr. Bartley • Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; k t it i 44l phus S• tinker Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. 41 t ,i,""; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace HarkawaY, l'eet: l3 ,",:estris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. • Hubv. After which. THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. r A w n; Macheath, Mr: W. Harrison ; P eac hum, Mr. W. ,n; Lockit Mr.' Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harlot' ; ts:"m, Mrs. C. Jones ; Polly l'eachum, Miss Hainforth ; lLockit Madame Vestris I.) oo ln ,"rww, Assurance, with The Critic. tb.t z lre opened at hall-past Six—the performances to b r :tta at S e . /en o 'cl oc k. , el ts - P"es 7,. ; Second Price, 33. 6d.; Fir 3 t and Second uS• ; ' fec un d P rice , 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second I , rice. Gallery is. at ti l : l ts and places for the Beat to he taken of Mr. Grogan. °4l 3' 0 4 ,7, 1 _; ° ce, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ) 4 ", urn application. '67 ;e 4 3 01 t. to bo had so'elv of Mr. And; la.!, bookseller, asondsteet. might dencc ness, peace hope to witness the restoration of confi between these pillars of our national great and might anticipate a continuance of and good-will inthe land. Atna z i n , ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. attraction. Signal success, and brilliant overflows. • of „rement of Mr. T. P. Cooke, whose performance Tl estre" Jack " has surssed a former efforts. The fife soon after the d oors ar e opened. Rill THIS EVENING, MARCH 19. , Po acted a Nautical Drama in Four Par ts, called 111 \ \ h. " J ACK • OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. , ch m r. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the The public may see. which way the cr x r en t i s setting by the following remarks of the Times. The advocates onhe Corn-law Li in the metropo litan daily journals are now t.ne Post, Standard, Herald, and Courier. The. opponents of those laws are the Times,' the 4 .3lorning Chronicle, the Advertiser, the G/ole, and The Sun. Looking at the numbers published by these journals, respectively, the weight of public opinion is prodigiously on our side, and it is increasing day by day. Some linger ing fears of the effects of a great change may still keep back ai few timid, or some very opulent, towns-people, but the evidence against the Corn-laws is oven w helming, the distress ap palling, the justice of our cause undeniable, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. A union of the aristocr key and the priesthood, a pertinacious continue nce of oppression, we solemnly warn Lord I MELBOURNE, may destroy the Government, may overturn the Legislature, may drive the nobility from their estates, and the clergy *Gan the churches, but it will not, it cannot, prevent the abolition of the tax on food. We hope the Ministers will in time of need take the lead in a movement which, though it be slow, is irresistible. Let them mark and weigh w hat the Times of yester day said, speaking of the hand-loom weavers : Company; will perform. After Thieh, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Barry Haulyard by Mr. T. P: Cooke. To conclude with 1, Pr ' , A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. IL " 'Air. Buckingham and Miss Martin sustain Six diffe \_ rent Characters each. 4 4104 " • WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. initiutes after 11 f Evening ...... 0 minutes after 0. Cfb 9*.• , 1,,e , _ 7 4-e • 212kcp 741 ~~ ~~e LONDON: FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1841. Peers were • yesterday almost exclusively ga-reA ‘4. examining witnesses at the bar, and T e ll _ iri ng into the appointments of subordinat e " 5 under the New Poor-law in Ireland. i tt i Pursuit is congenial to their Lordships' tastes, /t °rt.by of their abilities. When we have - --e a rt• ti o n . tned—which cannot be till the examina hl closed— w hat they have discovered, WE al lai l i p s make it known to our readers. , T heir Lord -1 Prosec u ted their researches till dinne r t ime, T a o.lourned at Eight o'Clock. F' r : he Commons had several s ub j ectsbefore them. e Mr. HUMS would insist on expla inin g to fro louse the objects mentioned in a petition 1 1 , 111 , a large body of the people , which being da table to th e Honourable House, as it ge iletall • Y 15 , to listen to just complaints, Mr. S I P was what is called put down by the , 5 , r 44 :E1l and the Honourable House. C e . ,„ . • ItICE move 1 to refer the Report of the S ll lissioners on Harbours of Refuge to a hl`Q Committee, to inquire into the state of 4 t; Rarbour s o f th e North-Eastern Coast. The ti e ,' °ll was opposed by the leaders of both par -1;' and after a considerable discussion was lost 102 to 28. kk At 2. ALSTON, with creditable perseverance , 7 1 - c in bro ug h t the ease o f C a ptain LA RocHE th et the notice of the House, and moved that Vetition be referred to a Select Committee . THOMAS COCHRANE and Admiral ADAM d r r t) ed the motion, which was ultimately with ki4:ll' Captain LA RoCHE, it appears, was dis tlere;:illseiedraafirttooyintohis comman d in 1807 by the sen- Aj e O f a court-martial, and every successive whom he has made application has remove the stigma then cast on him. t:" Mr. ALSTON'S object to procure a more b e ° , ll rable verdict from the House of Commons, t r he failed. EASTHOPE moved a resolution, that the Cl i : ts °nraent of Mr. BAINES, for refusing to pay th' e - l e ll - rates, was a punishment for acting on tit dictates of his conscience, and was a viola putt of the principles of religion and justice. of tr eaders a re we ll a cquainted with the merits gritth:e case ; they know the honesty and lute °f•ar. BAINES, and the vile oppression of i'hurch, t o w hi c h he is a victim. R e h " e leaders of both parties in this case, too, r egret to say, united against the resolution. lu t P' Condemned Mr. BAINES' conduct as a vio l tl ain -°ll of law. Lord JOHN RUSSELL importu tie't 'Y stigmatized it as a crime against so ' Sir Sir ROBERT PEEL took similar ground, as Preached up obedience to the law If , 111 dispensable to the peace of society . ao t r , at• be so, the law should be made just for g te asonable and it is a terrible calamity kaC ci etY, and a terrible reproach to the law cort:-.1., when lie enacts or maintains a law which r esi 'elentio us and honest men dare not obey. If W h o; to the law be a crime, there are great 11 als) fir greater criminals than Mr. BAINES, 11 °4 '- ) Y making an unjust law, compel an of a t Inan to disobey it. That our whole system has Church -rates is an injustice, the Legislature lam a ' 4l nitted. It abolished the system in Ire the ' because it was unjust. It has condemned 14 ct, sYstern Englind, for the same reason. In i(! ss . 4 National Church, where men pro fur i l i fi erent religions, which cannot be national i 3 a great injustice. By supporting and gaol i . --1 fl ing the law which consigns a man to so o r not s u b scr ibi ng to w h a t h e regards as a it s p elf ers .tition, the House of Commons may bring Ist ati i nto contempt; it will neither make the th e °. n al Church a p ro per institution, nor induce rat Peo ple to love it. After an interesting de bei,:o.tue resolution was lost by 45 to 40, there .At o a w ith the t e ll ers an d the SPEAKER, just 90 eeriers to decide this important question con a que n t , . the libe r t y o f th e people. It' it had been pre sent of office, there would have been 600 4 fork' -' Raving achieved this piece of shabby Rouse adj ou rned at Eleven o'Clock. It is no slight addition to the claims of a cause, which has already so much justice and reason on its side, that they are backed by the most appalling statements of the present desti tution and progressive decline of our manufacturing popula tion. The. sufferings of millions demand relief, even thaugh. that relief were not identical with the truest policy of Eng land. But the welfare of the mass is identical with the interests of the country ; and it is because the general privation and the general loss have not been fairly asured against the par-. titular advantage of a protected interest, that the energies of the country are weighed down by an unequal and injudicious system of taxation. We argued the other day in favour of a reduction of the sugar duties on behalf of the West India planters; and we now confidently await that measure, with some ethers of equal importance, from the Cove, nment. But with how much more weight should we have spoken if we had dwelt on the sufferings of a people afflicted by the curse of scarcity : and if we had ask ed our rulers not only to benefit the planter, and to increase the revenue, but to feed the people by diminishing the duties (m colonial produce—by adjusting the taxes on corn upon a system better calculated to avoid the evils of excessive fluctuati. m its price and entire prohibition, and by sweeping away tlae duties which exclude us from Iforeign markets without aiding to our own revenue. We direct the attention of our readers to the proceedings of a select few of the Middlesex Magistrates to obtain for 51r. Sergeant ADAMS and his successors, as Chairmen of the Middlesex Sessions, 1,0001. a year out of the county rate. The notice of the Bill, which intimates the in tention to apply to Parliament for powers to en able the Justices to break up the establishment of the New Prison, Gen the site and materials thereof, and apply the proceeds in aid of the county rates, appears to have totally escaped the recollection of these - worthy Justices when they drew up their petition, and when the Bill was framed which they applied for, and which is now in progress, under the paternal care of Colonel WOOD, Member fbr Brecon, and Sir JAMES DUKE, Member for Boston. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday. On that day Baron MOU NIER read the report of the Commission on the Foitifications' Bill in the Chamber of Peers. The Dukes of ORLEANS and NEMOURS were pre sent, and a large assemblage of the Peerage. The reading of the report produced the liveliest sensation, and we certainly do not wonder at it. It commenced by stating that in the opinion of the majority of the Commission the plan of sur rounding Paris with impregnable fortresses was absurd and impossible. That no walls would enable Paris to stand a siege, and that the proper place for defending France was on the frontier. The plan of fortifying Paris, proposed by the De puties, the Commission were persuaded would be injurious to France in a commercial and poli tical point of view. Neither free trade wor free institutions were compatible with bastions and towers, which were everywhere disappearing be fore the march of modern civilisation and the authority of the law. The Commission had therefore rejected the continuous line of walls, , with ramparts and bastions; but, in conformity with the wish of the Chamber of Deputies, which -required some works to be undertaken, recommended the following amendment of the 2d article of the Bill : Art. 11. The works shall consist, • 1. Of works casemated and gorged, and supported by St. Denis, Charenton, the heights of Ivry, and Mount Valerien. 2. Of an enceinte de surete (protecting wall), embracing the two banks of the Seine. The adoption of this amendment the Noble Reporter stated would effect a saving to the country of forty-five millions of francs. When the report was read there was quite a hubbub among the Peers. The courtiers were up in arms against it. Nevertheless it was or dered to be printed, turd to be taken into con sideration on Tuesday next. Immediately after wards the following Peers inscribed their names to speak against the Amendment of the Com mission :—DE COIGNY, ROSSI, ST. SIMON, LE BEAU, MOSiWA, PERSIL, D'ARGOUT, COUSIN, and PELET ; and in favour of the Amendment, MOLE, D'ALTON, SHEE, NOAILLES, CASTEL LAINE, DE FEZENgAC, VIENNET, GUATIER, Durart, and D'HARCOURT. 1 .. , 1 irs .. -41. Ziv e ,,,, '-ert , elsewhere a few remarks from the The conversation in the House of Commons on Isel kt i v i-001 Journal on some observations of ours the - 12th inst., relative to the Eastern Question, f or th : to the late meeting at Liverpool, not occupy a prominent place in the Paris Papers 1)1 4 to I'u' Pose of ent er i ng into a controversy, of Tuesday . A summar y of what they say on di ea .,Publi s h The Sun. the subject will be found in another part of Posed n of a what appears intended as a vin a -1 e Liverpool merchants against a Sup in tre in Cham d alre ady contained in The Sun. We have ma RETRESENTATIVE REFORM.—The b propositio f n an o ct f . MM.. ti on. Lexpressed our regret that the explana- Chamber D to e ;e u d t j u e c s e w t as e s n u ll b ill mit e t r ed of paidto the bureaux on 11 5 1,,,w 11 1 . 1je1l satisfied Mr. DUFFEY, wa3 not pub- Tuesday. Its di ion was authorized, and we shall there zi ,t,,,rt ,t 1 tli thr_s oriqinal report : and. having since fore have an intpoeant debate on this first step to electoral.re 'Ll,: c x , ' form. M. Tillers, in his bureau, supported M. Mauguin's t(111 - 11 kitis. ' pAanation, wt gale it a place in oar ' ; , ..otion. M. Dueliatel, the Minister of the Interior, spoke At ti s rongly again4t thol:roposed diminution. Three bureaux an te Sallie ' thorlzed the discussion of the motion, six opposed it, but, as tu,tie, we are not disposed to three b ureglla suffice to enable a proposition to be debated at a A I cil 1 9. THE SUN, LON DO; 4, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1841 public s:tting, it will co me before the Chamber in due course. M. Man!,ttin's plan exc iudes Prefects, Sub-Prefects, Receivers- General of Finances, General Officers (Military and Naval) in active service, Maf ,istrates who are Judges of the superior Courts, and the Under:-Secretaries of the various Alinisteries, &c. The motion will meet with the decided opposition of the Government. COMMERCIAL T:REART 'wITII HOLLAND.—The Constitu- Hound states, that serious objections are raised in the commis land. The principal ar the Treaty of Commerce with Hol sion of the Chamber to. to Colonial produce, ar ..:cle of this Treaty opens the Rhine d makes Rotterdam the great cotton market for Mulhausea i and the east of France, instead of Havre, as hitherto. Havre and its interests are strongly opposed to this char ge. Railroads alone can make Havre compete with Rotten •dam. _ TARSUS.—The ' most perfect tranquillity prevails in the districts of Tarsus aml Adana. The Turkish troops sent from Anatolia to geniis()) i this town have arrived. 'lt is about a month since the Et iglish resident at Tarsus has taken possession of his post. He was brought by an English. sloop of war, which, after landing him, his, suite and baggage, immediately sailed. Then ew Govern Bey) is seventy years of P.p. He is a sworn foe to Mehemet Ali. tthhaetorffivfc.ollolfaxp,ri, xesoidrd.enn'ioohfasthebeceonurnecciall,laendd The Augsbi trgh Gcr zette h as a l etter f rom Ath ens , s t a ti ng ( v. of the province of Tarsus (Habib London d T o r n i k t o o u take k i e s from to resume the , s . .nba.say tivis left vacant, to prevent his subjects from joining ti' to revolt about to break cut in Canada. By a Royal decision. of the 13th inst., Rear-Admiral Leine was invested with thri command of the French naval forces in Algeria, in th e room of Rear-Admiral Baron de Bougainville. Letters fro at Tenon, of the 10th i:ist. state that reinforce ments daily a*.trivegi in that harbour, and slat upwards of 4,000 men were then waiting to be embarked for Algeria. The Scipion '..lip of the line had alrady sailed with 953, and the Didon I' Agate with 590. Five sail ef the line were to convey the re• 4to Algiers between the 15th and 20th. There were they. 44 armed vessels of all sizes lying in the rows and har bour of Toulon. Letters from Frankfort of the 12th of March contain the I following palTages : __ . " Lefieis from Strasburg of the Sth of March state that the garrison of that city, as well as thoEe of the other cities in the department of the Lower Rhine, are going decidedly to be re duced to the i?eace establishment. Orders, which have been received from Paris, leave no doubt on this point, and it is hoped that in consequence Germany will not delay to begin to disarm."— G azatte de France. A letter from Valparaiso, of the sth of December, brings news of the fate of the Delphine merchantman, Captain Coisy, which left Havre a year ago, and had not since been heard of. It appeared that she was wrecked on the 10th of June,lB4o, on the island of Carnpana, 140 leagues south of Chiloe. Fortu nately (he whole crew, consisting of twenty persons, including four passengers, succeeded in saving themselves in the ship's boat, and securrag some provi=ions from the Delphine to sub sist upon in that. desert island; they saved also some parts of the hull and sails to make a shed to shelter them. On the 10th of October the Captain, his mate, and five sailors arrived it San Carlos in a boat belonging to an Ame rican, which Intol happily arrived at the same island on the lith of September. Captain Coisy left San Carlos again on the 31st of October with a vessel large enough to contain twenty persons, to go and fetch his unfortunate companions. He took provisions for two months, hoping that they may have been able to prolong their ems' ence in the melancholy abode by gathering shell-fish and by hunting. The brother of IJ. Zea Bermudez passed through Mar seilles on the 11th instant on his way to Paris. He is Cham berlain to Queen Christina, and is Said to be the bearer of despatches froni. 4 the Palace.—Le Commerce. BO urhsE,....PAßis, TUESDAY, MARCH 16 first Highest Low,st !.art Price Price. Prick Price French 5 r', / Cents III 2i... Ili E 0... 111 15 ... 111 25 '. } ( l per Cents....._ 4 per Cents 9B ... 99 ... 08 .. 98 g 3 per Cents 77 ... 71 51 ... 10 90 ... 70 90 ,nl. of France L•flitte Bank 1.000 1 . Sh lOOO ...lOW . .1000 ...1030 50001. Shares 50.0 ...5160 ...5161; - , 5160 , elgian Bank 5 per Cents... 10154 ... 101 3 4 ... 10154 ... 101% New Loan.... ..... 111 ... 1 1! , 4 ... 101% . 1015, e imnish Active V.‘”.4 17.:4% 24% 24%, veavelitan lO2 40 102 40 ... . 1 12 v 0 ... >oe: 30 Flornan .... 109 ... 102 ... 112 RAILWAY SHARES, Versailles.R. B -1192 50 392 50 ... 292 392. 50 010 ... 310 ... 31 , 7 50 3 , 7 50 louen 455 ~.455 ...455 ...455 Oman, Str :slaurg r:: Bale Montpellier to Cette 203 ... 205 ... 21)5 Madrid Papers to the 10th inst., have reached us. There was a reriort that four bankers of that city had offered to lend the Government ninety millions of reals, but the conditions were not made public. Senor IlAivioN CALATRAVA has been nominated Under-Secretary of the Finance department. The Funds were heavy. The Fives were down to 274 for cash. Belgian and German Papers of the latest fates have reached us. The following extracts *rom them will be found interesting:— BRUSSELS, MARCH 14.—The pleadings in the affair o D'Herbigny and Bucke!jau were closed yesterday afternoon. The Jury, after twenty minutes' consideration, declared F. C. Bucke!jau guilty of baying, by publishing in the Messager de Gard, an article headed " Conduct of the Orang!sts," publicly and maliciously attacked the constitutional authority of the King and the constitutional rights of his dynasty. The public prosecutor required the appiication of the pe nalty pronounced by Act 3 of the Decree of the 20th of July, 1831, respecting the Press (i. e., imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than three years). The Court con demned Mr. Bucke!jau to two years' imprisonment and the costs. It seems that he intends to appeal to the Court of Cal sation. The discussion in the Senate in opposition to Ministers this afternoon assumed a new and grave character. Twelve senator's, upon motion, formed themselves into a Secret Committee, in which was read the draft of an address . to the King, praying Thin "to modify or changes the present Cabinet, which had not the confidence of the Chambers." At the desire of the Minis ter of Justice the discussion upon this address was postponed till to-morrow, and it is probable that at the opening of the sitting to-morrow an ordinance will be read for the dissolution of the two Chambers. phis afternoon, at a general meeting of the shareholders of the Belgian Bank, it was unanimously decided to raise the ca pital of that estab'ithment from twenty to thirty millions. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Biberick, of the 10th of March, which says—" I am able to announce to you on positive information that news has arrived to-day by express, that the German Diet has decided that the Government of Hesse Darmstadt must remove the stone barrier which it has mad? in the Rhine, and must commence the work to-day or to morrow." VIEW NA, MARCH S.—The Archduke Ferdinand, returning from Syria by way of 'frieste and Venice, arrived here yester day afternoon quite privately, and received a most joyful wel come from the Imperial family. The public are looking for an opportunity to manifest .the interest they feel in the house of the young Prince, who is in the enjoyment of perfect health. The thaw having been very gradual, the masses of ice in the Danube begin to recede, and went down without any interrup tion, so that no danger is now apprehended. However, the ne cessary precautions are not suspended. Du TC I k'U N D5.--AbISTE ROAM , 'MAW; 10. • ittaiey 4 , ictual Debt, 2.3;1 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. -77T. .IrB A inert Syndic, 43s per cent Ba 8) Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 7131 7'2 Commercial Company, 43, per cent 16 131 16234 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent — Loan 1k.'37, 5 per cent. .. 1)531 953 k Exchange on London, One m0nth............ 12 05 TwO months Dutch Papers, March 17. BEM; lAN U Nl)s—nituaszLe, Mallen le. Acton) Debt, 23i per Cent. Retlischild's Loan, 5 per Cent 98% Lean of Thirty Millions, 4 per 3 per Cent. Thirty.seven• --- 66% , (1. 4n).... .......... Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent BB% Societ) of Commerce, 434 per Cent ll2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. National Society . .... — Exchange on London (shot t) —Brussels Papers, Alarch 16. A UST:iIA N FUNDS.—Vie' RA, MARCH 8 Five per Cents. Metalliques Foci per Cents. co Three rr.r Cents. Bank shares IC2O ..Ailierneine &dung. March 13. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARCH 14. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bane Shares l6lO ICOO Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 106% Russian 5 per Cent. tat series, Cortiticate . 10:i 'l4 WI Inscription, Ist Se:ies lOl% '— Russian 5 per Cent. Hop and Co. 3d and 4th Series .... 91,% . Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pet Cent 4S' h 49 Ditto 5 per Cent Polish Bondii New ticket Angle-vanish Loan, 3 per Con. ...13.74 73l N A wegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cunt... Sp.nisli. New 5 per Cents. IBU EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Pexuasatnton, MAncit s.—Two months, 3516 pence. STOCKHOLM. MARCH a—Seventy-five days, 11. 42. . PRUSSIAN FUN DS.-I.lcithiN, MARC,! 13. Bills. Money, St. Schuld. Seh., 4,, per cent. IOIA 1(3 1 ,4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100% Etehange on London, three months 6 IE % —Prussian State Gazette. Mara It. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. It seems that no improvement in trade is taking place in tt e manufa tilling districts, where, in frcr, it has be come a serious question whether the artisans shall not com mence working short time. This melincholy depression in the trade of the country, leading as it doe; to daily failures or embarrassments, continues, too, irs the fee a of im proved exchanges, and a comparatively easy money market. All the stuck markets were in a state of great dullness to-day, but this did not arise from any depression, as the quotations snore fully supported. Consols closed at 894. I for present transfer, and at 881 buyers for time. The Active Spanish Bonds were steady at 23i to I, Portuguese New Five per Cents. et 31, Colombian at 22i to 23, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents at 501 to t. The Railway shares bad an upward tendency, and were more dealt in this-afternoon. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 17.—The Cotton Market to-day has been again veryC, inactive, the sales do not amount to more than 2,000 bales, at Is. ed. per lb., a decline on Friday's rates ; speculators seem wholly indisposed to pur chase, and for export nothing is doing. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 17. But very limited business has been done in the Share Market to-day. The transactions comprise only Chester and Birkenhead New Shares, 16 ; Glasgow and Paisley and Greenock, 23i ; Lon don and Birmingham, 163 i. In Bank Stock nothing to report. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 17.—We have had a depressed market, and the only transactions are—Man chester and Leeds, Halves, 31; Manchester and Birmingham, 241 1 ; Stafford and Rugby, 3h ; Rochdale Canal, 86i ; Bank of Manchester, 71 17a. CC We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date Bo u nsE or AMSTERDAM.—The firmness of the Bourses of London and Paris has caused a reaction in the prim of our national funds, which were declining on Saturday. The busi ness done has not been extensive. The liquidation, which takes place every two months, has caused some tran.actions in the Actions of the Society of Commerce, which were done at 1601 and closed at 161*. Ardoin's were more firm, and remained at 21k a 5-16; Coupons 21 1-16 It is stated that a meeting of the Socie t y of Commerce of the Pays-Bas will be held to-morrow, the 16th instant, at Amsterdam, to de liberate on the new propositions of the Government. Consols which left off yesterday at b6i for the Account, Money, 84; opened at 88% 3 / 4 ; Money, edi j ; with an ap- pearance of a firm market, although little business is doing to the pi'esent hour. Exchequer Bills, 6 8 prem. In the :Foreign Market Spanish Active the same as it left off, 23A 3; Deferred, 11 12A ; Portuguese 304 31 ; Three per Cents., 184 19 ; Pas s i ve , 54 54 ; Brazilian, 701 714 ; Co lombian, 224 23; Mexican, 28429; Dutch Two .and - a - IL•lf per Cents., 503 ; Five per Cents. 994 100. SHAREs.—Great estern ' 23 24 prem. ; New, 114 prem. ; London and Brighto n , 7 61 dis. ; Blackwell, 53 * dis. ; Bir mingham, 55 57 prem. ex. New ; Southampton, 55 56 per share ; Croydon, 114 124 per share ; Greenwich, 74 84 per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western 45 — to Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto Thirds South Eastern and Dover A quarterly meeting was held this morning at the Bank of England of the proprietors of Bank Stock, when the usual dividend was declared of 81 per cent.. A long discussion took place, arising out of the affairs of Mr. Curtis. The Dutch mail has arrived with papers of the 171 h instant, bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the 16th instant, Two and-a-lief per Cents., 50g- 7-16 ; Five per Cents., 971; Ar doin's, 216. _ Accounts from Marylnrul state, that in the Report of Ways and Means in the House of Delegates of Maryland, it was pro prsed to meet the deficien c y o f $600,000 by a tax of 30 cents per dollar hundred on the assurable property in Maryland, which was calculated to be, at a moderate estimate of $200,000,000, which is much below other States which enjoy great prosperity. Contols, which reached in the early part of the morning 881 are not quite so good at present, and may be quoted at 88A for Account, -Money, 88* haw been 881. Exchequer Bills 8 to 6 premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 23i ; Portuguese, 31 ; Three per Cents., IBA ; Brazilian, 71 ; Mexican, 284 to 29; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50A4; Five per Cents., 991 i. In the :hare market ve r y littl e d o i ng . G rea t W es t e r n (Fifths), 9i ; Birmingham ( Quarter Shares), 501 ; Thirds, New, 23; South Eastern and Dover, 161. Consols for Money, 8S ; Account, 881, sel!ers ; Colom bian, 22.1 23 ; Alexican 264 29; Portuguese, 30a g ; Spanish 23 Scarcely any business doing. CLOSING PRICES. FINE ARTS. JOHN KNOX ADMINISTEREVG THE SACRAMENT. Bodgson and Graves, London, 1841. We were favoured yesterday with a private view of this historical painting, which is the pro duction of Mr. W. Bonnar, of the Royal Scottish Academy. The subject is the administration of the first Protestant Sacrament in Scotland, at the Castle of St. Andrew's, by John Knox, who is represented in an attitude of imposing dignity, addressing the communicants at the moment when the sacred elements hare just passed from his hands into those of his excited congre gation. In a prominent situation in the centre of the picture sits Lilias, the wife of Lord Drum mond, and the daughter of Lord Ruthven ; in her hand is placed the sacramental cup, which she holds with an air of calm mental satisfie tion, as she listens to the pastor's admonitions; beside her is her sister Barbara, waiting to re ceive the sacred emblem of her faith. Immedi ately behind them, and in the act of breaking the bread, stand the sister and daughter of Sir James Sandilands. Still further in the rear of the picture is the Earl of Glencairn, a zealous adherent of the Reformed faith; and beyond him is seen the stern countenance of Sir James Balfhur, who is directing the attention of the mail clad Lord Ruthven to a statue of St. Andrew, which adorns the chapel. Among the right hand group, and nearest the spectator, is seated the celebrated Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount— " Lord Lion, King of Arms," as Sir Waiter Scott calls him in Marmion. The countenance of this eminent man is full of thoughtful beauty, and the expression has been admirably hit off by the artist. Bending over Sir David Lyndsay, stands Norman Leslie, who appears to have just quitted the battlements, in order to be pre sent at the solemn communion ; and at the table, in front of him, is the young, intelligent, and high-mincled Earl of Arran, together with Sir James Sandilands. These two figures are the best in the picture, and their attitudes are re plete with ease and dignity. On the whole, the painting is a very superior one ; every part of the canvas is well filled out, without crowding or confusion ;' the various characters arc nicely-de fined and discriminated ; and there is great power as well as breadth in the lights and shadows. The picture will make an admirable engraving. THE SLEEPING BISHOP. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—" We are happy to state that the above Right Reverend Pre late has received no injury from the accident which betel him when attending divine service in a fashionable chapel, in the neighbourhood of Regent-street, on Sunday last. The Right Reverend Prelate, exhausted with his devo tions, had fallen asleep during the sermon, ewe in this state of oblivion leant against the door of his pew, which gave way, when his Lordship narrowly escaped being thrown head foremost into the aisle. Luckily, however, he received so little injury as to be able to attend on Monday in his place in the House of Lords; but we would suggest to the proprietors of this chapel that they should provide more lively preachers, or stronger fastenings to their pew-doors, when the Bishop of Exeter honours their chapel by reposing in it during divine service."—Morning chronicle of yesterday. The church-bell rings, the crowd arrive, The sacred Temple's all alive, And the beadle dress'd in scarlet, Like the Bahylonian harlot, In the doorway takes his stand With his awful staff in hand ; Aisle and navy arc filling fast, Ditto gallery, and at last, With amazing pomp and stir, Comes the ghostly Exeter 1 He seeks his pew, that holy man, Sworn foe to Satan and his clan; He seeks his Film pew, but ob, Just as the parson, grave and slow, Begins t' exhort the listening group, The Bishop's eyes begin to droop ! By &grecs strange music goes Forth from his anointed nose ; Faint, at first, as woman's sigh, Sounds the dulcet melody, Tickling people's ravished cars, Like the music of the sphere, But in cadence swelling soon, Like a Drury-lane bassoon, The sound at length becomes a snore, 'Tremendous in its nasal roar, And warns the pastor's startled sheep, That Exeter is fast asleep 1 Fast asleep ! The word of God Make a High-Church Bishop nod Fast asleep ! His Saviour's woes Set him singing through tt3e nose, Till, grown drowsy more and more, He all but tumbles on the floor! 'Tvvas not thus, when briskly he Watched and wrestlei for a See ; 'Twas nut thus when, year by year, He plied the trade of pamphleteer ; No, when he'd Lis way to make, The Bishop then was wide awake! THE LATE LIVERPOOL MEETING. For reasons, doubtless very cogent, all particular 211u sion to thi Corr-laws was avoided by mutual consent. This stems to have given offence in many quarters. The Anti-Guru-law Circular of Thursday alludes to it in directly, with sortie asperity. The Sun of the same day observes— _ _ " We dare not condemn the Liverpool merchants fur exclusively attending to the'r own interests, and disregard ing the general e.fare, but they must not blame the land lords who uphold the Corr.-laws, and the Chartists who demand Univ, real Sufi age, for following, their selfish cx amp'e. If the middle classes seek only tht it own advan tage they must not be surprised when they appeal to the multitude that ti:e multitude laugh their apreils t) scorn. The working classes have been practically taught, un fortune ely, to mistrust the middle classes when they agitate for free trade or the repeal of the Corn-laws ; and hence the cry, warranted by the conduct of the capitalists, which argument cannot rebut, that their object is to enrich themselves, to beat down wages, and enslave the millions more than cwt.. As long as the middle classes, however, are so keenly alive to their own interests, and so dead to those of others, shaking the empire to get rid of a little personal inconvenience, and refusing to move a little finger to redress the grievances of the working millions, alienation and mistrust atll =tutu; and the lindlords will continue, as at present, to tax, op press, and plunder both. We deeply regret, if we may not blame, every instance of such short-sighted selfish. fleas." Now this js hardly fair of The Sun. The " middle classes" are not " exclusively seeking their own advan tage." They are seeking the advantage of the public, of the consumer, as much as their own, in trying to lower the price of sugar, coffee, and timber. A very great portion of the mercantile body of Liverpool is fa vourable to remosiug the restrictons on the importa tion of fcod ; and that portion met, and, in conjunc tion with the working classes, or, at least, that portion of them which had the good sense to see that the interests of all the producing classes are identical, protested in the most energetic terms against the Corn-laws. That good work being done, they meet again, and, in conjunction with that 14rge partion of the mercantile body who think they have reasons, either political or commercial, to ref rain from joining in the Corn-law agitation , protest a ga inst the enhancement of the prier, fur corrupt or foolish pur poses, of the ether great necessaries of life. The path of duty is pursued by them so far as they can do so ; and they pursue it, notwithstanding every obstruction thrown in their way by " upper " 'or by " lower "classes, by land lord or by Chartist. They will accept the cc-operation of landlords, merchants, or of " working millions," so far as it is offered them. Besides, much good is done incidentally by thee meet ings. Sound principles ate diffused, the application of wbich will come in due time. Every tower of monopoly broken down weakens the whole edifice: The great support of the corn monopoly, next to the landlords, is the West India interest, and whenever that powerful body is brought within the orbit of free trade, its gravation from ve-y obvious causes, the West India islands being importers of food, be entirely in the opposite direction. Liverpool Journal. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.— The large span of the viaduct on the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway, that crosses the Union Canal at Tamtourhill, near Falkirk, had the key-stone put into it on Thursday, the 4th inst. This is supposed to be the largest stone arch in Great Britain, of so low an elevation ; the length of the span is 130 fest, the height from the springers twenty four feet six inches; the height from the ground under neath thirty-five feet. The stones of which this great arch are composed were all brought from Forfarshire ; they are four fret deep in the bed, blueish odour, and of pecu liar strength. The weight of the arch stones alone of this stupendous piece of masonry is upwards of 1,900 tons. The arch was thrown upon trussed centres, constructed by Mr. Mitchell, who rnauges the building department in the contract. It req.:tired no less than, betwixt twelve and thirteen thousand cubic feet of timber for their construction. The contractors, Messrs. Forbes, Ross, and Mitchel!, lave, with the aid of their machinery, performed this operation in the shortest period of time imag'nable for such a mighty fabric. The arch work was commenced and finished wi:hin the period of twelve days only. Mr. Glennic, the r,n,ident engineer, superintended the whole, and it is to be hoped he has done himself no small ci e lit, as it was at one time thought to be an impossi! ihty to throw an arch over such a width of span, with so low an elevation, Immediately alter the key stone was put into its place, which was in the evening, the peap!e emplo3ed thereat gsve three tremendous cheers, which echoed through ti e magnificicut vaul', to the great satisfaction of all present Tt.ey then paraded, in masonic order, to Falkirk, accompanied by an instrumental band of music, where they receited a repast from their employers.— E.direbtrivh Paper. The General KO, Indianian, sailed yesterday from Gravesend, with 400 troops, for India. The soldiers weut vi. 1.•,a1;.'. la ;.: 6 1. spiiit.. Vl.e (.3:ii,..,..1 I.yd is a film ship, and has every accommodation for the troops. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock Bink Stock 3 per Cent Red. Ditto Bonds l6 dis 3 per Cent Cons SSi Ditto Old Annuities ... 3?: per Cent Red — Ditto New Annitities... New 3i per Cent 961 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 8 put New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ 8 pat Long Annuitiesto expire ' Ditto Small 7pm Jan. 1860. ...... ... : Bank Stock for Opg 169 Oct 1859.... lndia Stock for Acct — Jan. 1860. FOIIEIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese ' 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent :Ditto, - NewDitto 3Ol Brazilian 80nd5.......... 71 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 'Russian, 5 per cent llO4 Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... 22a Spanish, 5 per cent 23i Ditto, 1824. 234 Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 percent. —f. —c. Greek, 18g5, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent..:. 29 French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. . Dutch, 2h per cent. ... 50i. Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 994 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ... ..... 81 - Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) .... . ...... ... 34. Great Western Railway (65 paid) • Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) • London and Brighton (50 paid) • 43h London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 150 ,Ditto Thirds ( 32 paid) 5l 'litto New Shares ( 2 paid) 22* London and South Western ...........•.. Ditto Tenths . ... . 2h Blanchester and Birmingham ( 40 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (10 paid); l4} South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 16h COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majeity yesterday. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yes terday. The Hon. Miss P;tt, and the Hon. Miss Devc retie, have succeeded the Hon. Miss Paget and the Hon. Miss An son as the Mails of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Cooper, honoured the Eng dsh 01. era-house will their preieuce last evening. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens, honoured Viscount and Viscountess Beresford with his company on Wednesday evening, at their residence in Cavenilistquare. His Royal Highness afterwards ho noured Prince Esterbazy with his company at Chandos house. A deputation from St. George, Hanover-sßuare. con sisting of Mr. Henry Gally Knight, GfenviPe Berkeley, John Leslie, John Gunter, and Steplen Lewis, and Mr. J B. Chappell, Vestry Clerk, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office The Agent cf Jamaica had an irste v:cw with Mr. Labouchere yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Ward, M. P., and Mr. P,rker, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. _ . Despatches were sent off last evening from the Co lonial Office, for Lord Sydenharn, Goverdor of Canada, and also for the Governors of New BrunswiA and Nova Scotia. Lord Ashley and Mr. George Nichqll, had interviews •eaterday at the Borne-office with the Marquis of Nor- mauby. Despatches from tte Governors of the Mauritius and o Sierra Lear,e, were received yesterday at the Color.ial. office. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Jersey and Viscount Villiers, M.P., in Berke- I ley. square, from a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Oakley Park, Bedfordshire ; Lord Sandys, in Curzon-street, from Oinbersley Court, Worcestershire ; the Marquis of Conyng ham, from the Isle of Wight; the Dowager Lady Croft, in Queen Anne-street, from Hastings ; Miss Burdett Coutts, in Piccadilly, from Bri g ht on ; t h e Earl of Denbigh, in Maddox street, from Warwickshire ; Lord and Lady Carteret, in Hill street, from Hawnes House, near Ampthill, Bedfordshire ; Lord John Thynne, in St. James's-square, from Somerset shire; Count Louis de Noailles, from the Continent; the Dowager Countess of Chichester and Ladies Pelham, in Grosvenor-place, from Sussex. • the Marquis of Down shire, in Hanover-squ are , from iasthampstead Park, Bed fordshire ; the Countess of Rosslyn, in Gros , enor-place ; the Earl Compton, at the Marquis of Northampton's, in Piccadilly, from Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire ; Lord Blayney, from his seat in Ireland ; Lord and Lady Hatherton and the Hon. Miss Littleton, in Grosvenor-place, from the Continent ; Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart., M.P., from Warwick shire; Lord Crewe, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from Crewe Hall, Chsshire ; the Hon. Dudley Ward, at ditto; Mr. D. Maclean, M. P., and Mrs. Maclean and family, at ditto, from their seat in Oxfordshire ; the Earl of Warwick, in Carl ton-gardens, from his seat, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire ; Mr. Edmund Macdonnell, at Mivart's Hotel, from Glenann Castle, his seat in Ireland; Lord and Lady Carrington, in Whitehall-yard, from Wycombe Abbey, Bucks ; Sir Jukes Clifton, at Fladong's Hotel, from Clifton Hall, Nottingham shite ; Sir Simon Clarke, at ditto, from Melton Mowbray ; Colonel Barron, at ditto, from Cheltenham the Rev. Mr. Light, at ditto ; Mrs. A. B. Bernard and Miss Bernard, at Paine's Bath Hotel, Arlington -street, Piccadilly, from Bath ; Colonel and Mrs. Morgan, at ditto, from Dover ; Mrs. and Miss Meddeford, at ditto, from Staines ; Captain G. Suli van, at ditto ; the Rev. Mr. Goodenough, at ditto ; Lieut. Jackson, Queen's Dragoon Guards, at ditto, from York; the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, and Lord Adam, and Lady Anne Loftus, in Belgrave-square, from Ely Lodge, Ferma nagh ,• Lady Agnes Buller, in Clarges-street ; Viscount and Viscountess Maynard, and the Honourable Mrs. Maynard, in Grosvenor-squa r e ' from their seat in Essex ; the Dowager Lady Ellenborough, and Honourable Miss Law, in Stratford-place; Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothesay, and the Hon Miss Stuart. on Carlton House-terrace, from the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Canning ; the Dowager Mar chioness of Gmynghain, in Hamilton-place, from Bifrons, near Canterbury ; the Hon. Capt. Macdonald, from a visit to the Duke and. Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton, Gloucester shire ; Sir Wm. Fremantle, Bart., in Stanhope-street, from Bucks ; Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, in Eaton-square, from Brighton, DEPARTURES. The Duke of Norfolk, from St. James's-square, for Arundel Castle, Sussex ; Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgomerie, for their seat in Sussex ; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, from Stafford House, for Trentham Hall, Staffordshire: Sir Lowry Cole, for Hants; Lord Ward, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, for Oxford ; Mr. and Mrs. Astloy, from ditto, for the Isle of Wight ; the Bishop of Oxford, for Oxford; Sig nor Hurtado and Otolo, from Fladong's Hotel, for the Conti nent; Mr. and Mrs. Farrel, family, and suite, from ditto, for ditto ; Henry Lucas, Esq., from ditto, for Newport Pagnell ; Smith, Esq., from ditto, for Dudley; and Rev. Mr. Hus sey;from ditto, for Oxford. CHANGES. The Earl of Portarlington, at Emo Park, from Dublin • Sir Love Jones and Lady P arr y , at B ath , from their seat, in Vales; the Hon. Newton an d Lad y . Catheri ne Fellowes, at Viscount Clements, at th e sea t o f theirthe seat, in Devon, from a vi sit to Visco unt Ebrington, at Dublin Castle; Misses and Lad y Mackenzie, at Leamington Spa, from county. Donegal, f rom Li verpoo l ; L ord from a visit t o t h e D uke of Bedford, H ouse , Reds; the Countess of D ar li ng t on an d L a d y Augusta Paulett , at Leamin g ton S p a, from Ponton Hall, near their aEKtailot.iinaoa s if, e iir a ed t i , i at t Leitrim, FernS c o i t n l a nt o h d i el ; 1 , Grantham. . q p u r i e s s present BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK.— The 58th anniversary festival of the above charitable in stitution was alebiated on Wednesday at the Free tDowashire, Lord Blay masons' Tavern, Great Queen -street. Tne Earl of Devon we observed the Mar racy, Sir W. Chatterun, Bart., Mr. W. V. Stuart, M. P., Colonel Rawdon, M. P., Mr. T. Fortescue, M. P., Mr. presided, and o a r n ro d o a u m by 7 R. M. Bellew, NI P., the Hon. Vesey Dawson, Colonel Robinson, the Att(fracy-General fur Ireland, &c. About 150 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Upon the removal of t g be th M os a e r the cloth the usual loyal toasts were trunk with the ac. customed honours. The children were tl , en introduced. They presented a very cleanly and healthy appearance. Several other accustomary toasts were drunk, after which, the Secretary read his report of the list of subscriptions for the evening. Among them were those of her Majesty, 100 guineas; the Quten Dowager, 25/. ; tho Lord L'eu tenant of Ireland, 501 ; the Archbishop cf Dublin, 201. ; Duke of Northumberland, 301. ; the Marquis of Angle sey, 25/. ; Marquis of Downsbi. e, 21/. ; Marquis of Lans downe, 25/. ; Marquis of NortuanbY. 201. ; the Ea'l of Cianwilliam, 251. ; Earl of Portarlirgt on , 10/. ; Earl of Mayo, 20/. ' • Viscount Templetowr, 201. ; Viscount Dun cannon, 10/ ; Vi i count Morpeth, 25 1. ; Lord Carbery, 21/. ; Lord Lurgan, 10/. ; Lord Sandy', 10/. ; Lord Stanley, 10/. ; H on . W. Bligh, 10/. ; the Attorney- General fur Ireland, 101. ; Mr. T. Foreseue 30/. The total amount of subscriptions Was 869/. 16z. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will honour the Marquis of Northampton with his company at his Lordship's soiree to the Fellows of the Royal Sueie•y, on Saturday, the 27th instant. His Royal Highnes-, it will i.e lecolleeted, v.as il ea.,d a F. How of that learned body it.: the spring of last year. His Royal Highness tiro Duke ~ _s u , s " it vlip ,ool to liouour the e.,:iiepuuy hy * nib pie- MOB. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. (YESTERDAY.) CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. ICING, the Chairman of the City of London Com mi:tee, presented a p e tition from the itihabitants of the vi cinity Of Bing-street, Cheapside, praying that measures might be taken to wid en t h e grea t th o roughfare to S.;uth wark-bridge. It was, he said, stated as au argument ill favJur of widening the streets on the north aide of Cheap side th,t the great inns of the City were all on that rice. The railroads, however, had effectually interfered with the business cf those inns, and the traffic had most won- del full increased cn the south side, so that the necessity for improvement about Thames-strcet and Watling-street was now very great indeed. Mr. LOTT wished to see the money of the Corpora tion expended in improving the City, but he considered that Watling-street ought, for the sake of humanity, as well as expediency, be the very first improved. The petition was referred to the Landon-bridge Ap proaches Committe?.. Two petitions, one from the merchants, bankers, &c., of the City, ar.d the other from Southwark, were presented, praying the Co• rt to t such steps as might be lir unary for throwing open to the public Southwark-bridgr, fr, e from 011. They were, however, both ordered to be laid upon the table, after some discussion. £EPULTURE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. Mr. ANDERTON gave naice of a motion, that it be re ferred to t.:;e City Lands Comnaitt 'e to exa,nine and re port into the means of Eepulture in church-yards, places and vaults for burying the dead !herein ; and also whether it is expedient that an end should be put to the interment of the dead within the City of London. COUNTY COURTS DILL. Mr. ArioEwrox brought up the Report on the subject of the County Courts Bill, which was, without Lcing read, ordered to be printed. lie stated that the Governmet , t were willing to exempt the City from the operation of the Bill, if such were the wish of the Corporation; and the Report recommended that the Court , should effect improv e meats which were indispensably necessary, by throwing open the Mayor's Court and 1112 Sheriff's Court to tar risters and solicitors generally. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. JONES, the Chairman of the London Midge Ap proaches Commit►ee, brought up the Report on the subject of widenirg the thoroughtaie of Mason's-al:ey from Col. man-street to Basinghall-street. It stated that it would certainly be very Cesirable to have the narrow passage widened, but that under existirg circumstances the al- teration was iropmcic.able. - Mr. IlooLE expressed a hope that amongst the other prospects of improvements it would not escape the advc cate3 for rendering the streets more e3namodious and healthy that Aldertuanbury required to be widetr,d. Mr. L. L. JONES S:,11 that the expense of doing a 3 was suggested would be i,conveniently expensive. By and by, in probobilly, that as well as many other great im provements which are not at present in contemplation, would be effeetee.—(llear, hear.) Alderman I'. Waco brought up the Report of the Police Coenstatee, sta , ing that a suitable house and offices had been provided for the City Police Commissioner in the Old Jewry. Mr. WELLS said that the C;ty Police Commissioner had said it was all nonsense to suppose that he w;. , uld reticle in the house et hich had teen procured kr him. Alderman T. WOOD said that the house was formerly the residence of Alderman Lee, who contrived to psrf.am acts of elegant hospitality in it.—( Hear, hear.) The Report was agreed to. THE POOR-LAW IN THE CITY. Alderman THOMAS WOOD brought up I,lle fAlowing Report:— " To the Right Hon. the Lord Al r; or, Aldermen, rind Commons of the City of London, in Council assemble: l , " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Com mittee appointed in relation to the police of the City, to whom, on the 16th day of Juno last, it was refetted to consider of the best means of carrying into effect the pro visions of the Poor-law, with regard to persons found in the streets of this City in a state of destitution, and to report our opinion thereon to this Court, do hereby certify that we have proceeded to the consideration of the said reference, and requested the attendance of Mr. R. Taylor and Mr. Deputy Pewtress, the mover and seconder thereof, in the Court of Common Council ; and also of the Con:- missioner of the City Police ; and these gentlemen subse quently attending were heard thereon, when Mr. Deputy Pewtiess laid before us a Report explanatory of his opi nions ; and the Commissioner laid before us a Return showing the number of destitute persons and vagrants found in the streets cf the City, and the mode of treat meat in each case during twelve months. We also di rected the City Solicitor to consider the legal bearing of the question and to report thereon, and he having so (kite, we have caused a copy of his said Report to be I ereunto annexed. We have also received a further communisation from Mr. Deputy Pewtress upon this im portant subject, which, to some extent, recapitulates the matter contained in his firmer Repert, but also introducing additional and serious matter for deliberation ; viz., the consequent reduction of the number cf petty criminals who are now constantly filling the City gaols, upon the duties appertairing to the police and Poor-law authori ties, as preset ibed by law, bring properly and consistently carried into execution, a subject a Mel; our Committee suggest is entitled to the fullest, eonsiderati on by this Cowl, t even retetided (as Deputy Pewtiess remarks) as a questioned' finance and economy, independently of the inhumanity of transferring such a number cf paupers to the criminal department.' •• Your Committee, therefore, agreeing with the principle of the said report; and suggestions of Mr. Deputy Pew tress and the Solicitor, beg to recommend this Honourable Court to represent to the Beard of Gusrlians for the City of London Uzlien their opinion that the spirit of the law should be carried into effect under the most humane vices, cousistcnt with public justice and duty, and that provision should be made by the Board fur all destierte persons found in the streets of this City, by the establishment of a proper place for immediate shelter and relief, such as the recessities of each case may require. All which, we submit to the judgment of this Honourable Came. 66 1 homes Wood " R. Webb Jupp J. Hartley James Lake G. Stacy W. Stevens Wm. Lister W. Christie Richard Hicks H. J. Elmes." John Black et Alderman T. WOOD having moved that the Reps rt should be printed for the purpose cf being discussed upon a future occasion, Mr. RICIIARD TAYLOR rose to make a few observations. Now that the subject of the Poor-law was under con sideration, it appeared to him this was an opportunity of making some regulations by which the existing difficulty of distinguishing between the vagrant and the unfortunate might be removed. The vagrants who were taken up were not, in his opinion, treated us they ought to be treated, and he wished to impress upon the guardians the necessity of acting with kindness and humanity to the destitute, who were at present buffeted about; means should be taken to obtain facilities of discriminating betweett the two classes, the treatment of each of which ought to be essentially different. In the Union of which he was a Guardian, fifty or sixty casual poor are received every night, and it was impossible to maintain cleanliness in a place to which many d;ssolute and abandoned vagrants resorted, and from which they issued in the morning to resume their occupation of vagrancy. He thought that there ought to be one central place to which persons of that description might be sent, so that the really unfortunate would not be insulted by being obliged to hive with them.—( Hear, hear.) By the co-operation of the Guardians and the Police Commis sioner, such measures could be adopted as would mate rially benefit the condition of the heuseleas poor, and tend to diminish the large amount of vagrancy.—( Hear.) Alderman THOMAS WOOD said that if he thought the Court would have discussed the subject, be should have prefaced the Report with some observations. The fact was the Report came to the point which be had ori ginally contemplated. When he found that the Poor law Commissioners were determined to introduce the New Poor-law into the City, he suggested that the City and its Liberties should be included ia one great union, in the belief that it could be more beneficially carried into effect by such a provision than by the appointment of separate unions. He remem bered with what virulence he was attacked in the columns of two newspapers by Mr. Thomas Jones, of Coleman- street, who was remarkable for his hostility to the New Poor-law, for the view he took of its operation; and he ' thought that the Commissioners were influenced by the opposition to adopt the alternative of appointing three unions, although it struck him that one would have much greater advantages.—(Hear.) He saw good reason to complain of statements which had been made at the Man sion-house with reference to the Poor-law, by persons, some of whom were evidently wholly ignorant of what they talked about.—(A laugh.) He had to complain, too, that at that place no distinction appeared to be made be tween the deserving poor and the idle vagrant. The public were abused by the most notorious vagrants in the garb of paupers ; and amongst the City Police there was such want of discrimination as to the two classes, that the greatest confusion and injustice prevailed, and all was laid t) the charge of the New Poor-law. The complaint against that law, be believed to be quite unfounded. He believed Mr. Miller, the relievirg officer of one of the Unions, who stated that four-fifths of the persons who appeared at the West London Union were sturdy beggars, and his own experience as a Magistrate led him to suppose that the same proportion existed in the other Unions of the city. Such was not the state of things at the west end of the town, becaeseithe police there did their duty. In the City of London Union he considered himself bound to say the Guardians acted with tenderness and humanity towards the poor, which did them the big hest honour; but he could not shut' his eyes to the necessity which existed for the appointment of a central housee,orTthhet Union had a farm-house, but a distant resi h d . c e ne visited at any time by the Guardians, to w t : poor was not like a residence on the spot,bwmi h distance from extremely inconvenient to go to a remo it tocoiguhldt be e hears). w hI Foil hdt hbe ' c heese in the centre of business ent. p H r o o a e r theirau be subjected c l ot we and da :It m loa e c s ie t isi ot h fr a e r a i t t able toe_ h t a h v e e poor, and he was cone_ the City for the reception f oases wou ldof tincreaseire destitute the facilities a n and t he f d d is u c t r i t in h a i a s t u i ti c gh bet r: e l :1 a t t r e sturdy and practised beggar • said that the guardians of the Union • regular visitations from nine in the morn inginMr. COLLINSON S his districttnine h : r d . ten a t night. The conduct of the guar diansre numerous poor applied to them was humane and liberal in the ex treme.who of the City of London Union to tl Th e y cared nothing about the expense, but sent t he poor to comfortable q uatters wi thout once thinking of the charge.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. BARKER said it certainly appeared to him that the grand defect in the City regulat ous was that the Central Union had no receptacle for th e poor . Th e consequence w as that the it4c),-,;1,1-, 'poetised was excessive. CUOUilit sac ; t'ees she City of London Union paid the greatest attention possible to the poor, and sent them MORN IN( EDITIG.N. to the house at Peckham even at one or two o'clock in the morning in vehicles regardless of the expense, He wislici to remove from the guardians of that Union the unfair and wholly unfounded charges which had been brought against them. Mr. MATTHEWS did not know that the Court had any thing to do with the question. Ho was sure the Court could not dictate to the guardians. Mr. TAYLOR said that no doubt the guardians would be inilttenecd by the opinions expressed by the Court. The subject was one in which they were all bound to do all the good they could accomplish.—(Hear, hear.)' The repot t was then ordered to be prirtue.—Adjourned. BANK OF ENGLAND. A ball-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held ye,terday at the Bank of England, Sir John R. Reid, M. P., the Governor ' in the Chair. Tie minutes of the last Court having been read, The GOVERNOR communicated to the Court the answer received from her Majesty and Prince Albert, through the Marquis of Normanby and Colonel Anson, to the addte;ses of congratulation on the birth of the Princess Ro tI. Tee GOVERNOR then stated that this was one of the half-y( aly rneeri, gs appointed by their by-laws for the consideration of a dividend ; and the Court of Directors haling considered the state of the accounts cf the Corpora tion, were of opinion that, with the approbation of the Court of Proprietors, a dividend might be made of 33 per cent. out of the interests and profits for the half-year ending s:h April next.—( Hear.) He should probably be • wing some Hon. Proprietors the trouble of putting quea. lions, by stating that in October last the amount of 'rest" was 2,652,031/., and that the amount of their present "rest," after taking from it a sufficient sum to pay the dividend for the ball-year of 3e per cont., if that pre position should meet with the approbation of the Court, would be 2,854,3401.—( Hear ) Mr. WILLIAMS wished to ask whether the Branch Banks continued to be a source of profit to the esta blishment? The GOVERNOR said they did continue to be a conside rable source of profit. Mr. WILLIAMS said, as be believed that in April next they would receive about 200,0001. on the " Dead Weight" ac count, their affairs would then be in a better condition. Was it not so? The GOVERNOR replied in the affirmative, and was about to put the question fur the dividend, when Mr. THOMPSON rose to move an amendment. He said that the Governor had studied in a good school, and bad not forgotten the principles iacule _tad by his education. In that acauel "secrecy" was the motto, and " mystery" the watchword ; and acting upon the principles of that school, the Directors came to that Court, and dic tated to them (the Proprietors) what amulet of dividend they were to agree upon, without giving them any data upon which to consider the propriety of the amount proposed, or any other amount of divider.d.— ( Hear.) The amendment he intended to propose was, that this Court do adjourn for one week, in order to give the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Directors, an oppor tunity of prep-ring a balance-sheet as data upon which to decide the amount of dividend. Before be sat down he would also put a question to the worthy Governor, namely, whether there had not within the last half-year been a large number cf protested bids? The GOVERNOR—Not many. Mr. Titomrsora—Were there not bills to a considerable amount from Dundee, which were pretested ? The GOVERNOR said that he cid not deny that in the liege till transactions of the Bank of England there must be some bills protested, but the amount during the last ualf-y ear was net such as to call for any remark.—( Hear.) Mr. Tuomesoe rraie some remarks upon the gentle reae who had preceded the present Governor in that ceair (Mr. T. A. Curteis), and wished to know whether there had not been a loss of 100,0001. by the failure of the house with ii;hich that gentleman was conuectei ? The GOVERNOR replied that the amount was nothing like that sum. The amount proved under the estate was upwards of 14,e00/., and of that it was probable 5,000/. would be paid in bills, besides a dividend. Mr. HAMMOND—Then the Bank would lose about 10,0001. Mr. SALOMONS seconded the amendment moved by Mr. Thompson. On the amendment being put, Mr. BLACKBURN rose to aedress a few words to the Court. He said that in a great commercial city like this it was impossible to conduct business without soma losses —without meeting with some insolvenciee—( Hear.) But he was afraid they (the Bank Proprietors) bad more than their share of them. Mr. FIELDER regretted that the amendment had been brought ferward, and said he thought they ought not to impugn the unfortunate gentleman who had held the post of Governor by any act of theirs or the Court of Direc tors, in relation to the circumstance alluded to by the mover of tile amendment. It was necessary that they should repose confidence in their management, and that confidence the present Governor and Directors certainly bad. It was their (the Proprietors') duty, however, to ascertain the basis upon which their affairs stow', and with this view he should like to have the oth by-law read by the Secretary The by-law was aceerdirgly read: it was that which orders that a Court of Directors shall be holden once a wee+, at least, for the deapatch of business. In answer to a question, the GOVERNOR said that no kind of preference was ever given to the bids of a Director —in fact, they were more strictly scrutinized than other. Mr. BARNES ilenatoen expressed his suprise that there was not a larger increase in the " rest,'' and could notetene how to account for it. He heard that they were ding really all the busine,s of London at 5 per cent., and yet there was 1 only an increase of about 2,000/. on the " rest." He feared it ear to be attributed to the continual alterations in the building.—(Hear..) TI c amendment was then put, and negatived; and the question fr r the dividend carried with only three deeen ' tiears, being the number of Lands held up for the amend ment. The GOVERNOR informed tire Court that the dividend warrants'wou!d be delivered and payable on Tuesdae, the 6th cf April. Mr. CooRE then called the attention of the Proprietors to the omission which had been made when the Bank Charter had been. renewed, in not obtaining some com pensation to the Proprietors for the privileges which they had beco deprived of—compensation to nhich even the eee mica of the Bank admitted they were justly entitled. Mr. THOMPSON brought forward a moiler, relative to the election of Directors. He thought the election ought to he as open as teat at the East India flou=t. He believed that his list was the only one that was defaced, and in order to prevent his conduct from appearing invidious, he should submit the motion—That the Govoruor, &c , do, at all future elections of Directors, furnish a list of 100 names, out of which 24 Directors shall be chosen. After a short discussion, the GOVERNOR said the sug gestion of the Hop. Proprietor should be complied eith. The GOVERNOR then said, that before the meeting ad journed, he was anxious to avail himself of the last oppor tunity he would have of addressing the Proprietors, and to return to them, individually and generally, his grateful and sincere thanks for the kindness he had experienced at their hands since he had had the distinguished honour of filling that chair. He would not be doing jusfee to his own feelings, if be did not take that opportunity of re turning thanks. They were all aware, that, since he had the honour of filling that chair, the Bank of England had had many difficult es to contend with. He was de. lighted to inform them that those difficulties had all been overcome; and, in transmitting the chair to his excellent friend by his side (the Deputy Governor) he would ex press his conviction that it was impossible to entrust the interests of the Corporation to a more honest, worthy, or deserving mac. Most sincerely. and truly grateful as he was to the Proprietors for their kindness, he should not hate done bis duty had he not acknowledged it; and the considerate manner in which they had made allowances for his incapacity to fill the situation he had the honour to hold. Bank nlkbete bad dov rem e e ren s m orr e al s l aid he w its diffien a l s tie hp s cp an y to dfe h lt e g ar re t a h t at ple th a e . sure in moving a vote of thanks to the Governor, Deputy- Governor, and Directors. i N e ir. rs were MARR greatlyYATT,on seconding the motion, said the Pro prto ready and satisfacto r y mannerindebted:he questions that h a d b een p u t to him. The h e Court motion hn a t was e thdeitettutrdcarriedurninlouslY- T 3 ie t h he he Governo r had answ ered efreordtablel - ----- - MOST APPALLING SUIciDE.--On the even. ing of Sunday last, a catastrophe of the above description took place at Alkrington Colliery, near Middleton, by which a mother and three children have been plunged into eceased have been friends and acquaintrinc s of the great distress, and the fe elin g s of d. a largo number of strongly excited. A lit tle l man, og named James . Guest, y a e f .a te r s r of seven ag e o , o ' clock, h o c o k , h a a d m r ',MOM', as bookkeeper, at been employed by • out of his cottage near one the above works, rushed f headlont, down a shaft about of :he pits, and threw bils"ald latterly ° bec ome 150 yards in d e pth. 11of had to leavevery low in spirits, in consequence . . t he empl o y of bent giving up the works. 1-1 Mr. Lisesey, wb° i3e was a and of good character , d man of steady habits , a nother situation ended in obtaining . ht . an d ; but, after trial, he was not satisfied wit i , c ame home to Alkrin t on. was ho was unusually distressed , and g on. Oa Sun Oa over , both in his missed itl all head and Lis limbs. h im from the door, and saw him She the rush past the win dow towards coa l and she f o llowed, Calling ea , James," " atop, stop," He Whisht," and almost instantly di 0 was heard to say, j disappeared down the pit, to which she approached near en ough ag ainst the horse -trees and to bear his crashing Oh God l'' she cried, „ that' s Caiding rods, as he fell. l yz ed unable to go on him," and stood para .or return. A man who beard her cry .came up, .and lear ning _ what had taken place , he went round to the colliers' houses near at hand, and a sufficient number of men was soon muste red to un dertake an examination of the shaft. They proceeded to Kind up the baskets, which were about midway in the pit, and the first bucket which ascended brought with it what was sufficient to convince such of them as doubted of the reality of the man's fate; his hands and ether v i scera we re is the tub, and there was rea son for supposing that the body bad hung upon the tub, as, on their beginning to wind up, the tub became detached, and something heavy was beard falling down the remainder of the depth to the bottoni. Men were next lit down, and they sent up the mangled body of poor Guest, almost cut in two at the middle, and disfigured in a most shocking manner. An inquest will be held to-mor row ; but, as the above are the facts, a verdict of tem pororary insanity only can be anticipated. THE L ATE INTRUSION INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACIL—We understand that a most rigid investigation as to the manner in which d... boy Joneshas three . • times effected an entrance into Buckingham Palace is about to take place. In addition to a sentence of imprisonment for three months, the punishment of hard labour is added. The boy persists in his first assertion, that his only motive was to ear I. . the co lL raation at Court, sad to write au C. count of it. i r