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Collins the same Evening. the last week of their appearance. " Poor Jack " and another nautical drama, in oonjunction with " Paal Clifford." THIS EVENING, MARCH 27. Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, BLACK EYED SUSAN. William by Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with PAUL CLIFFORD. Paul Clifford, with the Song of " Hurrah for the Road," Mr. Collins. N OTICE. ITIE fiHINA SUN" Is again Out of Print, but will be REPRINTED in about TEN DAYS, with the NEXT NEWS from CHINA. Tlll4l RAILWAY SUN Is now NEARLY COMPLETED. We shall _ announce next week the day when it will appear. In the meantime we shall be happy to hear from the Secretaries of all Railway Companies the Latest Alterations in their TIME-TABLES, and any other News of Pub lic Interest relative to their concerns. Also . the PROSPECTIVE TIME when any of the LINES will be further OPENED, and their probable COMPLETION. Sun Office, c26th March, 1841. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS 1) AY. Morning unnu , as after 4 1 Evening 39 minutes after 4. zens of other States his advice as to their management, and the form in which it is tendered is left to his own discretion and sense of propriety. It may be observed, however, that organised associations of citizens, requiring compliance with their wishes, too much re semble the recommendation of Athens to her allies, supported by an armed and powerful fleet,. Our confederacy, fellow-citizens, can only be preserved by forbearance. Our citizens must be content with the exercise of the powers with which the Constitution clothes them. The attempt of those of one State to control the domestic institu tions of another, can only result in feelings of distrust and jealousy, the certain harbingers of disunion, violence, and civil war, and the ultimate destruction of our free institutions. Our confederacy is perfectly illustrated by the terms and principles governing a common copartnership. There a fund of power is to be exercised under the direction of the joint councils of the allied members, but that which has been reserved by the indi vidual members is intangible by the common government or the indiv'dual members composing it. To attempt it finds no support in the principles of our Constitution. The General alludes distinctly and unequivo cally to the attempts making in some of the States to abolish slavery in others ; and he de clares distinctly that the Constitution lends no countenance to such attempts, and he censures very severely those citizens of one State who in terfere with another. In this passage, as in other parts of his address, the General, though at the close lie professes a profound reve rence for the Christian religion, obviously looks, as most statesmen do, only to principles of worldly policy, and the laws he is called on to administer. When he declares that the citizen of one State is positively pre cluded from any interference with the reserved powers of any State but that of which he is a member, he casts to the winds those doctrines of Christianity on which some of the inhabitants of the North-eastern States and of our own country deem it to be their duty to assert the dignity of man wherever he is in a state of bondage. He places the laws of each State, and the laws of the United States, above Christianity, supposing them to be in conflict as the laws of the Sou thern States undoubtedly are, and plainly tells Irespect the reserved rig,tits - arelfct il ditheY duties, So far as that concerns philanthropy and the great progress of humanity, it is an important doctrine, but it becomes intensely interesting when we are aware that the same principles will be acted on by the General Government as ad ministered by the new President in its relation to the different States. He is a strong advocate for the independence of each State, and for respecting the rights which have been reserved to it by the Constitution. He contenGs for abusing the power of the President, and also for limiting the power of the Federal Government. We are afraid, therefore, that he will be slow to interfere with the State of New York, in its assumed jurisdiction over Mr. M'LEon. But as that is a very peculiar case, it was impossible to conjec ture how the General will apply his principles to it. We only at present observe that the demo cratic views of the General extend to the power of the Federal Government, as well as to the power of the President. At the period of his election, many expectations were held out that he would effect a great alteration in the Govern ment; but we see none of importance promised in his Address, beyond an extension of the paper currency, and the separation of the Treasury from the Executive. The motion of Mr. GROTE, the evening before last, and the recent demand made on the public to provide for the expenses of South Australia, are calculated to show that our people do not enjoy the honour of possessing a large colonial empire without paying something for it. The object of Mr. GROTE'S motion was to obtain more for New South Wales than it now gets. The result of the late investigations into the affairs of South Australia has been td take 155,0001. out of our pockets to pay its expenses. We shall have to pay more yet. These two, however, are amongst the most flourishing of our Colonies, and the rest require similar nutriment from our resources. With such results the system must be erro neous. The penal colony of New South Wales was enriched by the convict labour which Eng land paid, and the inhabitants, now that they are to be deprived of the continual influx of, con victs, demand that we should pay them for taking away that advantage. South Australia has been brought into debt by its Government. Amongst the expenses incurred are great sums for surveying the land and for police; but in the American system, from which ours is said to be borrowed, except that the price of land is fixed much higher, all the expense of the survey is paid by those who benefit by it, and the whole expense of the Government of every new dis trict is paid from the time of establishing it by its inhabitants, who also contribute their quota to the taxes of the State they belong to, and to the expenses of the Federal Government. Our colonies, however, do not pay the expense of their own Government, much less contribute any thing to the expenses of the Government at home. From these different results there is abundant reason to infer that our system is not so good as that of the United States, though by some persons it is described to be the same. , One essential difference, the clue we think to the whole, is that colonization in the United States is begun and carried on by, and for the ad vantage of; the colonizers. They do not pur chase ground in order that the Government may import labourers with the money to till it for hem ; they purchase it for the purpose of tilling , ~ ... it themselves and by their own means. They do not spread themselves into new districts to pro vide places for a multitude of dependents on the Government and on the aristocracy, but to carve out their own welfare. They never appoint a single officer of any description, civil or military, whose services they do not regard as useful and essential. They carry with them no institu tions not adapted to their condition, and while, as they spread over the continent, they in crease the power and dominion of the United States, they add to the public revenue. Our system of colonization is neither begun nor continued by and for the advantage of the colonizers. It is in general something exotic, planned by the Government, or some speculative individuals, and carried into effect by sending away from the country persons to labour in the colony for the advantage of others. The system of a labour fund to promote emigration, accord ing to which purchasers of land at the antipodes, who remain in England, send thither parties to cultivate it arid improve it for them, is not the same, but the very reverse of the system pursued in the United States. The colony= =of New South Wales, originally establishe/as'a - penal settlement, as well as that at Van Diemen's Land, with the new colony of South Australia, and those which have of late been begun in New Zealand, intended to pro vide a home for emigrants who are to be carried thither as labourers, are examples of colonies established rather for the advantage of others than the actual colonizers. Some persons go . thither to improve their capital, to carry on large sheep farms, or to make their fortune s . At the same time it is a matter of noto r i ety that m any of the purchasers and owne rs o f l and in all ou r colonies, even those most recently esta blished, live at home, and emigrant labourers are sent thither to work for their advantage. Such a system carries with it most of the defects of the old society, a nd entails its ex p enses, while the colony is also liable to expenses peculiar to itself. If it be true, as some Economists assert, that it is much more the artificial restrictions of an old society, than any want of room, which im pedes the prosperity of its people, it must be true that men emigrate from an old country to a new one rather to throw off these restrictions than merely to have more room. Mr. WAKE FIELD'S system is, in fact, founded oil the princi ple of not allowing the colonists to wander abroad and plant themselves where they like i he proposes, on the contrary, to achieve all the advantages of an old society by concentrating the emigrants on one spot. It is not, according to this system, therefore, the want of space, but improper social regulations, which impede pros perity, and which emigration is really intended to avoid. Our system of colonization compels the emi grants to carry with them the rules and the prac tices of the old country - . They must have in the hush and the IKi.rren plains the fopperies of a mo narchy-. They could not expect to thi-ive if they w ere so to act of their own accord, but when these fopperies are often forced'on them by the * CAP 4 1 disPopt ft., A , CS ° .111WAt?ttilt, - 4 t c " a • • ° m ° Att", •114. , , Ztt LONDON: SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1841. Amongst the petitions presented to the Lords last night was one praying for protection to the Christians in Syria, an object which Lord MEL BOURNE said had not escaped the attention of the Government. The Duke of ARGYLL gave notice of his inten tion to bring in a Bill to settle the disputes in the Scotch Church. In reply to Viscount STRANGFORD, Lord MELBOURNE said the negotiations for a com mercial treaty with France, would be renewed, and he expressed his satisfaction that all parties in this country were desirous of maintaining friendly relations with France. The East India Rum Bill went through a Committee. Their Lordships subsequently prosecuted the inquiry into the proceedings of the administration of the Poor-laws, Ireland, till seven o'clock, and then adjourned. In the Commons, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated, in reply to Mr. MACKINNON, who asked whether the holders of wine, in case of a treaty with France to reduce the duties on wine, would be allowed a drawback—that, as a general principle, such drawbacks were always allowed. The House was occupied the whole eveni ng with conversations about the Poor-law, or with that Bill in Committee. Mr. FIELDEN wished to get rid of the whole Bill by a side-wind, and though he was pertinacious in pressing his amend ment, the CHAIRMAN and Lord J. RUSSELL were as resolute in maintaining that the Hon. Member was entirely out of order and he at length withdrew his amendment. The second clause was carried. The third, which is ambiguous as to the power it gi ves t h e Commissioners over parishes governed by local Acts, wa s postponed, in consequence of th e op position of Mr. WAKLEY, Sir F. POLLOCK, Sir R. PEEL, and Mr. ELLICE. On clause 4, Mr. 11. HINDE moved an amendment to limit the power of the Commis sioners in making rules and regulations. In the discussion which ensued some severe censures were passed on their harsh and arrogant conduct. The amendment was, however, lost by 22 a to 70. The 4th clause was agreed to. The House, at the suggestion of Mr. FIELDEN, then resumed, and Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would on Tuesday move that the consi deration of the Poor-law Bill should take prece dence of notices of motion. Mr. Fox MAULE brought in a Bill to enable the census to be taken three weeks earlier than is ordered by the present law and also a Bill to regulate the employment of children in factories. Both were read a first time. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve, till Monday. There is another passage in General HA RRI s 0 N's Inaugural Address deserving of attention. It is as fbllows, though it is much curtailed : I have spoken of the necessity of keeping the cspective de partments of the Government; as w p e p ll ro a l s ,ri a a l t l e th or e b r i o tl th . er Thisi autho rities of our country, within their a a matter of difficulty in some cases, as the Powers which the recpectively claim are often not defined by very distinct lines Y Mischievous, however, in their tendencies, as collisions of this kind may be, those which arise between the respective commu nities, which far certain pUrposes compose one 4.; na—olls art much more so ; for no such nation can long exist without the careful culture of those feelings of confidence and affection which are the effective bonds of union between free and con.. federated States. By a process, attended with no difficulty, no delay, no ex pense but that of removal, the citizen of one might become the citizen of any other, and successively of the whole. The lines, too, separating powers to be exercised by . the citizens of one from those of another , . seem to be so distinctly . drawn as to _leave no room fisi , ,_ for misunderstanding. The citizens of each ''' 439 72Ll!!!e , Ersons eil the privileges which .. that cha ted g 7,1.! !, , . , ir - Ail that they may cairn as citizens of tine /1 same time: l l s : 4 , 3 r... at ,,,,t,,,,n, .., ease can the same person, at th( ~ i s; yi l i re f ore .• usiti..,; ,citizen (.1 two separat, States, alid he ffif ‘ - '-the reierviti ifower, yjareeluded L ona ' any interference wits. ' the time being, a eitiaar•l74, but that of which he is, for /, \ - ' -' - ' e 1" V "indied, offer.to the citi , ....._ r A_ ..-2 (.......) / / / ----/- \ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, i 41 Colonial-office, or by the authorities at home, they become doubly mischievous. Mr. WAKE FIELD'S scheme of selling the land and transport ing labourers to cultivate it, appears to us to be as faulty in this respect as that of the Colo nial-office. It requires all the devices which are in use here, to preserve order and obedience. Hence police, gaols, and extravagant Governors, are coeval with the first breaking up of the vir- gin soil. We look on the circumstances we have pointed out—namely, that the spreading of people over the continent of America, is the dictate of their own unbiassed minds, which en ables them completely to adapt all their institu tions to their condition ; and that the spreading ' of our people over the islands of the southern hemisphere, is not the dictate of their own un biassed minds, and not being such a dictate, they are competent to take along with them a large off-set of the power which bias and controls them—as affording an explanation of the com plete success of the Americans, and the partial failure of our people. We at least have no recol lection of any off-set of the Americans calling on the American Government to supply them with 150,000/. ; nor, as far as we know, have the squatters in New Zealand ever made any such demand on the British Government. The free and unbiassed system, we conclude, is therefore the most advantageous. The rage for Church Extension, with which Sir ROBERT INGLIS, Dr. CHALMERS, the Bishop of LONDON, and some other interested parties, have been afflicted for some years, appears to be on the decline. In Scotland the great complaint is that the churches cannot be filled. In Edin burgh some of the churches are half empty, not withstanding all the outcry about Non-intrusion, and the sacred duty of patrons in selecting ]?reachers who can edify their flocks, and the ap people According t the td . 'b y the themselves. o urgn papers, one church, which has been vacant fbr six months, has not contained for the last few years a sufficient number of hearers to pay the salary of the precentor ; and it is a well known fact that in many of the chapels where the preacher is appointed by the popular voice, either he, or a great proportion of his hearers, soon change quarters; the former sometimes for a better and sometimes a worse living, and the latter for some novelty sprung up in the neigh bourhood. In Glasgow, where the Non-intru sion system has for many years been more prac tised than in any town in Scotland, the condition of the churches is still worse. Too many churches have been built—we will not say for the extent of the population, but, at all events, for the religi ous feelings of those connected with the Esta blishment—and the consequence is that the patrons have been compelled to lower the price of the sittings in the vain hope of increasing the revenue. The following extract from a Glasgow paper shows that neither Church Extension nor Non-intrusion, nor any of the nostrums of Dr. CHALMERS, can crush the Dissenters or prop up the Establishment : " The Town Council resolved, at their last meeting, to make a considerable reduction in the prices of the sittings in the Es tablished churches, the only effect of which will be to reduce still further the amount of the revenue drawn from the ecclesi astical property belonging to the Corporation. The falling off for some years has been at the rate of about 2501. per annum, and we may therefore expect, instead of that deficiency, to find it reach to nearly 5002. in the ensuing twelve months. The cause of the defalcation is obvious, and cannot be arrested by any reduction in the prices of the sittings. A large number of new churches, greatly beyond the demand on the part of the church going population belonging to the Establishment, have of late years been erected ; and many of these being placed in more convenient localities than the former fabrics, have drained off the sitters from the City churches. For a time sittings were retained in both the old and new churches; but gradually, as people became accustomed to the latter, they abandoned altogether their former places of wor ship. No complaints were made that the sittings were too high; it was convenience alone that led to the change; and hence it is vain to expect, by any reduction, to bring back those who find themselves comfortably provided for elsewhere. The church-building mania, intended as a means for crush ing the Dissenters, is now producing only the fruits that were all along expected from it, and will ultimately, with out adding to the adherents of the Establishment, prove destructive to the ecclesiastical property of the Corpora tion. To institute a comparison between the charge for seat-rents in the Dissenting and Established churches, is most unfair. The latter have been erected at the public ex pense, and are endowed from the public funds, while the Dis senters not only build their own churches, and pay their own clergymen, but have many calls upon their liberality to which the members of the Establishment are not of necessity exposed. The indispensable ecclesiastical expenditure of the adherents of the Establishment is confined to the single lit,. but it is very different with those who maintain their own churches and ministers without dipping into the public purse, and do so in many instances in a manner infinitely superior'to what we find in the much-boasted-of Establishment. The " disease," which the Lord Provost acknowledges to exist within the established pale, will be found somewhat difficult of cure, and its progress is not likely to be arrested by the palliative about to be tried." The Suit of Tuesday last announced the near termination of negotiations among the Five Powers for the ratification of a new convention guaranteeing the pacification of the East. This convention has received the sanction of the French Government, and will he signed as soon as the diplomatists have settled a preliminary point of form. It guarantees the independence of Turkey, and authorizes the SULTAN to close the Straits of the Dardanelles against vessels of war of all nations. With these facts before us, we are not disposed to place much reliance upon the following report, which we find in a Frank fort paper received this morning, dated the lith inst : According to a report lately arrived at Paris, and addressed to a great personage, new and great difficulties have arisen in the affairs of the East, which had almost come to a conclusion. The confirmation of the news that the Viceroy intends to retire from public life, and to abdicate in favour of Ibrahim, causes a great sensation. The first news wai brought to this city by a courier from Paris. It has had some effect on 'Change. The whole of the Paris Journals of Wednes day have reached us. The Moniteur has the following telegraphic despatch from Bayonne : BAYONNE, MARCH 23. THE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. The opening of the Cortes took place on the 19th. Es. partero was not present at it. There was no speech. Madrid is perfectly tranquil." The debate in the Chamber of Peers on the Fortifications Bill engrosses the whole attention of the Journals. The best speeches against the Bill were made by the Baron de BRIGODE, and Count MOLE. The former made a severe attack upon the late Cabinet. The following ex tract from his speech created quite a sensation in the Chamber:-. The idea of converting a large city like Paris into a for tified town, was, in his opinion, a chimerical project. Indeed, the Government itself admitted this, and therefore stated that it was not intended to make of the capital a fortified town sullject to the laws and regulations of other fortified places, but the construction of a bastioned wall or enclosure would really be attended with all the inconvenience at tached to fortified towns in general, and it was frightful to consider the anxiety and alarm in case of real danger of a large population like that of Paris thus cooped up. If Paris were to be entered by an invading army after a re gular and obstinate resistance behind the proposed fortifications, it must expect to be treated with a'l the horrors of war. To adopt the present Bill would, he contended, be 'nothing less than passing a Bill of indemnity in favour of the Cabinet of Ist of March. This alone should make them pause. lhe Peers should also reflect on the flagrant violation of all constitutional principles that was apparent in this affair. Thirteen millions had been appropriated without their consent, and purchases of land continued to be made, and works to go on, without. deign ing to ask the Peers whether they approved of the expense or not. In fact the Chamber was treated as if it had nothing to do with the affair.—(Sensation.) And what was the pretext under which the fortifications of Paris had been resolved upon by the late Cabinet? The Treaty of July 15. One hundred and forty millions of the public money were to be expended because a Treaty had been made by Four Powers, which, but for the refusal of France, would have been made by five. This was the Cabinet, tco, which called itse'f parliamentary, and yet wh!eh passed over the Parliament on a question of expenditure as if it had no right of control. Count MOLE took the same view of the ques tion. The following brief extract from his speech will serve to show the spirit in which it was con ceived : flo W uri h s a h t iog eou o l it d ?,, b_ oef more unreasonable than to surround the dis figure it with 2,000 thus p e r o o r fo o u pe n . d By i aris with a wall of circumvallation, o . o . : d p th e o ces of cannon, and this in the midst of would be most dimirtl.hssoseouloagneeliboefrftryi,enthdloyirregrlaotaiotnesetwhiathppali-1 happi ness, the e s s o , 0 what ns eq o e o r e o s e n i l t finances, but to the proeressindoenfsxsttPcieet He felt convinced that Urious, not only to their v in i j ization, the arts, sciences, &c., and create a f,eling of i v T o st l a d nd jealousy in surround owsaoornikferopmrepparreactaiuotniso.n ing States. The Government occupied c l u as p t i t e o d ma o k n e to precaution, from distrust to distrust, war apitar inevitable by the numberuosftg, The Chamber of Deputies was i" Wednesday with the Law of Copyright. Only half of the first article was adopted. The see)ad ,00f letters was referred back for the reconsideration o f t h e Committee. The from ji r uadldel Havre announces, on th e authority onges,' that the town of M a y og the•most flourishing in Po rto Rico, has been destroyed'z by o This deplorable misfortunehappe n ed on the 20 th of Ja fie uan re ; List, and in spite of the most extraord i nary efforts the whole r town, except about fifteen houses, was destroyed, and also 15,000 cwt. of 0 ,11',.e, w hi,,:h was kept in the warehouse, in expectation of hi kf li er F i e ps. Only the hound warehouse , on thk: beach eA,a,ed ti•-i: :liz.Jst,4 - . The Sphinx steamer, which arrived at Toulon on the lath, touched at Mahon; where there were an American ship-of-the line and a frigate, the Victorieuse corvette, and the Cerbere steamer. After leaving Mahon the Sphinx met the Grondeur with the Duke of Aumale on board, and the Phaeton with the mail.—Le Commerce. WRIDNISDAY, MARCH 24. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 Per Cents l l2 ... 112 5 ... 111 A 5 ... Ili 95 4% per Cents lOl 50 101 50 101 50 ... 101 50 98 50 ".1 50 44";eir Cents - ... 9S 50 ... 98 50 ... .- 3 per Cents 77 50 —, 77 50 ... 77 40 ... 77 40 Rank of trance —. .. ~.. ...31 .. 25 _ 31 , 7 5 0 Lllitte Bank I,ooot. Sh 1055 ...1055 ...1055 —10 , 5 ielgian B N a e n w k 5 per Cents - . 51 63 ...5105 ...5166 10 R, .. 101% .. 101% —. 101% lULTi ... 1 2 .. 101% ... 102 Spanish ACLIVe L :C an of. Spares 511'5 1, 24% ... 24% ... 2 % Passive % ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% Veapolitan I" ... ie3 ... , 2 90 ... in? 90 Roman !••• 102 ii . 102% ... 1t2% ... 102% RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles.lt. B 31.2 50 ... 392 50 ... 390 ... 390 L.B. 3 'o .. 310 .. 310 ... 310 Orleans . 483 75 ... 483 75 ... 483 75 ... 483 75 Strasburg to Bale .... 2 .. 236 25 ... :35 ... 235 Madrid Papers, of the 17th inst., have come to hand. They bring no news. The Five per Cents. were at 27} for cash, and 27i for 60 days. CHURCH-RATES—OBED I ENCE TO LAWS.—By the communication of a Correspondent, from Dudley, we learn that the imposition of Church rates excited in that town a discussion as to the bounds of obedience to the laws, so long ago as 1837. We are not surprised at it, l'or laws which are partial and unjust, necessarily provoke the practice of disobedience, and the practice leads to investigate the theory of obedience. That laws be obeyed it is essential that they be just and good ; and we do not understand the minds of those conscientious men who pretend to have a great love for all the virtues, and at the same time force men to obey a law which they ac knowledge to be unjust. The reason which gave rise to these discussions at Dudley was the seizure of goods, from thirteen persons, of the value of 561. 15s. for a Church -rate, amounting to 171. 13s. Dissenters of all classes then resisted the rate, and it is only necessary, we are per suaded, that the resistance should be more ex tensive to procure the abolition of this odious im post. Churchmen have a bad conscience on this subject, and they would drop the rates as a dog drops a bone which he knows he has stolen, r , wneii he is threatened with chastisement, where ctondilir slid sturdily resisted. The people of Dudley- propose, we pc.„:., .t.nprint 0111. observations on these subjects, published this day week. We can only regret, for their sakes, that they are not more finished, more elaborate, and more worthy of the cause ; but the necessity of writing, day after day. on the spur of the moment, deprives the writer for a daily journal of the means to revise and condense his thoughts, or to clothe them in a garb worthy of them and the public, to whom they are ad dressed. Dr. Chalmers, Candlish, and Co, commonly called the rebellious, or non-intrusion party in the Scotch Church, are getting every day deeper and deeper into troubled waters. All their efforts for the last six months to force one of their clan into. the Old Church parish in Edinburgh, have been signally defeated by a majority of 17 to 10 in favour of a clergyman who preaches obedience to the laws. The Lord Provost, the lay cham pion of non-intrusion, has been rejected a second time as candidate to represent the city in the General Assembly, no other Chief Magistrate in the history of Edinburgh having before been re fused the honour. Dr. Chalmers was defeated by Dr. Hill in the contest for the Divinity Chair at Glasgow; and Mr. Candlish, but the other day, had the mortification to learn that his ap pointment to another chair was annulled because he disobeyed the laws. These are all strong symptoms of the returning good sense of the Scotch people. MONEY and CO 111IERCIAL NEWS• CITYy FR,IDAY EVENING. The funds were Improving again on the strength of t'.:6 favourable recounts by the Par ck Henry. Cons , is for immediate transfer realised 88f to sq, leaving off at 881 to 94, and for the April ac count 88i to 89, the closing value being the highest. Exchequer Bills were a shade better, viz. 53. to 7a. premium ; and the New 'I tree-and-a-Hal' per Cents. rose to 97i and 97t. There was a larger bona fide busi ness doing t:-day than for many weeks past. The Foreign Bonds were dot it in to a greater extent, and were also more buoyant. The Active Spanish Bonds to day have been mark,el23a to 23k, the Portuguese New Fire per Cent. Stock has impr,:v..,l to 32k, but we only heard of one bargain at this leap from 31i and 31i, which were the previous quotations ; the Three per Cents. were at a rally to 19 and 19 : 1-; Mexic n Five per Cents. were steady at 30, Chiiian at 63f to 62, Buenos Ayres at 23, and Brazilian at 7i to 714 ; French Th►ea per Cent , F. at 77r. 25c., and Dutch Five per Cents. at' 99g. In the Foreign Malta generally there was more business done, and tile cause of the rise in Portuguese was said to be some favour at,lc information received. The Railway Shares were brisk. Great Western were 24f to 25f ; the New lif to 12A- ; the Fifths qto 6k; the Birmirgnam and London 61 ; the Thirds 194 ; the New 21 ; the South Western 16i; and the York and North ' Midland 29f premium. The Brighton were bi ; the North Midland 27; and the E , .:inburgh and Glasgow 58 discount. Briti,h North American Bank Shares were 5 discount. The Foreign Exchange.; were firm tbi3 of ernoon, the rates being these :—Pa-is 25, 62 to 67i ; Amsterdam 12 34 ; Antwerp 12, 24, 3; Hamburgh 13, Bi, 9; Frank firt 150 ; and Triestc 10 Itolo 2. The rate on London CAMS over higher from Hamburgh, viz., 13 31. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 25.—There has been a moderate demand for Cotton to day. The sales amount to 4,000 bales, including 1,000 in speculation. Prices continue steady, without any alteration, and the Market is rather firm. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 25.—An extensive bu , iness has been clone in the Share Market this day, and the followint , comprise the transactions :—Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 23*; Grand Junction, 203 ; Great Western, SO ; Do., New Shares, 6q ; Do., 20/. Shares, 98; London and Birmingham New Shares, 204 ; Do. and South Western, Si. shares, 42 ; Midland Counties, New Shares, 15* ; North Mid land, 73,1 ; North Union, SI. PRICES AT FIVE O'CLOCK.—The Dutch Mail has arrived r f the 24th March, bringing papers of the same date, with prices from Amsterdam of March 23. Ardoin's Spanish 201 1 to 20 15-1601 S. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 25.—N0 ma ;,, r o•ieeci except that Manchester and Leeds are lower. Manchester and Leeds, 67; Lancaster and Pres• ton, New, 23* ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 29 29*; Hull and Selby, 43 43i ; Lon ton and Birmingham, New, 3.1. Shares, 20 21 ; North Midland, 71 72 ; Bank of Manchester, 7* ; Stafford and Rugby, 2. HAGUE, MARCH 23.—We read in the Stoats Courant, that the King was to arrive at Rotterdam to-morrow, which has been put off to the 29th instant, owing to a slight indispo sition. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 23.—The transactions in the national funds have been less animated to-day, and the sales of some parties caused a new depression in the prices. The Actions of the Society of Commerce left off at 16' , 4 ; Ardoin's Spanish remained without variation at 208 15-16; Coupons, 20? 21. It is now stated that there is no foundation for the President and 131itish Queen being schl to the Belgian Government. The arrival of the President steamer, ft om New York, is hourly looked for. It is not expected that she will bring news of importance, as her dates will be only two days later than previously received, but by the Govert ment steamer from Halifax, which sai'ed on the 16th instant, we may expect an answer to Lord Palmerston's despatches sent to Mr. F.,x. Consols, which hft off yesterday at 88,-i 89 for the Account, Money 883 4, opened at the same quotations this morning, but as yet little doing. Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. In the foreign market Spanish Active same as it left off, 232 Deferred 12i Passive 54 a, Portugues • also the sante, 31* 4, hrce per Cents, 19%, Brazilian 71 72, Colom bian, 22%, Mexican 30* Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. not quite so good, left off sol i 514, at present 50a 8 ; Five per Cents. same as they left off 994. 104 SHARES. Great Western 24 25 prem. ; New 11i prem. ; London and Brighton 65% dis. ; Blackwall 6 dis. ; Birmingham 59 61 prem. ; Southampton 54% 552 per share ; Croydon 12i 4 per share; Greenwich 74 8i per share; Man chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow Gre It Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths Londm and Brighton London and Birmingham 9O l5l Ditto Thirds London and South Western 387 55:i..... to Ditto Tenths Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares North Midland ... lOO - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia 25 ... to --- One hundred shares of the United States Bank were pur chased this morning at 51. 155., have been as low as 4/. Consols may be quoted at present at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 88, E 89 for the Account, for Money they have fluc tuated 8:48- h 4, and at present 888 ; Exchequer Bills rather better, 5 7 prem. In the Foreign Market little doing, Spanish Active, 23* 8 Portuguese 30h ; Three per Cents. 19 ; Mexican 30; Chilian 6:3h 62 ; Brazilian lower, 71*, have been 714 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 508 ; Five per Cents., 99g. In Shares some businesS has been done : Edinburgh and Glasgow, 346 ; Great North of England, 898 90 ' • Great Western Fifths, 94, 10: London and Brighton, 44; London and Birmingham, 151 ; '.l nircts, ait ; INorth 311,lland, 72i. Con,ols, Money, 888 ; Account, 88'h ; Columbian, 216 22h ; Mexican, 294 30; Deferred, PA 9 3 .4 ; Portuguese, 314 32; Three per Cents., 19k; Spanish, 238 231. No nevi s of the President by the second train from Liverpool. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock lndia Stock 3 per Cent Red — Ditto Bonds dis 3 per Cent Cons BBa Ditto Old Annuities ... 3h per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities... New 38 per Cent 97* Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 7pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ spm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 9pm Jan. 1860 ... !Bank Stock for Opg. ... Oct. 1859 — India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 32h Brazilian 80nd5.......... 71* Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 23 Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent...... 62 Ditto, Metallic.. Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 238 Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent 798 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30 French, 3 per cent 77f. 25c, Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 22 per cent. ... 50; Peruvian, 1825; 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 99 SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway(4o paid).., 34h Great North of England Railway (t 0 paid) 66 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 621 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 151 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 514 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid). 23 London and South Western ... ........... Ditto Tenths Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ..... . Ditto New Shares (30 paid) 29 North Midland Railway (100 paid) . .. York and North AlidlLui Rail 7 way '(5O pd) 791 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 6i Gibralt'ar -48 Ditto, at sight - Leghorn Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 Genoa . . . 25 85 Antwerp l2 6 'Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 12 'Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 85 (Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine... 1501 'Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37i Buenos Ayres Perlin ..... ... ............ 6 27 !New York, 21 days' sight 46i Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 3 (Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilboa . . 35 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 35 Silver in Bars 0 5 0 HAMBURGII MAIL. (From the Hanover Gazelle.) A very camplieated affair, which is the general subject of conversation, took place this forenoon in the open space before the theatre. Mr. W. D--r, a performer et the opera, took occasion to make some allu.ion in the repre pre‘entation of the opera " Czlro and Zemmermar," on Sunday lase, to a rich Englishman who lives her-, and holds the rank of captain of cavalry in the Austrian ser vice, who is a treat amateur of horses, rides out every day, and daily visits the theatre. This allusion the public, much to it; honour, received with disapprobation. This morning the Englishman who had been thus insulted met D--r in front of the theatre, and asked him if his name was D----r, and being answered in the affirmative, struck him across the face with his horsewhip. A combat ensued, in which both parties were much wounded and cut about the heal. D r immediately proceeded, accompanied by six witnesses, to the police_ office, in order to claim the protection of the laws. At the police-office D —r, who was much affected by the excite ment and the attack, fell down insensible. He is sal , ' to be rather better, but is under the care of a physician. The Englisman has already been exanieel at the police-of f ice. A great number of persons are said to bay0.1,....A the efF , ay. It is pretty generally believ,•d here that the affair ~•; ;- bt bore b,ea very well prey toed if the , ict)r had re ceived from the proper quarter a reprimand for his im proper conduct. Captain N. N. spends here an income of 8,000 and has, in truth, given 410 grounds for ridicule. He has been liberated on bail, but proceedings will be instituted in a Criminal Ccurt. The manager of the theatre claims damages from the Englishman, because D—r will probably be unable to perform for some weeks to come. _ _ BIBERICH, MARCH 17.—A number of empty ships sent by Hesse Darmstadt cast anchor this evening near tt•e stone darn, and to-morrow the workmen will begin to remove it. .--._ ... COLOGNE, MARCH 13.—We hear that the Steam Na vigation Companies intend to apply to the Hcssiin Go vernment for an indemnification for the loss which they suffered in consequence of the impediment to the naviga tion of the river by the stone dam, and which will con tinue till everything was restored to its former state, which will probabl) be a work of tiTe FROM THE MAINE.—MARCH 15.—We hear from good authority that the Diet will deliberato on the 23d instant on the subject of the fortresi to be erected in Southern Germany, in which all the Governments havz been long since agreed ; the chief point will be to resolve in whst manner the funds shall be provided which will be required to build two fortresses instlad of one, —R amburgh Papers, March 23. The liamburgh Borsenhalle notices the arrival of above 100 ships at Hamburgh on the 20th and 23d of March. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 23. A.1011e3. duets. tctuai mbt, 284 per ('rot 3itto, ditto 5 pet cost. • Anyart Syndic, 45.; per cent Bs 5.% Ditto, ditto, 3Y 2 per cent 7li 72 Commercial Company, 4 , ,, per cent 113% 164 Ditto (18:15 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1i37, 5 per cent. 95% 9531 Exchange on London, One month l2 05 Two months B D E t L it ti / I tcP N ap .. e u rs N , 13 11 s la_r B eh au tt s . A ind. MARCH 24. Actua l Debt, 2% per Cent. 52 Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant lib' Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 ----------- 3 per Cent. — ----..Thirty.seven----- „ 69 --.----------(1:4o) **** 98 s Li en a i Loan of t o oy f ißu C ils i cAst Belgium, l oe - N , is l n i B PF 32 uarsp , :4 4 pee :arp per Cent . . . .c eap nle: starch . ir t .c.c. :t... 24.. , . . m. . . A. . a. : 116 8 7 ,3 0.6 National Society. Exchange on London (short) 103% F r o iv . e r p A p e — e r u r Str Cents Cents. Metalliques i2, - i Three p7r Cents. ...• •..••• ........ Bank Shares 1626 ..... Itigenzeine Zeitung. Mareh CI HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Mutest 20. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan .. 106% 106% Russian 5 per Cent. tst series, Certificate ,.. 102 101% Inscription,lstse.:ics loi% Russian 5 per Cent. Hop: and Co. 3d and 4th Se: ies Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2l pe Cent 49 Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo. oanish Loan, 3 per Cep' 'l3% 73% N 4wegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent - Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 1 8 1.4 EXCHANGES Ott LONDON. PETERSRURGH, MARCH I2.—Two m onths, 38A, pence. STOCKIIOLM, MARCH 12.—Seventy-fire days, 11 43. CHRISTIANIA, MARCH 10 —Three months, 4 CO. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Maitcu 20. Bids. Money. St. Scbuld. Sch., V., per cent ............. 10 % ii :p 4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 100% 100% lixchange on London, three months... 6 It % —Prussian State Gazette. March CI. POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.—In the High Court of Justic;ary, Edinburgh, on Monday, William Gordcn, lat., ly deputy postmaster at Currie, was charged under the 25th section of the stwu e Ist Victoria, c. 36, with open ing or detaining fifteen post letters; under the 26th sec tion of the same Act, with stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying post letter; ; and, at common law, with falsehood, head, ar,d wilful imposition, in so far as, on the 6th of December last, he did fraudulently fill up a money order and schedule of advtee for Si., and having eau ed payment cf it to be obtained, did appropriate the same to hi: own we. Prisoner pleaded guilty of the charge under TRIAL OF S PEED .-011 Tuesday last an i n - the 25th section of the statute, not guilty under the 26th terestin race took place between two of the fastest ser- section, and guilty of the common law offence of falsehood, fraud. &e. Sentence—Twelve morths' imprisonment. speed, going stearnirs in the world, the Orion alid the Orwell. These vessels (both built d iron), in consequence of a C HARTER-HOUSE. — Di e d on Sunday, the 14th friendly proposal made by the owners of the firmer to ult., at the advanced age of 97 sears, Mr. Thomas Calla- Captain Wit g, commander of the Orwell, to try their re- dine. He was the Father of the Brothers of the Charter lativejoined at Gravesend at lia'f-past ten, and house, where he had resided sixteen years, and was ap started etf for Ipswich at a masterly pace, the Orion pointed by Lord Sidmouth, in March, 1825. He was re about 200 y ar d s a head ; they both had a foresail hoisted, lated to the late Mr. Waters, of the Opera House. He en and during the passage the Orion had gained about six joycd his faculties to the last moment of his existence, miles on the Orwell4when, unfortunately for the former, and was universally respected by the Brothers, and all she carricd away her foreyard, by which she lost some who knew him. He was buried in the grounds of the of her advantag e ; but notwithstanding this drawback, Charter. house, and followed by a great number of his ac and the fact of her engines not being ytt got fairly up quaintance. During the fortnight preceding his decease, to their full w or ki n g c ondition, she arrived at I p swich the g reatest attenton was p aid him b y all the official; in e twenty nd a half, and against so fast a boat, must be ad- great favourite. minutes befere the Orwel l, which, on a run of five the house, with whom, for his gentle manners, he was a hours ndt ed to b be an Yesterday about twelve o'clock, as a poor affirmed woman was proceeding along Gower-street, where she had - tat wh i en p h om e important m nt a( v i i i e i n t v i c tory ; getsads i n i t t 0 may pr op b proper work- safely Y been to get a i ecommendation to the Lying-in Hospital, e v s e t r ) s ve r sif y from the Thames to the established would, on a voyag e she was suddenly taken in labour; a cab was immediately leg order, she will do better still. The difference alr:ad Humber, give an advantage of nearly two hours. The procured, in which she was placed and driven to the Uni• Hospital, but before she could be removed from the she was safely delivered of a fine child. steam could be going steamer in the world. be considered the fastest ea- ROYAL SPORT. — The King and several of his NI —A s to ta r tni o : f y t a h t e se°:,i Orion with is good said ICt o e h s o fo s r . e s r p y e e P d ' , r a ri n c d . '' sh c e ° m m a b y i t ' n li o l w g EXTINCTION OF FIRE BY STEA• • gen- courtiers were stationed on horseback, in the plain in front, tleman r.f . Manchester recently itn.tituted a_s s e te ries of expo- with large spears in their hands. A body of hunters drove all the game from the hanging woods which lice the sides made available for the extinction of fi:ea. t I ts from of the immense criter, to the spot where the King was riments to ascertain how far the agency of I these that steam, if applied in large q uantities , vi exia- placed; and this was the hest part of the sport, for it was guish a cotifingration of any magnitude, in an open or awe a cheerful scene to see such crowds beat the thicket, and apartment, in a few minute s ; but that w h enn only a small to h ear t h e i r cont i nue d fi r i ng , shouting, and hallooing. current of steam is directed a g ainst fire, it r a t her increases The bears ran down into the open grounds, and there than diminisbe3 t h e combustion. I n t h e former case, l arge h oun d s were l e t loose to stop them, in order th a t the however, igniiion. it not abs; lately destroye d , ,for though horsemen might come up and spear the m ; but as the do g s ther e i s an end of theme, a low cl,.;l•ring st!ll go ,- ; col, Were too large and too numerous for iuts ,, t: -:tie , nin: ti, Baron Eulow has Undergone a second aid moru th _ z Poor 102ttAq gr.n. , rall , tumi)le,i about sprat.!l , ', for •. 1 .• painful operation, but we are happy in 'oelep, ' able to day Riiyal hew to dii‘e id , , •1, ar into th,a, ail. uis ~,:tsi,a4;.. that his Excellency is going on very fAvourally. Stotnbarti ' Courts of Europe. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held an Investiture of the Most Hnneur abiceMilitary Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon at Buckinfthiten tial ac 6 ; The Kniahts Grand err)Sas assembled and were robed in the Mantles and Collars of the Order in the Garter Room, and afterwards passed to the Green Dressing Room, where they were called over by Bath King of Arms. The Knights Grand Crosses present were, Lord Hill, Vise unt Palmerston, Earl of Minty, Sir Hussey Vivian, and the Earl of Clarendon. The Officers of the Order present in their Mantles and carrying their Badges were Bath King of Arms, Algernon F. Grev•lle, Esq., Offi cer of Arms, attendant on the Knights Commanders, Sir William Woods, K H., and the Deputy Registrar and Secretary, Albeit William Woods, Esq. Tire Queen and Prince Albert, her Majesty nearing the Mantle and Collar of the Order, her train being borne by Masters Byng and Wilson, Pages of Honour in Wait ing, and his Royal Highness, wearing also the Collar and Mantle of the Order, having been conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Throne-room, the Knights and Offi cer.; of the Order were ushered to the Royal presence Then, by her Majesty's command, Sir Frederick Adam, Sir Andrew Barnarrl, and Sir Joseph O'Halloran, were severally introduced to the Royal presence, between Sir Hussey Vivian and the Earl of Clarendon, the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King of Arms, bearing the Ribarre, B sdge, and Star of a Knight Grand Cress upon a crimson select cushion. The Riband and Ba'lge having been presented to ti'e Sovereign, her Majesty was graciously pleaeed to put the same ever Sir Frederick's right shoulder; Sir Frederick rising, had the honour of kissing the Sovereign's hand, and, having received from her Majesty the Star of the Order, re.ired. Bath King of Arms having again presented the Riband and Badge, her Majesty was g-aciously pleased to inveA Sir Andrew Halliard with the same, and her Majesty also invested Sir Joseph O'Halloran with the ensigns in like manner, and also presented both Knights with the Star of the Order. Major-General Sir Jeremiah Dickson was conducted to the Queen by Sir William Woods, K. H., Officer of Arms attendant upon the Knights Commanders, and received from her Majesty the Star of a Knight Commander of the Beth. Lord William Fitzroy was conducted to the Queen in like manner, and her M ijesty having received the Sword of State fr. In Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher, was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him, and afterwards invested his Lordship with fee ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Bath. His Lordship rising, had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand. Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., was conducted to her Ma jesty by Sr W. Woods, and received from her Majesty the ensigns of a Knight Commender of tie Bath. The Kr ights Grand Crosses, with the Officers of the Order, retired from the presence of the Sovereign with the usual reverences. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms lined the Throne-Room at the ceremony, corn mairded by their Standard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson. The Court was etteneed lay the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting; the Fist Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Lord Seward, the Lord Charnherlain, the Captain of the Honoereble Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Vixour.t Tor rington, Lord in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the House hold; Sr Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard ; Earl of Morley, Gentleman in Waiting on Prince Albert; Major the Han. George Keppel, Groom in Waiting ; Ciptain Francis Seymour, Groom to Prince Albert ; Lord Alice l Paget, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunco Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; and Sir B.njarein Smith. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. com manded by Captain Parker Nuttalt, the Exon in Waiting. The Queen's Band of the Coldstream Guards was on duty on the Niece lawn, and the band performed a num ber of pieces during the afternoon. The Ashantee Princes, the Prince William Quanta. unissail and the Prince John Ansah accompanied by the Rev. Thomas Pyne, bed an audience of the Queen. The l'rinces were introduced by Lord John Russell, her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Thursday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anne Maria DAW$Olt, Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Vi-count Morpeth, Baron S ockmer, and Lord Wriothesley Russell. Tee Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards a tended. The Royal Dinner Party last eveei lg included M. Gonzalez, General Alava, Marquis of Normanby, Vis count Palmerston, the Right H in. F. T. Baring, and Co lencl Wylde. The band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager yes terdsy at Marlborough House. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness Priece George of Cambridge. Many of the nobility called at Cambridge House, and left their names for the Duke of Cambridge. The Duchess of Gloucester visited his Royal Highness. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Denson and Colonel Couper, honoured with her presence lest night the performance of Haydn's oratorio, " The Creation," by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter Hall. Mr. George Nicholls had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. Admiral Allen had an interview on Thursday with tie Marquis of Normanby at the Home•office. graNATunE—The curious in such matters may remember, that about three years ego Irma interest was excited by a bo, k Le:ng brought to the hammer Oa Evans's) with " Mint. Shakspere " inscribed orrits title-page :it was the first a-d folio edition of the Evglish translation of " Montaigi e's Essays," by John Florio, printed 1603. That sold for 100/. ; it was bought by Pickering, as was understood, for the British Museum Previously to the discovery of that book and autograph, according to Sir F. Madden's ob ,ervations on that autograph of Sbakspere, and the orthography of his name, communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, by Sir F. Madden, in a letter to Mr. John Gage, director, there were only five ac knowledged genuine signature; of Sbakspere, in exist ence; of those, three are attached to his will in the Preregative Court, executed on the 25th of Marcb, 1615-16; the fourth is written on a mot tgage deed, dated the 11th of March, 1612-13, of a small estate purchased by Sbakspere of Henry Walker in Blackfriars; and the fifth on the counterpart of the deed of bargain and sale the same property, dated the 10th of March, 1612-13. It is in a good state of preservation, except in the folds, where the writing is slightly Injured. It is in the engroisng band of the period. The parties are " Henry WAlk,r, citizen and minstrel!, of London, on the one part; and William Shakspere, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the countie of Warwick, gentleman ;" William Johnson, citi zen and vintencr," of London ; Henry Jackson, of Lon don, gentleman ; and John " Hemynge," of London, gen tirman. SINGULAR CASE OF LOCK-JAW.—On Friday last, an inquest was held on the body of John Hill, a boy eight years old, who died of luck-jaw, under the follow ing singular circumstances :—Another boy and the de ceased were playing together the Friday preceding, in HI-street, Toxteth-park, on some balks, and, in the act of runnirg over one of them, a piece of wood stuck into his foot. The den aced pulled out the splinter, and the wound bled a good deal ; but, by putting some oakum to it, he was enabled to walk home. His mother saw his fcot swelled the next day, and, on asking him the cause, he said a piece of iron had fallen upon it. Ou Saturday it appeared to get worse, but the boy was s itl able to walk about. On Tuesday night he went to bed quite hearty, but the next morning he became sick, and could not get up. From nine o'clock on Wednesday morning until one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, he had a constant succession of fits, which terminated in his death. The medical man, Mr. Leech, when called in, found a slight scratch on the instep. The usual medicine was adminis tered, but it was unavailing ; the disease was lock-jaw, of which he died.—Liverpool Mercury. RELIGION OF TIIE CHARTISTS.-010 Sun day morning last, Mr. Bairstoiv, the Chartist delegate, delivered a funeral sermon, in the market-place of this borough, on the death of John Clayton, a Chartist, who died in Northallerton gaol. After singing two verses of one of Watts's Hymns, Mr. B orstow offered an extem pore prayer, in which he implored God to In leg about the adoption cf the Charter, to remove all tyrants and the persecutors of Chartists from power, and to bear witnesc to the sufferings and privations of the poor. The text selected for the occasion was from John, c. xix, v. 6: " When the chief priests, therefore, and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him." Christ was represented as a great religious Reformer. All Bishops, Priest*, Wesleyans, and Dissenters, were de nounced as hypocrites, who persecuted the poor, and wrung from them their hard earnings. The prelates and priests of the Establishment were represented as lising in sumptuous palaces, and fattening on the land at the ex pense of the people. The only remedy, he u,ged, was the Charter. At the conclusion of the service the sum of 11. 15s. 84d. was collected for the widow of Clay Lon— . Reporter.: DESTRUCTIVE ENGINES IN WARFARE.— As a recent invention for blowing up and destroying ships or towns has of late excited considerable curiosity, the annexed extract from the travels of Count Falkensttin (Joseph 11., Emperor of Germany), will be read with in terest A native of Dauphiny, by name Dupre, who had spent his life in cultivating the science of chemistry; invented a kind of fire, so rapid and so devouring that it could neither be avoided nor extinguished : water, instead of destroying it, gave it new force. Various experiments were tried with it on the canal of Versailles, in the pre sence of the King (Louis XV.) , wh ich were re p . the at the arsenal of Paris, and in several seaports. The most intrepid soldiers trembled at the effects of so diabolical an, invention, and considered it with the same horror that the ancient knights felt at the discovery of gunpowder. Being convinced that one man, assisted by such an art, could destroy a fleet or burn a city, the King commanded Dupre never to communicate his secret, and paid him fur his slcnce. His Majesty, however, was at that time en gaged in a ruinous war; the English braved him in his harbours, and every day he suffered losses and disgrace. He could casly have destroyed his enemies, but he pre ferred to suffer rather than to augment the evil.; of hum:, nity. Dupre is since dead, and his dangerous secret lies buried with him." The Westphalian ill erczny states that Kunap fel, the murderer of the Bishop of Frauenburg, has been condemned to be broken alive on the vslisel, beginning with his lower limbs. When asked if he intended to im plore the rriecy of the King against this sentence, he " No; I hsve frequently the toothache, and I shill not suffer more pain en the wheel." Kunapfel is ,/„;1 ) by a Priest, anti behaves with pr. prie!:, while he is preset,, but makes a mockery of religion as soon as Priett lieu qultted hit.).—Cdiuharies ,Mes senger. ri tT" N G STATES Or NASSAU, WIESBADEN, MARCH 20.—Accerding to express 01.44 T; from his Setene Highness the Dukr , his Exce:lcncy,Conl de Walterdorf opened to-day the Assembly of the States by the following speech:— " Gentlemen, —His most Serene Highness the Doke has deigned to charge me with the opening of the present se-sion of the Sta•eq. The revision nf the takes on forestsi prescribed by the law, t , ) which you g .,•ve your assrnt east year, is ended, and the collection accord .g to the new as gister of lands will commence from the current that means the irequaliti , s have been removed, lAl°' with time and circumstances had been apparent in the blot ew r i a g taxation of landed property. Likewise the manuf...ctu the interests, having experienced many changes sinc e 1 ordonnance of 1822, which fixes the tax in that respect' , a per revision has loccime a necessity, in order to est4!)lish year. Ff, feet equality in our system ( f direct taxation, basal of l cont , ibutions divided in proportion to the net revenute for project of law on this matter will be submitted to you e „ your assent. Toe redemption of the tithes has been Pr, „ pared by detailed lahours. In order to remove the chu d c , i't es which, in the cou rse of business, rt i 4 ht be oPP e5c --) the supply of the necessary capital for the said te:!etor th—i, a modification of the law will be proposed to S at , Ile proti-iond Budget cf expenses tOich will le 5 1 mit: ed to you according to order, and with the ust4reg:o rity, will nominee you that our finances continue to " a a very Satislactor; state. Extraordinary expenses t he been rendered m ee.Ahry by events, in order to plle c t h Got eroment in a position to meet all its erg the Confederation. Neverti:eless the direct 'taxes, to k t , great satisfaction of his most Serene Hiirh - th e Du." ne,s e be hill only . experience an increase of half a quota i t'' . e t o t ordinary taxes. Three quotas and a half will be *tlu ic t . j iis to cover the expenses of the State. In the name 0 ' ae agerncots r•Le Serene Highness the Duke I declare that the Diet for ' year 1841 is gen.—Frankfort Journal. _ ..1 ADVERSE ()PINIONS IN 1555 Y br • THE UTILITY OF FORTIFYING PARIS' .3 11 The question of the utility of surrounding harts fortifications is by no means a new one. We have 11° t , before us two theses on the subject, printed in Paris i" t ,, s t ar 1555, and of which a few copses have just been r 'r printed at Harrburgh by order of Government. C:1‘1 these supports the utility of fortif,irig Paris, and is e nti . t titled " Pro novis urbis Parisiorum mcenibus ac propug eBA • r° °ratio prima Francesci Talpin'." The o ther, which elPthae tiates on the inconvenience which would arise fr" • exeoution of such a measure, is headed " Secunda Oral; surriori contraris, Tussano Putano, habits quod ar Parisiorum nacenibus cingenda non sit." r ef The following a-e the principal arguments in fav 3e- ,b• the measure. Ari-totle himself has c'ealared that c i t y - if he could not have elements of duration and presP„ T „ o ;e• it was not sheltered from fear of hostile invalian. ' — if o • rous examples could be adduced to show the utiliq °' v r ef laying Parii. How often has that city br come the P re s i ob a hancifal of conquerors? The events of the WO . 0 England are too well known to need recapitulation' bi, would Le a folly to suppose that the courage of its ro wele d tants is the strongest wall of a town. If Lycurgus a according to such a principle, it was b ecause he Wi sl3 joa make the Spartans a distinct race o f men. Is not the oplftbo of Aristotle a wiser (are, especially when we reflect I b a l s it system of war is no longer tha same as it was former'''. o rti not now carried on with instruments of destruction trakPerect to the ancients ? But it will perhaps be asked, whlt.sroald fortifications when we are not men aced with war ? ' it not be Letter to fortify the frontier ? Will the e°, r bis easily penetrate into the heart of the kingdom ? &e.,,, uo ces argument is void of sense, for who can foresee thenll' blic of fortune ? Why should money be regretted w P safety is in question? rB The contradictory thesis contains the folloWieg - meets:— r Would it not Le shameful if men , who have neve„gf bled in the most dreadful wars' and wh o have eferw.o- repulsed their enemies, should have degenerated s ° g oer as to believe themselves in safety but behind r°ll3„P., has What will the enemy say when he learns that it; Ai,'; seized us in the very heart of the capital ? How g r ` — ota P his pride be at such intelligence We perlig g e lo t be toll . , that when a city is nct fortified, it is necesasiirsta the citizens to be ever on the alert to guard all: feti against snares and stratagems, and thtt no n3eatia "lerior would remain were an enemy to come up withA br; forces. Nevertheless, it is necessary to make a eu ° ( - g rear tween bravery and fortifications. If bravery be Pr, e ;o o ,l these shelters will be given up to women : if, 0" Pl o rla'' trary, fortifications carry the point, adieu intrepiditY warlike virtues! caot feti' Fortifications are considered as a guarantee "1 this is evidently a mistake. How did the Persiantbeir Macedonians . , the Romans, and the Athenians attaiii ? AY military glory ? Was it by fortifications or ramparflood suredly no*. It was by their courage that the The overcame Hannibal and Pyrrhus. , The Babylonian wall has been greatly vaunteaVier wall was a hundred cubits high, the tower we re West' than the wall, the citadel was a irodigy, yet, neve° 1 . eIY Babylon could not resist Alexander. Let us futbe4o serve that the nations that have surrounded thetasi'otai with walls have degenerated from the valour Of the os castors. Lycurgus was asked one day why the eiti!,epel Lacedemon were under arms, and his reply Was , cis' are the walls of the city." r o ao. „ Agesilaus was asked where were the limits of vi_ot the The Spartan King replied that t'aey had no limt; brow of a javalin. The w o - S Eparninondas, to stimulate the courage of the de and to humiliate Locedernoni , ., caused the walls 0 1 TV' e to be des.royed. The consequence of this was, t to h r as, a iei ° bans, who till then had been obscure, becam e 1):(1 the li(ra - ins require walla La, U , G. o ar mans ? If we must have fortifica . i..ns , w h y not fc'rtlprtaf' frontiers, which are exposed to the incu rsions efibejitie,l unless it be intended to erect a c i t adel for civil . 9- 0 (e -land wars which might draw down heav y calantitie nation ? Of , 0 13e ,d OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON' over the Bills int, oduced by Lord John Russell for ac a es t f° the criminal law, commutes the capital polligb°'of tbaogeo' violence towards women, or girls under ten years °f to transportation tor life, or for any term not ` e „,po l, fifteen years ; and for two other offences, to tra lien for life. A f r , 1 13 ": 1 SILVER COIN.—On the motion of son there had Leon laid before the House of t' °- , - 1 at t m o f statement of the aggregate amount of silver noillousto Mint from 1816 to the end of 1840, with the 8„ is ui' seignorage, and how appropriated. Seignorsg difference. between the price at wh'ela the bullion if chased and the Mint price, s s. 6 d. pe r onnee: d t° ,lode former is below the latter the differen ce is carritiercieo7., accourt of profit. If above as in 1 819, or ill P b , la t e , old coin, the difference is carried to the l oss, whica the l o t gerecel account, is deducted from the profit , rrainder is paid into the Exchequ 4 5 er. The total a • n ot . %Ol t ' silver coined since 1816 is 11,108,2651. ; t I, e-e t he e 7 616,7461., of which 135,084/. his been paid in is te' The greatest amount coined in any one year 135 viz. , 2,436,2971. ts 4° s go I) ESP ER AT EOUT R A GE.—A few daY 3 bo waiters, ore an Et glishman and the othe r a ror' neloCoot,' in the employ of Messrs. Dotier, Vantini, a 5,0 foetal' proprietors of the Royal Victoria Bosch at w s 0 5 1 , 1 nus of the Birminehim Railway, had a scri°%ct r'tBjo• and the latter took advantage of the former , n i t er, killed n. It appears that the English Waiseet seph Gardener, and the Freren waiter, w B t i ffi e Ll F t he tie name of " Francois," had been for som e up oo ill terms, in consequence of a disagreetnento Fr'dsl late question at issue between England sate upon Eastern affairs. About eight o'clock °P . be sta b o evening last they met tegether on one of bad 6 10.4 cases of the hetet, at which time Francois f bow il o hand a large car, containing several guar' s F c rg acil e o water. A dispute aresc, which ended in th?_,.. ba no is di d, pouring the whole cortents of the can over the ban la upon the head of his adversary, who wai LIP ° hire. co below him, and then throwing the can itself Lat a ssis t screams of the unfortunate man called to u lB , l yfa 1 ,0 5 several of the other domestics. He was ec ' n vi b e ci ) his bedroom, and a surgeon instartly sent for , ba t bii " discovered that he was so fright full y scalded le fac r. Al bB lee was completely peeled off his head, n eck' an 0 . 10 ta formation of the occurrence was conve y ed t e L ot to ~ , be street Pol'ce-station, and an officer was ! Le pole' ss irg Fracceis into custody ; but, whilst se p l a pi elf latter effected his escape by means of ae to la under ground, and communicating wilh oft! L r r er still on the opposite side cf the terminus. Gard . c ter a very deplorable state. , , jesr e er° EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Thursuay ri tc a Wiggins and a sergeant of the D division of r ° , o ,pie c cs i , employed in investigating tIC circuintinceatthe eo, with an extensive robbery of jewellery , &C., ovgarevieti deuce of Sir George Rose, No. 4. 14,Yde-P:c.,:onl apd About eight o'clock, Sir George, who vv 3s by Lady Rose went to the Hanovr-square rterore mtimed between ten and eleven. He soon_Ac'er,i o' ope or trued his dressleg-room and found that sf s for ced, if e Drawers and boxes contained in there had hc_. ‘ , ‘2.„!dt.' deaden and a gold watch, tt gether with some valto . n_": P,es eye brooches, and otl.cr articles of much ralb:.i'ot f therefrom. The property ;vat! sefe t ° bei c by and, from an e xamination which has beceriiwe P premises, it does not appea r that any t o o' door. eg il A r, o r teen made either by a n y of the windows r p,, 0 THE LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAD .rIS i °' b e THOMAS MICHELL, C.B.—The lemal he ‘24 jo t officer of the Royal Artillery, who died on t exer tionoer nuary last in Syri a, f rom the effects of ove_ -rnterrol:), itorc). perfermance of his military duties, were d a ye 4 ..itb' tree between two guns , on a spot a bout t, , ,`," cine y '- from St. Jean d'Acre, and named Sir ele Ctej Battery. The Rev. Charles H. Te rror has t b h eel t i bc d e ' to the office of Bishop of Edin bur g h, vacsn of Bishop Walker. as C it Y Yesterday morning about n ine, Lit r e p o , lice Constable 453 was on duty in Fet te e r- f e rna le ,:,coS r _ alarmed by shrieks of " 'Murder" fre002,07 g011..,,,ict!" ceeding from the upper part of the hou ts s . P' e foun d a re ro loc e lY r in the above lane. On going up stairs h bly attired forna'e lying upon the floor, boletaencidinirg,gPoi:jeortle'ort; from the nose, mouth and cars, and a rna r n e 5 ,_ 00 to td uP a with a large carri• g knife, as if b e v i ' n e sta ,:tly tu r b n : 3 l, s' :3s Upon observing the relieelna n li e , nec k and ~,rat , o hire, and cut hint sever ly about toe was r , i „ j• o e or n dlor ost fl ain then made his escape from the house:lll,3e% arrested by ancther policeman. p to thg f u iCIY ° P a house (Mr. Johnson) on landing found the P i r ie p an t a ag p tv c r ei the back et ". k a lcrge wound at b t his r ' cc.- ad P r°.o from several rd"nor ones h_ o t u re , i eer vcvo ., Mr. Wittpenny, surgeon, of Fe 'n ho i' d oe• th rc e n , pciice „ rc l ete., s sufferer. deplorableas.sistarice tsotatte'.° suft: ctime of murder and sei'c , id .. 5 ., vo du T ct h o e l y icutae every praise, as thelre'beis con) doubt,etl:atticlic,l):,,ies,,eori at lily having been repeatedly beard to :a.,.011. to ler his wile, end afterwards put an :I ence. iS naafi' Ar j M , a; ,, er XRr"' rs” .- W jS Gj U t; h. . ‘1.,....'/ 14, Rol (le hi, it , in A