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ENING EDIT ION. Now reaey, in 2 vols. bro., with Portrait, 2F.s. bound, SWINBURNE'S “COURTS OF EUROPE." Henry Colburn, Publisher , 13, Great Marlborough-street. LESSONS .IN LIFE. ust. published, in 1 vol. Svo:, with Twelve Illustrations on Steel by Onwhyn, price 12s. cloth boards, M AXIMUMS K . AND SPECIMENTS OF WILLIAM MUGGINS. By CHARLES SELBY, Comedian. *„* This series of shrewd and humourous derneations of real life originally appeared in the' Sunday Times," and from the numerous inquiries made for them are now offered to the public in a colleted form. Printed and published by Chapman and Eleoate, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, London ; and may be had of all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNTDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 31 Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. 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THE CHINA SUN " Is again 0 - at of Print, but will be 11.V,PRINTED shortly, with the - NEXT NEWS from C IHNA. T _RAILWAY SUN Is now NEARLY COMPLETED. We shall anmunce in a few days when it will ap-, - ;ear. In the meantime we shall be happy to licar from the Secretaries of all Railway Companies the Latest Alterations in their TI—IE-TABLEs, and any other News of Pub lic Interest relative to their concerns. Also the PROiPECTIVE TIME when any of the i.iNts will be further OPENED, and their probable COMPLETION. Sins Office, `_'6th March, 1841. DISH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'JO-MORROW rn,n7..... 4.) tryt,u .9.. ;tiler 9 I Evening... 1- tstmutes after 10. the Publio...ition of the Evening Edition of THE Sus eon.= mane. d at 10 ktiautes alter Three. 44) , _ ...-4c..pT,,,,--Y- , -,,-,,,.4,,.: - .. . ,1 r5 , , , ,;i; /4, _ . •',.i. , 1t . ,q . k-II:4. --- 0 - '):) - -Ita - , 1-i'f'd+... ---,, - 4 .:= 4 - 4 , --- -'-n=N-; -,,, z:".4-Il i ft. •- 4 - __::;•: -. ..• .$41,-2 -4,- ,! , .: ) , : ,74F;71.4 -1,- , -- t:, 1 " " -'''''t.-.-QL7." ffi-, 11011 , LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1841. Lord LYNDHURST last night gave notice that Le should, after Easter, present a petition for an alteration in the law relative to theatrical repre sentatiors. In answer to the Duke of WELLINGTON, Vis count MELBOURNE said that he proposed, on Tuesday, the 6th of April, to move an adjourn ment to the 22d of April. Their Loriships transacted no business what ever, and ctlournerl till Thursday. In the House of Commons Lord ELIOT, as Chairman of the Walsall Election Committee, reported that Mr. GLADSTONE was duly elected; that considerable treating, however, had taken place, which bad not been traced to the sitting Member or his agent. The Committee'to try the Canterbury election was sworn. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice of two measures—one to compel medical men to write prescriptions and labels in English, and the ether to regulate the safety-valves in steam boilers. In reply to an lion. Member, Mr. GORDON, the Steetary of the Treasury, stated that the collectors of taxes in Peebles and Selkirk had received no instructions to accelerate their col lections. In reply to Sir R. PEEL, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said he would make his finan cial statement on April 30th. In reply to Mr. Hume.., the same Right Hon. Gentleman said that the Government bad entered into an agreement by which the mails were to be carried on six days of the week by railways, and on Sunday by coachds. We presume that this is limited to Scotland, and regret to see so much deference paid to supercilious over-righteousness. The correspondence on the subject is to be pro duced. Mr. LAEOUCHERE persisted, in spite of a remonstrance from Sir R. PEEL, in his intention to ask the assent of the House to his West India Customs' Resolutions on Monday next. In reply to Mr. HERRIES, the CHANCELLOR Of the, EXCIIE . QUER stated that the time which had been taken from the public by closing the Post office earlier, to enable the accumulation of let ters to be sorted under the new system, coup not be restored to it. The great increase of cor respondence, and the establishment of the Money Order Office, had prevented the return to the old hour of closing the Post-office, but he hoped the period of returning to it was not far distant. We are bound to say that the public has reasoe to complain on this subject. The delay in sort ing and delivering letters in the metropolis h very great, which arises from an inefficient plan of sorting ,the letters, which might, we art persuaded be • much facilitated by mechanical Tans. The public, by the use of boxes for dif ferent places, might be made to sort the letters without trouble s they post them. Such an immense place as the metropolis should be di vided into ten or twenty districts, and the let ters for these di str i cts should be' sorted when put into the district post-offices, as the letters for Manchester and Liverpool, sent from London, are sorted before they leave the metropolis, and are not all sent to both fawns in one bag. We hear continued complaints oa the score of late ness of delivery and early closing the pot._ offices ; and not to promote an improvement in these particulars is 'to bring the new and excel lent system into disrepute ! .Mr. THNNENT postponed, .to April 21, the Copyright of Designs Bill. Mr. PA KINGTON moved that a Select Com mittee be.appointed to inquire into the state of the colony of Newfoundland. He grounded hi: motion on the number of petitions presented on the subject; on the religious dissensions which exist in the colony ; and on the strange use which the Legislative Assembly had made of its power. It took a medical gentleman into custody .for a breach of privilege because he had quarrelled with a Member, and on a Judge re leasing him on a writ .of habeas . the House im prisoned both the Judge and the Sheriff. The lion: Member also referred to some violent con duct at the election for St. John's, and concluded a long spaeeh by moving for a Committee. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not oppose the mo tion, but stated that the course he should adopt. would he dict4ed by the condtict of the Assem bly o f Nne!fonndlancl, Whatever might be the opinion of the Committe e . He dissented from several of the general doctri nes of the Hon. Mover He. was favourable to free institutions in our colo nies,and he quoted passages to show, nonvi thstand ing the apparent turbulence at Newfoundland,that the colony had pro6 pered very mu c h s i nce 1832 when the Constitution was establi shed. He ad., mitred that disorders had taken place, which did not allow him to object to the proposed inquiry. After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. mn - J. O'CoxNEen• the motion was agreed to, the Committee to be nominated on Thursday. The House then - again went into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and was so occu pied the remainder of the evening. Considering the vast consequences which, we think, are in volved in the undertaking to educate pauper . ebildi'ectlatt discussion which took place on the itiftW Vt chaplains of the Church ex t • Dr. LuftEINGToN / 'W: of the tStablished Church, - to • ,a 4 if our nl7 - e!:* vie " be correct, it will • A S not only be pauper children, but all other chil dren, who will be placed under the control of the Church of England. It begins to be clear to the meanest capacity that there is no alternative between the voluntary system and establish ing the St Lte Church paramount over all the institutions of society. There is no halting at a semi-voluntaryism. Either there must be no State Church, or all men must submit to its des potic will. Mr. HAWES strongly objected to paying a clergyman of the Church of England out of the parish funds. We wonder somewhat at Sir R. PEEL'S inconsistency, who on Monda3 insisted on making the Dissenting rate-pay en pay for the education of paupers in the tenets of the Church of England, or, if the Puseyites pre vail, the Church of Rome, in all things but the name. The House sat till Half-past Twelve. The debate on Monday right concerning the education of pauper children, was extremely in terestiug. Our readers are probably aware that this has been so successfully prosecuted at Nor wood and Battersea, that the hitherto neglected pauper boys and girls have become models of activity, propriety, and sagacity. The school at Norwood, according to the Report, is actin ally beieged by persons anxious to procure the children educated there • for servants as the 3 become fit, and the children themselves are sale to exhibit towards each other, and towards their teachers and employers, the most kindly affec Lions and the most endearing behaviour. In truth, there are few parents, we believe, who have had any experience of the common schools, whether called public or private, of the metro I polis, who may not wish, as they read the ac t counts given by Dr. KAY of the Norwood. school, that their children could obtain the ex- eellent moral and physical training which paupet children receive under Mr. AuBIN. It is truly delightful to learn how much is made at Nor wood out of children, supposed to be the most brutified, by kindliness and care, while the teachers are equal'y benefited by their be nevolent task and its results. As we read those descriptions, we become half converted to Mr. OVVEN 'S system, and are ready to conclude that the mind of all human beings is but the reflex of the circumstances by which they are sur rounded, and that if these be kind, gentle, and beneficent as are all the works of nature, so mil. he the mind and disposition of man. Sir ROBERT PEEL, a person not easily kindled by the description of others, though, as Lore STANLEY has well expressed it, he knows hom to dress up a statement for the House, seems tc, nave been excited by the description of Dr. KAY. Me Right Hon. Baronet spoke of his Report ac interesting, and expressed an opinion that it way only by congregating children in large number:. hat they could be afforded a good and usefu; education. Upon this principle, the Legislature, she Poor-law Commissioners, and the guardian:- of the poor will act; they will congregate the children of paupers into masses, and the Stat.( Ail provide for those who are neglected by their parents, or who have been unfortunate enougl: :o lose them, a far better education, both moral and physical—if there be any truth in the Re ports of the Poor-law Commissioners " On the raining of pauper chldren"—than can by any possibility be procured for the independent and even the respectable classes. Of course, we arc aware that education cannot supply the place of friends, connections, and rank, which will still en- .ble the children of the middle classes to star Corward in life with . some advantages which pauper chliren cannot command ; but, confin ing our remark to early education, we are of ;pinion that the training at Norwood is superior, for its utility, to the training at most of .our pri- :ate and public schools. We meant to have quoted some passages from the Report to confirm our statement, but a pres 3ure of other matter compels us to postpone them still we cannot neglect the duty of submitting to our readers some remarks, which are suggested by the debate and the Report. The Legislature is about to undertake the edu cation of all the pauper children of the empire on a scale superior to the education which can oossibly be received by the children of independ mt workmen, and even of the respectable mid lie classes. Without grudging those unfortunate 3eings all the advantages intended for them, we cannot avoid concluding that taking so much care if them implies in the State, constituted to pro mote the welfare of all, a responsibility to take in equal or greater care of the children of those who are not paupers. Under the present system, which proceeds on the principle of leaving as tittle as possible to individuals, and engross ng as much as possible by the State, the perfection of training attained at Norwood will become a general test, and it will be disgraceful to the State to have any portion of the community worse educated than the paupers at Norwood. The girls are there taught domestic iabour, and are so trained that they are already coveted as servants. The boys are taught z.rades and handicrafts—they are trained to use ;heir limbs as well as taught morality, and are aow eagerly sought after as apprentices. Their superior education, therefore, obtained at the ?xpense of the rate-payers, now enables, and .viii enable, the pauper children to supplant the hildren of the rate-payers in a competition for employment, and probably reduce many of them pauperism. To a certain extent the effect now cakes place, though it is not easy to trace it, and sense of justice, therefore, as well as a due re tard to the responsibility the State is now as suming, will compel the Legislature to interfere vith the education of all classes and improve hat of the rate payers, so that it shall ':e made superior to that of the pau- - _iers. Such a view opens to us an endless • - irogression of social improvement of class above class; we, however, are startled at the prodigious, the immeasurable responsibility which it involves. The Legislature will necessarily be obliged to take on itself, by educating pauper children in a .nanner so much superior to the education which the independent classes can now co:nmand, the ,_:ducation of all the children of the community. Of course when the State becomes responsible :or the whole education of all the people, in cluding not merely their book education, but their iomestic training, and their bringing up to rades, it will also be responsible for their morals and for their subsistence. It must not, for ex tmple, bring them up artists or tailors, without a noral certainty that pictures and clothes will be vanted sufficient to employ them. It will stand a the moral relation of a parent to the people, tad must frame its criminal code, its trade code, and its system of taxation on that relation. It must not hang or banish men because they 'teal or commit forgery ; it must rather blame itself for the failure of its moral training, and conclude that its own teaching was in fault when my of its children fall into bad ways, or become criminal. It cannot educate children to a business jf any kind without ensuring them work, and ;ome future generation of hand -loom weavers, Jr agr icultural of work labourers thrown outby ne w power-loom or some new agrarian sys °lnewill justly call on the State which has brought seems e x _ ern ' drilled them to weave and plough, hens up an d p e nsions or su: e sis a t d e i n n c i e t; o give them is delightful, unques jelmlieely proposed benevolent. scheme, I engaged in the work, zionably, to the goodtomseene Itvhheo youngare actively r a g a -7veuil-11-idnosionfgStiaGdsileas'isidcotnhvieirvtiendg into respectable when we trace the responsibility Jecess whichprovide a a t t aril -, involves the State, first l t n o Least an equ d allyg good education for efnoreealolftitireanioi other classes, next, them up to business, to provide them suitable employment, or to give them a subsistence, v doubt whether it be, on the whole, prudent to we e take so much pains to educate paupers at the expense of the rate-payers. It is hard—it is perhaps cruel to neglect them ; but one of the strongest natural motives to good conduct is the desire to see our offspring well provided for; and it is rather a serious consideration whe ther that great source of the well-being of all families may not be weakened or altogether stopped, by the State providing ..;; much better for patwer children than v;fili*- 101 ()Pe provide for their ebilt!r:-n, unless they be first made paupers. • With ail de ference even to the legislative skill of Sir R. TH E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, RCH 311_1841 PEEL and Lord J. RUSSELL combined, we cannot suppose that any laws, however exquisite, can be a useful or even a safe substitute for parental are. We have great doubts, therefore, whether the scheme of educationAbeautiful as it looks in some of its details, is what wise lawgivers should •riact, or a wise public sanction. By the arrival of her MAJESTY'S packet Crane at Falmouth on Monday night from the West (tidies, we have received advices from Barbadoes co the 17th of February; from St. Lucia to the 18th ; from Dominica t:9 the 19th ; from Guada loupe to the 20th ; from Antigua and Montserrat to the 22d ; from St. Kitt's to the 23d ; from Tortola to the 24th; from St. Thomas to the 4th of March; from Porto Rico to 'the sth ; and prom Cape Hayti of the oth of March. At St. Thomas the Crane took on board the Leeward Island mails, which she received from the Flamer steamer. She also brings 16,0001. sterling on freight. The . most important news brought by the Crane is contained in the sub joined article from the Royal Jamaica Ga zette, which we have perused with some astonishment. Only such an announcement was required to place full in the broad Hare of the world's eye the moral turpitude of M. MIER& Why, it was only last week that he declared in the Chamber of Deputies that at no period du ring his administration did he regard as immi nent, or even as probable, a contest with Eng land. And yet he had mapped out his conquests, Ind carefully selected the most convenient ]heatre for a war with Great Britain ! It is quite .lear from the disclosures already made, that I HIERS'S tortuous policy en the Eastern ques- pion had for its sole object the kindling of a war in Europe, and that nothing but the promptitude with which Lord PALM2RSTON hurried on the settling of the question prevented such a dread- Ail calamity. M. THIERS hoped to spin out ne 4otiations till his armaments were completed, but here he was completely out-generalled by the Noble Foreign Secretary. .M. Tr=Rs dis covered too late that before he would be ready to fight there would be nothing to fight about, tnd so quitted office. We now proceed to quote he article from the Royal Gazette:— By the arrival of her 111 , jesty's brig Sappho, we are put in ~ossession of a circumstance which might have been of the most appalling nature, at once shaving the duplicity and de ,wit of the French Government towards Great Britain unefer the administration of Ihiers. The information we have ob tained is to the following effect :—The .Sapplto Lad orders to reconnoitre the several foreign ports on her way down to this island. In accordance with such orders she call , din at Mar tinique, where, to the surprise of the officers of that vessel, they perceived sixteen broad pendants, six of which were Jouble-banked frigates, at anchor. When the British Government was made acquainted with the different armaments equipping by the French at Brest, and other ports of France, a demand wag made through our Am bassador at Paris, for information as to their destination. '1 he reply given was, that they were intended to be sent to demand atisfactitm for the insults the French nation had suffered from a Barbary State, and the other portion of the armament was to proceed to reinforce the squadron acting against Buenos Ayres. The. British Government was satisfied, but in consequence of the hostile feeling of the Thiers Admi nistrations, hostilities were contemplated against England, and the squadron which sailed to Buenos Ayres carried with them instructions to the naval force there employed to return to Martinique, and at the same time to expect a war with England. One French vessel ; partially dismantled, ap peared off Barbadces, supposed to have been sent to recon noitre the British islands, -but having teen observed by Captain Leith, the senior officer, a steamer, with additional force of artillery and marines, was sent out to ascertain who she might be ; the Frenchman showed Spanish colours, and was, consequently, supposed to be a slaver, but, on examina tion, proved to be a trench yes-el. The captain stated that, from the information he had received, he supposed that war had been long before declared between England and France, which induced him to hoist Spanish colours. The ruse de guerre was good. and had war ensued between the two nations this powerful force, concentrated in the midst of our West India isles, would, on the lately expected declaration e f war, have at once pounced upon this and the other islands, and have made us an easy prey. In our present unprotected state resistance would hare been less than useless—our rit- litia a mere nonentity—only a handful of regular troops,— few, if any, vessels of war in harbour, the British standard would soon have been surmounted by the tricolour of France. our homes invaded, and ourselves unsuipectingly made pri soners of war. The following paragraphs include the only additional news of any interest in the Colonial Journals ST. KITT'S. —lt gives us great pleasure to observe the good understanding which exists between the liberal Lieutenant- Governor and the Legislature of this colony, and the com mendable spirit in which the latter, under a reformed consti tuency, have commenced the business of the rressent Session. It speaks well, not only for the good sense of the parties, but also for the prosperity of the country, when their Oifferences of opinion on subjects of importance are fairly stated, and calmly reasoned in an amicable spirit of mutual respect and concilia tion. No sensible man can object to this, and every virtuous man, having at heart the interests of his country and his kind, must rejoice at beholding a bold coup de main, said to have been executed against a powerful tribe by the commander of one of the camp, in the province of Constantine. It is said that almost the whole of the people of the ti ibe perished, and our troops returned with numerous flocks. We hive received today from i Marseilles further informa tion respecting the revolt in the sllinclof Candia and the island of Samos ; it 'seems that these two i.lands refuse to remain un der the dominion of the Porte, awl wish to be united to Greece. At this moment this event throws into the back ground even the interest excited by the affairs of Egypt. Mehemet seems, according to the accounts of the ith of March, to rely' on the success of his remonstrances, and at the same date everybody at Constantinople was, in fact agreed on this point, that it would be difficult to en!Orte the rigorous condi tions of the firman of the 14th of February, 'especially if the European Powers should refuse the means of doing so. We hear torn Malta that M. de Bohan Chabot, the succes sor of M. Coehelet, as French Consul in Egypt, a rived in that is!and on the 9th of this month, and had proceeded on the 10th to Alexandria.—Le Commerce. ..... PA a's, MA h cif 29.—'1 he Duke of Nemours is to set out Count de Paris will t a k e p l ace on th e 2sl for T i h % e fr b ic a a p o ti n sin th o e f 2 th d e o c f of May. The Genereux sailed on the 25th instant from Tuul ,n to Oran, with the two battalions of the 6th Light infantry. The Ist battalion is to embark on the sth of April. The 56th of the line, which will embark at Porte Vendres, is like wise destined for Oran.—Le Constitutionnel. 'Chantilly rac7s will commence on the 131 h May, and rre ex pected to be much more brilliant than at any former meeting. The Duke of 0 leans, convinced that breeding, rarer; is the best. means of improvinc , the race of hor ies i n g e nera l, i s de termined to promote and ' encourage the system by giving fetes andgrand entertainments to those who contribute to an okject Si beneficial to the nation. The Princes and Princesses, and a numerous and splendid Court, will, it is sail, be asseintled at Chantilly, where balls, dramatic repreeutations, and other fetes, will be given.— Galignani. BOURSE. —Pcticts, MONDAY, MARCII 29. r int, Highest L0w,, , t .-. Vast Price Price. Pm. Price Freoell 5 ncr Cent, iii 15 ... 11•2. '25 ... 112 15 .. :12 25 4% per Cants 4MI cents 3 per cc.nts 77 53 - 77 10 ... 77 r. 5 .. Ti 70 , ank. 1 31 rrar:rc Latlilt , bank 1, , a11t. Sti 1053 .- 10 5 .1 —lO5 ..,10 5 !",'OOl sLares 5110 —5lOO ...51C.0 ...5160 .741gian Ban!: :, Per C-rit,.„. New Loan.... ..... ipa - iish A • tve 4,..ssive 5% ••• 5 % • ••• .5% ... L`A Portitritese 11 per Cents ID li . 19 19 _ ••• . .. • • ••• •1 31. 102 110 1,2 EO 1•32 E 0 floral) ... 151: ... I)2!4 I(K3 HAI,LINAY Versailles.R. H nno : , ;(5' 50 :61 3 4 ? 50 ......... Tiouen 455 4",5 455 ... 455 452 5n „, 482 513 ... 485 Stra burg to Bale 222 50 ... 235 ... 23:3 50 .. 2.35 CANTERBURY ELECTION COI ' MITTEI?.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee appointed to try ;he merits of the petition complaining a the undue return of the Hon. P. S. Smythe for the city of Car.terbury at the last election, met this morn ing at eleven o'clock. The Hon. R. Clive in the chair. 'lmmediately on the Cha:rman's taking the chair strangers were ordered to be excluded. Shortly afterwards the doors of the Committee-room were again o-, , ened, and the Chairman announced that in conformity with the Act of the second Victoria the Committee had come to the usual resolutions with respect to costs, and with respect to oiening statement of Counsel, in which, if cases of bribery were opened, it would be incumbent on Counsel to state the names of the parties bribed, and those offering such bribes. Mr. AUSTIN (who with Mr. Cockburn appeared for the petitioners) said that he had anticipated such resolutions on the part of the Committ. e, as they were entirely in conformity with the resolutions conic to by the Committees in the cases of Ludlow and Cambridge, and by the St. Alban's Committee, which was then sitting. Instead of opening the case, however, he had to inform the Committee, that having looked with great care at the charges contained in the petition, and having con sidered with great attention the evidence in support of those charges which appeared in his brief, and acting as he conceived in conformity with the interests of his client, he thought he was exercising a, sound discretion in advising his client not t o p rocee d w ith t he petition. Havin g spoken to his Learned Friend on the other side, that Learned Gentleman had agreed with him that the course he bad pursued was the one most cons . stent with the interests of his client. He had, therefore, now only to give them the weeab'e infor mation that he should not be obliged to detain them any longer, as it was not his intention to proceed with the petition.— ( This announcement of the Learned Gentleman was received with a smile throughout the room. ) Mr. Sergeant WRANGITAM (who with Mr. Talbot, appeared for the sitting Member) said that having been consulted by his Learned Friend, he must admit that he had exercised a souad discretion in pursuing the course whicla he had done. On the part of Mr. Smythe, the sitting Member, he had to express that gentleman's acknowledgments to his Learned Friend, for the very candid and honourable course Which he hal pursued on the present occasion, and his hope that the Committee would come to the usual resolutions. For his own part he should be exceedingly sorry if the Committee were to come to any other than the usual resolutions on the present occasion. The Committee .room was then clearcd, and on the readmis sion of strangers, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the following Resolutions . " That the Hon. G. P. S. Smythe is duly elected to serve in Parbament, as a burgess for the City of Canterbury." " That the petition against the return of the said Hon. G. P. S. Smythe not frivolous nor vexatious, and that the opposition to the said petition is not frivolous nor vexatious." This sudden termination of the proceedings appeared to ex cite considerable surprise among all present. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION COM MITTEE.-(TIIIS DAY.) The Committee met at eleven o'clock, and immediately pro ceeded to consider the objection of Counsel as to the admi,si bility in Mr. Mackenzie's evidence of any statemer.t of what passed in conversation between Lord Grimston and Dr. Itrebster. After a consultation of an hour and -three quarters, Counsel were called in, when The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee decided that the evidence as to what passed between Lord Grimston and Dr. Webster might be received, but that it should be given by Lord Crimston. Mr. HILLYA RD said since last he had the honour of ap pearing before the Committee, he thought it his duty seriously to consider, with his Learned Friend (Mr. Talbot), whether, after the intimation which the Committee had made of the view they had taken of the evidence, and the course of pro ceedingi that had taken place before it, th e y (C ounse l) oug h t to proceed with this investigation, and, as well as they (Coun • sel) could collect from the past decisions of the Committee, they considered it most probable that they wou ld no t, b y pro tracting the investigation, establish the charges contained in their petition. They had, therefore, as the Committee had so entirely dissented from the j views take n by th em , deter mined that they were not ustitied, either as regarded their clients, or their duty to the Committee, zo proceed further. Mr. AUSTIN said, that being the case, he would lay down his arms. Ile was glad his Learned Friends had come to that de termination ; it was then for the Committee merely to come to the usual resolutions. ----- The room was then cleared, atid after an absence of about ten minutes strangers were admitted, when The CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee adjourned to one o'clock to-morrow. LLOYD'S SH I PPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 31.—Wind this dayat noon—light breeze from the westward and Andy. DEAL, M ARCH 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Mary, Kelso, from Havannah ; Margaret, Richardson, for India; Voyager, for Cadiz. Arrived from the River, the Roseberry, Young, for Sydney ; Cleopatra, Early, Madras ; Swallow, Mauritius ; Ant, Savannah ; Fanny, and Toronto, Montreal; Edward, Cook, and Lord Goderich, Halifax ; Blessing ; Sym metry, Soph , a, and Luna, Quebec; Ann, Oporto. Sailed the Isabella Myth, Lane, Mauritius. Poarsmounr, ALaacif 30.—Wind W.N. W. —Arrived the Sovereign, Twining, from Cork ; Actress, Lloyd, Youghal. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Wind S.W.—Ai r i ve d th e Har riette, fair Fernando Po ; Brilliant, London. FALMOUTH, MA RCH 29.—Wind S. W., strong and squally. —Arrived the Crane packet, from the West Indies—sailed from Barbadoes 17th, St. Thomas's 4th, Porto Rico sth, Cape Henri 9th, with 17,0001. freight ; James Watt, Flemin, .lacmel ; Elizabeth, St. Michael's ; Flora, Nevr York ; Vere, Quebec. Sailed the Braganza steamer, for Vigo The fol lowing goods have been picked up, supposed from the wreck of the Xanthus:—One cask of olive oil, marked S. H. C. No. 49; one tin can, marked H. K. Will:se; one cask of vinegar; ore pipe, marked Reid and Co., 4,710-48; one kilderkin, directed J. Mehuish ; two casks, marked W. and Co., L. ; one bale of senna, marked Y. A. and S., No. 119; one case, containing a lamp, &c., S., marked on a black ball, 1820. BRISTOL, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Kara, Loutil, Messina. SWANSEA; MA itch 29.—Arrived the John Hardy, Cub.►. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—Wind W.—Arrived the Isa bella, from Demerara ; Shakspeare, Miner, New Orleans ; Samuel Robertson, Mayhew, .Mobile ; Lcndon, Bannerman, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Brocket, Nixon, Odessa. Sailed the Jane, Torry, Naples. Neither the President nor the Bri tannia havt come in yet. The Britannia is a day and a half behind her time. KINSALE, MARCH 27.—Sailed the Emma, Graham, for Buenos Ayres; Hector, Anderson, Pernambuco; Chronicle, Algiers. DUBLIN, MARCH 28.—Arrived the Concord, Black, from Gibraltar; Monarch, St. Lucia. Sailed the Montreal packet, for New York. Conic, MARCH 28.--Arrived the Levenside, from Ha vannah ; Rowallan ' Porto Rico. The Emily , Ferguson , for this port, saile:l three weeks before, and the Barbadoes three days before. The Helen Banks would sail three days a - ter the Levenside. LEITH, MARCH 29.—Arrived Dina, Wilkie, St. John's. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 29.—Sailed the William Rippon, f.r Quebec Symmetry, Bridges, ditto ; Maria Elizabeth, Stonehouse, ditto. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. STREET. NooN, MARCH 31. 13,romctcr • 29 69 In. Thermometer I lighest 5l Lowest ...... Wind W. —Freezing point 32 Deg. ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Her M-jcsty honntrei this tteatre with her - first visit last eveninv, for the purpose of hearilg. Mr. Belle's new and deservedly popular cprra of Keolwrilie. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Allier, ,rrivA shortly after the commencement of the eprra. Tt.e Ru) al party i.,cluded the Hon. Miss Pitt, the Hon. MiS3 Dr.ver,:ux, Lor A. Pdg''', Sir C. Bowa.e-, and Sir R. Otway. Her d Ma jesty anti Prince Albert acre rec., ived et t' e new er t-ar,ce e,ceted epe( i illy for Ivr Majesty's special use, and wee conducted tt.rough the awe• room and siting-rcom by Mr. Balfe and Mr. Netter. Her Majesty appeared to have derived much pleasure from the opera, but retired with the Royal patty befcre the afterpieco. We noticed in tie dress circle and private boas the Earl of Coventry, Ludy Strong, Lady Whitmore, the Hon. Fi:zroy Stan hopk, Charles Ogle, Esq. &c., Ste. Beatrice d, HER MAJESTY' -=------T, Fonda 171, 0 4 liga'n last night given to a full holm% Th e t H gATRE.—.Oc“.. -_ . ..,.. ~, , _ , - ~ •; ' 4.' e p.th'iic., but el_.; ' -- - . , • • - ' • ' ii,,: ackilowledgmc„t s jug ‘1 '•,•, , 1 ... ‘.. a ..,....,... ,- • • evemooli• A,.,„, g tile 1 company ' r..3 , 2nt waa hii Greco the fluke of Well.r.g. ton, who witnessed the opera from its commencement. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. The3e Sessions commenced this day before Mr. Sergeant Adams and a Bench of Magistrates. The Chaitman having addressed the Grand Jury, they re: tired, and shortly afterwards returned with several bills. The tri ils were chiefly of little interest. Mary Willis, 25, was indicted for having feloniously stolen, in February last, one silk hmdkerchie, from the shop of Ali. Itavenor, pawnbroki r, Toilaill-street, \Veslminster. It appeared that the prisoner had pledged a handkerchief with the prosecutor about a fortnight previously to the offence; and cn the day the offence was committed, she was passing by the shop of the prosecutor, and observing a handkerchief hanging at the door, which she thought was the one she had pledged, she took it off the ral, and was attempting to make off with it when she was pursu.‘d by the shopman, who overtook her, and gave her into custody. Two witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good character for honesty ; in consequence of which the Jury, in finding her guilty, recommended her to the merciful considera tion of the Court. She was sentenced to six week's imp-isonment ; the last, week solitary. THE MAithETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. 'Mt arrivals of all kinds of Corn this wee' have been mode rate. Wheat dull at illomlay's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas unvaried. Oats firm in value, with a limited demand. :•lour met with a slow sa'e at former prices. NEWGATE AND •LEADENHALL. The supply was goad, the demand slack, and prices rather I.wer. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 811 to 4s tql; Veal, 4s 4d to bs 6d ; Pork, 3s 8d to bs. Game and Poultry were in good supply, the demand laugui 1, rod the prices of Sa:untay last were barely supported. Eggs in good supply, at 4s 6d to tis per 120. COLONIAL MARKET. The private purchases were limited, and the public sales went off s!owly. Prices, however, were sus•ained for most nrtic:es. The impottswere to a fa;r extent. 473 Wheat,perbarrel 0 Bore 4c9 51.1 Olts '4 5tc1,1......1 From 2-3 0 0 15 0 11 (1 Tu Averagv 38 0 33 2 00 U 0 17 6 15 10 16 0 !2 2 —0 0 14 6 12 9 12 V 4 1 F . :our, per cwt. 15 Oatroo.al..—.—.fl stoic. Sold to Bakers only. 7,166 Cwt. r ....... ......... 1 10 0 I 21 0 I 22 6 Averaze price ji hva, inu Flour 51 B.l_ per seek _ • Fir A.. from 2's. Od to '24s Od Receipts of Flour, 12 610 scan -from Iss. Cd. to .0d " Do. 9, " i f_Tt.Trd2 from 10s. Od. to 12s Cd rit.lcit U 9 ilairetn, Quarterr. Loa! 9d. 114!f (Zan:tern 7tIARI(E'FS.....March 27 ~T tleat (Fry ::03:;`.75 . 01. IA 31. 01.1thits irer . 11 • (.1 to 13.. , I.riry (per IC6t.li 9 14 0 iktni. - .7 (per cwt .11 it 21 ti ' . Oatmeal ;per ..... ed to :Gs 04 13eet, 4d. to frt. t ' , Oa.— Veal ' I.t Lo rd Pork, 40. to 5d.. re,t. I3nttr,, tOd. ltd per 15. lem OF }WTTER. To the Merchants. To the Country First Quality...... Second 7.liird Fourth ............ •—•••• ••..•.. • I' 3 •••• • • ••• •• •• • ... .. , .. 83 Fifth Sixth 79 ....•,.., .... •••••••• " ICII.IiI. 7 .NNIT :AA Itf.FIS. i mPleat s per3arrel)3o. 0.; to i.',.0.i. beet ".er 1 . - ..... 01, Cd. tir n i l. Cd Kzricy ' ..0 0 t?..: 0 Mt tlx --, ~... ~.its • .., ti 14 I , l'oth ....... ii 4 3) 7 Four (rcr bag) 4C 0 4 1, 0 % ., '9' .- ••.••• 5. ...... , . n 0 n 7 itutter(icrewt.) 90 0 ge • 0 ..• rest . I , ,i!!!ei .... 0 0 1 0 Isacon Pigs .........15 0 36 0 'iatt Ditto ~...... 0 6 010 C oils 1 0 1 2 1 otatoct ,per st.i 1) 0 0 MONEY and CO. VIMERCAAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The sales of Cotton to-day amount to 3,000 ba'es. In export or specu'ation nothint , , hal been done. The market is quiet, a n d p r i ces are I ather'firmer. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—The following comprises the transac ions : —Eastern Counties Debentures, 7 ; Glasgow, Pa sky and Grocnock, 23j ; Grand Junction, half shales, 102 ; London and Birmingham, New Shares, 23. MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 30.—Railway Stock is in good demand, and prices improving. London and South Western, 55k ; Manchester and Leedo, 68 69 ; Mid land Counties, 81 82; North Midland, 741 751 ; Lancaster and Preston, New 24k ; Brstol and Exeter, 351; Manches ker and Liverpool District Bank, 101. 18s. 9d. A West India Mail has arrived by the Crane; sailed from St. Thomas, March 4, Cape Henri, March 9. By the above conveyance we have received Jamaica papers to the 6th March. We stated that in she account which took place in Spanish Town (is Saturday night last, Messrs. Hill and Derbyshire were constrained to proceed to the bar racks for the purpose of procuring the aid of the military, this was not, however, with a view of quelling any riot which then existed, because at that time all acts of vio lence had for the moment ceased. When these gentle men proceeded to the barracks, they found Quarter-master Harper there ready to convey any request they had t► make to Capt. Allen, the officer in command. This last-named gentleman, shortly after made his appearance, together with Lieutenant Murray. The officer of the day, Mr. Hill, then informed Captain Allen that. it had become ne cessary for the Alagistrates to call upon him for the aid of the military, in consequence of the mob havin beat off the police, and seriously injured many of them. Teti file of men were speech!) , under arms: the midtary and the Magistrates then proceeded to the scene of disturbance, and the matter terminated. The result was that sundry warrants were issued against the par'ies suspected, and several additional special constables sworn in, and the peace of the town placed in the keeping of the legal force. - - It was supposed a short time back that the commercial eis tress was at its height. There is every appearance, however, of this being still on the increase. We learn of daily failures to a great extent, and rumours of many more. The intelli gence recently received from Carthagena is not calculated to improve the state of things. THE WEATHER.—The Liberal reports 'that a few showers have fallen since the last notice, bu. the drought may still be slid to continue. The private letters received by her Majesty's ship Crocodile from Santa Martha and CarthAgena represent those misguided provinces, as well as the' interior ones of New Grenada, as being still in a most disonlered and unsettled state. By the arrival of the Breeze, from Turks Island, on Satur day last, we learn that a riot had taken place between the Afiican and the black nat.vei at that place; but the quick in terference of the authorities irevcnted the loss of lives. The ringleaders were captured and committed to prison. Bermuda Royal Gazettes to the 26th ult. have been re ceived, which do not con' ain any intelligence. A slaver with 280 slaves on board, was captured by her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, while on her way from St. Thomas's to Barbadoes and this iland. We have received Buenos Ayres papers to the 10th Ja nuary. The Gazette, of the Ist instant, was published on four and a-ha!f sheets of piper; it contained, betides the usual monthly sta'ements, the Uovernment Message to the House of Representatives on the opt ning of the Session; also a variety of notes of congratulation to the Government from civil and military authorities on the convention with France, and on the victory obtained over Lasalle. The papers to-day present a list of nearly 200 merchant ves sels in the port of Buenos Ayres, and we hope that none of them wi I have to go away in ballast. Treasury Bills in circulation on the Ist inst., $4,385,600. In the Message on the opening of the Legislature of Buenos, Ayres the estimate for the year 1841,is staled at $50,318,083,3* The ways and means Deficit 14,681,551,11 It also slates that the Government of her Britannic Majesty, ever animated with a sincere spirit of friendship towards the Republic, has lent its high, impartial, and goad offices in the late disagreements with Fiance. So noble a proceeding is worthy of the grat.tude of the Republic. The illustrious Minister of Great Britain, John Henry Mandeville, Esq., has acquired indelible titles to the esteem of the Argentines. TRINIDAD. We this morning received our papQrs and correspondence from this island. Sir Henry M‘Leod arrived in the island on the 27th ult. His landing, the Standard says, " was entirely private." The agricultural prospects for the present year are thought favourab'e. Immigration continues, but with some check, from America, the ship William, from Baltimore, with ac commodations for 240, having lately brought only 22. ANTIGUA. Sir William Colebrooke is expected immediately to resume his government. It is said that Major Ilort will retain the Lieutenant-Governorship of Dominica, and Major M'Phial be sent to Grenada. DEMERARA. To say that the private rumour which has arrived from Eng land, of the removal of Governor Light, has created a strong and general semation would be to overrate the degree of cre dit attached to it. As far as our inquiries have enabled us to ascertain the fact, its credibility rests on the authority of con fidential communications from three gentlemen, independent of each other, and likely to be well informed. No doubt seems to be entertained that Sir Henry M'Leod leaves Trinidad, and is succeeded by Colonel Doherty , and the inference drawn is plausible enough, that it must he to British Guiana that the gallant officer is removed. The summary removal of Mr. Light from a government which he is clearly incapable of administering would create general joy, and inspire general confidence. ............ The Admiral Sir T. Harvey arrived at Jamaica on March I, from Bermuda on Feb.'ls, and Barbadoes Feb. 28. Two Court•martials had been held on board the Magnificent, and others were expected to follow. Lieut. S. Otway Woolridge, of the Crocodile, was sentenced, on several charges preferred, to be dismissed the ship and placed at the bottom of the list ; and Surgeon J. W. Bowler, charged with drunkenness on board the Victor, was ordered to be placed in a like posi:ion on the list, with a severe reprimand. The Dee, steamer, might be expected in England about the middle of next month. Dr. Palmer, the editor of. the Colonial Reformer, was found guilty, in the Grand Court of Jamaica, of a libel on the Magistrates of St. David's. The proposition made to erect two lighthouses at South Africa, whilst the solicitation fur the building of one at Jamaica had been rejected, had caused some correspondence. One hundred and thirty-seven emigrants had been safely landedfrom Limerick, ex the Rot,e,t Kerr. Madrid Papers of the 22d of March have reached us. The Eco of that date publishes the allocution of the PoPE, which appeared last week in our columns, annulling all acts done since the death of FERDINAND, by which the property of the Church is appropriated to State purposes. No person, however, seemed to trouble his or her head about the matter. The POPE might as well have set about repealing an English Act of Parliament. The Cortes were still busy with the verification of the election returns. The Five per Cents. were down to 261 for cash. The German Papers received this morning. bring the following news from Constantinople : TRIESTE, MARCH 19.—The Baron Eichhof steamer has ar rived to-(lay, with letters f , om Constantinople of the 7th. There had been extraordinary meetings of the Divan held at the Palace of the Giand Vizier, on the sth and 6th, in conse quence of the last proceedings of :Mehemet Ali. No dec sion has yet transpired, but it is said that the Porte is not indis posed to concede lo the Viceroy as much as is compatible with its dignity. The Turkish fleet of twenty-two sail had ar rived in the Dardanelles from Marmorizza. TURKISH FRONTIER, MARCH 14.—Letters from Constan tinople say that the Ambassadors of Austria, Prussia, and Rus sia have made the most urgent representations to the Pcrtr on the necessity of some modifications in the firrnan of 13:h of February, and have declared against the conduct of Lord Rasonby in such a manner that it seems impossible for him to continue in the post of Ambassador. AUSI MAN FUNDS.—VisnNA, MAtten SO fire per Cents. AiCtalliglie3 For per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank shar^i Zeitung, March C 4 aFao T ar l r : ei e fis s P eea a dt r i lioit.ksitan:lJesoorrfßuirinl Bill. Journals orM o a d a y have all reached US. E l R , :v.r and the Duke DE CRILLON a against tie of Peers against the of el e l i t n i t 1 contended Be d o l fe la: ance o , un su t p D po 'A rt n e o d A t u h T e , G B o il l - , er a n i n• mailsl staia:Lvd°2ating Peers' the adoption of the Amend ment A e C t fi for ol t .r i e n r London.i ttee . trouble Count MOLE l v, v ,h as en o ti l ie his t e i . on. , .etrs the Amendment, has ceased to excite' progressing = 0 least ourl'h icarderealaZiti2.es. I n the louTi : e meantime of.the ri d i the eu . We shall not, therefore, with any analysis of it. as if the Bill works are as rapidly in a rage at iseltbiyon. To spite us, there is ha d re c e i e l p - e u d. b t li t 11.1.0oryzaol.nssanz tril'they would not do to themselves.no M. Gutz tlonsillijeTuirlay:hoartlincdy whichoon Like the wife of the great Duke o f I,i BOROUGH, who cut off her beautiful tress es to vex her husband, the French Republicans would sacrifice the influence of France in the councils of Europe, from the mere hope of giving uneasi ,,,hip fi _ I'4e - s:. .L! .. ~,,', L i, . LL ,i Li , i,.::, ,;:* —_ - , :., - ... -.1 ••• 5....,11:,,, .., • news: — Since the arrival of the last mail from Africa, we hear of 'f EA ➢IARKET. Prices of Free Trade underwent littl3 var;ation, but the de mand was limited for all kinds, a•td the public sales went off quietly. Company's Cong - ou Is. 7d. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. There was a good demand for Russian Tallow, and prises were firmer. 4bs. 6d. was the value of P. Y. C. on the spot, still the business done was not of much moment. , Frturr MARKET. The transacti ins in Fruit were limited, and prices had a downward tendency, the stocks lyAnglirge, par ticalarly of the layer sorts of Raisins. IRISH MARKETS. )ÜBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending MARCH THE FUNDS, The important intelligence published this morning in a morning journal of sixteen broad pendants, six of which were douhle-banked French frigates, at anchor at Martinique, has not hail at present any effect on the British Funds. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yes terday, BSi 89 for the Account ; Money 88/ with little doing at present, owing to the speculators anxiously waiting th:t arrival of the two steamers overdue irom America. Exchequer Bills 6 7 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 22i 23k ; Deferred 12*; Passive 54 4; Portugues 34 33 ; Three per Cents. 19A 20 ; Brazilian 71 72 ; Coloaibian 22i ; Mexican 294 30 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50i ; Five per Cents. 99 4 100*. SHARES.—Great Western 24 25 prem. ; New 11 j 12i prem. ; London and Brighton 5/ dis. ; Blackwall 656 dis. ; Birmingham 62 64 prem. ; Southampton 511- 554 per share ; Croydon 124 13 per sh re ; GreenWich 7/ Si per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 16 15 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 London andßrighton s o— 44i to Lond)n and Soiith Western 384 55E.1- Ditto Tenths JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia. . to to 25 COURSE OF EXCIIANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar 4B Ditto, at sight ' 12 3 'Leghorn Rotterdam ........2 U. 12 6i Genoa Antwerp, 12.6 f4lilan Uamburgh M.B. 13 12 'Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 !Lisbon Afarseilles Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro Frankfort on Maine... 150 fr Bahia l'etersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres I:erlin. . Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 3 Trieste, ditto Madrid . . Cadiz ililbos . 35 Barcelona Seville Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Portugal Gold Coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 10 / Silver in Bars 0 5 Oi HALF-PAST' ONE: We have no tidings as yet of either of the steamers from America, which causes much anxiety both to the commercial cummunitg and the speculators in the funds. The absence of inte!ligence from the United States still causes a panc'ty in the operations of the British funds ; to the present time there is not a feature in either of the Markets worth attention. Consols may be quoted a shade lower than in the early part of the morning, 88j r 89 Account, Aloney 834 -Z. Exchequer B;lls rather beau-, 6 4 premium ; India Bonds 5 9 discount. This is settling day in the Foreign Market, which is going off well, owing to the Account being of a very trifling descrip tion. Spanish Active, 23* ; Portuguese, 32 ; Three per Cents. 19k; Colombian, 2t2h ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 501 ; Five p er Cents. 99J. Shares, very Mile doing. Birmingham and Gloucester, 78 ; London and Brighton, 44k, ; Sou'h Western, 55i i• a TER 7'o 7'l-1 I? FE • Cc4ncls, ,33 ; Nioan ; tuguese, 324 33; Spani,i), -2.3 h - No arri,fil from New York or IlaE Liverpcol, at three o'clock this morning. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE, ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Miss& rete3l at Northumberland House, from Alnwick Castle, Nor thumbe, land ; Loyd aild Lady Lyndhurst and the. Hon. Miss Cop'ey, in George-street, Hanover- scp.;;;Ye ' ft om their seat in Bucks; the Marquis of Or monde and Lord Jamei Bittier, in \Vcymouth-street, from Kilkenny Castle, Ireland; the Earl mod Coante•s of Dnlawarr and Lady Elizabeth West in Upper Grogverior-Strent, filam Bockhurst Park, Sus , ex ; the Earl of Radnor, in Grosvenor-street, front Longford Castle, Wilts; the Marchioness of Normanby, in Hill street, from a visit to Lord and Lady Barrington, at 8.-chett House, Berks ; the Right fl n, Fraokland and Mrs. Lewis, in Hertfordshire, from their seat, Harpton Court, Radnorshire; the Hon. George Rice Trevor, M.P., in Stratton-street, from Wales ; Lord Gardner, in Dover-street, frm Melton Mowbray; the Earl of March, in Portland-place, from Goodwood Park, Sussex ; the Marquis and Marchione s of Breadalbane, in Park-lane, from Tavmouth Castle, Perthshire ; Lord Carew, from his seat in Ireland; Lord Camoys, in Park-street, from Stonor Park, Oxfordshire ; the Marquis rf li.uro, in Thlgrave-street, from Leamington Spa ; the Dowager Countess of Clarendon, at Clarendon House; Mrs. Lace Fox, in Curzon-street, from a visit to the Duke of R Aland, at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Lord and L•dy Haddo, at Argyll House, the Earl of Aberdeen's town re sidence, from Ta3mouth Castle, the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, in Perthshire ; Sir Charles Douglas, Bart., M.P., in Harley•street, from Warwick Castle, the scat of the Earl and Countess of Warwick ; Lord William Fitzgerald, from Ireland; the Earl of 0; kney, in George • street, Hanover-square, from Tt.tplow Court, Bucks ; the Earl of C:trdigan, in Portman-squat e, from Sussex ; the Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from Arundel Castle, Sussex, the lion. Sir W. and Lady Lumley, in Green-street, from Nast. ngs ; Lord Seaton, from Lyneham Park, Devon ; Lord By. on, in Eaton-pl , ce, from Park Hall, his seat near Ches terfield ; the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, in St. James s square, from Ockham Park, Surrey ; Viscount Sydney, in Cleveland-square, from Frognal Lodge, near Foets cray, Kent; the Hon. Capt. and Mrs Kepp 1, from Leaming ton Spa; the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, from Bishops wearmooth, Durham; Sir J. Ci osbie, K.C.8., and Miss Croshie, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; the Earl of Mans fiel l, in Langltam-place, from :cone Palace, Perthshire ; the Earl of Hopetoun, in Bond-street, from Iloi:etoun House, South Qucensbury, N. B. ; the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton, in Piccadilly, from Coolhurst, Surrey ; the Hon. Chas. C. Cavendish, M.P., at Burlington House, from Sussex ; the Earl and Countess of Fa'mouth, Baroness I e De Spencer, nd Lord 13oseawen ' in St. James's-square, from Tregothnan, Cornwall ; Lord and Lady Ravensworth and the Hon. Miss Liddell, at Percy's-cross Fulham, from Ravensworth Castle, Northumberland ; Sir Robert, Eady Fitzwygram, and family, from Torquay, at Connaught-place. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Buckingham, from Pall-mall, for Stowe, Bucks; the Duke of Richmond, from Portland-place, for Goodwood Park, Sussex ; Lord Lilford, from Grosvenor-place,, for his seat in Northamronshire ; the Marquis of 1 weeddale, for Yes-- ter House Hatldingtonshire; Viscount and Viscountess Beres ford, from Cavendish-square, for Bidgebury Park, near Gould hurst, Kent ; Lady Charlotte Greville, from Lord Francis Egerton's, in 13elgrave—quare, on a visit to Sir Lowry Cole at Ilighfield Park, near Hartford-bridge, Hants ; Mr. and Airs. Dering, from Chapel street, Grosvcnor•square, to Ayott St. Lawrence, Herts. PROGRESS OF RUSSIA. Whilst yen'are talking of war in Paris, and making fools of yourselves, with fanfaronnade and useless ex penditure for war, the Government here is doing every thing in its power for domestic improvement, and in he encouragement of trade and manufactures in all arts of the empire. You wit be surpr:sed, perhaps, when I tell your that the Emperor Nicholas, whom you are in the habit of representing as a cerveau brule, and breathing nothing but ambition and war, passes two hours every day in conference with the heads of the commercial and manufacturinedepartments, on the diffetent projects which are presented for the develop ment of these important sources of national weslth. There is no country in the world in which more lil.esal encouragement is given t) rational schemes of public 'amelioration than in this, so far at least as regards the Govern= nt ;- but it is a lamentable fact, that there is still so much chicanery in tl:e laws, and so mat h corruption in those who administer them, that foreigners dread embarking their cap't d in specu- Minn here. A friend of mine, an Eng:idiman, who established a large factory here in partoership with a Russian nobleman, has had a law-suit with his part ser, which, after having been nearly six years be fore the Courts, is only just decided finally in his f.eour. He has had preciously four verdicts in his f.vour ; but the system of procrastin eion and ap peal is such that frequently even ten years may elapse before the final decision is pronounced, ar.d, in the mean rime, the fortune of the su for is swe bowed up by law xpent es and bribes, for without bribes even justice. cannot be obtained. The Minister of Justice has been i'esired by the Emperor to present to him a report on the present state of the civil law, with a view to its being reformed ; and as Nicholas is tery cleterulined, when he once takes the woi k of reform in hand, we inay expect, a beneficial change. There are very an cling accounts from most of the commercial ports of Russia as to the improvement of the trade. This is past'cularly the case with Odesia aid Archangel ; and some of the I.trge towns of the interior have made strides which surprise those who knew them only a (ew years ago. I was at Moscow in the early part of February, and was perfectly astonished at the dsvc lopemeut of that city. Manufactori.s are rising up in every quarter, notwithstanding the difficulty of procur ing and the cost of fuel, fur the timber has been cut down for a distance of 60 miles round Moscow, and the Russians, with their usual imprudence, has e neglected to plant other trees. There arc, however, immense peat grounds in the neighbourhood, and the Emperor has received an offer from a M. Ponteau, ef Moscow, to turn them to profit, provided he has a privilege for ten years, which there is no doubt will be granted. The object is to compress the peat according to the plan of Lord Willoughby de Eresby, but greatly itnprot ei ; means having been discovered of compressing it one third more than by his Lordship's patent, and slo to convert the peat into cake on the grounde, so that both peat and peat-coke may be had in Moscow at a small exfense of carriage. A Company is forming in antici pation of the privilege being granted, at.d capit:l is offered to any extent. Should the Company go on, one of its plans is to light Moscow with peat gas, a speculation which promises great results. I saw same experiments on this subject whiht 1 was in Moscow, and they appeared to tee to be very conclusive. Peat in its crude state is now extensively used in Moscow for the burning of bricks, lime. &c , and also for a few steam engines, but it doss not answer so well as might be wished, owing to the bulk, which makes the carriage come very dear."—Leiterfrom St. Petersburgh. CUSTOMS OF THE JAPANESE. The following are extracts from a work entitled " Man ners ani Cui.tDrns of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Ccn tury," from recent Dutch visitors of Japan, a n d th e Ger man of Dr. Von Skbold " cf both sexes, and , f all ranks, are almost invariably strut to the inferior or primary schools, where they learn to read and write, and acquire some knowledge f the history of their own country. For the lower orders this i , deemed sufficient education; but of thus much, it is t,o.itively asserted that not a day labourer in Japan i; des titute. The children of the higher orders proceed from these sclr.:ols to others of a superior description, where tl ey are carefully in.tructed in morals and manners, in cluding the whole se:enee of good-breeding, the minutest laws of etiquette, the f orms of r 'behavi cur, as graduated to wards every indi%i !nal of the whole human race, by rela tion, rank, and station ; intluding also a thorough know ledge of the almanack, since it would be as vulgarly dir graceful as it could be disastrous, to marry, begin a journey, cr rake any other important step, upon the un lucky day. _ " Every where the opperhogfd (or el i.f of the Dutch factory) is received by his host in fall. dress, with the national compliment of welcome ; and finally, men, women, and clildren, upon the road, either perform a salutation clo:cly resembling the Chinese kotoo in his honour, or turn their back upon him, a somewhat singular Ja?anese demon straiion S f reverence, desigcei to inn nate that the person so turning away is unworthy to look upon tha l crson turned from. This last mark of reverence is described by the Swede Thunberg, who adds, that the highest possible expression of respect is, first to kotoo, and then to turn the back." " Of the religiaus festivals, it may suffice, omitting numbers, to say that, in every month there are two, some what analogous to our Sunday ; that the grandest annual fustival is New Year's-day, preceded by the imperative payment of every debt on New Year's-eve ; that the prettiest is one in which lighted lanterns are launched at night upon the bay, to ascertain by their Lite, the destiny of the souls of deceased relatives and friends; the queer est, one in which men, holding high official situations, and of advanced years, busy themselves in flying kites, the strings being thickly civered with broken glass, and great interest at ached to the cutting the string o a rival's kix. 4' In order to divert the company, shuuld conversation flag, and their own music pall on the car, professional mu ,iciens, jugglers, posture-makers, and the like, arc hired for the day. To these are added a variety cf the story !ening genus, very different in charac er from the species rdiearily fund in the East. These persons make it their especial business to learn, not romances, but all the gossip of a neighbourhood, which they retail for the en tertainment of their emplo3e;s. Some cf these traders in scAndel are frequently hired to rd eve the a sick-room ; but those engaged to divert a party of plee itn, havc a second and somewhat startling duty—it is, to ;:et an example cf politeness and high brecdi , g, to imprave the tone of the sot ie:y that requires their services. These several, and not very homo,geaeous functions, they arc said to combine in a most extraordinary marine.. We are as sured that, ah lnugh, in their cal;ari y of amusers, theyin dulge in extravez:nt buffoonery, rudeness, and impudence, they remain pelf, etly self-possessed, and, at the proper rno :n: iv, resuming the r polished demeanour, recall the whole company to order ald good breeding." Lord and Lady Stanley and family leave town 'o-morros for Knowsley, the scat of the Eall of Derby. The Noble Lord and Lady return to town for the season on the _oth of the ensuing month. BAD BREAD.—Captain J. Payne being in the House of Commons the other day, during a debate relative to the navy, had a note cobveyed to him from another Member, de3 l l lll ,g him to get up an d ;.splaio t o th e House certain_ tea term 3 W hi c h were ;%idcntly misunderstood. , 1 he nite beg-in th us Sir, as yo I are bread&e. no took out Lis - •• • - , per, " I lAA iieJa.!.: to 6:11 St al6 bread to e, and d—d bad bread it is."—Swinburne's Courts qf Europe. EVENIN E_DITION MANAGEMEINTT OF VOALS AFTER WEANING. The principal object with most breeders ie . t o bay° their sty cit Mtge end powerful at an early a g e. It is really wonderful what may be done towards effect': this by means of good foot; judiciously supplied, proper shelter, and liberty of range in favourable weather. It ig natural to suppose, when a foal is first takers from its dem, that it will in some degree fail a way je, condition and lose fl.!sh ; the nutritive properties of it' " mother's milk" cannot be taken from it witho rd ut affecting its yet tender conatitet;on, To gua against this every attention must he direct to el quality as well es quantity of food which is p:ese nte , to it ; that which contains most nourishment 101 be provided, and although the bulk of hay which A f , °3 consumes is very trifling, it should be of the best qustl t I have seen sainfoin hay used with very great success, bit I believe there are many kinds of soil whi'• are net suitable to its production ; at lea ° I judge so from the fact that there of many counties in which it is not g r o wn, although would by all means recommend its trial on dry sou to land. For foals when they are first weaned. Hosed gruel should Le their constant beverag e, and. indeed.. it cannot be too highly reco mmended for all h orsco. A liberal allowance of oats is likewise necessary ; it in health, will cat at least tw o quarterns Pcr day ; and, ae they increase in age , this allo fro wapc . may be augmented. The seeds which are left ° the linseed gruel should be given with the c o r n. I Laos previously recommended the practice o f bruising 141-2.- oats, and must certainly repeat it even i n o pp ositists, 1 ; to the arguments of some persons who are averse t-0;I Bran-mashes may be given at least onc e aaweek, 60, in some instances more frequently . Carrots w t. • likewise Le found a very proper food for you stock, and should be given once or . th twice eedaY . „ Too long a continuance of the same food ,-toys petite. A man would not like mutton chops eserY hicw of his life ; and doubtless the variety of alimentiv Providence has presented to us, with a desire for rseee (1013" sional change, is the greitest assurance that s uch ( 1 1 . 1 ; change is conducive to health. Boiled barle? is fou n d to be very nutritious food, and most horses arc very WI of it. As an alterteiva it may be g'vsn with great advlv‘ tage, if foals do not consume their corn with their Usll3. appetite. It requires to be well boiled for two or thr i ce tours in a small quant:ty of water, frequently ref' ° ' ni::hing it that the grain may not burn, and cons tautl stirring it that every cern may uras ler g o an equal Prll cess may be considered sufficiently boile d when Ae the co - °s have burst, and, when given , should have little br, nor finely-cut hay mixed with it.. i f About ten days or a fortnight after they are wean% each foal should have a gentle dose of physics--ent, drachm to a drachm and a halt of aloes, with a dracl9 ° Castle soap, and the same quantity of ginger, win e s nera!ly be found sufficient. At all e vents it a ' a .. desirable to commence with a mild dose, nlyt thereby aecertain the animal's constitution : 't is IP" better to give a strorger dose in a w eek's if requisite than to overdo the mark w. first. S t 1"; purgatis en are always objectionable, especiallY b se young stock ; and if ti.ey are prepared as they 0u60,, to be for two days previously with plenty of slopPY kir % mashes, and very little hay, a moderate quantita.,„ aloes will generally produce tie required effect• r a p) day after the physic has been given Ike jc ; -' e should run cut in the paddeck for a short 1 1 1 1 if the weather be fine, in order to work rod's cff and take away the s.ekness ; as.d an 0114' ant should be at hand to keep them gw v ol about, not by any means to hurry them and cause ',eep to ga lop and orerheat themselves, but mer el y t° !cheep them in motion until the physic has operated, vi,"ise they may be returner into their hovels. — Old s p ow-D Magazine !or February. , ACCIDENT.--ThisiATAL CAB ACCIDENT.--This morning a .. llt 9 1, a quarter to te) o'clock. as police-constable Be w)er ' o c i at was on duty in S. Marie's-le-grind, be was alarTe.o a the rapidity with which a cab was proceeding. Oa i his moment afterwards he observed the driver tall fro m rs a seat with great vi deece to the ground. He ins tantly d, to his ass st ince, and on raising him up , he exclilboa- P It's all right, old fellow." ever, fiudi; g th t he was intoxicated, and unable t 9 .0 co The police constab le, 1 61 ,0 care of himself, procured assistance, and conveyed h i s o. the station-house, where he was placed in the usual le of tide far persons charged with drunkenness , and as i"„,0.., ternary on such occesiens, he was visited by the orrok elerls, White, every ten minutes. About thr ee oat c' tote however on entering the cell, White discovered th ise man was eviden'ly ill, end reported the same to h i tt to sFeetor ( M irtin), who di. ecied his immediate reottfi,", of S. Bartholomew's II ispi:al, wher ~ on the atteadaPciesd. the house surgeon, he was pronounced to be qUito, 0,0, The body awaits a Coroner's inquest. The cab, " was conveyed to the Green-yard. , A bell THE CARNIVAL AT NAPLES.—As it Ilau oc ii raining aily during the carnival, the king was very t° oe afraid of this brilliant spectacle being frustrated b 1 fa weather; therefore he had five hundred masses 0 1 ro io, obta , aing fine weather for that one day. It did 'la w he and he has been going about tellirg every body " o eli Frey:reed it. The masked balls here arc exu t e . oar splendid this year ; I was at one last night vrit ','„ the Thomas, who was disguised en femme de chambr e. ,`',o l9 g re a t diversion of the king, who took him under 0 3 - w ith aid paraded him about the galleries, ready to die laughing.— Swinburne's Courts of Europe. iter sl LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—There arc 5e boo special Jury causes, though appointments have al ye t ti ocl* made in only two, viz., Acton v. Blundell, which 11,t0es for to-morrow wesk, and D ividson v. Sir Themes b?l,l $ ley, which is appointed fir Friday Lear. The latteriaiii, case which excites great interest in this and the adkersis' comity of Chester. It is an action by the Com ° 'issrf• Bank of Chester, against Sir Thomas M. Stanle"0001.) on certain Bills of Exchange (to the amount o f 7, oecl drawn in the name of Sir Thomas by a person 2 1 " wag Minden wh o, who was formerly his steward, an d who Pro' la•e'y sentenced to transportation for embezzling !h o ots pert% of Li; master. The question is, whether 'Sir . O . raf cai be rendered 1 able upon these bills by stiov l , l 7j,h o , euthority in Blundell to use his name as drawer. ° se e, Campbell (the Attorney-General), attends ones 1 , 1 eill retainer on behalf of the defendant. The Bf' a ilillia ni (the heirs-11%00Y case (Middleton v. Sherbourne), in which Sir ' , J o) Follett attends on behalf of the Flaintiffs has not teen positively fixed for any day, though i sb ee ° the Bth of April, and Monday the 12th, have 13°''riai eV rained. It is probable that the former will be tbe. os ere tt thrintely chosen. The cause excites the greatss t . l e soar is Lancashire. especially throughout the Catbl i /lee munity, to which both parties belong.—Liverpoo ..qa a A Cuttious CHARACTER.—A few d3Y 5 : 1 ; 0 0 0 ' man of very eccentric habit', depart, d this Ife at h i. 111 Broad-street-buildings, in.the 84 li year of his a g e s i . el f ''' name was John Yardley Vernon, and he had a t g se gesf!, al %., ass appearing about the atm is in the garb of a , L b ,A c : mar. He a a , , we aregiven to understand, a steel' c orsv many years ago, and by a careful and industrious, 0 Oil; realised upwards of 100,0001., and yet he cut secuA A ll, serahe figure in the streets C.a.* people have &err tr o into a litie bag which it was his custom to e5,9 . , 1 1; ave r, never appeared to be offended at the mistakes squ'orisb'd thus made by the compassionate donors, but he I :isfe, °c ; restored the mot.ey with a smile, and the words w ill thank you." The refusal had always the effect of an o• c, astonishment, and the old gentleman walked on i tl ., Il er i pair of shoes, or rather slipper=, not worth a Pen aj. r esidA parochial officers of the neighbourhood in which b! tes liall'* o say that be made it a rule to walk down to Wh i b ieb : 0 every day to get a glass of rum. and-water, in w i s ee 3a. e soaked some bread, a dish in which ho seemed to. P oi orl e delight than in any other. His old habits of bUs ee b ieb h exemplified in his visits to butchers' stalls , i n he be purchased bits of meat, and to brokers' shops, w Le „ r u ld bib, • gained for old pieces of furniture, for which b e s ',, , eli 'to had no use, except the philosophical one of IseePt.: s s iis tit excitement which the very show of business sci"l o hyi b s . encourage. Mr. Vernon attended church rig ° re st I' o never entered a pew ; be sat among the 1 3 1Woch 1 , 1 rishioners, but frequently put upon the plitl as be o bi/ to would pay far a suit of the best clothes amongst t 0 . 0 4 congregation ; and there is not a charity in the which he was not a principal contributor. , 0 1111 HORSE COUPING.—A ver inoffensive. ) 0 ,,t b ' man of Hutton Cranswick, named Grairget , t il , a i se %O i s e ' , Beverly fair last week with a horse to sell, 1 . 31 ' n ;f t er , v ri . ' , he was to ask twenty-five pounds. Shortly acre ta d S arrival, a person, who gave his name as ,'"°- oot o . mediately took a fancy to the horse, and 'APO:, ''ba t . t. the gentle youth from Hutton Cranswick :---- 1 as n i bonny nag of yours, and just such a en%agar set fl oc What's your pi ice ?" Mr. Grainger—" FeY t ", - ; - And - 'II was to ask twenty-five pund." Snowden' 11104 much out of the way either::: if I can sell my nos s ie *4 ;! not object to become a customer. You see 04r Mo ira re f a great favourite of my aunt, who is dead, P ° , ° „, eos e v r and my unc'e charged me to sell the animili to u se your jobbers, but to some one who was liheV r. Of' st kindly, and that makes me rather particular." "' ..d t hotig o s ger assented to the reasonableness o f all thi s , % I l i oal f it a Mr. Snowden's uncle was a nice man. A t t • love e r, a third party came up, and all at once fell 0 4 . for 11 01 , Mr. Suowden's mare, offering that gentlema n 2 `snosc a o ti without waiting to know his price. Now, fr ir . ' d ti ler. S C. remarking that his customer was a profeased E s the nite remembering the directions of his uncle at well acoursrLacl mory of his aunt, declined to treat, for whieb, ° know " 'lis was applauded by Mr. Graiage , -. But the O e fi snow. den, promising that to would not done, for calling Mr. Grainger to :°,'-' tile. rc , strenuously recommended him to " coup " w' t s - i . she 19 : i a as soon as the bargain was concluded. Adv'' t he 11 ,. forced had i• ff " a e oe' and in a few minutes afar itir• 3! cr9 , dc o give him 221. I `.) , t hus r , known had disappeared, the beasts changed iv e a 54 0 s , Grainger receiving 30s. by vay of boat. M • , fordil then mounted and rode away towards the tc fr.ib l T d , affair had taken place at Westwood, a consolur_ iced tance from the fa'r it,elf. Next, our y , ~1 4 t ol o. llo Mr. Grainger, mounted, and he too rode P: be s a re iilig the town, but had riot proceeded mall 3 r ''' a es cee'os was astounded by a most unpleasant nets/ knosood from the nostrils of' 1.14 steed. .No 1 ' "' the fs ir ' al l what to e think of all tl.i; he Maen " for c ,.. b , a n ~,, on reaching the outskirts was aaa.iked with . I ` l _ oat ; 5 rode a Least that had the glanders. Terrified,_n, i s io t t".„ sides, amidst a heavy shower of curses andeoft:d At the wits' end, the youth stuck his spurs rowel cl e i for 0 ',. , flanks of the diseased mare, and by great g 0? , , , ,,, 0 0 0 c ..h escaped. He soon after sold li .r for the sue .‘, l : 4 , ` - aw d s i f i aided to the boot he had receive.!, mf.de al . l u , c re cur .: eo thissum, instead of fivc-and.teventy pouns , . ", 0 0 t , s , , c ~ ', , ' "its; - , '' .., • 'iv • , to • t., , home. Snowden was sui...rqu-ntly a iiS like tileaLove were of c mmon ocieut.renee sip 5 justifiable—he had known hundrede of them. den was discharged.—. Hull Rockingham, ppr?bcocco , , .. k.-- ( t e tit k ha. ( • '' 13 1 1 01 — ii It o , Et t4 h at); IN, tt r , the ?J }~ '' r Eli, I