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EVENING EDITION• THE ROUTE TO INDIA THROUGH EGYPT. 40. CAIRO, JAN. 28, 1841.—As the settlement of the Eastern question, and the extension of steam communi cation to the eastern Presidencies by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, leave little doubt that the high road to British India will now be perma nently established through Egypt, correct information as to the mode and means of transit through that C311[1.• try becomes a matter of public interest. The following brief account of the journey from Alexandria to Suez, of the passengers by the January trip of the Oriental, may be deemed of sufficient inte rest to merit a place in your columns. Tee o:iental was under steam on her vogage from Falmouth to Alexandria only 12 days, 9 hours, and 45 minutes ; but the advantage to the passengers which would have been gained by so short a run out, in afford ing them tires for proceeding leisurely through Egypt, was lost by our being detained at Malts nearly three dap, edting for the steamer from Marseilles with that portion of the Indian mils. We arrived, howo er, at Alexandria early on the morning of the 18th instant, and were met by a report that the arrival of the Bombay steamer at Suez had already been telegraphed from Cairo, which, however, turned out to be incorrect. _ _ The anxiety of the passengers as to their being able to reach 3ucz in time ta save the sailing of the steamer for Bombay being therefore very great, Messrs. Briggs applied to the Paella for the use of his small steam yacht, then at Atfeh, on the Nile, to take the pas. sengers up to Cairo. Tne P.cha, with his usual attention to Indian tra veters, readdy granted his permission, provided Com modore Sir Charles Napier, to whom he had in the mean time lent the steamer, offered no objection. The Commodore very kindly waived his priority of right to her, and the necessary order was obtained. We started from Alexandria for Cairo about fivs o'clock in the afternoon of the day of our arrival, em barking with our luggage, &c., in track-boats on the Mahruoudieh Canal, the mails being despatched by don keys o• e; hand. The large track-boat, in which, with atiout thirty of the patty, I happened to be, was a very commodious vessel of about 130 tons, fitted up with two cabins, one for ladies, and another for gentlemen, and has a large luggagc-room ; has sofas all round the cabins, with dining S tables in the centre, windows in the sides, and is, in short, in her interior arrangements, very similar to a Gravesend steamer, but is much too heavily built for speed. We found plenty of refreshments in the English idyl-, with good attendance, &e., on board of her. She was tracked by four horses, and we arrived at Atfeh, on ae Nile, a five o'clock in the morning of the 19th, having been twave hours in tracking the distance on the canal, 48 mites. Thy Mahmoudieh Canal is by no means the sort of slimy ditch which, from some representations, I was led to conjecture it. It is vcry broad, the banks in several places adorned with viPas and rows of trees, and, on the wbolr., being free from lock?, presents more the appear ance of a river than a canal. At Atfeh, a wretchel cluster of hovels, we experi enced a delay of eight hours, in consequence of a de tention which happened to Mr. Hill, who was left to follom us frtim Al:, , xaldria with a " teskera," or official order for the steamer, and some of the party, there fore, yielding to their impatience, proceeded in canduos or Arab boats. The remainder embarked in the Pacha's steamer, with which west arted for Cairo about three o'clock, p.m. After :flaming about twenty miles one of the engines broke down, and we had to perform the remainder of our journey with ore engine. 'File distance from Atfeb to Cairo is variously stated at from ninety to a hundred and fifty miles ; it depends, however, on the state of the N At high Nile, when there is no necessity for following all the sinuosities of the channel , , the distr nee is much shorter than at low Nile. At present the river is getting low, and as the steamer, with the ptssengers and luggage on board, drew nearly three feet water, much caution and a thorough knowledge of the river was necessary to prevent our getting aground. Fogs occasionally occur on the Nile, and in one of these we were forced to drop the anchor, and wait five or six hours. The average strength of f.e current was about three miles an hour. We arrived at Cairo about 7 o'clock p.m., on the 21st inst, and were glad to find that we were in advance of a° mails. The party located themselves, therefore, in tranqaillity at Hill's and Waghorn's hotels respec tively, where excellent English dinners were found await ing them, and the saloon tables covered with Indian newspapers of dates from Bombay down to the Ist inst. We found also that the Victoria had only arrived at Suez on the 18th. As the mails from Alexandria bad not arrived, it was arranged that we should not start fcr Suez until Saturday morning the 22d, thus giving the travt Hers a day clear for seeing the lions in and about Cliro, and which was occupied in visiting the Pyramids, the citadel, the gardens and palace of Shoo bra, Oto slave market, shopping in the Grand 13.tzaar, &e: At 9 a.m. of the -.23d we started in grand proces sion for the Desert. Toe parties who had proceeded from Atfeh in the Arab boats having a'so arrivel and joined us, the pas sengers amounted to fifty in numLer, including twelve ladies and three female servants. The mails consisted of 62 chests and three bags. For the conveyance of the whela, with luggage, provi sions, &c., the following means were required :-145 camels, 60 donkeys, 12 saddle horses, 12 carriage ditto, 7 carriage camels, 12 donkey chairs, 3 two•wheel car riages, and 1 four-wheel ditto. Camel and donkey men, servants, &c., 130; escort of Arab horsemen, or dered by the Pacha, 17 ; travellers, as alrealy stated, 50 ; total of bipeds, 197. After threading our way through the narrow streets of Cairn, we fairly emerged on the Desert en route for Suez, and if Cruikshank or Alfred Crowquill could have had a peep at us, he would hale found such ample materials for a sketch as would scarcely have failed to enrapture him. So mot'ey a group can only be seen in the Desert of Suez. _ After journeying amidst much fun and frolic for about 20 mi!es, we halted at station-house No. 2 ; and the delicious exhilar, tag air, together with the :exer cise, having sharpened our appetites, we resolved to make a demand on the commissariat department. Roast fowls, terkies, and geese, hams, mutton, London porter, pale ale, Port. Sherry, Madeira, Claret, and Cham pagne, with all necessary accompaniments, soon made their appearance, and were disposed of, although some. what is pic-nic style, to the apparent satisfaction of all present. We then proceeded forward towards the centre station, where we were to rest for the night, our Arab escort, for lack of any teal Bedouins to encounter, amusing us with sham fights, in which they, displayed great dexterity in the management of their horses. At 12 at night we stlppel ct the centre station, a distance of 45 mi'es from Cairo, where tea, coffee, and mapper were set out, and where we slept and break fasted, and then continued our journey towards Suez, making another pic-nic dinner on the road at No. 6 station. W e arrived at Suez about four o'clock in the a m a rning of the 25th, slept at the hotels, and the same Ho r . ao the m a il s an d passengers were em b ar k e d i n t h e Company's steamer Victoria, which forthwith de -parted for Bombay. REMARKS ON THE ROUTE. of thestatin g I have no hesitatio n in the natural facilities speaking, generally, that such are rout, t _ through Egypt, that ,nfitn g with, comparatively be made as expeditious and conven ient as most routes expense, it may England. With the of a similar distance even ii . lfg exception of the nine miles 1-060 n-house, which is sandy, trkotera C airo 6, to the road between Cairo and Suez is a harcr -° e of the gravel, equal to the generality of coun tr y roads in England to the Macadamising sys tem. - About 15 miles previous No. 6 station and S uez re q uires clearin g of rnoeoese stones, which renders carriage travelling uneasy. T he stone', however, only require to be picked off and piled up either in heaps or as a small fence on each side of the road. ar d the Pacha will order this to be done at once. This being done, carriages of any description could travel tbo road, and, with relays of horses at the station houses, the distance between Cairo and Sarz may be done with ease in 12 hours. A steamer of good power, and to tow an iron luggage boat, would do the distance from Atfeh to Cairo in 20 hours, or with the stream, from Cairo to Atfeh in 10 hours, and with a proper track boat on the canal, similar to those used on the Shannon, that distance might be done in ileve n hours ; thus reducing the transit through Egyp t to 3 9 hours o f ac t ua l t rave lli ng one wa y, and to 2 9 hours the other. These improvements will speedily follow the defini tive settlement of the political question. In the mean time, to talk of p riv ations a even in the present state of affairs, is idle. • wh yr e even a sketch of our journey from this to Suez, recol lect with co other feeling f or th my own part I can entertainingthat of having borne a part in a large and very The station houses in the Deser t i, pleasure party. are commodious, especially the centre one, w hich in fact a complete moderate-sized hotel, and withsomet b a l l . teration in the I arrangements, particularly in the s 11 II is about to make, will leave nothing to, w b h e ic d h esiTe r d in this department. The hotels of Hill find Woghorn at Cairo are large and well f u r n i s hed, containing ample a ccommoda tio n arg fo e r 100 travellers at a time. For invalids, or lathe, t he donkey ch a ir f orms a s e a sy a conveyance as a palanq u in-t e or sedan, and th e c li ma te is so fine, especially about this period of the season, that exposure to the weather is an enjoyment rather than a privation. THE WEATHER, Can exceed the and favourabl eness of the pre-ent weather; it is as warm in sunny as i s generally experienced in May. A gent l eman the neighbourhood of Beauty writes us :—" we began oat sowing to-d ay , andshould the present fine weather continue, we shall hive nearly the whole of that grain in the furrow, by Saturday first." Another correspondent remarks— " In favourable sit uat i ons ground for green crop is pre paring. Mr. Falconer of Lentran planted a field of pota toes on Thursday the 11th instant." A great deal of barley bas been brought into the market lately owing to the abane.ant crop of last year, Soma talez bale becn - i ported to 135 at 44e, p6r quarter.q—inverntm THE EASTERN QUESTION. Oar letters from Paris, dated Wednesday evening, state that M. PEpinay, who is attached to the futeign depart ment, had left for London with despatches for Baron de Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Affaires. It was be lieved that these despatches were the result of late con ferences between M. Guizot and the Ambassadors of the Powers who signed the Treaty of London. It is said that M. de Bourqueney has been charged to announce verbally to Lord Palmerston the peremptory refusal of the French Cabinet to sign the last London protocol until the Porte has granted to Mehemet Ali the hereditary Government of Egypt in the direct line. It is however added that Baron de Bourqueney i 3 charged to express to the Bri tish M;nistry that France expects from the wisdom of the Four Powers, to see all obstacles quickly removed, in or der that she may abandon her isolation. It is not true that M. Guizot has demanded the recal of Lord Ponsonby as it has been asserted; but we believe that Austria will make, or has made, some representations as to the conduct of the British Ambassador at Constantt nople.—Morning Post. MEXICO. The Sheldra'se Packet arrised on Wednesday at Fal mout'-, with the Mexican mails. She sailed from Vtra Cruz 27th January, Tampico 7th February, Havannah 22d February. Her last advices from Mexico are to the 28th February ; she brings about 800,000 &Marv, including 11,550 dollars on account of the Mexican dividends. Bt.s taa.ente was at Mexico, Santa Anna at Lis estate. Tne leading feature of news by her is, that a body of either Texians or Indians well armed, had mule a descent from the north as far as Tanque, 15 miles from Catorco, making dreadful ravages, burning every thing which fell in their way, and carting off all the cattle which they fell in kith, besides killing about 800 men, women, and children, added to 200 young women, whom they arc said to hate captured, but preserved their Eves, carrsiug them assay captive:. On their retreat they were met from the city of Sartillo by a body of Mexican?, headed by a gentleman, called Buisson, a Ftenclaman, whom thay killed as well as the whole of his party, two Mexicans excepted. The in habitants of Sartillo had made a representation to the go vernment of this dreadful calamity, and declared that, ua le is they took measures to protect them from such assaults, they must take other means. Blstamente's government was not liked, and in well in formed circles a secret revolution was said to be in agitation. Estrada, well known by the Mexican politicians, was obliged to fly from Mexico ; he came passenger in the Shoidrake to the Havaanah, from Vera Cruc. Several Texian men-of-war are said to be hovering over the Mexican coast. A schooner was off Vera Cruz, The British brig-of-war Victor, Captrin Dawson, was at Tampico with Commissary-General Coffin, waiting to convey spcc'e to Jamaica. Another (prize) slave schooner, with 290 souls, to the Cleopatra, had arrive at the 1-la vannah ; these were to be taken to Nassau by the Meg Lee, of Sunderland, and she was to be conveyed by the Mexican man-of-war schooner, which the British Consul had asked far, there being no English man-of-war at Ha vannah. The Meg Lee was to sail in a few days ; she had just returned f•om Nasrau, whither she had carried the Cleopatra's previous capture. The packet Express, for the Leeward Isl Inds, and the Ranger, for Mexico, are detained through stress of weather. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, MARCH 17.—We learn that the French Go vernment has lately decided that all the French officers still in the Belgian service shall be recalled, and must return to France in a fortnight. General Hurel, who is at the head of the general staff of the army, is recalled as well as all the others. The politicians are in a state of great agitation, and thus agitation will shortly be communicated to the mass of the people. 'I he address which the majority of the Senate proposes to present to the King, in order to acquaint him in a round about way that the Ministry has not the confidence of the Senate, can have no other result than an appeal to the opinion of the country, the definitive arbiter, to which recourse must be had; for there is a manifestlisagyeement between the Ist and 2d Chamber. We can foresee only fatal consequences from all this to our manufactures and commerce, the interests of which we defend, while they are risked by these same persons who complain of their being in danger. This conflict between the Chavnber and the Senate is only an additional proof of the impotency and the danger of the repre sentative system which teems to lay itself open to an 18th of Brumaire. The Address of the Senate is calculated to embarrass the Sovereign, who cannot, however, take on himself the re-ponsi bility of it. A general election, then, will again agitate the country in a strange manner; the struggle will be terrible, and every body will suffer by it ; 3et the Ministry which it is pro posed to overthrow, as being suspected of Liberalism, is some thing less than Liberal, if we judge by the regulations which it just adopted against associations, regulations which the preceding Roman Catholic _Ministry would not have dared to make. In the sitting of the Senate yesterday a proposal, signed by M. de Rouille and nine other Members, was brought forward to this effect:—" Conformably to Act 32 of the Standing Orders, we have the honour to propose that the Senate form itself into a Secret Committee.' —. -.- The proposal was energetically opposed by M. Duval and several other Members, but as the terms of the standing order on 'this point are positive, the galleries were cleared. In half an hour the public sitting was resumed, and the draft of an addre,s to the King was read, the substance of which was, that the nationality of Belgium was founded on the union of divergent opinions, for one common object; that the deplor able dissens , ons which have appeared during this session in the National Representation prove that the Legislative As sembly are unable to attend to the real wants of the nation, when parties diverge instead of approximating to each other. That the attention of the Senate teccs. , :a,rily has been celled to a state cf things which impede the regular course of Go vernment, and is pregnant with great danger : that it relies on his Majesty's wisdom and impartiality, and is convinced that whatever measures lie may employ to put an end to fatal divi sions, prudent and moderate men of all parties will support him. On the motion of the Minister of Justice the debate on the taking of the subject into consideration was adjourned till the next day. (It seems that there are 22 votes in favour, and only 17 against the address.) BELGIAN' F U NDS-15 entreats, Marten 17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1,8% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 --.-- 3 per Cent. — ---••Thirtapseven---- ... 6 9 14 —(1,40) 98% Loan of City, 183:1, 4 per Cent. 88N( Society of Commerce, 4Siper Cent 1 4 ,2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent. ......... National Ssciety . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 17. A USTRIA N FUNDS.—Vianars, MARCH 9. Flveper Coats. Dfetalliques frost percents. i9 Three par Cents. Bank Shares ...411genzezne Zeitußg. March II LLO YD'S SH IPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 19.—Wind this day at noon. It blew very heavy last night from S. and W., and continues th s morning with squalls from the southward. DEAL, MAnc 18-.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Winches ter, Dalmon, from Mauritius ; Egham, Findley, Cadiz ; Boa dicea, transport, Westward ; Ilmari Rivanni, Stavanger ; Johanna Catharina, Crichsen, Mediterranean, and sailed to the eastward ; Henrietta, Willems, Surinam; Ouderneeming, Ba tavia. and sailed for Amsterdam; S phie, Addicks, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Rotterdam ; Botwar, Westward. Arrived from the river Tyrian ' Clarkson, Cape of Good Hop e ; Sena tor, Kerr, Ceylon ; Helen, Kellick, Barbadoes ; Favourite, Howell, Havannah ; City of Adelaide, Fester, South Australia ; Hamilton, Bradbury, Port Philip ; Euphrates, Wilson, Madras. Saled the Gladiator, for New York. Arrived the Aurora, from Rotterdam, and supplied with an anchor, &e., having been in contact with the Danish brig Adolph on the 12th inst., and received damage, lat. 48, lon. 4. FALMOUTH, MARCH 17.—Arrived the Active, Food, from Odessa; Brockett, Nixon, ditto; Navigator, Nantes; Even wood, Howe, for Bordeaux ; Venus, Plummer, London for Cork. Sailed the Coquette, fur Hamburgh. Arrived off, the Morham Castle, Davidson, from Odessa; Sheldrake, packet, Vera Cruz, with 860,000 dollars. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Quebec, He bard, from New York. The Thompson, bound to Seaham, got on shore at Sally Port this morning, but expected to be got off with the flood. DARTMOUTH MARCH 17.—Arrived the Dart, Wills, from Teneriffe ; Dewdrop, Furler, Figuera ; Wave, Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Arrived the Louis Philippe, trout St. Übe's ; Margeretha, Mulder, Harl;ngen. Sailed the Heroine, for Trinidad ; Shannon, Pike, Mobile; Tyrone, Spear, New York; Emma, Irving, Leghorn ; Heroine, Blyth, Lisbon. A piratical vessel, mount ing 18 guns, 73 men on board, has been taken into one of the bays of Madagascar by a French brig of war, and carried to St. Helena, Jan. 26. m d C amptElowN, MARCH , I6.—Th e Tame r l ane , o f Cl ay, la en with sulph ur ore , a b andoned by the crew, has been brought : A da l y ; che or acit 1 8.—Arrived the Frankland, from London. TORBAY, MARCH 17. Akrtived the Mary Anne, Faro. BRISTOL, M ARCH 18. !1 Bere rived the Eleanor Rees, from Demerara ; P e tit G eorge, Rouen. A vessel, bottom up, from 400 to 500 tons, quite newly American, was pa- se d on t h e sthyitn)ainted pea-green, supposed inst. lat. 37, lon. 40. KINsALE, MAucti 16.—The .ch of this port, was totally wrecked ionon l i r oc F k r y ie ß od a s y, ofn nine miles , east of this port, yesterday afternoon • SCILLY, MARCH 15.—Arrived off, the ew Ch sa a v th ed. am,Richard son, from Mobile ; Ihomas Metcalfe, 13rOl e, Calcutta ; Tra yeller, Bell, Nassau. The Antwerp. steam-ship Victoria yesterday morning, alter a a a m n f d o u G r 12 1 'I li), hero GLASGOW itAILwAY passage C3 E P t D .f o c f k ß o s u nTy: 0 2 l a O i r ri v A e hours. d N D the I , i a d t u h e e t ont Union he Cana l Edinb Edinburgh The large span of key-stone put into it on Thursday, near FAkirk, had the gow Rail vray, thi-t crosses art the 4th inst. This is suppo sed to be the largest stone ar c h cit vation ; the length of in Great Britain, of co low the span is 130 feat, the ground rom this the height fro m f the springers twenty four feet six inches; the height from Forfarshre ; th ey under neath thirty-fire feet. The stones of which great arch are composed were rIl brought Forfarshire; are four feet deep in the bed, blueish colour, and of pecu liar liar strength. The weight of the arch stones a lo n e o o of tong. t stupendous piece of traionry is upwards of L 9 . . The arch was thrown upon trussed centreF, constructed by Mr. Mitchell, who manrges the building department in the contract. It required no less than betwixt twelve and thirteen theutand cubic feet of timber for their construction. The contractoce, Messrs.' Forbes', Ross. and Mitchrll, have, with the aid of their machinery, 1. erformcd this operation in OW shortest period of time imag 7 nable for such a mighty fabric. The arch work was commenced and finished within the period of twelve days only. Mr. Glennie, the I-aide-in engineer, superintended the whole, and it is to be hoped he has done himself no small credit, as it was at one time thought to be an impossibility to throw an arch over such a width of span, with so low an elevation. Immediately after the key atone was put into its place, which was in the evening, the people employed thereat gave three tremendous cheers, which echoed through the magnifieient vault, to the great satisfaction of all present. 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Richard Bentley, New Burlington.street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 19 Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren • Max Hark way, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Air. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. :Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs: Htimbe. _ _ After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Darren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; airs. Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth; Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris To-morrow, Le :don Assurance, with The Critic. Doors to lra opened at half-past Six—the performances to commenc4 at Seven o'Clocir. Dress Boxes 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. ; First and Second irc!es, ss. ; second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 25.; Gallery Is. Titkets and pla( es for the Bev, 3 to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ty se had upon application. Private Boats to be had so'elv of Mr. And, sos, bookseller, 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Amazing attraction. Signal success, and brilliant overflows. Re-engagement of Mr. T. P. Cooke, whose performance of " Poor Jack " has surpassed all former efforts. The Theatre file aeon after the doors are opened. THIS EVENING, MARCH 19. 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, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Haulyard by Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with A DAY AFTER TILE FAIR. In which Mr. Buckingham and Miss Martin sustain Six diffe- rent Characters each. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. fcrning 11 minutes after 0. I Evening...3Bminutes after 0. The Publication of the Reciting Edition •f Tam Six com menced at 10 inioutim after Three. Zhe • LONDON : FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1841. The Peers were yesterday almost exclusively engaged in examining witnesses at the bar, and inquiring into the appointments of subordinate officers under the New Poor-law in Ireland. The pursuit is congenial to their Lordships' tastes, and worthy of their abilities. When we have ascertained—which cannot be till the examina tion is closed—what they have discovered, w€ shall make it known to our readers. Their Lord ships prosecuted their researches'till dinner time, and adjourned at Eight o'Clock. The Commons had several subjects before them. First, Mr. HUME would insist on explaining to the House the objects mentioned in a petition from a large body of the people, which being unpalatable to the Honourable House, as it ge nerally is, to listen to just complaints, Mr. HUME was what is called put down by the SPEAKER and the Honourable House. Mr. RICE moved to refer the Report of the Commissioners on Harbours of Refuge to a Select Committee, to inquire into the state of the Harbours of the South-Eastern Coast. The motion was opposed by the leaders of both par ties, and after a considerable discussion was lost by 102 to 38. Mr. ALSTON, with creditable perseverance, again brought the case of Captain LA ROCHE under the notice of the House, and moved that the petition be referred to a Select Committee. Sir THOMAS COCHRANE and Admiral ADAM opposed the motion, which was ultimately with drawn. Captain LA RocHE, it appears, was dis missed from his command in 1807 by the sen tence of a court-martial, and every successive Admiralty to whom he has made application has refused to remove the stigma then cast on him. It was Mr. ALSTON'S object to procure a more favourable verdict from the House of Commons, but he failed. Mr. EASTHOPE moved a resolution, that the imprisonment of Mr. BAINES, for refusing to pay Church-rates, was a punishment for acting on the dictates of his conscience, and was a viola tion of the principles of religion and justice. Our readers are well acquainted with the merits of the case ; they know the honesty and inte grity of Mr. BAINES, and the vile oppression of the Church, to which he is a victim. The leaders of both parties in this case, too, we regret to say, united against the resolution. They condemned Mr. BAINES' conduct as a vio lation of law. Lord JOHN RUSSELL importu nately stigmatized it as a crime against so ciety. Sir ROBERT PEEL took similar ground, and preached up obedience to the law as indispensable to the peace of society. If that be so, the law should be made just and reasonable; and it is a terrible calamity for society, and a terrible reproach to the law maker, when he enacts or maintains a law which conscientious and honest men dare not obey. If resistance to the law be a crime, there are great criminals, far greater criminals than Mr. BAINES, who, by making an unjust law, compel an honest man to disobey it. That our whole system of Church-rates is an injustice, the Legislature has admitted. It abolished the system in Ire land, because it was unjust. It has condemned the system in England, for the same reason. In fact, a National Church, where men pro fess different religions, which cannot be national for all, is a great injustice. By supporting and maintaining the law which consigns a man to gaol for not subscribing to what he regards as a superstition, the House of Commons may bring itself into contempt; it will neither make the National ethope C er e h ts u oo r ll c uo h tLe a ni p t r. was p aAs e lotiesnrts by a i y t ia u t 4 i is o n n tt e,orne4osort:inntodhude theee batep, being, with the tellers and the SPEAKER, just 90 Members to d ec id e this important con cerning the lib erty of the p a question of office, there would hlquestion have been had be e n been6oopresent. Having achieved this piece of shabby work, the House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock. We insert elsewhere a few rema r k s from th e Liverpool Journal on someobrem at L •'elvatio ns o f ours re l a tive to the late meeting iverpool, not for the purpose of e n tering into a c ontroversy, a - but to publish w hat app ears intended as vin dication of the Liverp ool merchants agaiest a a sup posed accusatio n contained in The Sun. We hav e already expressed our re g ret that the exnl tion, which satisfie d Mr. DUFFEY, was not -naPub lished with the original report; and, having since seen that explanation, w e g ave it a p la ce in our columns. At the same time, we are not dispos e d to withdraw anything we said against the conduct of the middle elasseS in relation to the working classes, Of the former ) the latter are the.faith, .._. • 40, , vfraz A 1 , 5 f rAj , , A • rr - 4,7 :44 , T 7 "‹ - 6 - it' E • fill and immediate servants, whom the middle class es,th ough much powe r has been in their hands, have never protected from oppression. Let us mention an example which has always appeared to us as a flagrant dereliction of duty on the part of the middle classes, which applies particularly to merchants and shipowners such as may reside at Liverpool. The middle classes have had the power to stop any and every Government, however strong, from invading their property, and they have ex erted that power for their own protection. But they were served by seamen who were for years ; or even ages, treated worse than dogs or thieves. When did the shipowners or the merchants step forward to remonstrate against the treatment the seamen received? Where is their indignant pro test against that disgraceful enormity, impress ment ? When did they throw the shield of their power over their oppressed men'! When did they move a finger to protect their own servants, though thay frequently shook the empire to its foundations to protect their own property ? Where is to be found proceeding from them- a remonstrance against the disgraceful practice of man-stealing in England, which is far worse than man-stealing in Africa, for here it is practised by those who arc bound to protect the seamen ? This is, unhappily, only an example of the general conduct of the middle classes to their faithful friends and servants, wanting whose assistance they could have and could gait; nothing. Their general conduct has been similar to this. They have done nothing to protect the lower classes from the oppressions of the ruling classes, they , have rather sided with the upper classes in committing injustice. What but that could have so alienated the lower classes from them as they are at present alienated ? In the great mistrust ' whiCh the lower classes have of them they may see the natural and necessary .Consequence of their own conduct- We have no wish to dwell on such painful topics, but hen we are in a manner challenged to make good the assertion that the middle classes seek only their own inte rest—fur which, however, we did not blame them, for we know that it is natural—we cannot avoid reminding the middle classes of some of those circumstances which have alienated from then: the affections of their friends and servants. Would to GOD it were otherwise ! for then we might hope to witness the restoration of _confi dence bet Ween these pillars of our national great ness, • and might anticipate a continuance peace and good-will in the land. The public may see which way the current it setting by the following remarks of the Times. The advocates of the Corn-laws in the metropo litan daily journals are now the Post, Standard, Herald, and Courier. The opponents of those laws are the Times, the Morning Chronicle, the -.Advertiser, the Globe, and The Sun. Looking. at the numbers published by these journals, respectively, the weight of public opinion is prodigiously on our side, and it is increasing day by day. Some linger ing fears of the effects of a great change may still keep back a few timid, or some ver opulent, town;-people, but the evidence against the Corn-laws is overvt helming, the distress al - palling, the justice of our cause undeniable, anc the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. A union of the aristocracy and the priesthood, E, pertinacious continuance of oppression, we solemnly warn Lord MELBOURNE, may destroy the Government, may overturn the Legislature, may drive the nobility , from their estates, and the clergy from the churches, but i will not, it cannot, prevent the abolition of the tax on food. We hope the Ministers wilt in time of need take the lead in a move:nent which, though it be slow, is irresistible. Let them mark and weigh what the Times of yester r day said, speaking of the hand-loom weavers : It is no slight addition to the claims of a cause, which has already so much justice and reason on its side, that they are backed by the most appalling statements of the present desti tution and progressive decline of our manufacturing popula tion. The sufferings of millions demand relief, even though that relief were not identical with the truest policy of Eng land. But the welfare of the mass is identical with the interests of the country ; and it is because the general privation and the general loss have not been fairly rn, asured against the par-. ticular advantage of a protected interest, that the energies of the country are weighed down by an unequal and injudicious system of taxation. We argued the other day in favour of a reduction of the sugar duties on behalf of the West India planters • and we now co n fid en tly awa it th a t measure, w i t h some others of equal importance, from the Government. But wi.h how much more weight should we have spoken if we had dwelt on the sufferings of apeople afflicted by the curse of scarcity : and if we had asked our rulers not only to benefit the planter, and to increase the revenue, but to feed the people by diminishing the d u ti es on c oloni a l pro d uce— b y ad j usting the taxes on corn upon a system better calculated to avoid the evils of excessive fluctuation in price and entire prohibition, and by sweeping away the duties which exclude us from foreign markets without adding to our own revenue. We have received Madrid Papers of the 10th instant. Reports had been circulated that the Regency would prorogue the Cortes, which prove to be wholly without foundation. Es- PARTERO, who had been indisposed, had so fat recovered as to attend a Cabinet Council on the 10th. According to Me Castellano, Senor GONZALES, who is now in London, is engaged in the negotiation of a new loan. Our merchants ought by this time to have had enough to do with Spanish leans. Joint-stock Companies have been formed for working the mines in Murcia and Andalusia. On the Bourse the Five per Cents, closed on the 10 that 27k for cash, and at 28 11-16ths at 60 days. The Presse and the Comrizerce are the only French Journals of Wednesday that support Baron MOUNIER'S Report on the Fortifications Bill. All the other Papers abuse it. They are mad for walls. There is no longer any use in telling them that the walls will be the tomb of the Revolution of July—that they will be for midable only to the democracy of Paris. Theii fancies are so heated with imaginary invasions that they think of nothing, and will hear of nothing, but how to hide themselves from the phantom legions of the Four Powers. This mania is so general, that there is no resisting the policy which it prompts. This was frankly stated by M. MOUNIER, who observed that, althougl he individually thought the walls useless, yet a: public opinion was so strongly in favour of them, he consented to their erection, on the conditions which we yesterday quoted from his Report. The great misfortune, too, is, that the popular delusion about the walls is not like any other act of popular folly which terminates with a return to common sense. The miserable legacy which it will bequeath to France will be a lasting one. It will be nothing less than to restore to France that despotism which it cost her two Revolu tions, and the b!ood of a million of her subjects, to shake off. But to avert such a calamity to a great and gallant nation by sober argument is no longer possible. It is remarkable that while only three of the nine Committees of the Chamber of Deputies voted on Tuesdayin favour of M. MAUGUIN'S pro position for excluding public functionaries from the Chamber, an absolute majority of 20 votes on a division of 310 Members were given in favour of it. All the Ministers opposed it, and of course all those whose seats were threatened by it, and yet there was a majority of 20 votes in its fa vour ! As this proposition will now be the sub jectof our Deputies,o f a n it debate for t h in e the nfo r in C a t h i amber on Parliamentary Reformers at home : _ " There is an incompatibility-between the duties of a de puty and those of a prefect, sub-prefect, receiver-general, or receiver of taxes, general officers and commanders of the land or sea forces on active service, Magistrates performing the duties of public officers in the Royal Courts, and chic fs of di vision in the public offices. " No public functionary ought to be eligible for the depart ment in which he exercises his functions. Alinii.ters, Under Secretaries of State, and Councilors of State are to be ex cepted from this rule. " If the abovenamed functionaries should by resignation or otherwise become c ligible, they cannot be elected for at least six months from the date of their resignation." We stated yesterday that thisattempt to reform the'representation was supported by M. THIERS. It was only conditionally so. M. THIERS is for keeping in the Chamber that class of function aries who always support the Court, and to ex clude those with whom the Government must compound, in the shape of local roads and bridges, for a con s t a nt v o t e . The following ex tract from his speech explains this very clearly: — " It al wa y s appeare d t o me t o b e necessary to diminish the number of functiona r ies in the Chamber. I would not go further ' than t o di m i n i s h th em , for the presence in the Cham ber of Mi the higher order ,of functionaries is, indispensable, _ rasters, Ambassadors, Generals, Councillors of Stateandgcs, myt ha ve seats , Their asperienco is tiecossary lot ass %am. bey. In general lam not inclined to accuse functionaries of dependence; there are almost as many in the Opposition as in the majority who sustain Government; but they torment the Administration with their small ambition; they are, especially for their district, the most importunate solicitors, and the most to be drea.!ed liy Ministers. Their number in creases every day, and, if care be not taken, the course of events will bring to the Chamber such 4 number, that, instead making two-fifths of the Chamber, there will soon be three, and, perhaps, four-fifths of it compoed of functionaries. It is to this tendency that a stop must be put, and I wuuld do this by excluding more functionaries. There is in this nothing which affects the honour of functionaries. The law has already ex luded a certain number, and assuredly the most considerable, since the prefects are of this number; they are not insulted, And why should others ?" Other news of interest there is none in the French Journals, save what is given in the sub joined extracts. FJ NANCE.—The Commerce publishes a" circular letter ad dressed, on the 25th ult., by the Minister of Finance to all the Prrfects, enjoining them to cause exact returns to be drawn up of all the taxable buildings, windows and doors, and a all per sons subject to the personal tax, or to the payment for licenses, comprised within their respective departments. The motive assigned by the Minister for recommending that measure was " that the receipts being no longer adequate to the ordinary expentiture, it was indispensable to devise means for obtaining from the existing taxes the full amount of what the Govern ment had a right to expect under the present laws of finance." WAR PREPARATIONS.-The Journal de St. Etienne cf the the 14th inst. state that the greatest activity prevailed at the manufactory of firearms at St. Etienne. The slini,ter of War 4ent an order in the latter end of February to have 50,000 muskets finished within seven weeks, and 1,50.9 muskets with percussion locks were f rwarded to Toulon on the 12th for the use of the army in Africa. A considerable number of carbines were forwarded at the same time to Vincennes, and " an idea nay be formed," continues this journal, "of the works that are In progress in the Royal manufactory when it is known that the workmen's wages amount to 50,000 f. (2,000/. British) per week." v e have received the Moniteur Algerien of the Bth o Alarch. A resolution of the Governor-General, dated the 6th, orders that henceforth no isolated submission of Arabs, or of families ,f Arabs, wh e th er th ey h ave or h ave not belonged to the ribcs of the Sahel or the Metidja, shall be received in the pro -ince of Algiers. None but the Chiefs shall be admitted to .reat for the submis,ion of their tribes. The Arabs who have yet been admitted to make their sub mission shall be arrested and placed at the disposal of the mili tary authorities to be employed on public works. The Governor-General set out on the 7th to visit Bona and he province of Consiantine. He is accompanied by General le Tarle and General Berthois. ~ • During the absence of the Governet-General. Major-General Baragnay d'Hilliet s, will take the command of all the troops .n the province of Algiers and Titteny. Letters from Oran re ce i ve d at Algiers on the Bth say, that 150 of Abd-el-Kader's red horse had shown themselves before Mostaganem. The Commandant sallied out with 500, and mused this body of cavalry to be charged by 80 Chasseurs, Spahis, and Dollars. The charge, led by Captain Walsen Es erhazy, was completely successful. The Lieutenant of the ted Itorre was killed, and their Captain taken prisoner, and .:onducted to General Larnoriciere.— Le Coostitutionnet. The truth begins to appear concerning the affairs of Buenos kyres. It seems from the latest information in private letters, .hat there have been two engagements between the troops of Lavalle and those of Roses ; that in the first Lavelle, or rather detachment of his army, was beaten, but that in the second, m the 28th of November, Lavalle took his revenge, put Oribe o flight, and recaptured Garzon, Granada, and other chiefs. Such is the most probable account; it will explain why Roses has not celebrated his pretended victory in his official Journal, and shy he surrounds Buenos Ayres with ditches. Terror stillreigns it Buenos Ayres new cruelties of Rosas are stated to us, aid at the same time a Number of the official Gazette of Bvenos !Ayres ' is sent to u s , p u blish e d f our d ays a f ter t h e convention of the 29th October, and containing a list of forty persons deprived of their property without any form of trial, only that they are designated as savage Unitarians. This list s that of only one number of the official Journal ; we shall doubtless learn successively the names of other victims. 'I he emigrations from Buenos Ayres, in one month after the Convention of the 29th Oct., were 400. On the 30th Nov., one corvette, the Cornille, brought away' 24 emigrants, and a Sardinian merchant-man 80. —Le Commerce. BOURSE.-PARIS, IVEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. . - - - First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price :,:cl.• 5 ner c..}-”, ....... i I i 25 ... I 1 • 45 .., 11 120 .., .11 25 4 per Cents 9B ... 98 ...98 .E 98 3 per • v.. •6 90 is 15 ... 76 90 ... 77 .Ank o: s'rarice I...tiitte Batik 1,6001. 81), 1060.. •..1090 ... ICEO ...1060 30401. Stares 51(0 ...5100 ...Mill; ...5160 olgisn sank ' - B7O ... 870 ... 845 ... 845 5 per Cents... lOl% ... 101 N ... 101% ... 101 3 per Cents 6j 60 ... 61) C 0.... Go 60 ... 19 60 New Loan lO2 ... 1 2 ~ 101% ... In% panish Active 241,i • ... 24% ... 24% ... 2,4 Passive 5% ... 5 % ... sii ... !•14 ieapolitan •• 102 40 ... 102 45 ... M.l 40 ... )01 45 €ornan :O2 .. in 2 ... 1(.2 ... Ws RAILWAY SHARES:, Versaillcs,R. B 3..)2 a° ... 3,2 50 ... 321 50 ... 3.12 50 L.B. ......... louen irleans .. - _ 488 76 itraotturg to Bale 233 75 ... 2SB 75 ... :88 75 . ,VBS 75 l lontpellier to Cette 207 50 ... 207 56 ... 205 ... 1105 MONEY and _CO MMERCiAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 18. —The demand for Cotton to-day has been wholly confined to the trade. The sales do not exceed '2,500 bales, .principally of American descrip tions. Prices are entirely :without change. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 18.—The following ire the transactions reported at the Stock Exchange this day : Grand Junction, Half Shares, 1004 ; Great Western, New Shares, 614 ; Hull and Selby, 43 ; London and Birmingham, New Shares, 204 ; London and South Western, 564; Midland Counties, New Shares, 15. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—The sales are— 13riqol and Exeter, 34 ; Livetpool and Manchester, 188; Ditto, Quarters, 45; Ditto, Halves, 90; Lancaster and Pres ton, New, 221; Stafford and Rugby, 2 ; Bank of Manches ter, 7%. A French brig-of-war, bound to France, put into St. He lena the 26th January for water, with a piratical vessel carry • ing 18 guns and 73 men, that she had captured in one of the bays of Madagascar. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 16.—1 n general affairs do not offer any interest, and the prices were nearly the same as yesterday. The Actions of the Society of Commerce, for the 17th of May nest, were a little better, from 161 3 / 4 to 162. The Foreign Funds are without variation with little business doing. Spanish has been a little mere offered. Integrales, 5O to 7-16. Ardoin's, 21 to 3-16. ELGIA N BANS—The general assembly of the Bank ofßelgium has taken an important resolution. On the proposition of its Council of Administration it has decided to issue ten thousand new Actions of 1,000 francs, at the interest of 5 per cent., and old Actions will continue at, the interest of 5 per cent. The Director of the above Bank also stated that persons had come forward to take the whole amount on the above reduc tions, but he thought it his duty to stipulate that the two .thirds of the New Actions to be issued may be reclaimed by the ancimat shareholders. Accounts from Madrid of the 9th instant state that four com mercial houses there have offered to the Government to ad vance 90 millions of reals in specie, 48 millions of which is to be applied during two years to the payment of interest for the capitalization of Coupons, and 42 millions for the wants of the Treasury. • The intelligence received by the She!drake packet from Vera Cruz of some money (11,550 dollars) having arrived in part to pay the dividends, has had the effect to improve that Stock 2 per cent. this morning. The barbarity commit ted by the Texians or Indians from the north, murder ing in cold blood men, women, and children, is generally sus pected by the well-informed in the City to be greatly exag gerated. The Mexican picket has brought 800,000 dollars for mer chants' account. THE FUNDS In the British Funds there is no alteration to the present hour, from the leaving off prices of yesterday, 888 for the Account ; Money, 88; I, with scarce a bargain doing. It ap pears that the speculators will not operate until further intel ligence is received from the United States, which will be about the 26th instant. Exchequer Bills, 6 8 premium. In the Foreign Market the chief feature is the improve ment in the Mexican Stock which left off at 283. 294, and at present may be quoted 304 31. In the other Foreign securities the prices are nominrl, as per yesterday's leaving off. Spanish Active 23A i; Deferred 11; 12A ; Passive 58 ; ; Portuguese 304 31; Three per Cents. ISi 19 ; Brazilian 714 71i ; Colombian 224 23 ; D utc h Two•and-a-Half per Cents. boa ; Five per Cents. 99i 100. SHARES.—Great Western 24 25 prem. ; New 11 12 prem. ; London and Brighton 6; dis. ; Blackwall 54 *dis. ; Birmingham 59 61 prem. ex. New ; Southampton air) 56 per share • Croydon 12-1 1 .4 per share ; Greenwich 74 84 per share; 11ancliester and Birmingham 16 14 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover 16i 16 dis. . . We ha7e tew arrivals this morning—most of them old dates. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Wrmingham and Derby IOO Ditto Thirds Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London andßrighton London and Birmingham 9O 154 London and South Western 3Bi — ... .. to ..._. Ditto Tenths South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia. ... 25 ...... 32 Ditto New Shares HALF--PAST ONE. Accounts received from New Orleans state that a brig had arrived there from Gallivas, coast of Africa, with intelligence that an outrage had been committed by a British man-of-war upon the factories of Don Pedro Blaney and Don Pedro Mar tinez, at that place. The crew of the man-of-war landed and destroyed goods to the amount Cl 500,000 dollars, and 1,500 negroes employed by them had made their escape. At the Tea Sale this (lay, at the Commercial-rooms, Minc ing -lane, of about 11,000 chests, we learn that the prices ob tained are from Is. 74d to Is. 70. for Congou. We understand that there is a difference of opinion between the Brazilian Government and ours in respect to the expiration of the present Treaty of Commerce, in regard to its duration, it being maintained by the Brazilian Government that the treaty expires on the 15th year, ending in November, 1842, while the British Government insists upon two year's notice from the 15th year; but the Brazilian Government have given notice in the 13th year, which is two years before the expiration. Consols, which had a firm appearance in the early part of the morning at BS3 for the Account, are not so good at present, and may be quoted at 881 ; Exchequer I3ills, 8 6 prem ; Con suls for Money, 883 ; New Three. and-a-Half per Cents., 97 96%. In the Foreign Market, Mexican, which reached 31-'4, has receded to 30; Spanish Active, 234 ; Deferred, 12A ; Colom bian a'so lower, receded from 2t3 to 21 ; Brazilian, 714 ; Chilian, 63 ; Portuguese, a- Half pe r C ents. 504 ; 30, alsol lower ; Dutch Two-and- Five per Cents., In Shares, little doing. Gr eat Western, 304 ; New, 64 ; Fifths, 96 ; London and Brighton, 43i; London and Birming ham ex div., 154; South Eastern and Dover, 17. QUA.RTE.II:7'O THREE. Consols for Money, 88} ; Account, 88a ; Mexican 29 30 ; Deferred 9} ; Portuguese 30i4 31 ; Spanish 23A BOROUGH OE REIGATE.—An Association has been formed to secure the return cf a:Liberal representa tive: at: the next electton, the members of which meet from time to lime under the presidency of Caleb Ede, Esq., of Dorking. Dr. Bedford, of Loudon House, Brix. ton, who came forward at the last election, has received a flattering requisition from the Association, which he has ac cepted, with a firm determination to contest the borough the first opportunity, in full assurance of brellting up the undue infleeace of the Somers' family, ROLLS' COURT--(THIS DAY.) JEW V W00D...-.JUDGAIENT. The MASTER c7f the ROLLSgave — judgment in this case, and said that as he consideiei it to be a proper case for interpleader, he must refuse to dis charge the order which had been made for the injunc tion. He had wished to have stated at length his view of the several cases which were cited in the argument, but considering the shortness of the time that remained before the Assizrs, and that the de fendants might vcry r.aturally desire to have the decision of the Lord Chancellor upon the point, be had thought it mere important to give his opinion at once than to take up further time in order to state his view upon all the cases that had been cited. A similar order was made in the other cases. BOURNE V. THE ORIENTAL AND PENINSULAR STEAM NAYS CATION COMPANY. His LORDSHIP refused the motion in this case, hut or dered the costs to be costs in the cause. GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.) A great number of persons were placed at tl,e bar, be fore Mr. Alderman Pirie, charged with passing counterfeit coin in various- pal ts of the City. Mr. Field, the Mint Inspector, appeared to prosecute. A young man, named Richards, dressed as a butcher, was charged by Mr. Houston, a stati mer in Aldersgate street, with endeavouring to pass a bad ss. piece. Mr. Houston's shopman stated that the prisoner came into the shop, and asked for a 101. receipt-stamp, in payment of which ha tendered the crown-piece. Witness recollected having got some had coin from a person like the prisoner, and upon examining the money be found it to be bad. He was then given into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was sent by a gen tleman, whom he met in Whitechdpel-market, to buy the stamp, bat could not say when he could see him again.— Committed fir trial. A rough looking-rellow, haring the appearance of a bricklayer's labourer, was placed at the bar on a similar charge. The constable stated that on the prisoner being given into Liz custody for passing a bad crown piece, be searched him, but could find nothing; observing a peculiar appear ance about his mouth, witness and another constable opened it, but could perceive nothing in it. He was proceeding with him to the Compter, when the prisoner got suddenly quite black in the face, and his throat frightfully swollen, and, after retching violently for some time, the ss. piece dropped from his mouth. The prisoner was a well-known smash2r, and he was fully committed for trial. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's supplies have been small of all sorts of Grain. The Wheat trade was firm at Monday's prices, with little doing. Barley nearly unsaleable. Beans and Peas unvaried. Oats found buyers slowly at their former value. Flour not much in demand this week. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply was moderate. The. demand for Beef being brisk, every description fully realised 2d. per stone advance. The demand for Mutton was good, but not in any way to af fect Monday's prices. The trade for Veal was not so good as it was last market day. Every kind of Pork met with a ready sale.—Beasts, 492 ; Sheep, 2,460 ; Pigs, 433; Calves, 163. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. per stone ; Mutton, 4s 4d. to ss. 6d.; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. COLONIAL MARKET. There was no public sale, and by private treaty the amount of business was limited ; prices were however firm for most articles, and the imports were light. TEA MARKET. The demand was steady, and former rates were fully sup ported. In Company's Congou several sales were made at Is. 7d. cash. Public sales take place next week. TALLOW MARKET. Prices of Russian 'Fallow on the decline, the demand being dull and the stock on hand large ; sellers of P. Y. C. at 455. 6d. on the spot. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Corona'ion's victory at Warwick, although over a mod , rate field of horses, was achieved with so much ease, that he im me liately became first favourite for tt.e Derby, at little more than half the odds laid in town on Monday ; one bet, we be lieve, was made yesterday at 11 to 1, but the current offers against him did not exceed 9 to 1, at which figure none of his friends would do business. The Rosalie colt was not men tioned at a price, but may be guessed at 12 to 1; and Eringo was almost a dead letter tilt six o'clock, when 14 to 1 was betted to 1001. Ralph did not maintain the improvement no ticed in our report of Monday's proceedings; and the feeling against Palatmon was so far from favourable, that 25 to I was laid twice, and (after an even 500 had been laid) offers made to take Ralph against him, without finding a customer. Bel grade and Knightsbridge joined the 40 to 1 lot, and were backed in fifties, the Knightsbridge party offering to go on. Ermengardis found favour at the same price and amount ; ditto Sadler's lot, notwithstanding the defeat of Perfection at War wick. Beyond an advance in one of the extreme outsiders (Mosque), the betting, which was extremely flat, presents no other feature of any interest. Subjoined are the closing prices of the few favourites backed, or otherwise noticed in the course of the afternoon : 44 to 1 agst Scott's lot-4 to 1 taken once 40 to 1 agst Sadler's lot—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation 12 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt 14 to 1 agst Mr. '1 hornbill's Eringo—taken 24 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Palmmon—taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cameleon—taken 35 to l agst Colonel Anson's Duke of Wellington—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor—taken 40 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's Ermengardis—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Knightsbridge—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joachim 50 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Brother b Phosphorus—taken 1000 to 15 agst Lord Westminster's Morning Star--taken 2000 to 25 agst Duke of Grafton's Mosque—taken 4000 to 40 agst Duke of Beaufort's Snowdrop—taken 1000 to 8 agst Mr. Griffiths' Hereford—taken 500 even between Ralph and Palmmon—taken WARWICK RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10,sovs. each, with 50 added by the town, for two and three yr olds. One mile. (11 Subs.) Mr. Rawliuson's Coronation, 2 yrs, 7st ... Mr. Flintoff's The Plover, 3 yrs, 9st Mr. Sadler's Protection, 2 yrs, 75t.... The Warwick Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 40 added. Two miles. (13 subs. ) Mr. Collins's Isaac, aged, 9st. 41b. ..... ... 1 Mr. 'Teen's Fitzroy, 3 yrs The. Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. The win ner to be sold for 200 sovs. Gentlemen riders. (16 subs. ) Air. Stevenson's True Blue, aged, I Ist 71b 1 Mr. Campbell's Kathleen, aged, I Ist 71b Mr. Hughes's The Friar, 6 yrs, llst 71b Mr. Garrett's b g Ditto, aged, list 71b The Farmers' Plate of 501., with 10 for the second. Two mile beats. Mr. F. Robins's Victory, 3 yrs, lOst 21b Mr. Reading's Compton, 5 yrs, list 91b Mr. Cowper's Sister to Emma, 4 yrS, l Ist FURTHER PARTICULARS. The late hour at which our parcel ;ived on Wednesday night prevented our giving the names of all the horses that ran for the Trial and Handicap Stakes. The subjoined will supply the nee( ssary inrormation. I`,.r the Trial St ,kes, besides the three placed, the following also ran :—Mr. Treen's ch. c s Fitzroy, 3 yrs, 9st. ; Mr. Mas sey's eh. f. Naamah, 2 yrs, ist. ; Mr. Fowler's ch. f. Sun flower, 2 yrs, 7st. ; Mr. llewes's ch. c. Hatred, 2 yrs, Est. 121 b. ; Lord Warwick's ch. f. Syria, 2 yrs, 6st. 121ba. ; and Mr. Houldsworth's:ch. c. Hampton, 2 yrs, 6st. 121 b. Betting-11 to apt Coronation ; 4to I agst Protection ; Sto 1 agst Hampton ; and 100 to 4 agst The Plover. Won in a canter. For the Hanlicap, which was one of the closest races ever seen, the following started in addition to those placed : —Mr. G,liett's br. c. The Dean, 4 yrs, Bst. 10Ib. ; Mr. Goodman's gr. c. Colchicum, 4 yrs, Bst. ; Lord Warwick's ch. m. Petty Larceny, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b. ; Mr. W. Brown's bc. Catamaran, aged, 7st. 71b. ; Mr. Griffith? b. c. Tupsley, 3 yrs, 7st. ; Sir. Edge's ch. c. Hautboy, 3 yrs, 7st. ; Mr. Thomp son's b. g. by The Earl, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; Mr. E. Peel's br. c. Meerut, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b. ; and Mr. Aplin's b. g. The Baron, 3 yrs (h. b. ), 6st. 121 b. Betting-5 to 2 agst Fitzroy (taken), sto 1 agst Isaac, 5 to 1 agst The Dean, 6 to 1 agst Tnpsley, 7 to I agst Colchi cum, 7 to 1 agst Petty Larceny, and 12 to 1 agst Catamaran. THE ROYAL LEAMINGTON GRAND STEEPLE CHASE.-Tii URSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 100 added, 12st. each. (13 subs ) Mr. NV. Ramsay's Bangalore .......... ...( Captain Peel) 1 Mr. C. Brooke nd Lunatic ........................ ...... 2 Sir E. Nlostyn's Tobacconist Mr. Williams's Coronet 0 The following also started :—Mr. Madock's Creole ; Mr. Mostyn's Peacock ; Mr. F. Wilson's Merryman ; Mr. G. Campbell named Fake-away;.Mr. BaStard's ,Mystery ; and Mr. Tibbit's. Mazeppa. Won by five lengths. The line was between Cubbington and Offchurch, about three miles from Leamington. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Brighton harriers meet on Monday, at Erringham ; Wednesday, at the Race Course ; Friday, at the Dyke—eleven. Brookside harriers Monday, at Newmarket Hill; Friday, at Telscombe Tye—half-past ten. East Sussex hounds Monday, at Sheffield Arms—quarter to eleven. Mure's hounds Monday, at Stetchworth Park ; Thurs day, at Hawkedon-green—half-past ten. Mr. Archer's hounds, Monday, at Viverdon—two. Marquis of Hastings' hounds, Monday, at White Horse Wood; Wednesday, at Kennels; Friday, at Shipley—quarter to eleven. Mr. Maynell's hounds, Monday, at Foston ; Thursday, at Gresley Wood; Saturday, at Henhurat—quarter to eleven. Mr. Hellier's hounds, Monday, at Badde , ley Clinton ; Wed nesday, at Dunchurch ; Friday, at Stoneleish Abbey—half past ten. g.:Mr. Candler's hounds, Monday, at Woodcote Green ; Thurs day, at Crowle ; Saturday, at Crow's Nest—half-past ten. ,Warwickshire hounds, Monday, at Frankton Wood; Tues day, at Milford Bridge ; Thursday, at Anstey Wood; Saturday, at Wroxton Abbey. Steps have been taken by the Commissioners of Police for the immediate suppression of Wimbledon Fair, which was usually held on the first Monday and two successive days after the 25th of March. A declaration for its suppression has been signed by the Police Magis trate of the district ; and, in consequence, any Ferson at temptir.g to erect booths, stalls, &c., will bo liable to a penalty of 101. Yesterday afternoon about three o'clock, as two men, of fashionable exterior, who were in a gig drawn by a spirited horse, were pr6sceeding along Hounsditch, the animal, frightened by a sudden noiso, started off at a fear ful rate towards Aldgate. The reins breaking, the driver lost all control of the horse, when a young man named William Matthews, a vender of small articles in the street, observing their danger, at the risk of his life rushed for ward and seized the horse by the head. In doing this, he stumbled, and the horse, continuing his eerier, dragged him a consideraje distance; he, however, kei:t hold of the reins, and at lasi succeeded hi stopyieg the animal, be fore which one of the gentlemen was thrown out on the pavement, but foi tunately escaped with a few slight contu sions. The gentlemen generously presented him with three pence 1 an d drove off without giving their rows , amidst Itootiris of.tho crf4Y4, EVENING .14,+D1T1ON FINE ARTS. ,JOHN KNOX ADMINISTERIAG THE SACRAMENT. Hodgson and Graves, London, 1841. We were favoured yesterday with a private • - view of this historical painting, which is the pro duction of Mr. W. Bounar, of the Royal Scottish Academy. The subject is the administration of the first Protestant Sacrament in Scotland, at the Castle of St. Andrew's, by John Knox, wh o is represented in an attitude of imposing dignitY , addressing the communicants at the wom en ! when the sacred elements have just passe u from his hands into those of his excited cong re " gation. In a prominent situation in the cen tre of the picture sits Lilias, the wife of Lord Drunl" mond, and the daughter of Lord Ruthven ; in her hand is placed the sacramental cup, w hich she holds with an air of calm mental satisfac tion, as she listens to'the pastor's admonitions beside her is her sister Barbara, waiting to re ceive the sacred emblem of her faith. I _minedi atel3- behind them, and in the act of brea king the bread, stand the sister and daughter of Sir, James Sandilands. Still further in the rear 01 the picture is the Earl of Glencairn, a zcalfni, i s adherent of the Reformed faith ; and bey o him is seen the stern countenance of Sir Jaines Balfour, who is directing the attention of the wail clad Lord Ruthven to a statue of St. And wre, which adorns the chapel. Among the right: hand group, and nearest the spectator, is seated , the celebrated Sir David Lyndsay of the Mou nt-- cc Lord Lion, King of Arms," as Sir Walter Scott calls him in Marmion. The countenance of this eminent man is full of thoughtful beant)i. and the expression has been admirably hit l) „ by the artist. Bending over Sir David Lynd sa y' stands Norman Leslie, who appears to bay just quitted the battlements, in order to be pre sent at the solemn communion ; and at the ta ble ; in front of him, is the young, intelligent, ttant; high-minded Earl of Arran, together with James Sandilands. These • two figures are t best in the picture, and their attitudes are rie: plete with ease and dignity. On the whole, ta; painting is a very superior one ; every part 0; the canvas is well filled out, without crowcling, o confusion ; the various characters are nicelYC e ; fined and discriminated ; and there is g r— d power as well as breadth in the lights itl e shadows. The picture will make an admiral' engraving. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the D uchess of - Kent visite d her Majesty yesterday. ,es- Viscount Melbourne bad an audience of the Queen terday. u s ee The Hon. Miss Pitt, and the Hon. Miss Devereustl i succeeded the Bon. Miss Paget and the Hen. Mis s son as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majes t y` by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended Le Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Couper, honoured t° English Opera-house with their presence last evening. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stepbeii6 1 o' honoured Viscount and Viscountess Bercsford Wit h. .. : f company on Wednesday evening, at their residensei.l_ Cavendish-square. His Royal Highness afterward s ; (1 , noured Prince Esterhazy with his company at Cha os° house. A deputation from St. George, Hanover-sques f yia, aisting of Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, Grenvire BessA f ' - ' r : John Leslie, John Gunter, and Stephen Lewis, lis" l e J. B. Chappell, Vestry Clerk, had an interview w it ' Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office- m r , The Agent of Jamaica bad an interview With 5 d r . Labouchcre yesterday, at the O ffi ce of the Board of Tr s. Mr. Ward, M. P., and Mr. Porker, bad an inter/it; with the Marquis f Normanby yesterday at the ll °. Office. Despatches were sent off last evening f r om the Cat and O ffi ce, for Lord Sydenham, Governor of Cat and also for the Governors of New Brunswick a nd o °' Scotia. Lord Ashley and Mr. George Nicholls had inter/L e is , c yesterday at the Home -office with the Marquis 0f , i° manby. a o f Despatches from the Governors of the Mauritius a° Sierra Leot.e, were received yesterday at the 00 1013 office. big Hi s Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex much better last evening, and we are happy to saY Royal Highness is nearly recovered from his indi#o )° ;, tion. His Royal Highness, if convalescent, will. Fee° a a distinguished party to dinner on Sunday, at Ke a6i4to Palace. t p eel: The C )f card next Ise countess of Minto issues cards for a series of parties after Easter. p A rk, The Duke of Bedford has left Oakley t Beds, for Burghley House, near Stamford, oa * the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, who are cn taining a select circle at that splendid seat. a all , Earl and Countess Grey leave Howick .A ." s b ; Northumberland, next week, for town, accompan i49 " Lady Georgisna Gtherey. ive The writ for . election of a Rep °l"reseatat Peer of Ireland, in the place o f th e l a t e Earl of it was issue , l on onday last. 1 0 We are au M thorised to contradi c t the report ° ` l an d intended marria g e betweea the Hon. Miss Littletoo Lord Crease, for wLich we understand there has Pe been" any foundation. MARRIAGE IN HIGII LIFE. MISS . i f 11 1 1 , 1 % Stanhope, daughter of th e Hon. Sir Francis an u — 2 l l O Stanhope, was married, on Tuesday, by special 11Cep c e't Colonel Hughes, C. 8., brother of Lord Diaor be Lord Dincrbeo's, North Wales. r Very SOCI ETA ARMONICA —The first °I rt attractive concerts for the season takes place, is she 0. room of her Maje.ty's Theatre, on Monday eveniogSr., The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., w` boo t intends presenting the members of the reading roonts,s, o f to be formed at Tamworth with a valuable colle ct° works, both moral and scientific. T oda THEATRE.— porS DRURY-LANE T S h de ss : c os. was performed at this theatre last evening. It is o :: no sc* sary to describe the merits of a composition so well7;igett and that stands so high in the opinion of all good , Ju t „, of Madame Hainefetter's representation of the chaoci;oo. Jessonda was beautiful, and drew forth much 01 ) ,,,P;d o ri, Haitzinger's personation of the young Bramith ; ger was full of poetry as well as of music. Herr Mei,: it ted (who appeared for the first time in England) ac , (1 l — por. himself ably in the character of Tristan d'Acunbas ,ssi tuguese commander ; and the sweet part of Aroeslbe,tri sweetly played by Madame Schumann. The °! .c oei• and chorus were superb, and all the arrangement s e I lent :in every respeCt. , a The General Steam Navigation Company • sel the Columbine, W. Norwood, from Rotterdam, % alh the off the Custom House at twelve o'clock yesterday, wit Dutch mail. I 3 RECRUITING FOR TILE my._,F ,s r AR o e st, r s' R. the few days Westminster has presented a scene of T erl dif ► animation in consequence of the activity of parties fro s g ' e t oo fereot regiments in raising recruits. Many of serv ice , warted to furnish deficiencies in corps on foreign IstardslA and others ere required for service at home ' e dss titleP upwards of twenty men of the 60th Rifles, shortly - f the for foreign service, were detached to different paw °.1150t metropolis for the purpose of raising recruits for that go and corps. Recruiting parties are activ e in the nettbfira Sod , eastern districts of the metropolis, particularly in al l Font Sptalfields, Shoreditch, Islington, Highgate, &C. giVe o ' the standard being reduced and an extra bount y being h oe a great number of effective and able young T en floYs i • joined the service within the last few days. lu e , i ff c reo l Marines and the Artillery have parties out in the ad is re districts of the country, who are actively ei'Vg e beir i g cruiting. Recruits in considerable numbers are daiti t. ol d sent into the depots at Woolwich, Portsnson Plymouth. NON-INTRUSION AND C HART ISM'. _ irt ied Tuesday last the streets of Airdrie were publicly 1 3 , a;:i n g of with large posting bills, annotmeicg that a ll ' 00° 4 those friendly to the abolition of patronage in the b Atr of Scotland, would be held within the High Clore d tled drie, at seven o'clock, on Wednesday evening, an, s „ o sed • petitions to both Houses of Parliament would be Porydrioca for the adoption of the meeting ; moreover, the 1 . 0 , bi was to be addressed, on the subject of Vie P et t° Fda ils The f e r D. M. Macgill Crichton, Esq., of Rankeitour• a rena a Parish Church was ultimata ty fixed upon as the an disc using the claims of Intrusion and Non-intrusleoPiaosh such was the interest excited by the announcement route' a meeting, that, of the appointed hour, there will,ho AO' muster of conflicting parties. On the motion Forgia‘r Dr. Begg, of New Monkland, Wro. Clark, EN" C 1 , 0 064 Moirst, J. P., was proposed as Chairman of the ia the and instantly seconded; but some Chartist ora.t.nr to ting " meeting, thinking this was a fair opportunity W ei , pro' the strength of the parties assembled, very gra d / el f: jun" posed, as an amendment, that Mr. John ‘Va L ci : b bu be ing merchant, should be called to the Chair.; wu' c m" seconded, the show of hands followed , an d i t was ic'y' when too late, that the Chartists had it all heir ow and gr. Mr. John Waddell accordingly took the Char'sioeiple Crichton addressed the meeting in support of the P rro ,fc'e, of Non-Intrusion. A person of the name 01 most h owe ver, got up ; and, south to say, ma de a pi o f lb° pital, though rather stringent, address, in suPProociosiom labouring man's rights, and the Charter. In t heir l e. the Nor- Intrurionists proposed the adoptiona c, e chart ists titisn for the abolition•of patronrge, while b e gra od proposed the five points of the Ch a rter, as ~!. _ t e a nd panacea for all the ill s o f the Church and the rhto ,;rrere ar 4s, both motions bei ng p u t f ro m the chair , the —6/ proclaimed th e v i ctors by a considerable nsajority. gow Constitution a l. A SCENE AT WASIIINGTON• be t left Am e ri ca I was at tV as hinsz ton , and hanpeni: o w --jtist 1 dbre ctl l r the foot of the steps by the S snare whop lie wa i/ Minister, Mr. Fox, About to ascend them, " ac cs What ted d b o y yaoulladlof cone; d h r e u re n , ke s n ir T t ß r y r i s s h o e r h r e , whom w A e n a d r? s g u t i i rf g a tnoitkhegteueursenci:stioi 0 3 u t a t ahue t o 'f o l e f ? ic tl w o e e :l l , o o , f vi t o ; t o; the fellow took hold of the ashlar of Mr. Fox s a n so k. d w e s s r i d re e d u h st i o m m t e o r desist or manage.ohe would findthis hwearlinaindgf_4litiii!g:criortifiscies avail, our Minister gave his assailant a r eguls hit, which sent him sprawling down the steypst.al Areeriere of course assembled, among whom were e ...0s into t officials, and the latter of State, t w l e k reh l ,u s * so ' h : upwegl l ro a: tte.ri f _ h , i o n ffi ttb d c ci: , c , o r e r g d r i t o t h c a e t t , e p S a c t i o c n r s c A t h a rn a r a Y e • ic b s e tt e takenntno ny e the Morning Herold • Correspon!ent ° -1 1 ] COI fer Nl red Port i n at~; ex of the c Ald lePor