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oust y than the '0 orting to the income tax. There are the taxes made-servants, on four-wheeled and two-wheeled carriages, and on carriage and riding horses, which had been reduced to the amount of 700,0001. At various times there have been other taxes re. duced, the assessed taxes, for instance, and I will say at once that it would be far preferable to resort to those as sessed ,taxes, than now to inflict an income tax, on the country.—(Hear, hear.) The `Right Hon. Baronet had found fault with the calculations of his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth, because he did not take into account in the last year's estimate the increase of she sugar duiy. But that year, compaied with the year before, showed a remarkable de& ciencyf to the extent of 230,000 tons. The calculation ought to be made made upon a year of ordinary, and not of decreasing con sumption: I consider my Right Hon. Friend was quite right in statinll, that with a moderato duty on corn, and a diminution of the prohibitory duties 'on sugar, and reajustment of the tax on timber, he would ;have.reeetved a very great portion this required revenue. His Right Hon. Friend estimated that in crease at 1,700,0001., but you may take it at less, and even if you do take it at less it will very much diminish the amount of the deficit. The deficit being two millions and a half, it would be di minished by holt of its amount, and you would not have more than 1,250,000/. deficiency to provide for. With respect to some of the articles in the proposed tariff, I think you might have postponed' the great loss yon are prepared to suffla, rather than resort to the measure you have resolved on. The Hon. Member sor Bath, has been pleased to say that in opposing this tax we sre fighting for p opulai ity.—(Loud cheering.) Now with re gard to any subject where there may be popular opini on on one aide or the other, I do not think it is fair to say that those who take it are only fighting for popularity- I believe with regard to the working classes, there was a very unfounded impression that this was a tax'solely en persons of funded, and landed, and other property, and not on the mass of the community. But I think it will be found out, some time hence, that if you diminish the means . of employment—if you diminish the means by w hi c h the working classes obtain sufficient wages, you do, by so diminishing those moans , as much affect them as if you laid a tax on:them. (Cheers). Rut Ido not think, with respect to this measure, that we can justly be charged with fighting for popularity. Was if for the sake of popularity, that we for so many years contended for the claims of the Roman Catholics ?—(Cheers.) Nothing could be more unpopular in this country than those claims ; it was said that we were for bringing the Roman Catholic religion into this country. Again, with regard to the Poor-laws, was it for the sake of popularity that we introduced them ? (Cheers.) If then we have introduced, and are prepared to introduce again, measures that were unpopular at the time, where our principles bound us to the assertion of those measures, I shall not shrink from opposing other measures, when it may bear a more popular air, because I am told that popularity is my object.— (Cheerf.) In the course of my public duty, I must he the advo cate of measures to which much popular odium attaches at the time, and at other times, if other measures which have popular favour attached to them. In the course of the Reform Bill, much popularity attached to that measure, but I was not more in favour of the Reform Bill than I was in favour of other measures to which no such popular:ty was attached.—(Cheers.), I shall, therefore, fulfil my duty in this House by giving my opposition to this tax. The Right Hon. Gentleman has said that that opposition is not likely to succeed ; but I also be. lieve that the people are not yet fully aware of the nature of the tax.—(Cheers.) They are not aware of the evils that it inflicts; of the inquisition with which it is necessarily accompanied ; and the inequality of operation on the various kinds ofincome, whith is inseparable from its nature. I think if we assented silently to this income tax, after its evils came to act on the country, our constituents—thess who will then feel the tax— will justly have to reproach us that we had not raised our voices in Parliament against it.—(Hear, hear.) They may say, we might have been mistaken as to the operation of such a tax, but you who are to consider such things, who are sent into Parliament to represent out interests, you at least ought to have raised sour voices, and given your votes against the enactment of such a tax— (Hear, hear)—and then we should have felt that we had not been deen deserted. Sir, it is in order that no such re. proach may be made on me, in order that the gentlemen who act with me may not have to suffer from such a reprorch that I am determined A) oppose the enactment of such a tax.—(Cheers.) Should there come a time of great danger, which may require the enactment of such an unjust, unequal, and injurious tax, then those evils may be borne, rather than suii.ir any inlisry to the credit and honour of the country. But if you call on the country to make those efforts when they are not necessary—if you do not husband your energies until they are re.i,ly required, far from rendering those efforts more easy when they may be absolutely necessary, you will but indispose the public to believe your assertions and you will give them reason to say, why there was another time when you asked us to make those efforts, hut on exainination we found there was no adequate public necessity for the call_ I say, therefore, do not abandon this resoure , it is one of the resources of the public exigencies, but in order to preserve your power over it—in order that you may be enabled hereafter to appeal to the country and to meet with universal acquiescence, do not now, when there is no abso lute necessity, call for efforts which the people will find to be op pressive, and which they will hereafter reproach you for having imposed on them.—(Cheeers.) Mr. B. WOOD, in a short speech, for which we cannot find room, spoke strongly against Sir R. Peel's resolution. • Mr COBDEN moved that the Chairman report progress. Mr. V. SMITH opposed Mr. Cobden's motion. Mr. DUNCOMBE, in a short and effective speech, supported the motion. Lord HO WICK opposed it, as tending to bring the privileges of the House into question, Mr. WA KLEY supported the motion. Mr. CURTEIS also opposed the motion, and quoted a letter from Mr. &Imes, declaring that he would rather have a free trade than Sir R. Peel's tatifl: After a few words from Mr. GIBSON, and after a sort of tumult that lasted for more than half an hour from the time that Mr. Cobden made his motion, The Committee divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against the adjournment Majority sgainst the adjournment........ ... 290 - 203 The Committee again divided on the motion of Mr. H. BERKE. LEY, for the Chairman to report progress, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it... Majority 22 - 141 Sir ROBERT PEEL protested against the injustice o f the pro ceedings on the part of his opponents, but, seeing the impossibility of persevering, gave way.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Cowper, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Cooper, The House then resumed. In answer to a question from Mr. S. O'BRIEN, Sir R. PEEL said he proposed to fix five o'clock on Thursday, the 4th of April, fur b►inging on the Bill for appointing the Coto rnissionprs to inquire into the Exchequer Bills Fraud Bill. He should fix Tuesday for the Corn Bill, and he proposed to proceed with the Income Tax on the following Tuesdsy. SPIRITS DUTIES (IRISH) BILL. The Spirit Duties (Irish) Bill was read a third time. The other Orders of the D.y were then disposed of, and at a Quarter before Three o'Clock the House adjourned till Monday, the 4th of April. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the rotes and Proceedings qf the House of Common:. ) TUESDAY, MARCH 22. YARMOUTH AND NORWICH RAILWAY. Motion made and question put, That the Bill be now read a secand time."—The House divided : MAJORITY— AYES, 75. • Acton, Colonel —Wicklow Co. Gore, W. R. O.—Sligo Co. • Aidam, J. J.—Leeds Greene, T. G.—Lancashire Arbuthnot, General—Kincardine- Grosvenor, Lord R.—Chester shire Hall, Sir Benjamin—Mary lebone Bagge, W.—West Norfolk Hardy, J.—Bradford Bailey, Joseph—Worcester Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire Bailey, J.—Herefordshire - Hcdgson, Rd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Hutt, W.—Gateshead Baskerville, T. B.—Herefordshire Inglis, Sir R. IL—Ox. University Berkeley, lion. H.lF.—Bristol Kemble, H.—East Surrey Blewitt, Reginald—Monmouth Lambton, IL—North Durham Bodkin, W. H.—Rochester Langton, Col 'Gore—Somerset Botfield, Bcriah—.Ludlow Lawson, A.—Knaresborough Bowring, Dr.—Boltun Lockhart, Wiliam—Lanarkshire Brozolley, Henry—East Yorkshire Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. H. B.— Brotherton, J.—Salford Worcestershire West. Bu kley, E.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Mackenzie Thomas—Ross-shire Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire MarshainAord—West Kent Burroughes, H. N.—East Norfolk O'Brien, J.—Limerick City Busfeild, William—Bradford Patten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Byng, George— Middlesex Plumridge, t aptain—Penryn Carnegie, lion. Captain—Stafford Powell, C.—Limerick Co. Cavendish, Hon. C. C.—Youghall Round, Charles Gray—Essex N. Chute, W. L. \V.—West NotiOlk Rumbold, C. E.—Yarmouth Clay, William—Tower Hamlets Russell, C.—Reading Colburn, Hon. W.—Richmond Scoriae, Hon. R.—Horsham Crawford, S.—Rochdale e.choletield, J.—Birmingham Crimps, Jo.el.ll—Cirencester Scott, Robert—Walsall Dickinson, J. H.—West Somersetismitli, Benjamin—Norwich Douglas, J. S —Rochester Stanton W. H.—Stroud Douro, Marguis—N orw ich Strutt, Edward— Derby Duncan, 0. Dundee Thoralely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Duncombe, lion A.—East Retford Trotter, John—West Surrey Dundas, Hon. IC—Richmond Wilde, Sir Thomas—Worcester Eaton, R. J.—Cambridgeshire Wood, Benjamin—Fouthwark Ellice, Edward—St. Andrew's Worsley, Lord—Lincolnshire Estcourt, 'l'. G. B.—Oxford Univ. Wrightson, W. B.—Northallerton Ferguson,Sir It. A.—Londonderry TELLERS. Earner, Sir E.—West Kent Wilshere, William—Yarmouth Forester, lion. o.—Wenlock Wodchouse, Edmond—E. Norfolk MINORITY—NOES, 16. Allir, J. P.—CambriOgeshire !Paget, Frederick—Beaumaris Berkeley, Hon. C.—Cheitenhun Palmer, George—Essex Brownrigg, J. S.—Boston Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Colville, C.—South Derby Vere, Sir C. B.—East Suffolk Craig, W. G.—Edinburgh Waddington, H. S.—West StitThlk Darby, George—East Sussex Wyndham, Colonel—W. Sussex Hale, B. R.—Gloucestershire March, Earl of—West Sussex Martyr, C. C.—Southampton Neville, R.—Windsor TELLERS. Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling ,Palmer, Robert—Berk' NAVY. MINORITY of Forty-two (Tellers inel Sir Charles Napier's First 1d Aldam, William t Forster, Mott hew Barclay, David Harris, John Q. Barnard, E. G. Humphery, J. Berkeley, Captain lngestre, Lord' Bowling, Dr. Johnstone, A. Bnalie, W. B. Langston, J. H. Brown, Hon.' W. Martin, J. Carnegie, Captain Martin, Thom a s B. Cobden, Richard Merris, David Colebrookc, Sir T. E. Norreys, Sir D. J. Crawford, W S. O'Brien Cornelius lulled) who voted for lotion : Powell, Caleb' Pul3ford, Robert Rawdon, J. D. Rous, Captain Russell, Lord E.' Stanton, W. H Stuart, Villiers Tancred, H. W. Wakley, Tbomks Williams, W. Worsley, Lord Duncan, 'Viscount Duncan, George O'Brien, J. O'Brien, W. S. Dunconibe, T. S. I Dundas,:Admiral MINORITY of Foi Sir Charl Aldam, William Barclay, David Beresford, Major Berkeley, Captain Bowrin , ° , Dr. sirodie,W. B. Browne, W. Busfeild, W. Carnegie, Captain Cobden, Richard Colebrooke, Sir T. E Crawford, W. S. Duncan, Lord Duncan, George Duncombe, T. S. Duncombe A. Duncombe, O. EX Pluniritlie, Captain TELLERS Napier, Sir Charles Pechell, Captain luded) who toted for lotion Pechell, Captain Powell, Caleb Pulsiord, R bert Rashleigh, William Rawdon, J. D. Russell, Lord E s Russell, J. D. W. Stanton, W. H. Stuart, W. Vbliers Tanered, H. W. Wakley, Thomas Williams, Wm. %Voraley, Lord ity-nine% Tellers incl les Napier's Second IV Dunaas, C. W. D. Forster, Matthew Harris, John 9. Hayes, Sir E. Humphery, J. Ingestre, Lord Johnstone, Alex. Langston, J. H. Manners, Lord J. Martin, John Martin, T. B. Morris, David Morrison, James Norreys, Sir 1). O'Brien, C. O'Brien, J. O'Brien, W. Smith • TELLERS, Napier, Sir Charles Plumridge, Captain E - =- CUTION AT NOTTINGHAM. N0rr,,,,,,,,, y r . ,5i, 031 OUR CORRESPONDENT.) RCLI ~.1 _This morning, at eight o'clock, Jones Jones, th e man who was convicted, at our last Assizes, of the murder of Mary Hal'm , at Mansfield, underwent the uwful sentence of the law on the new drop, in the front of the County Gaol. The particulars of committed— which was cutting the throat ofcl dreadful deed he :s sweetheart, in his shoemaker's 31101) at Mansfield, with his working gknife--have appeared at tull length in she columns of The Su n , and with the evidence on the of his trial in quest, and also a report of ve condemnation. He was a y ou ng man, aged twenty.four years,Wrytood personal exterior ea an d handsome cast of features, his only lit being so de -I°iisthlove with a votedly attached to one who could nut requite his jealousy, he s eized infuct e , knife, which re turn. In a frenzy of rage and a inflicted the fatal unfortunately lay close to his hand, an d wounds. He knelt and prayed by her for and then said he never felt so happy in his life. Ile wa g s determined no one else should have her, and having accomplished' that he could die easy. ~ To prove the ex:ellent char.lcter he possessed, and the estimation I n which the inhabitants of Mansfield, where the murder wa s com l.:Med, held him, a numerously signed petition, harked by t h e recommendation of the chaplain, was forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, praying him to commute the sen tence. The answer returned by Sir James Graham was, that he saw no circumstance in the case to warrant him interfering. An.. other petition was then sent, to stop the execution for another wee A k t „the present being Passion Week, but this was also refused. twenty minutes past eight o'clock the bolt was drawn, and the murderer justly suffered the list penalties of the Jaw. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY CAPTAIN CHAMIER. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., 13 ASSION AND PRINCIPLE. Edited by Capt. 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Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of lice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap. plication. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book seller, 167, New Bond-street. THE WEATHER.—NooN, Martcri 23. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 39 Highest 44 I Lowest 29 Barometer 31.04.—Wind N.—Freezing Point 22 Peg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 0 minutes after 0. Evening 12 minutes after 0. „ 4 D ot ff AI Ap 4 -.41 4 ' 'tir 0 4 , 0-. „ „ zdtk , m 0 . 2 re tizhe ,§allt. LONDON THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1842. We announce with great satisfaction that the corn k'3eping-out Bill was yesterday postponed till after Easter, and that the Resolution imposing an income tax did not receive the assent of the Committee, and is also postponed to the same period. Thanks to the per severance of Mr. COBDEN, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, and their friends, but no thanks, we must say, to the bulk Of the Whigs, who prefer their convenience when they expect to be in office, to the present public welfare, Sir ROBERT PEEL, after two divisions on motions to report progress, gave way, and the House resumed without coming to any division on his resolution. The House will now adjourn till after Easter, and if the people be true to themselves the Right Hon. Baronet will never be able to carry that hateful measure. The late hour, quarter past three, when the question was settled, pre vents us now from saying more than this :—Let great hon our be conferred on the two minorities of 87 and 84 which sufficed to defeat and delay Sir ROBERT PEEL. in the sleek skins of the negroes,—though Lord STANLEY, by another measure, means to reduce their wages,—or of diminishing the wealth of a few planters, and therefore the whole people of England must submit to an income tax. Ile cannot, he says, think of allowing the people to eat their bread untaxed ; they must all submit to an income tax, in addition to a bread tax. The sole neces sity for this onerous impost, is Sir ROBERT PEEL'S insolence. He has power in the House of Commons, and he is determined to have his own way. If the nation submit to be:thus cheated, juggled, bribed, and bullied into now bowing their necks to an income tax they will be a bye-word to freemen in all future ages. The Tory journals call the Opposition factious, be cause they have declared that they will delay and thwar Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan to impose an income tax on the country to the utmost of their power. We declare that they are justified in doing that, and they would grossly neglect their duty if they did not embrace every opportunity which the usages of Parliament sanction to defeat the scheme. After seven months' cogi tation, the whole device having all that time keen kept a profound secret, the Right Hon. Baronet comes down to the House of Commons on Friday week and announces, in a time of profound peace, when there are scores of other sources of revenue which could be opened, that he proposes in the plentitude of his vast wisdom to impose the most iniquisitorial and unjust tux on the people that was ever submitted to in a time of great danger, for the paltry purpose of raising, as he says, 3,700,00 CL That plan he proposes to carry at once through Parliament, .without allowing the House of Commons time to consider it in all its bearings, or the people to learn what it is, for only few of the present generation remember the former income tax. If there were no other reason whatever—if the measure were as likely to be beneficial, as it is to be mischievous—his mode of bring ing forward the plan and hurrying it through Parlia ment, would warrant his opponents in placing every possible obstacle in his way which the forms of Parlia ment allow. We will not suffer ourselves to be led into a discussion of any qualifications of the tax. We protest in limine against the whole plan. The nation requires relief from taxation, and that restrictions be removed from indus try. Sir R. PEEL'S plan continues restrictions and in creases taxes. We oppose it in toto and on principle, and the Opposition will, we are sure, do the same. This, however, is but a small part of his demerits. He has sought to cheat, as well as drive, the people into his tails. He has coupled the income tax with an alteration of the tariff, and justifies the tax by the relaxations which he affirms he makes in our commercial restrictions, and by the loss they will cause to the revenue. The justification would be inadequate, if true, but it is more cunning than true. On one day he tells the commercial community that the relaxations will extend and enrich trade. On another he tells the agriculturists that they will have no effect on prices. His relaxations in the tariff, when closely examined, are really found to be very trifling, and such as not to afford the shadow of a pretext for an income tax. It is,' we believe, not asserting too much, to say that there is not, at the present time, an assembly in the world in which questions of greater magnitude, or of greater importance to the vital well-being of the human race are discussed, than in the General Court of Pro prietors of East India Stock, periodically convened at their house in Leadenhall-street. Should any of our readers demur at the soundness of this opinion, let them consider the scope and bearing of the topic s brought under the consideration of the Court during the interesting debate of yesterday ; and let them also glance at the extent of that empire which has been com mitted to the charge of the East India Company. We are sorry, however, to perceive so strong a reluct ance on the part of some influential Members of the Court of Proprietors to allow the free discussion of ques tions which not only concern the welfare of millions of our Asiatic fellow-subjects, but the prosperity of this country, which is intimately connected with the good government of India. The India House is the proper and legitimate place for the discussion of all questions connected with the condition, government, and prospects of India ; and we believe there are men in that House fully competent to give the public the most valuable information on all these subjects. No hin drance, therefore, should be thrown in their way. Any system of barking in Leadenhall-street will only lead to the taking up of Indian questions out of doors, and when this is done, in consequence of the arbitrary measures of the Directors, and their obsequious friends in waiting, they may be sure that the continuance of their power will be ofshort duration, and that their monopoly of domination will be brought to a speedy end. From the debate of yesterday we perceive, that several matters of high importance are likely to be brought under dis cussion very soon. We shall feel it our duty to watch these discussions with the attention they demand, and shall be happy to find that the Directors profit by the wholesome advice which they yesterday had tendered to them. It is too late in the day for them to attempt to strangle free discussion, or to conceal the acts of their servants. Between the tariff and an income tax there is no con nexion whatever. If the removal of the prohibitions is to be of the least use they must add to the revenue. The only important deduction made from the revenue by the alterations of the tariff comes from the timber duties. Sir It. PEEL'S mode of dealing with which has been justly called a wanton sacrifice of revenue. No class of the community asked him for that particular change. lle might by a judicious alteration of the discriminating timber duties have increased the revenue and promoted trade But. i .according to his policy, the whole of the commu nity is to be tortured with an income tax for behoof of the Canadas. We are all to be placed under its harrow, that the lumberers of Canada may go on gambling and drinking, and a few ship masters in England find em ployment for worn-out ships. Common sense revolts against such a conclusion, and all calculations of political arithmetic justify the assertion, that it would be more rational and equitable to destroy the timber trade with Canada altogether, by the abolition of all discrimi nating duties and levying a tax of 255. or 30s. a load on all timber, than that the people should be worried by un income tax. The Tory farmers and lairds of the north must feel sorely mortified by their present forlorn and helpless condition. For the last eight years they have spared neither money nor labour to,,return a majority of Con servatives. to Parliament, ill order to bring into office Sir ROBERT PEEL, his Grace of BUCKINGHAM, the "farm ers' friend," and that able financier, 'Mr. GOULBUNN. Their purpose was accomplished, though not by majorities from Scotland ; and what is the result? The whole sys tem of taxation is changed. An income tax is to be im posed without their consent, and almost without their knowledge, and many of the customs' duties 'so al tered as to injure them materially, without benefiting the trade and manufactures of the country. To do the great body of the electors justice, however, they did not look upon a PEEL Cabinet with the same complacency as these purblind Tories.' They preferred the ills they knew to those that another system might produce ; they returned a majority in favour of the extensive measures of commercial reform proposed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and the result has only made ma nifest their judgment and foresight. The new scheme will work most injuriously for Scotland. Since the use of steam-boats has become so common, a large coasting trade has been carried on in cattle, sheep, fish, and other productions of the country for the London market, as well as the interior. The permission, according to the new tariff, to import live cattle at a moderate rate of duty, and fish duty free, will of course raise a gene ral outcry all along the eastern coast of Scotland, and the excitement will not ; at all be lessened by the determination of the Tory Premier to im pose an income tax on the parties, who will thus be the greatest sufferers. When the proposed changes are fairly understood, Scotland, almost to a man, will be' opposed to them, and we need not wonder, therefore, that such eagerness has been displayed to make the measure irrevocable before the sense of the country can be ascertained. Even the Tory landlords will soon find that they have made a bad bargain in exchanging Lord JOHN RUSSELL for Sir ROBERT PEEL. With a fixed duty on grain, a great reduction in sugar, coffee, and other Colonial produce, and a judicious alte ration in the timber duties, they would still have suc cessfully competed with the growers of foreign corn, while an impulse would have; been given to our manu factures, and the demands for agricultural produce in the home market been greatly increased. Have they any such prospects from the new tax and the new tariff ? We wish them joy, of their bargain, The statement made by Lord STANLEY in the Houseo of Commons on Tuesday night respecting the condition of the Negroes in our West Indian Colonies will gladden the hearts of the friends of emancipation throughout the world. The question of the moral inferiority of the Negro race is for 'ever set at rest by the gratifying facts which the Noble Lord communicated to the House on the high authorityof the Governors ofJamaica andDemerara. In the year 1840, the Governor of Jamaica, Sir CHARLES METCALFE, reported the condition of the coloured popu lation of that island to be most gratifying. They en joyed not only the necessaries, but most of the comforts of life ; they were well clothed ; sent their children to the best schools ; NNere in a condition to sub scribe for the building of churches and chapels were regular in their attendance at places of Divine worship ; and were free from crime. All this is exceedingly gratifying, and the only drawback upon the leasure with which we record it, is, that no such account can be given of the condition of the white la bouring population of England. We rejoice that the Government has made a paradise of the West Indies ; but it would greatly increase our delight were a prospect held out that similar efforts would be made to place the social condition of the whites of England on a level with the blacks of Jamaica. Lord STANLEY'S speech supplies materials for some observa tions which we have not room for to-day, but the sub ject is altogether so important that we shall return to it. We have received a file of Port Nicholson (New Zealand) papers to the 6th of November inclusive. The New Zealand Gazette of the latest date says that the state of the colony is thoroughly sound, and that commerce and agriculture are manifestly increasing. In proportion, as the settlers become acquainted with the climate and the excellence of their position, does the conviction strengthen that their suc cesses from these sources of colonial prosperity will be very great. Port Nicholson is rapidly rising into commercial importance. Whalers were be. ginning to seek supplies there instead of going to Syd ney, and the town otiered a very good market for oil and whalebone. Instead of obtaining supplies of English goods by way of Sydney the Gazette recommends a direct trade between the ports of New Zealand and those of the mother country. The articles most wanted are whaling stores, materials for ship-build ing, exclusive of timber, such as rigging, anchors. cables, and ship-carpenters' tools. New South Wales offers a constant market for the surplus agricultural pro. duce of New South Wales ; and as the voyage between Port Nicholson and Sydney is now made in eight days, it is natural to expect that the trade between them will be very great. Sir B. PEEL, by blending the income tax with the tariff, has cunningly said to the funiture makers, " Be hold, I allow mahogany to come in at a lower duty, therefore, allow me to tax your profits." To all the eaters of meat, " I have removed the prohibition to im port cattle, therefore, let me put my hand into your poc ket, and take sevenpence , out of every sovereign." To the manufacturers, "I have lowered the duties on raw materials, and therefore, I propose t 3 cut three per cent. off your profits." To the working classes he exclaims " I tax property, and leave industry untouched ;" and so he has, by appealing to one class after another, sought to create divided interests in the community, and bribe these several classes, by offering something to the selfishness of each, into an acquiescence in his arrogant scheme. Such a cunning, nefarious, demo ralising, disgocialising contrivance, based on such a pal pable attempt at corruption, ought to be resisted by every honest man to the utmost extent of his means. It is said, however, by the Tories, that it is very wicked and very factious in the Whigs to oppose Sir ROBERT, since our financial difficulties are of their caus ing. We admire the logic which asks the" nation to make a sacrifice of its freedom, because the Whigs, have committed blunders. Suppose the Whigs did commit an error in causing the expenditure to outrun the revenue, is that reason why they should not oppose Sir ROBERT PEEL, who makes these errors an excuse for committing a crime against the liberties of the people ? On the contrary, their present consciousness of former errors is a strong reason why they should assist in arresting, if they can, the more fatal course of Sir R. PEEL. They offer us, to, an alternative. They say, with a small fixed duty on corn, a reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, and an equalization of duties on all timber, a sufficient revenue might be raised for the service of the State. Sir ROBERT PEEL will have none of these ; he will have an income tax, and nothing but an income tax. Of the administration of Captain llonsoN these pa pers speak very unfavourably. We think it better to leave these disputes to be arranged between the New Zealand Company and the .Government. To give one sided complaints against a,govvrnor placed in the difli• cult position of Captain HonsoN in a new colony, would be to , depart from a practice which we endeavour to fol oW in all such cases. It was well observed, by Mr. C. BULLER, last night , in hi s exce ll en t s p eec h o n this question, that nothing but th e most extreme necessity, such as great peril from foreign invasion, can justify the imposition.of this odious and unpopular tax. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S necessity arises only from his oMa exaggeration of the deficiency of the revenue, and his depreciation of the resources of the country., lie will not run the risk of causing a wrinkle By way of New Zealand we have received Sydney papers of the 23d of October. The commercial affairs of Sydney continued in a most deranged state. Several commercial houses had failed, and among them the firm of Goes and Co., for 165,0001. An impression prevailed that the worst was still to come. Goods had been sold by auction at the ruinous loss of fifty. per cent. upon the cost price, and yet then the de mand was inconsiderable, us purchasers were wait ing for still greater sacrifices. To add to the melancholy prospects of the colony, the crops were burnt up for want of rain, and there was. no grass for the sheep. A New Zealand journal says; that some years of prosperity must pass over before NeW South Wales can fully re cover from the distressed condition into which a variety of causes have forced her. We quote the following from one of these papers : We have seen letters from Sydney, by the Matilda, stating that labouring men were being engaged at 10d. a.day, and THE SUV, LON - DON', THURSDAY MORNING, MA.RCIT rations. This is 12/. per annum, and the cost of the rations is about 261. ; together, 381. per annum. Another letter stated. that one employer had engaged ten men for 1701. per annum or 17/. a-year, and rations at 261., making 43/. per annum, Wages are stated to be nearly as low in Port Phillip, Van Dieman's Land, and South Australia. And even at this wretched reward for industry, it is stated to be difficult to get employment in those colonies at the present moment. We believe these rates are the lowest ever known in that part of the world, and i 3 the strongest proof of the un hinged state of affairs in those colonies. It cannot be expect ed that this depression will long endure, and we hope future accounts will describe the labourers lot to be rapidly advancing to that state which the industrious, when they are leaving home, reasonably expected to find on their arrival. There is no political news of interest in the Paris journals of Monday, save what will be found in our Fo reign Summary. We quote here a few extracts from them : It is said that the Prince de Joinville will shortly sail for the Indian and China seas. It is in eontemplation to form two large cemeteries for the capital, outside the continuous wall. We may conclude that the present lice of the octroit, which forms the legal boundary of the city, will be suppresser', and that all the villages which are on this side of the said wall, will be annexed to Pais; this will cause numberless changes in the value of property. The Indicateur, of Bordeaux, states that the number of Spanish refugees belonging to the Christino party, who have taken refuge in Portugal, in consequence of the failure of the October plot, amounts to 3,000. They have been incorporated in the Chartist army, and it is reported, says the Indicateur, that the Spanish Regent has sent several communications to Lisbon to demand the disbanding of the Spanish refugees now in the Portuguese army. It is stated in the Emancipation of Toulouse, that several Spanish refugees of note, who have been residing in that town, have received orders from the Govern ment to remove to a greater distance from the Spanish frontier. The same journal states, that General Breton, ex-Commandant of Tarragona, and the Baron de Meer, ex-Captain-General of Catalonia, have received orders to quit Montauban. The Debuts give a letter from Barcelona stating that the factious bands increase daily in numbers; and cause terror to the inhabitants of the villages.— Galignani's Messenger. A letter from Oran, of the Bth of March, states :—" Abdel- Kader is now wandering about, accompanied by his brother and some slaves. The Emir, from his loss of power, and from his being abandoned by those whom he hAbrought up, has become exceedingly suspicious and distrustful. His former kalifas, Mustapha 13ess Ghamay, and the Kaid of Muscara, no longer come near him, and he often goes ten leagues without his attendants knowing anything of the matter. It is reported that the Governor-General intends marching against We drama. This town would undoubtedly be usetul to ns in keeping clown any attempts that the Emir may make to excite revolt. It is a rich place, and possesses oue of the best-furnished markets in the country. The grabs from the gorges, from Tafna, and from the frontiers fof Morocco repair there once a • week in great numbers, Eto sell their goods. At Mostaganan new submissions have been ree ceived. The communication with the interior are perfectly re established, and for twenty leagues round we live as securely as in France. The weather has become fine, and the health of the troops se good. that the hospitals are nearly without sick. General Bugeaud is expected back in a fortnight. We have received a supply of provisions and stores, which has brought dawn the prices of articles of consumption."—LeConstitutionnel. 1842, Mr. Efpitinstonu gave notice of a motion. after Easter to levy a i probate and legacy duty on real equal to personal property. Sir R. Inglis persists, he said, in his determination to inflict, 1 after Easter, morn churches on us, if he can. The House went into a Committee on Ways and Means, and discussed the income tax for the remainder of the evening. AMERICAN NEWS EXPRESS' FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOQL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. • By =the Oxford, Captain Rathbone, we have NeW York papers three days later than previously received by the 'Garrick. The - Oxford has made the passage in' 'ei ghteen days, and brings eight pas sengers. In . ; consequence of the non-arrival of the caledonia, steam-ship at Halifax, the steamer Unicorn had keen despatched to Boston to bring on the mails and passengers from the United States. She arrived .at Boston on the 27th, and would leave for Halifax on the Ist instant, and on her arrival at Halifax she was to proceed to Liverpool, in case the steamer from Engtand had not arrived. The Acadia, however, would reach Halifax about the 4th, and would no doubt return to Liverpool with the mails. NEW ORLEANS, FEZ 21.. , -:TERUITIC STRAMBOAT EXPLO SION, AND Loss or LIYE.—The steam tow•boat Mohican, Captain Heaton, on Saturday evening last, the 19th Feb. instant, whilst engaged with the tow=boat Star, in,towing the British ship Klward Thorn, (inward bound), across the Bar, burst all her boilers, by which we regret to add, that from twelve to fourteen lives were lost, amongst whom are the twe engineers, two firemen, and three neck hands. Lieutenant linkup, one of the revenue officers at the Balize, was blown from the boat on board of the Star, and was killed on the spot. The mate of the Edward Thorn waskilled by tne explosion, and the Captain is dangerously wounded. The latter, and Captain Heaton, who is likewise badly hurt, were brought to the city yesterday, on board of the Star, and medical aid was immediately procured to render them every possible assistance. Captain Heaton, of the Star (a brother of the commander of the Lilo. hican), did everything in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the.wounded, and with a promptitude worthy of credit, re turned forthwith to the city, with a view of securing immediate remedies for their recovery. The Mohican caught fire immediately after the explosion, and was entirely consumed. The deficiency of water in the boilers is said to have been the origin of this afflicting ac cident. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.—It will be nerceived•by the letter of our Washington Correspondent, that the Supreme Court of the United States has virtually decided, that the law of this State granting to a run-a-way slave the right of trial by Jury, is unconstitutional. From Texas we learn that a meeting had been held at Galveston, and the following resolutions adopted : That in the opinion of this meeting it is expedient for the executive to acquiesce in measures for offensive war against Mexico. That a committee of nine be appointed to corre spond with the executive, and recommend the following mea sures for immediate war :- Ist. That our navy be instructed to molest the commerce of Mexico on the high seas, to ravage the WW 113 and coua try on the coasts. 2.1. That commissions be granted to private armed vessels, under the flag and authority of Texas, to do the same. 3d. That invitation and encouragement be given to volun teers from abroad to come under our flag, and join with an army in the invasion of Mexico. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Marten 2. Very little business was done in the Stock Exchange this morning. New York State Stocks were firm at former rates. Illinois Sixes advanced i t , Indiana Bonds A, Bank of Com merce script 1, and Harlem R. R. ; Delaware and Hudson declined and Indiana Sterling Bonds I t percent. Foreign Exchanges were more active in consequence of the departure to-morrow of the Unicorn from Boston, and the Clyde from this port.. Sterling bills were negotiated at 108 a 108 1-4, Francs. 5.2133-4 a 5.27 1-2 ; bills on Amsterdam at 39 7-8 at 40, Himburgh 35 3-4, and Bremen 76 3-4 77. Treasury Notes are in fair demand at 5-8 a 3-4. Small sales oft ot Ashes were made at 6 dol. 75 c., and the Pearls at 6 dol. 75 c. Cotton is dull ; purchasers being unwilling to operate until further European advices are received. There is no clringe in Flour, and but few sales effected. Genesse is held at 6 dol. 18ic. a 6 dol. 25e., and fancy brands at 6 dol. Slit:. ; Troy 6 dol. 12ic. • Ohio 6 dol. a 6 dol. 12i ; Richmond country 5 dol. 75c. 5 dol. Blic ; Georgetown and Howard-streetB dol.: Brandywine 6 dol. 12ic. ; Rye 4 dol. a 4 dol. 12te ;, And Corn Meal 3 dol. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. .WEDNESDAY. 1,000 Dols. State 5% o f '61 . 1,000 Ditto Illinois sixes, 1870 ... sls ds 19b 4,000 Ditto Indiana Bonds • 20t 21 Shares Phcenix Bank 6B 25 Ditto Delaware and Hudson ,.b 15 ds 87 14 Ditto Mohawk bn w 86 , 50 Ditto Harlem 55 Ditto Boston •and Providence Railroad 150 Ditto Long Island. 25 Ditto New Jersey Railroad 15 Ditto Paterson .b 60 days 48 • SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. 20 Shares Long Island Railroad 50 Ditto Harlem • Railroad SUYMARY OF NEWS AND Vitt)tic eptutott. " Who runs may read." POREIC2Z. Our Paris Contemporaries do not present us with more no • velty in the columns devoted to original articles, than they have had for some days past. The Caurrier Francais replies to the article of the No tional of SaturdaY, on the project of a commercial treaty between. France and England. This Journal does not agree with . the National in representing the commercial tariff of France as : liberal compared with that of England, but on the contrary asserts : that the prohibitions an restrictions of the French tariff of customs are in a degree with which those of the English tariff will bear no comparison. The Courrier also states, as a fact for which it can vouch that Sir R. Peel has urged M. Guizot to sign the 'treaty of Commerce which was drawn up during the administration of M. Thiers, al though in that treaty there is no reduction of the duty upon British iron, whilst, on the side of England, there.is a large re duction on French wines and brandies. It also expresses its belief that, if M. Guizot had consented to reduce the duty upon British Iron, the English Government would have consented to a considerable reduction of the duties upon French silks. Our contemporary censures M. Guizot with great severity, for not availing himself of the spirit of concession manifested by the English Government, and unhesitatingly declares that, up to the present moment, all the blame in connection with this treaty is due to the French Government. • We find the following in the Courrier F rancais :—" M. Cunin-Gridaine has taken a serious view of the difficult posi tion in which the postponement of the sugar question has placed him. It was he who prepared the Bill with the full assent of his colleagues, and in laying it before the Council of Ministers, he thought he Was merely complying with a matter of form. The inconsistency and bad faith which have been attributed to the Cabinet have more particularly applied to him. He consequently gave in his resignation two days ago, and has since resisted all the entreaties of his colleagues to change his determination." We are assured," says th e Paris Globe, " that the Coun cil of Ministers has not come to a final decision to p o stpone the Sugar Bill, and this is confirmed by the non-appearance in the official journals, the Messager a nd Moniteur, of the note sent to to Monileur Parisien as a pilot baloon."' The Observateur Suisse publishes the answer given by the Pope to the communication made by the canton of Lucerne of its constitution of August last. His Holiness says he cannot approve of it entirely, as it contains clauses incompatible with the rights of the ChUrch, but he accepts with grateful feelings the manifestations of respect f or him made b y t he canton, an hopes for new proofs of its piety. According to a letter from Constantinople, 23d ult., in the Leipsick Gazette, the Porte has decided upon sending imme diately an army of 20,000 men into Syria. Royal Assent was given by Comm .ssion to sever a l Bills, The riini,X.alnEn TART% and then the Peers adjourned for the Easter holidays till April 7th. According to a statement made by Mr. Gladstone, in answer to Mr. Hawes, the tariff is still very incorrect, and the Right Hon. Gentleman hopes it may be co rrected durin g the Easter holidays. In reply to Mr. P. M. Stewa rt, Sir It. Peel stated th at h e k new that there was an unusual quan tit y o f timber op hand which had paid duty, that it had been imported in anticip a ti on of an i ncrease of the timber duties, anti that he would snake no drawback or al lowance whatever on account 9f the timber, but he will allow of a song interval before his new duties come into operation. The Right Hon. Baronet postponed further proceedings with the Corn-keeping -out. Bill till after Easter. Dr. Bowring, interesting himself for the Bishop of Jerusalem, extorted from Sir Robert Peel that the Bishop had not been kindly treatcJ. i?UISTAC OPEATIOI. The following is fronTi'heloistinTehronicle :—" The income tax is imposed upon altogether deceptive pretences. The resources of the country are fully equal to any emergency which exists, if they had but fai r play f r om monopoly. Were it otherwise, we might still ask, when ever did the dimi nution of income avert the danger of bankruptcy ? Equally deceptive is the other excuse for the income tax, viz., that it is to operate as a counterpoise to the changes in the import duties. Why, the most important of those changes will be sources of revenue. Absolute prohibitions and prohibitory du ties bring nothing to the coffers of the State. Every instance in which the duty shall be hereafter paid on meat or fish will bring so much gain to the Government, while it cheapens the price to the consumer, and 1. ayes him better able to bear his remaining burdens of taxation. Any reference.to the tariff, in justification of the income tax, is a transparent fallacy. There is no necessity for the income tax whatever. The pre tended occasion for it is a hoax. Its real deign is that of a boon or bribe to the interest which rased the present Ministry into power." The Times observes, in reference to Mr. Webster's despateh to the American Ambassador in London, on the subject of the brig Creole :—" Not Lord Aberdeen or the Crown itself can justify a detention which the law does not justify ; not all the • most sweet voices' of the United States will excuse a British functionary in overstepping that authority with which the law invests him. We have our laws, and we govern by our laws, and it is mere arrogant impudence, mere presuming on English gullibility, to demand of us to govern by any other. 'this, however, Mr. Webster is obliged to demand. We do not doubt that he tee's the difficulty of his task—we believe he is alive to the audacity of requiring that English magistrates should ad.ninister American law on English territory. His tone is not that of a man who thinks himself in the right " The Advertiser observes .—" As Mr. Labouchere cogently stated, if a zeal system of commercial reform were instituted, an income tax would be unnecessary. Why did riot Sir Robert commence with a real system of commercial reform? Instead of, at such a crisis in the national destinies, imposing fresh fetters upon industry, why did he not rather confer upon it all the emlncipation of which it could be in need, by abolition of the corn duties? To propose a scheme of direct taxation, wnile the people were already pressed by an amount of indirect exaction not to he strained further, and taxing the income of industry at the same rate as that accruing from land or realised capital, is in itself a policy of the most suspicious character." The Herald contains a leading article, suggested by Sir C. Napier's naval speech in the Commons last night, in the course of which our Contemporary observes :—" It is certainly asto nishing that the noblest service which any country can boast of should be left, at this time of day to vindicate any fair preten sions which it may possess, whether to the protection of the Legislature or the indulgence of the public. For ourselves, the present disposition of our opinion is, in favour of a naval Lord; because we believe that the true administration of his high office must be greatly governed by a practical intimacy with the details of his department, such as it would be scarcely fair to demand of a mere civilian." The Post cont.:his the following remarks : Sir William Clay would utterly abolish the Corn-laws, in order, as he con ceives, always to secure low-priced food—and, by consequence, (so runs his argument), to sustain the revenue. But it must surely be obvious to the apprehension of most people, that by the abolition of the Corn-laws, the harvests would, so far as the soil of England ,is concerned, be rendered always bad, inas much as the attempt to grow wheat on any but the finest soils would be immediately abandoned. The larger portion of the wheat consumed in England (if wheat might, after the aboli tion of the Corn-laws, be assumed to continue the staple food of the English people) would be brought from abroad ' • but even then the impoverishing effsets of a bad harvest would be felt as much row.'' MONEY—TMEIDE--COMIKETLCE. The mill-owners and manufacturers of Yorkshire, and more particularly those in Mr. Ferrand's own neighbourhood, viz.— Bingley, having been accused of being guilty of the truck system, the latter parties have signed a paper, in which they repudiate the charge or that they pay their workpeopie in any other than the coin of the realm. The introduction of a tax on foreign servants is much re commended at the present moment. The Duke of Sutherland's establishment consists almost entirely of foreign servants. So also, more or less, with the majority of the English nobility. The late Marquis of Hertford seldom or never engaged an English domestic. At Liverpool trade is a trifle better, and a fair business has been done in the cotton market during the past week ; the Yorkshire markets appear to disph: y symptoms of reviving health; the Manchester market, however, shows little improvement. Property in the borough of Stockport has so far decreased, that double houses, which two or three years ago let for 2s. 6d. and 3s. per week, are offered at 7d., clear of all rates, in order to satisfy the chief rent, the tenant being merely required to keep the dwelling in repair. X.ItV., AND POLICE. At the Coventry Assizes, on Monday, David Bevil] was con victed of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Samuel Randle, in the parish of Sow, within the county of this city, on the 27th of September last, and stealing therefrom 80 sove reigns, 8 guineas, 12 crowns, a silk handkerchief, a 'silk purse, and a box. The prisoner having pre% iGusly been con victed of felony, was sentenced to be transported for life. Sophia King, a milliner's apprentice, aged 23, was tried at Cambridge, on Monday, for stealing on the 12th of January, a post-office packet, containing bank notes and securities of the value of 78.5/. The Jury found her guilty, but recom mended her to mercy. Sentence was deferred. _ At the York Assizes Henry Wilson and John Rose were tried fur a burglary, with violence, in the house of an old lady at Brampton-Morthen, on the 17th October. It appeared that they knocked her down twice, and her neck was nearly dislo- cated. Rose was acquitted, and Wilson found Guilty. Sen tence of death was recorded. The trial of Sam Gray, the sub-sheriff of Monaghan, who had been removed by Lord Normanby, came on at the Monaghan Assizes on Thursday last, upon the charge of shooting at James Cunningham, with intent to murder him. 'The jurors were locked up two nights, not being able to agree to a verdict. by consent of Court, therefore, they were on Sal urday mornkg discharged, and the prisoner was sent back to abide his trial at the next assizes. It is staled that eleven of tl.e jury were fur an acquittal. Patrick Hogan, indicted for the wilful murder of Denis Rougharie, wood-raw - Tr, by striking him with a hatchet, was found guilty at the L\enagh Assizes last week of manslaughter. William Andrews, apprentice to Messrs., Bradbury and Evans, printers, of Blackfriars, was on Tuesday re-examined at Bow street, charged with stealing a quantity of Chambers'Elinburgh Journal, and Charles Carter, keeper of a shop in Holywell street, Strand, for receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen. . . The evidence was insufficient to authorize their committal, but they were ordered to be brought up again in a w eek. Richard Jenkins, charged with stealing 3001.'s worth of jewels, from the residence of M. Marsham, of Berkeley square, was brought up for re-examination at Marlborough street on Tuesday, and discharged. SPort...ensm, The fish in the Tweed are very plentiful this season ; and it rarely happens that at so early a period of the year so many clear salmon are taken with the rod. LITERARY AND sciENTrric. At a sale at Sotheby's last Saturday of autographs and manu scripts, a State document, to which was prefixed the signature of " Marye the Queene," sold for 41., and the sign manual of her sister " Elizabeth," a fine specimen, was disposed of for 31. MONEY and COMMEItCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The funds at the latter part of the day evinced a decided im provement, the sales which were made, about 100,0001., having scarcely any effect upon prices even at the time the operations were 'being completed. Consols for money closed at 89 and 89 *, buyers, for the Account.. Exchequer Bills were nut quite so good as in the morning, leasing off at 275. to 295. premium. The great feature in Foreign Stocks to-day was the meeting of the Spanish Bondholders, for the purse of forma'ly ac cepting the Government proposal of capitalizing the overdue coupons, and thereupon to furnish the' groundwork for a yeti tion to the Committee of the Stock Exchange to allow the new Stock thus created a place in the official lista. The room chosen for the occasion was of the dimensions of about 34 feet , by 15, which was all the accommodation provided for the re presentatives of about ninety millions' of money, not one twentieth part of whom could have been present if they would, and a large portion of the space was occupied by parties who are jobbers in the Stocks, but not members of the Stock Ex change. The grand object being to create a new source of speculation, every speaker who appeared to differ from the resolutions was, of course, immediately' put down, and the propositions accordingly carried. Those gentlemen who had experience of Spanish honour and promises were very doubtful as to the extent of the benefit to be derived by creditors from the conversion, though all agreed that it would be advisable to accept the dividend, if; as Captain Bret ten i stated, they could get in which he sincerely hoped they would succeed. If the Stock ExChange permit these things to be quoted, it will be completely stultified when the pro ceedings regarding Greek, Portuguese, and some few other Stocks are cited as examples. Spanish were last quoted at 24ft sellers; Portuguese Five per Cents. 34* 4; the Three per Cents. 20* ; Colombian, 25* 26*; Mexican, 41A 41*. the price of Belgian was 103 104 ; of Brazilian, 70 to 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52* j; the Five per Cents„ 103* to 1033. Birmingham Railway Shares left off at 85 to 87 ; Great Western, ;26 to 27 ; the Half Shares, 13* to 14 premium; South Western, 59 to 60; North Midland, 70 to 72; Brighton, 36 to 36* per share : South Eastern, 22* 21i ; and Eastern Coenties, 13* 124 discount. Some few' papers by the Oxford packet ship, from New York, to the 4th instant, were 'delivered after business hou►s, but which appear to be rather unimportant. Intelligence was received at the North and South American Coffee-house of the arrival of the Philadelphia at Portsmouth, which left New York several days later_ than the . first.named vessel. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The English Funds remain firm, although sales on private account to some extent have taken • place; one broker alone selling upwards of 50,0001. The rate of money has materially altered from yesterday, being now 5 to h per cent. from day to day, and 4to 5 per cent. for longer periods. Co n sols are quoted 89a for immediate transfer, and 89% for the Account. India Bonds 8 to 11, and Exchequer Bills, 29 to 30 premium. The Foreign Market is quite empty, jobbers being engaged at the Spanish meeting. No business has been done. Mex ican is quoted at 401 41i ; Colombian, 25 26; Peruvian, 25a 26 ; Portuguese, 20i ; and Spanish, 244. In Railway Shares, Brighton are quoted at 36 1 / 8 ; Manches ter and Birmingham 28., North Midland 69 to 770; the New Shares, 22/. 13s. 4d. ; Great North of England 87 ; Great Western 91 to 92, with rather more inquiry. In the Discount Market there is a Scarcity of first sort com mercial paper, and accommodation can be procured upon rather easier terms. Among other items of the proposed change in our commer cial policy, the propriety of imposing a duty upon the export of coals, is beginning to be seriously doubted. Those friendly to the measure urge that the tax will in reality be paid by the foreign consumer, whore competition this country has reason to fear, and that by thus vouch enhancing the cost of the production by so much are our own manufactures protected. The oppo _ents, on the contrary, contend that the burden will, in reality, have to be borne by our miners, in consequence of the reduction in price, which must necessarily be made, in order to equalize the increased charge, in point of fact diiiding the amount of duty between the buyer and seller. Each of these parties overlook one very material point s and it is upon this in parti cular, that attention is now being directed, namely, the supply for steam navigation abroad, and the dread of competition foam America. The West India steam boats at present form but the first link of a mighty chain of communication, which if properly fostered, appears likely to work an almost complete revolution in the world generally, and affecting this country in particular. It is intended that a line of packets . shall ply the whole way down the west coast of South America, and although the vessels which were sent out no run upon this station have, unfortunately;bettn lost, the scheme is at present in abeyance ; but as soon as others can be built, the communica tion will be resumed, the Governments of Chili and Peru having given advantages too valuahle to be lightly thrown away. In connexion with these, it is intended to have ether vessels plying between them and New Zealand, and our Australian Colonies, by means of which, when the passage across the isthmus of Panama be opened, the time consumed in a voyage from this country to the most distant of our settlements in the Southern Ocean will not exceed forty-five days. In the im mediate neighbourhood of Port Phillip, large mines of excel lent coal have been discovered. • and which, when the populatinn becomes larger, may be advantageously worked, thus affording a new employment for capital, to be expended in promoting the welfare of the place from which it is to be drawn. No fear exists but the mines already in operation are sufficient for the present supply of the Southern Colonies, where the ap plication of steam power is rapidly increasing, now that a superabundance can be obtained for the purpose of extending comtnercial enterprise. It is feared that the supply for the vessels employed between this kingdom and the eastern coast of America, if impediments be thrown in the way, will be obliged to be drawn from the United States, where, especially in Pennsylvania, the increased yeantity of coal procured will seriously enter into competition ; and hence the doubt, if it be correct, to levy one rate of duty on exports in foreign as well as in British vessels, and without reference to the purpose for which the coal is to be used. Beyond the usual continental snails, there are no foreign arrivals. A vessel from New York is reported to be off Holybrad, but it is doubt.ul if the intel:igence will arrive to-day ; the accounts will be one day later. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MA•RCII 22. —There was a good demand to-day for Eastern Counties' Stock, but very little inquiry for other descriptions. The prices were :—Eastern Counties, 91. Bs. 6d., and the debentures 91.. S. 2d., both ex dividend, the new debentures 1/. 183. 6d. premium ; Manches ter and Leeds Quarter Shares, 41. 4s. 2d. to 41. ss. ; Grand Junction, 176, and the Halves, t37P LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 42.—Was very quiet, with a bare inquiry far all descriptions; prices, however, were unvaried. About :3,000 bales were sold, including 300 American for expoit;2oo Surats at to 4a; 30 Bahia, 7d. ; 50 Egyptian, 7d. to 71d; and 1,720 American, at 40. to 7d. MANCHESTER STOCK EACHA NOE, MARCH 22.—We cannot report any improvement in our market. Our transac tions are confined to the following:—Liverpool and Manches-' ters, 176; South Westerns, 59k; Manchester and Leeds Old Shares, 804.81, cum. div. ; Ditto Quarters, 4i, corn. div. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Bank Stock 3 per Cent Red. 3 per Cent Cens B9a 9 per Cent Red.. New 36 per Cent New 5 per Cent.. 996 I Ditto 5001.... 27 pm Long Annuities Zoexpire Ditto Small 27 pm Jan. 1860 :Bank Stock for Acct...24o* Oct IKi9. ........ 'lndi a St oc k fo r A cc t.... Jan. 1860. .... 12 7-16 Consols for Acct B9* FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. iDitto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. !Russian, 5 per cent...„, Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent., 24* Ditto, Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —l. —e. Exchange French, 3 per cent — . —e Dutch, 26 per cent. 526 Ditto, 5 per cent. . 1036 Austrian, 5 pa - , cent Belgian, 5 pei cent Brazilian Bonds. . Buenos Ayres 6 per coy Chilian, 6 pet cent — Colombian, Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Ditto, 1824—, Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent-- 41 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Peruvian, 1825, fi per ct. SHARES:. Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) .... Ditto Debentures ( paid) .... ........ —lll 6s 8d Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 87 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 92 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . .. 63A Ditto Fifth__(4 paid) 'hton (50 nnm‘ London and 13iighton'(50 paid) , :;6 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 13% Manchester and Leeds (70 pa►d) ...... ... .. 82 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds ( paid) CALAMITOUS EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER-SIXTEEN LIVES LOST. (From the Glasgow Courier, - of 'Tuesday.) — The readers of our paper are aware that a fine fast sailing steamer, named the Telegraph, was lately bath for .the river trade for the purpose of competing with the railway. She has been plying f..r some .time back, and being on the high pressure principle,_ has beat the swiftest steamers in the passage to Greenock. Yester day, about half-past twelve o'clock, the people on the steam boat quay, Greenock, heard a report as if a battery of cannon had been discharged at Helensburgli (a distance of four miles). A smoke was seen to arise, and tele scopes being procured, the explosion of the Telegraph was immediately discovered. Two of the tug steamers lying at Greenock quay, got the steam up, and sailed for Helensburgh, to render whatever assistance they could. On arriving at Helensburgh they found that the Telegraph's boiler had exploded, and that the hull of the vessel was a total wreck, and literally floating away in pieces. At the time our informant left it had been ascertained that thirteen had been killed outright, but as strangers were on board, it was impos sible to arrive at a true statement of the casualties. A number of individuals were seriously wounded, some of whom are not expected to recover, and among the latter we are sorry to say is Captain Eving, late of the Kilmun steamer. who was just alive when our despatches v ere sent off.; It appears that the passengers for Helensburgh had all landed, and that the boat was about to proceed on. her passage up the Gairloch when ,the explosion took place. Something connected with the management of the valves is supposed to have caused the accident. W e have heard that four of the dead belong to Glasgow, and formed part of a company of eight painters, who hitd gone down to paint the Precursor steamer, at present lying in the Gairloch. Mr. Hedderwick, of the late firm of Hedderwick and Ranken, shipbuilders, is dead. Since the above was put in type, an acquaintance h as furnished us with a few additional particulars in rela tion to this most appalling catastrophe. It is im possible adequately to describe the scene at the moment the explosion occurred. The vessel itself burst like a bomb shell, and momentarily became a total wreck—So much so, that not a single part of the Vessel remained to gether afloat. In every direction could be observed, scat tered about, the mutilated limbs of the unfortunate pas sengers, and the water was literally tinged with their blood. The boiler in the explosion was blown com phtely ashore, so as to convey to the spectator the idea of the disappearance of the steamer altogether. When our informant left, he saw fifteen bodies iu the Tontine Hotel, Helensburgh, which he recognised. Two of the painters' bodies had not been recovered. At half• past four, th_l steamer Royal Tar sailed from . Helensburgh with a number of the wounded on board. Of these six were landed at Greenock, where the Provost bad a num ber of biers ready to remove the sufferers that arrived to the infirmary. Two of the painters mentioned above, who were not so severely wounded as the rest, proceeded to Glasgow in the steamer, as well as a lady and gentle man, who we re slightly wounded while standing upon Helensb urg h Quay, witnessing the departure of the e le graph. fright-(From the Second Edition of the Glasgow Chronicle.) This, we regret to say, has been one of th e mo st —. • - ful catastrophes - wo-hare ever been called upon to record , The vessel. itself, wo learn, •is literally shivered into spars, and the force of the explosion was so tremendous. that the engine was blown to a distance of twenty yar4. l . The dead bodies present a shocking spectacle, one ei them being completely decapitated, and others so dread fully bruised and burned, that they hardly present one • vestige of humanity. The list of the killed and wounded, so far as can yet be ascertained, is as follows :•-•-• Killed—Captain Ewing, of the Telegraph ; W. Ban - Killed—Captain engineer of ditto ; Mr.. Hedderwick,, of the firm of Hedderwick and Rankine ; M rs. Dow, a Greenock ; Miss Keith, sister to Mrs. D° l/ ; • John M , Diarmid, pilot ; M‘Nair .Robert: t N e l r ' , Au G sl o rt y n a , n or , poeftetrhemctrint;ocßkobaturdt Cadenhead, carpen painters—bodies not found ; Daniel TShirchaiisr, A.fireteeell; a pilot, name unknown ; two men, supposed be taik?rs —names not known ; James Johnston, late of the IV terloo House, Greenock ; another man, i:aine not knoo!. Wounded—Mrs. Keith, Greenock, much hurt, ku l l able to walk, mother of the two ladi es killed Jo'L M'Neil, bruised ; Richard Anderson, foreman !v; Hedderwick and Rankine, dangerously .woundect,ss James Stenhouse, carpenter, severely wounded ; , M'Kellor, Greenock, hurt, but not denge'us Charles M'Quarrey, painter, badly wounded ; Leek, do., leg broke in two places, a nd utherS` t i i ;• hurt ; Dug . akr Cameron, deck hand, slightly Iv se o" 8 ,1 ) . Duncan Kennedy, do. ; Lauchlan Cameron, lte, wounded. This list, although not altoget her comp contains nearly the whole of the casualties. • ELECTION COMMI TEE s • GREAT MARLOW. The Commit tee met again yesterday morning a t elec t c h l e ' Fa rt The proceedings commenced by an application 10 1 1 0 . 0 s of Mr. Sergeant Merewether, to be allowed to T i g . , jailor statement which he had made on the preceding eve l !,!" ot dial° diately before the rising of the Committee, to the el! vote of a did not intend to proceed with his objection to C o unsel 'gait ! supporter of the sitting Member. The Learned solo ty be that he bad been induced to make that statef 2eut ' g i s ter.. cause he had been misled by an incorrect copy th L l i e ttee i tt/. After some oiscussion among Counsel, the Lm-n-voiht be mediately decided that the objection to the r°, te , r h ,t, the • °C 7 again proceeded with. It was accordingly agreed the jection should be taken on a future day. to b) . - The vote of Edward Newell was then objected t ote,' Counsel for the petitioners, cn the ground of Wa nt ° tion and non-payment of rates.'to pe es! . The vote was not decidedon at the hour of our go- „aro' John Smith, one of the ove rsee r s o f th e parish, . I S - e 70 0 : 1° , duced a printed copy of the list of objections, bi r l A issi. lls ,, - objected to its production, on the g rou nd that the v".-o.bee should be produced, or that it should be proved to hi e . • tha i destroyed. j e Jed' After a long argument among Counsel, it was - -el • the duplicate copy was then re sufficient. ote John Smith was called, and stated that the 0 velar discussion before the Committee, had been objected t he cou l the Revising Barrister, but that he had decided that slily. to not entertain the objection in consequence of an infut ' serving it. cou' d a b CocKuun o w contended that the Committee d t iv3 not enter into the objection, for the same reason ; r i s ing, of guments upon this point were not concluded at the the Committee. • Colritle—raglizoAtaxix..ll. The Duke of I3eaufort has returned to Badminton, from Beaufort House. The Marquis of Hertford has arrived at Dorchester House, from Bagley Hall. The 11!arquis of Londonderry returned to Holderaesse House on Monday, from Newport, Lie of Wight. Lord and Lady Seymour are expected home from Italy this week. The Countess of Munster and her daughters removed on Monday to Albemarle-street. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton leave Belgrave-square to day, to pass the Easter recess at Oatlands. rvcrs ZOUS. Burials in churches have in former times occasioned exten sive epidemics. Haller states that a church was infected by the exhalations of a tingle body, twelve years after burial, and this corps occasioned a very dangerous disease in a whole con vent. Raulien relates that the opening of another occasioned a dreadful epidemic in the plain of Armagnac. On March 22, in 14119, Kotzebue was assassinated; it is also the anniversary of the death of Weber in 1829. The gardens belonging to Chelsea Hospital wia be opened to the public on Sunday next for the season. M. Cherubini's funeral took place on Saturday, at Paris, in the church of Saint Roch. His own requiem, composed by himself for his funeral, was finely performed. On passing along the Boulevards, the band of the 2d legion of the National Guards executed from time to time funeral symphonies, and, amongst others, that composed by the deceased, in 1824, for the funeral of Louis XVIII. • A meeting of the Young Mcn's Anti-Monopoly Association was held on Monday evening, at the Political Institute, 55, Old Bailey, and resolutions against the income tax passed. CGuRT CIRCULAR. WANDSOII, WEDNESDLY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning on the Terrace of the Castle and in the Slopes. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out in the Home Park. His Royal Highness, Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, afterwards rode out on horseback, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage airing. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaeton and four, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish, Viscount Ha warden, and Sir Fred. Stovin, in other carriages; and by Colonel Buckley and Sir Edward Bowater on horseback. Major General Wemyas, Colonel Arbuthnot (72d Highlanders), and Colonel Bouverie, will have the honor ofjpining the Royal Din. ner Circle at the Castle this evening. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards and her Ma jesty's private Band will be in attendance. Her Royal Highness the Ducheis of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Kent also visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Mr. Allan Gilmour, Mr. James Mitchell, and Mr. Robert Rodger, a Deputation from the Shipowners' Society and British American and West Indian Associations of Glasgow, accompanied by Mr. James Oswald, M.P., and Mr. Johnston, M.P., had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing. street. A Deputation from Belfast, consisting of Messrs. Pirrie, Sin. clair, and Gillies, tl'om Limerick; of Mr F. W. Russell, with Messrs. Allan and Anderson, Bell, Brothers, and Jones, Brothers, merchants in London, accompanied by Mr. Emrnerson Tennent, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Christmas, Mr. Reid, Mr. Johnstone, and other Irish Members of Parliament, had an in. terview yesterday, with the Earl of Ripon, at the office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Irish provision trade. The Postmaster General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing_ street. The Cbuntess Munster continues In a very distressed state. Her Ladyship's brother, arrived in town on Tuesday night. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Sussex, sent yesterday to make inquiry as to the state of her Ladyship, and of Lord Adolphus Fitaclarence. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge visited his Lordship. yesterday at his residence in St. James's Palace. Among the No bility and Gentry who paid visits of condolence yesterday, were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duchess of Inverness, his Ex cellency Baron Brunow, the Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Winchester, Marquis of Ailcsbury, Marquis of Thomond, the Earl Delawarr, Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Westmorland, Earl and Countess of Cadogan, Earl and Countess of Tankerville. Lord Me thuen• Lord Bloomfield, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord W. Paget, Lord Templetown, Lord Norreys, Lord S. Osborn, Lord Cantaloupe, Lord William Lennox, Lord Beaumont, Right Hon. S. Byng, Sir Robert and Lady Otway, Sir W. Fremantle, Sir S. Higgins, Sir A. Murray, Sir J. Burgoyne, Lord Walpole, Sir Fleetwood Pullen, Sir R. Gardner, Hon. Mr. Bagot, }lon. Captain Duncombe, Ge neral Grosvenor, Colonels Kcate, Drummond, Scott, and Broad head, Captains Fremantle, Macdonald, Wood, and Villiers, Messrs. Codringtonf, Conyers, Ireland, Blackburne, Wombwell, and D. Raikes. ------- Lord Frederick Fitzclarence arrived in town last night. The Ostend papers state that it has been found quite impassib!e to get the City of Edinburgh afloat; that the engines and s nne other parts will be taken out of the hull, and that the vessel will then be sold by auction and broken u WEYMO JUTH. The vote of John Bolt was objected to by the s. ti h n o e bers, on the ground that he had removed from th e P, re ; which he registered before the election, having lef t t '„„ bei°' mites en the 29th of October, 1840. The object'. proved the vote was struck off. O P ; The vote of Leman Cohen was next objected to, 0 . b c ro w . ' It could not be proved whether, as stated, Cohen was a , vitd e , and the Committee, finding that this objection was fore the, revising barrister, retained the vote. : ~ted Edward White, a petitioner's voter, was next obf e ,: i bro;, He. was a journeyman tailor. He ve.is Objected to , J rlo, o , been improperly admitted by the revising barrister ,l ? , having parted with his qualification before the eleetiootepis other objection was, that his mother; not he,- was tbe, The vote was struck out. fot 0 The petitioners now objected to John Meade, a cet c s r oci' li o sitting Member. The objection was personation, je s .sit that Mr. Meade represented, at the poll, his fatber;. # l l,l Meade, whom some infirmity had disqualified fromfe t f g ; rof his title was good. The father and son, however,.,* 6 o, to remain on the register, though they had been elle 4 on a different ground of disqualification. It appeared, however, on a more critical exaull ", the name of the son was expunged, while that of tb e f John Aleade, was retained. • tice ° J. nose, a post-office clerk, said he had served 1 0 , , o e .0 1 jection to both gentlemen, who lived in the same " L c Aro , could not say which of then, had a right to vote, se l ie to both, in order to have the matter set right before %_ ieff 1° . ;) ing Barrister, as witness was 'very anxious that t a iibtv . should enjoy his franchise if he had a right to it-4 r oioll' l He did not know that Sir John Me a d e was out a big then t be It was proved that John SpenCer Meade did vo te 1 00 of John Meade. The omission of the name SPell e f h t e el' e v marked at the time, but no mite o f it was taken by `" rd ei book-keeper on the Liberal side, Mr. Tasker, the P r 0 . sir pointed out the matter. Mr. - Tasker added, that he nothing for his services. 1 $4ll Mr. TALe vrThen you are an ill-used ma", a ~r o i you'to come over tethe other side.—( Laughter.) oc ur Mr. TA LiioT contended . that Mr. Meade was tba • f a ct '" c t the house, the father bein. thowner, and that i 0 John Meade was not on the list , , but John Meade, . 1 a vf , ''' o f the former had been for few years before in a lunatic 'ease The Committee struck off the vote, consid erin g I to, personation. obi eele William Fowler, a sitting hlernber's vote, was OC1 tis° on the ground that while the real owner of the (1 10 :,Jf e was dead and buried, a namesake came to the r to sonated him. W ree r° The Committee adjourned, leaving the ease morrow (this day). tlit The Committee met to- W da i v G-A-1---L -- at the usual. I"' I t e S' re , r f, , Chair. The arguments in the case of John Kirby, ‘`; ll ,,, ° ,..!r e s c ‘:` ec t e rb, objected to by Mr. Austin on behalf of the peti t `%.e 1 sullied this morning ; the grounds of objectioP t to voter had ceased to occupy the p r emi ses in resre — ft; had registered. t hat tLeith The Committee were unanimous in deciding „ u eic could not be sustained, and it sh ou ld th er efore be 5' Aft Horsman was obj ec t e d t o by the petit i6lle tb t on the same grounds. had, Joseph Hurst, an excise office r , d e p os ed that be et o t Ist of January : 1841, taken th e h ouse , in rel e n o f i t „t, Horsman voted, and that h e con ti nue d i n occupt!'ii • Horsman ceased to occupy it, an d rem oved au ""- before the 19th of January, 1841. o f , After the examination of several other witnesseh.stro4 f tb t The Committee resolved that the vote should P e o l alf, t ,, Q John Hayes objected to by M r . HILDYAIIO rean' 7- o pr sitting Members was struck off the poll on similar g pet it Richard Peck was objected to by Counselfor the. and struck off. the Mr. HILDYAItrI having stated th a t the decisi on 0.0 th° mittee placed the sitting M em b ers i n a maioritY,.4 oitb ci that the Petitioners' Coun se l s h ou ld aga in pr° cee to t ' objections. Al • 0' I ,* et' ; 0 • fores The vote of Matthew Lowe was accOrdinglY • .. • i"r. Slar'e, on the same grounds upon which tbf blooper' votes were disposed of.—Struck off. ie rin ° The vote of Peter Donning , objected to by t he • it, Ccunsel, was struck off. wr 0 11 James Workman's vote was objected to by 0 1.?* 0 00,e) behalf of the sitting Members, on the ground r e s a stl" The objection was fully sustained and the vnte. /1 the poll. tist sfk' The vote of Ralph Unsworth, k ee p e r of a pub 1 a • the Clockface, in Wigan, was o bj ec t e d to by V e ', behalf of the sitt!ng Members. ' it/ e(°'3,l The vote was struck off the poll. fo sjor. ( 109' This de ion places the sitting members in I (t 1315 The Committee then adjourned till to-morrovi 11 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGE N T o, MANCESTER BETTING,' ) ,•:9 t ; 1 1, P 0 1 CHESTER Cur.-9 to 1 a gst L a nercost Vulcan (t)-11 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorne PI Marshal Soult—l4 to 1 agst Rory ~0. 3 10 re i :,.-1 0 /% 11 4$ Squire-18 to 1 agst Cormorant ( taken freely),id( liellona-20 to l.a gs t J o lly T ar -22 to 1 agst 5t...50)° agst Cruiskeen-30 to 1 agst The Maid (t) a 0 1 0 Johnny. t a n olk,' 01 e t tl l DERBY. —7 to 1 apt Attila-16 to 1 agst 20 to 1 agst Chatham,-25 to 1. agst acr e peti t ? The Lord of. Holderness (t)-30 t o 1 agst 1 1 agst Dirce c (t)-50 to I agst Joanna e (t)- 5 u oAxs.-12 to 1 ags. Sister to York sh're Ls the Amima f-7 to 1 agst M r . Th o rnhill'S O f " ' 114 MONEY MARKET and .L 1 T- y, 'P A b; c 4 FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF : " E 0 - t$P , - TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris isa u P oe for b s ,o s j at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. It*l. per ° , ha ro v t bstg ° , gold, gives an exchange of 25 31, an d * fo lfool a t' Paris on London at short being 25 57t,-,, 4 54 'di is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in part ig By advices from Harnburph the price et,. 19 0 0 mark, which, at the English Mint price of 5' f 13 0, pis) ounce, for standard gold, gives an exchange u,_4, 2 g t ho exchange at Hamburgh on London at short a l o w 1( 0 follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer i .0 1 Ilamburgh. Lon i o n o' The course of exchange at New . • e e e per cent., and the par of exchange be!' than e 0 , York nn P3g America being 109 23-40 per cent.; it f°! l . "Dut change is 1.57 per cent. against Englatin.,.. da ys exchange at New York being for bills at !.?!:„ . . e ,,,cc• interest must be deducted from the above cnn; itiitt tt THE MARKETS.—(YE S de l i , ra CORN EXCH AN GE, _ e beo 5 1 d The arrivals of Grain since Monday ha' Barley ye The Wheat trade firm at Monday's Prr,.. d a ing• were held at Monday's rates, .but with rm trade meet; with no improvement. 01 11' CO L O NIAL MARIE 00, tain T ehde full dem rates s w fo a r s lderswere 00, g nearly all articles. o eb00,),,,,f,, , TEA Company's Con out Is. 104 d. per F T. • se ed exceeding The demand heavinessc on t i ; n u s c e a s r c d e u l l y l , o a n n e d ib half c p ah u s 1: 11 :: w e e s . t with bed' TALLOW 111Ani , - limited, and 47b. 9d ' was 6neThßeutsrsaiann3aoenticithnes were limited , l A I IC ET. Le last;tnarKet-uaY, COAL Ships arrived since . .• 1 s. d. ~...berton ..%,.',O Anair's ~,, .0.0 •'I dell, 140bS011 k Co. Malley 15 (I Walls En d 14. cw. 'elf '''''' ... ) 1 Cart's Ilaitley ...., 1, aestor Main . ........... .... 16 6 Walls End ttattlelo":...„ 0 it . /loin; ell Main • d ...IW o. I d New Tardield Moor . ...... II 6 Wall- Et, -c } ~„...... f Wylam .. _ , r., ....... . ), Walls End .:osfo th lB 9, Walls Et d Howl'un ...,.0 0 ' le f Walls End HeAtott lB t Walls End Coundo,_d ~ ... 0. l e Walls End Hedley l4 6 VValls Et d Evenevcio,li.,o , Walls End Perkins ....... ..., 16 d i Walls. St. I , l i .Teei , li Walls End %Vharnetitte ......,0 L WE. fnaddyll's Hatton ...... ,7 Walls End 11.1weli. ... ..:1 o El,iear... .................. a. it Walls End Hetton , jl 3 1-I,;tv,„,rti t I.44:sher , .......... Walls End Lambton On the 18 th inst. , at York-11ace, 1 0 DIED. Mr i ' Yarrow, aged 78. ra il, 1 • the. On the 31st ult , in Georg e Town, Dem erara, AlTauren Smith. M.D. B r orartoo , On the 12th inst ~ at Portland-pla,J Agnes Il l' of G. Clerk Arbuthnot, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MURIA ) St n 91 1. No. 1l", Strand, at e SION ()like, No. 1120 ",:/ Vi , the County of 'Middl es ex, Thursday, M ar ch 24 le", T hel AR 6tit at k ern Afte r' Fa r fOre Th, l td fi Al ec , Sher i 4 Per Thi • riv it tht \ V .l