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To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the celebrated Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, I Mdlle Marie Taglioni, and Dime. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. QT. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. MAD r,LE. CHARTON'S BENEFIT. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with L'IMAGE. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE LA COURONNE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis- Sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • .. .. .. ss. Od. Pit• • .. .. ~ .. 33. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAR&LL Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TILE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard, Mr. C. Kean; Folds, Mrs. C. Kean. After which THE WONDER. Don Fells, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Tiolante, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN T E N ANC E . THEATRE ROYAL. ADELP.III. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. T HIS EVENIN(,, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. MKnyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chitlins, Mrs. . Matthews, and Miss Turner. r.OYAL LYCEUM TEIEATKE. Under the 31anagemott of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charleg Ma•he 7 2. THIS EVENING Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs Harley, C. Mathews, Homier; Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall. To be followed by COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters Messrs. Selby, C. Mathews, R. Roxby, F. Matthews, Granby, Par. selle, Miss Howard, and Miss Marshall. To conclude with a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. Dress isoxe, Os. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Uatiery, Is. No kalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-otlice, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public every day, trom Ten till Sta. PRINCESS'S THEATV.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, • Will be performed the Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLUSE. Count Adelmar, 31r. Charles Braham; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Horn testi° ; Frantz, Herr Mengis ; Matilda. Mrs. Weiss; Leollne, Miss Poole. _ . _ After which, M. KLAI will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity am" Elegance on Le Globe Roulanr. Te conclude with a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD. FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey. C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, bliss Reaworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. ASTLEt'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The greatest triumph ever witnessed within the walls of the Am phitheatre has been achieved by the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernandez, whose unparalleled feats have nightly called teeth eKpressions of wonder amounting to enthusiasm, and gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which Young Hernandez will appear, supporte:l by the Arst Equestrian talent of the day. After which the double Tight-ropes. To conclude with a favourite MELODRAMA. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager , Mr. W. We:t. •1 THE WEATEER.—SUN OFFICE, MAncn.2o. Theamo3rETEß, Lowest, 38; Highest, 49; Noon, 43. BAROMETER., 30.23. WIND N.E..—Morninz, hazy ; Afternoon, fine. lA. tl WATER AT LONDON rittLIPIK. THU DAT —Morning, 3f min. after 10 i Eventna, 14 min. after 11 To-Nfoaaow—Morning, 0 min. after 0 Evening, 1 min. after 12 NW.4 tu / ?,116i..1;,,1,,, 1 7 i,r<F-Zi_fr- ,-- ~c, , v , c 141,-v , ,,, ~,,,* ";7' • -,10' ,-0 ; , 'qi - ois ' eitenttit LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1849. The Secretary of War last night, in submitting the Army Estimates for the ensuing year, entered into a very clear and satisfactory statement respect• ing, the improvements that have been effected of late years in the management of our military establish ments. Much has undoubtedly been done. The situation of the soldier has been materially ame liorated ; his health and morals are now in some degree thought of. He is looked upon as a human being, and the brutalizing and degrading punishment that was so frequently resorted to in former years, if not altogether abolished, is yet very rarely resorted to, and then only for crimes of an infamous and disgraceful character. There has also appeared an inclination to keep down the non-effective branch of the service. Many reductions have already been made, not perhaps to the extent we might have desired, but such changes must be gradually, almost imperceptibly, brought forward. It is by keeping a steady eye to all vacancies, and abolishing all unnecessary expenSee, that economy can ultimately be obtained. The main question to be decided last night related to the numerical force to be employed during the forthcoming year. It was proposed on the part of the Government " that a number of land forces not exceeding 103,254 men (exclusive of the men employed in the territorial possessions of the East India Company), commissioned and noncommissioned officers included, be maintained for the service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist day of April, 1849, to the 31st day of March, 1850." The Right Honourable Secretary stated that it had been the intention of the Government to pro pose a reduction of ]O,OOO men in the numbers en rolled last year. The recent intelligence from India had, however, led to some modifications. When the account of the sanguinary skirmish at Ramnuggur arrived it was deemed prudent to reinforce the Indian army. Three regiments of infantry, amounting to 3,300, were selected for the service, and it was consequently decided that 7,000 men only should be discharged. The subsequent tidings of the still more fatal conflict at Chillian.. wallah rendered an additional force advisable, and two other regiments were placed under orders for India, and the reductions were consequently limited to 5,000 men. So it was stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman ; but from the numbers voted a more considerable diminution would appear-413,847 men were borne on the army estimates last year, while the number demanded by the Government, and even tually carried, amounted to 103,254 only, or 10,494 less than the number voted last year. There was altogether a decrease in the expenditure on the non effective service of 48,0291., and of 330,5291. in the half -pay and non-effective votes, showing in the whole saving of 378,6241. The Ri ght Honourable Gentleman subsequently entered i n t o a comparison between the military ex penditure for the model year 1835 (which M r . COBDEN has selected as the basis of his budget) and the present votes, and there certainly does not appear to be much ground for complaint so far as the army estimates are concerned. A i b is true that there are 30 ; 000 men more in the ser :"WSP erikresent than in 1835. The strength of the j -.717:: :i l l4 s been materially increased, and it • ee , e• ,' g v,is now in e 1 ore efficient condition than it was in the reekiere.,:,el4 „`")." • -ar • but the increase of expenditure is by 107. • proportioned to the increased force. In e gross charge on the army estimates was 4A 1 ' 4 4 5 :7, 821. The gross charge for the army during the ensuing year is 6,142,211/, the difference being only 23 4,0001., for which we have, as already stated, 30,000 additiomal troops. But this is not all: many charges have since 1835 been transferred from other derartments to the army estimates, so that if the same subjects that are now included had then been provided for, the estimates of 1835 would consi derably have exceeded those of 1849. Among the recent charges were some so wholly unobjectionable that we cannot suppose any Englishman could be found to offer an objection thereto. Such as the votes for the erection of military prisons, rendered necessary by the disuse of the horrible " cat;" the votes for education and military libraries ; the good conduct pay, the regimental savings' banks, and, above all, the allowance to mar ried soldiers, to avoid the demoralization atten dant on a number of married and single men herding together in the same sleeping-room--an act necessarily destructive of the modesty and feelings of self-respect in the wives of the soldiers, feelings that should be fostered and cherished to the utmost degree. The most rigid economist, we say, cannot object to such charges, which amount in the whole to 253,0001., that has been imposed since 1835, so that in fact our army estimates for the present year are actually lower by no less than 19,0001. than in 1835, although we have 30,000 troops in addition. Much improvement has also taken place in sanitary matters, by which the general mortality of the troops has been materially lessened, with some few unfortunate exceptions. The most satisfactory part of the statement, however, was that in which the Right Hon. Gentleman bore his testimony to the good conduct of the troops since the practical abolition of corporal punishment. It shows how frivolous were the objections of the martinets who asserted that discipline could not be maintained unless the lash were freely resorted to, who looked upon the British soldier as of an inferior class, who could only be controlled by such brutalizing punishment. It confirms the views of the conqueror of Sinde, the hero of Meeanee 'and Hyderabad, the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces in India, who did justice to the characters of his gallant asso ciates, and contended that they were not less re spectable in character or conduct than the soldiers of other nations—that they might be treated as men open to more gentle influences. The honourable Member for Montrose moved as an amendment that a further reduction of 14,000 men should be effected, leaving only 89,254 for the service during the ensuing year. The amendment was however rejected by a majority of 142, the numbers being for the original proposition 182, for the amendment 40. Several votes on account were sub• sequently taken, which do not call for particular notice. Parliament had reason yesterday evening to thank the Earl of EGLINTON for provoking a discussion by no means characterised, to say the very least of it, by its decency. It has been the fortune of the Noble Lord—the good or ill fortune, just as he may happen to consider it—to figure before the public, on one or two prior occasions, in rather ridiculous attitudes. But he certainly never contrived to render himself mere supremely ludicrous than last night, when he demanded a return showing the nature of the medical treatment received by the Polish refugees dur ing the year ending on the 28th of March, 1849. By a lamentable self-forgetfulness, Lord STANLEY allowed himself to be decoyed into a participation in this invidious and melan choly attack upon the unfortunate. Aware that the benevolen"e of the nation cannot be diverted from the right channel by arguments of a candid or rational character, the opponents of the grants of as sistance to the miserable exiles from Poland are now actually endeavouring to drive the countrymen of so many heroes to destitution by aspersions more suited to the lips of porters and fishfags than to those of the hereditary aristocrats of England. Scarcely a decade has elapsed since the population of these islands was amused with the pompous eccen tricities upon which Lord EGLINTON squandered so many thousand pounds sterling—we mean of course the ever-memorable Tournament. How many " starv ing agriculturists" (upon whose hypothetical wants the Noble Lord last evening dilated with such im passioned eloquence) might have been supported by 'the moneys lavished upon that extravagant exhibition —is a question which we shall not trouble ourselves to estimate even at a conjecture. But it assuredly does strike us as rather out of the limits of good taste for any man who had rendered himself notorious by an act of such absurd and profligate expenditure to quarrel with the Government because a few I hundred pounds are devoted annually to the suste nance of an ill-doomed race, driven to our shores by no fault of their cwn, but by the ruthless cruelties of despotism. Is it de- corous, we ask, for a person who has spent so much upon one preposterous tomfoolery to talk about the culpability of the Legislature in de voting a periodical stipend to the aid of individuals groaning under sentence of banishment, and who but for the generosity of the people and the Parliament might perish with hunger or die from want of the commonest items in the Pharmacopoeia. It cannot be forgotten that upon the occasion of the Mock-Tour nament at Eglinton Castle there were among the knights who rode armed cap-d-pie into the list with their vizors down —such men as the Marquis of WATERFORD and the Prince LOUIS NAFOLEON. With them, however, the adventure (so time has proved it) was attended merely in sport "in their hot youth," not " when GEORGE THE THIRD was King," but when Lady SErmouß was the Queen of Beauty. They were only going through that plea sant agricultural pastime called "sowing their wild oats." Tutored by experience and ripened in wis dom, the one has become a model landlord in Ireland, while the other has risen into the sagacious and statesmanlike ruler over the great Republican Go- vernment of France. The Marquis has devoted the years of his manhood to the amelioration of the sorrows of the peasantry. The PRINCE has dedi cated his intellect to the solution of that almost inscrutable problem, the extinction of pauper ism. Unhappily for the Earl of EGLINTON, he has employed the same interval so indifferently, that we find him, on the 19th of March, 1849, insulting the refugees from Poland by insinuations that he should have spat out of his mouth in the lobby of the House of Peers rather than have uttered in the presence of the Lord Chancellor of England. Profligate at one time in his own disbursements, the Noble Earl is niggardly at another in regard to the disbursements from the Exchequer. While others are filled with sensibility on the consideration of the misfortunes of the op pressed Poles, Lord EGLINTON and Lord STAN LEY would examine their doctors' bills with eyes as scrutinizing as those of a broker appraising the furniture of a house distrained by its landlord. While some are lamenting over the adverse fortunes of a race whose ancestors were the saviours of Christendom under the walls of Vienna, my Lord EGLINTON is hungering and thirsting with an insatiable curiosity after the details of the medical treatment of the refugees. He would pry into the exact nature of the ills that their flesh is heir to, while others would grant them unconditionally the aid of a generous nation. He would subject them to a severe cross-examination before soothing their miseries, while others would apostrophize their un fortunate country as M. LAMARTINE, twenty years :--- , Po ur a‘go, addressed ua A n i d a l d s a m m e e m E o m ir i e LE :v. D oci n ti G e r DIN mage, Je to voie, rce,l 6:eint par la Tulle et les pleura, Sans couronne et sans lyre, et penchant ton visage Sur un lit de douleurs !" It must be remembered, however, that the grant of 8,7001. for the assistance of the Poles is supported by more than the sentiment of which it is expressive —it is the tribute of humanity—it is the token of the gratitude with which England, as a Christian nation, remembers the heroism of JOHN SornasKl and his companions in arms, when they saved Europe from a triumphant incursion of the Mussulmen. To withdraw the help afforded by our Government during so many years to the refugees from Lithuania would, moreover, by this time be a grievous act of injustice, seeing that we have by our preceding conduct accustomed those exiles to count upon the charities of England as upon a certainty. At the very period when the Earl of EGLINTON and other distinguished philanthropists are declaiming against th e goo d treatment o f these unhappy fo reigners, the Sublime Porte is extending his protec tive arms to them with a cordiality that should put those Christian s to the blush. A firman of the Divan announces to the banished children of Lithuania, of Gallicia, and of Posen, that shelter and rank will be afforded them at Constantinople and, although the motive is evidently to increase the number of soldiers capable of fighting under the banners of the Sultans, the mere fact is a striking contrast to the simultaneous efforts of Lord EGLINTON and his colleagues. Happily for the lives of the Poles and for the honour of England the Government does not derive its inspiration from the promoter of cockney tournaments. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT.—The steam-ship Sarah Sands has arrived at our port this afternoon, bringing advices to the following dates : —New York, Ist of March; Philadelphia, Ist of March; Boston and Baltimore, 28th ult.; Now Orleans, 25th ult.; Montreal, 24th ult.; Quebec, 23d ult.; and Halifax, 4th instant. The news of this arrival does not possess any poli tical interest. The inauguration of the President was the exciting topic for the moment. In business affairs our advices inform us that there had been little change. The Money Market continued in a satisfactory con- dition. Money was by no means scarce, and trading prospects were, on the whole, what may be consi dered good. There was not any material alteration to note in the market for breadstuffs. Flour, grain, Indian corn, and corn meal, are all held firmly, and prices are steady. The following are the quotations : Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 621 , .!. to 5 dolls. 75c. per barrel, very firm ; Genessee prime wheat, 1 doll. to 1 dollar 2c. per 601b5.; Southern wheat, 1 dollar 12c. to 1 dollar 14c. per boll ; round yellow Indian corn, 62c. to 64c. per bushel, steady; southern white, 54c. to 56c. per bushel ; Indian meal, 2 dolls. 75c. to 2 dolls. 87ie. per barrel. - There has been a fair amount of business doing in cotton "at New York, and former quotations were steadily maintained. The following were the rates at the departure of the mail :—New Orleans rnd Mo bile, middling fair to lair, Tic. to 7 1 1 c. per lb. ; Up lands, middling fair to fair, 71c. to 'lie. per lb. There was a great demand for cotton at New Orleans, at full prices. The latest quoted rates for freights were very low, and but little business doing. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The North American steamer Europa has arrived with accounts from New York to the 7th inst. The inaugural address of the new President was delivered to Congress on the .sth. It renews the various pledges heretofore made by General Taylor to follow in the footsteps of Washington in the administration of the Go vernment, to exercise no proscription against political opponents who may chance to be holders of public offices, to regard not merely local interests, &c. He also makes the declaration that his country will pre serve a strict neutrality in any national disputes or convulsions that now exist or may hereafter arise in Europe. At the same time he proclaims a deep sym pathy with all struggles for the rights of the people, and the extension of the blessings of liberty. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEw YORK, MARCH 7.—The commercial and money relations are easy and tranquil. The impulse imparted to some of our staples, by the intelligence of the Europa, has subsided, and prices are pretty much the same as before that arrival. Some 400,000 dollars were drawn on account, which will have the effect of relieving the money market. The present deposit in the Sub-Treasury is alone 1,250,000. The rate of exchange on England does not seem to have been raised, as was anticipated would be the result by this operation, and best bills are offered at 7i. on London ; although 8 is asked by some drawers large amounts of sterling have been sold during the past few days at from 74 to 71. Paris bills ranged at from 5 25 to 5 32, and even 35 for short sight. The demand for the Stocks, both of the United States and of the States, continues active. United States 6's of 68 command 1131 to f. Treasury Notes, 6 per cent., 110 k to 11. Pennsylvania s's, 80f to 81. Money is in fair demand at high prices, but there is no scarcity of it. The West India mail steamer Dee arrived at Mobile on the 23d ult. She had on board 4,000,000 of dollars specie. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING.—Lord Londonderry has addressed a remarkable circular to his Lordship's tenantry in the north. Making reasonable allowance for the due right of remonstrance and petition against an obnoxious tae, the Noble Marquis roundly rebukes the tone adopted by certain Noble Lords at recent meetings in Down and Antrim, adding the fol lowing emphatic declaration:—" I have perhaps more right to my opinion than many whom I address, as personally the burden will fall heav:er on me, and I was at first fully disposed to resist it; but, could I for one moment believe that the advice tendered at the late meetings in Ulster would be followed, and that not only resistance would be made, but that it is proclaimed that it would take 50,000, if not 500,000 men, to collect this rate•in-aid, I would not only support the measure with all civil interest and power, but as an old soldier I would consider myself bound to enforce the law against my own tenants and adherents; so firmly and irrevocably am I determined ever to uphold my loyalty to the Sovereign power and the will of the united Parliament." DREADFUL MURDER.. On Saturday night last the house of a man named Robert Arnold, a tenant on the estate of Mr. Ormsby Gore, residing on the lands of Leganormmer, in the parish of Cloone and county of Leitrim, was attacked by an armed party, who fired several shots through the windows, whilst Arnold, his wife, child, and uncle, Robert Todd, were eating their supper; one of the shots took fatal effect upon the uncle, who instantly expired. - It may be recollected about twelve months since Mr. Lauder, the agent of Mr. Gore, was compelled to eject several defaulting teiants from this property, and to substitute in their places a more respectable class of persons. Arnold was among the latter. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Nau made her deblit for the season here last evening, in the character of the Syren, in Auber's opera of the same name—a character in which, by her delicious singing and acting, she acquired great fame with the English public some three years since. She has returned to us as fascinating as ever, and the sparkling music of Auber was most brilliantly given by her last evening. She was encored in the beautiful cavatina in the second act, and in the bravura " I cannot sing." We hail the return of the Syren of the Princess's, and consider the triumph of last night as but the prelude to a succession of brilliant successes. Allen resumed his old character of Scopetto. Weiss was the Italian manager, and Rafter was Scipio, The opera was well got up, and was to the full as successful as it was on its first production. ACTIONS IN THE PUNJAUB.—Another map, most admirably timed, has just issued from the establish ment of Mr. Wyld, at Charing-cross. It represents in five compartments—Cavalry affair on the left bank of the Chenab (22d of November, 1848)—A c ti on a t Sudoowalla (December 3d, 1848)—Action near Soo rujkoond (November 7th, 1848)—Moultan and its Environs, together with the Siege of that formidable and almost impregnable fortifications. In one of the last mentioned there is one spot which will be looked to with peculiar interest, showing, as it does, the entrenched camp of the heroic Edwardes. The ac tion near Soorujkoond is the one in which he led over his troops against the enemy with so much daring and success. Every word and line upon the map is fraught with deep and immediate interest. Yesterday evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained in a most hospitable mangier fifty gentlemen of the ward of Farringdon-without. Henry F. Richardson, Esq., has been unanimously elected Secretary to the Charter-house Infirmary. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. FRENCH PLATS AND OPERA COMMUE.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert honoured the performance at this theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord Byron. Colonel Grey, the Marquis of Abercorn, and Colonel Bouverie. There were also pre sent her Serene Highness the Hereditary Princess of Parma, the Russian Ambassador, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Turkish Ambassador and suite, the Marquis of Douro, Earl of Belfast, Lady Webster, Sir Ralph and Lady Ilobvard, Lady and Miss Tyrwhitt, Sir John Lyster Kaye, Mr. and Miss de Horsey, Mr. and Madame ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.—The lesseeship of this theatre has ,now devolved on Mr. Shepherd alone, who promises a higher class of entertainments than those which, except at intervals, have served to delight the transpontine public. As the taste for music and the lyrical drama has spread among the higher and more wealthy classes, the passion for the drama proper has been more keenly developed among the middle and lower. The success of Mr. Phelps at Sadler's Wells, and of Mrs. Warner and Mr. Watts at the Marylebone, prove what may be done with a one shilling and two shilling public by the stimulus of superior pertormances. If, the quality being preserved, the character of those performances be more adapted to modern ideas of taste, it is to be hoped that a permanent foundation might be laid for the development of that dramatic talent which unquestionably exists in the country. As we construe Mr. Shepherd's professions, we infer that he aims at something of this kind, and if so, we wish him success. We hear of engagements of Mr. Anderson, Mrs. War ner, a new tragedian, together with Mr. W. H. Harrison .and an operatic force. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH, 20, 1849 THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE REV. MR. SHORE. MEETING AT EXETE — R-lIALL.—(THIS DAY.) A public meeting was held this day in the large room of Exeter-hall with a view to adopt such measures as may lead to the liberation of the Rev. J. Shore, M.A., now imprisoned in the gaol of St. Thomas, at Exeter, at the suit of the Bishop of Exeter. The meeting was convened for eleven o'clock, but long before that hour the body of the hall was pretty well filled by an audience the larger portion of whom were ladies. The side galleries, which were exclusively set apart for ladies, were also filled some time before the eh air was taken. The platform was occupied principally by Dissenting ministers, amongst whom we observed the Rev. J. 11. Hinton, the Rev. Mr. Eckett, the Rev. Dr. Leifehild, the Rev. Messrs. Richardson, Craig, Ainslie, Altos, Dr. Henderson, Burn, Mannering, Ashton, Prom - , Dr. Fer. guson, Wilkinson, and many others. At eleven o'clock the chair acs taken by CHARLES LUSHINGTON, Esq , M.P., amid loud cheers. Ile said he telt at all times very incompetent to address a large public meeting like that before him in that style of eloquence, rhetorical argument, and brilliant manner that they were accustomed to in the addresses of his reverend friends around him ; but he would not plead ignorance of the circumstances of the case respecting which they were assembled toge ther.—(Here the Hon. Gentleman was interrupted by the cheers which greeted the entrance to the meeting of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel.) He was delighted to be so interrupted.—(Cheers.) He was not ignorant of the circumstances of Mr. Shore's case, for he had had the satisfaction a few nights ago of attending a meeting on the same subject as that cn which they were called together to-day, in Wickliffe Chapel,Whitecharel, and that edifice was filled up to the very ceiling, and the expression of disgust and execration at what had been the miserable treatment of the Rev. Mr. Shore, was unanimous. He understood Mr. Shore, feeling con scientious scruples at continuing to preach in the Es tablished Church, officiated at a Dissenters' chapel, and for doing so incurred the censure of the Ecclesiastical Courts. He would stand up against those steel hearted prelate , . —(Cheers.) Throughout the length and breadth of the land the public feeling was spreading against the parties by whom this persecution had been instituted. A Bill had been introduced into the House of Commons to put an end to proceedings of that kind. It had yet to go before the House of Lords, and if it was thrown out, the prelates in that House n ould draw down the reprobation of every enlightened man in England.—(Cheers.) The meeting might rely upon his best exertions to support the Bill in its future stages through the House; and he hoped to be able to introduce a retrospective clause into the Bill which would include in its operation the case of the Mr. Shore, for whose liberation they were there to adopt measures.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman called upon the Rev. Mr. Hinton to offer prayer, which having been concluded, The Rev. Mr. BINNEY said he had been re quested to propose the following resolution—" That this meeting having fully considered the case of the prosecution and imprisonment of the Rev. James Shore, affirms that he has stroug claims to the cordial sympathy of all the friends of civil and reli gious liberty, and resolves that an affectionate address from this meeting, signed by the chairman and the committee, be presented to him at Exeter by such deputation as the committee shall appoint."—(Cheers.) He could hardly tell how it happened that he had been brought to come forward thus early and prominently i❑ this matter, but there he was, and he had got the work to do. —(Laughter.) He hoped be did not come there as a partizan of dissent—(Hear, hear)—or as a mere partizan and advocate of James Shore. He wanted to look at James Shore, Henry of Exeter, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Lord Denman, and the Privy Council as so many institutions.—(Cheers.) Ile had a most unfor tunate tendency of mind. He was always feeling there was a❑ adversary looking over his shoulder.—(Loud laughter.) That was a very bad habit for a mere advocate. He was going to try to persuade them to pass the resolution before them with honour and honesty. He had no objection to the weak points in the case being noticed. He was to look at the result which Mr. Shore, whether right or wrong, had con trived to bring out as the condition of the law. He should put the case fully and honestly before them, weak points and all.—(Laughter.) Mr. Shore was a deacon and priest in the Church of England; he took priest's orders in 1829, and was then curate of the parish of Berry-Pomeroy, in the diocese of Exeter, under the incumbent, Mr. Edwards, and officiated there until 1832. The Duke of So merset built a chapel at Bridgetown, in the same parish and diocese. That chapel was licensed but not consecrated; it had been a chapel of ease, a dissent ing chapel, and it might become a dissenting chapel again. Now if Baptist Noel's chapel bad been his own property he might have sold it to him (Mr. Binney), and why should not that reverend gentleman, if he chose to leave the Established Church, be permitted to preach in a dissenting chapel? The nomination to the chapel at Bridgetown was given to Mr. Shore; shortly afterwards, Mr. Edwards, the vicar, died, and a Mr. Brown succeeded him. There was no fresh nomination, and so Mr. Shore continued the minister of the chapel for nine years afterwards. Nine years was a long time anywhere, but in the diocese of Exeter it was a little eternity. In 1843 Mr. Brown exchanged livings with a Mr. Cousins. On Mr. Cousins coming into the possession of the living, the Bishop wrote to him to say he should expect a fresh nomination from Mr. Cousins, or else he could not continue Mr. Shore as the minister. Mr. Cousins refused eventually to nominate Mr. Shore, and the Bishop, in consequence, refused to continue the licence to Mr. Shore. He (Mr. Binny) though the head and front of Mr. Shore's offending against the Bishop might be summed up in four lines from a hymn by Dr. . Watts— " The men that keep thy law with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wiser than their bishops are, hireling r t e h l ien parish, g flo e e t flock'."—(Cheers.) . h _ because And better know th e L ord. ' —(Great cheering.) Well, th en , M r . Sh ore was si o enced for six months, and f or no mora l o ff ence what ever. The Bishop admitted th at hi mse lf, on t h e tr i a l of Mr. Latimer, at Exeter. M r . Sh ore was eventua ll y avoid (c he t e h res he.) In p e is e a c u hl t Bi i r3 on e2n. the chapel was registered as a pl ace o f P ro t estant Non o con f orm ist worship, by th e request of the agent offbn hire ling, , eehg and dß it Garethh ° flee p. from not e the h for of the Duke of Somerset, and Mr. Shore preached for a Sunday or two previous to his having qualified himself by his secession from the Church. That was Mr. Shore's first false step. In that step, the Duke of Somerset, his agent, and Ur. Shore, committed a great blunder and a wrong. But on the 16th March, a fort night after registering the chapel, Mr. Shore felt it right to put himself into his sight position ; he went voluntarily before a magistrate, and took the oaths and s i g ned a declaration; he then stood as a separatist from the Church, under the Toleration Act, and had the rights and privileges of a Nonconformist minister. He then considered he was a perfectly free man, and he then continued to use the prayers as many other clergymen did; but being also a free man, he made some alterations in those prayers in using them. The Bishop remonstrated with biro, and kindly informed him that be had appointed a commission of six or eight clergymen to come to Totnes, and to sit in a room there of a house called " The Seven Stars," not the seven stars of the Apocalypse, and to call him before them to answer for a misdemeanour. The commission had to inquire whether there were prima facie grounds for furs ther proceedings, and they returned the Bishop the reply that there were grounds for further proceedings. Mr. Shore was then cited by the Bishop in the Arches' Court. The Bishop went on the indelibility of holy orders, on the principle of "once a clergyman, ale ays a clergyman." The sentence of the Judge of the Arches' Court was that Mr. Shore was thenceforth not to preach in the diocese of Exeter, or in the province of Canter bury; and he had to pay the costs. Now Mr. Shore was in a position to say to the Bishop, " Do what you like, but keep your hands off —a bishop is to be no striker."—(Laughter and cheers.) Well, Mr. Shore said, " Here lam in the broad realm of England, Bri tannia rules the waves'—(Laughter) —cannot Victoria rule the bishops?"—(Roars of laughter.) Well, Mr. Shorn could not pay the Bishop's costs, and Mr. Shc•re carried the matter into the Queen's Bench, and Lord Denman pronounced it as his opinion that Mr. Shore could not divest himself of a priest in holy orders.— (Hissing.) Mr. Shore would appeal directly to Caesar —(A laugh)—and he appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; and the Privy Council said nothing, but referred the matter back to the Arches' Court, just as a judge said to a culprit, "You mu st go to the place from whence you came."—(Laughter.) Th e Bishop's costs amounted to 180 L The Judge of the Arches' Court said, that by continuing to preach out of the Church he was guilty not only against his diocesan but against the authority of the Church, and admonished Mr. Shore to abstain from offending in like manner in future. He condemned Mr. Shore in the costs, and that was the final decision of a Court Christian.—(Laughter.) Now that was the case. The head and front of Air. Shore's offending was the preaching as a Nonconformist minister. He had paid every shilling of his o we costs (Cheers) —of that appeal ; but he would not pay the Bishop's costs, because he considered they were incurred, though under the fo rm of law, by what he called constructive persecution. Well, how was Mr. Shore to be got out of prison? He (Mr. Binney) did not think there was any power in the kingdom that could liberate Mr. Shore without payment of the costs. Three classes must pay them. In the first place the Bishop. — (Laughter.) The second party was the evan gelical clergy 4 whose battle Mr. Shore was fighting as really as Mr. Gorham was. The poet Wordsworth had said, and Mr. Shore might re-echo the sentiment— " The prison into which we doom ourselves No prison is." —(Cheers.) Thirdly, there was a certain sort of liberal politicians, who made g rand speeches in the House of Commons. Caring for the Church as they did, those parties should first sign a cheque for those costs, and send it down to Exeter. The Earl of Deere seconded the resolution, and i n doing so said he thought the simple way of showing his sympathy with Mr. Shore was to come down to the meeting and contribute his mite to the fund for liberat ing Mr. Shore. This proceeding was a great attempt to oppress the consciences of the people. The Hey. GEOReE H. STODDART spoke in support of the resolution. The resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried with acclamation. A letter of condolence to the Rev. Us. Shore was read by the Rev. Mr. AxNsese to the meeting, and signed by the Chairman, on behalf of the meeting. The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL rose to move the second :resolution amidst loud cheers. He had first to thank them for their cordial reception. His Reverend Friend who had introduced those proceedings had brought powerfully before them the discredit to this country arising from the unknown state of the law. The meeting was called to express their sympathy with Mr. Shore. It was to him a pleasant task to state how right it was that they should express sympathy with Mr. Shore for the injustice he had suffered in this matter. Mr. Shore, he begged to remind them, was a mi nister of unblemished reputation in that church over which he had so long presided, namely for ten years, and which was gathered together solely by his labours. He had been himself in his pulpit, and witnessed the prosperity of his con gregation. After ten years of public exercise of his ministry, to which he was introduced by a prelate, who asked him if ho was called by the Holy Ghost to the ministry, and believing he was so called to that Church, a stranger arrived in Berry- Pomeroy, and assumed the management ot that parish, who had no sympathy with the parish• ioners, and announced to them that M . Shore must re sign the oversight ot that flock which he had gathered from the wilderness, when this gentleman refused to n iminate his Rev{ rend Friend (Mr. James Shoe , ). There were reasons for reviesiing that decision if the Bishop had represented to Mr. Cousins the wrong that might result from that step ; but, un happily, the Bishop of Exeter did not exercise his in fluence to counteract that proceeding; but instead of that he acted with Mr. Cousins in taking that step. There might be no mental or moral infirmity in Mr. Shore's conduct, but the Bishop deprived the act cf re fusing him a license of the censure which would other wise have elicited by putting it upon Mr. Cousins. Mr. Shore had no alternative but either to leave the Established Church or the oversight of the flocks among whom he had so long and beneficially ministered. Mr. Shore took the only step which re mained for him to take, namely, to secede from the Established Church. He found by the discipline of that Church, of which he was a minister, he might be torn from his flock for no misconduct or error in doctrine. That he rightly thought justified him in seceding from that Church. He was cited into the Court of Arches. Would persecution be likely to make Mr. Shore review the decision to which he had came? That was exceedingly unlikely to be the result of summoning him before the Ecclesiastical Court. For his part he would never resist the operation of law which inflicted penalties upon him for doing right; he would suffer it with the meekness of a Christian. No other charge was laid to Mr. Shore than that he preached as a Noncon formist minister. Those proceedings had resulted in Mr. Shore's incarceration in a prison, from a motive which he (Mr. Baptist Noel) could not help calling a spirit of revenge, and it was for them to show their sympathy with him by seeking to effect his liberation. Was Mr. Shore to suffer still in prison for the share which he had been obliged to take in those proceedings ? He hoped that a retrospective clause would be inserted into the Bill recently introduced into the House of C.DI mons, which would prevent not only all ministers who had acted like Mr. Shore, but also himself (Mr. Noel) from being shut up in prison.—(Cheers.) Perhaps there was only one man on the bench of bishops who could say that while he was, in the course of nature soon to appe a r b e f ore his od, he had shut up one of Christ's ministers in prison.—(Cheers.) He solemnly trusted there would be a noble monument raised to this the last act of religious bigotry and perse cution; and if the costs were to be paid, let every true man in this country subscribe a shilling apiece to a " Bishop ,of Exeter fund."—(Loud laughter.) He trusted the Bishop of Exeter might yet live long enough to testify by his conduct his sorrow for the violence done to an uncffending minister of Christ, by incarcerating him in a prison. The Bishop, he hoped, had got some feeling akin to that charity which fills the breasts of the celestial inhabitants, and that he would peaceably and gravely say that he would not impose upon a poor man who had already suffered tees much the burden of these costs, but would pay them himself.—(Cheers.) The Latin proverb should prevail in this es in all ather cases—" Summum jus, est summa injuria."—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the following resolution That this meeting learn with unqualified dissatisfaction, that the canons of the year 1603, with all their strange peculiarities, have still in their application to the clergy of the Established Church the force of law; and that al though such a procedure as theß:shop of Exeter has taken upon him stands almost alone for nearly two centuries, the successive decisions of courts have only confirmed the hopelessness of Mr. Shore's case as a sufferer, and shown the liability of every clergyman who may secede from the Church of England, and subsequently preach the gospel, to the loss of personal liberty, and to the enor mous expenses of a process by which his imprisonment wonld be ultimately secured.—(Cheers.) The reso'ution was seconded by the Rev. Mr. BROOKE, of Norwich, and carried with acri.:metion. The Rev. Ka BURNET moved the third resolution— " That as a Bill under the care of the Hon. Mr. Boil verie has been already read a second time in the House of Commons for the relief of all clergymen who may come under the oppressive, operation of the renal canon, • and as it is understood that a clause will be introduced into that Bill having a retrospective regard to the case of Mr. Shore; this meet ing cordially adopts a petition to both Houses of Parlia ment, that some measure of righteous provision for the full liberty of the British subject may be carried through all its successive stages, and be made statute law with the least possible delay." The Rev. Mr. CRAIG seconded the resolution. The Rev. Dr. BEAUMONT, Wesleyan minister, moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was adopted with acclamation, and the immense assembly, amount ing to nearly 4,000 persons, separated at three o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House sat again to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and Viscouet Sidney. MeEWEN AND OTHERS v. SMITH AND OTHERS,—JUDO MENT. Their Lortusmes gave judgment to-day in this case, which was heard before their Lordships a short time since. The case came before their Lordships, upon appeal, from the judgment of the Court of Session, and the facts upon which the appeal arose may be thus shortly stated:—On the 15th August, 1843, the respon dents, as agents for Messrs. James Hopack and Cu., of Liverpool, agreed to sell James Bowie and Co, mer chants in Glasgow, 42 hogsheads of sugar, which had arrived' at Greenock by the St. Mary, froin Ja maica, and were then lying in a warehouse iu their names. According to the original bar gain, the sugar was to be paid for in cash, under an allowance of the usual discount of 2 per cent., agreeably to the sale note. Messrs. Bowie and Co. subsequently applied to the respondents to accept a bill at f ur months from date of sale, in place of cash. To this the respon dents, under the authority of their principals, agreed ; the hogsheads were accordingly v eigto d, and price was calculated ; an invoice was made out from the weights, and this invoice, with a bill for the amount, was handed to Messrs. Bowie and Co. for acceptance, but the bill has never bees returned to the resp on d en t s . Upon the agree went being entered into, the respondents arldressel to Mr. Alexander, their agent in Greenock, a letter autho rising him to deliver the sugar to Messrs. Bowie and Co., but this letter was never presented to Mr. Alexander, nor did Bowie and Co.'s agent attend when the sugar was weighed, although they had notice of the time, nor was any demand made upon Mr. Alexander for delivery of the goods until the evening of the 25th of Sept, following. During the interval the sugars remained in the name of the respondents, and subject exclusively to their disposal and control. On the 25 t h ( f September Bowie and Co. stopped payment, and their estate was sequestrated. On the day following, upon this fact coming to the knowledge of the respondents—upon the morning of the 26th of Septem ber—they wrote to their agent, Mr. Alexander, coun termanding their instructions previously given to him to deliver the sugar to James Bowie, which letter was re ceived by Mr. Alexander, in Greenock, early on the forenoon of that day. It appeared that on the evening of the 25th of September, after Messrs. Bowie and Co. bankruptcy was known in Glasgow, but not at Greenock, the appellants, or some one on their behalf, called at Mr. Alexander's place of business, and presented the respondents' mandate to Bowie and Co. Mr. Alexander himself was not present, but his clerk appears in his absence, and without his au thority, to have written out a note stating that the sugars in question had been delivered, of that date, to the appel lants. No such delivery, however, actually took place. The goods remained in the warehouse, in the name and under the exclusive control of the respondents. In con sequence of their instructions to Mr. Alexander, he took immediate steps to prevent delivery being made of the goods in question to Messrs. Bowie and Co., or any one claiming in their right, and the sugars were, on the day following, removed to another warehouse in Greenock, where they now stood in the name and subject to the dis posal of the respondents. The suit originated in a pe tition presented by the appellants to the sheriff of Ren trewshire for delivery of the sugars. The Sheriff decided against them. The Lord Ordinary affirmed the sheriff's judgment, and the majority of the judges of the Court of Sessions, agreed with the Lord Ordinary that the re spondents were entitled to the sugars. From that de cision the appellants appealed to the House of Lords. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment, went at some length into the facts of the case and the law upon the subject, and concluded by advising their Lordships to affirm the judgment of the Court below, with costs. Lord BROUGHAM and Lord CAMPBELL were of the same opinion. Judgment of the Court of Session affirmed, with costs. MATHESON V. ROSS. The arguments on this case, which were commenced yesterday, were resumed to-day. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session in Scotland, in which a suit had been instituted for work and labour done. The son of the plaintiff in that suit had drawn up from his father's ledger an account of the debts and credits, making out that there was a balance due of 68/. On the other side of the same paper was an acknowledgment of the receipt of this sum of money. The piece of paper was afterwards separated into two pieces. The parties subsequently disputed the balance, whether it amounted to about a sum of 91. 1i s. 3d., or exceeded that amount, and prccess was instituted thereon. At the trial of the cause, the two pieces of paper were tendered in evidence and received, subject to a motion in the court. The case was brought before the court, which decided that the acknowledgment of payment being unstamped, was not receivable in evidence. This appeal was brought against that decree. There was an objection to this appeal of a preliminary nature—namely, that the Jury Act for Scotland did not allow an appeal to the House of Lords, when the matter was merely that of refusing or granting a rule for a new trial. Sir F. KELLY and Mr. ANDERSON for the appellant contended first that the paper was properly receivable; and, secondly, that the Jury Act did not apply in cases in which, as here, the question of law had been reserved for the consideration of the Court, with power to direct in what manner the verdict should be entered. The further arguments in this case ccGupied the Ccurt the whcle Dunning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY STONHOUSE V. HALL. The further arguments in this part heard case °cm. pied his Lordship the whole morning. • BURRELL V. MADERLY. In this case, the facts of which we gave at length yes terday, his Lordship gave judgment, declaring that the children of the cousin, who had died in the life-time of the widow of testator, took by substitution, and were therefore entitled to take a due proportion of tlieir parents' share. VICE-CHAD UElt HIS DAY.) Nothing of any interest occurred in any of the Vice Chancellor's Courts. MIDDLESEX St. SSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (I3,fore the ASSISTANT-JUDGE ) The March adjourned sesitins were c inwenced t morning, at the Ceurt-h , ,use, Clerk, nwell green. The calendar is containing but sixty names. The Judge did, essed the grand jury with the usual charge. The sentences were then passed in several deterred cas,s. and a number of trials, of no posibln interest, were dis posed of in the course of the morning. William Curtis, aged 20, was indicted for stealing a half- crown piece, the property of Mary Hunter Mayo, stealing a sixpence, the property of Laura Bond, and stealing the suns of Eevenpenee, the moneys of Charles Driscott. Toe case of the half crown was first taken, in which it appeared that on the evening of the Sth of March, the prosecutrix was walking with some friends in Eeclestone-street, Belgrave square, when the prisoner, who was hawking prints about the streets, followed her, and teased her to buy a lot, which he offered to sell for sixpence. She repeatedly refused to purchase, but at length she consented to buy the lot of them for sixpence, if the prisoner could give her change of half.a crown. He said he could do so; but, on receiving the coin, he refused to give her either the change or the prints, insisting that she had bargained to buy a dozen of the priws for three shillings, and h e must h ave one shilling nitre for them. She never had the prints in her hands; he refused to let her have them. She had agreed to purchase, and, while the altercation was proceeding, a gentleman who had witnessed the transaction gave the prisoner into custody. The facts were not materially affected by the prisoner's defence. The ASSISTANT JUDGE said this was what was called constructive taking, and the jury would have to consider whether the prisoner really meant to make a bona fide sale, or, under the pretence of selling, extort as much as he could from the lady. He (the Judge) had looked over the prints, which were common trumpery thi,gs, really worth nothing, and instead of being twelve differ ent prints in a set, they were nearly all on the same subject, or copies of the same engraving. The jury found him Guilty. The other cases against the prisoner were of a similar character; but The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that it was not worth while to try him on the other indictments. In both the cases he had obtained the money as in this one, and had refused to give the prints. His Lordship then called a police constable, who said that live years ago the prisoner had been pursuing the same course in the same neigh bourhood. The Judge sentenced him to imprisonment, with hard labour, for three months, but the next time of conviction he should be transported. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 20.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E., light bre( z 2 and hazy. HARWICH, MARCH 19.—The Harwood, of Hull, from Marstrand to London, capsized and sunk on the Ist inst., master, mate, one seaman, and an apprentice picked up on a raft, by the Wansbeck, from Gothenburg to New castle, which vesf el put into Christiansund on the 7th inst., water logged. LOWESTOFT, ,MARCH 19.—The Glory, from Hamburgh to London, ran upon the Corton Sand this morning, and remains with three feet of water in her hold. CORK. MARCH 17.—Wind Commo dore, Pratt, Buenos Ayres. Sld. Marion, Bombay, with troops. OFF HOLYHEAD, MARCH 19.—John Stewart,, Martin, Mauritius for Belfast. BRISTOL, MAnca 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Lady Valiant, Lane, Mauritius. Put back, Monmouth, Ban yard for Jamaica, leaky. OFF FALMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Ganges, Blansbard, Sydney, N.S.W.; Juliet, „China. 19, Fifeshire, Hay, Moulmein. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. 18, John O'Gaunt, China; Patrick Henry, Watts, Virginia. 19. Mary, Tweadie, Calcutta; Bounty Hall, M•lleth, Paraiba, with loss of rudder; Aim, New Orleans; Sarah Sands,- steamer, New York, left Ist instant. 20. Europa, steamer, New York. Sld. 18. Ocean Queen, Sierra Leone; New Commercial, Trinidad; George Canning, St. John's, New Brunswick. 19. Pearl, Savannah. Off port, Boulta, Pernambuco; Persian, Apalachicola. OFF PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Queen, Virginia. OFF TORBAY, MARCH 18.—Euphrates, Munro, iMoul mein ; Benjamin Heape, Eollings, Mauritius. BItIDPORT, MARCH 18.—S1d. Prowler, St John's, Newfoundland. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 19.—Arrd. Jupiter', steamer, Gibral:ar, left 9th instant, Cadiz 10th, Lisbon 13th Oporto 14th, and Vigo 15th. DEAL, MARCH 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd, Earl of Chester, Blackstone, China; Wa s hi ng t o n, C r i c k e t t , Buenos Ayres. Arrd. from the River and sld. Sultana, Barclay, Jsmaica. Sid. Orion, New York; her Majesty's ship Athol, Halifaz. The Dauntless, China, to Lon don, which got on shore near Dungeness Light House, has got off without damage this day. A brig, supposed to be the Calder, from Chins, passed through the Downs this morning. RAMSGATE, MARCH 19.—The Jacoba Catherine, Amsterdam to Bilboa, has been assisted in here leaky, and with lobs of anchor and chain, &c., having been on shore on the Goodwin Sand. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind S.S. E. —Arrd. Gladiator, Williams, London, and sailed for New Y or k. The Sarah (barque) of Arundel, from Chichester to this port, sack off Fort Cumberland, this morning, in two fathoms water; crew and part of materials saved. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) BLIT VIULTILICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Bay, 21 lOs to 311 . 55; Clover ditto, 3/ 123 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 163 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 12a to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 153 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 4/ 17s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9a per load. Trade steady, at full prices. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is rather inactive, the sales only amounting to 85 hhds; at prices barely supporting the extreme rates of last week. The public sales have comprised 3,850 bags Bengal, 2,250 bags Madras, and 8,980 bags clayed of go o d cur rent quality. The Bengal mostly sold at 49s to 49s 6d for very fine white Cossipore, and at 40s Gd to 43s 6d for mid to fine white Benares, being rather easier for the better sorts; the Madras sold with animation at fully former prices (excepting 650 bags fine white withdrawn at 435); mid brown to fine yellow brought 32s 6d to 37s 6d. The Manilla was withdrawn for want of buyers, at 393 6d to 40s. The quantity of British Plan tation landed last week, at the East and West India Docks, was 376 hhds 44 tierces ; there were taken for home consumption 1,359 hhds, 131 tierces, 336 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,233 hhds, 1,739 tierces, 2,380 barrels. COFFEE.—The market wears a firm appearance. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 730 puns 64 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 200 puns 9 hhds, and ex ported IS6 puns 84 hhds. The stock in the same places is 20,591 puns 2,343 hhds. DICE.-1,250 bags Madras sold steadily at 83 to 8s 6d for lair to good pinky; but 5,800 bags Arsean were nearly all withdrawn at previous rates. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 43.1. TEA.—The market is quiet, but the deliveries are good. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, left Osborne, Isle of Wight, at seven minutes past two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Portman, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Mrs. G. E. Anson, Major-General Bowles, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouver►e. The august party crossed, in the Fairy, to Gosport, travelled to town by a special train on the London and South-Western Railway, and was escorted from the Nino Elms station by a party of thellthDragoons. Her. Majesty and the Prince arrived at Buckingham Palace at six o'clock, and were received by the Vis countess Jocelyn, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Dawson, the Lord Chamber lain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, Lord Byron, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Captain Francis Seymour. His Hoyal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Statistical Society of London with a visit yesterday evening, in St. James's• square. The Queen honoured the performance of the French plays with her presence, last evening. Her Majesty was attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Daw son, Lord Byron, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. Lieut.-General Sir Charles James Napier had an in• terview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. W. Brown, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Earl of Stradbroke had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday, at the Home- office. HOTEL-KEEPERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Yesterday the annual meeting of the donors and subscri bers to this charity was held at the Craven Hotel, Cra ven- strcet, Strand; Mr. J. Baker in the chair. The annual report repre;:ented the affairs of the institution as rapidly improving,, the columittee havinz Loan enabled to relieve during the year 17 members and widows of members with sums varying from 2/. 10s. to 181., accord ing to the nature of the case; the relief so extended amounting in all to 178/. 16s. The subscriptions and donations for the year amounted to 281/. 3.• 2d , the dividend on the funded property to 195/. 18, , . 3d., end making with the balance left an income for the year of 5951. 4s. The funded property at present amounts to 5,2861. 13s. ld. This report was received and adopted. After several expressions of regret at the death of Al derman Johnson, who was a warm supporter of the in stitution, a vote of thanks was given to Mr. B. B. Cab bell, M.P., for his exertions on behalf of the charity. After the transaction of the ordinary routine business the meeting §ep4r4ted. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very languid, and prices were rather lower than on Friday. The sales were estimated at about 4,000 bales, and coin prised 3,000 American at 4d. to 6d.; 250 Pernams end Maranhan at 4d. to 51d.; 150 Egyptian at 5/d. to 6iel.; 300 burst at 34e1. to 4d.;.and 30 Sea Island at 9d. to 10d. per lb. Railway shares continued very heavy. The arrivals from Portugal, together with the ordi nary Continental mails tied the expresses from Liver pool, coupled with the hourly expectutiou of the receipt of late r intelligence from India, have kept City people quite on the qui vivo, but really, as far us would appear, wiehout any matter of importance having reached. Very severe animadversion is cast upon the garbled, exagge rated, and in some cases wholly fabricated reports trans• mined from Paris; the latest notable instance being in respect to the alleged revolution at Amsterdam. So far from any thing being amiss in that city. we know by ad vices of Sunday's date that all real quiet, and that a large business had been done at'a rally el 1 per cent. The steamer Europa, arrived froa, New York, brings late advice:. The exchange was 1071- to 108. There was Lo political news of interest. Breadstuffs were de clining, and not much was doing iu Cotton, but holders were not pressing sales. F reig ht s una l tered. The new President had &hyena his inaugural address, and its tone is lavourable both as respects home and foreign affairs. Accounts from Sydney of November 7th, from Van Diemen's Laud, and from Port Phillip of October 27th, have come to hand. There was to be a partition of the landed property of the Bank of Aus tralia, which had cost 60,000/. From Moreton Bay it is stated that the clip of the season was fast arriving, but that low prices current in England gave anything but a cheering prospect to the future operations of the squat ters. Great anxiety was manifested for an improve ment in the English Wool Market, and there would be extensive boiling down for Tallow. The wet weather which had been experienced in the southern districts had not visited Moreton Bay, where it was as fine as could be desired for shearing operations. At Sydney the want of money was much felt, and trade was dull. We learn from Port Phillip that there was every ap pearance of most luxuriant crops in the neighbourhood of Melbourne. The Government was about to dispose of its lands in the neighbourhood of Melbourne, where the sheepbuiling had previously been carried on. A statement of the circulation and business of the various banks shows there were 600,0004 in specie in the four banks. In the quarter ending the 30th September there was a decrease in the circulation of all the Banks, and the discounts also exhibited a reduction. The de posits, also, were smaller. Mr. Moxhay, well known as the proporietor of the Hall of Commerce, died, after a short illness, and which, according to the general belief, was occasioned, to a great extent, by the ill success of his undertaking, which must have entailed severe loss upon him. Mr. Moxhay was of somewhat brusque manners, but of excellent in tentions, and even beyond what his means might be held to justify, according to worldly appreciation, was a libe ral contributor to various charities, both from his purse, and in placing his splendid hall, at the disposal of the committees who superintended the periodical meetings. The Funds have been rather firmer this morning, but are still in an uncertain state, the fall of two per cent. in the French hentes having had an effect, although the reasons assigned for the decline are perfectly inconsis tent, and it would be much more plausible to admit that the general state of European affairs is the prime cause. The public here are rather in favour of higher values for stock, but the Stock Exchange members, on the con trary, are Bearish. Consols have been 90k to for transfer, and 901 to 4 for time. Exchequer -bills have been 395. to 41s. premium. The Foreign Securities aro rather heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. 151 to 16, and the Three per Cents. 28k• Mexican, 27i to 28k. Equador are 31. Buenos Ayres are still very buoyant, having touched 35 and 37, in con sequence of provision said to have been for the regular transmission of a monthly amount for dividends. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 47k. Shares are very heavy again, and in many cases flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 0 50/a% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8 11-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. l t, d. 2d. Marcia. June. 1,000/. 500/. - Small 39 p 39 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 37 35 37 35% Equador Bonds 34 Grenada, 1 per Cent. ........., Ditto Deferred ... 3% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 27% Ditto for the Account ...... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 594 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 102% 101 101 1 / 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 28% Venezuela Bonds .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., .12 Guild siJsus - Es,; DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAte. PAID. PCs SnAzr. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference 2E 4 * Bl ... to Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... —.. . to Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61.135. 4d Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 42 x.d.... to Great Northern Do. 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent. ...... 7% 6% to Great Vv esters 100 Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. New 171 l5 ...... 12%%... to Lancashire and Yorkshire Ditto, 'Thirds London Ar Blackwall ......131. 6s. 8d 5 144 a... to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 36% ii . ... to Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London b North Western.....loo .....132 DI. New Quarters - - Do. Fifths Manch, Buxton, & Matlo c k 4% l% to Manchr, Sheffield, and Line. /00 - Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... 10 3 4 76 -to --- Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 15 ' ...... 3% to , - Midland.....: lOO , ... 76 ... .. to 77 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... 25 ...... 15% 16 to 15% Midland, Birm., and Derby 100 ... .. 52 1 / to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 122 ...... to Norfolk Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 - North British .. .. .... .. 25 - Ditto Ralf 5hare5........... 12 1 ,E 6% ex.n to Do. Quarters - 6 1 4 3.4 ex.n to -- North Sta ff ordshire... .. ...... 17 1 21 3 4 .•-• Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Scottish Central - Shropshire Union... South Devon 5O ...... - Ditto, Preference South Eastern South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. Original New & Berick 25 ..... 24 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or I'rel. 6 ... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Pre terenco FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amien5......... 20 4-- .. 8 3 / to ••• in - Central 01 France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... ........... 18 .1074 11... to 10% Namur and Liege . ..... 2 0 - Northern of France l3 - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Reuert and Havre 2O - Sambre and Meuse - MINES. United Mexican JOINT STOCK .CANKS. London and Wectininster... 20 - National or Ireland LICENSING IN THE ClTY.—Yesterday a remark able scene took place at the meeting of the City magis trates on the sutject of granting licences to new apPli" cants, on which occasion the recognition of the principle of free trade appeared to be the order of the day. T he whole of the aldermen were upon the bench, with the ex ception of Alderman Sir Claudius S. Hunter, who was absent in consequen ce of indisposition, and Alde rs Thompson, who wa s performing the duties of the s Guild hall Police-court. All th e app li cat i ons for licences for new houses (and th ere were n i ne ) were, ease the with one excepti on , gran t e d, an d i n that party was a female, who appeared to have no in terest in the house, the name of another person helvg over the door. Counsel were employed pro and COn. in all the cases, but in must were not heard upon either side. A list was banded round, and a 5 soon as it was signed each licence was granted, to the astonishment of many who bad been in the habit of wit nessing the practice pursued on licensing days i n the City. There was a difference of opinion amongst the aldermen as to the renewal of the licences of house s which had been conducted in a disorderly manner, an d had admitted persons of bad character, but ge nerally the licences were renewed. In one case in which th e bench refused to renew the licence the party though t hi mse lf hardly dealt with, and seeme d d eterm ined to appeal against the decision, but as th e w h o le Court 0 ' Aldermen were sitting in judgment, there was no court of appeal. The Lord Mayor, in the course of the pro ceedings, called to take the chair, but there being IT More room ill court, his L or d s hi p ret i re d. S o me of th aldermen declared that they would gran t every lice nce that might be appli e d for next year by qualified pe rsons. SOUTHAMPTON, TUE SDAY M ORNING .—The Ha vre steamer has just arr i ve d . S h e rep wit orts that the l ton ees market open e d y ester d ay very languidly, h P Last less firmly held. Sales to two o'clock, 650 sales coffee week's cott on i mportat i ons, 5,422 b a l es ; Some considerable business was done y and hides—the former at an advance o f one franc. l' BIR7IIS. Oa the 9th inst., at Florence, the wife of B. Brownrigg, Esq., of a son. At Kidderminster, on the 14th inst., the Hon. Airs* Claughten, of a daughter. DIED. On the 17th inst., at Eaton-place, the Dowager Countess of Mu!grave. At Rome, on the 6th inst., James Gilfillan, Esq., of Cowdenknows. On the sth inst.. at Brick-hill Manor, Bucks, Philip Dun combe P. 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