The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-12 00:00:00

Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., N EIVSTOKE PRIORS A NOVEL. By Miss WADDINGTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* To be bad at all the Libraries. THE NEW ROMANCE AY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PATHFINDER," " THE DEERSLAYER," &c. T H Jk TWO ADMIRAL S. A TALE OF THE SEA. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. In 3 vols. post Bvo. IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be bad at all the Libraries. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain iog LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS fII.IBU PIONS Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distribution may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line either to HEINE BROTHERS , at HAMBURGH, • or to HEINE: BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £64 £lOO £250 4 1,000 66 110 300 1,200 70 120 500 1,800 80 150 600 4,000 90 200 700 22,500 STERLITISHING, amounti. STERLING toeth MONEY.er to 142,994/. BR THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 12, Will be performed, arranged as a Drama, Handel's ACIS AND GA LATEA.—Polypheme, Mr. H. Philips; Ads, Miss P. Hortonj; Damon, Mr. Allen; Galatea, Miss Romer. After which, the New Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. To conclude with the New Farce, called THE WINDMILL. Doors open at half past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven, Boxes ts., Second Price 2s. ed.; Pit 35 , Second Price 2s ; Lower Gallery Is. td., Second !'rice Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price tad THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. I/NDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 12, Will be repeated the New Comedy, called BUBBLES OF THE DA Y.— Lord Skindeep, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Phenix Clearcake, Mt. Harley; Captain Smok e , Mr. Charles Mathews ; Spreadweasel, Mr. Bartley ; Pamela Spr ea d wease l. M rs . Ni s bett ; - Florentia, Mrs. W. Lacy; Mrs. Quarto, Mrs. W. West ; Guinea, Mrs. Orger. After which will be repeated, with additions, Milton's Masque of COMUS.--Comos, Mr. W. Harrison; First Bacchante, Madame Vestris; the Lady, Mrs. Walter Lace; Elder Brother, Mr. J. Vin ing ; Syrens. Madame Vestris and Miss Bainforth ; Genius of the Frozen Clime, Mr. Stretton ; Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris ; Sabrina, Miss Rainforth. Doors open at half-past Fix, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes I's., Second Price 35. 6d ; First and Second Circles 55.. Second Price Vs. 6d. ; Pit 35., Seeond Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon al,- plication. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book seller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE. Great success of Lord Byron's. Werner," and First Week of a New Nautical Draink THIS EVENING. MARCH 12, Will be acted Lori Byron's Tragedy of WERNER; or, the IN. .HERITANCE.—Werner, Mr. H. Hughes; Josephine, M.s. After which, a Comic Ballet, entitled OPPOSITION; or, the RIVAL. DANCING MASTERS. To conclude with an original Nautical Drama, called SAM SCUD or, PERILS by SEA and LAND.—Sam Scud, Mr. H. Hughes Betsy, Miss Martin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. "Mary White" still continuing to draw crowded houses, and to excite the warmest sympathies of the audience, will be porformed every evening this week,____ _ _ _ _ _ THIS EVENING, MARCH 12, Will he performed MARY WHITE; or, the MURDER at the OLD TABARD —Mary Whie, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. After which, BLACK EYED SUSAN. To conCiude with THE LADY OF THE LAKE. THE WEATHER.—Noom, MARCII 11. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET . Thermometer... 46 ) Highest 46 Lowest 33 Barometer 30.05.—Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.... II minutes after 2 Evening 26 minutes after 2. LONDON? SA TT.TriDAY MORNING, MAR CII 12, 1842 , Sir ROBERT PEEL laid his financial statement before the House of Commons last night, in a speech that de serves every possible praise. It was at once lucid, forcible, and impressive. At its commencement and at its close, it was eloquent and commanding. There was, we believe, but one opinion concerning it ; all agreed that : it was masterly oration. The Right. lion. Baronet began about twenty minutes . after five, and concluded nt nine o'clock, having spoken, with almost undiminished vigour, for upWards of three hours-,ityd. a half. What ever opinions we may entertain of his poliCy, we cannot withhold from him our approbation for the care he must have taken to master the details of his extensive subject, and for the clearness with which he explained the plans of Government. We felt, we must own, somewhat hu miliated by our recollection 'of the incomplete and' im perfect wanner in which the chiefs of the party with which we generally concur, have on similar occasions brought. their measures before the public, as contrasted with the perfect preparation of Sir ROBERT PEEL. We trust that his conduct will be an example to them, and induce them not to throw away any advantage which in dustry can . command. Having said so much of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S manner, and the manner of the leaders of the Whigs, we pass to the matter of his speech. After a somewhat laboured introduction, to express a confidence—the want of which, we fear, suggested the boast ' that he possessed -it he.. stated - the revenue for the' year ending April 5, at 48,053,000/.., and the probable deficit at 2,324,000/. He estimated the revenue for the current year, ending April 5, 1843, at 48,350,000/. the expenditure at 50,819,000/., leaving a deficiency of 2,569,0001. But besides the alarming state of 4 our own revenue, the Right lion. Baronet showed, which has been ne glected by other Governments, that the finances of our Indian empire were going gradually to decay, and from having a serplus 0f1,550,0001. in 1836, there was a defi ciency of not, leSs than 2,320,0001. in 1841. Without in cluding the deficiency of - the Indian revenue, — though we must in the end be answerable for its credit, Sir R. PEEL estimated the deficiency of our revenue since 1838, including 1843, at no less a sum than 10,000,0001. Such a state of our finances cannot be suffered to continue; and now we come, after this brief statement, to consider Sir R. PEEL'S plan to remedy this evil. Discarding all additional taxes on consumptive arti cles, because they had been carried as far as possible, and refusing, for many good reasons, to revive any of the - ,,taxes which had aiready been abolished, the Right Honourable Baronet proposes to levy a tax of 7d. in- the pound, or something less than three por cent., on all incomes :not exceeding 150/ per annum. Assuming that the incomes of the occupiers of land is half their rent, which will, we believe, be very unsatisfactory to the town's-people, and open a door for fraud, Sir ROBERT PEEL expects that this tax wili yield ab0ut3,771,000/., of which 1,600,0001 will be paid by land, tithes, mines, houses, and fixed property, - 150,0001 by the cultivation of the soil, 646,000/. by funded pro perty, 1;225,900/. by the profits of trade, and 155,000/ by public `officers. Looking at the advantages already conferred on the land, and at the immense wealth the landed people boast of, it seems, if Sir R..PEEL'S es mate be Correct, that, including the tenantry, 1,750,0001. is not a fair proportion for them to pay, while the other classes will have to pay 2,021,000/. We say nothing of the fraud in letting land, which Sir R. PEEL invite., the landlords to practice, by telling them how they, in conjunction with their farmers, may keep the seat of each individual under 300/., and so enable the tenantry to evade their share of the new public burdens. The income. law is not to extend to Ireland, where there is - no machinery to buy it, and, as a substitute for it, Ireland is to pay an additional duty of 6d. a gallon on spirits ; and the stamp duties there; except the duty on advertisements, 'are to be raised to a level with the stamp duties in England. These two duties will probably yield t4increased revenue from Ireland of 410,0002 Moreover, Sir ROBERT PEEL proposes to subject all coals exported to a duty of 4s. a ton, and he expects this will yield a sum of 9 90,00e1. The aggregate increased revenue from these various sources he calculates at 4,380,0001., which will meet the whole e pe:i w di h t i tt c r i e l h o e f the year,'. and leave hi m a sutplus of 1,800,0()0l is to apply to relievin g th e commerce of the country The mode of doin g t hi s i s to revise the Tariff completely ; abolishing all prohibitions, and sub stituting, speaking generally, three classes of duties ratnely. a maximum duty of five per cent. on raw ma: trials ; o f t, v elve per c en t. on partially iv.anufactured art i c l es; and of twenty per cent. on manufactured arti cles. This will give a great relief, he says, to many branches of trade; but as the Right Hon. Baronet did not state the particulars, and as the tariff is not yet published, we cannot judge of this part of his scheme. We have_ heard that his propositions as to castle are these : instead of the present prohibition, the taxes to be 10s. for every head of full grown cattle, 55. for a calf 2s. 6d. per head for sheep and pigs, while meat will be subject to a duty of ld. per lb., both fresh and salt. if this be carried, it will permit a considerable importation both of cattle and of meat, and as the aiding-scale is not applied in this case, we apprehend that graziers may have good reason to complain that they are not protected equally with arable farmers. The timber duties are to undergo a considerable re duction, Canada-timber is to be introduced duty free ; ra;49 ~~~ 4' . • 4 1 -tg, 4 1 4? --- ' 4 W -4411 11k 4 , ,0 s att. ,a; r . .2% ,fr" et t , un. We will not at present state our opinion of this scheme further than to say that it seems to us to make very great alterations to comparatively very little purpose. Contrary to the great spirit and tenour of Conservatism, it unsettles to a vast extent the rela tions between different branches of industry, without giving much freedom to any. It shifts the burdens to which the nation has got accustomed, even more than it enhances them. Of the principle of a property tax largely applied, and so abolishing the restrictions that are now imposed on trade, not intendidg to injure it, but to obtain a revenue from it, we approve ; but the tax on income will be, we fear, only vexatious, while it is not large enough to allow of the heaviest fetters being struck off commerce. The direction Sir ROBERT PEEL has taken is right, but he halts at the entrance of the path. He will find, we believe; no gratitude from the classes he proposes to relieve, and no little opposition from . those on whom he now, for the first time, imposes a burden. We cannot augur, brilliant as was Sir R. PEEL'S speech, any splendid success for her policy, particularly as the greater part of his state ments, wherever they partook of a general character, were all favourable to commerce and to the consumer, and all at direct variance with the principles he contended for on the corn question. It is obvious his leanings are towards free trade, and he is now painfully obliged, almost every day of his life, to contradict himself, and to be instru mental in destroying his own reputation and his power. Of our morning contemporaries, the Times was th e only Journal which on Wednesday last discredited the disastrous news from Affghanistan. Why it did so is not very material. To-day, however, it implicitly be lieves the worst accounts reported-in the Bombay corre spondence of the Ist of February. We quote the fol lowing from a leading article in that journal of this morning : The worst can no longer be doubted of the unhappy troops at Cab;Dol. Accounts have been received in town which can be implicitly relied upon, and from which the following is an extract :- 4 , On the 18th of January Dr. Brydon staggered into Jells labad, wounded and confused from suffering and fatigue. Ife relates that our people quitted Cabool under the Convention agreed upon by Major Pottinger, on the sth inst. The canton ment was immediately occupied by the Affghans, and the English were almost instantly attacked. The march became and continued a constant fight. " At the Khoord Cabool Pass, about ten miles from Cabool, the ladies were sent back, under an escort of some of Ukbar Khan's people, who promised to protect them. "At Tezeen General Elphinstone and Colonel Shelton were made prisoners. The native troops became disorganized and scattered. At Jagdaluk four hundred of her Majesty's 44th, whe bad before kept well together, became disorganized also, broke and scattered. " Beyond this the Doctor knows nothing, having with the greatest difficulty preserved his own life. He gives the names of seven officers whom he knows to have fallen. Brigadier Anguetil, Major Ewart, and Lieutenant Sturt ate among them. " Some stragglers may have escaped, but there is little hope that the main body have been any thing but annihilated. " We gave up six hostages before leaving the cantrnment— Webb, Walsh, Conolly, and three , nthers.—ehosen, I suppo,e, by lot. There is more hope, perhaps, for the women than for any one else." • In the midst of disasters so terrible it is some conso lation to know that one Gallant Officer, repOrted to be dead, yet lives—we mean General ELPITINSTONE. But of the fate of British officers in the hands of the Affghans, we have much to fear. What the terms of Major PorriN GE R'S convention were is yet unknown ; but they must have guaranteed, if anything, the unmolested retirement of our troops. It appears then that convention was broken by the Affghans, the instant the British evacuated the camp, as they are reported to have fought every step of their way. Permission to fight for their lives could not be the subject of a conventional stipulation on the part of officers of the British army. Of that, with arms in their hands, no amount of numerical force—no degree of privations, could deprive a British army. There must, therefore; have been a breach of the convention on the part of the Affghans. In a letter from _Lieutenant-Colonel MOSELEY, COM • manding the 64th Regiment of Native Infantry, to his biother in London, dated the 7th of January, from the camp before the Kyber Pass, tirat veteran offi cer states that, in about two months frcint that date we should have thirty thousand men in Cabool, when the Affghans,_ to quote his own words, Mould be taught " such a lesson as they will not forget during the present and succeeding generations." There is no doubt that the vengeance of England will be terribly felt in Affghanistan, but the sacrifices of blood and treasure which must be made to sate it, will likewise be dreadful. In the Affghans we have the most formidable foes ever encountered by us in India. An extract from Lieu t.- Colonel MOSELEY'S letter to his brother, will *hew that his anticipations of victory are not unclouded with ap prehensions of terrible reverses : • I am now in camp before the famous Kyber Pass, leading into Affghanistan. The enemy, amounting to some 20,000 men are on the mountains, awaiting our attack. We have 8,000 bayonets, with a park of artillery, and expect orders to commence operations in a day or two. We shall have hard work and desperate opposition; but our troops (though small in numerical strength) have stout hearts, and we make sure of success, yet at the expense of the lives of many brave fel lows. The country through which we have to pass is of a most. difficult nature being rugged, through intricate de files, and over stupedousmountains, all of which obstacles form natural fortifications. Our troops throughout Affghanistan are in isloated portions, hemmed in by the su rroun di ng f orces of the Affghans, and we are apprehensive that all the British troops now in the Bala Hissar of Cabool will either be obliged to capitulate, starve, or be cut up ! A retreat i s i m p rac ti ca bl e, A precious state of affairs ;, but I regret to say that it is but toe true. Before converting Affghanistau into the theatre of a bloody and expensive war, it would be well for the British Government to examine carefully what may be the consequences of making the breach between ourselves and the Affghans irreparable. We may burn the cities, towns, and villages Jellalabad to Herat, but we cannot bv such means defeat the Affghans, who will retire to their mountain fortresses, ready to fall upon us whenever famine, or the cold of a Siberian winter has broken the spirit of our troops. Supplies could only be had from India ; and to provision a force of thirty thousand men in Affghanistan from that country would require, according to the calculation of the editor of the Bombay Times, ninety thousand camels ! But supposing the Affghans in chains at our feet, what becomes of the policy for which we have been negotiating and fighting for the last four years ? To occupy the country is morally and physically impossible. We could not hold a single city in it. And with ihe Affghans, for deadly enemies, what becomes of our strong barrier against Russia ? The only justification for the blood and treasure which the restoration of the SHAH SOOJAH cost us, was, that it was requisite for our safety against the hostile intrigues of Persia and Russia to secure the *i•iendship of the leading States west of the Indus. It is now for the Government to consider how far it is expe dient to force the Affghans to invoke the assistance of those very Powers, of whose propinquity our Anglo- Indian statesmen have always expressed such a dread. When a lawyer in either House of Parliament has some sufficient reason for introducing a Bill to alter the practice in any Equity or Law Court, it is amusing tf, see the extraordinary disclosures he makes to justify the proceeding. Though gross abuses had existed for cen turies, though enormous and needless expenses had been incurred, from year to year, and the public voice became almost exhausted in denouncing them, they appear to flash on the mind of the lawgiver all at once, as new grievances which require instant redress. The abuses practised at Lunatic Commissions have long been known to all th e wor l d. The very con stitution of the Courts, in fact, formed the chief causes of the evil—protracted inquiry and extra vagant expense, for it is too much to expect from human nature .that twenty-four_ Jurymen, with a guinea a day each, ten Counsellors with twenty gu i neas, and three Cominissioners with thirty guineas each, would be in any hurry to bring a job of this kind to a . conclusion when the estate of the unfortunate lunatic was large enough to pay the performers. The LORD Cnert- 1 CELLOR now sees the matter in the same light as the • and the duty on Baltic timber will be lowered this year in the ratio of from 41s. to 355., and next year to 30s. on deals, and 20s. on lathe wood. Taking this reduction of the timber duty, which, however great a boon to the manufacturers and shipowners wi'l not be an advantage to the landowners, in conjunction with the permission to import cattle at the above -named duty; and in conjunction with the income tax, we are inclined to believe that the landed interest would have done better, in a pecuniary point of view, to have consented to abolish the Corn-laws. It must be always remembered, that the continuance of those laws, keeping population in check, and, of course, keeping in check the growth of the national wealth, are the main, if not the only cause why the re venue of the country does not now equal its expenditure. All these new taxes, therefore, are to be considered as tin additional price the community pays for the Corn-laws, and of that price the landlords and graziers at least, we are happy to see, will have to pay a tolerable share. On coffee, Sir R. PEEL also makes a considerable re duction of duty, from is. 3d. on foreign, 9d. on East India, and 6d. on the British colonial to 4d. on the two latter, and Bd. on all foreign coffee. On stage-coaches, too, the mileage is to be reclined to one uniform rate of three-halfpence, while the license duty is to be lowered from ss. to 3s. Sugar he does not touch, as he is afraid of 'encouraging slavery. Passing over some minor matters, we state the conclusion to be, that by these various alterations, the revenue will be reduced 1,210,0001. That is the amount of the boon which Sir IL PEEL gives to commerce and to the consumers, in return for the heavy additional taxation to which he subjects the whole people who have incomes above 1501. a year. public. He sees that one Commissioner can perform the duty of three, or rather six, the number who presided at the notorious Portsmouth inquiry; that twelve Jurymen are as good as twenty-four; and we hOpe he will also see that two Counsel on each side are as good as ten. Lu natics are under his keeping, and it is his duty to take care that their property as well as their persons are under safe guardianship. The following are a few instances of the present beautiful system. We give the fees of the Commis sionersalone, without those paid to Counsel, Jury, She riffs, summoning officers, and twenty others. In the case of Davis, the tea-dealer, the fees were 346/. 10s. ; of Taylor (whose estate was nearly consumed) 3461 10s. ; of Lord Portsmouth, 1,071/. ; and for a case which was heard in the country, 5,000/. for the expenses of a second hearing, the first, of course, not having sufficiently ex hausted the estate. Even the little trifling affair of Mr. Gundry cost in fees to the Commissioners alone 2261. This, however, was but a small portion of the expense, for the jurors received 1544 7s. ; the sheriffs, 361 15s. ; the summoning officer, 11l 17s. ; the hire of rooms cost 441; the grant of the custody, 35/. ; making altogether more than 5081, independent of Counsels' fees, expenses of witnesses, solicitors' bills, and many other items, which the most fertile imagination, unless excited by the thirst for gold, could never have invented. This shameful practice has been carried on from time immemorial, yet a remedy for such barefaced robbery was brought forward only the other evening. However, better -late than never. The public will be thankful to his Lordship for this praiseworthy attempt to put down a crying abuse, and protect the property of those afflicted by the greatest of human calamities. MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES.—Mr. Wyld, of Charing cross, has just brought out a-splendid map, which em braces the whole of the United Kingdom and a portion of France, extending to about seventy miles south of `Paris. It exhibits the superficial geology of the coun . tries, with the physical and topographical featurts, • the lines of railroad- completed, showing the different stations, also those in progress of formation—in short ; the general means of communication, including common roads, canals, and rivers. The steam-packet routes are also given, with the distance from port to port, in the British Isles, as well as the distance to the principal ports abroad, as far south as Gibraltar. All the proposed lines of railroad in France that can be made serviceable for communication with this country are laid down with the utmost minute ness, :and we have no doubt, 'also, correctness, as they have been derived from authentic sources. The map of the British Isles has been compiled from the Ordnance surveys, and as Mr. Wyld, from his appointment under the Crown, has acecess to these ex pensive and noble plans, we may safely pronounce this the most correct, as well as the most comprehensive chart yet published. Mr. Baines, of Leicester, who has al rea dy su ff ere d so much from the harpies of the Church is again subjected to their tender - mercies;together with a number of other parishioners, who, froth conscientious motives, refuse to pay Church 7 rates. It is painful to read an ac count of such proceedings, not only for the sake of the sufferers, but for the injury caused to an Esta blishment which, under_ proper management, might be useful and respected. Will these severe—these wanton attacks, on men of irreproachable lives, and firm believers, too, in the truths of Christianity, in the end benefit the Protestant or Puseyite Church ? Will they not, on the contrary, make her more and more hateful to Dissenters, Catholics, and" even many that profess her doctrines ? We trust the Government will-look at the subject in this light, and without delay put an end to this odious impost. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The suspense which prevails in regard to the financial measure of Sir Robert Peel, entirely checks business in the - Money Market, as well as in the mercantile world, and there is a flatness perceptible in all quarters. The premium on Exchequer bills was rather lower to-day, being 29,. to 30s. India Bonds were neglected, at Bs. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half realised 981 to 98k; and the Annuities for 30 years 12 9-16ths to 121. Consols, for immediate transfer, were at 89 to 89* ; and for the Account at 89* to 89g. I There was not much done in the Foreign Bonds, and prices varied but to a trifling extent. Spanish were a little better, owing to the advertisement of Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. respecting their intention to pay the interest. The Active Bonds were at 25 in the morning, but closed at 244 for money. Portuguese New Five per Cents. advanced from 33% to 34, and the Old Stock from 59 to 59%. Mexican Bonds were rather better, also being 371 to 38i.; but Colombian were dull at 24/. Brazil Stock receded from 671 to 661. Some of the Railway Shares were a trifle lower to-day, but taking the market generally, there was no particular alteration. Brighton were 15, Blackwell 13k, and Not Midland 291 discount. Great Western 23, and York and North Midland 421 premium. National Bank of Ireland Shares were 2to 11 discount, and London Joint Stock 21 to 21 premium. Bills on the Continental Cities were drawn this afternoon at the fol.owing rates of exchange:—On Paris, at 25f. 80c. to 85c. ; on Hamburgh at 13 11 1 to 12; on Amsterdatii, at 12 4% to 3 / 4 ;on Frankfort, at 1511 ; on A n t werp, at 12 41 to ; and on Trieste, at 9 53% to 54. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 10.—Our market still continues flat and dell, without the least indication of im provement. The supply to-day was abundant, yet no decided reduction was submitted to, and the sales consisted of 2,500 bales.. ,200 Surat 3* t o 4 ; 60 Egyptian, 7,1 ;20 Bahia, ; arid 2,220 American, 4 to 6i. LIVERPOOL SIIA RE MARK ET.—A moderate number of Shares changed hands during this day, but prices in several instances somewhat lower than last quoted. The sales com , prised London and Birmingham, 173 ; Do., Quarter Shares, 581; London and Brighton, 351; Eastern Counties, 91 ex. div. ; London and South Western, 58i ; Great Western kifths, 91i Grand Junction Half Shares, 90. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 10.—We can not report any improvement In the state of our market to-day. Our sales are—London and South Western, 581 ; Manches ter and Birmingham, 28i • Manchester and Leeds H a lf Sh ares, 331 ; Manchester n and Liverpool District Bank, 101; Man chester and Salford Bank, 10%. There is but little disposition to deal in the Home Securities at present, and the market continues flat. Consols are 891 Money, and 8.9 i ti for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 30s. to 38s. premium. Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. having accepted the agency for the payment of the Spanish Dividends, has given more con fidence to the holders of these securities, and the Active Stock advanced soon after the commencement of business t 0.251, but has since Melted a little, and may now be quoted at 241 251; Deferred, l 2% %; Passive, 5i 1; Portuguese Fiveper Cents:, 331 1 34 .;. Ditto Threes, 191 201; Mexican Bonds, 374 38i ; Colombian, 2411; Brazilian, 66 67. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter, and no news of the least interest has transpired. The West India steam-ship is now overdue some days; her arrival is anxiously looked for. The only arrival from the Continent this morning is one Dutch, mail leaving one French and one Flanders due ; their non-arrival is attributed to the state of the weather. The Dutch Five per Cents. came 101 9-16, and Two-and a- Half 52 1-16 1. Exchange on London had declined 2i cents. fer cash, being quoted at 12 121. No intelligence of either the French or Flanders mail. There has been scarcely a bargain transacted in the Stock Exchange all the morning. Spanish Active Stock dons not maintain the advance. It is now quoted at 241; Mexican Bonds, 3,d ; Deferred, 101; Colombian Bonds, 241 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52; Ditto Fives, 1021; Consols are 891- Money, and 891 for the Account; Exchequer Bills are lower, they are now quoted at 30 prem. ; India Bonds 8 prem. The Share Market is flat, with but little doing. Great Westerns are 88 ; London and Brighton, 351 ; ditto Blackwell, 114.; Manchester and Leeds, 77 ; North Midland, 70i ; South Eastern and Dover, 26. Consols for Account, 891 1 • Colombian, 24i ; M ex i can, 37i ; Spanish, 24% darkets firm, and little doing. We have had various inquiries again as to the West India mail-steamer, which was reported a day or two since to have arrived, but has not yet been heard of. It is true, indeed, that the Forth is mentioned in the New Orleans papers, as having arrived out safe, and that there would be some delay in her re turn to this country, but the Solway was to bring on the advice,. Considering that the whole plan of operations is of such mag nitude, and can yet scarcely have been set in motion yet, we are of opinion that there is every reason to be easy upon the point of the steamer's non-arrival. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — 'lndia Stock ...—.... 3 per Cent Red. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9 Ditto Old Annuities ... - 3i per Cent Red.. 99 Ditte New Annuities... New 3} per Cent New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001....,,,,, 31 pro Long Annuities t oex pi re Di tto Small ' 30pm Jan. 1860.......... Bank Stock for 0pg,... Oct 1859. ........ ... India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 poi cent.— ! Ditto, 5 per cent. 59* Belgian, 5 p ei cen t — IDitto,-New Ditto 34 Brazilian 80nd5.... 66* ;Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, ti per cez t Russian, 5 per cent....., Chilian 6 per c en t..... Di tto, Metallic• . .... Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent. 24 Ditto, 1 824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent —. French, 6 per cent. —f. --e. Greek, 1825, 5 ►per cent Exchange — f ....-c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 38* French, 3 per cent..'. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2* per cent. .. . 52 Peruvian,lB2s, f;per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. . - 10211 .. SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 42* Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 86i Great Western Railway 65 paid) ........... 88 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ......... ..... 614- Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ... 9J London and Brighton (50 paid) , as London and Blackwell R a il way (25 paid)... 114 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 4 London and Croydo n R a il way ( T run k) l2k Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .. 77 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) .... Ditto Thirds ( paid) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) , 26 York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 92i COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 74 Gib ra lt ar ... ... ........... 47 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 8 Genoa Antwerp - Milan 3l Hamburgh M. B. 13 14* Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 96 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux ............... 25 95 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1511 Bahia Berlin. B... .., ............ 7 N ew y or k, 21 days sight 46' effec. ff. •3 M. 954 Philadelphia.. Trieste, ditto .... Madrid .. ... .... 955 PRICIS or BULLION, P ita 01. ............... 36 Foreign Gold, bars 4:1 17 9 Cadiz ................ . .... 36* Portugal Gold Com ...3 17 5 Bilbao ................. ... 35* New Doublotms 0 'ti 0 Barcelona .............. , 3,5 i New Dollars.... ......... 4 9. Seville ............. ••• 35 ir Silver in Bars.. A 41' Several of the CabiietTfint Peel yesterday morning. isi.ed Sir Robert THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH_ 12, 1842. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A POLICEMAN. etter from Gratz, of the 18th ult., announces the arrival there on that day of the Duke de Bordeaux, who left Vienna on the 16th by the Neufkirchcn railroad in a special train. His Royal Highness was In good health, and not at all fatigued by his journey. On the day before his departure from Vienna, the Empress, and all the other members of the Imperial Family, paid hi Royal Highness a visit to take leave. The ,Journal d'Evreux relates that some few days ago, M. Valee, Registrar to the Justice of the Peace at Lou viers, caught his own son, 18 years of age, in the act of break ing open his money chest, and, on remonstrating with him, theyouth levelled a carbine at his father, and threatened to shoot him if he did not immediately give him 10,000 f. Fortunately the noise was overheard by some persons, who entered, and saved the life of M. Valee, The unnatural son was placed in the hands of the police. We understand the high tide of Sunday se'nnight proved disastrously destructive on the opposite coast of the Channel, as upwards of thirty persons who were employed wraicking and fishing at low water, at St. Servan, were sur rounded by the rapid rise of the tide and drowned ; many others narrowly escaped sharing the same fate.—Sherburne Journal. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Cuatom House yesterday morning with the Dutch mail. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at half-past two o'doak yesterday afternoon, at Buckiogham Palace. At the Court his Excellency Baron de Hug el, Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of NVurtemburg, had an audience of the Queen. His Excellency was introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen, Is:: T., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robt. Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert; Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President; the Duke of Wellington ; the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal ' • the Earl of Aberdeen, S ecre t ary o f S tate for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Sir James Gra ham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Haddington, First Loid of the Admiralty; Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Control; Sir Henry Harding., Secre tary-at-War ' • Sir Edward Kn a t c hb u ll, P aymaster o f t h e Forces ; the Earl of Li7erpool, Lord Steward ; the Earl Dela war, Lord Chamberlain ; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse. At the Council some alterations were made in the roll of Sheriffs for the present year. .Mr. C. Grevillc was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Jersey, Sir James Graham, and the Duke of Buccleuch. . The Court was attended by Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; Sir Frede rick Stovin, Groom in Waiting; Lord Colville, Lord in Waiting on Prince Albeit ; and Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Princ ess R o y a l was t a k en an air ing yesterday to Hampstead Heath, in a carriage and four. Baron de Hugel, the Wurtemburg Minister, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace, after his presentation to her Majesty. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Dunmore, Hon. Miss De vereux, Hon. Miss Stanley, Viscountess Hawarden, Sir Fred. Stovin, Colonel Buckley, and Sir Edward Bowater. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, honoured Sir Henry Halford with his company at dinner on Thursday evening, at his residence in Curzon-street. His Royal High ness afterwards honoured the Marchioness of Londonderry with his company, at Holderness House. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. Lord Grimston, AL P., Mr. Brocklehurst, M.P. (Maccles field), and a deputation of silk throwsters, including Mr. Woollam, St. Alban's, Mr. Bennet, Macclesfield, Mr. Per cival, Sandbach, and Wheelock, Cheshire, Mr. Shute, Wat ford, and Mr. Rodick, Essex, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon, on Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Duke of Wellington, and ether Cabinet Ministers, at tended a meeting yesterday afternoon at Sir Robert Peel's pri vate residence in Whitehall-gardens. Captain Fitzroy, and a deputation of shipowners of the out ports, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon on Thursday, at the Board of Trade. The Duke of Richmond had an interview with the Earl of Ripon on Thursday. PORTSMOUTH, MAncir 10.—The Atholl troop-ship, Master Commander Bellamy, has arrived from the West Indies, and has brought home some invalids belonging to the Artillery. At 2 A.M., on Monday last, when it was quite dark, she came into collision in the chops of the Channel with the Jane Clark, on her passage from Shields to Naples, heavily laden with coals, which, from the violence of the concussion, almost im mediately after foundered. Happily, the disaster was not at tended with any loss of life, as the Atholl was enabled to save the whole of the persons on board the Jane Clark before she went down, and has brought them in safety to this port. The Atholl has received considerable damage in her bows. The Winchester, 50, was commissioned on Tuesday by Commander Kelly for the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Josccline Percy. She is now in dock, and it is expectel that it will be five or six weeks before she will be ready to leave it. The time it wi'l take in fully equipping her for sea will depend on her success in getting hands. She has already got several volunteers, and many of her old hands, who have just been paid off, have intimated their intention of volunteering again into her upon their return from visiting them friends and families. The Queen, 110, Captain Bich, with the flag of Sir Edward Owen, will sail for the Mediterranean. She is to be paid her advance on Monday. Sir William Symonds and his son are going out in her as far as Gibraltar. The Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Nicolas, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, is now quite ready to proceed on her voyage to China. She will sail, if the weather permits, either this evening or to-morro of morning. The Driver steam-frigate, Commander Harmer, will leave for Chica this afternoon. The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, is getting ready for sea, with all possible de spatch, in order to sail at the same time as the Queen, to afford an opportunity of testing their respective rates of sailing, both being new ships, and this being the first time that either of them has been fitted for service. She has had a new capstan, in lieu of the one she sprang when leaving Sheerness. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOINTMENTS.—Rear-Admiral Hon. Josceline Percy to the Winchester, to proceed, as the Commander in -Chief, to the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Charles Eden to the Winchester. Commander William Kelly to the Winchester. Lieutenants.—William C. Aldham, from the Jaseur, John M'Neil Boyd, from the St. Vincent, John Wainwright, W. E. A. Gordon, and G. B. B. Collier, to the Winchester. Master.—J. Brown to the Winchester. Surgeon.—W. Jameson to the Winchester. Purser.—J. Lean to the Winchester. Chaplain —Rev. Nlr. Steel to the Winchester. Naval Instructor.—John Charles Bond to the Winchester. The following are the promotions consequent upon the Queen's visit to Portsmouth, and tke ships from which the officers are promoted:— Her Majesty's ship Queen—Commander J. B. P. Hav to be Captain ; Lieutenants, Alexander J. Grreme ' H. J. Wel. lington (flag) t o b e C omman d ers; Mates, John Franklin and W. Mould to be Lieutenants. her Majesty's ship St. - Vincent—Lieutenants Charles C. Grey (flag) and J. Blair, to be Commanders; Assistant Sur geon Joseph Caldwell to be Surgeon. Royal George Yacht—Lieutenant William Sidney Thomas to be Commander; Mates, W. D. Carroll and John P. Palmer, to be Lieutenants. Her Majesty's ship Alfred—Commander John. B. Wood thorpe, to be Captain; Lieutenant George J. Hirtzwell, to be Commander ; Mates Robert D. Aldrich and IL Wilcox, to be Lieutenants. It is unckrstood that there are several other officers yet to be promoted. MILITARY MOVEMENTS. The 73d Regiment of Foot, now lying at Forton barracks, Gosport, will leave for Woolwich early next week. The depot of the 19th Regiment of Foot, now at Gosport, will also leave for Brighton at the same time. The 16th Foot, now at Winchester, will succeed the 73d at Gosport. The newly raised regiment for St. Helena will leave Win chester in a few days, and take up their quarters at the Alban . ) , barracks, near Newport, Isle of Wight, where they will remain until they embark. It is supposed that the foregoing movements, before the usual period for changing quarters, are made in order to allow two regiments of the line under orders for foreign service to take up their quarters at Winchester barracks until they can be embarked at this port. The following are further particulars relating to the else of the policeman Faulks, whose death we mentioned eks Thursday, and which appears to be connected with some further singular circumstances :—A short time after Faulks had been conveyed to the station-house the stretcher was again sent for, with in f rmation that Patten, 127 F, whose beat adjoined that of the deceased, had been found lying on the pavement in South ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, in a state of insensibility ; he was also removed to the station-house with all expedition, and immediately put to bed. Upon the arrival of Mr. Snitch, the surgeon who attended Faulks, that gentleman found Patten in a state of delirium, arising, in his opinior, from the effects of drink; and he also gave it as his opinion that the deceased's death was occasioned by the same cause. After the usual restoratives had been administered, Patten became calmer, and slept for some time, but as soon as he awoke he inquired where Faulks was; and upon being informed that he was dead, immediately became so violently excited as to require the assistance of four or five men to keep him in bed. He con tinued in that state for some tine, during which it - was found necessary to bleed him twice. After the parox)sm had subsided, and he had become sensible, he stated, as far as he could recollect, shortly after three o'clock a gentleman went up to him whilst he was on his beat, and anxiously inquired whether he had seen constable No. 42. He (Patten) told him that he had seen him a few minutes previous, and that he had gone round his beat. The gentleman made some observations respecting the severity of the weather, and then went away. As soon as he (Patten) saw the deceased, he told him what the gentleman had said, and asked him whether he knew him ? The deceased said that he knew very well who he meant. They walked together for a few steps, and in passing the shop of a druggist again saw the gentleman, who accosted them, and after some conversation said, as the morning was extremely cold and wet, a drop of something would do them good, and offered to treat them. He then invited them into the shop and gave them a glass of whiskey and water each ; after they had drunk it, he wished them to take some more, but they declined, stating they were afraid it would overcome them, and if so, notice would be taken of it at the station-house. The gentleman then said, " Oh, old fellow, never mind that, I will give you something that will take it all away, and it will never be noticed- that you have been drinking." He then took down a bottle, from which he poured something of a red colour into a glass, which he gave them, and after drinking it they went away. Patten further stated, that he then left the deceased to go round his beat, but did not know what became of him afterwards, neither could he recollect anything that occurred after that period, either as to where he (Patten) went, or how he got to the station-house. It is right to state that Patten gave the above account in a very incoherent manner, and swooned away as soon as he had coneluded. Down to a late hour on Thursday evening he con tinued in a very weak and excited state, but Mr. Snitch con sidered he was going on favourably. The deceased and Patten were both said to be very sober, steady men, and the Sergeant on duty, who saw them when he went his round between three and four o'clock, states that at that time they were perfectly sober. The deceased, who was apparently about twenty-six or twenty-seven years of age, has left a wife and three chil dren. We understand that this is not the only occurrence of a similar description which has lately takes plice in the same neighbourhood, though fortunately not attended with fatal con sequences. A SUMMARY OF NEWS • AND pub li C OPtittOn• " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Private letters from India are now handed about, confirming the account of the destruction of the Britith Army in Cabcol. The French Mail has not arrived this morning. PARLIAMENTARY. There was no business of any importance transacted in the House of Lords last sight. In the Commons the chief business was Sir R. Peel's financial statement, which we have elsewhere adverted to. Before that was made :Mr. S. Wortley asked Sir R. Peel a question which drew from him an appropriate de claration that no exertion should be spared to preserve the empire of India. He admitted the reverse which our arms have encountered, but spoke with the confidence which became the first Minister of a great nation. Would he but have confidence in the people and in doing justice, he would be a great man. The House sat till Half -past Twelve o'Clock. PUBLIC OPINION. _ _ ---- - The Times had an article on the subject of Sir Robert Peel's difficult position, wherein it observes :—" There is a feeling that Sir Robert Peel is the statesman of the day, and the man to whose practical skill and integrity the management of the nation can be most safely entrusted. So far, so good • and if there were no further embarras smen t, Si r obert would have nothing to do but to float down the current—to accept the Pre miership, and do his own will or the people's fancy upon the Corn-laws. But it happens that among that large majority who call him to office, an influential, if not a preponderating, party are utterly and entirely opposed from feeling and interest to those alterations which the temper of the day demands, and unappeasably jealous of all its requisitions." The Herald states that it is the duty of Government to make the country immediately acquainted with the worst that has befallen the British arms in Cabeol ; and adds :—" The attempted subjection of Affghanisten being immoral in its origin, nothing that has occurred can deprive any future at tempt of similar immorality. The Affghans are not rebels or insurgents; they owe no fealty or allegiance to the British Crown, and the endeavour of England to deprive them of independence is as monstrous as that of Napoleon to destroy the independence of Spain. The rising at Cabool—bloody, cruel, sanguinary, and brutal though it be—is a movement to achieve independence. It is not an insurrection—it is a war. The deadly revenge which animates each Affghan blow is not without parallel in European struggles for nationality ; and the disgusting insult perpetrated on the remains of Sir William APNaghteri could readily be exemplified during the recent civil war in Spain." The Chronicle says :—" It seems generally understood that the Corn Importation Bill will receive little further opposition, beyond attempts in Committee to improve its details. This affords noproof that the country is satisfied with the measure; the country neither is, nor ever can be, satisfied with any mea sure, of which the object is to promote the interests of a class at the expense of the community. It merely proves the pre valence of a conviction that the proposed law, though equally objectionable in principle with the existing law, will be found less injurious to commerce." __ The Post, speaking of Lord Howick's speech on Wednes. day, which the Chronicle declared to be worthy of Burke, says :—" We have sometimes had the honour of hearing Lord Howick speak in the House of Commons, but we ovrn that it was not our happiness on any of those occasions to discover the germs of that philosophic eloquence which was to burst forth as soon as he became Member for Sunderland, and to bring back, as it were, the great Burke to this dull time of our Par liamentary history. Yet further we are bound to acknow ledge, that if we had heard the speech of the Noble Lord on Wednesday night, we should probably (such is Tory obtuse ness) not have found out the excellence which it seems the Noble Lord possesses, and then exhibited." MONZT-TRADE-COMMERCE. A meeting of the Proprietors of the West London Railway took place on 7 hursdai in Abchurch-lane, when the debts of the Company were stated at 37,0001., and an adjournment was made for a month, to allow time for further consideration. On Thursday the half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the London and Croydon Railway was held at the London Tavern. The Report stated a balance in hand of 1,073/. 17s. 6d. The repair of the late landslip; had cost 21,0001. A dividend of 6s. W. was proposed and carried. ELECTIONEEWING. Among other candidates mentioned for the Brighton con test, the Liberal party intend to beg the Marquis of Tavistock to come forward. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. The new Western Club-house, at Glasgow, was opened on Monday last. Sketches after Watteau, ornament the walls. The total expense of building and furnishing will not fall far short of 35,0001. NAVAL AND IKIXITARY. The United Service Magazine relating the visit of an officer on board th e A mer i can li ne o f battle ship, Delaware, remarks on the peculiar manner of placing the shell guns, which were 10-inch; instead of being in the midships, as in our vessels, they are fore and aft, four in the bow and four in the stern, on the gun and main decks, and by means of railways may be transferred from the broadside to the bow or stern, and back again immediately. The great advantage of this plan over ours must be obvious. In a general action, how often have ships exposed to a severe raking fire been unable to return it effec tually. But by the American plan they would be able to bring their formidable Paishans to bear on an enemy in a few mi nutes, which would settle the matter much sooner than a few 32-pounders. Of the regiments said to be ordered to be immediately aug mented to 1,200 strong each, the following are the six stated : the 20th, 23d; 29th, 71st, 79th, and the 2d battalion of the rifle brigade. MAW AND POLICE, At the Antrim Assizes, on Monday, upwards of ninety Orangemen were arraigned for walking in procession, &e. They presented a goodly throng, filling the old dock, the front dock, the gallery, and every spot where a prisoner could be placed, and were fined from 21. to 101. each. The trial of the two prisoners, Calgan and Doherty, for the attempt to murder Mr. Biddulph, commenced at Tullamore on Monday, and at a late hour on Tuesday the Jury had not agreed on their verdict, but an acquittal was anticipated. At the Lincoln Assizes, on the Bth inst., Ann Johnson, aged 33, and Amy Johnson Marshall, aged 17 years, were tried for the murder of Thomas Johnson, a farming bailiff, on the Bth of November. The elder prisoner was the wife of the de ceased, and the younger his illegitimate daughter. Clear evi dence was given that the unfortunate man had been poisoned, but the c:•ime could not be proved against the prisoners, and the Jury, after retiring for 20 minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Contributions to the amount of 471. have been, within a few days, transmitted to the sitting Magistrate at Marlborough street, for the relief of Mr. Annesley, whose case has excited so much sympathy. , It appears, that he had been, for years a regular contributor to Brewster's Encyclopredia. In:the case , of Dawes v. the. Baron de Feucheres, before the Prerogative Court, application was made on Thursday for an order of Court,tck examine a witness at present a nun in the convent at Hammersmith, as, she had bound herself by a vow not to leave the convent. Sir. Jenner Fust granted the order. mime ARTS. - - - A Collar of the Order of St. Patrick, made of gold, the produce of the county of Wicklow, has just been finished, by Earl De Grey's order, as a present to Princr Albert, lately made a Knight of that Order. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. A shower of little stones. or petrified rain, has lately fallen to the south-west of Neusiedelersee, and the surrounding plains are covered with millions of them. If the earthquake-prediction of the Monk of Dree and the prophet of 1598 be reckoned by the o'.d style, the 16th of this month would be in the last year 1841 ; and the 16th of the third month of 1842 will not arrive before next June. On Wednesday an unique copy of Shakspere's 1 ' Venus and Adonis" was cold at Evans's, which, singularly enough, was printed, according to the title-page, at Edinburgh, by John Writtoun, 1627," showing how generally the poet was known and appreciated in his own day. it consists of only some dozen small leaves, but fetched 371. 108, 0 =ex ____r.a.srszorrAuzz. Lord Wharndiffe has a soiree this evening, at Curzon Home. The Dowager Duc'ness of Cleveland bas arrived at Cleveland House. The Marquis of Hertford arrived at Dorchester House, late on Wednesday night, from Paris. The Earl and Countess of Errol are staying with Lore Fre derick Fitaclarence at Etal Hou e, Northumberland. The French Ambassador entertained Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a select party, at dinner on Thursday, at Manchester House. The approaching season is likely to be infinitely more brilliant E than the last. A great number of absentees have returned from the Continent; and the Duke of Devonshire is expected shortly to renew the gaieties of Burlington House. Count and Countess Baptiste Metaxa have arrived in Bryan ston-square, for the season. ASZSCELLANEOI7B. - - - - -- On March 11, 1820, died Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, in the 82d year of his age. He painted and sketched in oil upwards of 400 pictures of an historical and re ligions nature, and left more than 200 drawings in his port folio. The hurricane of Wednesday night has caused great loss of life and property, both in the metrop o li s an d a l ong th e sout h ern coast. p roperty, painful intelligence will be found at length under the proper head. RUMOURS OF THE DAY. At the request of several Tories of distinction, Sir Robert Peel has generously consented to postpone his remedial free tuk measures till the day of the earthquake. 'ie understand that among other alarms that the prophecy of the earthquake has occasioned, it has had the effect of frightening several attornies into fits—of honesty ! But this is so improbable a rumour that we cannot give credence to it. REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA The following are the arrangements, we learn, respecting the China reinforcements The 6th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, at Ganjam, have received orders from the supreme Government to proceed to Calcutta, to be embarked for China. This announcement was received by the regiment on parade with three cheers ; a better, selection could not have been made throughout the army. , The 2d Native Infantry, and 17th Native Infantry, at Viza gapatam, are also ordered to China by the Madras Government, and two other regiments of Native Infantry are ordered to be. kept in readiness to proceed if necessary ; the 41st Regiment will be one of these, and the 14th Native Infantry, now at Moulmein, is to be the other, if it is found advisable to with draw the 31st and 14th Native Infantry from thence ; should it not be thought right to do so, the 14th are to remain, and relieve the 31st, whose tour of duty will expire in May. A troop of Horse Artillery, with thirty horses, and one com pany of Foot A r till ery are also to go , and the two compani es at present in China , Ire to be made up to t heir full comple ment. The Sappers and Miners at present in China are to be co mpleted ; and, a reinforcement of 200 men to be sent; 50 0 gun Lascar, are also ord e red. It is supposed the 17 th Native In War), will be embarked in vessels sent from Calcutta, but the rein f orcements from Madras w ill f o ll ow , amount i ng to a pout 3,000 men. The Calcutta papers mention that Government have taken up seventeen ships from that port and Madras, for the convey ance of troops and stores to China. Major Blundell proceeds in command of the Foot Artillery reinforcements, now under orders fer China; Captain Hall, with Lieutenants Kinkaid and M'lntire, accompany the Horse Artillery. The troop only take thirty horses, but are provided with spare harness fq,r what cattle they can ca t c h. Lieutenants Briggs, Macpher. son, Collingwood, and Waddell, are attached to the company of Foot. Artillery. Five hundred gun Lascars will be assembled at the Mount by the end of this month. Two hundred store Lascars, instead of one hundred, as at first ordered,.are to ac company the troops. It has not yet been determined whether the Artillery take six or three-pounders ; but each gun is to be provided with 200 rounds of spherical case shot, besides an abundance of other ammunition. The whole will sail about the first week in Much.—Bonibay Times. THE HURRICANE of THURSDAY. THE STARVING POOR. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—The storm which set in on Wed- TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. nesday night, and which towards yesterday morning increased SIE,—In your paper of Saturday last you have made some to a perfect hurricane, has, in addition to the serious damage very just remarks on the impropriety of the Queen Dow a g er done to property in the north and north-western suburbs of the sending money to build Colonial Cathedrals, while thousanl metropolis, to a large extent involved the loss of human life. of poor people in this country are perishing for want. About half.past three o'clock, when the storm was at its height, mention a circumstance in connection with this town, to shtice the family of Mr. Atkinson, an independent gentleman, re- that your remarks were not unmerited. When our R elit( siding in one of two newly-built houses in St. James's-road, Fend was established in December last Earl Howe was written • Holloway, were alarmed by hearing a tremendous crash, ac • ' to, requesting his L or d s h ip to l ay t h e d ep l ora bl e circumstances 4 . companied with violent shrieks, proceeding from the rear of of this town before her Majesty. To this letter noanswerha e the dwelling, which consisted of a bed-room, covered with a ever been returned. After waiting some weeks a letter wee zinc roof, communicating with the house, in which apartment addressed to her Majesty direct. After waiting some weeks a young lady, on a visit to his family, named Feast, and Ann an ans. , er was returned, stati ng ho w m uch her Majesty felt Taylor, the servant, slept. Mr. Atkinson rushed in the direc- I for the sufferings of the poor of Stockport, but as other piece s tion of the chamber, and burst it open. He still heard the were in the same distres s , and as her Majesty could not relievestifled screams of one of the females beneath the rubbish, and all, it would be unjust to select a particular place. Nov, Sirs `‘sl saw the hand of one appearing above it. The entire of the this is not exactly the truth. Many places, no doubt, are sti ,• roof had been burst in near the centre by the falling of a stack great dist ess, but whether any are in as great distress M this of chimnies eight feet high, and which had been blown from the town let the following fact tell :—l n th e last week in February summit of the house on to it. He raised an alarm, and with about 14,000 received relief in Paisley—the same wee* I " re , the assistance of the police, the rubbish was with than 15,000 received relief in Stockport. The fund is 0" great difficulty removed, when the body of Ann Taylor was exhausted, and unless some a ss i s t ance be received from Go' discovered perfectly lifeless, with her chest completely crushed I eesnment, or some other quarter, thousands must perish f° l 4. in upon her heart by the whole mass forcing the centre beam want. If h e r Maje s ty knew thi s , I cannot h e l p thinking tb a ` 55 of the roof upon her. Death must have been instantaneous. she would send us a trifle out of her hundred thousand a Yar'' Miss Feast was also apparently dead from suffocation, and had Stockport, March 10, 184:1 A POOR .)lAN• received severe contusions about the head and face, but had fortunately just escaped the beam alluded to, which caused the roof to fall ho?low over her. She was removed to another apartment, and a medical man instantly sent for, but she still lies in a dangerous state. The body awaits a Coroner's in quest. Immense damage has been sustained by the ceal merchants and lightermen in the loss of their barges and lighter=, but the stepping has wholly escaped in the pool, where the masts threatened to snap every instant with the violence of the storm. Above bridge a number of coal barges were sunk with their cargoes. There were three under water belonging to Messrs. Capel and Slaughter, nearly off the Temple, and a fourth filled with coals lying across them. At Irongate stairs, next the Tower, several watermen ' s boats were swamped during the night, and there was much destruction among the craft at Horselydown. About one o'clock in the morning a lighterman name,l Hipkins, who was on his way to the East India Dock, to look after some barges, was blown off the pier-head at Blackwell into the river and drowned. His body has not been recovered. The fury of the hurricane in the Channel has been dreadfully severe. HASTINGS, THURSDAY, ELEVEN o'Ceocx.—This morning, about nine o'clock, a sloop was noticed on her way to this port from Beachy-head, and from her keeping near the shore it was feared that something had occurred which prevented her keeping the sea. Her name is the Flower of Weymouth, Captain Court. She left London on Sunday week, with a general cargo, and Ramsgate on Sunday last. When the gale came on yesterday she was off the Isle of Wight, and making five feet water. The crew were at the pumps all night, and being nearly exhausted, and doubting their ability to reach any other port, they put her ashore at Hastings. We are happy to add that the poor fellows, five in number, eventually all got ashore. Captain Court and his men were received at Mr. Harman's, the Hastings Arms, and provided with changes of clothes, refreshments, and good beds. A rope has just been got out to the vessel, and the capstans are now at work to heave her in before the .sea. Her bulwaika are all gone and we fear her damages are so serious as to resider her worthless. No doubt the cargo will be saved. The following is from the Memorial Bordelais "We are positively informed that or, the reiterated represent /00 0 e ; of the Court of Austria, excited by th e Ki ng of Naliiels e d French Gove:nment has for several daysbeen seriously engtE_ on the question of granting passports for Germany to ra isedi Carlos and his family. it appears that the obstacles ,is against this determination in the time of the Whig Cabinet.n_h longer exist, since the 'furies have the direction of the Ben h ' 3 2l diplomacy. M. de Tinan, the Aide-de-Camp of M ar _ s t be Soult, the same who went to B a y onne i n 1839, to receive _ Spanish Princes en the fronti er , is now a t Bourges, wit ,r; pcnals from the Government on th e i n t en d e d release o f r .' et Spanish Royal Family. It a pp ears cer t a i n th a t the Cel e , s' of her Most Catholic Majesty has b e e n made officially. quainted with these proceedings. Espartero is said to_Pern... shown a most unexpected indifference on the subject ; a° Regent- trary to the policy adopted in this respect during the Rege n t - 0s of Queen Christina. We are told that France has "'rid Don Carlos to give a pledge that he will not ega m • is his fortune in Spain, and endeavour to support his ere tel T:ed by reviving tbe embers of civil war ; but Dun Carlos h a s rein tbst to give his royal word, or enter into any engagement instructed effect. It is, moreover, stated, that M. de Tinan was inst lu " t y i e to elicit from Don Carlos his opinions and sentiments ° n . e d, following points :—First, as to a matrimonial alliance; ' The secondly, as to a visit from Queen Christina in person' he Pretender, however, categ)rically declar e d, that as long a' st . was detained a prisoner h e wou ld li sten to no political pr o it tion, for lie considered hi s person violated, and therefol,he was impossible for him to treat or act with freedom. august consort of the Pretender is represented to have tan, large share in these discussions, and to have shown g reat nr a w er ness and energy of character. '1 he eldest s on of the Pretes eet , is said to have been kept entirely apart from these confere s eo t although he appears disposed to concur in any arrang e : l . that would restore him to his elevated position and his e°u e f o rs, The young Infante is 24 years of age. Everything, the': des seems to foretell that these Princes will shortly take thele d to parture for Germany, seeing that no one continues dispose detain them any longer in France." BAD ROADS.—A correspond en t, w h o writes fr : :, 11 1 Taunton, informs us that the road between South Moltende Tiverton, is in a most dangerous state, and if the Truste e deo rs not shut it up, or speedily c ommence repa i rs , f a t a l aeq u i t ig must be the result. Whil e t o ll s are l ev i e d for Insin isi or roads, the Trustees mu s t p er f orm th e i r part o f t h e c ontras t ' be liable to an action for dais ages. A labouring man, named Muller, was tried -- r e It Nancy a few days ago, f or an a tt empt to mur d er his w" e * appeared from the evidence that Muller had a long ti,T e e t i her attempted to drown hi s w if e i n a r i ver. He had pnwsroed in, and, as the poor woman struggled for life, had te stones at her to prevent h er escape . Hi s victim 11 ° 1° d re length reached the b an k, h e ki c k e d h er on t h e hes o f.. peatedly, and left her for dead. She recovered, howav er i ; o tsl ficiently to reach her home, an d, notw i t h stan di ng this conduct, concealed the cause of her illness from her hours, and continued to reside with her husband, until I'd y is e usage compelled her to see k sa f e t y i n fli g h t. O n t he 23 , cember Muller met his wife in a wood, and, being ar 106 ,14 it a hatchet, made anoth er attempt to mur d er her. n..)-00 flicted several wounds, when the cri es o f hi s w if e brough t cc' persons to her aid, and, although dreadfully wounded , s h e o er covered after a month' s con fi nement i n b e d . The P, r/ w with din was found guilty, and . reeeived sen t ence to imprisonmen" die hard labour for life; th e J ury h av i ng , notw i t h s tangol evidence, returned a v er di c t th at t h e cr i me h a d b een comet without premeditation. POOLE.—lntelligenee has been received of t- 1, e g i de, of the brig William, belonging to AL Hrs. R. T. and '' T • of this port. It appears that, when off the coast of New ° OO, land, at eight o'clock on the evening of Sunday, sla nugrj ad d she struck near Cape St. Francis, during a snow-stornlt.ais was totally lost. The master (E. Eagen) and five o f the to were saved after considerable difficulty ; but we lament that six of the poor fellows on board were drowned.-"''' borne and Dor NchFßlDAYester Jou T rnal. HE GALE OF ss , s s se DA" . —The schooner in di s t ress , o ff B r i g h ton, yester d a y after is proved to be the Syl p h, o f J ersey, laden with culm. faPbele that she was at anch or off Littlehampton, the master an d ,bera of the crew, with th e except i on o f a li ttle b oy b e i n g °l l i be when she broke aw a y f rom her moorings, and drifted a t • mercy of the waves the w h o l e o f t h e night. Upon the 'T the life boat boarding her, the poor boy was discovere.T ho l t • dead with .fright; they immediately took him into the','„ and' and, after getting a few arti c l es , l e ft h er i n a s i n king within halt-an-hour she went in twelve fathoms water. s l ot tt account in the Times and Post this day, stating that te n s t 0 • s were lost in the Economy, off Littlehampton, is incorreerio the whole of the crew were sa ve d, as s t a t e d in myY de es is te ! it t li h S s. ':!, : , account. The Flower of Weymo u th, C a pe. C a nt, la general cargo, on the night of the gale, was driven .fro Ott ; Isle of Wight to Hastings, w h ere s h e ran as h ore , and, I the brave exertions of the Hasti ngs fi s h ermen , t h e whole e crew were saved. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—The town of Bra ic, was thrown into a state of greal alarm on Saturday nigh t s ' s erae s '' . by a rumour of a robbe r y h av i ng b een comm i tte d un d e r stances of a desperate character, almost within the 4 1 t . ,„ ree ' alf ll 'i the town. On inquiry it appeared that Mr. Win. J ch 'lsreiv '0; elderly farmer, residing at Noyadd, in the parish of Crickaeolifs's who had been attending the market, left the Green P r lif .11! Inn, on horseback, a few minues before eight o'clock 1 0 11 , 1 ,s 1 evening, for the purpose of returning home, but had se s a r eP o 'et, en passed the last house i n th e s t ree t b y more t h an 1 10 6- bloc s yards, before he w as s t ruc k o ff hi s h orse b y a blow from goon, and while stu nne d an d bl ee di ng on the grontr f robbed of about 15/. i n no t es an d cas h. I n t h e e°°lll° OA night the police, under the personal superintendence , : - oe i l e el'i magistrates, pursued thei r i nves ti gat i ons , an d t(; s it ier,' 111 persons into custody, of wh om J osep h Wichlow was fu se I'l e mitted to take hi s t r i a l a t th e approaching assizes ; pbibe lips, Jones, and another person named Robert Nirillis s4 "• . o" admitted to bail.— Cambrian. I S t ijoviej The late tides have done serious damage . ne art ore o4 ',l Valery-sur- Somme. At Veules, a small town, about s litii/di . of a league distant, a mill, which, from its elevated Y o der; I.s seems to be entirely out of the reach of the sea, was t r hosans e . ,., • mined at the base of the hill on which it stood, that necessary to raise strong defences against its further V o l Early in last week a ho use s t an di ng near i t was washe ose° and fell into the water, in the presence of a large enne ° o silos people, attracted by the catastrophe, which had for 11 0 7 t eed. been foreseen. The def ence was carried awe'', an o 0 0 081 0. ,, instant it was expe c t e d th a t t h e m ill i tse lf , f or which had not long a ge re f use d 20,000 f ranca , wou ld suffer th e cr e pe " fate. The sea has advanced to within two yards Of th e id which the mill is pl ace d, an d a f ew more wave s wO Ol pletely merge it in the channel. AMERICAN GENEROSITY.----We some time T o r luded to the subscriptions raised in America for beh° ° ` i t hat starving operatives, by the comfortable inhabitantceoo. sits` republic. As a satire on our infamous starvation sr ; f isid i . s , other subscription has been raised in the city of Albany' a er t o ;„ from the letter we subjoin, it will be seen, is to be sent ;of e et the shape of a present of provisions, to put the infamy or II Corn-laws further to the test, by ascertaining whetheroot of the Government will permit the provisions thus kindif fee or the inhabitants of a f ore i gn sta t e , to b e a d m i tte d duty n I'o o l whether they will a ll ow t h e peop l e to di e o f starratish,4 bre,, than permit them to eat br ea d go t f or not hi ng , unless t o o • has paid tax as a b oun ty t o our r i c h l an d owners . --Es' . letter dated Low e ll, th e 29 t h J anuary , 1842, to . 1 f'sir.g in Paisley :—" I am sorry to learn, that the distress iti r d is still on the iiscrease ; the cry of the population is hes- ton the one end of the earth to the other, and we rejoiee i . ol .o l ,. that those who have it in their power are cerning isap piL cheerfully in behalf of the suffering poor. I w ani gjtdt e bu ss ti ; otte : inform you and my fellow-townsmen, that their case w 'OIL; entered into with great spirit in Albany, State of v' e o t,ip 309 dollars have been collected for the sufferers. been bespoke in New York foe the purpose of tak sum in fluur to the Clyde, and it is expected to get iu iset Ar In Lowell, also, a subscription has been set on foot in to theselo for the same purpose, and it will be sent to Paisley son- d tributed by Baillie James Clark. I cannot tell 11 0 _ 1 ' 0 00;0 may be, as it has commenced only to-day ; but I 04 4 that 100 doll ars h ave b een forwarded to New Vr il ' a lf barrels of beef. I b e li eve th ere i s muc h d o i n g in be " b countrymen."— Glasgow Chronicle. O ; " The prosecution against the Spanish ell s , ch serves the Presse, "is still continued. The metrtr: o l m eot_ er . ter of Lugo has been condemned to a month's iinPr' go s its 1 denying, as anti- canonical, the authority of the di0ce,,,,0 nor named under the influence of tke Regent. ... 1 1 :1 0 of: proiecutor called for sentence of death again st tw° ° b e er' , v " bers of the chapter. Two canons of Toledo hav e si niched for eight yea rs f or th e same o ff enc e." wee, i ' About the middle of l as t month, a youn ee , a i r o .;,:t longing to lss ar il s , i n th e H aute L o i re , having: ,oretirri~,: rep time absent f ro m hi s f am il y, became so anxiou rj ' . .„ to i. that he set ou t on f oot to make a long day's home, notsvithstanding the rigour of the seas° l t o vvit b oa' unusually great in that part of France. He reacheddfoie•tnet! 50 yards of the house, when, overcome by cold an he r ites: " sunk down, and was soon frozen to death. Here se calleu,,i a whole week, his fate unknown, until attention the _;•• • „ t • the spot by an unusua l congregation of crows , ni n fellow's body was f oun d with the whole of the fac e nal on being only recognisable by his clothes. te WHAT DO WE TOIL FOB ? the pearl he risks his life to win : that T ‘i h-The csothbritaeanfi stranger's er d ,a e sr c sh k some to s hme race bleu' t the parent adorn the daughter with every g rod s . home. who sow are seldom those who reap. The swolhdieerrelgeirvewsehtiosrini,few's e b s tor e that , thus. A FLOOR-CLOTH MANUFACTORY BLOWN DOWN.—Yes terday morning, about half-past three o'clock, the extensive floor-cloth manufactory of Mr. Moss Lyons, situate in King street, East-lane, Walworth, was suddenly t lown down. It was a wooden erection about twenty-five feet in height, and of considerable length and depth, occupying an area of nearly an acre of ground. While the hurricane was at its height, a sudden gust of wind entered between the lengthened avenues formed for the reception of the canvas, and lifted the uprights of the building which supported the roof from their sockets, so that the whole instantly came down with a tremendous crash. The damage sustained by the building, and the destruction of some thousand yards of canvas, will amount to a considerable sum, which cannot be ascertained until a clearance of the ruins. It is fortunate that the workmen, of whom there are a great number employed, were not on the premises. BRIGHTON, 11ARCII 10.—Loss OF TEN LIVES. —At about 10 o'clock last night the wind blew with terrific strength during the whole of the night. The gusts of wind actually shook the buildings to the foundation, and the pattering of the rain sounded like the falling of marbles. A storm so severe, and of so long continuance, has not been known here for many years. Fragments of chimney-pots and tiles were to be seen this morning in nearly every street, and several instances have come to our knowledge of houses being completely unroofed by the strength of the wind. At the residence of Mrs. Brisbane, 7, Dorset-gardens, a stack of chimnies was blown down, and fell through the roof of the house into the bed room of a female servant, just missing the foot of the bed. A similar occurrence took place at a lodging-house in the Grand Junction Road, kept b' a Mr. Wilkinson. Here a stack of chimnies was likewise blown down by the wind, and falling through the roof just grazed the cheek of a man servant, fortunately without further injury. The wrecks in the channel we are afraid will turn out to be very numerous. At present, we have heard of two, and in one of these eases, the whole of the crew, eight in number, and two pilots, who had gone on board to conduct the vessel into the harbour, have unfortunately met with a watery grave. The vessel was the brig Economy, of Littlehampton, belong ing to Mr. Thomas Isemonger, of Littlehampton, laden with coals from Sunderland, in burden about 250 tons. Four or five other coal-vessels were, yesterday, in the Littlehampton roads, and all succeeded in making the harbour. The Economy, however, drew too much water, and was obliged to remain in the roads, waiting for the next tide. In the evening the hur ricane, as we have stated, sprang up, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the captain and crew, the vessel has gene to the bot tom, and not one of the crew was able to reach the shore. The master of the vessel was Captain Isemonger, brother of the owner. The second case occurred off Brighton, at three o'clock this afternoon. A schooner was seen in the Channel in the morning, about ten miles at sea. A Shoreham life boat put off to her assistance. At three o'e.ock the life-boat could 'oe discovered returning, but no trace of the schooner was visible. It is conjectured that the crew have been taken into the life-boat, and that the vessel has gone to the bottom. The life-boat is at this moment returning, and is now ( lour o'clock ), eight miles distant from land. The wind has been very high this morning, but, at the time of writing this communica tion, is becoming more calm. Beevor, Esq., of a . daughter . . 4 -. o f B. ~ On the 7th hut ,at Broughton, near Newark, the o' °- ',, ,',, road, h te a On Brixton, itdheermB l a,nl i c on ) f fs a t daughter. London,aa u t g i h r t o e o3 r , f . d oa nd BIRTHS , fOrt' ve.. ' • On the 7th inst„ the lady of J. 11. Schroler, Esq. , ° , ; fi W I {; 310 ( 1 ) 3 n n t e h u e x t R h .N in . s , t. o , f ladyaatwLni.verpoolat,hugethhleta:ror ja r m ::: V.:--ite, rd: Vs . o lUr!. On the 9th inst., at Walcot-place West, Larnboth, Wagoaffe, of a son. MARRIED. rga It B On thci 6th inst., at Chevening , B, F. Shore , f • Captain in the 17th Lancers, tollelen;second daugnie- Pea kins, Es, of Chip stead Stok en lace, Kent. On the St q. h inst., at -p church, the Rev. J. to son of the Rev. J. BalL , w, of Woodeaton, in Oxfoael' rosi' in ;he Eliza, eldest daughter of John Fane, Esq., of Worn u same county. DIED. On the 28th ult. , at Dover, Florinda Fanny, rife of Callfgis Catesby Paget, Royal FuFileer 2 On the 7th inst., Alfredli ° ardcastle, Esq*P f °itch° House, Surrey, aged 51. en °1 On the 7th inst., Atherton Augustus Cuttinghar fie % 9 Edwaid 'Maio, Esq., late Captain of the 37th Regitrenlutlett On the Bth inst., at Rye, Sussex, Richard Weed ° '. Esq., aged 76. . On the Bth inst., at Winw;ck, Lancashire, Thomas •-'rliugli- .. • . ton, Esq., aged 63. . °f • London : Printed and Published by MURD O Y Stran d. ;2 . - .• No. 112, Strand, at The Sua O ffi ce , N 0.112, * t '; i ( cult} of M i ddlesex, Saturday, March 12 ; 184* UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Ox FORD, MARCH 10.— This day a Congregatien was holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred : Bachelors of Arts—Sir J. E, Harington, Bart., of Christ Church ; J. H. Pollen, of Christ Church ; J. Soper, of Mag dalen Hall ; A. E. Whieldon, of Trinity College. A Convocation was afterwards holden for the election of a Professor of Political Economy, when Dr.. T. Twins, Fellow of University College, was chosen without opposition. Yesterday W. 'l'. Hutchins, cf Worcester College, was elected a Vinerian Scholar without opposition. The next day appointed for conferring degrees will be on Saturday, 19th inst., being :he last day of the pi esent Term. CHURCH-RATE SEIZURES. LEICESTER. On Monday, seizures for Church-rates were made upon the Proprietor of the Leicestershire Mercury ; Mr. Baines, (known' for his imprisonment for Church-rates) ; Mr. Winks, (Town-Councillor); and eleven other parishioners of St. Martin's, Leicester. The property taken amounted to more than three times the amount of the rates demanded. It will be sold by auction, in the Town Hall. on Monday next. FAILURE OF WIGNEY'S BANK. The insolvency of the bank had been very generally whis pered through the principal parts of the town, for an hour or two previously ; and.there is no doubt that the determination of the firm to suspend payment had oozed nut shortly after the closing of the Bank on the previous afternoon, for persons connected with the military at present occupying our ca valry barracks were sent out lata in the evening in all direc tions to exchange the notes of the insolvent firm ; and we re gret to add that they were successful in numerous instances. We may at once state, without subjecting ourselves to unplea sant remarks, the cause which has brought about the present calamitous result. Jr. I. N. Wigney, we learn now, for the first time, hat fir some years past been engaged in a shawl and merino factory at Glasgow carried on under the name of " Cochrane and Co." and conducted by a Mr. Young, who married one of Mr. Wigney's sisters. In this concern, in which a capital of some 80,000/. is said to be invested—whether encumbered or not, or wasted, is yet to be ascertained—great losses have keen sustained during the last five years; and, in pointof fact, the funds of the Bark have constantly and continually been drained away during that pe riod to sustain this ruinous speculatson. So lately, we believe, as the 2d or 3d of the present month, a sum of 2,0001. was paid by Masterman and Co., for the purposes of this Glasgow House ; and, we believe, it was not till the drawers of the bank were completely exhausted that the determination was come to of suspending business. The liabilities of the firm, we have reason to believe—and we have some authority to warrant the assertion—will be found to range between 12000/. and 150,000/., including the ordi nary " Bank notes ," the amount of which in circulation is comparatively small, not exceeding, it is supposed, 10,0001. ; and consequently, the disaster among what we may perhaps be allowed to call " the miscellaneous public," who are usually the holders of these notes, is not very great, nor extensively felt. It was supposed by many, that by the will of the late Mr. William Wigney, the brewery and all the property of the family were to continne responsible to the customers of the Bank ; and under this belief many persons deposited large sums there at interest. These find now to their cost that these statements had no foundation in truth, and that no member of the late Mr. Wigney's family, except the two youngest brothers, Isaac and Clement, are liable to them. Our Town Commissioners, we find, have a balance of about 500/. in the hands of Mr. I. N. Wigney, who was their Trea surer ; but as Mr. George Wigney is his surety, the town will sustain no loss. The suitors in the Court of Requests are less fortunate, Mr. Clement Wigney being Treasurer in that Court, and his partner being his surety. Altogether, it is a most calamitous event, and will be severely felt in the town and neighbourhood for some time to come.—Brighton Guardian. DUTCII ItitiDs.—AbitlTeßUASl, MARCH 8. None). IilI!i. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. A inert Svridic,44 per cent - 95% 2.1 k Ditto, ditto, 3% percent 76% 77 Commercial Company, 44:, par cent lsts Ye 157 Ditto (1635 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... ItOki 1010% Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 94 a 1.9 Exchange on London, One month l2 123 y Twomonths 12 05 Hamburgh, One month 35 56% Two months 35 31% Dutch Papers, March 8. tIEIAiIAI.4 F UNDS—nnuesm.e, MARCH 8 Actual Debt, 2S, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C-nt Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 1 .3% 3per Cent. ----- Thirty .seven (!w)) )o:'% Loan of City, 1C32,4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 45.iper Cent. Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .......... 81% NationalSeciety. Exchange on London (shoi t) .................. _Brussels Papers. M arc h 8. lIABIBURGH BORSENIIALLE, MARGE! 5. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 16:5 16;0 An g lo-Russian Loan 11'1 109!,;, Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% 10,3 1 4 Inscription, lot series . ... 10i Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., Cd and 4 th Series t 9 Ditto in Certificates •• _ 19 New 4 pert ent. (1640). Dutch Actual Debt, 1:34 per Cent............. 51 507 Ditto 5 per Cent. - Polish Bonds New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan 163 , 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5 per Cents. Two meta b, ieteorie lodies were observed near Basle the one on the 19th, and the second on the 20th ult. They moved from N. W. to S. E., and had the appearance of lumi nous globes. Earl Stanhope and Lord Monteagle were in the Peers' Gall er y o f t h e House of Commons, at an early hour yesterday evening. ~" ~.