The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-23 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Covent Garden. —4eason 1834.—The Directors' beg leave most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, that the Season will commence on THURSI) .sy, March 30th, 1814, being a Subscription night, in lien of Tuesday, March 28. The Directors have the honour to present the Prospectus of the ' Eighth Season of the Royal Italian Opera, and trust it will be consi dered by their Subscribers to be an evidence of their continued efforts to carry out the original design of this great Lyrical Establishment. The prospects of the forthcoming Season are of unusual interest, and the Directors feel assured that the Subscribers and the Public will share with themselves the feelings of gratification at the arrange ments which they have succeeded in making. It will be seen that that great artiste, Madame Viardot, after an absence of three years, will return once more to shed lustre on the representations of the Theatre. , Mademoi elle Sophie Cruvel I, whose eminent talents are already so highly esteemed in this country, will appear for the first time at the Royal Italian Opera. signor Lablache will also, for the first time, lend his powerful aid in Qupporting the efforts of the Directors, and will enable them to produce many of the most popular works with amost attractive c :ste of characters. In addition, Made moiselle Marai, a young Artiste of treat promise, who has already made very successful debuts both at Saint Petersburg and Vienna, will appear for the first time in Englaril ; also Signor Swint, for the first time at the Royal Italian Opera. Madlle. Bosio, who, during the past winter has acquired fresh laurels in the Frence cipital. continues her engagement. Those un rivalled Artistes, Signor Mario, signor Helicon', and Signor Tam berlik, together with Signori Tagliafico, Polonini, larchesi. Stigelti, &c., who have so long assisted to maintain the reputation of Covent Garden, have been re-engaged, while the Directors still have the advantage of the invaluable services of aign , r Costa. The above assemblage of the most eminent Artistes in Europe will render the Caste of Characters in the Operas Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, I Puritani, Fidelio, 11 Matrimonio Segreto, quite un preced nted. The forthcoming season, however, brings with it one subject of re gret, viz., the retirement front the lyric stage of a lady who for many years has been one of its brightest ornaments. Towards the end of July Madame Giulia Grist will males her last appearance before an English aueience. It has probably never before fallen to the la of any car.didate for public favour to sustain, for 21 succes , dve seasons, the highest and most anions characters of the Lyric Drama, and most certainly never with such unanimous commendations as have been unceasingly be stowed on Madame Grist. The Directors are convinced that not only will the Subscribers of the Royal Italian Opera, as well as the musical amateurs of the me tropolis, participate in their sentiments on this occasion ; bat they feel sure that the retirement of Madame Grist will cause one general feeling of deep regret in the minds of all those who take any interest In the musical affairs o this country. It lathe wish of Madame Grist, during this her la , t engagement, to repeat those Impersonations in which it has be n her good fortfu.e to obtain her greatest successes, and it will accordingly be the care of the directors to contribute every possib' e eclat t ' these performances, relying with the greatest confidence that the subscribers, the patrons of tha opera, and the public, will on these occasions still extend to their long-favoured Artiste the cheering influence of their countenance and support. The Repertoire of the Royal Italian Opera SOW comprises FORTY TWO OPERAS, the whole being complete with Costumes, Scenery, and Decorations. During the Season, of the following Operas, Th ree will positively b e produced : LA VESLALE•• •• •• •••• ••••••.......• .• Spontini. (As lately performed at the Academie Royale, at Paris), the principal part by _Mademoiselle SOPHIE CRUVELLI. LE DOMINO NOR Auber. DON SEB.a.STIA . ..... .........:...... Doitzettl. IIATILDA DI SHABRAX .... Rossad. DONPASQUALE •„. ........ OBERON ...... • • ••••••—•• .. Weber. The Engagements for the prQsent Season are : SOPRANI. Madame GRP', (Being most positively her last Engagement in England.) Madame VIARi)OT, (Her Etrst Appearance these Three Years.) , Mddemoiselle (From the Imperial Theatre% of St. Petersburg and Vienna, her First Appearance in England') Mademoiselle ALBINI. Mademoiselle ANGELINA BOSIO, and Mademoiselle SOPHIE CRUVELLI, (Her First Appearance at the Royal Italian Opera.) CONTE ALTO. Mademoiselle NANTLER DIDIER. , SECONDE DONNE. Mademoiselle COT TI, and Mademoiselle BELLINI. TENORI. Signor MARIO. Signor ST IGELLI, Signor SOLDI, Signor LUGI MEI, Signor LUCHESI, and Signor TAMBERLIE. BASSI BARITONI. Signor RONCONI, and Signor FORTONT, (Ilia First Appearance at the Royal Italian Opera ) BASSO PROFOND I. Signor LABL ACHE, (Ills First Appearance at the Royal Italian Opera•) Signor TAGLIAFICO, Signor GR EGORIO, Signor rouos Monsieur ZELGER, an Signor -USINI. (Ms First Appearance at the Royal Italian Opera.) The Orchestra and Chorus will be on the same scale of efficiency as heretofore. DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC, COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR, Mr. COAT %. _ The Military Band will be under the superintence of Mr. GODFREY. Maestro al Piano .. • • Signor PANIZZA. Chorus Master .... Prompter • • .... •••••• . • •• •• • • -•• .. Signor MONTERASI P0et........ .. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mademoiselle BATTA • Mademolsel'e A STOW, Mademoiselle ELIZ NEHR, (Their First Appearances In England,) Mademoise'le SANTI, Mademoiselle ESPEIt, and Mademoiselle PLUNKETT. Maitre de Ballet ........ •••• • • .. 3lons. Desplaces. Leader of the Ballet • • •• .. Mr. Alfred Mellon. Director of the Mise-en•Saae .... Mr. A. Harris. Scenic Artist Costnmiere •• - N aflame Marzio. Decorator ............. • • .. • • Machinist ... • ..... The Box °dice is open from 11 to 5 o'clock. Loyal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, March, 1854. ripHEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.— a_ Mr. H. 'P. 1%1, Lesice, has the honour to announce that he has placed the abore- named Nati , mai EStabltshment at the set , vice of the FUND in AID of the FAMILD.:B of the EXPEDITIO h.RY ARMY. In pur4uanca of this desirable object, a F.tNCY - FAIR will be held on the 13th and I 4th of April, ut.de: the follow ing Royal and distinguished patronage:— Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge Her Royal llNhness the Duchess of Kent Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge The Right Hon. the Lady Mayoress • Her Grace the Duchess of Ham Iton Her Grace the Duc , mss of Beaufort Her Grace the Duchess of Montrose Her Gra- e time Duchess of Inverness Her Grace the Duchess of Somerset Her Grace the Duchess of Richmond The Most Noble the Marchioness of Londonderry The Most Noble the Marchioness of Itlandfiird Toe Most Ncble the Marchioness of Aylesbury The Right Hon. the Countess of Chesterfield The Itig4t lion. the Countess of Kinnoul The Right Hon. the Countess of Glengall The Right Hon. the Countess of liessborough The Right Hon. the Countess of Derby The night Hon. the Countess of Shelburne The Right Hon. the Countess of Wilton The Right Hon. the Countess of Desert The Right Hon. the countess of Donouemore The Right Hen. the Viscountess Palmerston The Right Hon. the Viscountess Maidstone The Right Hon. the Viscountess Newport Lady Soiihis. Des-Veins Lady Colville Lady Raglan The Hon. Miss Mrs. Disraeli Mrs. J. Stanley. Every appointment and appearance of the Theatre will be called Into requisition on this important aoi interesting occasion ; decora tions are preparing. The pit will be covered for promenade, and an efficient band provided for the execution of choice and new original music. Ladies desirous of aiding by their presence this benevolent demonstration are respectfully reminded that they should make early application for stalls. A book is now open in the lobby of the grand entrance to receive contributions in the shape of articles intended for sale on the occasion. TREATRE LOYAL DRURY JANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Last Week of Mr.' G. V. BROOKE'; Engagement previous to lab sating for California and Australia. TFIIA EVENING, MARCH 23. Wlll be presented VIRGINIG 4. PA-Opal characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, G. Bennett, Kini ck, Younge, and T. Maxi; Miss Catlycart and Mrs. Vickery. , After which, a Grand EILLET DIVERTISREMENT. Vo be followed by the new Farce, called MY COAK AND HOUSE KEEPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Younge and Belton; 'and Miss Featherstone. THEATRE ROYAL H tYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, MUCH 23, Will be performed a new comic drama, called RINELACird. , Tharacters by Messrs. Vandenhoft, W. Farren, Buckstone, Tilbury, and Rogers; Miss Reynolds. Mrs. Fitzwitham, &c. After which, WILLIE - IND AY!) WY'S DINAII. Supported by Messrs. Buckstone and Corri; Miss Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fitzwil limn, and Mrs. Cau:lleld. After M which, the opening Scenes of the PANTOME, aled BARLEQUIN AND THE THREE 'BEARS; or, Little Silve c r l hair 4 4c1, the Fairies. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Watts. THIS EVENING, MARCII 23, ~VI eae r 11 be performed WANTED, A SHE-WOLF. Characters by s Charles Mathews, F. Mathews, and Baker; Miss Oliver. To be followed by A CHARMING WIDOW. Concluding with NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORNER. After whic l h, me Popular Fairy Extravaganza, entitled ONCE Messrs. R°Zb Y UPON A TXE TRERK WERit TWO KENG-4. ,;haracters by V. atth. ws and Bland ; Madame 'Testi St. George, x maato M n, Foote. Martindale, Ells, Wadna s. m.Misses and Proprietor TlitaaltE ROYAL ADELKII. , Mr. B, W ebuer...._ Diectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENT:car, MARCU 23, Will be Performed TWO Lo vEi AND A LIFE. Supported by C. , !by, Letgh M rrar,geniamttn Webster, Keeley and 0. Messrs. ~.,• be • ... r and m ad , , . , as sV o eig" ' ru e' Celeste. Smith ; 31 ~,,b THE' s•EltiOtrd To conclude ""- • ii ' FAILY. Characters by Leigh array, p,,, B Webster, ~., ___ ... elle, and Keeley; Mrs. L. d u e e. • ivonlgar, x ••,,10' xaskell, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Murray, Misse s Y.eeley. ROYAL, OLYMPIC TREA Titt. Les3eo and Manager, Mr. A. wigan. THIS EVENING, Kasen 23, "X. SlKfisciarteCifyndbYtuti4m7agrand. Will be performed THE WRONT4- Alfred Wigan and Robinson ; MiS3 P. Hurton, Miss E. Turner. - - To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Airs. Stirling and 31 isi Wyndham. s ' To be followed by TIIF. FIRST' NIGHT. Characters by _Mess rs. Alfred WlgAn, Lithe, Fran H ar wood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss . I', Horton, and Mho Wyndham. STRAND THEATRE. tole Lome, Mr. F. IV. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss IL:beeca Isaacs THIS EVENING, Mater! 23, Will be presented RUSSIAN TYRANNY; or, The Fatal Sn ow. storm. Followed by PADDY SHOOTENG THE MOON. After which, THE BLUE JACKETS. To conclude with THE CORKONIAN BROTHERS. Paddy and The Mulligan (the Brothers), Mr. G. Hodson. ..Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private DOFF, " 14 * 6 1. to be had of Allcroft, 10, New Boad•Street. ROYAL FRINCESS"S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CIIA3LE3 KEAN. MARcit 23, THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, TIIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal cha racter by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, MARCII 23, And during the week, will be presented the new, grand, and romantic spectacle entitled THE WOODMAN'S HORSE; or, The False Knight—the Woodman's Horse by the pet steed, Beauty, ex p r essly trained by Mr. William Cooke. After which, the incomparable Scenes of the ARENA. To conclude with BESS OF THE BELL. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tar , DAY —Morning 13 min.after 8 I Evening 0 min.aft. 9 ToZionnow—Morning 50 min.aiter 9 1 Evening 41 min.aft. 10 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAuca 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 45 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'48—falling. WIND, N.N.E.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshlny weather eN• ..y •,:t ~. L.. ~..;, . • -...— 1 .____ , b 6.,_.................,,,_ uu , -.,-TH ..:7,--:‘,:;...:.,., , , z ,§ 0 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1854. An excellent effect has been produced in Paris by the publication of the Secret and Confidential Correspondence between the British and Russian Governments. It is recognised by the people of France that they have no longer any reason what ever to look with jealousy on Perfide Albion— the documents constituting this secret and confi dential correspondence demonstrating in the clearest manner the perfect honesty and good faith of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. A little later we shall hear of the. effect produced by this same revelation at Berlin and Vienna. It cannot but be perceived then, both by Austria and Prussia, that England has displayed the utmost fairplay throughout towards their respective Governments. Not that the know ledge of this honourable course on the part of the British Cabinet will be sufficient to emanci pate the German Powers from the thraldom in which they have been so long held by the pre dominance of the great Northern Autocracy. But that a sentiment of compunction may be thereby infused into the policy of the Councils at Pots dam and at Schoenbrunn, such as may ultimately, perchance, dissipate the rigorous neutrality resolved upon by the two Administrations. In the French capital, as we have seen, the liveliest satisfaction has been manifested at the scrupulously straight forward conduct of England in resisting, from the first to the last, the evil influence of the CZAR'S gorgeous and insidious temptations. It is perceived by our Gallic neighbours that our Ministers would never for an instant yield to the suggestion of the AUTOCRAT that the fate of the Ottoman Empire should be in any way arranged without our hav ing first consulted the wishes of the other great Powers of Europe—but more especially without our having first submitted the whole question formally to the consideration of the French Go vernment. Everything, indeed, tends to indicate more and more clearly that the alliance between France and England is based upon motives more stable than those of merely a prudential character. The compact entered into bj the two Powers has been drawn from a nobler source than one constituted solely by reasons of convenience. It is an actual and not simply a nominal - union, having for its object the maintenance of the loftiest principles—those principles most con sonant with the holier dogmas of Christianity. It is an alliance having for its objects the preser vation of Order, the vindication of Right, the consolidation of an enduring tranquillity. It is one which aims chiefly at restoring the world to peace, and by so doing conducing the most effectually to the more rapid and extended development of civilisation. The alliance of France and England is an alliance in the cause of justice, and not in that of a lawless and selfish ambition. It is an union effected for the protection of the weak and the punishment of the powerful—not for purposes (we repeat here what we have before now asserted) of commercial, or political, or territorial aggran disement. Originating in these noble motives, this alliance does not reveal in it the seeds of its dissolution. It bears no resemblance what ever to the compact between two robber states— a compact maintained only so long as the atrocity resolved upon is in course of accomplishment. Whatever victories, won by land or by sea, may be ours in the approaching struggle, they must be victories of which France and England shall be mutually proud, achieved as they will be for nobler objects than those enhancing the martial or maritime glory of the two countries—a glory, by the way, that needs no enhancement. With Russia, on the contrary, it has been, is now, and will be altogether otherwise. For Russia has con trived, by the blundering arrogance of her ruler, to place herself in a position wholly and entirely, to all intents and purposes, insulated. Turkey is against her—against her in arms, and as yet vic toriously. France and England are against her together, by an almost unparalleled combination of circumstances. Her obsequious shadow, Prussia nay, her alter ego, Austria each withdraw from the responsibility of aiding her in the ter rible conflict with the Western Powers—finding refuge from that unacceptable peril in the alter native of a pusillanimous neutrality. Denmark and Sweden adopt a bolder course, by declaring themselves for a neutral policy of an armed and defensive character. Persia holds herself aloof, while Egypt is sending auxiliaries eagerly and spon taneously to her liege suzerain at Constantinople. All the while—Hungary looking for the signal of its second and more secure emancipation, and Poland watching with faith in her heart, and valour in her eye, and energy in her hands for the day which may now very speedily witness the glory of her restoration. At such a juncture as this it is something more than simply gratify ing—it is matter for grateful exultation—to ob serve the happy effect produced at Paris by the publication, at the most fortunate moment and in the very nick of time, of this Secret and Confi dential correspondence between the British and Russian Governments. • A vigorous and decided step has at length been taken in reference to the unfortunate dispute be tween the masters and men in the manufacturing districts. It appears that COWELL, GiumsrrAw, WADDINGTON, and other delegates, and committee men (nine in all) were arrested ; and it is under stood that warrants have been issued against others of the leaders in the labour movement. On Tuesday and yesterday the case against the parties was gone into, and the charges preferred in due form. It was for a conspiracy, the overt act being the sending back the strangers brought to the town to fill the places previously occupied by the turn-outs. After a prolonged investigation, the Magistrates decided on sending for trial, at the Liverpool Assizes, COWELL, GRIMSHAW, GALLAGHER, LANG, GARDNER, WOOD, and BROCKLEHURST. Bail was, however, taken for their appearance, which was speedily forthcoming, and the accused were dis charged from custody. The turn-outs, although greatly excited at the proceedings againstjtheir leaders, remained peaceable. It is not our practice at any time to prejudge a question that still remains sub judice, neither should we desire to see men subjected to stringent punishment for acts committed under the impres sion that they were pursuing a strictly legal course in furtherance of the interests of the class to which they belonged, and of which, to a certain extent, at least, they were the recognised repre sentatives. W e s h a ll no t, th e r e for e , en t er at pre sent into any consideration of the point as to whether the accused have transgressed the limits within which they were confined, as well by the spirit as the letter of the law. That will, in all human prQbability ; be discussed bef9re a compe- TILE SUN, LONEOI4' tent tribunal,,aulthe actual state of the Lau w ill receive a calm and unprejudiced interp tf station from those who are fully authorised a o.d pre eminently qualified to speak ex cathedra. But, while leaving the subject for th at deci sion, we cannot help expressing our satisft Lotion at the prospect of a speedy investigation intc • a topic of deep and paramount importance to the iaational welfare and prosperity. It is impossible to over estimate the magnitude of the interests involved in the result, or the injurious, we might almost say the ruinous, consequences of a further separa tion between masters and men—aye more, be tween labour and capital. Let it not be supposed that the question is one solely relating to Preston. That town is merely the " Cock-pit" in which the battle is waged by the representatives and cham pions of the different clw,ses. The large contri butions afforded to the belligerents, the ample supplies paid into the money chests on either side, prove beyond the possibility of dispute or difficulty that the affair is not one merely of out posts, but that its tecrmination is regarded as indicative of the ultimate issue between the oppo nents. " Who takes the foremost foeman's life, That party conquers in the strife." So it is at Preston- The victory there will probably be decisive on the entire vexata questio. Indeed, were it otherwise, a peace of some kind would long since have been patched up, and the ruinous internecine conflict would have termi nated in some way or other. Strange it is that so little attention should have been directed to such a matter as the volun tary cessation of labour by many thousands of persons, and their support in idleness by the con tributions of myriads of working men, who spare from their own scanty and hardly-acquired earn ings the assistance willingly bestowed on their brethren, nor is it leas significant that other con tributions are also flowing in to the masters whose factories are closed, and engines rusting, uselessly and unproductively. In fact the dangerous com bination on one side is met by an equally dan gerous combination on the other, and the union of the masters would be inexcusable but for that of the men, which rendered it a necessary act of self-defence. The step just taken will bring this matter pro minently before the public, and will prove, beyond the possibility of doubt; that which we long since asserted, " the necessity for further legislation on the subject." Many suggestions have been offered (although not within the walls of Parliament) as to the nature and extent of the enactments that may be required to meet the exigency. There is one, however, recently put forward, which seems so simple, and yet so effectual, so easily brought into operation, and yet so potent in its effects, that we should be inexcusable if we did not direct the legislative attention to the valuable hint. " A Member of the Teinple" is the CEDIPus who has solved the problem—the COLUMBUS who has taught the mode by which the egg may be balanced on its narrow end. The remarks on the law relating to combinations are, indeed, worthy ofnotice.* They are brief, but to the point—manifestly the pro duction of a man capable of " condensation." There is not a superfluous expression, and the very simplicity of the proposition is perhaps its chief recommendation. An enactment directed against the " levying of contributions" on either side is all that is required. The mere hint shows us how effectual it would have been. It would clearly have prevented the calamitous struggle that has been going on for so many months. In justice to the learned writer, we give an extract from his able brochure, allowing him to express his own views in his own words : "We shall be asked for a remedy without calling into activity the disused and dormant powers of the law. It is not difficult to comply. If an act of Parliament were framed, the main provisions of which struck at the levy ing of contributions raised by combinations, to aid em ployers against employed, and employed against em ployers, the tiling would be accomplished at once. If heavy penalties were provided, who could object to them ? They could only be enforced in favour of trade, and therefore in favour of everybody, and of the well being of society at large. Destroy the thews and sinews created and nerved by money, and there is an end of the mischief. We throw out this suggestion, moved by uo to either class, and we feel persuaded that no man of sound and benevolent impulse will condemn us. All we wish to show is, that there is a remedy within the reach of the Legislature—a remedy that may be re sorted to, if good sen-R and good feeling among employ ers and employed refuse to assert themselves. Not only is the present state of things against the `policy of trade,' but against the peace and health of society ; and the sooner it is put an end to the better for us all." He also declares that he is quite prepared to give the substance and effect of a more practical suggestion. We trust that he will do so. An exposition of the views of the able contributor to Blackwood who gave.to the world the articles on the "Revolt of the Workers," and " The Employer and the Employed," must be well worthy of perusal and attentive consideration. * One or Two Remarks on the Law Relating to Com binations. By a Member of the Temple. London : William G. Benning and Co., 43, Fleet-street. 1854. It is rather hard to defend a well-meaning man in a false position, or to argue the right of the case as between parties, both of whom are more or less in the wrong ; and this, we humbly pre sume to think, was the position of the able lawyers who skirmished so briskly on Monday over the Attorney-General's Bill for healing the mala dies of the boroughs which had been probed by the Bribery Commissioners. No one denied that something ought to be done, or that the voters who had confessed to bribery richly deserved dis franchisement ; but the delicate question arose— Are they to be disfranchised, first, on their own confession ; secondly, after they were promised indemnity from penal consequences, as all induce ment to confession ? On the second point, as even Sir FITZROY KELLY showed, in strict law the Attorney-General might be right ; and the mean ing of the indemnity clause might be that they should be free only from pains and penalties under existing laws. Still, the confessor pro bably thought that no punishment would light upon him, individually, in virtue of his confession ; though, after the examples of Sudbury and St. Albans, he could not expect to escape the effects of any general measure, to which his conduct, and his confession of it, had given birth. The Attorney-General and others seem to think that as the confessing bribe-taker might expect disfranchisement in company with fellow-electors, there is no hardship in disfran chising him without punishing the innocent with him, when the size of the boroughs in question admits this mode of treatment. The opposition lawyers, on the contrary, seemed to think that it was just this distinction on which our national faith hung, since the guilty man would be treated differently to the innocent, although he had thought the national faith was pledged to treat ing none the worse for his confession. It is the first point, however, which will make the bill unpopular. If the times of the STUARTS left one feeling engrained into our national feel ings, it is that of hatred to the very thought of compelling a man to criminate himself. We assuredly do not w i s h t o argue against it, but if we did it would be perfectly useless. A French or Prussian lawyer might offer reasons in plenty which we could not easily refute on their abstract merits ; but we should have one unanswerable argument which no Frenchman or Prussian could gainsay, that we are Englishmen and not French men or Prussians, and that we would rather some half-dozen of the worst scoundrels should escape justice annually, than allow any man to interro gate us with a view to exposing us to penal con sequences. We would not dispute the merits of other codes and other nations—but worse for the Judge, or Jury, or Counsel, or House of Com mons itself, which in this our England attempted to act on a principle odious to the inmost heart of the nation. Sir A. COCKBURN, we are con fident, has no such wish whatever, and he does not like probably to come so near in appearance, if not in reality, to Star Chamber practice, but we incline to think that his approaching so near the detested idea will ultimately be fatal to his bill. All agree it would be a great good to strike every bribed voteroff the register for ever, but whe ther the House dares consent to do it, on his own confession, remains to be seen. One view of the case I i'HURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1854. does not seem to have struck the Learned Gentle men on either side ; we mean that the loss of a vote, the only thing which the Legislature pro fesses to give, can hardly be any punishment at all to the man who sells it for a bribe. Sir A. COCKBURN deprives him only of the power of voting for this or that Candidate ; but he has shown that he cares neither for Candidates nor for their politics ; and it must require some assurance to pretend that to lose his vote merely would to him be any penalty at all. We shall not, on the whole, be sorry to see this measure kicked out. Besides the very ques tionable ground of acting on a man's extorted or purchased confession, the thoroughgoing Re formers have a fair claim to try their hands on these boroughs. Why should not the almost forgotten Sir WILLIAM IVIOLESWORTH have a voice for once, and be allowed to try the Ballot upon five almost hopeless boroughs? Has he lost him self amongst the Woods and Forests ? The Attor ney-General himself is also, if we rememb9r rightly, a friend to the Ballot. We shall have no pity for a Cabinet, in which the Ballot is an open ques tion, if it will continue doggedly to refuse a trial of it in any shape or form. Minority members, and disfranchising voters on a confession obtained by promises of immunity, are infinitely more at variance with all our English habits and feelings than secret voting. To this it must and will come at last. Indeed we question whether the disfranchisement of all who have confessed to receiving bribes would not leave ten times as many in each constituency who have been bribed by hopes, or fears, or flatteries, as degrading to them, in their station, as the few pounds to the needy man by whom they are received. All these can be emancipated by the Ballot alone. Colonial Church Disabilities might really be removed very easily; and with satisfaction to all parties. It is only to carry out the colonial sys tem which is now so fully recognised by all our statesmen, and to give up all interference on the part of Government with Colonial Churches, and the whole thing is settled. As we observed last year, Mr. WALPOLE was perfectly right in refus ing to impair the supremacy of the Crown, while Mr. GLADSTONE was right in wishing the Epis copal Church to enjoy in the colonies the liberty necessary for efficiency ;—a liberty, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL pleaded on Monday, enjoyed by Catho lics, Weslayans, and all but Episcopalians. Mr. BETHELL'S Bill, then, should have but one clause, a clause declaring that henceforth in all our colo nies, properly so called, the Episcopal Church was entirely freed from any legalised ecclesiastical connection with the Church of the mother country ; that such connection with the Colonial Government as it seemed fit to the colonists to establish or allow, should be left to the colonists and their Church ; but that all connection with the Church of England at home should be purely voluntary. No one seams to know precisely what are the links which at pre sent unite the Colonial and the Mother Churches. Lord JQHN RUSSELL thought they might be re duced to one, the nomination of their Bishops by the Crown. If this be all, nothing would seem to be easier than to say to our colonists, "Choose your own Bishops as many, and as you please ; give the Colonial Governments power to name them if you like, which probably you will not prefer, but take the matter into your own hands. Our own Bishops are quite enough for us." Lord JOHN Rus- SELL'S parallel between the allegiance of Colonial Catholics to Rome and of Colonial Wesleyans to the English Conference would then hold through out, since that allegiance is entirely non-political. Even Mr. HADFIELD, and the Member for Rochdale, would probably vote cordially for such an arrange ment, since their only objection to Church freedom in the colonies is the connection between their churches and the Government of the mother country. We presume that both theseextremeNonconformist members, and those who think with them, would be perfectly satisfied were the whole business turned over to the Colonial Churches, govern ments, and people. The supremacy of the Crown, which we hope Mr. WALPOLE will continue vigi lantly to guard, could not be trenched upon if the Colonial Church was declared to be a Colonial and not a Crown affair. All xogulations made by Synods then would have only the force of volun tary rules, or, if the Church was endowed by the Colonial Legislature, would come under the cog nisance of the Colonial Government as purely colonial matters. Air. GLADSTONE, on the other hand, could not object to the Bishops being nomi nated and consecrated for the Colonial Churches in any way by which it was preferred to keep up the ecclesiastical connexion with Canterbury and the Mother Church. He would have at once his Spiritual Freedom and his Church Unity. :HONEY MA It KE T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, with a heavy market, and prices had a downward tendency. The sales com prised 4,000 American, 300 Egyptian at 6id. to 71d., 500 Surat at 3d. to 4zd., and 30 Sea Island at is. 1.4 d. to ls. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet, but dull. The following communications show the very great interest felt at the outports in the promotion of Tribunals of Commerce : " TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE ASSOCIATION. " 12, Mark-lane, 23d March, 1854. " Sir,—Will you permit me through your columns to inform your many mercantile readers that last week the Mayor of Bristol, the President of the Chamber of Com merce, the Vice-Presidents, and about 50 of the leading merchants and shipowners of that city, became sub scribers to our fund. This example, we have no doubt, will be followed by other towns, and thus we. shall be enabled shortly, we hope, to do what our President the Right Hon. Lord Beaumont has now recommended, viz.--` lay some clear and intelligible plan before the country.' " Up to the present time, by advice from the highest authority—we have avoided details, dealing only with the narrow end of the wedge —we have now studied all that can be said about the necessity of a strict observ ance of the forms prescribed by law'—the fact that custom creates no right' in law,—and that to sub mit a Tribunal of Commerce to the control of a superior law court would be an absurdity.' As soon as our funds afford us the means of bringing needful talent to our aid, we shall meet, and, we hope, conquer these objections as our continental neighbours have. " I am, sir, yours very obediently, "FRANCIS LYNE, Chairman." The Turkish Loan has at last been announced, and the amount is 2,200,0001. The price is to be 85 for a 6 per cent. stock, redeemable in 15 years by equal annual drawings. The dates at which the several instalments are to be paid is not yet announced. The increasing tightness of the money market has induced the banks to give more for money left with them for employment, and much attention is now directed to the future action of the Bank of England. There is no unusual demand for money to be employed for business purposes, but for ex portation the inquiry continues, and, as far as present appearances go, is likely to be kept up. There is no occasion to seek an explanation be yond the heavy charges we are entering upon in our warlike preparations. The large arrivals of grain must absorb some amount, but they are partly from the United States. The corn specula tion now seems breaking up, and with fine weather we shall expect prices to go still lower. There will nevertheless be steady imports. The arrival of more bullion from Australia is expected in the course of a week or two, and it will no doubt be immediately absorbed. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern. 14,298 10,921 Cr,.ledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 15,200 12,683 Great Northern 18,250 14,359 Lancashire and Yorkshire 17,592 17,478 The English Funds have been depressed again this morning, but the business done has been smaller. Consols have realised 89i 4, and are now only 89 to 4. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 4s. premium, and East India Bonds at 3s. discount. India Stock has been at a decline to 230. Foreign Securities have been heavy generally, and Russian are still giving way. Looking at the gigantic combination against that empire, and the exhaustive process through which she must go in defending herself, many consider the Bonds to be even now 10 per cent. above their value. The holders in Holland are very numerous, and they are justly alarmed. The 5 per Cents. have fallen to 77-, 1 ! No business has been transacted in Dutch Bonds. Mexican Stock is worth 221 to 23, and Peruvian 50. Danish 5 per Cents. have been at 92 ex dividend. The Railway Share Market is heavy again, and many of the English lines are cheaper. The North- Western and Eastern Counties are flat. French shares are nominal, and nothing is doing in the other foreign lines. The shares of the Land Companies have been falling. Australian Agricultural are about 1/. down, and Peel Rivera to The Bank Shares of Australia are heavy, and Mines of all descriptions are nearly nominal. This remark applies even to the English mines. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Oficial List.) 3 per Cent Consols Annuities B9 24 _9 4 9 New 21 per Cent. Annuities ildia. Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ....... .......... Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d Consols for Account 18th April B9i 9 , 1 1 8i, 7 - 9 Exchequer Bills, 2d. £IOOO PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 96 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Nfaxican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 56 x d Peruvian 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St B3} x d Dia) 41 per Cent 7 84 74 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Passive (Converted) Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 534 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols BB4 9 Ditto April Account BB4 9 BANK OF ENGLAND. 1854.—The following is the house list of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en suing, viz.:— FOR GOVERNORS. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq., Governor. Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Es. Rober q t Wigram Crawford, sq. Wil E liam Cotton, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Es q . Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. The Election for a Gevernor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 4th April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the sth April, from 10 o'clock in the forenoon till 4 in the afternoon. Lord John Rugsell has consented to preside at the grand entertainment to be given to the Earl of Elgin, by gentlemen connected with our Canadian depen dencies, at the London Tavern, on the 6th proximo. The list of stewards now includes the names of most of the leading City merchants. The Marquis of Bath, we understand, has purchased the spacious mansion of the late Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., in Berkeley -square, adjoining Lord Powis's mansion. Sin WILLIAM DENISON.—There is a report in Van Diemen's Land that a new office is to be created in England, in consequence of the cessation of transpor tation to this colony, that of Director-General of Con vict Discipline for the United Kingdom, and that Sir William Denison is to be nominated, with a salary of 4,0001. a year.—Australian and Nett Zealand Ga zette. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—This morning a frightful ac cident occurred to Mr. John Case, aged 45 years, No. 5, Meeting - house -lane, New Peckham, which is likely to terminate fatally, under the following circumstances : —The unfortunate man was standing on a stack of chimneys, pouring water down to extinguish a fire, when he accidentally slipped, and fell headforemost into the street, fracturing his skull in a horrid manner. He was picked up from a pool of blood, and conveyed to Cor nelius Ward, Guy's Hospital, where Mr. Hilton, sur geon, attended by the medical staff, rendered every as sistance, but from the severe nature of the injuries received, little hopes are entertained that he can live the day out. DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER DANIELL.—On Tues day morning, Mr. Daniell, one of the commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy at Birmingham, expired sud denly at his residence, Meriden-house. Hr presided in his court last Thursday, in his usual health ; in the evening he was driven home in an open vehicle, and caught cold, but nothing serious was apprehended, and appointments were fixed in his court for yesterday morning ; but on Monday evening the symptoms be came somewhat alarming. Dr. Evans, of Birmingham, was sent for, but shortly after midnight the learned gen tleman expired. He was appointed a bankruptcy com missioner by Lord Lyndhurst, when the act passed in 1842, and in that capacity he opened the court at Dr mingham. In private life the deceased was a kind hearted and a benevolent man ; he brought this feeling to bear in administering the law in bankruptcy, and in in his official capacity he gave complete satisfaction to the profession and the public.. SURREY BACHELORS' BALL.—This annual assembly, in aid of the funds of the Walworth Literary and Scien tific Institution, was held on Monday, at the Whitting ton Club, Strand, when nearly five hundred lovers of Terpsichore were present. The Hungarian Band attended and performed some brilliant morceaux, with " Willikind hys Polka," and "The Surrey Bachelors' Polka," com posed for the occasion. Mr, Frampton, M.C., was as efficient as ever, whilst Messrs. Neeld, Toole, Nix, and Noldwrith, the acting stewards, were indefatigable in providing for the general happiness of their patrons. The ball passed off with the most complete eclat, and we understand that the Surrey Bachelors have thus raised another liberal sum for the erection of a library and reading rooms, on their vacant ground immediately ad- Piping the Walworth Lecture Mall, RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN'S'. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March 12,1851 £18,250 6 1 Corresponding week last year 11,359 13 10 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 19, 1854-- £17,592 8 3 Corresponding week last year 17,478 9 9 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March 19, 1854 • £3,680 14 7 Corresponding week last year 3,194 16 4 Increase in 1854. £485 18 3 EXPORTS FROM ODESSA.—Telegraphic advices from Odessa state that an order had just been received from St. Petersburg that all grain•ships which had not already cleared were to be stopped and forced to unload. Should this prove correct it will be followed by heavy losses, since it has hitherto been believed that, notwithstanding the prohibition against further exports after the 13th of March, all ships which had commenced loading be fore that period would be allowed to fill up and depart. THE ST. FERGUS MURDER.—The new trial of Dr. Smith for the murder of M`Domld is fixed for Wednes day, the 12th of April next. CrrY COMMISSION or SEWERS.—On Tuesday at the meeting of the Court much attention was given to cases of projecting light reflectors placed against shop win dows, and obstructing the public thoroughfares, and the inspectors were ordered to summon all parties offending in that way. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN TIIE BLACKFRI,IIIS-ROAD. Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of one and two o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of property, broke out on the premises belonging to Messrs. William and George Howard, scale-board and spl►nt-cutters and wholesale box manufacturers, carrying on an extensive business in York -street, Blackfriars road. The premises comprised sundry erections, and stretched in one direction almost as far as Rowland Hill's Chapel ; and had the outbreak taken place in the night, it is quite propable that that sacred edifice would have been also reduced to ruins. The discovery was made by a gentleman named Nash, whose attention, it appears, was attracted to an unusual body of smoke is suing from a building nearly 60 feet long, used as the cutting-houses, in which were some valuable machinery worked by manual power, and a costly stock in trade, Adjoining this building, and also under it, were sundry piles of deals, and a short distance off was the main factory, composed principally of timber, so that at one time a terrible conflagration was expected. The moment the discovery was made, information of the disaster was despatched to the engine -stations, and forthwith Kibble white attended with the Christ Church parish engine, and was quickly followed by Messrs. Henderson and Hambletoo with the Brigade engines from Southwark Bridge-road and Waterloo-road stations, as well as the West of England engine and the company's firemen. , Fortunately, an abundant supply of water was pro cured from the mains of the Lambeth and Southwark companies, and the firemen taking advantage of the same, they set their engines to work, and power ful streams of the opposing element were thrown upon and into the blazing building ; but notwithstand ing the work of destruction continued, and in spite of the exertions of all present, the flames could not be extin guished until the premises in which the disaster com menced were burned out, the contents including the ma chinery consumed. Fortunately, the other buildings belonging to the firm received little, if any, damage. Mr. Howard and Mr. Nash, in endeavouring to subdue the fire before the arrival of the engines, had the hair on i their heads and eyebrows much burnt. The origin of the fire is unknown. The premises and their contents were loured in the - Unity Fre-office. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR IN THE EAST. It is probable, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, that hostilities may have by this com menced in the Black Sea, between the French and English on the one side, and the Russians on the other. Such an event is most likely, if the follow ing extract of a private letter, just received from Beycos, and dated the 12th, is exact ; and I have reason to believe in its accuracy. It is to this effect : "The English sent yesterday, at three o'clock, the fine steam-frigate the Retribution, with orders to force the stockade which the Russians have established at the mouth of the tlanube, and which completely prevents the merchant ships from descending the river, which, for commercial purposes only, they had ascended. If the Russians oppose the destruction of that stockade, the Retribution has orders to fire upon them. It is pro bable that the act will be the commencement of hostili ties. The French steam corvette, the Caton, left with that frigate. We shall know in five or six days the result." The following letter, dated March 7th, has been received from Bucharest :—" Major Totus, attache to the Prince Schwartzenberg, on the staff of Prince Gortschakoff, for the purpose of surveying the movements of the Russians. has just been re called by his Government. This recall has pro duced a great sensation among the Russians. It has been considered as a first step towards a rup ture between Austria and Russia. The Austrian Consul has said at Bucharest that the day on which the Russian army should pass the Danube the Austrians should pass the Carpathians, for the purpose of occupying Wallachia." The Banshee steamer, whose arrival at Mar seilles is announced, left Malta in the afternoon of the 17th. She is said to be the bearer of important despatches from Constantinople. The contents of those despatches have not transpired, but it is ge nerally believed here that they contain the accept ance by the Porte of the Anglo-French alliance, and also the acceptance of the propositions recently made by the AmbasSadors with reference to the re forms in the social and political condition of the Christian subjects of the Sultan. The Patric - announces that the Sultan intends to place at the disposal of the expeditionary army, on its lauding, 1,200 horses and 1,800 mules. The Sultan has sent to Om er Pasha a splendid sabre, ornamented with diamonds, and written to him an autograph letter informing him that he had appointed him Generalissimo of the 0 ttoman armies. Oin er Pasha is to have the general direction of the military operations both in Europe and Asia. According to a letter from St. Petersburg, of the 10th inst., the Chief of the Staff of Prince Paske witch had left for the Danubian provinces. The Prince himself was shortly to follow that officer, and it was expected that the campaign would com mence in the first fortnight of April. THE GREEK INSURRECTION. A telegraphic despatch dated Vienna, yesterday, says the insurgents have completely invested Ja nina. The Turks resist firmly, though short of provisions. Zenos, Mylos, and Temeli, with 800 Greeks and 4 guns, have gone to Epirus ; 1,000 Moreots, under Kolocotroces, Pestimenzanis, and Laputas, are gone to Patras. A. bulletin announces that 1,400 Turks, who landed at Prevesa, have been beaten. Advices from Constantinople of the 13th March, state that England demands that Gallipoli shall be fortified, to serve as an English naval station, this being a condition for the landing of the troops. The fleets were at Beycos. Advices from Athens of the 17th say that 200 English troops had disembarked at Prevesa, but the Pacha ordered them to re-embark. This re quires confirmation. - Letters from Corfu, of the 14th, state that the Greek insurrection is subsiding. Fifty villages have submitted. The Asmodee and Pomona, French frigates, are at Corfu ; 1,600 Turks had landed at Prevesa, marching on Arta. Grivas has failed at Janina. Letters from Constantinople represent the atti tude of the Greek population in the Ottoman domi nions as more and more tl_reatening as regards the power of the Sultan. The conspiracy in favour of Russia is not only flagrant, hut no attempt is made to disguise it. Subscriptions are openly entered into by the Greeks for the avowed purpose of aiding the Czar, and men are publicly enrolled for th e su pp or t of the insurgents on the frontiers of the kingdom of Greece. It is principally at Smyrna that these reprehensible proceedings are carried on; but even at Constantinople the Greeks do not conceal their sentiments or their hopes. It is feared that ac soon as the fine weather comes there will be a for midable explosion, which will embrace a large por tion of European Turkey. Russia is pushing forward large bodies of troops towards the Danube. Her object is to concentrate a sufficient force to be able to strike a decisive blow before the arrival of the English and French expe ditionary armies. If Omer Paella should suffer any serious reverse, Turkey would find her best military resources annihilated. These are the im pressions of a distinguished officer in the French navy, from whose letter they are extracted. The Cassel Gazette announces the return to Berlin of Count Furstenberg-Staunhein, who had been sent on a mission into the Western provinces of Prussia. The Count has made to King Frederic William, at a private audience, a Circum stantial report of the anti-Russian movement which has manifested itself in these provinces. The Emancipation of Brussels of the 19th says :—"Yesterday Vely Pacha received, at the Hotel de Bellevue, the members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Court of Brussels. The Minister of the United Stateswas unable to attend. It is almost unnecessary to say that the represen tative of Russia was not present. The various diplomatic members appeared in their grand cos tumes of ceremony. The Turkish Ambassador oc cupies in the Hotel de Bellevue an apartment close to those of M. de Kisselefl, the Princess Lieven, and other Russian personages of rank. FRANCE. A report, in the Ilioniteur, from M. Ducos, Mi nister of Marine, to the Emperor, recommends that an allowance shall be made to the children of all sailors called out to serve the State either at sea or in the military ports. Art. 31 of the law of the 3d Brumaire, year 4, on the maritime inscription, declares, he says, that " there shall be accorded a monthly allowance to each of the children of both sexes below 10 years of age of every sailor on active service for the State." When a sailor is called out the first time, the report observes, to serve for the three years required from him, he is rarely married, as his age scarcely ever exceeds 20 years. But when he is called to serve a second time, it most frequently happens that he has a family, whom his absence throws into misery. The position of a sailor's family so situated is really a melancholy one, and it is in order to alleviate it, that the Minister recommends that an allowance of 3f. per month shall be made to each child under ten years of age belonging to every sailor now called on to serve the State on active service. " Our brave sailors," says the honourable Minister, " will then proceed gaily to meet all the chances of their perilous life, because in taking their departure, in place of leaving hunger in their dwellings, they will carry with them the pleasing confidence that their children are pla ce d under the safeguard of their Emperor, the august name of whom is for them, on the day of combat, a glorious cry of war." The allowance in question, which the honourable Minister intends paying out of the savings of his budget, he proposes to accord for three months, but only to the children of sailors called out the second time to serve the State. The signature of the Emperor is affixed to the report as a mark of the suggestions of M. Ducos being approved of. The Constitutionnel, in remarking on the secret correspondence between Russia and the English Government on the subject of Turkey, says :—" just sentiment of indignation will arise, both in France and England, on reading these documents, which attest, at the same time, the contempt of Russia for right and equity, her pride, her audacity, and her ambition, and the great precision of the views and the perfect loyalty of sentiment which for a long time past have inspired the conduct of the British Government in its relations with ,Con tinental Europe on the subject of the Eastern question." - The Moniteur, speaking of the propositions made by Russia for the partition of Turkey, and the replies of the English Government, says : " As regards the French Government, there is only - one observation to make upon the care with which Russia left her aside in its plans of territorial rearrangement—it is, that it returned to her as soon as it failed at London ; and that in her turn Franco had to decline advances, more or less direct, which are not without analogy with those first made to England." The Moniteur denies the rumour that the Go vernment intends to retain the amount of the sub scriptions, exceeding 250 millions fixed for the loan, as an addition to the loan. The Bourse experienced yesterday numerous fluctuations. The Three per Cents. opened at 64f. 400., rose to Gsf., and closed at 64. 95c. for the end of the month. The Four-and•a-Half per Cents. closed at 91f. • Orleans Railway Shares, I,oBof. ; Rouen, 855 f. ; Havre, 442 f. 50c. ; Great North ern, 730 f. ; Strasburg, 7 12 f. 50 c . ; ew shares, 543 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 25c. ; Lyons t o the Mediterranean, 660 f. ; Western of France, 577 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 520 f. ; Great Central of France, 416 f. 25c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 440 f. ; Bank of Credit IVlobilier, 545 f. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO THE EAST. The steam-frigate Ulloa arrived at Toulon on the 18th from Brest, whence she sailed on the sth inst. She brought 750 of the marine infantry selected from the garrisons of Cherbourg and Brest. They were under orders for the East, and appeared to be smart young men. They were billeted on the in habitants of Toulon, the barracks being all full. Some housekeepers were alarmed, believing that they should have to feed their new lodgers, and were 4nuch relieved when inf rmed that they were only bound to provide beds for their guests. 200 volunteers from the 18th Regiment of Infantry had likewise arrived, to complete the battalions of the 74th Reginient, ordered for the East. They appeared to be delighted at the prospect of service. The 71st Regiment of Infantry had sailed for Algiers on board the steam frigate Canada, just come out of dock. She is to take Zouaves on board at Algiers and land them at Gallipoli. The ship of the line Trident, now nearly ready for sea, is taking in her stores, previous to sailing for the Baltic. The sea men appeared to be well fed, and at the same time very strict discipline is observed. An unfortunate naval conscript of the last levy, who neglected to present himself within the given time, was de graded in the Champ de Bataille, in presence of four companies of Marine Infantry. His sentence was then read, inflicting the punishment of hard labour in chains for five years. He was imme diately marched into the convict yard. SWEDEN. The Frankfort Post Uazette learns from its cor respondent that the excitement of the Swedes is increasing. The King himsolf is decidedly for the strictest maintenance of the neutrality, while the Crown Prince, on the other hand, is regarded as the head of the anti-Russian war party. The people desire war. It is expected that Russia will not recognise the neutrality of Sweden, and every Swede is de lighted at it. Gothland will be nosy garrisoned by 10,000 men, iu a4ditrion to which two entrenched camps—one to the north of Stockholm, the other near Carlscrona—will be constructed. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 17th inst. The Duchess of Alba and a number of ladies of the high society of Madrid intended to spend the holy week at Seville. M. Antonio Lopez de Cordova, Minister Pleni potentiary of Spain at Constantinople, lately em ployed as one of the Commissioners charged with fixing the boundary line along the Pyrenees, died at Madrid on the 16th. The new Editor of the Tribuno having been ac cepted by the authorities. that journal reappeared on the 17th. The Three per Cents. were done at '35.15 ; the New Three per Cents. at 18.75 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 8.15 ; and that of the Second, at 4.30. WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GOLD CUP. Torrent Cervus . Tweive ran. MARKET NE JVS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERICE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 23,1854, made up from the Returns of the Invectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale!, per Imperial Quarter. WINEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I MI. 79s 2d 38s 9d 27s 71 50s 2d 45s lid 47e bd THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 79s 8d I 393 ld 27s 3d I 49s Id 46s 3d 49s Id DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. 1 RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Oct is Od Is Oct is Oct Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLI) LAST WEEK. Wheat, 53,244; Barley, 55,632; Oats, 16.955; Rye, 194; Beata, 4,912; Peas, 1,123 quarters. - - HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 61 Os • and straw, 11 17s t o 21 4 s p er l oa d. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 3/ 18s to 61 Os; and straw, 1/ 18s to 21 5s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. WHITECEIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2118 s to 5/ Os; clover ditto, 31 15s to 61 6s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 4s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENHALL.—The demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, and prices were-well supported. Beef, from 3s 0.1 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, MARCH 22.—The supplies of each kind of stock were moderate. The trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 36 6d to 4, 10 l ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, MARCH 22.—Beasts and sheep have sold freely, at an advance of quite 2d per 81bs. Other kinds are steady. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 38 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 48 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 228 to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; strong breeze, and cloudy weather. FALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind, E. fresh. Arrived — Lucy Hoof, from L o nd on , for Trinidad ; Naticiose, vannah, for Antwerp. PORTSMOUTH, March 22.—Wind. E.N.E. Arrived — Odin, from Moulmein, for Newcastle ; Mary, Mauritius. Sailed—Oriental, for Melbourne, after repairing. —The Comet, Sunderland, for Venice, put in with damage from collision, and caught fire at Spithead this morning, but it was soon got under ; she will lighten to repair. SHIELDS, March 22.—The Champion (s), of Sunderland, was run into by the Chevy Chase (s), and almost immedi ately went down ; crew saved. WAMFLEET, March 22.—The Liberal, from the North to Boston, foundered in deep water off Skegnes, 19th inst. ; crew drowned. COPENHAG EN, March 17.—Another report relative to the Anguste Caroline, from Hartlepool to Copenhagen, states that she is a total loss, and that only a small portion of materials will be saved. VALPARAISO, Jan. 31.—The Pertita (British steamer) was seen on Smith's Channel, at the west outlet of Mag. dellan's Straits, in September last, and has not since bees heard of. It is feared that she is lost, with all hands. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; fresh breeze, and fine The Robert Kelly, for New York, which was ashore on Arklow Bank, and subsequently put into Kingstown dis masted, has been towed in here by the steam-tug Iron King. Arrived—Albion, from Constantinople. Sailed—Baltic, for New York ; Black-eyed Susan, Gee loTT ; George, La Guayra.. Arrived at Kingstown--Finks, from Oporto. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, N.;- tide, three hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived—Batavier (s), from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy (a), Antwerp ; Earl of Auckland (s), Rotterdam ; Hanover (s), do. ; Concordia (s), do. DEAL, Thursday, 9.18 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; strong and cloudy. Passed—Volunteer, from London, for Naples; Lord Nelson, for Gibraltar ; Euphrosyne, for Cape of Good Hope ; Berbice, Barbadoes ; &ohm, Mogadore ; Faith (s s), West Coast of Africa; No. 1,266, S.F.M.S., for Westward ; Ticarety Misr, Alexandria ; Edward and William, Adelaide—all from London. Her Majesty's ship Cruiser is working into the Downs. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. —The Liverpool and Phila delphia Steam-ship Company's steam-ship City of Man chester, Captain Wylie, left the PhiladelphiaMerseyaflosrersand a at 1.45 p.m. yesterday with 70 ca bi n passengers very small cargo. This vessel only arrived on Friday afternoon, since whi c h s h e di sc harged a very full car go , was loaded, and in the river yesterday afternoon, being only three working days in port. THE PRESTON STRIKE,—PRESTON , WEDNESDAY, 11 P.M.—Cowell, Grimshaw, Gallaher, Lang, G ardner, Wood, and Brocklehurst have been committed to take their trial at the Liverpool assizes, but have been libe rated on bail.cluiet JENNY LIND. — of the S we di s h cants trice, it may, perhaps , b e re membered, was a l wa y s re marked as it a prom inent charact er i st i c trait ; since her marriage, TheT he town indecision is seem s, however, t o h ave increased. The last report stated that Madame Lind Goldschmidt had positively refused to visit England ; but the German papers now announce that she will eventually wend her way to London, and that negotiations, between Mr. Mitchell and the prima-donna, are likely to be brought to an affirmative concl usion.—M usical Transcript. THE LATE SIGNOR RIMINI. —Such was the attraction of this lamented artist, that on one occasion, when he a ppeared with the Italian troupe at Drury-lane, under the management of Mr. Bunn, the receipts amounted to 608/. ! and this on a Derby day. In early life, it is said, Rubini pursued the avocation of a tailor.—Musical Transcript. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—During the last'three weeks the arrangements of the works of art in the gallery of sculptural antiquities have been completed. 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