The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

Now ready, New and Cheaper Edition, with numerous important additions, the throe ♦olurnes of the First Edition being comprised In two, price 21s. bound, LETTERS OF MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, Edited with an Historical Introduction and Notes. By MINES STRICKLAND. " rndoubtedly the nioet valuable, and by far the meet interesting work illustrative of the life and character of Mary Stuart, ever given to the world."—Edinburgh Evening Post. Henry ceOtira, Put:Esher, hi, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 12, Wl* be repented a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE B'JHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani i • Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Miss Rainfortis; Queen of - the Gipsies. Miss Betts. Atter which, Will be repeated Albert's c..lebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHENC. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Bene..ict, M. }fovea Vestrls; Beatrix, Millie. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle Clara X Webster) Julia, adame Pctit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. siressßoxes 75., Second Price M. dd. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Se., S.corid Price 35.; Pit 3s Second Price Qs.; Middle Gallery 25., Bleand Price Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Sd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Md. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 12, WIU be performed Mr. Sheridan Knowles' Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Sir William Fondlove. Mr. Strickland; Master Waller, Mr. Howe; Wlldrake, Mr. Webster; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Lydia, Mrs. E. larnold; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett. A f.er wh:ch, a Duo-Draina, by Mr. Buckstone, ealed THE SNAPPING TURTLES ; or, Matrimonial Masquerading, in which sill the Characters will be sustained by Mr. Buckatone and MIL To be followed by a New Farce, called THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGM'TER. Mr. Webster; Michael Angelo Muller, AIL Strickland; Madelon, Madame Celeste. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. Joseph Brag, Mr. Buckstone. Orchestra Stalls, Bs.; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, ra. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, Se. ; Pit, 2L ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half past Six, and the Performance eurnmence at Seven. 'Tickets and Places to be had or Mr I. T. Dreher, at the Box 'Mee, teem Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS ENING, MARCH 12, Will be performed LA SO NN A MBULA. Amine, Mrs. Wood; Lisa, Miss Grant ; Elvino , Mr. Wood. To be followed by a New Farce, in °be Act entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or My Grandmother's Pet. le.seph, Mrs. Ke eley. To Mildew, Mr. • To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; er, the May. dal Bride. Patr;clt, Mr. Chicheley; Phellni; Mr. Gil bert; Rhona, Miss Charleton; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. VENINARCH IS, Win be repeated, THIS E by permission G, of M Charles Dickens, Eq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith. Wright, Lyon, Maynard. Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews. Miss Chaplin, and Situ Lee. To be billowed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SHITLED. Antony, Mt. Wright . ; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, ULRICA ; or . The Prisoner of State. Principal Cbareeters—Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland. and Harailten ; Mesdames Yates. D. Lee and Chaplin. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid, Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs, Fright, Miss Emma Stanley. - Bores, 4a. ; Pit, 4e, ; (Witty. h. ,• Second pries at Nine. Doors open at Halt.paat eoxtmetioe at Seven o'Clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH If, Will be performed a New Drains, entitled THE LAST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, the Ballet of THE SOLDIER'S DREAM; or. A Conscript's Jealousy. To e.nclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Count de Valmont, Mr. H. Hughes; Florian, Mr. J, 1. Johnson; Bertrand, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Eugenia Mrs. H. Vining. Places and Private Boxes to be Nair Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. *Nee, trona Eleven to Your. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter addressed in June 2, 1836, to an agricultural asso ciation in a midland county, has been received, but we shall net be able to find room for it. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Mincn 12. TEEZIMOMETBIN Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 39. BAROMETEIR, 29.6.—Wum, W. Nom —The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is Penally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. - Mariam .. 10 latitudes atter 7 1 Evening .. 45 minutes aver 7. SECOND EDITION. • , • . ; • . :mrII . 44, . .! Ik k '.ritri A 4. ' 4.' . , 1 rrlid(= irltr,':tikarr vf * rt i eL___' . '''.. 4.4111P11110 - lir• C" , -,.f • , . lik ' ~1 . .f-' -t - ,11.• . •e• A latr izt i c • • 21 ° .- . ''' . 4 ' wi ' ' ' llll Info LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1844. The Earl of R►DNOR presented a petition from the oounty:of Somerset, praying for the removal of all du ties on the necessaries of life, and a revision of the whole system of taxation. A few remarks, which the Noble Earl made on presenting the petition, led to a little discussion, in which Lord PORTMAN said he was an amphibious animal, and had taken part neither with the League nor the Anti-League. He was, however, op posed to a total repeal of the corn-laws, but did not ap prove of the sliding scale, and trusted that the contend ing parties would be disposed to meet upon his view of the question. After a few remarks from the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke of RICHMOND denounced the proceedings of the League in strong terms. Some othe r Lords spoke on the subject, but as there was no motion before the House, the discussion led to no result. On the motion of Lord BROUGBAM, the Privy Couneil Appellate Jurisdiction Bill was referred to a Select Committee. A brief conversation ensued, relative to the new Houses of Parliament, from which it appeared that it would not be possible to fit up the Houses with perma nent fittings by next session. In answer to a question from Lord LIISORD, relative to the Rev. Mr. MARSH, Thellibhop of PETEUBOROUGN (Dr. Davys) said the Church Discipline Act prevented him from punishing any offestee committed two years before, or out of the diocese. (What a humane act !) The reverend offender, however, had been prohibited from performing any ser vice in the diocese. The Home adjourned at Half-past Seven. In the House of Commons, Mr. -O'CoNNsia, gave no tice that, on an early day after the recess, he should move fur leave to bring in aßill to define the law of conspiracy. Mr. SuenmAN CRAWFORD gave notice that, on the second reading of the Commons' Inclosure Bill, he should move that it be read a second time on that day six months. In answer to a question from Mr. EscoTT, Mr. Con- DES said he would bring on his motion relative to the effects of protective duties this day. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Report on the Three-and• a-half per Cents. Annui ties-Acts WWI brought up, and the resolutions were agreed to. . Oa the Report of the Committee, of Supply being brought up, Capt. BERNAL moved for a copy of any letter or correspondence which had taken place between the Secretary -at-War and the widow of Colonel FAW cerr, relative to the withholding of her pension. After giving a brief history of duelling, and mentioning tome great names who had set the example to Colonel Faw cirri', he expressed a hope that the Right Hon. Gentle man would reverse his decision, and not visit the sins of the husband upon his widow. Sir HENRY HARDING; in reply, pointed out one or two cases in which pensions had been refused under similar circumstances. The papers, however, would bc produced ; but he could not hold out any hopes that the pension would be granted, as there were many reasons for not acceding to it, which might not exist in other cases. Other Members fol- I.)wed, and among them Sir CHARLES NAPIER, who ,male a good and amusing speech on the subject. The only remedy, be said, was to legalise duelling, and pus a law that all duels should he fought across a table ; that one pistol only should be loaded, and that the survivor should be hanged. The resolution was ultimately withdrawn. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Three -and-a-Ralf per Cents. Reduction Bill was ordered to be read a second time this day, and the House adjourned at Nine o'Cloek. A desultory conversation took place in the Rowe of Lords, last night, on th e su bj ect of an anti-corn-law peti tion from the county of Some rset , i n the course of which the Duke of WELLINGTON, anxious --as in the memorable ease ofMr.IIO9IEISSON'S forced retirement from offiee_ t h at there " should be no mistake," took the opportunity o f repeating his opinions on the subject of the present corn: laws. As his language on this occasion was singularly etfiphatie and explicit, we quote his own words, as we that them in our Parliamentary report, for we foresee that they will give rise to much stringent comment at the next meeting of the League :—All I can say is," observed the Noble and Gallant Duke, " I have not at all changed my opinion on the subject of the petition Which has this night been brought under consideration. I voted for the existing corn-law, and I earttest4/ recom mend your Lordships to leave it as it is.--(Ch eers. ) that is what I recommend to your Lordships, and to maintain the system which it is the object of that corn. law to carry into execution." Just in the same spirit in which his Grace here expresses himself respecting the bread-tax, he expressed himself in the memorable year 1090 respecting Reform. He entreated their Lordships to allow of no alteration in the constitution of the Rouse of Commons ; the representation was as perfect as it could possibly be ; and therefore he " earnestly re commended" that it should be left in this state of unrivalled perfection. And what was the con sequence of his Grace's " earnest" entreaty ? Why Just this—that not four mouths afterwards a clamour for Parliamentary Reform rose from one end of the kingdom to the other; and, notwithstanding the Duke's "earnest " entreaties, the House of Lords were com pelled to consent to the Bill that deprived them for ever of their unconstitutional influence over the Commons ! Is it not just possible that his Grace's " earnest " en treaties respecting the corn-laws may be attended with Emliumisk THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENT XG, MARCH 12. 1844. I could understand it. We might admit it—with all our conviction of the melancholy truth that it is an ultimo ratio, to which, in too many instances of social fetvls the re sort is inevitable. We might say, in reference to the immense advantages of putting down so hideous a rule, " waive all exceptions." The legal axiom "de minimis nos curat lex," might justify us in overlooking (we do not say it would) the oruelty of individual cases of gross and unmerited outrage being allowed to pass unpunished by the law of honour, because of their not coming within the pale of municipal law. But in the House of Commons, exceptions were stoutly and gravely insisted on by Sir HENRY HAR DINGE and Sir R. PEEL which recognised, under the " circumstances reserved" by those authorities, the practice of duelling. Thus,—a great fuss was made about some future regulations to be introduced into the Arti cles of War, for its repression among officers ; but the Secretary at War took great care to intimate " that they were not to extend to half-pay officers." A lax sort of morality this, to say the least, of which the elasticity is so great, that it can be made to coop in officers on active service, and let out officers on half pay ! Sir ROBERT PEEL'S objection was eminently characteristic of the man :—" Col. FAwcirrr had selected for his second a very young man, inferior to him in rank, years, and experience." Alas for the poor Colonel ! Had he cast about, and prevailed on some superannuated Equerry of—" the old days when GEORGE the TRIAD was King"— as BYRON has it—could he have assumed ono of the most plausible and most mysterious looks of the Premier himself, and gone out, under the auspices of some Nestor " unat tached ;" then, indeed, Sir ROBERT would have reasoned, from the " respectable sanction," in presence of which he met his fate, the propriety of granting his widow the pension. Lord PALMERSTON, as usual with him in all practical questions, took the fair and manly view of the case. "As the Colonel was the challenged, and not the challenger," the pension should have been granted. Lord Howxca took the higher and inexpugnable ground of the moral consistency which should have withheld Government from making an in vidious distinction in this case, whilst they countenanced the practice in others. With Lord llowiicit we would willingly exert every energy to put down duelling altogether. Our wishes and our fears on this subject we have explained in former ar ticles, and shall not therefore here repeat. Still less are we disposed to enter into conjectural reasonings on what may have been the terrible " suspicions" operating, as hinted by Mr. Muxao, - on Colonel FAWCETT'S mind, on the nature of the domestic dfference that had a few days previously arisen between them, but only broke out on the Thursday ; or on the degree of palliation, or even the justification, for aught we know, which might be sug gested for Colonel FAWCETT'S immovable resentment. It is clear Mr. MUNRO was cruelly insulted. It is clear that Colonel FAWCETT fell by his hand, in a duel which he had tried to avert. It is clear that the Colonel bad rendered most eminent and heroic services to his country in the East. It is to us still in comprehensible why, or with what motive, of an official or public character, the pension is withheld from his widow. This, at least, is certain ; that the Duke of WELLINGTON, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Sir HENRY HAR DINGE were not qualified, from previous personal ad ventures, to sit in judgment on the guilt of duelling in others. A Bill has been brought into the House of Commons for improving the Church Establishment in Scotland, by disjoining and dividing extensive or populous parishes and erecting new parishes suited to the religious wants of the people. Anything like improvement in that excellent Church we hail with unmixed delight. It is the cheapest, and we may add, what is more to its credit, the most useful ecclesiastical institution in any part of the world ; and if its beneficial influence can be increased by any new Legislative act, all good men will rejoice in the result. In many parts of the country there are parishes of such a vast extent that the clergyman can not by the utmost exertion give religious instruction, or perhaps what is of more effect, show a good example, to his parishioners. Some of the Highland parishes extend from forty to sixty miles in length, the population is so thin and scattered that Dissenting clergymen could not find Subsistence among them, and the consequence is they are left almost entirely without instruction, and what they get is of the very worst kind. They have no schools that are really useful ; they have no church within their reach; they flock once or twice a-year, travelling fifteen or twenty miles, to the nearest church, to attend the Sacrament; but in this they per form neither a religious nor a moral duty, for one-half they hear they do not understand, and the other half only excites some wild fanatical ideas, which neither improve their morals nor give them any correct no tions of religion. The Lord Advocate, therefore, de serves more credit for this Bill than for that which he put into the hands of Lord ABERDEEN last year, to ob viate the objections of the Non-Intrusionists ; but has he not begun at the wrong end? He seems to look upon clergymen as the only real instructors, and to have lbr gotten the most useful class in Scotland—the teachers of the rising generation. A minister, without a school master, is the most useless animal in existence ; yet in the whole of this Bill not the slightest allusion is made to parish schools. Of what use is it to send a minister among a people who are ignorant of the first rudiments of knowledge ? It is only casting seed on waste land which springs up and is choked by rank weeds. If Mr. M'NEILL had consulted any practical man on the subject, the answer would have been— " Begin with the beginning. Send schoolmasters among the people, who would be passing rich with forty pounds a year—lnstil into their minds some knowledge of reading, and writing, and arithmetic, and the history of their country, but on no other condition send a clergy man among them." Each clergyman is to receive 120/. a year, no great sum; but the question is whether it might not be better applied, and whether three school masters would not be a greater blessing than one clergyman. But even admitting the use of the Church Establishment, why not adhere to the old system, which has done so much for Scotland. It is quite an anomaly in that country to have a parish church without a pa rish school, and if the Bill is not materially altered in this respect, it will give no satisfaction either to Church men or laymen. But this measure is only in keeping with the Tory rage of the day. The cry is, not for more knowledge, more sound principles of right and wrong, snore sound, religious, and moral doctrines but for more Church, as if a steeple and bells, and a sermon once a week would chace away ignorance, an make the community happy. In our opinion, all these para phernalia have the contrary effect. They are in tended to mislead the people for the interest of the Church, or make them subservient to State purposes. Church extension, by itself, is only a wild delusion or a wicked scheme, for enslaving the working classes. The political and religious principles of the men who shout loudest for " Mother Church " can leave no doubt as to their object. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) RAYM.A.RE.32TS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ Ile to 3135; use ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 10e; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ to 5/; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s Wheat Straw, 1! 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at about last week's prices. CUMBEMANI).—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 103; useful ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 163 to 41; Clover Hay, 315 a to 4/ 16s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1 / 9 8; Wheat straw, 1/ 8s to I/ Its per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. WHITEMAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ IN to 3/ ; useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ IN ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 I6s ; Clover Hay, 31 to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 11 lOs per load.. A good supply and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. Suo,tu.--Tho market for British Plantation is rather heavy, only about 150 hhds having been sold at barely previous rates. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 7,373 bags Mauritius and 2,752 bags Bengal (chiefly white); the whole of the former tbund buyers, but in most instances at rather lower prices. The greater part of the latter was taken in above the value, the remainder sold rather cheaper. FOREIGN.—There is no change to notice in the value of anv of these descriptions; the only business done privately con sists of a cargo of yellow Havannah (say 1,800 boxes of fair quality, considering the late period at which it was shipped), which has been sold afloat at 20s ; holders, however, still re main firm, and purchases cannot be made at lower prices. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 753 hhds 3 tierces 276 bar rels, and there were taken for home consumption 930 hhds 98 tierces 86 barrels. The stock in the same places is 3,667 Wide 353 tierces 775 barrels. COFFEE.-580 bags Ceylon at auction were disposed of at 70s 6d to 71s for good ord quality, being an advance of fully 2s to 3s. There is no material change to notice privately, with the exception of Ceylon Coffee, which has been in active demand (in consequence of the news by the Overland Mail of very short ship ments com i ng forward) and a large business has been done, commencing at 68s6d and ending at 70s 6d to 71s for good ord quality. Nearly all clear descriptions admissible at the high duty, have also been more inquired for (owing to some expected reduction in the duties), but from the high prices asked, and the want of parcels offering, the transactions have been confined to about 1,500 bags good to fine Singapore Java, which have been sold at 40s to 455, being prices that were not previously obtainable. Rust.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 176 puns 20 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 136 puns 36 hhds; and ex ported 203 puns 56 Mids. The stock in the same places is 1 10,817 puns 1,756 hhds. A Government contract for 100,000 ' gallons is advertised to take place on Thursday next. SALTPETRE.—I,O24 bags, at auction, were all taken in above the value. RICE.--312 bags were also taken in above the value. m ch i e d st q s u . A C .l a it s 3 s .. ia Lignea sold steadil y at 65s 6d I s rather firmer, at 40s 6d t o 41s 3d per cwt. to good T 6 S 6 A r s i L i f L ' olr s .s . v -3 . lp. T. (.1 1 on the spot ; and Town at 43s 6d per cwt. The Newcastle and Darlington Railway is ex pected to be opened from the former,place to Durham on the Ist of April, aid throughout on the Ist of July. thin who were the parties to whom they were supplying goods. A married woman was not liable at law for goods supplied to her. The jury, who coincided in the view of the case taken by the Secondary, gave a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Eight young men, all in the workhouse garb, were charged before Mr. Trail with destroying their clothes in St. George's workhouse, and also with breaking open the bread-room. The defendants, with 17 others, were admitted into the workhouse as casual paupers on the preceding night. At an early hour in the morning a great noise and disturbance was heard in the ward they occupied, and on the porter going there he found the defendants in a state of nudity, and their garments in tatters scattered all over the place. The defendants, one and all, said they came up to London in quest of employment, but not getting any, they were re duced to destitution, and their clothes being in a dreadful condition from vermin, they tore them up to get others in their stead. Mr. TRAILL pointed out to the defendants the absurdity of thus leaving their homes and roving to a strange place, where there wore so many persons already out of work. He then committed the defendants for ten days each, a sentence with which they all seemed well pleased. Four men were charged with assaulting the landlady of the Guildford Barge, and also with attacking the police, when they went to the rescue of the female. The landlady, had a severe black eye from a blow by one of the defendants, for refusing to serve. him. When the police were called, the defendants made a determined attack upon them, tore their clothes, and committed other damage. The defendants were fined 3/. each, or in default of payment, committed for a month. CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.) A man named Fromey was charged with an ameault, of a very violent and unprovoked character, on a poor woman, named Smith. The 'complainant was standing in Fox-court, Gray's Inn lane, when the prisoner struck her a violent blow on the jaw, from which she still felt great pain. He then at tempted to run away, but was taken into custody by Tate, an officer of the G division. Mr. CO MBE fined the prisoner 10s., or ten days' imprison ment. Not having the money, he was locked up. The case had hardly been disposed of when the com plainant again came before the Magistrate, and said that the prisoner's mother had just threatened to " serve her out" in the passage of the Court. She declared she was in fear of her life. This testimony having been confirmed, Waddington, the gaoler, said that mother and son were two of the most disor derly characters in their neighbourhood, and that they had been frequently before the Court for misconduct. Mr. COMBS ordered her to find bail, which not being able to procure, she was sent to keep her hokeful son company. MAR YLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Robert Sivers, a lighterman, was charged by 211 r. Collins, of 15 Wharf, Paddington, with embezzlement. Mr. Collins stated that he had hired the prisoner on Thurs day last to convey a boat full of ashes to a farmer at West Drayton, and paid him 21., out of which he paid 19s. for ton nage, the balance was to have paid the freight and other charges. The prisoner, however, did not convey the ashes as directed, but left them on the wharf, and went to a public house, where he got drunk, and commenced spending the money. He (the complainant) gave information to the po lice, and went to the Red Lion, accompanied by Callinghan, 134:D, when the prisoner said he would be d—d ere he would go to the station-house, and tried to throw the policeman on the ground, but found that he was overmatched .(Callinghan is a powerful Irishman, all bone and sinew) and received a heavy fall. He would not have been so roughly handled, had not a mob of idle fellows and soldiers endeavoured to effect a rescue. While the prisoner was being taken to the station-house, he com menced a savage assault upon Callaghan and another con stable, Bishop, who came up to assist. He was eventually lodged in the station-house. Inspector Black said that there was a warrant out against the prisoner for an assault upon a policeman, in June last, but in consequence of his absence from town, he could not be taken into custody. Mr. Ramuxsoir said he should decide the present case, and the warrant could stand over. The prisoner was fined 21. 10s. for the assault on either constable, or in default of payment to be committed to prison. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 12.—Wind this day at noon, strong wes terly breeze, with a heavy shower of hail and rain. DEAL, MARCH 1 1.—Wind W S.W. to W.N.W., strong gales.—Arrd. Claudine, Norriss, China; Si, Havannah for Antwerp; Koophandel, Popkins, Surinam. Put back, British Empire, for Madras Roeeberry, Bombay ; •Vicar of Bray, Islay; William Herdman, St. John's, New Brunswick. The I .'gele, from Shields to Al mer i a , i n pu tti ng b ac k to t h e ' 46 " the Maims between Deal and ;Weimer Castle, Downs, ran oj.. ^-,,d without apparent damage. but came off on the RAMSGATE, MARCH rrd. Amphitrite, Jansen,' Suri nam for Rotterdam; Toronto, L0.....°11 for Hope, with damage, having been in contae: wit h the Thistle, for Antigua. CONVES,MARCHII.—.A.ITd. Fama, Sydney,New South Wales. Poursmoum, MARCH 11.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., blowing hard, and very squally.—Put pack Surge, for China. BRISTOL, MARCH 11.—Arrd. Mohawk, Fair, Africa, left Dixcove Jan. 4. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 11.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Lady Paget, Calvert, Africa, left Bonny Dec. 24, Princes 29. Off, Peru and Benin, —. The Champion, reporte& yesterday froni New Orleans, was the Champion, Steel, from the Mauritius. The sloop John, of Portaferry, dismasted and abandoned, was seen drifting up the Mersey yesterday. The sloop Lovely, of Cardigan, hence to Yenghal, sprung a leak, and was run ashore near the Ormshead, where she is discharging her cargo. BRIDLINGTON, MARcu 11.—The Queen, Reed, which was driven from Whitby 7th inst. during a gale, put in here yes terday, and took extra hands, and has proceeded for the Humber. ABERDEEN, MARCH 9.—The Mary and Margaret, of Stir ling, which was driven on the Beach 23d ult., has been got off, and brought into the harbour. YARMOUTH, MARCH 11.—The Ann, of Bligh, from Shields to London, foundered off Whitby, on the 9th instant, crew saved. The Prudent, of Boston, has put in here with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in in contact with a light brig off Haisborough. The Hector, Beach, of and from Shields to London, is in the Roads, with loss of mainmast, sails, &c. FLAMBOROUGH HEAD, MARCH 9.—A loaded brig, name unknown, has driven off the land, with loss of mainmast, sails, &c. Conic, MARCH 9.—Arrd. Eliza, Wylie, Port Repnblic,ain R. Saxon, London for Sydney, New South Wales ; Eagle, Clyde for Now York, bore up from lon. 27, having experi enced very bad weather. Htru., MARCH 9.—Sld. Tuscany, New York. OFF WHITBY, MARCH 10.—Atlantic, of Shields, with loss of topmasts. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.---John William Dare, Ellis, from Bengal, off Port land, sailed 17th October, St. Helena 10th January; Mary Catherine, Taylor, from China, off Dover, sailed 29th Oct., Cape Bth Jan., St. Helena 20th Jan. ; Jane, Stewart, from Mauritius, off Margate, sailed 4th Dec. ; Agrippina, Rogers, from Mauritius, off Dover, sailed 29th Nov., St. Helena, 15th Jan; Commerce, Jones, from Angra Pequena, sailed I c hib oe 10th Jan., St. Helena 24th Jan. ; Amelia Mulholland, Evans, from Mauritius, off Cork, and proceeded to London, sailed 14th Dec. ; Challenger, M`Guen, from Angra Pequena, at Liverpool, sailed 13th Jan., St. Pielena, 26th Jan. ' • Champion, Steele, from Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed 11th Dec. Arrivals at Mauritius.—Tartar, Luce, Dec. 13, from Bom bay, and Colombo, Active, Renant, front Madras. bepartures front Mauritius.—Peru, Dec. 9, to Cork; Prince of Waterloo and Juliana, 11th to Calcutta; Sucrier, to Bour bon • Cowslip, 12th, to London. . - Arrivals hi Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—Carron, Dec. 5, from the Clyde; Lascar, 6th, from Ceylon; Caroline aad Apprentice, from Mauritius ; Mountain Maid, from London ; Meg ➢lerrilees, from Mauritius; Courier and Wilmot, 7th, from London ; Harriet, from Cape do Verds ; Argyra, Bth, from Ceylon; Dublin, Sth, from Sydney and Port Philip; Hamilton, Ross, from Calcutta; Mary Barbara, sth, from Calcutta; Robarts, Elder, 6th, from London to Madras and Bengal. Arrivals at Aden.—William Abrams, Edward, 27th, from Shields ; Ocean Queen, from London ; St. Mungo, Jan. 15, from Newport; Hope, Kerr, from the Clyde; I'alinurus, 19th, from Cape Guardafui ; Cheverell, Feb. 2, from New castle. Arrivals at Ichaboe, West Coast of Africa, previous to Jan. 10.—Baron of Bramber, Blake, and Colchester, from Liverpool; Brita nn i a , W y li e, f rom —, and all loading for Liverpool ; Ann Farr, from B r i s t o l ; M a id o f Athens, from Cape, and both loading ti)r Cork; Unicorn, from Clyde. and loading for Grenada ; Clyd es d a l e and Isabella, from Liver pool ; Clifton, Locket', and Halifax, from —; last five not loading. Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.—Gondoli er , Oct. 17, from China. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Sam, Liverpool to Ceylon, 10th Dec., lat. 6 S., lon. 23 W., by the Corsair, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. Ann Milne, Calcutta to London, Jan. 1 ; Ambulator, from Mauritius sth, by the Argyra, Bees, arrived at Cape of Good Hope. Nereid, Liverpool to Singapore 18th Nov. off Luciparae Island ; Guiana. of Port Adelaide, 22d, in the Straits of Sunder; Diligentia, Smith, Batavia to Amster dam, Dec. 22, by the Mary Catherine, arrived at the Cape of Good hope. COVENT -GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND.—The annua, celebration of the Covent-garden Theatrical Fund Festival took place yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who had kindly condescended to attend and take the chair, was, from an attack of the gout, pre vented from being present, and in consequence his place was supplied by Lord W. Russell, who was supported by General Cortield, Sir J. Flower, Mr. Adolphus, Mr. Terry, Mr. Lewis, and other gentlemen more immediately known as patrons and supporters of the theatre. Nearly 200 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner provided by Mr. Bacon, the pro prietor of the tavern, to whom it is but justice to say, that, , as far as the appliances of " creature comforts" could aid the festivity REMOVAL OF CONVI CTS.--Early and good feeling of the evening, nothing w as want ing. There was in the galle r i es th e usual show of female 'beauty to ornament and enliven the occasion. There was ' is g a large number of convicts, under sentence of transporta little speechifying, but to make amends for the dearth of tion, were removed from the Millbank prison and placed on eloquence there was some fi rs t- rate singing. The principal : board the Blundell and the London, r ecen tl y commissio n ed as vocal performers were Mrs. Alf re d Sh aw, th e M i sses Pyne, transport ships, and now lying o ff th e R oyal Arsenal, Miss Rainforth, Mr. Harriso n , an d a li st o f vocal i sts, i nc l ud- at Woolwich. The prisoners wer e conveyed down the river ing almost all the old an d we ll-k nown public favourites who in steam-boats belonging to th e W a t ermen ' s Company, un are to be met with on thi s occas i on. The amount of t h e der guard of a detachment of the 58th R eg i ment, appointed subscriptions was upwards o f s i x h un d re d poun d s , i n - to proceed with them to th e i r d est i nation. The London (a eluding the annual contribution of her Majesty the Queen, fine vessel of 700 tons burden) takes out 250 of the lighter class of offenders, and is bou n d t o H o b art Town. The Blun collectiond..e penal settlement o f N or f o l k Island. Both ships are ell carries 210 of th e worst class, her destination being and .an anonymous contrib u ti on o f fifty p oun ds, for a tn of passages from Sh a k es p eare te n di n g to promote expected to drop d own t h e river with the flood-tide this religious feelings and practice. The usual loyal, patriotic, "Success . afternoon. It is current l y reported that Government have it and professional toasts were d run k with the honours and fol- lowed by appropriate songs and glees. The toast, in contemplation to aboli s h conv i ct l a b our in the Royal dock to the Fund," ha v i ng b een drunk with three times three, i n yards, and for th e f u t ure to employ none but free men in the Mr. Bartley rose and spoke the speech of the evening, advocacy of the claims of the fund to public patronage, and necessary works. The average weekly cast to the country in explanation of the manner in which the sums subscribed of a convi c t emp l oyed in the dockyards is nearly double that were expended. His speech was cheered at the conclusion in for which free labour might be obtained. It is not merely a manner demonstrative of the good feeling of his auditors. the actual cost-of the convict's food and clothing that has to The Chairman left the room at half-past ten o'clock, but the be taken into consideration. They work in gangs of twenty, company did not disperse till past eleven. tinder an overlooker, who receives high wages, and it is of INCENDIARISM IN LONDON.—An attempt to set course necessary to keep a military guard constantly watch fire to the extensive premises of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, of . ing their movements; Add to this, that where only two the York-road, Lambeth, took place on Friday ee'nnight, but men may b e requ i re d t o per f orm any d uty, t h e w h o l e gang fortunately was discovered. Another atte mp t happened on are compelled to share the labour, and it will at once be seen last Friday night, and near the same spot. The West of that if the economy of the question be considered, it must be England firemen with their engine from the Waterloo-road were soon in attendance, but fortunately the damage only greatly in favour of the employment of free labourers, to say , nothing of the other advantages which would accrue from amounted to about 20/. The firm have determined in future ' 84c ,0 4 4 " gilt ' to have a night _fireman, so as, if possible, to rOS e n in property. made to Parliament, the number of prisoners at 1) 0 en FIRE AT BARKING.--An awful fire the Pentonville Model Prison is 537. Since it was opened removed 10 to a return 1842, three prisoners have been at the time of our going to press, at Barking, near Needham: - still con- Inarket, the'flames of which may be distinctly seen from the Bethlehem Hospital on the ground of insanity, and . who in . December, ' town. The two. Suffolk Fire -office eng in es d is patched, time are dispatched, • delusion, mad press insane. There are now no inmates in the prison are treated as labouring under hallucination , and the greatest anxiety prevails priss of Tuesday. - • - in IB wich. -4 Pacial .&'' 1 nese, or a uArked tendency to mental disease. Eastern Counties Railway Bill,—Read a secend time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Colchester and Harwich Railway Bill (No. 2),—" For making a Railway in continuation of the Eastern Counties Railway, from Colchester to the port of Harwich," presented, and read a first time. Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill,—" For making a Railway from the Shoreham Branch of the London and Brighton Railway to Chichester," presented, and read a first time. COURT CIRCULAR. oru i4 The Queen and Prince Alb e rt walked yesterda, f r l a E el in the Royal G ar d ens o f B uc ki ng h am Palace. kW Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty.jot His Royal Highness P r i nce Alb e rt rode out on ho" yesterday. Ladylier } R an o n , a y l H H ig o tess rd, tlr ad D y uc in hes iv s aoiftiKnge,ntd,inaedtten wei l ied jil ea il l ; Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, I evening, at Buckingham Palace. sited 1311 Her Royal High ness th e D uc h ess of Kent vi" tit Royal Highness the D uc h ess o f Gloucester yesteruN Gloucester House. rd S till' yesterday rvie w with at his the LordshipC o l on i a yesterday. Lieut.-Colonel Johnson had an interview with Lo, 0 0 L ey tees olli te c r e day. Mr. Butler, had _ . ST. JAMES'S THEATRE; Madame Albert made FRE N he Cil appearancerfirs P t LAYS. for the y ule, l : • last evening, in the ch arac t er o f M ar i e , in the new 4 0 Pe t La Camargo, ou PO pera en 1750. The scene in the berg is laid in a partremot of the province of BrittallY:on, o we find the Baron d e C amargo, a poor yet proud eLiod. living with his son and daughter, in his ancient e l 'i rire o c The son would fain en gage i n commerc ial purs uits, t° . ,, for the ruined fortunes of the family, but the father wtdua"aket one moment tolerate suc h a d egra d a tion. T he ige Marie, a simple-mi n d e d, li ve l y g i r l, i s so ught in l n- the Fermier-General of the district, but the .1: 10°11 p e e d f t listen to the proposal of such a mesallianee. Lionne, Intendant des Me nus Pl a i s irs du Roi, a `l lian a Court of Louis XV., arr i ves i n the district , se' . .ic.o and determines to make her his own. He offers bra mails to the Baron de C amargo , t o prov ide for his danglmd Doroo danseuse in the A ca d em i e R oya l d e M us ique. Th e ° b u te° starts at the mention of the word danseuse at fi rs t, ~.. of being assured that the d anseuses o f the Academie 00 dr household of the King, and, consequently, that it is aie yr gradation to a lady of noble fa m ily to belong to , demie, the Baron consents to the plan, and the D3 m 1 1) off Marie with him to Paris. In the second act we s td Camargo, the Deesse of the opera, as gay, as esP i i 9 but as ever—but also as virtuous. Her very shupliclori. c all safeguard. Libertines know not how to approach to di he v . ,ti at the same time' so lively and so prudent. w ee ' Lionne lays a plot to carry her off, and her old c i o . Fermier- General, now created a Viscouat, cumvent him. A letter arrives, commanding her att d e es ires Versailles to dance before the King. Her lov er , be eeiv.„ not to go, but she replies that to refuse she ninsl OP' an actress nor a woman. She goes with the Duk e; the third act we find her at Versailles, but not a t l'- e ntPr lli , The Duke has conducted her to his own. aPa rtin 'eh" per I ° l f ,ail endeavours to ply her with wine. At the ON ( pie gives in her honour, she falls asleep in 5 , es te 4 the Duke conducts his guests away. Her s' o awakens her, and proves to her her dange r ' 1 .0 9 ° 4 flies with him, while Mademoiselle Briant, af o the iig bl. 4 of the Duke's, having previously extinguished deterieTdocee , takes her place. The Duke enters stealthily in ° t oe ° , of his triumph, but is, of course, caught in his °n while his comrades are e n j o yi ng th e joke wh ich r b i ebs e o, played upon him, La Camarg o enters with t e a r, S IId A,I the Fermier-General, now th e Vi com t e de St. Salife ap t r: ; ,1 of course, ends happily. Madame Albert was th e del the piece. In the first a c t, as Marie, the coe- tile 0 4. 0 0 her acting was beautifully t rue t o na ture, and le. and third acts, as La Camargo, the Deesse ek welt y admired and the adored of all Paris, she gave so , prettiest airs imaginable. Witty, gay, an d s3 l r t a ing ° f a! sang, and danced, and flirted, in the most WO O eA ner, so that it was impossible to wonder at forest tllol' I .A popularity of La Camargo. She was cahm .An ou rs. of the curtain, and received with the usua l. 7,: c a1% ' , O ; afterwards appeared as Georgette, in the le 0 :4 0 1 a b e d name, which she made so popular by her exV.otes last season. The house was well and fashion a ' ) Li roi"i fro FIRE IN FLRET-STREET.,—YeStard a Y,„ the.„, i/ shortly before eleven o'clock, a fire occurred i ,'"geirtsX cellar of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, T h L - e ptisg,, taking down a candle, for the purpose of l'`; tr aWf" . wine, accidentally let fall a spark among th,. e ; l' 4- 0 1 ' instantly ignited, and spread considerably her ni — ege _Tpf, thlguished. Mr. Braidwood reports the 0' 1 ,0 1 ) lows Burnt and damaged two casks of wl e :jho se titions, and joists of ground-fl oor i n the front e scorched." be ili° o ll;re M'Culloch states that the v alue of t / ore alone, annually put on the soil of this country, all our foreign trade put together. fish s‘):l4fl REMARKABLE TROUT.--The large .„,e,s above description taken from the river Th' — t ieg ri g or years was captured by a gentleman, whilst ea s it sle upon the waters at Hampton, on Friday last. 0 4 ,0 2 feet 6 inches in length, and weighed 131bs. 2 4 1 01 .9o ati rvel ties submitted their prize to Mr. Groves, th e tithe ca r t' Charing-cross, with the artificial fly fixed to ll'tist mouth. The fly was the " red palmer." 0 , 8 " ; „"dges in full season, it is considered by piscatorial „ 6 , would have attained the great weight of 151hS• /Ilene! GROCERS' BENEVOLENT INbTITUTIONP -.. .10 ! te, meeting of the subsc r ib ers an d f r i en ds of lc, t 4; took place yesterday at the London Tavern ; 91( ;elij r in the chair. The Report, whi c h w as read preSV, congratulated the meeti ng on th e succ essful, on f or d tP advancement of the Society. The t o tal recei& subscriptions, donations, and dividends on hit se"' , past year, amounted to 1,512/. 7s. 2d., 0. -„.„ite.,A stood‘ committee had invested 9001., making the "' ti ro P,°,o°.' the Company 8,3001. Six pensioners, two dig"; b0" , ,, / ,1 4 : subscribers, were placed on the funds at the I,°:. the election, and there were at present twelve nlai!, i i iree`" males, receiving respectively, 241. and 18/. per 4m.- i datl e ig looks of the Society. The Report concluded lg.; ee since the establishment of the Institution in I °l 0 0 ' 10' 1 sum than 11,260/. 12s. 9d. had been collected , t a ll eoe . . o °' mittee expressed a hope that the half-yearly ei t ee ,o l l/ sr , si.e. lOW he alloyed to procood timpterlVP'' TIO 'OO% the continued exertions of the trade frenerall nt e ee baying been unanimously adopted, the Pre sP "` - eet l4 officers of the Society were re-elected, and th em Ot rated. ns ,4l o , o sel! HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS. the b otk, "Yours RIPLEY."—The meet yesterday was 1 40.1.4 and the turn-out on Ascot-heath. The w el to $O7:-# "Young Ripley," on being uncarted, went o w l f g tileA Farm, 0 WinUeld, then doubled back, Pa ss A l i r P 1) cs r ,d Kennel on the left, and over the heath to tir o plantations at Sunninghill, circled to Mr. Cru tc c becil, l o f t o and got into, the pond, which caused a sligl,l t , snc e O b it) leaving the park, made to Fern-hill, and W u- 0 0 1 0 11 1 Cranbourn ; headed back to Highstanding-hill, P tb , - 1 .. ;Melon of Me. Riley, and on to Flemish Farinlo; to Bt, Leonard'PAAie, And got intP POW ° so V e il where he was worried by a shepherd's n ee he ;' manner that Bartlett, one of the whips, fo ull "... c idf• ao_ j t 4 cut its throat. The head was known pedestrian, who regularly runs with tine, ‘ for tj, generally up with the take. The haunches wi!,,„edet given to F etioo,see, to her Majesty. The run, which did not ... e Ol4 • quarters of pp hear ? was very severer and the f e f fr i ingli select, PS more than 00 UinFllt l o p . tari ts lEEE TRADE...--A number of 4 1 --• CV° , $.)c,,,), L 0 t plegate Within assembled last night, at "' er stion, " e ,'",cl the purpose of forming a Free-trade negis&rnove., Mr. Frost in the chair. Mr. Thomas Kir i gh e ge tt° .sse ci r the meeting adopting the recommendation 0. to An Jo Anti-Corn-law League, d o resolve itself igegistrl-'')l .teat. tion, tinder the name of ' The Free-trade e at. „ sociation, for the WAN pr cripple9te ' *°7s 0 Richard Tweedale seconded the reaohitiOn , . vi . n oot c ol' unanimously. Mr. Strood moved the app ool ,.t c h 0 5 0 mittee. Mr. Shea sec on d e d the motion, itt io ai4/ unanimously. - red I „,.iate 40 1 The Rev. Dr. Warneford has rrese n 1 0 ,1 0 of WU townras orPction Pf A iit l t tit ie ''F'Aiarat plesles)'' flexion with the Queen College at -11 1 0 1- n n. . 0 0 1 .1` ' tion on which her Majesty has been gr,,ne i l pc. 0 00 Jb confer a royal charter of incorporation. Ca ley, Fellow and late. Dean of Emmanuel Cole leKit.‘ has been elected the resident warden. unit c • s f o 'ot al. 1! 1 „ To THli L.4l.lEs..,rThp And 't:IP which Rowland's Kalydor continuos to meal . it i e s o rio'o , the periods exoftiSrPpartinrg°f all y is et d ni ur i i i n d g al most P. ~t i v e , re store,, l i c an ao pse of This preparation eminently balsamic, goratiug, is equally celebrated for safety 1 " ° I:01 d i ` r ail? unfailing efficacy in removing all impuritiet,ld tr eat o lions ; and in promoting a healthv freshness gre°oo go; to the Skin and Complexion. Its n i v ersn",, , ,,, r6 , I,r 0, 4 excites the cupidity of unprincipled sliopk et r o f 1: 0 101, the title of ‘f tienuine lialidor" to cetolgreten, to le e r e manufacture, of the most deleterious a ' of e mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the It 11. 0 . by their repellant action endangering heaths worn c e fore, imperative on purchasers to see that fr ot hers "" _GO land's Kalydor" are on the wrapper. —.4" dulent counterfeits. fe y, of t he BIRTHS. t h e l a dy oe On the 6th inst., at Ileavitree, Devon, r gh , E. W. Michell, of a son. t, f . oft' dni bil On the 7th inst., at St. Bernard-crescen Fletcha Pl'lfl to • lady. of James Stevenson, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., the lady of Thomas Wif e of Esq., of a daughter. erko , the --' On the Bth inst., at Sutton Courtney , 0 Rev. George Andrews, of a daughter. second Sd.auNgahttheariolifelli On the 6th inst., at LA: Aullniief' h On the 26th tilt., at j t r ee Hotel of .the Britis .. . 40 0 it ::: at Pari s, Vicar of Hill, • Cottol b N 0 1 , f( daughter of F. H. Northern E GloucestersBqld,re,nnto,Eolfienersh,lore,e illeti!rtlltel: On the Gth in at ClapihaM Chnrch, -- _ r e ii r • 1 Esq.,B O _ o on the 9th inst., at St. John's, field Esq. of 1 'sa , Young" &O rli ii r ' p 1A11). d, AO architect, to Lou' t daughter u. ot n A jn d l b s as tirno to ni n gr i c t l i e e Ell ; scle.;.ElGiiiree°ssltrfV:o6:l4i, G C re t a es v Ni e ' s o , rth, R.N., to Susan Maria, idlaaung'Phstteres°f 61;14106v Esq., of Walthamstow. 'yen t 1 0 1) On the 9th inst., at Charlton, Kent, Joho Caorf Li e Esq., to Charlotte Helen, eldest datighotoeirwich_. Colonel Wylde, Royal Horse' Artillery , 1/ o jetr ---- -DIED. v iiiio ot On the 3d inst., at Versailles, France, 1, 1 944 EN., aged 71. CainPbei' i' On the 4th inst., at Ipswich, Dawson d i i 4 Tower-street, London, aged 37. o fQueen' S. rot' s IV On the sth inst., Mr. Daniel White, water, aged 62. Mrs S" ''' w On the sth inst., at Richmond, Surrey' - ' r eSi‘ Tr On Dernainbray, aged 82. .., r ut- , On the sth inst., atChesham-place,Belgrave" ' J itclv Denison, Esq., Lieutenant, R.N . ss Exeter, Thor a olf ' On the 6th inst., at St. L eonard's, son, Esq., surgeon, R.N. chev l '' On the Bth inst., Esther, the wife of Mr , .--- • - o to ' SO citor, Castle-street, Holborn. (coin On the 29th of January, on his passag e - doh Lisbon, Joaquin, Jose Duarte Silva, Esq._ Tne keiti - , On the 18th ult., at Paris, Major DellrY v - o r : la sil t ae e ll o o, f. f rol t .ve h r e ib • g3 s h. t sth h . ir D e r .. a . go:m Guards aged 61. 4 . Barlbo ro On the 22d tilt , the Rev. C. R. Bod es ' ci. if On the 28th ult , Thomas Yard, „ fi a#, Si d Esq., al3 LlC A'''. lili JO °f w ife 3". On the 7.th inst., at Chelsea, Mary Ann? .,2, Shepard, of New Bond-street. De l ',--''' On the sth inst., at Fairford, C. Crouch, Esq. , r - - -- yoU- sfi tio Lomion: Printed and Published by AlUli ll s,,4otit No 112, Strand, at The STill Office, N 0.27 County of Middlesex, Tuesday, blarch , 1 *.w.: lit like result ? and that it may provoke an indignant Ispirit throughout the country that may sweep the bread tax at once and for ever from the statute-book ? If we may judge from the past, we should infer hat nothing was more likely than such an occurrence, and greatly should we be delighted to find that the Duke had become, however reluctantly and unconsciously, a second time our sterling benefactor. Of one thing his Grace may rest assured—namely, that it is no longer in his power, nor in that of any Minister of the Crown, to check the progress of the anti-corn-law agitation, no matter how " earnest" may be his convictions on the subject, nor, how great his influence over the opinions and votes of their Lordships. The movement must pro ceed—the question must continue daily and weekly to gain an increased impetus, until it is brought to a satisfactory :termination. It is not the passions merely of the people that are enlisted in the cause, but their judgment—their cool, deliberate, unprejudiced understanding. When, therefore, the Duke of RICHMOND accuses the League—as he did last night in the House of Lords—of appealing to the inflammable feelings of the multitude, he makes an accusation for which he has not the slightest warrant; for this great national confederacy has no need to resort to any such appeals; its object is rather to calm the passions of those to whom it addresses itself, for it is only during such calm that men's understanding stands a chance of being convinced. But the League, it seems, if we may credit the Noble Duke, not only does its ut most to rouse all the worst and stormiest feelings of the mob ; but, what is infinitely more inexcusable, it " is vulgar to the last degree." It is here the shoe pinches. His Grace of RICHMOND might possibly be induced to overlook its intemperate appeals to the masses ; but he cannot pardon its hopeless, unleavened vulgarity. It does not daintily mince its words, as gentlemen should do ; it does not wrap up the, truth in an elegant courtly dis guise ; but speaks what it thinks in the first, plain, straight-forward language that comes uppermost. Moreover, it has no white-waistcoated, kid-gloved Exclusives among its members. It is com posed of men whose bow is far from perfection, and who are by no means diligent in sacrificing to the Graces. For these reasons his Grace, like Thwackum, in Tom Jones, thinks it his duty to " saddle" the League " with a judgment" and to proclaim to their Lordships, in accents of aristocratic disgust and dismay, his painful conviction that "it is vulgar to the last degree." We have often been curious to know what was the extreme• point of vulgarity which it was possible for human nature to attain; and now we find, on the high authority of the Duke of RICIIkOND, that the ' " last degree" —the ne plus ultra of the vulgar—consists in being a member of the League, and speaking home truths once a week at Covent-garden. Few of our readers can have forgotten the melancholy circumstances of the duel which took place, in the be ginning of July last, between the late Lieutenant- Colonel Fawcwrr and Lieutenant MUNRO of the Blues. It will be recollected that the combatants stood in the relation of brothers-in-law to each other ; that Lieut.- Colonel FAWCETT was an officer of great experience and the highest reputation, and had then but recently signalised his intrepidity and his military talent in some brilliant operations on the coast of China ; and that Lieutenant MUNRO had risen by his own personal merit, from the humblest ranks of his profession—and, we believe, in his own very distinguished regiment— to the honourable rank which he held in it, at the time of his fatal rencontre with Lieutenant-Colonel FAWCETT. The latter fell by the first—perhaps, by the only— shot which was fired. Great blame (we fear, it is impossible to deny) attaches to those who had, in the first place, to determine upon the character of the circumstances under which their opinions were solicited, primarily, as advisers, and their attendance on the ground, subsequently, as seconds ; great blame, both in the one capacity and the other. Before the principals went out, these gentlemen appear to have treated the affair without any reference to its own very special cir cumstances—and still less, as attaching its due degree of weight and importance to the near affinity of their prin cipals, who had married sisters. After the principals had met, the wounded and dying man was left, if we re member rightly, unattended to, and unwatched, except by the medical officer who had been brought to the field by Lieutenant Mtn-rms. The seconds had precipitately escaped. Here, of course, our retrospect of the facts of the duel must cease ; because nothing further has been elicited in any legal proceedings, through which the public have yet had cognisance of that melan choly transaction. But we have enough before us to judge of the merits of the discussion which took place, last night, in the House of Commons, on the mo tion of Captain BERNAL, " for the production of a copy of any correspondence respecting the refusal of the War office to allow a pension to Mrs. FAWCETT," the widow of the unfortunate officer who perished- in the duel. And if we had not this guide, even, we might be disposed p) eliminate some passages that would answer such a pun pose, from the manly and affecting letter which Lieute nant MUNRO, as it will be seen, has addressed to Mr. THOMAS BUNCOMBE, M.P., giving a detailed account of the circumstances out of which his unhappy difference with the deceased arose. This letter is now very generally in the hands of the public. We do Lieutenant MUNRO no manner of wrong in declining to deal with it as evidence, for that gentle man will sufficiently understand the legal principle, which precludes a statement that is purely ex park (although that it is so may be, as in this instance, the unavoidable result of the facts) from being ac cepted for evidence, without further corroborative and legal testimony. But we are at full liberty to own that the letter has excited in us the deepest interest and sym pathy, and that it is well calculated to leave strong moral impressions on the mind of every reader, as to matters upon which it carries with it no legal proof. For ex ample ; taking the document as embodying the personal statement of Lieut. MUNRO, verified by his own signature, and vouched by the speech of Mr. DUNCOMBE in Parlia ment, we may venture to assume, as admitted premises between those who may approve, and those who may pro test against, the decision of Sir R. PeEt's Govern ment in refusing to the bereaved widow the usual pension —first, that the quarrel between the deceased and Lieutenant Musitto arose out of some worthless domestic differences ; and second, that the insult given was not offered by Lieutenant MUNRO to Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcerr, but that it was put by the latter upon Lieu tenant MUNRO in the most angry, coarse, and offensive manner it was possible to conceive. A servant was in vited to become a witness of the insufferable affront, by the order of the Colonel "to keep the door open until 111 r. Mustao was turned out of the house." Now it is enough for the argument we have to offer, if it be al lowed that this aggravated insult was one which Lieute nant MUNRO could not have passed over, without resort ing, in the usual way, to the opinions and guidance of personal friends. On this fact (and we might be enti tled, on Lieutenant 'MUNRO'S authority, to add, fortified, as it is, by the circumstance of his having even subse quently requested, and offered to the Colonel opportu nities for, explanatiOn) we must contend that the widow of Colonel l'AwcErr was, from that moment, brought into a position, the issue of which was unavoidable on the part of her deceased husband, so long as he refused explanation or apology to Lieutenant MUNRO, and un controllable by any effort of her own. What are the grounds on which the Government deny her her pension ? None that can be taken to impeach her con duct. How far do they impugn that of the deceased ? Because, said the Right Hun. the Secretary-at-War, " there were no palliating circumstances in a case where two brothers-in-law rushed out to shoot one another on account of differences which might have been settled easily in another manner." But they " did not rush out" in this unreasoning, bru tal manner. The quarrel took place on a Thursday evening, the 29th of June last. The next two days were unremittingly employed by Lieutenant Murillo in consulting with officers in the army of long service, of Sound eezhpaeraricetneere: of Lieutenant MUNRO had non al terna tive Their undou bted unaim honour, of high and was,usobpuintitooncali Colonel that ' FAWCETT out. A general omecomm could exist un ders ion er went f urt h er, and said " No officer holdin g h er MAJESTT an unretract e d i nsult so ins uff erableiss as t the Lieutenant had received." Even on the ground, Lieut. M Mr. GRANT whether n o thi ng could be done u il o ao asked obviatethe dreadful catastrophe which h e seems to have antici pated ; but that gentleman told h im that the Colonel had received him the day before in so violent and obstinate a manner, that all proposals of accommodation were useless. What wits the real feeling of the Colonel him self may be inferred from the fact, that he had proposed to Mr. GRANT that the meeting should take place the day after the quarrel; but to this arrangement Mr. GRANT objected. It was, then, under these circum stances—under this overwhelmingnecessity—that Lieu tenant Muria° went out to fight Lieutenant-Colone, FAWCETT. What were the particulars, we now ask, in which Lieut.-CoL F.twcwrr, in goin g out to meet him, so far f transgressed th e conventional rules, within which, it seems, officers in her MAJESTY'S service must take es pecial care to be shot, if they would not leave their widows and orphans in the thraldom of poverty, super added to the despair of their bereavement—that the Government deem themselves at liberty to refuse- to Mrs. FAWCE7'T the pension of a deceased field-officer? If the principle of the refusal were, that duelling is, in itself; a practice at . once unclgistian and unlawful, we SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutatt Optitton. " Who runs may read." poitExoN. Owing to the severity of the weather the Paris mail of Sunday has not reached town. On Friday the King of the French presided at a Cabinet Council, which lasted for an hour. His Majesty afterwards took a ride in his carriage. The appeal of the National to the Cour Royale, against the decision of the Police Correctionnelle, by which the re sponsible editor was condemned to imprisonment, and ordered to pay a Eno of 4,000 f. and 6,000£ damages, for a libel upon M. de Les*, was heard on Friday. The judgment was confirmed. In a will bequeathing property to a large amount, respect ing which a suit is now pending before the Cour Royale, there is the following clause which, it appears, is not disputed : " My express desire being that none of the domestic animals which shall belong to me at my death shall be either sold or abandoned, I apply to the person who shall have charge of them the annual sum of 750 f. for each horse, 150 f. for each dog, and 75f. for each cat, so long as they shall live." The Armorkain of Brest, of the 7th states, that a telegra phic dispatch has just been received by the Maritime Prefect, to urge on the preparations for the departure of the Ariane, and to fit her up to receive an Admiral on board ; her destina tion is supposed to be to Otaheite. A fire having on Thursday evening broken out in a chim ney of No. 16, Rue Poissonniere, M. Victor Lagrange, who was in the house, got on the roof to close the top of the chim ney with wet blankets, and thus stop the current of air. He succeeded perfectly, and the fire died, but as the unfortunate young man was descending his foot slipped, and he fell from the roof on the pavement below, a height of six stories. When taken np immediately after, he was dead. About ten minutes past two, on the morning of the 24th ult., an earthquake was felt at Barcelonetta. The sensation was like that produced by the passing of a heavily-laden waggon quickly over a paved road, and was sufficiently strong to rouse many of the inhabitants from their sleep. A letter from Presburg (Hungary), dated 27th ult., says: Arad has been inundated. In the morning of the 15th enormous blocks of ice from the Maros came down and accu mulated to a vast length on both sides the bridge. In the afternoon the water got over the embankments in several places, and at the same time entered the town by two chan nels. The bells were rung and the drums beat in alarm. By night many of the streets were under water. On the 16th all the shops remained closed. At two in the afternoon of that day the ice below the bridge began to give way, and at five completely broke up aid dispersed. The waters of the Seino continue to subside, and it is ex pected that the river will have reached its ordinary level in four or five days. A considerable quantity of wine in the cellars at Berc,y has been destroyed by the inundation, the raultd having in several cases given way and crushed in the casks. LAW AND POLICE. Mr. Reed, of Ipswich, the owner of the Colina brig, which was stated to have been wilfully sunk off the coast of Holland according to an arrangement between him and the captain of that vessel, was bailed by two gentlemen at the Mansion house, in the sum of 5001. each, and his own surety to the amount of 1,0001., to appear for re-examination, when the witnesses shall have arrived. Captain Simpson, who was ap prehended by Daniel Forrester, remains in the Compter. The prosecution is at the instance of the Alliance Marine office, whose solicitors are Messrs. Pearce, Bolgar, Phillips, and Hinckworth. Henry Smith Evans was brought up at the same office in the custody of Daniel Forrester, charged with having written two letters to Mr. Hutchinson, the Deputy-Chairman of the Stock Exchange, demanding by what authority the com plainant insulted him, and threatening, if satisfaction were not given, to post Mr. Hutchinson as a poltroon and a coward in the Exchange and in the Reform Club. He was required to find bail. Mrs. Earnshaw and Miss 'Wells, the lady shoplifters, who were lately charged with having stolen a gold watch, two gold pencil-cases, two finger-rings, and a brooch, and other articles, from the shops of various jewellers, were brought up at the Guildh a ll f or f u rther examination. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the prisoners, who con cealed their faces to weep, and seemed more sensible of their position than before. Mrs. Earnsbaw, it is understood, had a fortui7, of 20,0001. when she was married, half of which was settled on enelf and issue. They were remanded till the Ist of April. was committed f rom th e L..4111C office, for robbing s evera l a • cou ng man of respectable a pp earance, George Law rence , jewellers' sh o p s o f watc h es . East Barnet, Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., residing at Oa._ tothe was charged at Marylebone by Mr. May, Seer: tal l' National Animals' F r iend gociety, Exeter Hall an d I . Qrk " lane, upon two summonses obtained against him, one of which was for cruelly ill-treating and torturing a horse, and the other for assaulting Henry Mender May, an officer belonging to the said Society. The cruelty consisted in driving a horse with a wound under its collar; and the assault was the consequence of the officer's interference. The charge of assault was not pressed, but Sir Samuel was fined 40s. for the cruelty. COURT-rmuiromaza.z. The Duke of Hamilton has quite recovered from the effects of his recent accident. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas are prolonging their stay at Holyrood House. The Dowager Lady Holland received a small party, on Sunday evening, in Great Stanhope-street. Lord and Lady Holland are still in Florence, where his Lordship is resident Minister. The Dowager Countess of Listowel and Miss Brooke are expected to return to Eaton-place at the close of the week, from Brighton, where they have been p ass i ng th e w i n t er. The Earl and Countess of Fingal, and Lady E. Plunkett, have arrived at Rome, and they intend to pass the season on the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Limerick continue in seclusion at Southill Park. The family are not expected in Mansfield street till after the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheridan are expected to leave Lord Seymour's mansion in Spring-gardens at the close of the week for Frampton Park, Dorsetshire. Mr. Charles Sheri dan, brother to Lady Seymour and to Mr. Sheridan, is un derstood to have inherited the greater part of the fortune of his late uncle, Mr. Charles B. Sheridan. The contemplated alliance between Lord Newport, 31. P., eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, and the Hon. Miss Selina Forester, sister to the Countess of Chesterfield and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, is expected to be solemnised at the close of the present month or early in April. The wedding trousseau of ho noble bride elect will, it is said, be superb. - - MI 'CET...LA.I%IEOI7S. A meeting of parochial delegates was held ors Monday, a, the Marylebone Court-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill now before Parliament for the Amend ment of the Poor-law Act. A series of resolutions condemn ing the alleged interference of the proposed Bill with the af fairs of parishes under local Acts, was passed, and a Com • mittee appointed to wait upon Sir J. Graham on the subject. A statement has appeared in some West of England jour nate, that the packets are to be removed from Southampton to Plymouth. The place of rendezvous is named, and even the time of removal is stated to be in July next. There is no nor is it probable that any Railway from Exeter to Ply ce ' l as lnteh tn ? issing when the Overland Mail o mgc fhroo'lalua'unhstngtieldelmii:lfo'acoinii(ril)tirltbsat completed. arrived kicxeeht7eladlka.statement, the General Post-office has since been c number of passengers between F r receivce ed, l ia , gn a dt n h c F i e: at contentsnmd(:tti delivered. who embarkedthe from and landed at Bou logne, amounted to 2,545. At Calais the number during the same period was 969. Of the 2,545 passing by Boulogne 1,882 crossed to and from Folkestone ; 263 to and from Dover; d d is no truth in the re p or t a residence in tt a hh n eaAt in Tory toh ife i paper r l e e‘ c rvi t ge n t h o tt a s , a o n G s f ed herlt,Ae from rini that a ;nst purchasingo.sroneu. Isle Id introduce a Bill to Par liament, to dispose of the Pavili on at Brighton. The Newry Examiner states that Lord Wharncliffe is to succeed Lord do Grey as Lord-Lieutenant, and that Lord Langdale is to be the new Irish Chancellor, as successor to Sir Edward Sugden, who is still suffering from indisposition. Robert Houlihan and Patrick Nunan, for the murder of Mr. Patrick Shine, are under sentence of execution at the county gaol of Limerick, on Friday next. LAW INTELLIGENCE HOUSE OF LORbS.—(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, L or d C o tt en h am , Lord Campbell, and Lord Kenyon. TBE DUKE OF BEAU FORT V. TAYLOR, NEW), AND OTHERS. Tis case cams before their Lordships upon appeal horn the decision of Lord Cottenham, when Lord Chancellor. The principal question in the case was, whether in the exchange of certain lands between the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Neeld, a certain wood in Wiltshire, called Durnley Gorse; was in chided ? The Noble Duke contended that it was not ; that his land-steward, Mr. Wedge, was not authorised by him to part with that portion of his land, and that, there fore, he wag not bound by his acts. On the other hand, it was contended that the acts of Mr. Widge were the acts of the Duke, and that he was bound to abide by them. The Vice-Chancellor of England, when the case came before him, was of opinion that the Duke was not bound by the acts of his land-steward, and orde:ed accordingly, and from that de cision the parties appealed to Lord Cottenham, then Lord Chancellor, who discharged the orders of the Court below, and from that decision the present appeal was brought.; Tire Solicitor-General, Mr. Loftus Lowndes, and Mr. Camp bell, were counsel for the appellants, and Mr. Bethel! and Mr. Parry appeared for Mr. Neeld• The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole of the day. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) -- • The Vice-Chancellor of England did not sit in his Court to-day, in consequence of Mr. Bethel! being engaged in the House of Lords. SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY. (Before Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL and a Common Jury.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, the following un defended cases were disposed of. In each case verdicts for the plaintiff's were given :—Thidson v. Murray, Shaw v . Spragg v. Atkinson, Taylor v. Burrage, Yarndall v. Lass, Byrne v. Mills, Toddle v. Pratt- SECONDARIES',-(THIS DAY.) (Before Secondary KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) D A NN v . TIMMAINE. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—Mr. Medina, a solicitor, ap peared for the plaintiff, Mr. Thomas for the defendant. This was an actin brought by the plaintiff, a ladies' shoe maker, residing in Charles-street, Soho, to recover from the defendant, a married woman, the snm of 3/. Bs. 6d., for goods sold and delivered. The question was whether Mrs. Tremaine was a married woman or not, at the time the debt was in curred, and even supposing she was a married woman at the time, that under the peculiar circumstances in which the debt was incurred, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. Mr. Faux, clerk to the parish of All Souls, Marylebone, produced the' regi s t er o f t h e marriage of the defeniant to her husband, in the year 1831. They we re married b y license, she beins a mino r at t h e t i m e. Mr. 1 - M. Watkins, Mrs. Tremaine's bro ther, proved several letters written by the defendant's husband, and ac knowledging the debt. Dirs. Tremaine was not living with her husband. He was at present residing , and has reside d for some time past, i n N ew York. Ile believed that he did not allow her any t hi ng for her maintenance , or for that of her children. Robert Bell, a n accountan t, e xamined —He served a copy. sjlree am t, C a a married woman n of the writ on th e defendant, a t h e r residence, 6, Randolph anlineeVigave I h te a r ve th b e ee w n ri i t i , m a rr n i d ed s hseinscaeil tended that Mr. Medina a d dressed the jury for the plaintiff, and con tailed in evid ence, the plaintiff w as entitled to their verdict. The SECONDARY differed from the view tak en b y the soli , under th e c i r cumstances which had been de tailed for the defendant. He admitted the cas e was one of considerable hardshi p to tradesmen, but they should aver- iIiONE V . AND COMMERCIAL N E %VS CITY, QUART ER TO THREE. A fair speculative and trade demand was experienced for cotton at Liverpool yesterday at steady prices. Sales 5,500 bags, of which 2,000 were on speculation. A very large amount of business was done in Railway Stock :—Birming ham, 834 ; Chester and Holyhead, 6i; Eastern Counties, 114 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Grand Junction, 232 ; Great Western, 113 ; Hull and Selby, 614 ; Birmingham, 242 ; Brighton, 444; South Western, 83; Midland Counties, 94; Paris and Lyons, 21. 14s. ; South Eastern, 354 ; Ditto New, 36. It cannot be ascertained with any accuracy the amount of the dissents that have, as yet, been entered in the books now open at the Bank of England, opposing the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the reduction of the interest upon the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. ; it being etiquette, we think, when en tries have really been made, for the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank to communicate the fact to the Treasury. Our information of yesterday was strictly correct, as it was no breach of the etiquette referred to to say that no entries had been made. There have been some assents to the plan, AS respects the Stock of 1818, and of dissents to the reduction of the interest in the other Securities embraced in the schemeloof conversion. Probaby the real amount of dissentients will be communicated to the House of Commons this evening. However, the success of the plan is held to be all but certain among practical capitalists in the City. The subject has already lost much of its interest in the Stock Exchange, and for the reasons which we have just given, viz. the general opinion held that the conversion will be accomplished without any difficulty. There have not been any late arrivals of importance this morning. The Funds have been rather flat to-day. Consols at 984 to 984 for Money, and at 984 for Account. Exchequer Bills have realised 70s. to 725. premium, and India Bonds 88s. to 90s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 1024 to 1024. There is very little doing. The Com missioners have taken Consols at 984. The Foreign Market has been also a little fiat, "and we quote some of the stocks lower. Spanish Actives are 254 ; the Passives, 64 ; and the Three per Cents., 354 to 354. The proposed capitalisation of the arrears of interest on the Actives into a new Three per Cent. Stock, makes the market no better, as it is not likely Spain can yet pay so much with regularity. Portuguese Converted aro 464 to 464 ; Mexican ha - re been down to 354 to 36 for the Actives, and to 144 to 144 for the Deferred. Colombian Stock has receded to 144 to 144. Peruvian, owing to the accounts from Lima of the disturbed state of the Republic, have dropped to 294 and 29. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are firm, at 57 to 574. There is not quite so much doing in Railway Shares, but they are well supported on the whole. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official last.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . .......... 9T4%% S per Cent. Annuities, 1726. 97 New 3% per Cent. Annuities 1024% India 8rind5,1,000............. ............. ......... Ditto under 1,000 BB 901 Consols for Account 98% Ex chequerßi Bills, 1 lid. 1)( 1 d 1,0001. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839......... Columbian Bonds. 1 4 %%4 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent eel( Mexican Bonds, .837, 5 per Cent. ..... .... Ditto Deferred Stock 144 % 14 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. Ditto for the Account...—. ............ Ditto Converted 46g Ditto for the Account 46% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25% Ditto for the. Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dutch 2% per Cents. ........ ............. ........ Dutch S per Cents lO2 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAIS. PAID. PER SHARE Birmingham and Derby lOO Gil .. ..... to 61 Birmingham and Glouceste r lOO ... 85% 87% . to 86 36 85 36 Bristol and Exeter 7O ......... '7034 ..... to 71% Bristol and Gloucester 3O ........ 44 ..... .... to -s. Chester and Holyhead 5 64 ...... to Eastern Counties Ditto New 25 134% ... to .... Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Liverpool and Manchester......... 100 Ditto % Shares London and Brighton ........... bp 44% to London and Birmingham. ' Stock • ..... ...... ... to ...: Div() 4 Shares 2 • 283 to Ditto New Thirds 2 .. .. ... .. 41 ... ..... to r. London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% ..... ... 17% to —. London and South Western Ditto Eighths li London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13% Lancaster and Carlisle 5 Manchester and Leeds...—. ..... ... 70 ll 6q Ditto New _ 30 56% ..... to .• Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties 100 Ditto - Shares l5 .........23 % Ditto Fifths : 2 Norwich and Brandon Northern and Eastern 45 ......... 57%N ... to North Midland Ditto Thirds 2l . 13s. 4d. ‘293 4. to Paris and Orleans Paris and R0uen................. ...... 20 34%% .. to Rouen and Havre. South Eastern and Dover 5O _ to Ditto Scrip 25 35% ...... to York and North Midland - . .... •••• to Ditto Scarboro' Branch ..... . _ . 10INT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock ...... . 10 ......... 13% ..... to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 11.—The market continues very good, and prices generally better. The trans— actions of the day are- , —Bristol and Exeter, 72 ; Eastern Counties Registered, l 3 ' • Ditto Perpetual, 1/. 9 s . 10d . ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 624 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 45 ; Shetlield and Manchester, 71; Barnsley Junction, 31; South Western Eighths, 4i and 5. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 2 per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds 9O pm. 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Red New 3% per Cent 102% , F.x. Bills, 1,0001. 1Nc1... pm. New 5 per Cent. —. Ditto 5001. ....... ....... . pm. Long Annuities to expire Uitto Small — pm. Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 ..... Consols for Acct. ..... .... 9.15 Jan. 1860... ...... — li.dia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian. 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent ..... ..... -- Buenos Apes, 6 per ce,it, 3B atissign, 5 per Cent — Chilian, 6 per Cent — Ditto , Metallic , ~,, ....... trll7 Spanish, Colombian, 6 per Cent...". 13% S 5 per Cent 2l) Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, :3 per Cent 3,1,E Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferrer ... Danish, 1 per Lent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent,, 1837-- Dutch, 234 per Cent 57% Peruvian, 1625, 0 per Cent„. Ditto, 5 per Cent lO2 . - ' SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) .. 8.% Ditto New (17% daid) , 2O Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) - Ditto Quarte r Nharea.(l2% paid) ISZ Great Western (75 paid) Ditto kifths tI2 paid) l9 Hull and Selby (50 paid) 6O Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid)... London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwalr (161. 13s. 4dd. I London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Quarters ( I paid) 27% London and Greenwich (121. las. 4d. paid) Ditto, Preference or Privil,ge (131. 17s. 2d. pd) 18 London and Guildford Junction ( 5 pa'd) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Manchester and Birmingham 5 Norwich and Brandon ( 4 paid) „„ 7 North Midland (100 paid) „ . Di to Thirds (?1/. I:3s. 4 ' d.) PM t South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) II? 0 1, Ditto Scrip (25 paid) --,. Yarmouth and Norwich (16 paid) 23g TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm—Under the head of the Mansion house yesterday, there appears in the morning papers of to-day a report of what passed on an application by us on behalf of our client, Mr. James Hutchinson, against Mr. Henry Smith I:V4IM In case this application should be reported in your paper of to-day, we think it proper that the public should be in formed, through the same medium, that, subsequently, Mr. Evans made a most ample retractation and apology for the offensive terms used (which is in our possession), in conse quence of which Mr. Hutchinson, through us, COngented to,' his discharge. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, AMORY, SEWELL, AND MORRIS. 25, Throgmorton-street, March 12, 1844. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA- MENT. Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham Railway,—Petition for Bill reported ; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway , and Tyne Bridge,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Bowes, and Mr. Liddell. Pontop and South Shields Railway,—Petition for Bill re orted, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Hutt and dr. Hodgson Hinde. Graves - end Railway,—Petition for Bill reported; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Brighton;Lewes, and Hastings Railway For making a Railway from the London and Brighton Railway to Lewes and Hastings, with a Branch therefrom, all in the county of Sussex," presented, and read a first time. South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Rail way Bill,—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendm-ft proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of .he Question to add the words " upon this day week :"—Question proposed, " That the word now' stand part of the Question :'— Amendment, by leaVe, withdrawn :—Main Question put, and agreed to read a second time and committed, and re ferred to the Committe of Selection.