The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

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Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. LIBRARY EDITION OF BISHOP THIRLWALL'S HISTORY OF GREECE. Early in May, Vol. 1, decoy Bvo., of THE HISTORY of GREECE. By the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's (the Rev. CONNOP C. THLRLWALL.) A New Edition, revised throughout, and Illus trated with Maps and Plans. To be completed in 8 vols. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. ; and John Taylor. NEW WORK BY MRS. L01.7D01 , 1. Ou Thursday, April 10, will 'oe published, fcn. Bvo., with an Engraving on Steel. and Illustrations on Wood , THE LADY'S COUNTRY COMPANION ; or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally. By Mrs. LOUDON, Author of " Gardening for Ladies," &o. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. A. Castellan ; Alicia, Madame Bellini ; Enrico, Sig. Fornasari _Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. rrlncipal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), Mddle. Lucile Gratin ; Kubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced : Waltze Selesienne, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pm de la Fiancee-21dlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Toussaint, Pad cfe Cinq (composed bz M. Gosselin)—Mdlles. Louise Weiss, Fer dinand, Deinelisse, eassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'Extase—Mdlle. Lucile Gr ihn and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by Mine. L.Grahn and the Ladles of the Corps de Ballet. On Thurs lay next, April 3, there will be an Opera, it being a Sub scription Night. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr, W. Harrison ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled BOBER I AND BERTRANI). Dances in the course of the Ballet : Pas de Deux, _by„,)LS:'Adele and Louise. Pas de Deux, by Mdlle. - oSryan and Mr. A. Webster. Grand Pas de Caractere, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperiul. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polio and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Esmeralda, by 3ldlle. Polin, and A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ, is engaged here for Twelve :Sights only, and will make his appearance on Monday, April 7, In his celebrated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL ; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, In Donizetti's popular Opera, TIIE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, for the Performance of which, s;i Engagement has also been ex pressly entered into with Mille. EUGENE& GARCIA. The Box-otilce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. (Rover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE THIMBLE RIG. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. CIDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muater Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CIIILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Sliakspeare's Play of AS YOl LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Archer; Jacques, Mr. Graham ; Amiens, Mr. Allen ; Rosalind, Miss Cushman ; Audrey, Miss Emma Stanley. After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TI3IOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations! forming one of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZAEWIT. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. R. Younge ; Mr. Pecsniff, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Batley, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LOWTHER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. 3latthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. - (tinder the Direction of Miss Davenport.) TII IS EVENING Will be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Colonel Moreville, Mr. H. Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson, Mr. Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. Atter which, THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To be followed by THE SECRET. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ' ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPIIITIIKATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdmc. Dumos, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. )liss Heron's performance creates roars of laughter—The Two New Pieces, real Surrey hits. THIS EVENING . . Will be repeated a New Drama, called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, it. Homier, S. Cowell, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. E. Homer. After which, THE IRISH TUTOR, in which the Infant Power, Miss Heron, will appear. To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, and Mrs. H. Yining will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °Mee, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messra. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. • After which, THE APPOINTED SPOT. To conclude with THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan's Grave. In which Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog Bettor, will perform. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 31. THERMOMF.TER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 30.28.—W1ND, NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the 'thermometer during the preceding t wen ty-four hours. All the other observations a re made at noon. 111011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 2G minutes after 8 I Evening ~ 12 minutes after 9. t • '•! 1 (W I'4, ad' DIEL' t*, • a N •2! 4 • 14 • '~Rvti .4 .;: jr :; i , 10.11,Z Allt4 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1845. The House of Commons met yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, for the first time since the Easter recess. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should, on Friday, draw the attention of the House to the passage in the Message of the American President, which related to the Oregon Treaty. In answer to Lord DUNCAN, Sir J. GRAHAM stated that he did not intend to propose any alteration in the law of last s,ssioa, on the subject of imprisonment for debt. The Right Hon. Baronet further stated, in answer to Colonel RAWDON, that he did not in tend to extend the measure to Ireland until the re sult of the experiment in England should have been ascertained. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and Mr. CORBY brought forward the Navy Estimates. Mr. WTAKLEY, who had a motion on the paper on the subject of the opening of Mr. T. DUNCOMDK'S letters, was absent when the motion was put; he sho:•tly after entered the House, ani made an ineffec tual attempt to induce the House to resume, in order to enable him to bring forward his motion. The Navy Estimates occupied the House the re mainder of the evening. There is no subject on which we have felt for some time past a more painful anxiety than the alarming increase of criminal atrocities. We concur with an able Contemporary in the strong opinion he has ex pressed that this increase must be mainly attributable to the comparative impunity with which—owing to the inexplicable charges of judges, and the astound ing verdicts of juries, in some very remarkable cases of modern date,—evil-disposed men have been led to conclude that they might perpetrate their most raalig nant purposes. A large proportion of our readers may recollect the case of a ruffian (resident in White chapel), who, some 15 years ago, deliberately exe cuted a threat he had uttered, of cutting off the head of his own illegitimate and infant child with a carv ing-knife. The brutal murder was perpetrated in the presence, if we rightly remember, of the infant's own mother. It was distinctly proved in every par ticular ; but, after the evidence had been gone through, an objection that had been taken by the wretch's counsel to the indictment, which charged the murder as having been committed on an infant named " JOHN," whereas it was proved that, though the deceased might have been known by that name to the witnesses, it had been christened by another, as appeared from the parish register produced, this ob jection was held to be fatal. The jury, in that case, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The fellow was borne about the neighbourhood of the locality in triumph by some of his brutal companions, and then openly threatened the lives of the unfortunate mother and of the other witnesses against him. The neighbourhood was kept for two or three days in a condition of alarm and excitement, and the con stabulary seemed to be paralised, until the undoubted, though acquitted murderer, having, in the intempe rance of his conduct, after so unlooked-for an escape, committed scme other, but less sanguinary outrage, was again apprehended, tried, and sent to prison under his sentence. Now that case was the imme diate precursor of a continued series of murders and attempts at murder, accompanied with maiming and violence, such as had been of very rare occurrence, prior to the monstrous acquittal of that delinquent. For many months past, by a similar imitative tend ency in crime, the notoriety attaching to some equally remarkable trials for murder, in which the delin quents arraigned have escaped conviction, contrary to all public expectation, and to the universal construction put, beyond the walls of the Court, upon the evidence delivered within it at such trials. We shall never feel any delicacy about reiterating the expression of astonishment, and something more, with which the ver dict of the jury who tried, not long ago, a man charged with the murder of his wife by administering to her prussic acid, was received by the universal British public. There is not a Court of law in this kingdom or in Europe in which that detested person could recover a verdict of damages against any one who should de nounce him, by name, as an escaped but not the less a guilty, cowardly, ungrateful, and inexcusable mur derer. His guilt was so transparent that even in this country, where more than in any other of the civilized world the majesty of the law is upheld, and its deci sions are implicitly respected, the community of all ranks expressed their amazement and indignation at his escape. And this feeling has continued, subse quently, so intense, that wherever this undoomed criminal, after having the effrontery to show himself in open day-light, is recognized, in whatever part of the kingdom, neither his person nor his property is respected. He seems destined from time to time to pass through narrow escapes from a retributive but still more terrible fate, under that ban of so ciety which is yet more fearful than the ban of the law. But the material fact of his legal acquittal remains, in the meanwhile, unaltered ; its moral influence has frightfully developed itself in the otherwise unaccountable number of crimes, in which the modus operandi is more or less borrowed from the prototype afforded by the acquitted delinquent. To an extent unknown before in England, the crime of murder has lately prevailed ; the visibly greater proportion of these murders has been effected by poison ; and of the victims the larger number have been females. It is really impossible, as it seems to us, to disconnect this growing propensity to the com mission of a particular crime—in a particular man ner—after the specific precedent of a given example —with the fatal impunity which attached to the me morable case we have above adverted to. We have, on all occasions, consistently advocated mercy in the administration of the law, and are strongly disposed to uphold the expediency of miti gating, in many cases, still further the severity of our criminal code. But our sympathies do not ex tend either to such a case as we have been painfully compelled to dwell upon, or even to the recent con viction under which TAWELL has expiated his guilt by an ignominious end. Whilst the law for the repression of such dangerous crimes, so facile of per petration, so fatal to the unsuspecting confidence of affection and social intercourse remains what it is,— what we are still disposed to think it ought to be, — the true mercy in judges in charging juries, —the true and conscientious discharge by jurors of their sa cred duty—will consist in a fair unbiassed statement of the law of the case on the one part, and an honest appreciation of the evidence on the other—will do more than the usual and salutary merciful qualifica tion of giving the accused the benefit of any reason able doubt. But we could name half-a-dozen cases at least, within less than three times as many month;, in which, under some strange and morbid excitement, and w e will say against the weight of evidence, against all rules of fair construction, against all legal presumption,—culprits at the bar have been acquitted of charges of poisoning, on whose behalf neither the most acute legal subtilty, nor the most extreme be nevolence, could have suggested their innocence of the delinquencies imputed to them. It is high time that this unwholesome laxity in some judicial charges, to which we will not more particularly allude, and in many verdicts given under them, should be reformed• Otherwise we may expect that the torrent of crimes that has lately set in upon us, will overwhelm the character of the people with disgrace. We hope and believe that the last recorded verdict and its conse quences will not be without their beneficial results to the security of society. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Royal Tar, has arrived with the Peninsular Mails with intelligence to Gibraltar to the 22d of March, Lisbon the 25th, and Oporto the 26th. Political af fairs at Lisbon presented little variety. Viscount BANDEIRA had again come forward as a public cha racter, and with Count DE MELLO and some others, was organising a strong opposition to the CA BRAL Ministry. The Chamber of Deputies had re sumed its sittings, and the Committee appointed to examine the financial plans of the Government had made a favourable report. The discussion on the Budget was fixed for the 26th. Madrid journals of the 23d and 24th have been re ceived, but they are destitute of news. The Bourse opened on Saturday, the 22d, and the following are the quotations of Spanish Stock :—The Three per Cents. left off at 34i for cash, and 35 at 60 days ; t h e Fi ve p e r Cents. at 25 1 cash, and 26 1-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 28} fur the 28th inst. The proceedings which took place in the Chamber of Deputies last week on the Customs' Bill shows that any improvement . in the commercial system of France a m t ay pr s e a s y en a t il Ls of u t t i t i e e rly representatives The th n e people, Kith exceptions that hardly d eserve notice, are a century behind the age, and adhere w ith the most impertur bable pertinacity to high duties and prohitlition as the perfection of commercial legislation. The duties on oleaginous seeds furnished an excellent subject for the display of this bigoted spirit. The present duty on sesame is 2,i francs the 100 killogrammes. A Member from the north proposed to raise the duty to 5 francs. The Minister of Commerce reluctantly consented, but that was only one-half of what other Members wanted. M. GARNIER PAGES proposed Bf. M. D'ARBLA.Y outbid him, and proposed 10f., which the Chamber almost unanimously adopted, thus raising the duty on an article from Egypt four hundred per cent. This is a melancholy exhibition, and will not at all tend to raise the character of French legislators in the eyes of their friend MEHEMET ALI. The same feeling prevailed in reference to duties on foreign machinery, which were raised on several articles. The Member for Rouen moved an amendment to raise the amount of duty paid on foreign linen and cotton threads, and that, probably, would have been carried but for the interposition of the Minister of Commerce, who requested the Chamber to postpone their decision till the tulle manufacturers were con sulted. The tax on Swedish iron amounts nearly to prohibition, and it was proposed to modify the duties, as French iron is badly fitted for machinery, but the patriotic motion was rejected, and France, therefore, must rest satisfied with machinery for her steam vessels and carrying on her manufactures inferior to those used in every part of the world, solely for the advantage of a small portion of the population. This is actual suicide, and precisely what the enemies of France wish. England may well be proud of the vast step towards free trade and the total abolition of useless restriction, which has been almost unani mously sanctioned by her representatives this session. In the Chamber of Peers the discussion on Count DARE'S motion, relative to jobbing in railway com panies, was renewed on Friday, and ultimately re jected. Ministers have been more lucky than usual in the appointment of Committees for the month of April, having obtained eight members out of the nine. This result is considered of vast importance, as these Committees have to report on the vote of 17,500,000 f. for arming the fortifications of Paris. The Opposi tion journals are highly incensed against the vote, and openly assert that the " Chateau" is the sole cause of this inroad upon liberty. The Reforme thus writes on the subject : " The fortifications of Paris have been erected against the liberties of France, and not against foreigners. This is a fact so obvious, that it would be losing one's time to attempt to demonstrate it to those who still affect to doubt it. The fortifications of Paris are menacing Paris, but once armed, Paris is enslaved, In proposing to arm the forts our rulers call on France to declare if she is tired of the representative government, and ready to bow to an ignominious despotism. The Ministry, we are told, has lost its senses, and the Chamber has only to pronounce its interdiction. The Ministry, we maintain, is fully conscious of its acts—it is the system that is pre paring to pronounce the interdiction of its adversaries. Ministers obey the dictates of him who fostered them, and directed their entire conduct during the last four years. Supported by a doubtful majority, placed in pre sence of an assembly in which there is no majority cer tain for anybody, the Cabinet wishes to obtain from a Chamber whose fate was sealed by the vote on the Ad dress, an act of extreme weakness ; they think they may expect anything from those who granted an indemnity to Mr. Pritchard. It is their last obsession at the bed side of a dying power, it is a will extorted in extremis. We are told that the Ministry hesitated a long time before embarking in an undertaking so difficult ; after sustaining so many defeats on secondary questions, to raise one that may prove their destruction, is, it is alleged, the height of imprudence. We say that they are obeying an imperious necessity." Some of the other journals use the same strong language. The Courrier Francais thus describes the extent of the fortifications, and the enormous number of guns required to mount them : " The continuous line of the fortifications contains 94 fronts and the detached forts 93, in all 178 fronts. Each front, consisting of two half curtains and a bastion, requires for its defence twenty pieces of artillery, or for the 187 fronts 3,640 guns. As each gun is to be sup plied with ammunition for 600 rounds, the war depart ment will have to provide 2,184,000 cannon balls and up wards of 25,000,000 killogrammes (25,000 tons) of gun • powder. The 17,000,000 f. demanded by Marshal Soult will consequently comprise but a portion of the expense necessary for the complete armament of the fortifications of Paris." The following telegraphic dispatch had been re ceived by the French Government : "PERPIGNAN, MARCH 25, 9 P.M. " LIEUTENANT-GENERAL LAMORICIERE TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " BIVOUAC OF SIDI-I3E L-ABBES, 20TH. " The Convention for fixing the frontiers between Al geria and Morocco was signed the day before yesterday. All the conditions stipulated by General Delarue have been acceded to by the Morocco Commissioner. The interview was attended with great solemnity. The numerous escort of Si llamida showed the most ami cable dispositions. The news of this happy solution has already produced a good effect in the country. Si Ilamida has announced that, by order of the Emperor, he is about to march against the Emir, and that his movements will be combined with those of a body of troops arriving by the Rif." The accounts from Switzerland are still unsatisfac tory. The following intelligence to the 26th appears in the Constitutionnel " The intelligence which we received yesterday from Switzerland announces that the invasion projected by the refugees of Lucerne to overturn the Government was to take place on the night of March 26. For this purpose, continual envoys of fresh refugees were arriving on the territory of Argau, where the insurrectional committee furnished them with arms and ammunition, which ap peared to be in abundance. It was said that they had been able to procure several pieces of artillery. Numerous defections were reckoned on amongst the troops which the Government would oppose to them. This prospect had even acquired in the eyes of the commander-in-chief of these troops such a degree of importance, that at Zurich, Berne, and Argau his resignation was expected. This officer (General Sonneberg) is the only military man of real ability which the Government of Lucerne can op pose to the insurrectionary troops. On the other side, a report was current that the refugees were to be com manded by the head of the federal staff, an officer who had made the last campaign of the empire, and who be fore deciding on taking this command, had, it is said, sent in his resignation as colonel-federal, a grade corresponding in Switzerland to that of general of division, or general of brigade, according to the length of service. If this intelligence should be con firmed, all the chances would be in favour of the army of invasion, looking at the ardour and hope with which it is animated, ..nd its confidence in the incon testable capacity of the leader commanding it. The re fugees intend occupying a secondary town in the canton of Lucerne, in order from thence to proceed on the capital, of which the greater part of the population is hostile to the present regime. The co-operation of some free corps appeared to be altogether secondary, in pre sence of the support which is found in the numerous de sertions that had just reinforced the insurrectionary troops. It was stated at Zurich on the 25th that M. Siegwart, deputy of Lucerne, had come to solicit the as sistance of the directory ; but that this authority had decided to place only a battalion on foot, leaving to the Grand Council, which is going to meet, the care of pro nouncing on the ulterior destination of this force." t - . : 4t THE BOURSE-SATuRDIY, MARCH 29. First Iliahgst Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Priclz. Frcr.ch Five per Cents. .. •• 117 75 .. 117 90 .. 117 75 .. 117 85 Fours.. ...... 107 .. 107 .. 107 •• 107 Three per Cents—. 85 60 .. 85 60 .. 85 60 .. 145 60 Loan ............. 86 40 .• 86 40 .. 86 40 .. 86 40 Bank of France ..........3200 —3200 ..3200 3200 Gouin Eank, I,ooof Shares • • 1085 ICBS —lOB5 —lOB5 Belgian Bank ............. 670 .. 670 .. 670 670 Be Ginn Fives, 104 7 i .. 104% •• 101% •• 104 34 1842........ 107 •• 107 " 107 " 107 Four-awl-a-Half ••• 101% .. 103% .. 103% .. 103% l)utch Two and-a-Half... 64 .. 64N, .. 64 . 64% Spanish Active ............ 40 .. 40 .. 4.) .. 40 Threes. ......•.... 41 .. 41 .. 41 .. 41 Portuguese Five per ContB.• 66 • • e , t;!.4 • • 66 '• " Neapolitan. ......... .. 102 .. 102 .. 102 .. 102 Roman .. 10G RAILWAY SHARES. .. 105 , ,4 .. 10G St. Germain ..............1205 ..1210 ..1205 ••1210 Versailles, !LB-- 640 .. 640 .. 640 640 L. 8.. . R0uen....................1145 . 1150 ..1145 ..1150 Rouen to Harre.• •• ••. ..... 975 Orleans .. , 1320 .. 975 ..13?•5 ~ 975 .. 975 -1317 50 ..1321 25 Strasburg to 340 .. 341 25 .. 338 75 .. 341 25 Avignon to Marsellles.• ••••1140 —ll4O ..1135 • 1135 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, APRIL 3. Bt. Germain • • .1205 ..1210 ..1205 ..1210 Vasaillea, R. 8...• •• •.• •• 640 .. 650 .. 640 .. 645 L.B • .. Rouen••••••••••••••••••••1145 ..1152 50 ..1145 —1152 50 Rollo). to Havre . •..... 96 ~ 975 Orlcans .• • • • • • • • • • •• • • 1320 ..1325 .. 965 ..1315 ..975 ..1323 75 Strabburg to Bale.. •• • • .... 341 25 .. 341 25 .. 337 50 .. 341 25 Avignon to 31arieilles•• ••••1122 50 •• 1140 ..1122 50 —1132 50 FLANDERS, HANIBURGH, AND DUTCH MAILS. THE HAGUE, Mitten 17.—1 n the Java papers, from the 27th of November to the 4th of December, we find the following particulars:— BATAVIA, Nov. 29, 1844.—Accounts from Macassar state that the authorities there had received letters from William Brownrigg, commander, and from the crew of the English barque The Premier, of Belfast, which was stranded on the 27th of July, 1844, on Poeloe Pandjang, near the north-cast coast of Borneo, on its voyage from China to Balie Badong, in ballast, having on board Chinese coin for Messrs. Lainge and Company. It appears, from the letters, that the Sultan of Goenong Tabor had taken possession of the wreck and of the Chinese coin, and left the shipwrecked crew in the greatest distress, in danger of being put to death or sold by the Sultan. The native major, Kalang Kankang, in the Bay of Palos, who happened to be at Macassar when this news way received, was requested, and undertook to proceed immediately to Borneo, in order to obtain from the Sultan of Goenong Tabor the release of the crew of The Premier. The Government of Macassar received instructions, if assistance should be required, immediately to send either his Majesty's brig the Postilion, or his Majesty's schooner the Cameleon (both which ships belong to the Macassar station) to Poloe Pandjang, to deliver the ship wrecked crew. THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—We learn that the Second Chamber of the States General will meet on Tuesday, of Saxe e ß \ o,./ e a i t T Highness p s the ect e d hereditary i o t the Bth of April. lar i s April. „ Her —()Yal Ithe h. u 6 c t h h e o s s f /OItDRECUT, mmi lighness ' s birthday is on iit in the Kul and the Mc:426. narytheGsrathadopr 26.—0 n Sunday night the ice and yesterday it broke was entirely cleared away, floated away. Some ice still before the town, and Papendre c ht, b ut t h at b roke " u mained in the Noord and last night, so that the navigation is a ga i n open, and the) steamboat to Rotter dam will go to-morrow at the usual hour. ItoTTERDAX,AARCH 27.—The Dordrecht boat, which was removed from the harbour yesterday evening, to commerce to-day its voyages between that town and this, sunk during the night. It seems that the ice which came down the Medwede damaged it so much that it tilled with water. Happily, there was only one man on board, who got on shore. The vessel lies so deep that to-day, at high water, the paddle-boxes were not to be s en. AMSTERDAM, Afaacit 28.—The navigation is now completely restored, and, after the long interruption, is proportionably active as well on the Y— as the Amstel and small streams. The accounts from the rivers are, on the whole, fa vourable ; the ice has broken up, though in some places it is still firm. BRUSSELS, MARCH 27.—The English capitalists, who have formed a company to undertake the execution of a railway from Louvain to Jemappes-sur-Sambre, arrived at Numer on the 25th. They told a person of distinc tion that high hopes were entertained to obtain the grant of the railway which they project before the close of the session, and to be able to commence the work before the end of the year. MARCH 29.—1 t is positively affirmed that a company is formed to undertake the execution of a railway from Antwerp to Rotterdam, and Rotterdam by way of Breda. It is affirmed that the founders of this company have already obtained subscriptions in Milani to the amount of 13 or 14 milliuns of francs, and that they have entered into negotiations with the Government of the Nether lands on the subject. The navigation of the canals from Brussels to Charle roy, and to Willibrock, was resumed yesterday, after being interrupted for three months mad a half. M. Rochusson, the new Governor of the Dutch posses sions in the East Indies, will remain for a fortnight at Brussels. He will then go to the Hague, thence to Paris, and finally return to Holland, and embark for his new destination. Many ships that wintered in the basins at Antwerp, lvft there on the 25th, and dropped down the river on the 26th. To prevent accidents, the vessels which have arrived from sea on the 25th were ordered to remain in the road till the morning of the 26th.—Brussels Papers, March 28. STOCKUOLM, ILncx 14.—The Dogliyt Allchanda says that the Government has granted a loan of 15,0C0 bank dollars, without interest, to the Stockholm Lehn, and of 10,000 dollars to the Uprata Lehn, for the pur chase of seed corn. HAMBURCII:IARCH 25r.—We have nothing more fa vourable to state respecting the ice in the Middle Elbe. This morning loaded waggons passed directly over the river from Blankenese; and, higher up the river, people with sledges and horses still pass along the south side. The ice in our harbour is breaking up, and in a few days it will be possible to get at the ships with boats. At Brunshausen a large space of open water is forming in the channel. At Schulau there is no change.—Hum burgh papers, March 25. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 26. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent........... 64% 64% Ditto, 3 per Cent • • •• .- .• • 7 s 79k Ditto, 4 per 99% 99% Ditto, 5 per Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent • • • • • • 99% 10 0 Ditto, 3', per Cent. ..... .......... 93% 93% Commercial Company, 4N, per Ceut 150% 1513 —Dutch Papers, March 29. Exchange on London, one month l2 25 Two months... • On Ilamburgh, at sight . • Two months... .. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCII 26. Bills. Mopte'S% St. Schuld Sch., 3V, per Cent .. •••• • • • • 100 1 , 1 99% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • Exchange on London, 2 m0nth5........ 6 26?, 1 —Prussian State Gazette. March 26. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Kowa 26. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents ....... 114% Bank Shares • • • • ....... ......... • 1670 1665 Anglo-Russian Loan 114% Russian 5 per Cent., Hanib. Certificate. 105% 105% Ditto Ist series Inscription. •..••• • • • • • 105% Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and. 4th series 99% Ditto, in Certificate.. 99% New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. Ditto Stieglitz ..... ..... 921,„ , , 92 Spanish New 5 per Cent 22% 22% Ditto 3 per Cent .......... ..... Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Ceut • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • .. 63% 63 % Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 •• - 87 1 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 ir.:r Cent National Bank Shares. l4B Exchange on London. Hamburgh, March 25 •••• • • • 13 11 si Ditto Two months Christiana, March 1, 3 M — Stockholm, Feb. 21, 75 D •••• • • • • —Hatuburgh Borsenhalle, March. 27. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Maacu 20. 5 per C to . ... e uq. .. . . .. . . .. . ( Ct li ditto a11Is..•• • • • • • • • , 12 4 per 2 3 per Cent. ditto ..... ......... • • • • " • • • ' ' Loan, 1834 Bank Shares Esterhazy'a Loan . —Allgemeine Zeituti,T, arch 25. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.--Their Royal Hi g hnesses the Prince ou of Wales, Prince Alf re d, an d t h e P r i nc ess Alice, were tak Down for a carriage drive thi s morn i ng, accom panied by the D ager Lady Lyttelton. Cambridge, and Their Royal Highnesses th e D uc h e ss of the Hereditary Grand D u k e an d D uc hess of Meckl!nburgn Strelitz, attended by M r . Ed mun d Mildmay, left t honour Kew travelled yes terday morning for B e l vo i r C ast l e, L e i c estershire, o the Duke of Rutland w ith a v i s i t. Th e royal party by the London and Birmingham Railway. Her Royal Hi g h ness the Baden, attended by th e B aroness de S trum f e der and Baron Roth de Schrecke ns t e i n , v i s i ted the Tower o f L o ndon yester• day morning. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe \Veimar accompanied the Grand Duchess during her inspec tion of the different objects of interest within the ancient edifice. Her Royal Highness, attended by her suite, after wards went to view the Thames Tunnel, and then returned to the Duke of Hamilton's, in Portman-square. In the af ternoon the Grand Duchess visited her daughter at her resi dence in Connaught. place. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, paid his respects to the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden yesterday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended the rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient Music, at the Hanover • square Rooms, yesterday morning. The Royal Duke visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester I louse. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl arrived at Christie's Hotel, St. James's -street, yesterday, from a visit to bhe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Kew. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buo clench, E ar l o f Aber d een , L or d Stanley, Si r J ames G raham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of lladdington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. Sir R. Peel arrived in town to attend the Council from Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Lord Wharncliffe arrived in the forenoon from Brighton. The Council sat two hours. Lord Wharncliffe left town, on his return to Brighton, im mediately after the Council. A Deputation connected with the West India colonies, consisting of Messrs. Cavan, Cave, Barkly, and Colvile, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial office. His Excellency Sarem Effendi, Turkish Ambassador, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The new Commission respecting the slave trade held their first meeting ye s t er day, at the official resid ence O f Si r Robert Peel, in D own i ng - stree t. The Duke d e B rog li e and the Right lLlaonnd. Seteopmhep:,, nanLushington, D.C.L., Judge o f her Majesty's High Court o f Ad m i ra lty, attended. The Governo r o f the New Brunswick an d N ova Scotia • and a Deputation accompanied by the Secretary, had an interview yesterday with Lord Stanley. Mr. John \\rood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial -office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were sent oil' last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Van Dieman's Land. FRENCH PLAYS--ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Plessy, who is engaged for only six re presentations, made her first appearance for the season last evening as Hortense, in Cassimir Delavigne's co medy L'Ecole des VieiMad.. This comedy is doubt less well-known to the majority of our readers, and the heroine, the young wife of an old husband, a cognate character to Lady Teazle, was admirably sustained by Mademoiselle Plessy. In la haute comedie she is unrivalled. Nothing could be more admirable, for instance, than the last scene of the second act, in which she urges her husband to permit her to go to the ball given by the Duc de Delmar. She tries coaxing and tears, and the transition from the one to the other was exquisitely managed. She is, indeed, an admirable artiste. Our old friend Cartigny was Bonnard, the particular friend of the old husband (the Sir Oliver Surface of the piece), and he acted with vast quaintness and humour. The speech in the first act in praise of a bachelor's life was given with great gusto, and was much and deservedly applauded. The comedy was preceded by a new vaudeville, entitled Les Surprises. This vaudeville is from the pen of Scribe, and is such as Scribe alone could write. It is full of point and bustle. Mademoiselle Ozy, from the Theatre des Varie!4 3, made her debiit in this piece, in the character of Mathilde. She is a very pretty girl, and a charming actress, and will prove an acquisition to Mr. Mitchell's corps dramatique. The house was well and fashionably attended. The Queen Dowager has recently subscribed the suns of 20/. towards the building fund of the intended district church at Malvern Link, Worcestershire. RUNNING MATCH IN HYDE PARK.—Yesterday a foot-race came off in Hyde park ; the competitors wero Coles, of St. James's, and Milwood, of Bayswater. The contesting distance was half a mile, and the stakes 5/. a side. In betting Millwood was the favourite at 5 to 4, and money to some tune was laid out. The usual preliminaries were arranged, and after twelve false starts the men got off, Coles at a good lead, which he maintained for 200 yards, when his opponent came up, and a splendid race ensued, which terminated in favour of Coles, who ran in a winner by eight yards, completing the half-mile of gro un d i n two minutes and thirty-two seconds. Many spectators were present. SUDDEN DEATII OF A SOLICITOR WHILST ALTERING iirs WILL.—On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Ship and Dolphin, New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, on view of the body of Mr. Joseph Sweet, a solicitor, aged 70 years. Mrs. Ruth Sweet, of No. 18, New Gravel-lane, widow of deceased, deposed that deceased, during his long life, had enjoyed a re markably good state of health, until within the last few weeks. He was then taken poorly, but nothing of any con sequence ailed him. Deceased had a great aversion to medical men, and would consult no one. On Wednesday afternoon, about four o'clock, he told witness that, as one of the legatees whom he ; had named in his will had died, he should make an alteration in it, and bequeath the legacy to witness, which he had intended for the other. The necessary papers were brought to him, and deceased himself wrote the alterations to his will, to carry into effect his intentions. He signed it, and the document was regularly attested by three witnesses, with the usual formality. As soon as he:had completed it, witness observed a sudden change to take place in his fea tures. Fearing he was taken worse, she again wished him to have medical advice, but he replied "No." lle laid down oat a sofa in the room, breathed faintly twice, and expired in a moment. The Coroner remarked upon the singularity of the occurrence, and the jury returned a verdict of " Natura death.'' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Condo's were a little firmer this afternoon, having been up to 993( 1 for Time, and closing at 99 1 / 2 both for Money and Account. Exchequer-bills were 575. 595. premium ; and the New Three•aud-a-Quarter per Cents. ex. Div., were 105114 for the Opening. The Foreign Bonds continued dull; Spanish Three per Cents. were 40 1 ,4 ; Portuguese Concerted were rather firmer, being 66 to 1 / 2 ; Mexican were not higher than 33% to %; Chilian Deferred were marked 52 ; and Brazilian BS I 4 ; French Scrip was quoted 1 premium ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents have been 63 1 4. The additional transactions effected in Railway Shares this afternoon have been at prices fully maintaining the improve ment of the earlier part of the day. (From The Sun of Last Night. ) A very moderate amount of business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday. Sales 3,500 bales. There was no change in prices.-Shares were rather quieter :-Aberdeen ds Birkenhead,9B d Accrington,o l ; to Barnsley n , Wigan, Junction,63 4 a ; Manchester,iadß lLiverpool,ck ba u 7 n r % dn C ; ih Black burn, %s l ah Darwcn,rke Junction,abßnu - l i t l,vaßY Bolton, r13n21y4,31111a.‘711 Bristol and Gloucester, 58 ; Caledonian, 10% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 1 ,4 : 3 / 1 ; Chester and Birkenhead, ex div., 504 49 ; Ditto, Half Shares at 5 die. ex div., 254 243/ 4 Ditto, New Shares at 33 ex div., 43% 42 ; Chester arid Holyhead, 8%; Chester and Preston Brook, 334 ; Churnet Valley, 7% %; Clydesdale Junction, 10% ; Direct Northern, 4/, 16s. 3d. ; Dublin and Belfast, 73% ; Eastern Counties, ex div., 21% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex div., 62% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, ex div.,15 3 / 4 ; Ditto,New Shares, 53i %; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 19s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, ex. div., 62 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18 3 / 4 ; Great Grimsby and Shef field, 3/. 16s. 6d. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 64, 16s. 3d. ; Lancaster and Preston, Three. quarter Shares, ex. div., 33 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 8% ; Leeds and West Riding, 7 ; Limerick and Waterford, 4% ; Liverpool and Manchester, ex. div., Half Shares, 101 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% I Is. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, ex. div., Eighth Shares, 44 1 ,1 2 ; London and York, 31. Is. 6d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, ex new, New Quarter Shares, 59 prem. ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, ex. div., 164; Manchester and Leeds, ex div., 145% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1934 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 74 ; Midland Stock, ex div., 147% 147 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, ex div., 174 16% ; Newark and Shefield, 5% 5%; North British, ex new, 17%; Ditto, Half Shares, 4 1 / 8 ; North Union, stock A, ex div., 148 149 ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 5% • North Wales, 2/. 16s. 3d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Rugby, 4 /. 4/.1 s.3d. ; Preston and W2,-re, 344 1 /0 •, Sheffield and Manchester, 115 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 14% 15; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5%; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4% ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 4% ; South-Easteri, New Shares, at 18 die., ex div., 16%; Ditto, New Shares, at 16 2-3. dis., 11 %; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8% 1 ,4 ; Trent Valley, ex new, 16% 17 • Ulster, ex div., ; Wexford and Carlow, 2% 3 ; Boulogne and Amiens (English) 12 12%; Northern of France (Eng lish), 6% ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), ex new, 21. ISs. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2/. 1 ls. 2/. 10s. 6d ; Paris and Strasburg (English), 2/. 145.; Paris and St. Quentin, 9y 21. ss. 6d. ; Sa.nbre and Meuse, 6 1 / 2 ; Tours and Nantes (English), 3; Toulouse and Bordeaux, 271 ; Tou louse, Bordeaux, and Cette, 2% 2/. Is. ; Verona and Ancona, 1/. 19s. 2/. 2s. 6d. ; Sardinian, Gs. There has been another royal Dutch decree, dated the 27th inst., received by Messrs. Raphael and Sons. From this we glean that the remaining 300 series of Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are to be drawn at the Hague to-day. The first 70 series drawn, and amounting to 14,000,000 guilders, are to be paid off on the the 15th of next morith with interest to date. Notice will be given when the remainder can be paid. There is very little doing in the public securities, which continued somewhat flat, owing to the sales for time. Con sols for Money have been 991 1 „" a , and for Account 991 A, 5 / 8. The Texas question and the state of matters in Switzerland is the ground upon which the speculators for a fall seem disposed to operate. The premium on Exchequer .bills has been 575. to 595., and on India Bonds 695. The Foreign Bonds are dull, except in one or two instances. Mexican have been flat, at 35 1 / 2 •?4 for the Active, and 16 1 / 2 for the Deferred. Colombian are firm at 151, to 1 / 2 ;_ Spa nish Five per Cents. obtain 30 , and the Three per Cents. 40 3 / i , being for the former rather lower rates. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 63%. The settlement of the account progresses easily. In Railway Shares there is a good deal of business doing, and prices in many instances are better. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 % per Cents India Bondo, 1,000/ 69 Ditto under LOW. ...... ....... 99% 102 1/4 Consols for Account ...... 99 1 / 99 5 / is Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 (1 57 59 pm. 59 Ditto 500/ L • Ditto Small Ditto Advertised — pm. 59 pm. - ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... Ditto, Small Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... Ditto, Deferred Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l 5 l / 2 14 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 5 1 /2 3 /, 37 . , Ditto, Account -. . 35 Ditto, Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ' Ditto Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 1844 2 3 3' t Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Dutch, 2 1 ,4 par Cent Ditto, Account Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 991/2 88% 52 15' 35% 1 /4 16% 23 3 / 4 71 4 18 40 40 7 4 63 6314 9914 PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% l% l% Birming. and Gloucesterloo Ditto 1 / Shares Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 59 Caledonia 10% 5 n Cambridge and Lincoln 1 % 7% 8 7 % 8 % Chester and Holyhead... 5 Cburnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and 14 2% 2% Nuneaton 3 ... . 4 5 4% ••• 4% Cornwall Direct Northern 0% Direct Norwich 8 1 / 2 Dublin and Belfast June. 2% B l/i 14 7 % 31 ,4 Dublin and Galway 2%...... 31 / 4 ~, 2 1 34 25 ....•• 21 %3/ Eastern Counties _ Eastern Union lO •.••• 3y s Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50_ 5 /4 Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2% 5 /4 ............ elk ~• Great South. and West. (Ireland) 10% Ditto Extension Great North of England-100 195 Ditto New..... Ditto New Great Western ... 80 ......181 180 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Ditto Fifths 2 40% 4 3 5 1 Guildford, Farn'm,Po r t s . 2 1 / 2 ... .. Harwich Hull and Gainsborough 1% 1 Hull and Selby 5O lOO 98 Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...234 233 235 Do. New Thirds London and Brighton... 50 Do. Consolidated Bths 16 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 18 1 4 17% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 79 3 / BO Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... 23 Do. New 2% — London and York ...... ... 2 1 / 2 ....•• 3i ii 3 3 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Birmin. 40 ' Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. % Shares Do. 1 4 Shares Midland 100 152 155 153•..... 156 Do. New Midl and , Birm.,Derby...loo ll5 117 ll5 Newcastle and Darling.. ton Junction 24 ...... 48 .. ..•. ... Newcastle and B erw i c k 11./. — Newark and Sheffield ... 10 1 .. q.... 5%% North British ..... 17 Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 ...... 64 ... North Kent - .. 3 North Wale s Preston and Wyre Richmond and West End Junction Rugby, Worst r , & Tring 1 Scottish Midland Ph...-. 234% ............ Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birm 2 1%..... 4% South Devon... lO ...... 201 South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 43 Do., No. 1 8 D0., No 2 Do., No. 3 . ...... . South Wales Trent Valley 2 ...... 16 1 17 .. Waterford and Kilkenny 1% ....... York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 Dieppe and Paris June. 2 ...... 2% Great North. of France.. 4 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Pans and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O — Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse .... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 29.—The sales are :—Eastern Counties, 21%; Manchester and Leeds, Six teenth Shares, 7 1 ,4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9% ex new and ex div. ; Ditt o , N ew Quarters, 53/4 prem. ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 15 3 / 4 ; Mid land Railway Consols, Preferential Stock, 3 3 / 4 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 17 ; North British, 17 1 4 ; South-Eastern, No. 3, 8%; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 3%; Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 11%; Blackburn, Burnl,y, and Accrington, 6% ; Blackburn, Darwin, and Bolton, 41 s ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 1 / 2 7-16 ; Churnet Valley, 7%; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3% % ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3% % ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 3 / 4 13-16 ; London and York, 3%; Manchester and Buxton, 2% %; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 3 1 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 5% 4 ; Southport and Eux ton, 2 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2,4. 42% 69 15% 1 2% 1% SUMMARY OF NEWS AND eptitton. " lllto runs may read." FOREIGN. On Thursday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received Vice-Admiral Baudin, Generals Sebastiani, Pernetz, de Monthyon and Duvi vier, the Duke de Coigny, the Duke de Crillon, the Count de Mornay, the Baron de Bussiire, M. Liadiares, and Colonel Fox, It IN as stated on the Bourse on Saturday that Marshal Soult and M. Lacave Laplagne (Minister of Finance) pyre confined by illness. The Count d e Pontois, the French Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, has arrived in Paris. Marshal Bugeaud left Marseilles for Algiers on board the Cameleer' on the 25th inst. A Bordeaux journal states that the camp near that city will consist of from 20,000 to 25,000 men under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours, who will be accompanied by the Duke d* Aun3ale. A man named Noel des Quersonnilres died at Neuilly, near Paris, on Tuesday last, in the 117th year of his age. The freemasons had of late supported him, and defrayed the expense of his interment, which took place on Thursday. The Belgian journals are very severe in their com ments on the discussion in the French Chamber of De puties relative to the treaty between France and Belgium. They are astonished that any complaint should be made of the Belgian Government as having taken unfair ad • vantage of the spirit of concession of that of France, and say, on the contrary, that Bel gium h as ma d e concessions for which she has little in the way of reciprocity. It appears that M. Rosemond"de Beauvallon, the ad versary of M. Dujarrier in the late fatal duel, has taken refuge in Holland with his seconds. The seconds of M. Dujarrier are said, however, to be still in Paris, and have pledged themselves to be forthcomin g for their trial. The Universal Gazate of Zurich, of the 25th instant, states that the Council of State assembled on the 24th. It would appear that news had arrived which announced that grave events were preparing in the west. • M. Castillo y Ayensa, the Spanish Envoy to the Papal Court, arrived at Rome on the 13th, and on the following day had an interview with Cardinal Lambruschini. It was reported at Rome that the differences between the Pope and Spain were in a fair way of adjustment. SAW AND POLIC7M. At Liverpool, Benjamin Anderson, who w as indicted for attempting to p o i son hi s w if e an d c hild ren , at Man chester, by administering to them sugar of le a d, was acquitted. Richard Clarke was indicted at Bury St. Edmunds for wounding John Day, with intent to maim and disable him, an i do him grievous bodily harm, and also fo r re . sisting his lawful apprehension. The prosecutors who was a night-watcher on Sir Richard Affly's preserves, observed the prisoner snaring a hare, pursued and over took him, a struggle ensued, in which the prisoner got possession of a stick with which the prosecutor had been armed and struck him on the hi-ad with it two or three times. He was found guilty of a common assault. At the same assizes, Robert Drewe, convicted of arson, was sentenced by Mr. Baron Parke to be transported for COVET-FASHIONABLE. Viscount Melbourne is expected to return to South street, on Thursday next, from Brocket Hall, Herts, for the season. The Right Hon. W. Gladstone and lady have returned to their residence, in Carlton-gardens, from a visit to the Archbishop of York. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, accord ing to present arrangements, will leave Alnwick Castle in the course of next week, for Northumberland House, for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and Lady Alexandrine Vane contemplate a sojourn of about a fortnight in Paris. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are on the eve of quitting Paris on their return to this country, after a residence of nearly six months in the French capital. The Marquis of Hertford is expected to return from Paris towards the end of the ensuing month. The Earl of Lonsdale, who has been staying at Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, since Monday last, was to leave that seat on Saturday for Whitehaven Castle, from whence the Noble Earl comes to town at the close of this week. Lady Frederick Bentinck is still at Rome, but is expected home early in May. The Earl of Bessborough and family remain at Bess borough Castle. The Noble Earl is -till suffering from the effects of his late accident, and is obliged to use crutches. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, who have been passing the holidays at Mulgrave Castle, are expected in town on Friday next for the season. MISCELLANEOUS. About three o'clock on Saturday morning, a fire broke out in the house of Mrs. Bond, a widow lady, Adding ton-square, Camberwell. The house 'in which the fire originated was totally gutted. The roof of the adjoin ing building was likewise burned off, the top windows destroyed, and the low'er part extensively injured by water. There were no lives lost. The clergy of the archdeaconry of Durham have re solved to petition both Houses of Parliament to repeal such portions of the Act 6th and 7th of William IV., which proposes to unite in one the ancient bishoprics of St. Asaph and Bangor, on either of these sees be coming vacant• About eight o'clock on Sunday evening, a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises occupied by Mr. George Freestone, pork-butcher, 29, G reat Suffolk street, Borough. The smoke was so dense for some time, that considerable difficulty was experienced in as certaining the exact locality of the fire. Owing how ever to an abundant supply of water, and the timely , arrival of several engines, the flames were subdued be fore any material damage was effected. Driven by stress of circumstance, the performers who lately composed the orchestra at the Adelaide Gallery have taken refuge in " Sussex Hall " a large and com modious room in Leadenhall-street, well adapted for musical purposes. Headed by M. Laurent, a series of evening concerts A la Musard, are contemplated, and from the appearance of the first, which took place on Saturday, there is every reason to believe that the un dertaking will be prosperous. The remains of the late Bishop of Ely, Dr. All en , will be deposited in the choir of Ely Cathedral to-day. On Sunday afternoon information was received at the several engine-etations that a fire was burning on board the brig Betsy, Captain J. Rich, of Penryn, lying off Prince Edward-stairs, opposite Rotherhithe. For some ti me the greatest fears were entertained that the whole vessel would fall a sacrifice to the fury of the flames, which were then burning brightly and fiercely in the after cabin. The floating engine, manned by one hundred men, was got to work, and a vast body of water poured into the cabin. At length the flames were subdued, and all danger of their further extension at an end ; but not before the after cabin and its contents were nearly consumed. The fire from the cabin stove, ic sa h id is n the ot to pro b p e er ty of some cause which is unexp l a ined, i s s aid to have ca f u c se a d pt t a h i e n Traner . y, The pveensrsyeli,), is in sured. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. COWES, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The Queen and were Prince Albert and the Princess Royal arrived here yes et eorndvaey; conveyed afternoon by spe special lm train Windsor. from t h T e h . The Farnboroughroyal y f Victoria and Albert. In consequence o the . royal sta tion to Gosport, and thence to the island in the royal yacht t ' summer p i a n r t i h og e h h a e n r d f s o o r f h t e h r e painters iios and embellishers, yacht who are e i p n r g e the Lords of the Admiralty had excur sions, it was not intended to make use of her upon the present cccasion, and to ordered omb a embark her the B Eagle b fromut the W disasterolwich Black whichto P o r occurredt outh, to that vessel on her passage, and comp elled her to p ut Majesty,oback, created an unforeseen difficulty.the Hecate steam-sloop, fitting alongside t h e dock- y ard, In this emergency was ordered to be got ready, but being by no means in a fit state to receive her Majesty, the order was counter manded, and the royal yacht was ordered to be brought from her moorings and put in the best state of prepara tion possible under the circumstances. As soon as the royal party embarked on board the royal yacht, that vessel immediately got under weigh, and proceeded out of the harbour. The men-of-war saluted and manned their yards, and as the yacht passed, the batteries also saluted. The Eagle, lying at Spithead, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, manned her yards, and fired a royal salute when the yacht passed through that anchorage ; and upon arriving at Cowes, salutes were fired from the Castle, and the Royal Yacht Squadron Club House. lii consequence of the severity of the weather, and the Elbe and other rivers being frozen, there was a large fleet of foreign merchant vessels waiting in the Medina river until the ices shall have cleared away. The whole of these vessels saluted her Majesty, and kept up a lengthened fire with such ordnance as they had on board. Her Majesty landed opposite the Medina hotel, where the royal carriages were in waiting to is4 Ho a juesset.y a T o h d e p d r i i n o n c e e r A p l a b r e t r y t, la s s i t r evening p c e o e ri l s . is L te a t d i yofCahner ning, Miss Stanley, General Wem , ss Colonel Grey, Colonel , Colonel Bowater, and Mr. Anson. The royal party will return on Tuesday. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SUNDAY.--Yester day, about half-past two, the royal yacht came into the road, and the royal party and suite pro cee d e d up t h e harbour in the al b under salutes fr om th e H am b urgh ship, Phcenyix, cargte„ Sohst, from th e D an i s h s hi p, Franziska, Capt. Baur, "and from the batteries at the Castle, and at the Royal Yacht Squadron House. The numerous foreign ships in the roads and harbour were all decorated with flags as was the whole line of shore ; there was a fine breeze from the north-west, which showed to advantage the flags of ten different nations hoisted in honour of the royal visitors, Just before the barge reached the landing place the Oriental steam-ship, Queen, Capt. Russell, com menced firing, as did Capt. Johansen from the Hamburgh ship off the wharf. The day was very fine and the as semblage on the quays'very large. A few minutes before three her Majesty landed, and was received with the most hearty cheers of the inhabitants and the masters of the foreign vessels in the port, about 30. The royal party proceeded to Osborne in three carriages, escorted by a party of gentlemen on horseback. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked this morning through the grounds of Osborne, coming out by the Norris gate where a carriage was waiting for them, in which they took a morning drive. The royal party, it is under stood, are only down to give directions for the intended enlargement of the house for the reception of her Ma jesty in July next; the present stay will only be till Tuesday next, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March3l. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Messengers from the Commissioners of Poor-laws, the Board of Ordnance, the Commissioners of Bankrupt* the Bank of England, and other Boards and pall establishments, brought to the bar the usual returns. • RAILWAYS, &c. A petition was presented against the Newcastle Ana, Berwick Railway, the petitioners praying to be heard • by counsel against the Bill. On the motion of Mr. MASTERMAN, the Londe° and South Western Railway Bill (No. 2), was read second time, and ordered to be committed. A petition was presented in favour of the Caledonisn Railway Bill. Mr. DODD presented a petition from the Directors of the London and Croydon Railway Company, praying the! the report of the Railway Committee of the Board 0' Trade be referred back to the Board for reconsiders' tion. The Hon. Member gave notice that he would to' morrow move that the petition be printed. On the motion of Mr. BECKETT, the Midland Conn' ties Branches Bills (Nottingham to Lincoln, Ely to Lincoln, Swinton to Lincoln, and Systoa to Peter, borough), were severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. W. PATTEN, the Sheffield , Ashton-under Lyne, and Manchester Railway Bill WO read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. G. DUNCAN, the Paisley O# Bill was read a second time. Mr. B. BALDWIN presented seven petitions against the South-Eastern Railway project. On the motion of Mr. FOSTER, the Brighton, Leweef and Hastings Railway Bill (Keymer branch), was r eads . second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. S. WORTLEY brought in the Sheffield and Re' therham, the Birmingham and Gloucester, the Birming' • liana and Worcester, and other Railway Bills, which • were read a first time. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY. Mr. V. STEWART presented a petition in favour of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill. IRISH WORKHOUSES. Mr. COOTE presented petitions from places in Ire land, complaining of the mode of repayment of the, money expended in the erection of workhouses, and praying that they should be relieved from the burden. PAYMENT OF CONSTABULARY. The Hort. MEMBER also presented petitions, praying that the constabulary should be paid out of the Consoli' dated Fund. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. An HON MEMBER presented a petition against in' , , creasing the grant to the College of Maynooth. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions, from places in Cornwall and Cumberland, to the same effect ; also, one to do away with the present annual grant to that College; Lord HARRY VANE and Mr. KEMBLE presents ( ' similar petitions. COPPER ORE. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition, signed by the chief manufacturers of Leeds, praying for a reduction in the duty on copper ore. Mr. TIIORNELY presented a petition from the met", chants of Wol ver ha m pto n , p ra yi ng f o r a t o t a l re p e al 01 " the import duty on copper ore. MALT-TAX. Mr. CARTER presented petitions from forty-fire : towns in England, praying for a repeal of the malt4sic. SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAYS. Mr BROADLEY presented petitions from Yorkshire against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. IMPORTATION OF HILL-COOLIES. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition agreed to at public meeting in Dublin against the impertation of hill• coolies and slaves in India. LOCAL ACTS. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY presented a petition froth several parishes in Montgomeryshire, praying for certaia local acts for the better goverment of their local affairs. RAILWAYS. An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not learth presented a petition against the Birkenhead Railway. Lord JOCELYN presented a petition for leave to brieg • in a Bill to make a railway from East Derebam to Nor . 4 with. An Hox. MEMBER presented a petition against the Leeds and Prest on Railway. Captain PLUMRIDGE presented a petition praying that Manchester and Birmingham Railway Bill, ,110 4 before thetheHouse, may not be passed into law in its'pre sent shape. NEW MEDICAL BILL. Afr. WAKLEYpresented a petition from the weer • bersofthe Royal College of Surgeons of England, rear dent in the county of Gloucester, praying for an inquiri which the provisions of the nee = Cinhtoarttheer have e nn b e e r ill been carried into effect by the Council, ' that no Medical Bill be allowed to pass into a law which shall confirm the unjust distinctions created by the l Charter until such an investigation has been instituted. CLERKENWELL IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to b!) ' commiteed. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM. Mr. MASTERMAN moved the second reading ° I this Bill.—lt was ordered to be committed. COLCHESTER AND DISS RAILWAY. Mr. P. BORTHWICK presented a petition aga inst the Colchester and Diss Railway, which was referred t° the Select Committee on Private Bills. WELLS AND DEREHAM RAILWAY. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition against this line, which was also referred to the Select Committee on private Bills. SHREWSBURY GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. • Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against this Bill. It was referred to the Select Committee on private Bills. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY BRANCH. The HON. MEMBER, at the same time, presented a petition against the projected extension of the South' Eastern Railway to Hungerford-bridge. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. J. NEIL presented a petition against any further grant to Maynooth. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. BRAMSTONE presented a petition from severe' plaeus in Essex against the Law of Settlement Bill. ARREST OF WAGES FOR DEBT. A petition was also presented against the Arrest 01 Wages in Scotland Bill. OREGON TERRITORY. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on the Speaker leaving the Chair on the moving of the Committee of Ways and M eans on F r id ay, he should move for certain returns of the dispatches from the United State" respecting the territory of Oregon. QUARANTINE LAWS. Dr. BO WRING gave notice that on an early day hi should bring the present state of the quarantine laws before the House. POOR LAW OF SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice that, as soon as convenient to the House and the public business, he should move fox leave to bring in a Bill for amending the law for the relief of the poor in Scotland.l IM RISONMENT FOR DEBT. Lord DUNCAN seeing the Right Honourable Baronet the Hom e Secretary in the House, begged to repeat the question which he had asked on a former evening on the subject of the Bill for imprisonment for debt. It would be recollected by the House that when he had formerly put the question which he was about to ask, he h a d received a very unsatisfactory answer. There had been very great dissatisfaction with the 27th clause of the Act of last session, which was brought in for the purpose of abolishing imprisonment for debts under 20/. He thought this a very unsatis factory s t a t e o f thing s for small traders, and he wa s anxious t o know w hether the Government were about to introduce any remedy for this evil, for he thought that it was high time that a remedy should be applied, and if the Government did not introduce one he (Lord Duncan) was inclined to do so. Sir J. GRAHAM was very sorry that an answer given by him to that question on a former occasion should have been in any way displeasing to the Noble Lord. Having prefaced his answer with these few words, he should now state to the Noble Lord, that he would adhere strictly to the answer already given, as he was not aware of any inquiry since made that could induce him to alter it. ll° should not assent to any measure that would touch any debts which were contracted before the passing of the Act. The experience which they already had in the measure was not sufficient to, justify any new enactment. He would beg further to, state that the most important part of the measure was b t this s t : h e as w t o he rk i ß n c h l a a d i s s es n , t e w r ted w whether ri the t h c tb r e e d i credit e g r i a v i e ly n given was not beneficial to those classes themselves? Mr. DIVETT said that there were some clauses in a private Bill relating to some local courts in the west of England which were quite inconsistent with the Act of last session. He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the Government intended to support. those inconsistencies ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that they were mere oversights, and the Government would therefore oppose them. Colonel RAWDON wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of the Government to extend this measure to Ireland ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated that that would depend on the result of the experiment in England. ~. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY—NAVY ESTIMATES . Mr. CURRY moved that the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply be rea d. On the order of the day being moved the Speak er called upon Sir Charles Napier, who had a noti ce on the paper on the subject of the navy, but .11 Gallant Commodore did not answer. Mr. Wakley, w. t " had also a notice on the paper 0 R the order of the_a tiy for going into C omm ittee of supply on th e s ubject ofth e opening of Mr. T. Du c combe's lett ers , w as also abse nt from the House. After a pause of a minute or two, Mr. CORRY moved that the Speaker do leave the Chair. its T el h f e in m to o c ti o o m n t w ni a t s tee ag a r m ee id d st to iou a d nd ch t e h e e rs H f o r u o s m e rtehseol3vficl_ nisterial benches. Mr. CORRY said he rose to propose the Navy E sti ' mates for the fi rs t time ; and in lioing so, he felt some what embarrassed—not only on account of the little experien ce h e possessed in addressing that House , but also on account of the disadvantage under which he atht l t a ehamen b remayi o drd u ce.rs)o.d r at entwsids its indulgence. trit S rids O oLcu e noEi nfg ; o e aye e frint d lahecku i hse n egne. succeeding rcspn. discharge rrt o hgA n hea . tte F rotte r i hfh ee e e n tnshu d ateimsor n uee o cisd w uettitaym tie :hy S iis e o c eheus re :xdo.. - , hurry, and interruptedre m e r n . te c red orry th i e n Hthoeusceouinrsea of f re h a is t speech, by saying —as he was walking to his place—Mr' Chairman, I was in my place during the early part of the evening —I only left my place for a moment—(" Order') and I trust I shall not loso the opportunity of bringing forward the motion of which I had given notice as were THE SIIN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1845. el 01 It is