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COMPANION TO THE NARRATIVES OF LADY SALE AND LIEUTENANT EYRE. lA•vr ready, in 1 vol. small Svo., with Plates, 12s. bctind, NARRATIVE OF TIIE AST CAMPAIGN ITT AFFGHANISTAN. UNDER GENERAL POLLOCK. By Lieut. GREENWOOD, of 11.31.315 t Regiment. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry C.,11.0rn, Publisher, 13, Great llarlhorough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH IS, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, M. Duprez ; Gessler, Mr. G. Ilorncastle; Tell, Mr. Stret on • Lutern, Mdlle. Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss Betts. After which, Will he repeatel Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHENT. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Bsnelict, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. 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PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH IS, Will be performed the Cemic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby • Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ; Hawthorn, Mr Wood; HOge, M'r. Keeley; Rosetta, Mrs. Wood. Aft r the Opera, A OR AND CONCERT. To which wilt be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keels' wilperform. To conclude with a Ncw Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May day Bride. Patr!ck, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. PRINCESS'S "I HEATRE. Mr. ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils, and the Public that his FIRST BENEF/ l' will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the '?.lst of March, on which eccasien ROSSINI'S OPERA, 0 [HELLO, will be performed for the FIRST TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE. Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Massingham, at the 'Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops, and at Mr. Allen's residence, 19, Baker street, Lloyd-square, Pen tonviTe. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 18, Will be perf,rmed a Me'o-drama, called HEN RIFITTE, THE FORSAKEN. Principal Chara tars by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Chaplin. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq. ' THE CHRISTMAS CAROL Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forma,, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at HalCpast Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAV IDOL'S ROYAL SURREY THEAT RE. THIS EVENI \TO, MARCH IS, Will be performed RO.stEo AND JULIET. Rome), Mrs. H Vining; Mercutio, Miss E. Terrey ; Paris, Mrs. H. Hughes; Juliet Mrs. It. Hon ner After which, THE TURNED HE A I), with Singing and Dancing. To conclude with ABELAItD AND HEI,OISE, revived with New Scenery and Dre:ses. Places and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. o Bee, from Eleven , o Four. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ' Highest, 50 ; Noon, 49. - BAROMETER, 29.6 —WIND, E. .? . ;OTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 33 minutes aster 1 Evening .. 27 minutes aster 1 4-" l e tri _ o f i t ,, , • . _ ' 461 , 1rf 7 4 ,it" n , a w .allM ;S R7,` M • 4, , t‘ ' bze, ° s, V.710. 4°r ' too Oriallt( LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1844. The union which happily exists between England and France ought to be a subject of no ordinary con gratulation to all the friends of liberal institutions. Never was such a union more desirable than at the present remarkable epoch of constitutional govern ment. With the exception of two kingdoms that should be allied, both from their proximity and the nature of their institutions, there is scarcely a spot on the face of the earth where men can call them selves free, and it is an ennobling sight to witness the lead which these civilised States take in the affairs of Europe, in overawing by their attitude the despotic rulers of the, Continent, and, above all, in checking the progress of Russia in her inroads upon Turkey. This union saved the little kingdom of Greece from the grasp of the AUTOCRAT, and it is destined, we trust, to save the Turkish empire from a fate which has long been the darling ob ject of the Russian Sovereigns. Disappointed in his scheme of bringing MEHEMET ALI to Constan tinople, and in his designs upon Greece, the Emperor NICIIOLAS is now engaged in a new scheme, and by his emissaries is inciting the blind and stolid Divan to resist the friendly advice of England and France, and offend the only Powers that can save this miserable remnant of a great empire from utter destruction. He knows well that they are determined at all hazards to protect the Christian race—that they are aware of his designs—that he has no chance of success but in sowing divisions, and he therefore loses no opportu nity in urging on the obstinate Musselmans to main tain what he calls their independence, and allow no interference on the part of foreign States with their internal Government. He had the same object in view when, in a fit of passion, he shipped off his Minister from Athens, like a convicted felon. The disorganised state of Greece, and the universal in surrection which broke out against King OTHO and his German satellites, roused the hopes of Turkey— never reconciled, and not to be reconciled while she has any strength left—to the loss of an important country in the very heart of her dominions. Russia then appeared her only friend, and Russian agents took care to impress the fact on this worn out and helpless race. Not content, however, with these deep designs for her own aggrandisement, she has, ever since the triumphant result of the Syrian ex pedition, been working on the fears of Austria and Prussia, and has magnified the dangers with which despotic Governments are threatened by the friendly interview between two Sovereigns placed at the head of free monarchical and representative States, and above all has pointed out to the former Power the madness of allowing a kingdom, like that of Greece, to be established almost within sight of the shores of Italy. So far the EMPEROR has been successful. The King of PRUSSIA has suddenly changed his policy. Old METTERNICH has become alarmed, and though Russia has seized the mouths of the Danube, and has shown no unequivocal de signs upon Servia, the fear of liberal institutions has worked more upon his perverted mind than the fear of conquest. But let them unite. They cannot stop the progress of civilization. They cannot even keep down the Poles, much less rule Turkey, if France and England are true to their own interests, and every clay furnishes some fresh proof that, though there are certain parties in both coun tries-that retain all their old prejudices, the great body of the people take a just and national view of the question. Even the Opposition journals of Paris, so jealous of the " entente cordiale," call upon England and ,France to join in pro tecting the Christians of Syria, and in resisting the aggrandizing schemes of Russia. A de monstration like this is sufficient. Austria has not courage to go to war, and Russia, with her usual deceitful policy, when danger approaches, will disown the arts of her agents, and profess the most anxious desire to preserve psaceful relations with all States. Should the result, however, be otherwise, these rulers would soon be brought to reason. Russia, Austria, and Prussia, even with the help of King ERNEST, could not resist France and England for twelve months Their combined fleets, with the assistance of a small army, would pass the Dardanelles, sweep the Black Sea of every Russian vessel, take possession of the Months of the Danube, and every fortress from Tre bisonde to Odessa. Such an expedition may be nearer than the Oppressor of the Poles and the Per secutor of the Jews imagines. It is a fact which can not be denied, that Russia is only waiting for a favourable opportunity to pounce upon Constantino ple. It is the duty, therefore, of these free States, to guard against such a calamity, and convince NICHOLAS that Russian armies shall never again cross the Balkan. Our intelligence from America, and especially the Philadelphia correspondence of a Morning Contem porary, continue to present the Oregon question as the engrossing subject of political speculation in the United States. It had formed the prominent topic of discussion in Congress, during some days past, on the 28th ultimo, and the shape in which it was then in troduced before that body, was a resolution, moved by a Mr. SEUPLE, " to give notice to Great Britain to abrogate that portion of the treaty of 1818 which Iprovides for a joint occupation of the Oregon." This resolution, if correctly reported, is very strangely worded; but grammatical precision is, probably, un worthy of statesmen who are committed to the " go a-head " policy, so popular in the States at this mo ment. It may be presumed, however, that Congress is not meant to be called upon to desire us to abrogate the stipulations of a treaty (as Mr. SEMPLE'S words might lead one to infer), but that it is to instruct their Government to intimate to our's their own in tention of adopting that course. The account w e quote from presents an amusing picture of that cre dulous excitability, and that big talking, which to subjects of old-established Powers of the first rank and power, sound so oddly, that the momentary dis position to feel indignant is merged in enjoyment at the absurdity of the language. The original mover of the resolutions was also the leader in a career of extravagant vaunting, and of garbled statements of facts,—wherever these would have told, if fairly stated, against the territorial claim of the States, through which career it seems impossible to prevent our western " brother" from running, when anybody has pre viously entered upon it. This political temperament renders him in many respects like his own high pressure engines. He cannot be content with the legitimate working of his own energy and powers. These can do so much, that, without any more substantial reason or necessity—he will compel them to do more. He increases the pressure, and steams along at "an awful rate" to the well-beloved music of his own incessant paddling. He puts on a further pressure still. From a just and manly confidence in the re sources of his country and his own personal powers, he expands into vain-glorious boasting ; from ear nestness he rises into arrogance ; from arrogance into insolence ; and when he finds he makes " strange way" by exalting the pretensions of the Republic and its citizens, he betakes himself to disparaging those of every other nation and its subjects. At length, he is apt to overdo the thing, and an explosion takes place, which is likely to be more harmful to his own craft than to those of his neighbours. A Mr. ATCIIESON, in supporting the resolution in question, declared that " the whole of the Western States were unanimous in not relinquishing one inch of Oregon." It will be time enough to prove this de termination when they have got the territory. He said " the question was one of national honour." For that very reason, we have already shown, the States should feel themselves precluded from claiming what is not their own ; and what, being our's, upon the same principle, we never can concede. He complained, first, "that in the Oregon, subjects of the United States were dragged before British tribunals, and second, that ; "British laws now extend over the whole region." A man of calmer judgment could scarcely have sug vsted so strong a case of presumption against any possessory or paramount rights on the part of the States,—so much in favour both of the one and the other, on the part of Great Britain,—as these two facts to which he has helped us. This gentleman felt the weakness of his case, and therefore changed the ground on which he supported the resolution into this plan for a war with England : " The West has no more reason to desire war than the East or the South. But if ever war do come, it had better be vr•ith England than any other country, as a remembrance of former wrongs would only make us strike the harder.' This is artless in an orator, who should better conceal the animus of his tirade ; but here comes the high pres sure, and the explosion of his accumulated folly : " He thought a war would result to England in the loss of Canada and the West Indies. Let but one drop of American blood be spilt in Oregon, and you will have have war to the knife, and the knife to the handle." " The two steam-frigates, and the one building, and the two small steamers," (we quote from the Norfolk Beacon (U.S.), of the same date as this discussion), comprise the stock in trade— so far as the " steam arm " is concerned—with which this Bobadil would venture a collision with the " one hundred and eleven war steamers," which the same paper, in commenting on the inconsistency and folly of the war party in Congress, reminds him that we possess. The emancipated negroes in our West India Islands, we calculate, would like nothing better than to settle accounts for their less fortunate brethren in the Southern States of the Union, with their re publican, freedom-prating, humanity-outraging op pressors. The resolution seems to have boasted the sufport, also, of Mr. HANNEGAN and Mr. BENTON. And to be sure, they must have ent ;red into a copartnership of intrepid allegations, which none but " whippers of nine-times-their-own-length-in-wild-cats," would have ventured on, in a Legislative Assembly. Mr. FIANNEGAN who " was not to be terrified by 1,000 I Hudson's Bay Trapper s ,"—" th en a ll u d e d t o the murder of 400 or 500 Americans." (A mere casualty, we suppose, in Jonathan's estimate of the value of human life ; just worth " an allusion," but not grave enough to make him particular whether the number murdered was four OR five hundred. Then we have an off hand interlocutory, thus :—) " Mr. BENTON.— Yes : many of them my own friends." Mr. HANNEGAN, unwilling to be behind hand with Mr. BENTON, after this handsome intervention, pro ceeds :—" Yes ; 400,—0r 500 Americans " (he would not for the world be more precise than Mr. B.)-- '' who have emigrated to that country have disap peared :—No one knows how, no one knows where. The Hudson's Bay Company alone could tell." (!!) Were it not that in a subsequent period of the de- bate, the good sense and moderation which were dis played in either speeches were such as should redeem the character of Congress from the disgrace of this balderdash—very ridiculous, truly, but not the less unprincipled—we should blush, indeed, for the legis lative body which could tolerate, or dismiss, without indignant repudiation, such gratuitous and scandalous falsehoods as these. How it might very well happen that 400 or 500 American emigrants rnight not be again seen by their countrymen after emigrating to Oregon, —without this atrocious imputation on the Hudson's Bay Company, of their wholesale murder—may be collected from a remark in the speech of Mr. DAYTON, of Ohio, against the resolution :—" The dis- tance of Oregon was 18,000 miles by sea, and 5,000 by travelling route 3 by land ;"—the land journey, be it observed, lying across the desolate and wide-spread valleys interposed between the Mexican frontier in the parallel of 42 deg. N., and the Rocky Moun tains ; or across the howling wastes of their bleak and barren range, over which our en- terprising MACKENZIEwho, of all Europeans, had first trodden their lofty solitudes,—forced his way from the North-Eastern regions of the same con tinent to the Pacific. The truth it, the Americans are nettled at the inimitable management, the steady ef forts, the sagacious feeling, the undaunted enterprise, and the brilliant success of our Hudson's Bay Com pany, in exploring the great peltry country within and beyond the Oregon ; and in not merely following up the animals, like back woodsmen, for indiscrimi nate and instant destruction, as they retreat before them, but, in securing--by all proper means, such as "preserving," the best hunting. grounds, &c.—fu ture annual supplies of the furs in which they trade. The question of priority, or preference of right to the disputed territory, we shall be better able to illus trate, in the course of a day or two, by a review of Mr. Tuom's clever and interesting pamphlet, en titled " The Claims on the Oregon," &e. In the meanwhile, our readers will not be displeased to peruse an extract or two from the debate to which we have been alluding. They are from the speeches of Mr. CHOATE, of Massachusetts, and Mr. DAYTON, of Ohio ; and are exceedingly illustrative both of the character and relations of the contested region, and of the feelings with which the war-cry, so openly excited by the partisans of " appropriation," is re rded by the sound sense, and sober judg men t , of . - other Members of Congress. Mr. CHOATE, of Massachusetts, said— " The resolution of notice which Mr. Atcheson wished to give Great Britain is, in effect, that twelve months from this notice, we shall take forcible possession of the Oregon territory. The claims of both countries will then come in collision—bloody collision—upon the desert plains of Oregon.' England had no more idea of an agricultural colonisation of Oregon than she had of colonising the top of St. Paul's church ; but she only wished to protect the Hudson's Bay and other English hunters ; and these, as animals were be coming scarce i n Oregon, were fast moving northwards to wards the Russian territory." With regard to the ultimate settlement of the Oregon question, Mr. CIIOATE thinks that it will be determined by the preponderance of numbers among citizens of the United States, over every other class of emigrants. What is stated of the Hudson's Bay Company in the following passage, is also curious : " The colonisation achemes of England were directed to ' wards Australia, Nova Scotia, Canada, &c.; but not to Oregon. But from the United States, emigrants would pour over the Rocky Mountains by thousands and tens of thousands ; and even with the present joint occupation, now that emi gration from this country to Oregon rape, had become the rae, the Hudson's Bay hunters and the few English settlers would t soon melt into an American population, under the influence, the infallible influence, of the United States emigration. The Hudson's Bay Company had recently bought out the Russian Hunting Company ; they were, therefore, rapidly disappearing frifin Oregon." Mr. DAYTON, of Ohio, we are glad to perceive, spoke under a deep sense of the moral responsibility of the Federal Government, its functionaries and citizens, for their past dealings with the aboriginal -" red men" of the New Continent, which does him honour. It is an awful page—a blotted record—in the annals of civilised mankind, to which he lightly but impressively alludes. We know but little, in Europe, of the wholesale process of extermination which has been carried on by the citizens of a State professing its at'zachment to the inviolable rights of human freedorn against the native denizens of the wil derness. " He (Mr. Dayton) doubted whether the Oregon territory was the terrestrial paradise it had been described; and he thought that the sentiment in favour of emigration to Oregon was not so universal as had been stated. Gentlemen seemed to have forgotten that there were 340,000 Indian warriors in that territorry. They, too, had their rights—rights that ought to be respected ; but between an Anglo-Saxon irrup tion from the sea, and another from the Rocky Mountains, they were in danger of being crushed. They would defend their hunting grounds—we must not forget that—we must treat them with justice and humanity—their fate, and the fate of all the Indian races, would lie heavily on our souls at the last great day." The case of the Reverend Mr. MARSH was again incidentally referred to in the House of Lords on Friday night by Lord CAMPBELL, on which occasion the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH " frankly admitted that he had felt something like an unwillingness to pro ceed against a clergyman, when he was accused by a person of ill-fame of an act committed four years ago. The fact of the accusation was all he knew of the case at first, and when further inquiries were made, he was told that Mr. MARSH had paid a visit to this unhappy female at Paris four years ago. Under these circumstances, while there was living in the parsonage an aged and excellent mother, in a very precarious state of health, to whom any agitation might have been fatal, he had felt thankful, and he ' was sure their Lordships would enter into his feel ings—he had felt thankful that there was an oppor tunity given him to be backward in this case, until something more came to light which would justify him in proceeding." We cannot at all sympathise with the Rev. Prelate's expression of thankfulness for having been furnished with an excuse for being " backward" in investigating such an aggravated case as that of the Rev. Mr. MAusx, in consequence of his aged mother's delicate state of health. He should hare borne in mind—to the exclusion of all inferior considerations—that he was a high and responsible dignitary of the Established Church, and as such, that it was his bounden, his sacred duty to probe the matter to the quick, the instant the crying scandal was first made known to him. " Fiat justitia verat in ccelum" should have been the stern and wholesome principle he should have taken as his rule of action. In criminal cases, the law makes no attempt to shield the delinquent or let him off easily, out of a tender compassion for the feelings of those members of his family who may be heart-broken by his exposure and and his punishment, but adopts a lofty, uncompro mising course of proceeding without favour or affec tion. If such be the stern, moral course pursued by the law, surely it is still more incumbent on the Church to take an unfaltering, impartial view of such cases of clerical delinquency as may chance to fall under its cognizance ; for the law derives its autho rity merely from man, but the Church derives it—or professes to derive its—direct from the DEITY, and nowhere do we find it ordained in Holy Writ that the sinner shall have the shield of protection thrown over his offences ! We can readily believe that the knowledge of the delicate state of health of the Rev. Mr. MARSH'S mother produced a most painful struggle in the Bishop's mind, and that, for her sake—and her's only—he acted as he has done; but he should have resisted the amiable weakness, and remembered that his first duty as a Christian Bishop was to protect the spi ritual interests of the flock committed to his care, by providing them with moral, decorous, and trust worthy pastors, by whose sincere advocacy of reli gious truths they might profit, and to whom they might look up with confidence as examples worthy to be followed in all the social relations of life. Instead of this, how stands the case? Why, thus—the Rev. Mr. MAasn's parishioners have for years been subject to the ministrations of a man who has set all the de cencies of society at defiance ; who preached pub licly "from the pulpit observances which he disre garded in private ; and whose hypocrisy, conse quently, is an outrage on the feelings of his own im mediate flock, and a scandal and an injury to the Church generally. And this man, forsooth, is to be visited leniently for his turpitude, because he has an aged invalid mother, whose feelings may be shocked by his punishment. Admitting that this plea is not without its force, is it to be suffered to overrule graver, higher, more comprehensive considerations — the serious blow inflicted on the character of the Church—by an attempt to hush up so flagrant a scandal? As for the Bishop's second excuse for his " back ward ness," namely, that the offence was an old one, having been committed four years ago, it is absolutely without a leg to stand upon. What ! don crime cease to be crime when it is of long standing ? Is it, like debt, to have a " Statute of Limitations" accorded to it ? Are we to punish only the criminal of yesterday, and permit him to escape who can plead antiquity as an offender ? Really, this is a new code in ethics, for which we little thought we should be indebted to a Bishop of the Established Church ! We have read— and that not long since—of a man having been con victed of a theft perpetrated upwards of twelve years since ; but if this episcopal doctrine is to hold good in law, as well as in clerical matters, such ancient offending will henceforth escape with comparative impunity ! Where was the righteous Bishop of LON DON—he whose pious eyes are so shocked by the passing and repassing of the pleasure boats on the Thames on Sundays—where was this mirror of orthodoxy and Evangelism, when the monstrous doctrine was propounded that that clergyman may justly be treated with forbearance who can satisfac torily prove that the crime of which he is accused to his Bishop, was committed " four years ago ?" Where, we ask, was LONDON, when this doctrine was gravely broached in Parliament ? "Echo answers, Where ?" There is no section of London society more help less, and yet more worthy of sympathy —more desti tute, and yet more deserving of attention—than the dress-makers and milliners of this great metropolis. The speech of Mr. BRIGHT, on Friday evening last, disclosed some startling facts. Can it be believed, that in the very centre of civilization, females shall be compelled to work for more than 20 hours out of the 24, and this for weeks together ?—That on any Satur day morning, at 2 o'clock, girls shall be called up, and kept at labour until Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, a period of 30 hourslN , ithout intermission? And can it be believed, that this has occurred in a Christian coun try, in a country which prides itself upon its legisla tion to prevent cruelty and unreasonable labour ? We shall be delighted to give our best efforts in the cause of the oppressed dress-makers and milliners of London, knowing that we shall thereby aid a helpless and a deserving class of females, whose birth and whose education, in many instances, have fitted them for better things than to sing the " Song of the Shirt," and to work themselves into disease and decline. As it is probable that, by this time, the remarkable speech of Mr. COBDEN of Tuesday evening last, on moving " for a Select Committee to inquire into the effects produced upon the interests of tenant-farmers and farm-labourers by protective duties upon im ports," will have been largely read and deliberated upon by the public at large, and the agricultural in terest in parti cu l ar; we are i n d uce d to address our selfto some of the more pro m i nen t among h eicsstimwahte of the ichitem v b e ra ry ced embraced. able Istpeiech is out es delivered on the same occasion by those who fol lowed the Honourable Member for Stockport, that we shall limit these observations to his address. The points to which we would now direct the attention of our readers, were so ably and succinctly put, and so cleverly argued by the Hon. Mover, that,aftertouch ing upon these, our limits would leave us no oppor tunity for enlarging upon the skill and intelligence with which his motion was seconded and enforced. To Mr. COBDEN every candid mind must concede the praise of having irresistibly demonstrated the propo sition involved in the terms of his motion, To have I shown, then, (and despite the majority of 91 against the appointment of the Select Committee, we will venture to add) to the conviction of the House of Commons, that these protective duties upon imports, with reference more especially to corn, wool, and other agricultural produce, are at once illusory and prejudicial to the very interests they purport to protect —is successfully to have broken ground before the stronghold of monopoly and vicious legislation, from which it is indispensable to the welfare of the country to dislodge, forthwith, the powerful influ ences which have so long occupied it, to the detriment of our national prosperity. We are glad to observe that the Minister, upon whom the official duty devolved of opposing Mr. COBDEN (Mr. GLADSTONE himself would not term his own speech an answer), did all justice to its tone and spirit. These were, however, not more praise worthy than the matter which the Member for Stock port had concentrated in the illustrative facts and statistics on which he rested his motion. The speech, in any House of Commons differently constituted,-- with any Administration of sounder political prin ciple and more enlarged judgment, than those to w hich it was delivered,—must have bespoken for it the con currence of all parties with whom mere party consi derations were still subsidiary and subordinate to the consideration of their country's good. A brief retrospect of the topics which this speech urged with most force, may suffice to prove that we are not claiming too much for it. Mr. COBDEN set out by honestly avowing that he meant to speak as the advocate of the agricultural interest especially. In that character, if the House would grant him the Committee for which he would move, he would show the utter fallacy of that pro tection, embodied in the duties he referred to, which, instead of being, as it purported to be, a benefit and an advantage to, was, in itself, a fallacy, and operated to the serious injury of, the tenant-farmer. Far from admitting that this so-called " protection" to our do mestic agriculture had ever worked properly or bene ficially to it, it had turned out, he maintained, from the first, a rank delusion. He then referred to the " first Corn-law" Committee of1815;—(a sort of con ventional error, this, which creeps, we perceive, into late corn-law discussions ; seeing that the " corn"- law on which the subsequent corn-trade-regulating statutes of the reigns Of GEORGE 111. and GEORGE IV., were passed, was the 22d of CHARLES 11., passed in 1670). He showed that in the deliberations and report of that Committee of 1815, it was held that the British farmer could not obtain adequate protection, unless he got 80s. a quarter for his wheat. But in addition to the adoption of this principle into the legislation that ensued, he asked Aix. BENETT, of Wilt shire, whether it was not at that period a favourite theory with the landed interest, that wheat could not be profitably grown in this country until the farmer got 965. a quarter, or Bs. a bushel for it ? Her MA JESTY'S Government in 1844, however, were not will ing to concede a higher rate than 565. the quarter ; but before such a Committee as he called for, he would undertake to bring many old farmers who would state, that, after 1815, tenant farms had been valued after this assumed rate of 80s. for the quarter ; whereas it was declared and established in 1821, in the resolutions publicly agreed to by one of the sub sequently formed agricultural societies, that wheat was then realising no' more than 435. Now the effect of the alterations made since the last corn-law of all, under the Government of Sir ROBERT PEEL, had been this : on the ground assumed that the price of wheat must be 565. under the new protection, rents were fixed in reference to that rate. Let the Committee be appointed, and he would produce before it an individual occupying his ' own land, who was rated in reference to this price— the selling actual price of wheat in the market being, at the same moment, only 475. the quarter. When this party complained of the wrong he suffered from being thus over-rated, he had the singular satisfaction of learning that the principle on which the rate had been laid was "probably" the Right Hon. Baronet's erroneous assumption of the price of corn under this " protecting" law. Thus far we have been much struck with the coincidence of Mr. COBDEN'S conclusions on the utter inefficiency of corn-law attempted pro tection, with those we had found in a little tract put forth by the Society for the Emancipa tion of Industry, entitled " An Appeal to Farmers and Landowners." The conclusions in both instances are alike; theliistics arid the process of induction from them, though dissimilar and various, are not conflicting : and thus we may note a very remark able and important coincidence between the advo cates of a revision of our monetary system and the ad vocates for the repeal of our corn-law system. Indeed, when we came to Mr. COBDEN'S very powerful allusion to the apologetic plea of the Premier for in ability to control the profits of trade cr the wages of labour, we are free to own that we indulged, at first, in the hope that the Hon. Member for Stock port was about to visit, upon the same head, the more palpable delinquency of his inability to arrest the paralysing operation, on all the industrial of ustria l l B e l n 9 e . rgy Fo o r f the kingdom, of the Currency B the results of that disastrous measure, the Right Honourable Baronet can plead, " in arrest of judgment," no present inability. Hi s own per versity, his want of personal knowl e d ge an d ex perience, on the subject of that monetary system and all its relations—and his dogged refusal to let in the light of practical information and admitted sagacity upon the one-sided labours of his famous Committee— (although remonstrated with on these p o i n t s b y hi s own father, and others among the highest fi sca l, financial, and mercantile authorities in G rea t B r it a i n ) ; precipitated all the mi . schiefs, the stagnations of trade, the panics of the money-market, and the con vulsions of commercial credit and confidence, which have since followed upon one another, at unequal, but at certainly-recurring intervals. " The Right Hon. Gentleman told me," said Mr COBDEN, " he could not regulate the wages of the labourer, or the profits of the manufacturer or trader ;" and then the Hon. Member acutely as k e d " if y fig the price o f agricultural couldcom modities?" be m ore f orc ibl e than the he could not guarantee any fixed profits, h ow cou ld theflous Nothingpossibl manner in which he applied this answer to rebuke the overweening notion which the House is apt to enter taro of its power to perform this impossible achieve. ment. On a future occasion, we shall avail our. selves of the same train of reasoning to prove how incontestibly the establishment of a gold standard of value, which left the manufacturers equally with the farmers, without.the power of adding to the gold or natural price of commodities, the additional element of cost which would have represented the taxation charge of proclucing those commodities was the primary and fatal cause of the subsequent—all but hopeless—derangement of the market of labour, and the fearful diminution of wages to an almost destitution-minimum. Madrid Journals of the Bth have been received, but they bring no news. Senor SALAMANCA, it was said, was about to set out for London, for the ostensible pur pose of paying off the arrears due to the Spanish Le gion, but in reality, to try his band at " raising the wind" on the Stock Exchange. To the monied men, therefore we address a very useful piece of advice-- "Faites attention a vos poches." The Three pfr Cents. were done at 30 for cash, and 30} at 60 days, and the Fires at 221 * for cash, and 221 at 60 days. We regret to learn by accounts from Paris of Thurs • day that the Spanish General RONCALI, by orders no doubt from NARVAEZ, had signalised the capture of Alicant by butchering many of the unhappy victims. It appears that BONET, the leader of the insurgents, had made a sortie from the town, but was unsuccessful, and was made prisoner with a number of his followers. BONET and twenty-five officers were immediately shot. This mode of celebrating the return of Queen CHRISTINA to Spain is quite in keeping with the character of the nation• This, however, is not the way to settle the affairs of that distracted country ; and, judging from rumours on the Paris Bourse, which are generally believed, a re action had already taken place at Madrid, and during the absence of the QUEEN and her Captain-General an insurrection had broken out against the Government. The French Three per Cents. fell fully one per cent. On Wednesday they closed at 83f. 15c. The principal topic in the Paris papers is the policy pursued at Con stantinople by the British and French Ambassadors, in reference to the execution of Mussulmans for changing their creed. Both Sir STRATFORD CANNING and Baron DE BOURQUENEY have remonstrated in vain against this barbarous practice. They have siace absented themselves from Court, and a re p ro b a bl y waiting for fresh instruo tions to take some more decided step to bring the SULTAN, or rather his Ministers, to reason. The Liberal press generally praise the conduct of France and Eng land, and urge on M. GUIZOT and Lord ABERDEEN some decisive steps to defeat a new machination of Russia to embroil the affairs of Turkey, and thereby form a plea for military interference. " The news from Constantinople," says the Courrier Francais, "proves that amoral intervention is absolutely required on the part of every Government which has not taken up the determination of favouring the encroach ments of Russia. RIZA Paella is compromising the em pire and the young SULTAN, to the great joy of Russia, which is playing the part of conservative, in order to ruin everything. As to Austria, we have already characterised the ?thtternichian diplomacy at Constantinople. It is a shame for Austria to league herself with prevaricating and sanguinary Ministers, when a queStion of humanity is treated of. We desire that the two Ambassadors of France and England may be successful ; but nothing will be obtained but by a direct interview with the SULTAN, and the interest of civilisation authorises its re presentatives to use an energetic language—the only one which the Porte can at present comprehend." The lan guage of the National is equally energetic. We can easily understand the policy of Russia in this affair, but that of Austria is totally incomprehensible. The follow ing particulars, which appear in that journal, will be read with interest : " The intercourse of Christian Europe with Turkey is be coming strangely complicated. On one aide, France and England, who proceed together this time, for the benefit of civilisation, persist in demanding the abolition of this old law of the kingdom, by which two or three Mussulmans, converted to Christianity, have been put to death. On their side, the chiefs of the Mussulman reaction, now at the head of affairs, persist in upholding this law, and causing it to be • executed. If the news, which have conic to hand from Con. stantinople, through the German papers, be true, the Ambas sadors of France and England display in this conjuncture a rare and laudable energy. The Grand Vizier having re cently invited them, with the rest of the diplomatic body, to a grand dinner, M. de Bourqueney and Sir S. Canning, re fused to attend. The Ambassadors of Prussia, Sardinia, and Holland, acted with the same firmness; they stayed away on account of mourning. Th© Russian • Ambassador got himself represented by the chief Secretary of the Embassy, • and the Austrian Inter - nuncio thought fit to attend in person. This exception does little honour to Russia and Austria. But whatever may be the weakness of Austria, and the in trigues of Russia, we indulge in the hope that the Divan will be restrained by the perseverance of France and England in the cause of humanity, and that the two Powers, who boast of marching at the head of Christian civilisation, will not hesitate to reduce to compliance, even by force, a degraded Government." The Committee appointed to examine the elections of the fivo Legitimatist Members had reported, that four of them had been duly returned; but, as a protest had been made against the return of M. DE LARCY for Montpelier, further investigation was necessary. THE BOURSE—THunspAr, MARC!! 14. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perCents.exdiv 122 .. 122 15 •• 121 85 .. 122 Four perCents.ex div 104 75 .. 104 75 .. 104 75 • • 104 75 Three per Cents.... • 83 15 83 20 .. 83 .. 83 10 Bank of France.. ....... —3250 .•3250 ..3250 ..3250 Lailitte Bank, I,ooof. Shared 107 50 .. 1107 50 • • 1105 ..1105 5,000 f. SharessoBs —5085 —5085 —5085 Belgian Bank . 662 50 .. 662 50 .• 662 50 • • 662 50 1841 Belgian Fives lO5l 1051 1051 .. 1051 1840 1842 ...• •• • • 1091 .. 1091 • • 1091 • • 1091 Threes •• ..... •• • • 77 25 77 25 .. 77 25 .. 77 25 Dutch Two-and-a-Half.— • • 581 • . 581 • • 581 • • 581 Spanish Active 34 .. 34 • • 34 .. 34 Passive •• • • 61 .. 61 • • 61 • • 61 New Deferred • 141 141 .. 141 • • 144 Threes .• - 351 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 474 • • 48 • • • 47/ • • 471 Neapolitan lO2 25 .. 102 35 • • 102 25 •• 102 30 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 832 50 • • 832 50 .• 832 50 . 832 50 Versailles, R.B. 380 .. 3SO .. 377 50 378 75 175 • • 175 • • 175 .. 175 Rouen •• ••••••• • • • • • • • Rouen to Havre.. .•• • • Orleans: BB5 .. 885 .. 880 • • 880 Mufhausen to Thann .... •• • 380 .. 380 .. 380 .. 380 Strasburg to Bale •••• • • • • 245 • • 245 • • 245 • • 246 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain ••• • • . Versailles, MB.— •• • ...... 380 • • 380 .. 378 75 • • 378 75 L. 8.• •• • • • •• • • • • 176 25 .. 176 25 .. 173 75 • • 173 75 Rouen •• • • ••••• • • • • • 890 . 890 .. 885 Rouen tolHavre• 682 .• 50 GB2 50 •• 678 . Y 5 .• 678 75 Orleans . Strasburg to:Rale •• •• • . 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 245 .. 245 Avignon to Marseilles.... • • 765 766 25 • • 763 75 • • 763 75 MEETING of PRIVATE COUNTRY BANKERS. The Deputation of Private Country Bankers were very courteously received, on Saturday, by Sir Robert Peel, who expressed his willingness to attend to any suggestions which the Private Country Bankers were prepared to make. He added, that he consi dered it inconsistent with his duty to disclose the in tention of her Majesty's Government, having declined to make any communication in answer to similar applications. Sir Robert Peel also stated that no measure would be proposed until after the Easter recess, and that ample time would intervene for the consideration of the details of the - measure after it should be proposed. We understand that the enlistment for the super numeraries, which the exigencies of the service induced the Government to propose adding to our cavalry regiments, has been ordered to be discontinued. —Observer. - There is a report in military •circles that it is in tended to dispatch a reinforcement of 3,500 men to our army in India. We do not, however, guarantee its accuracy:— Observer. We have much pleasure in learning - that the long expected report of Lord Granville Somerset and his associate Commissioners, respecting the London Customs, is in the press, and will speedily be presented in the proper quarter.— Observer. NEW INVENTION.--Mr. Patiling, of Manchester, well known as an extensive and successful contractor for railway works, is erecting machinery, on a very- extensive scale, for the purpose of executing almost every description of joiner's work ; the special object being to effect the most difficult parts, such as morticing and the making of sash frames, &c. Report says that this enterprising gentleman has succeeded, and that the work thus finished is incom parable ;in other terms, that it is not possible for-mere han dicraft labour to vie with the work finished by the invention. The works are on a very extensiue scale, and, if fully em ployed, will, of necessity, revolutionise this - branch of the building business.—Scotsman. Mr. Cobden'S motion for a Select Committee to in quire into the peculiar burdens borne by - land—so important to the mart-farmers and farm labourers of this 'country— was brought before the House of Commons on Tuesday even ing. We unite with Mr Cobden in expression of his surprise that the bringing forward a motion for the appointment of such a committee should be left to him. - 'Wherefore was it not brought forward by the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Harewood, Lord Worsley, or some other Member of the Coun cil of the Anti-League Association ? Was there no noble or honourable farmer's friend to anticipate the motion of the Hon. Free-trade Member for Stockport ? Was his fat headed Grace of Buckingham asleep ? 'Where was Mr. Christopher, the Lincolnshire "Peel pilot balloon?" One would have supposed that every pretended "farmer's friend " in Parliament would have appeared armed with such a mo tion the instant it was known that a single voice was raised in the country in favour of the abolition of the - corn-laws. But the landlords are a peculiarly coy race. s They are deli cately sensitive upon the subject of tho s e peculiar burdens of theirs. They shrink from exposing them as much as a young beauty would from indicating a high shoulder, or the necessity of a pair of padded stays. Like the sweep in " Hood's Comic Almanac," perusing the Act of Parliament which forbids him to proclaim his calling from the house tops, and who indulges in the plaintiff ditty, " I have a silent sorrow here," the landlords, with a modesty. as peculiar as their burdens, have hitherto confined the details of their dis tresses to the somewhat vacant sanctuary of their own bo soms.—Hull Advertiser. SUPPOSED MURDER OF THE STEWARD CiN BOARD THE CHIEFTAIN, OF SUNDERLAND, CAPT. R. REAL.—On the 2d instant, two letters were received here, written on board the above ship, and dated Spalatro, Feb. 113. John Med forth, second mate, the writer of one addressed to his mo ther, says :—" I am Sorry I have bad news to tell you ; on the 21st of January, being Sunday, about half-past eleven, or a quarter to twelve o'clock at night,- the carpenter came down into the cabin, and called up the-master, who dressed himself ; and then I saw him (for I was not asleep) put a pistol in his pocket, and go upon deck. He had only been gone a short time when I heard the report of a, pistol ; I went im mediately upon deck, and saw the steward shut, and the car penter holding his head." The other letter is from William . Smith, seaman before the mast, in the same-ship., and bears the same date. Smith writes :—"I suppose you have learnt the sad account of poor John Harrison ; he was shot by the captain on the 2lst of January ; the ball entered the brain, and he died on the 22d. I had been on shore with him in the evening, and wanted him to return on -board with me, but he did not; he came, however, in about an hour after, and I helped him on board; I knew nothing inorenntil I heard a pistol fired, when I came on deck and found the steward shot." Such are the statements of the letters_with regard to the death of poor Harrison, who has left a widow and child to lament his hard fate. Harrison served his time with Mr. Bunney, of Hull, and always bore the character of an upright seaman, and an honest man. His widow - has received a cer tificate of his death from the captain, stating that he met his death by accident. The ship is understood to be now on its passage to Southampton.—Hull Advertiser. - The first conviction for a breach of the regulations of the new Fishery Convention betweeri France and Eng land took place on Wednesday at Lewes. Two French fish ing boats having entered Newhaven harbour, Lieut. Brown, of the Coast Guard, observing that the vane at the mast-head required by the regulations affecting French vessels coming within three miles of the coast was not of the prescribed colour (blue), and also that the numbers and initial letters of the port to which the boats belonged were painted on only one side of the bows, conceived - it to be his duty to take the captains before a magistrate. -They were ac cordingly conveyed to Lewes, and examined before H. Blackman, Esq.. Mr. P. Black, the French Consul, was pre sent, and in defence stated that no copies of the regulations had been placed in the hands of the defendants, and therefore requested the magistrate to mitigate the penalty to the low est possible amount. The Consul observed, that even among our own fishermen, who could not plead such ignorance of the regulatiens, they were, as yet, only partially carried out. The defendants were then fined Bs. each, including costs ; and the French Consul promised to write to the. French autho rities, suggesting that copies of the rules should be furnished to every boat, in order that the masters might not suffer from ignorance of a complicated law.—Brighton Paper. WHAT'S IN A NAME ?—One of the Naturalisation Bills brought into the House of Lords, on Thursday evening, pre. sented and read a first time, was for naturalising the "Dame Susan Victoria Regina Nugent, widow of Sir Jantes Nugent, Baronet, deceased." This lady, who owns such a regal and truly loyal British name, is the only daughter of the late Baron D'Ara. bet, of the Holy Roman Empire. A lad near Preston applied for work in a factory, and was refused, being thought under the - age prescribed by law. To obviate the difficulty, as he thought, he got wed to a girl, and then claimed admission al a wawa man SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tintatt Optition. " Who rains may read." FOREIGN. The insurgent leader Bonet, and twenty-five officers, having fallen into the hands of General Roucali, at Alicant, were immediately butchered. The King of the French, accompanied by Colonel the Duke d'Estissac and two orderly officers, visited St. Cloud on Tues day afternoon, but returned to the Tuileries to dinner. The Gazette de France, a royalist paper, was seized on Tuesday, by order of the Government. Additional lists of subscriptions towards presenting Admi ral Dupetit Thouars with A "sword of honour," are pub lished in the National. Two other Paris papers, and thirty one provincial papers, have opened their offices for the same purpose. The Patrie, a journal generally well informed of what passes in the interior of the Chamber of Deputies, says that the commission on the budget will not submit any plan for the reduction of the Five per Cents., but their report will contain an admission that the conversion is a wise and legal measure which the Government ought to make preparations for effecting at a future period. The Augsburph Gazette states, from Constantinople, 21st ult., that the Larl of Aberdeen has sent a ver y s t rong note to the Divan on the subject of the recent religious prosecu tions, and has desired Sir Stratford Canning to demand a personal interview with the Sultan, if he should fail to obtain the desired guarantees from the Divan against further outrages. The verdict of the tribunal of Alzei, in the case of M. Haber, for the duel in Gerinani-, which ended so fatally, has been pronounced. M. de Haber, having been found is sentenced to the minimum of the punishment awarded by the law. He is to be imprisoned for six months in a fortress. The seconds were acquitted. General Bertrand, on his death-bad, charged his brother, M. L. Bertrand, to present to the city of Lyons a copy of the campaigns of Italy, written by the Emperor at the Island of St. Helena. Napoleon had two copies of these memoirs made, one of which he gave to General Bertrand, and which is now transferred to Lyons ; as are also a map of Italy; by Albe, which the Emperor used in writing those memoirs. During the first two months of the present year there have been printed in France 1,155 new works in various languages. M. Berryer arrived at Marseilles on Sunday last, about three o'clock in the afternoon, his carriage being escorted by a party of young men on horseback, and followed by more on foot, to the hotel in the Place de Noailles, at which he alighted, all welcoming him with cries of " Vive Berryer 1" The Sud of Marseilles states, that in the evening, at the Grand Theatre, the audience called for the Marseillaiie, which was sung by the company in full chorus, and ap plauded with the loudest enthusiasm. Lady Cowlev gave a concert on Wednesday evening, at the British embassy; for which 250 invitations were issued. The company consisted of the elite of the rank and fashion, English, French, and foreign, at present in Paris. LAW AND POLICE. A man, about forty years of age, who gave his name James Fletcher West, and described himself as a clergyman of the Established Church, was placed at the bar, at Maryle bone, upon a charge prefe r red aga i ns t hi m b y Willi am Rash leigh, Esq., M P. for East Cornwall, of obtaining money by false representations of distress, &c. The prisoner bad be e n before apprehended on a similar charge, but there being no direct proof in the present case, he was discharged. William Curver, a shoemaker in Middlesex -street, Somers Town, was charged, at Union-hall, with obtaining the 811111 of 94 4s. 2d., by forging the name of a depositor in the Southwark Savings Bank, in Three Crown- square, South wark. The prisoner admitted that he signed the bank-book in the name of the complainant, the wife of the latter re questing him to do so ; but said that she received the money herself. He was unconscious of doing wrong, as the bank would not sustain any loss. He could not be committed for forgery and was disch arge d. john Gadsden, a well-dressed young man, who was ex amined on a former day for raising a sum of money upon a horse and chaise he had borrowed of Mr. May, livery-stable keeper, of the Southwark-bridge-road, was committed from the same office for trial. Ann Latham, a respectable-looking woman, about 35 years. of age who appeared i n d e li ca t e h ea l t h , was c h arged at Worship -street, with having feloniously intermarried with.. Thomas Hayward, her first husband, Edmund Connor, being. then and still living. The charge was made by her sister,- the second husband refusing to appear against her. She was admitted to bail. _ _ John Ward, formerly a drayman in the employment of Messrs. Elliott and Co., brewers in Pimlico, was charged at Lambeth-street w ith em b ezz li ng 91 . 14 s. 2d. the property of his employers. He was remanded. COURT-rAsairoicazeLz. Sir Robert Peel had a long audience of her Majesty,, at Buckingham Palace, previous to the departure of the ebiliO . for Claremont, where her Majesty and Prince Albert are vox pected to remain until Tuesday next, with the exception of the Prince's contemplated short visit to the Isle of Wight. A special train from the Farnborough station will convey his Royal Highness Prince Albert and suite to Southampton, whence the Prince will embark on board an Admiralty steamer for Cowes, and, after inspecting Osborne House, the Prince will re-embark and return to Claremont the same evening. The Princess Sophia Matilda, from Blackheath, and many of the leading fashionables in town, sent to inquire on Fri day, after the health of the Countess of Uxbridge, who con tinues much indisposed, at the Noble Earl's residence, in York-street, St. James's. • The Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, and their youthful family, are expected to leave Mount Edgecumbe, near Devonport, for Curzon-street, at the close of the ensu ing month, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope left Chesterfield House on Thursday, for Bretby. Park, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Lord Ranelagh, who has been on a short visit to Don Car los, at Bourges, arrived in Bolton-row, May-fair, on Thurs day, from Paris. CZEIIMILIVEOI7I3. On Wednesday Mr. Thomas Bateson was returned for the county of Londonderry without opposition, in the room of his brother, who died lately at Jerusalem. The trial of the parties charged with the murder of Lord Norbury has been put off till next assizes. The present Lord Norbury went over to attend the trial, and give evidence if necessary, and several other witnesses were also in attendance from remote parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An inquest was held at Brighton on Friday, on the body of Henry Solomon, the superintendent of police. The examina tion lasted five hours, and terminated in a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Lawrence. Mr. Baldey, the surgeon, thus describes the effects of the blow :—" We found a compound fracture on the lower part of the parietal bone, extending in a double direction through the temporal bone, into the centre of the base of the skull. There is a rupture of the menenge rial artillery, with a considerable extrava.3ation of blood be tween the skull and the membranes, to the extent of about 6 oz. There is also a portion of extravasated blood on the opposite side of the head. I consider these injuries to be quite sufficient to cause death." A respectable-looking person, whose name is believed to be James Cuthbert, is in custody, at Coventry,. on a charge of uttering forged cheques. The accused would appear to have been known by several aliases. He is from London. The authorities of the Royal Military Academy, on further investigating the cause of Gentleman Cadet John Black leaving the academy, decided on the dismissal of C. J. Bullock, and punishing, by confinement and other marks of displeasure, several others, which, having been approved of by the Master-General, has been carried into effect. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAncil I6.—Wind this day at noon, moderate Easterly breeze and fine. DEAL, MARCIt 15.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cossack, Port Republicain. Put back, British Empire, for Madras; Rosebery, Bombay; Amphitrite, Rio; Knockhandel, Suri nam ; Druid, Barbadoes ; and several others. PORTSMOUTH, MARcir 15.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrd. Su matra, London for Ceylon; H.M.S. Tortoise, eastward. RAMSGATE, MARCH 15.—The Grepaard, Huisman, from Dordrecht to Liverpool, foundered in lat. 52 N. lon. 3 23 ; crew saved. The Johan Giraud, Hughes, from Rotterdam to Belfast, has put in here leaky, having been on shore on the Queen Sand, and must discharge. PWLLIIELI, MARCH 14.—Some spars, ropes, and a large piece of the wreck of the Caroline, have been brought on shore to-day at Abersoch. OFF THE 'WIGHT, MARcii 12.—Edward, Pernambuco for Amsterdam. MUMBLES, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Heroine, Liverpool, foe' Singapore. with loss of bulwarks, &c. • CAERNARVON, MARCH 13.—The Raven, Jones, from Bangor to Cardiff, is supposed to have grounded on her anchor and sunk at Porthleidvig yesterday, d u ring the gale. DONAGHADEE, MARCH 9.—A schooner from the southward was taken in a squall off this place, lost foreyard, &c., sails split, and drifted away towards the Scotch coast. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Beulah, Paton, Calcutta, left St. Helena Ist ult. ; Octavia, Reed, Lima, Dec. 6 ; Manchester, Smith, P ernam b uco ; Columbus, Green, ditto, Feb. 17. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—The Danish brig Caravan was lost near Rio Grande du Norte, about the 6th ult. Hum, MARCH 15.—The Joseph and Mary, from Wood bridge to Leeds, got on the Spurn Sand yesterday, but is expected off ; part of cargo saved. • YARMOUTH, MARCH 15.—The Louth, of Boston, for London, has been towed in here dismasted, having been in contact with a brig off I'ollins yesterday. The Hector, of Shields, and Hero of the Nile ha v e re fitt e d and proceeded. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--British schooner, Sophia, Feb. 4, lat. 30, lon. 61, by the Pollux, arrived at New York. Ernestine, Nantes to Mauritius, Feb. 9, lat. 3, N., lon. 18, W. ; Franklin, Liverpool to New Orleans, Feb. 23, lat.' 25, N., !on. 37, W., by the Margaretha, arrived in the Downs. Louisa Maria,' Patjatan for Amsterdam, Dec. 22, lat. 26, S., lon. 60, E. ; Urgent, Calcutta to London, Dec. 27, let. 28, lon. 19 ; Barbab, from Padang for Amsterdam, Jan. 21, let. 18, S., lon. 2, W., by the Catherine Johanna, off Portland. Devon, of and from Liverpool, Feb. 6, lat. 8 41, N., lon. 21 39 W.; Urania, of and from Leith, to the Cape of Good Hope ' out 35 days from Stromness, Feb. 8, lat. 10 15, N., lon. 23 50, W., by the Mary, from Mauritius, arrived. Margaret of Bristol, South Australia to Batavia, in the Straits of Sunda, by the Margaretha Bauer, arrived in the Downs. Ernestine Leroy, Nantes to Mauritius, 9th ult., lat. 3 N., lon. 18 W., by the Franklin, Liverpool to N ew O r l eans, lat. 25 N., lon. 37 W. Carolina Johanna, Batavia to Amsterdam, Jan. 2, lat. 38 5.,10n. 39 E. ; Maria, Batavia to Rotterdam, 15th, lat. 32 S., Jon. 12 E ; Francis Ann, Liverpool to Sin gapore, sth ult., on the Line,'in lon. 20 W., by the Cambridge, Brown, arrived off Falmouth. Matilda, of Liverpool, steering S.W., lat. 38, lon. 12, by the Princess Royal, West, arrived in the River. Englishman, Bristol to Africa, Jan. 17, lat. 14 N., lon. 28 W., by the Columbus, arrived at Liverpool. Ab botsford, Liverpool to Boston, 25th ult., lat. 43, lon. 47, by the Menussia, arrived at Liverpool. London, Calcutta to Li verpool, Jan. 8, let. 30 S., lon. 42 E. ; William Henry, Li verpool to Halifax, 7th inst., lat. 45, lon. 15 ; Little Wonder, London to St. Michael's, 9th, lat. 48, lon. 11 ,• Argus, from Shields, 10th, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the One-and-All, Brocken shire, arrived at Milford. Our friends in the " far north" appear to feel the rigours of winter with almost unexampled severity. We learn that, since Monday, the 19th ult., the inhabitants of Stornoway have been under the necssity, in several instances, of finding egress from their houses 1.. y the roofs, or by pas sages dug under the snow. All the roads are completely blocked up, and many of the houses are buried beneath the drift. Loss of life, we are sorry to say, has frequently oc curred in the Highlands since the commencement of the pre sent storm. An instance has just come within our notice. On Friday, the 23d ult., whilst a man named Alexander Macdonald, belonging to Coll, was returning home from Stornoway, he was overpowered by the storm, and perished in the snow. His body was found on Monday, at a short distance from his own ho use . H e h as l e ft a w idow and six children to ltuueut hie death.—inrormeso Courier. MONE V AND COMMERCIAL NB" (From The. Sun of Saturday Evening.)- A small amount of business was done in Cotton at Lilt. pool yesterd a y, an d at Ad. per lb. decline; sales, 2,500 bili'" There was a dull market for Railway ~,---4110$re8. Birmingham and Gloucester were 83i ; and Holyhead, 6%; Eastern Counties, Di. 138. th , Grand Junctio n , H a lf, 119 ; Birmingham, Thirds ,4l i; Western, Eights, 4i; Manchester and Leeds, 115; - o° . n d, Midland, Half, 45k; Paris and Lyons, 21. 135.; 1 : ) °' Orleans, 33%; Do. and Rouen, 34%. • There was not any arrival rom the Colonies this moral As respects the New Zealand C om pany, th e meeting of t e Proprietors of which w as h e ld yesterday, , very confitthil opinions exist. But any att em pt a t coerc i o n, come from b. quarter it may, and directed to any parties, is deemed " the worst policy that could be followed. A . 00 Not much business has been tran s acted in the Fun.. s morning. Consols for the Aceount have been done at 9-4..... PC the same for Money. The New Three-and - a - lial f Cents. were firm at 102% ; Exchequer Bills are fist at to 71s. premium. India Stock has touched 286 k, but is nOI at 286%. Bank Stock is steady. A slight reaction has taken place in Spanish Bon& tho being morning, the statement of a disturbed feeling in Spa ;,, —,, fully believed. The Five per Cents. have fallen to 2 "lebt Three per Cents. to 35, and the Passive to 6i. But a B.T variation has taken place in the other Foreign Seconded. The Share Market is flat to-day, and many of t'l le • lines were lower in point of value. „ Tha i" is MANCHESTER STOCK arkeEXCHANGE, DiAncit no alteration in the mt to-day, and only am ....,Tind business done at the following quotations :—RdiO ui bitt eld Glasgow, 62%; Manchester and Birmingham, 40 tufep, and lilanehester, Quarters, 8 146 ; Lancaster and' C4r • l 7%; Manchester Assurance, 10%. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. • - .•• alt. Indian Stock ....,«.« ••••• met.• I D.ttto Bonds ..... I.Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities,. • pas ; Ex. Bills, 1,0001. Ditto •... /07* Ditto Small Bank Stock- for Acct.., 1 9, 1 Portuguese, ..,, Dsfs COnsols for • Acct. (India Stock for, Acct.... 10 .' FUNDS. • t per Cen . t . ..... ___- Bank Stock __ 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Re 1 New 3% per Cent 102% New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ....... Oct. 1839-- ....... Jan. 1860 Ditto,'New . Ditto I Prwaian,..s perSerK. ..... FOREIG Austrian. 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent Brazilian Bonds • - • Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Russian 5 per Cent.......•*.: A. ; Chißan, 6 per Cent Ditto, bletallic .... ... ...... .. Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 ' 'Ditto,.3 per Cent ..... ......." : 4.- , Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 IDitto,Deferrek 4 .... ..... •••''"7:iPsif , D,nish, 3 per Cent ...,.. , : .f4 Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange ..........••• ..... ...f. ' Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1857 Dutch, 2% per Cent..........r„, .. Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent ..... .. , 7 ~,, SHARES. • • - Birmingham atti'Derby (100 paid).......... A.., it ~. Ditto Thirds (? 5 paid) - • ' '' '. Ditto Eighths (IL 10s. paid) •:.' 'of Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)... ...... ; •••? „ ...a,,, Chester and Hulyhead ( h paid) .. Eastern Counties (23 paid) ..............„ -.. ' 1 " ..; •,• 1 - Ditto Registered (8/63 84 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2 1 (paid) Great North of England (100 paid) . . ... -..... ..... - , . ' Great Western (75 paid) - • Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) ..... .... ..... - ~ Harrowgate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid) . ' Hull and Selby (50 paid) e. . . ...... ....... . , • Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid) .......... ............... - ' 44 , Lon Jon and Brighton (50 paid) 5:97 . London and Birmingham (Stock) Lot,don. and Guildford Junction ( 5 pa;cl) ......-• London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. Paid) ••• 14 ..-•:f Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) WS. London and Croydon (Trunk) - . • 111 Ditto Half Shares (30 paid) ........ .......«•••••••••• 49 6 Manchester and Birmingham Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) lt • . 57 Northern and Eastern (4) paid) - -• _ 25 Ditto Scrip (15 paid) ' 5i Paris and Orleans (20 paid) !'"'"" 4 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ...... . ....„,..'......« •• . South Eastern and Dover (50 paid).., . West London Thames Extension 1 2 paid )` ; ... .. ~„ York and North Midland (50 p a id)... ...... ;.......... illst Ditto New Shares (i 0 paid) ......... .. .. .-.... . : ..... , :,•,',' York and Scarborough Branch (2 . % paid) ......... '" - SPORTING INTELLIGENCk . .. BIBURY SPRING MEETING—F=O I % j ' lib, The Bibury Stakes of 10 sovs. ea c h, h ft, 5 yrs, • 1 '"••• .. ' yrs and aged, 12st 61b. Two miles. (19 subset);- s i Captain Barnes nd Niobe, 4 yrs (Captaia. Pe . , %I Mr. P. P. Rolt's Nimrod, aged ..: ....... .... .. , ..•.? ~ Hon. R. Dutton nd Brown Bess, aged ...... . ....... . ....... !!_ 4 Mr. Agg nd Newnham, aged ......... . ............ ..........--: 0 :, Lord Andover nd Hazard, aged ............................. •; . ,: ite i : Mr. Wailer nd Ungrateful, 5 yrs ............... ............. Won by a length. - • .. - - ' 4 If s" ~ The Sherbome Stake's of 10 sous. each, ,h . ft, sc l, , for 40 lOst 91b; 5 yrs, list 41b ; 6 yrs, list 10111 ; and of es tll^; . mares, &c. allowed 31bs, and winne r s t o. carry s i be , 1 ' One mile. (4 subs.) • - • one/ % It ' Mr. Hervey nil Haroldst one , 5 y rs (Lo r d Mai .. .- 5 Mr. J. Day's Morality, 5 yrs • • ... -, .......... • __,t . The New Stakes of 10 sots. each, .h ft, one. mile st l _,,,- lir .• (3 subs.); were won by Lord Gifford nd. Brenna, 4 PI 11 4. - (Lord Gifford), beating Sir C. CoCkerell's Sophist* : 4,1 I Ist, in a canter. • • - . - - ~. f t ,- Lk* The United Hunters' Stak es o f 10 so y a . each, '''rra— each, two miles, 4 subs., were won by Mr. HuseV;tbd:' man, aged,' 12st 71b (Mr..J. Day); heating Mr.. uil ,s oo '.. ~ Shrimp, list 71b, Mr. Tomline's Zig-Zag, aged, 1 is t _ _ .4 . Mr. J. P. Smith's Gallopade, 13st, cleverly. ~,1 0 7.,,,' The Hack Stakes of 5 •sovs. each,- Ilst 101 b each , m o rtell , allowed 101hs ; winner to be sold f or 40 sin-S. ; three Nu ' of a mile, 5 subs., were won by Mr. Quartermaine's fine. . 1 6 yrs (Crickmere) ; b ea ti ng M r . D aw ' s •S eaven gek r.,,; 1 10 1 . linger's c by Uncle Toby, out . of Dinah, Lucy Ity"'".; 0 , Sophistry. Won by two lengths. Wifiner claisned. 's Forced Handicap of 5 sou s . eac h, 1 -ft, w ith 2° :: '..i ,! One.mile. , 9Subs.) . ~4•000. 4 Lord Gifford nd Brenna, 4 yrs, ( lOst 101 b (Lord ( . I ' . I f Mr. Herbert's Dido, h b, 9st 71b ........... . ................ ''....,-!.... Mr. Hussey's Cracksinan, aged, 12st .........................V.' Mr. Quartermaine's Discord; 5 -yrs, list 7 1 b' by,t,r. Besley's Ungrateful, 5 yrs, lOst 71b, also ran. .1 1 (0 0 - lengths. . .' - ' •• '' ' ' WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASE- - • - ,-,'• • 69 . _FRIDAY (CONCLUDED). . i h '" ' v NA ._ ' . The 'Worcestershire Runt Stakes. of .5 sovs. esem' •-* ' ' added. Four miles. - /2 ;04 ,- Mr. Smith's Lady Plarkaway, aged, 12st ......... (t w o .' s i Mr. Williams' Cora, aged, 12st:101b . , . • ..... ( " r iok 7) ... • ... ... .• .. /Fat • . Mr. G. Patrick's Shakspeare, aged, 12st .. ... .. •k v to e , r , Mr. Davis's Forget-me-not, 12st 101 b ..... . ...... „ .. „.4 l ar d . 0 Mr. Puleston's bigMss Ugly Mug, aged; 12st.• :0- I "'',,„,ker . 4 . Mr. Thompson's by Comus, 5 yrs, llst 71b--(. 1 ,7'..,;0° - Won easy by three or fbur lengths. Run in about 1 0 ''''.dged• The Tally-ho Handicap of 5 sours. each, with 41:). . 7 . , ... _ . . • • Four miles. ( god • Mr. Tilbury's Culverthorpe, list 21b ( 1:18 '' Mr. Westley's Brilliant, lOst (011,,d 0- . t : Mr. Griffith's Turf Cutter, llst Mr. R. Elkins's Creeper, hst 9lb ( 6c4aw r ier 1 6 ''• Mr. Smith's Tan,.llst 21b . no (P , Mr. Reynold's Ragged Jack, lOst 71b .... ; FQ.,.„, . 6. 0 Mr. HOlman's Josephine, lOst . ( f o l i;j ef il itlV, Mr. Fowler's Marengo, lOst Won by a length. Turf Cutter a bad third..doseP ~4 1 .• ' COT . Se'' " .URSING. r rh ,e• ALTCAR OPEN COURSING finished on Friday. . 7 a" — T e lgo id cu p was won by Mr. Evan's'Eau de Vie, beattlg ' ll;l3l.. son's. Rocket.: The Molyneaux plate by Mr. .10 1 4'; beating Mr. Eden's Exquisite. The Croxtoth.M A. Graham's Screw, beating Mr. Ball's Baronet: -.5 a - obse l A... Stakes by Mr. Clark's Drainer, beating Mr. • FAlrn ar Syria. 'The West Derby .by Mr. A. Graham's So m , 47, beating Mr. Eden's Eclair ; and the Finall , ty St a k •- .. • of: King's Young Mat, beating Mr. Standish's Strai n- , v . W FLEETOOD MEETING, MARCH 14.—The won by Mr. Brown's Domino, beating Mr. Robin; the Rossall puppy stakes, by Mr. Coven 004' beating Sir H. Fleetwood's Flirt's Son ; and the IT by Domino, beating Mr. Rodgett's Claret. PERCY TENANTRY MEETING, MARCH Thep • won by Mr. Dando's Wee Geordie, beating Mr. F. - NEWHAM EDGE MEETING, MARCH 11 an ds sweepstakes were won by Mr. Kirkley's Queen beating Mr. J. Bell's Artful Dodger. • 40 1' 4 - ARDEOSSAYi CLUB SPRING MEETING, MABC , ... - • i na The Cup (idogs) was won by Lord Eglinton ' s r y . rs s l;, Duke of Wellington ; Mr. J. Wilson's f and w d . x oti Onii The Champion Collar (7dags) was won by Mr. A•., n" 4 ' f b Rebecca's Daughter ; Sir J. Boswells r d - _1 5 4; 1 10! The Couples (10 dogs) were won by -MK Ged, dr % Bottlewater, who divided with Mr. C. Dtin i°l3 .;r to Stt . Lord Eglinton's bk and w d Stag, and Mr. .A 1 l ll A n gs); lt Cast-Steel divided the Eglinton Park Stakes ( 16 "TO Tot Brown's bd and w d Bloomsbury, and Mr. Geddes e 0 1 10, Ritchie divided the Tyro Stakes (13 dog's). ~1.010 0 114 Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Allen's bdDF A. Graham's bd b Queen PhillipP ina ran up. tote ° 11 Stakes (5 dogs) were won by Sir J. Bowe' s S • - Brown's Fencer ran up. •,• • MANCHESTER BETTING, F1111)41.7., '' WARWICK TRIAL STAKES. Z• 6 to 5 agst Celeste I 4 to 1 agst Beatu m r 7 to 2 agst Freystrop • • NORTILLMPTO7 9 to 2 agst Hooton .... Ade IMRE STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Capt. R CUP: A f gr ry4 o6lf 0 25 to I agst • 25 to I agst CeieSte2; . 25 to 1 agst Red 1 /7 • 30 to I agst Tac o i.ef: 30 to 1 agst T 33 to 1 agst Scalr7 BY. 30 to 1 agst lon i g Sett 30 to 1 agst 33 to I agst • 33 to 1 agst loa u- 0 10 . , 50 to I agst King , Gypsiesf. ,emall's on Thurou' CIIESt 8 to 1 agst Pagah 14 to 1 agst Pharoah 15 to 1 agst Sir Robert 16 to 1 agst Cattonite 17 to 1 agst Jamie Forest 25 to 1 agst Freedom 13 to 2 agst Rattan 7 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 16 to 1 agst:Orlando 20 to 1 agst Leander 20 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo The others as at Tatl No change in the Oaks. THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLANT* - 7 —l eb l e t" P °/ei4" o °C l lslaihucarneiet.lw,Southwark,a itl m eeting neagteModerator was f h o e r hl toh o f n e put F h r er i ;t o y s ee a no t fe rr t ae h lce e Ai N va lr erag i! , :::o r u v lO n flor.i;l;o l44l : ?: Free Church of Scotland, consisting of the P C ; e b BBuchanan,teaLonhdirds sudden departu r e A. K. Twcedie. Sir :0 P res ta llis :a Pry portant meeting is to b the had ad chair.coe to TheE Eng l and aenvd. as Provost s mhd t ee Gentleman o pin f dad:itcmuarnraet. Edinb urgh. bsfA:orriee.namee di a nr s sita db t o wdo 7 bonowbsoc i ing• The Rev. Dr. Macke l lar observed that it had tedLete 6 the ordinary or offensive sense. SincaenJda: t LS I'7 e 1'1 7: 117 -1114 :40 500 churches in Scotland, and some hundreds more v BOARD OF GUARDIANS, GEEENWICIL---tbe —On Thursday evening, at the weekly meeting , If its s th„ ° ado Guardians, 31r. Powle brought forward a motion, . s b e "„ gi g lution of the 3d of August, ordering that twat,' t A deti_Ljel cated boys about twelve years of age, should be 7 t ie Fov; to pli workshops, be rescinded, and that the regulationi, w oot ° o af' Commissioners, requiring school instruction of th e 7,,,t ea o ( three of the working days, weekly, be adopted, ° r se ," Oki p o d . equivalent arrangement be made in lists thereoL" Sr. ' o f guardians urged Mr. Powle to withdraw the niollon:d_nog to 0 , said, it was a subject of such importance that he On u nia loa• to do so. All the guardians refused to support the for t he Powle said, then, of course, the motion would dr 01) tw o. „ i ll but he certainly would bring the matter before f u l . .1 obS e Leit Liverpool now possesses an astrononll,,c'',o Wr tory worthy of its commercial greatness, an" b l ) e to e`ole from the excellence of its instruments, will be a... to ea.,..go' tain the true time daily, with so much accuracylL.7.. the captains of merchant-vessels to regulate tl2.e:,' l 0 00 meters exactl y, and thus to avoid thos e errors ot 1 ,t i ti ' 1 ,4 are often so fatal at sea. Very shor tl y t ? t is the will be shown at Liverpool, as at Greenwich' bY of a ball at the observatory. the tt ° commerce, that c o g o " We learn," says the • beta cc authorities at Marseilleq, in the late afralf to, t io Romulus and Laurentine, have declared the Eng' is e 0 1 ,:a t one been in the wrong, and issued a warrant to arr° 6 .o d it sailors of the Romulus on a charge of tearing-' the flag Qf the iiketrentine:4