The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-20 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANZ THIS EVENING. MARCH 20, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, N. Duprez ; Gessler. Mr. G. Homcastle; R illiam Tell, Mr. StreC on ; Lutern, Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, bliss Betts. To conclude with the Drama of THE BRIGAND. Allessandro Massaroni, Mr. Huthon; Ottavia, Miss Collett. _press Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., S rond Price Ss.; Pit Ss Second Price :N.; Muldle Gallery 25., B rend Price Is.; Upper Gallery is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 20, Will be revived Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio. Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Katharine, Mrs. Nisbett . After the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic Scene, " Norma." After which, SUZANNE. Mr. Blinsly Bounceby, Mr. Webster; Simon Swailcw, Mr. Buckstone ; Suzanne, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Petite Musical Drama, called DER NECHT TEUFEL, Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland ; Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mrs. Glover; Matilda, Miss P. Horton; Ca roline, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 58. ; Pit, Os. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.price—Boxes, 35.; 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper H Gallery, Gd. Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. N. MAD X. THIS EVENING, MARC?! 20, Will be performed THE ANGEL OF THE ATTIC, in which Messrs. Walton, Walter Lacy, and Madame Eugenie Prosper will perform. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keely will perform. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxteny ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP , • or My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Keeley; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May-day Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils, and the Public that his FIRST BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, the 21st of March, on which occasion ROSSINI'S OPERA, 0 MELLO, 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 sonville. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 20. Will be performed a Me'o-drama, called HEN RI ETTE, THE FORSAKEN. Principal Characters 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, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Alias Chaplin, and Miss Lee. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Hat-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. • DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEM RE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 20, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. After which, a kavourite Interlude. To conclude with ABELARD AND HELOISE, revived with blew Scenery and Dresses. Places and Private Boxes to b had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. olice, from Eleven to Four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot find room fur " Political Lyrics." THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 19. THER3IO3tET'ER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND, N.E. •nrF.—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. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIE'S DAY. Morning .. 47 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 1 minute alter 3, . . 7,1 , .MI aUI•RfAi ., - N f ~, ;-.... - ' VI.. ...- , , • ' lA . • : 74 . -4 2' • m 0 s ' ' -6E6 IT . " LIEU 1 " ~,, . invating *Am LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1844. In the House of Lords the Three-and-a Half per 'Cei. Annuities Bills were read a third time and passed. They will receive the Royal assent in a few days, and one of the greatest financial operations of the age will be completed without a murmur. This shows the advantage of keeping faith with the public creditor. In the Commons, Mr. HumE gave notice of a mo tion for abolishing the office of Lord Lieutenant for Ireland. Mr. PETER BORTHWICK gave notice, that in a fort night he should move an address to the Crown, for the purpose of referring all matters ecclesiastical to a Convocation of the Clergy—in other words, for re storing a system which experience had shown was in compatible with free legislation, and which was only intended to give power to the Church. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that on an early day he would move for a Select Committee on Con troverted Elections. In answer to a question from Mr. LABOUCHERE, Lord ASHLEY said on Friday night he should en treat the House to affirm the proposition that the words " ten hours' " labour in manufactories should be substituted for " twelve." Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Government would take the sense of the House on the motion of the No ble Lord. In answer to a question from Captain Rous, rela tive to rumours that the QUEEN was, in the course of the summer, to pay a visit to the King of PRUSSIA, sir ROBERT PEEL said; he believed those rumours to be entirely without foundation. Mr. RICARDO moved for an Address to the Crown, the object of which was to make alterations in the Customs' duties without any reference to the com mercial policy of other nations. Mr. GLADSTONE, Lora HOWICK, and Mr. HUME spoke on the motion, but the House did not seem to take any interest in the affair. At a quarter to eight o'clock, a Member moved that the House be counted, and there being only thirty-nine Members present, it adjourned. The " appeal from PHILIP drunk to PHILIP sober" never could have developed a more impressive con trast than the comparison of the natural advantages, and resources, and riches of Spain with her present disabled, degraded, and ruinous position, must suggest to every reflecting mind. This comparison has been forcibly recalled to us by a perusal of the "Thirteenth Part" of Mr. MACGREGOR ' S invaluable work, "Com mercial Tariffs and. Regulations of the several States of Europe and America ;" for the Part in question is devoted to " Spain." if it be no longer THE Spain of those palmy and hn verial ages in which her Sovereigns justly claimed a pre-eminence among the Monarchs of Europe, as being " Lords of Spain and of the Indies"—if their proud boast may no more be heard " that, on their domi nions the sun never set" a (a prestige which has long since quitted the sceptre of FERDINAND or of CFIARLEs, to attach to that which has been wielded by our GEoaoEs and WILLIAMS, and is now sustained by VICTORIA the FIRST)—it is still one of the most mag ,iliticent countries and most anciently-settled kingdoms or the Old 'World. It is not necessary to insist on the entire accuracy of the Count DE LABORDE'S assertion, that "no country in Europe is so generally fertile as Spain, or has equal advantages at all sea sons of the year." Nor are we bound to accept, with out large qualifications indeed, the recent estimate of M. Aaouum.us, which assumes the total . annual value of her territorial wealth to be so much as .8,572,220,591 reals, equal to nearly 90,000,000/. sterling. But the fact seems certain, that in spite of All the foreign and domestic convulsion s to which the pursuits of her native agriculture have been subject ever since the commencement of the present century, the amount of grain, especially of wheat, produced in Spain, even at this time, is very enormous. After making every allowance on account of the disastrous operation upon all the prospects of husbandry, of civil wars and dilapidated finances, and of the more -primary elements of inadequate tillage and defective cultivation, and the precariousness of all investments in land, arising from the impolitic and oppressive .character of such tenures as the " inalienable, indi visible Mayorazgos," for instance ; and still more from the paralysing influence of that great corporate monopoly, the " Mesta," or associated land pro. prietors (for Spain, among her other visitations, is cursed with agricultural protection (!) to the most orthodox extent of that delusion)—we m ay yet marvel at the extent of her flocks and her herds, the variety and the quantity of her wines, and the -abundance and richness of her mineral products. In these last there is reason to believe tiot, could her mining operations be conducted the application of sufficient capital, and main tained without interruption from violence or their exterval causes—and always assuming in the first place, that the spirit of her Government could be so amei.Aorated as to maintain its relations with foreign cayitalists, with some pretensions to a small stock of common faith and honesty—Spain would find herself licher, at this moment, than she has ever &and herself at any former period of her history. The lead ore:3 of that country have long been cele brated for their surpassing richness ; the quality of the lead is unexceptionable ; and its argentiferous production is Angularly rich. " The silver and lead mines (writes Mr. MACGREGOR, p.. 81) lately dis covered in the Sierra Almagrera, in Almeira, near the borders of Murcia, are described as remarkably rich." Coal is found in great plenty in the Pyrenees, in the Asturias, in Andalusia, Valencia, and other parts. Iron is chiefly smelted in the Basque provinces, the ore of Somorrostro is there made to yield one-third of good iron ; that of Ibendragon forty per cent. Copper abounds in Navarre and the Asturias. In Arragon, Andalusia, Valencia, and Catalonia there are (especially, in Arragon, neglected), mines of gold and silver, cobalt, antimony, zinc, arsenic, salt, manganese, &c.—in Alma- l Am (La Mancha) some of the finest mines of quicksilver in the world, a great part of whose treasures is raised by English capital, and exported hither. Yet with these elements of wealth, with "a climate preferable to that of Greece, Italy, or France, with a sea coast affording infinite commercial facilities on the shores of the Mediterranean and the coasts of the Atlantic ; with noble rivers watering her compact and naturally fortified home territory, 640 miles in length by 550 in breadth, with her valuable possessions of the Balearic and Canary Islands and their important trade ; with her noble colonies in the West of Cuba and Porto Rico, in the East of the Phillippines—the foreign commerce of Spain is of comparative insigni ficance." All the accidents of climate, of geographical position, of territorial surface, and colonial connexion are in favour ,of its extension to any point which could be predicated of their capacity for pushing it. But centuries of the most vicious and immoral go vernment, a succession of feeble or wicked Princes, the lamentably degraded state of public character throughout the whole administration of the State, and the debasing and destructive results of the suc cessive factions which, since the death of FERDINAND VII., have fought out their sordid feuds and steeped their ambitious swords in the best and bravest blood of the kingdom, have diverted or choked up the stream of that country which PROVIDENCE intended for the maintenance and the happiness of a whole people. A grin. yet despicable, timid ygt•fero cious, military despotilm tramples in the dust of the most abject bondage, the posterity of the old conquerors of Italy—the former terror of France ; the discoverers and vanquishers of a new world, in which, as if in expiation of their cruelty, they founded some of the most beneficent of the municipal institutions of their ancestors. To what has the once imperial revenue of their PHILIPS and their CHARLESES dwindled, in these days—a salu tory lesson to the suicidal criminality of those who govern, that from the wrong and oppression of the governed the only permanent spoil which can be reaped consists in the alienated affections, corrupted morals, the vanished virtues, and torpid spirit of the latter; the restless jealousies, incessant treasons, and insatiable demands for blood and sacrifice which is the righteous legacy of their own crimes. The whole of the present revenue of Spain does not exceed about 9,000,0001. sterling. " The debt of Spain in January, 1842, is stated to amount," says Mr. MACGREGOR, "to 14,160,968,047 reals, or 157,344,080/. sterling. Of this debt, about 65,000,000/. is only admitted to be due to foreigners, the interest of which has not ben discharged for several years." The above statement evidently does not include " the amount stated in 1833, as debt without interest, which see." Now on referring to the table here indicated (it is at p. 85), we find that the leading " debt without interest" is composed of these items : Francs. Amount of arrears of public debt ... 2,537,050,574 Unsettled debt of Treasury, prior to 18th March, 1808 Ditto of the first restoration Ditto of the Constitutional Government and of second restoration. 123,651,243 225,000,000 125,000,000 3,010,705,817 If, on Mr. MACGREGOR'S authority we are to add this amount to the capital above stated, the aggregate of the debt of Spain will be, not 157,344,0801., but 282,790,155/. sterling. What must he the Court venality, the unprincipled profligacy of administra tions, and the rapacity of soldiers of fortune, and Mi nisters like those we see now in power in a country, which a judge as competent as Mr. MACGREGOR deems to be still so gifted with natural wealth, and the means of rapidly multiplying capital, could she but find trusty and able ministers, that he does not hesi tate thus to notice what she might become, despite of what she is. " Spain, however, need not, in her financial burdens or obligations, be considered in a desperate condition. She has abundant resources, and requires only an honest and enlightened administration, a wise and sound re form of her customs-laws and duties, and of her direct taxation, to attain, in ten years at furthest, from the adoption of such reforms, an independent treasury, and the honourable distinction of fulfilling her na tional obligations." A Morning Contemporary contains an article on the subject of our political relations with France, which, to say the least of it, is penned in a very per verse and crotchety spirit. After adducing the evidence of some convenient anonymous gentleman to prove that there never was a stronger feeling of national hostility than that which the French entertain at the present' moment towards the English, our Contem porary goes on to remark—" Their Government may mean very well towards us, but the French people do not, and who can tell how soon all the powers and resources of the nation may be put in action against us ? We therefore say that if our Government sees nothing to excite its watchful attention in the gathering elements of French force, our Government ought to be warned to attend better to its duties. The pretence, that our safety lies in the sound public opinion of France, is as great nonsense as ever was written." Nonsensical as this "pretence" may appear in the eyes of the quick-witted, eagle-eyed Post, we are among the number of those who place great faith in it, and who hold it with the force of a strong moral conviction that there is an enlightened public opinion in France, daily increasing in soundness, energy, and intelligence, but which already is quite sound and strong enough to prevent the likelihood of any serins rupture with this country. Doubtless, there are many jealous, discontented, inflammable people in the neighbouring kingdom—sturdy Republicans, and soured ultra-Democrats, who would gladly see a flame kindled between France and England, in the fond hope that their own political views would be assisted by such an "untoward" event as a war; but these, though a noisy set, constitute the minority; by far the more numerous, and respectable, and in fluential portion of the French people are strongly in favour of the maintenance of peace, well-knowing that while they could not gain much, they would risk all by an outbreak between the two countries, and might in the end see themselves consigned over once again to the tender mercies of some such fierce democracy—the most exacting of all despotisms —as enslaved and demoralised them during the memoraMe Reign of Terror. Time was when Paris was Frante, and Club-law the law of the nation; but though it is not to be denied that the opinions of the capital still exer cise great influence in the provinces yet that influence is nolonger paramount ; a rich, steady, thinking, power ful middle class has sprung up, in all the towns in the kingdom, who are quite capable of forming a sound e d i g r m i e m n t p r o e f s s t i h o i n n s g s f f r o o r m t h t e h m e s p e e i t' s :c a i l n s c t o e a t e d r i o e f s tang of k i th th e judgment metropolis ; and this class —the " Bourgeoisie," as Mr. L. BLANC calls them —are to a man opposed to a war between France and England. Besides, it must be borne in mind that our neighbour is n ow , what she never was before, a commercial, as well as an agricultural, country; since the battle of Waterloo her commerce has increased tenfold, and continues yearly on the increase; and these are grave considerations, which will always indispose her to embark in hostilities, of which the wisest of her sons can foresee no other issue than such as will be detrimental, if not ruinous, to her interests. Glory is, no doubt, a very fine thing, but a prosperous trade is still finer ; the one is a mere showy phan tom, the other a solid substance—something to eat and drink, wax fat, and be merry upon ; and the French have quite shrewdness enough to see this, and will be slow henceforth to allow their national vanity to get the better of their discretion. Notwithstanding, therefore, our Contemporary's sneer, we have great faith in the public opinion of France—in that opinion which, despite a thousand difficulties and dangers, has enabled Louis PHILIPPE to maintain the peace of Europe, and which still keeps him on a throne which, but for him, would have had no existence, superseded, as it would have been—had not the Bourgeoisie, who are his chief supporters, interfered —by a stormy Republic, that would inevitably have brought in its train, to say nothing of a host of domestic evils, a general war with Europe. We are no very ardent admirers of the CITI ZEN KING ; we think that, in not a few in stances, he has pushed his prerogative far beyond the just limits assigned it by the Constitution; but his position was a trying one, and—despot as he is— it must not be forgotten that he has proved a sterling benefactor to the best interests of his country, by preserving her from the horrors of a European convulsion. Earl FITZWILLIAM, on popenting a petition on Mon day to the House of Lords from Glasgow, praying for a searching Reform in the Irish Protestant Church, took the opportunity of enunciating some stern, wholesome truths respecting that same Church, which as might have been expected, called up the Duke of WELLINGTON, who filled with a holy horror at the idea of the Establishment being subjected to the slightest process of purification, emphatically con jured their Lordships to pay no attention to the pes tilent doctrines of the Noble Earl, adding—by way, we presume, of giving increased effect to his exhorta tion—that the Protestant Church had existed in Ire land for nearly three hundred years, during periods of conflict, rebellion, and massacre. We must frankly confess we do not see the force of this ducal logic, and are wholly at a loss to understand the principle upon which an acknowledged grievance is to be kept up that has no other argument in its favour than that of mere antiquity. If such reasoning is to be allowed to possess any cogency, it should have prevented the Noble Duke from striking off the manacles from the limbs of the Catholics, seeing that their chains had been worn for ages. The same reason should have prevented him from granting relief to the Dissenters, for their wrongs too were of ancient date ; and should have induced him also to oppose, tooth and nail, Lord STANLEY'S project for emancipating the West Indian negroes, for no man can doubt that black slavery is another in stitution as old as the hills, and sanctioned by the wisdom of our ancestors, for Heaven knows how many generations ! If the venerableness of a griev ance is to he urged as a plea in favour of its con tinuance, and if this plea is to be admitted, an end is at once put to all prospect of national improvement ; we must consent to stand still while the world about us is in motion, and idly and stupidly to lag behind, while more active and enlightened nations are pre.sing forward to the goal. The Irish Church being an acknowledged grievance, and of the most oppressive character—for none but Tory bigots, and interested parsons, deny this fact—it becomes the duty of Government to reform it without delay, the more especially as it has been an incubus on the energies of Ireland for three hundred years. Its age, so far from being a sound argument in its favour, is the soundest of all arguments against it, and we hope to live to see the day when this shall be held as valid reasoning, even in the House of Lords. Trace half the evils that oppress the sister-country to their source, and they shall be found to have their origin in the Protestant Establish ment—an establishment which is an insult to thG people, and a living record of their humiliation. So long as this gigantic nuisance lasts, there never can be any sure guarantee for the tranquillity of Ireland from one year's end to another ; and no sane man can doubt that it supplies Mr. O'CONNELL with his most cogent and successful argument in favour of a repeal of the union. The Bishop of EXETER was of course enraptured with the Duke of WELLINGTON'S strenuous exhortation in behalf of the Irish Church, and boldly told their Lordships that " among the many great services which it had been the lot of that illustrious man to render to his country, he be lieved from his heart that he had never conferred on it a greater service than by his declaration that even- ing on the subject of the Church of Ireland." The Rev. Prelate remarked in addition, that Parliament had no right to " despoil"—as he whimsically phrased it—the Establishment in question ; but this is not the fact, for Parliament has as much right to deal with its temporalities, by way of improving its efficiency, as Ministers had to deprive the Bishop, despite his ghostly protests and maledictions, of the rich rectory of Stanhope. The intelligence from Spain is of a most distressing character. The murder of BONET and twenty-three of his companions (for they had not even the semblance of a trial) is unhappily confirmed. It appears that the Commandant of the Castle of Alicant, a place of great strength, had been bribed to betray BONET, and deliver into the hands of this public executioner the unfortunate man who at the commencement of the insurrection had spared his life. His name is LA SALLA, and if there is a particle of honour or justice left in Spain, will be held in detestation even by his savage countrymen. The sum paid for this cruel act of treachery is said to be 75,000 dollars. BONET having discovered the plot against his life made his escape with many officers, but they were pursued and captured, some of them by the peasantry. The following is the account of the transaction transmitted by RONCALI to the Captain- General on the Bth instant,—" Various parties of the Lusitanis regiment of cavalry, sent out by different roads under the direction cf Colonel CoNTREnAs, and the good spirit of the people, gave the result that I ex pected. He was taken, and brought to this place in the course of yesterday, with those who followed him. His declaration having been taken, his person identi fied, as well as those who took an active part in the rebellion, as comprised in the accompanying state ment, the military men have been degraded, and all of them put to death by shooting in the back, to add to the ignominy of the punishment, this morning, in front of the troops, to whom the general order which I send herewith was read." Among tha unhappy victims, besides BONET, are several Captains and Lieu tenants of the National Guards and three or four soldiers, twenty-four in all. RONcALI on the same day published the following address to the army : " Soldiers ! Terrible is the act which you have just witnessed. May the ALMIGHTY permit it may be the last in our unfortunate country. May the ambitious contain themselves, and the deluded unde ceive themselves. Alas ! for those who are not con vinced that the hour of revolution has passed ! You have closed it for Spain with the keys of this place, conquered by your loyalty, your constancy, and your discipline. Go on al ways as you have till now, and you save the throne of your QUEEN." He thus impiously prays that this bloody tragedy may be the last, while he marches from Alicant to Carthagena, to repeat a si milar act of cold-blooded cruelty, and what adds to the atrocity of NARVARZ and his coadjutor BRAVO, the young QUEEN is instructed to thank RONCALI for his operations and executions. 'I he words put into her mouth are, "the blindness and immorality of the Revolutionists have rendered the application of the whole rigour of the laws indispensable." On the receipt of the intelligence the Three per Cents. roses per cent., and closed on the 11th at 3O cash, and 31 at 60 clays. The Fives were quoted at 22i at 60 clays. The disputes between the clergy of France and .he University, or rather the Government, seem to increase in violence, and probably will end in a corn- plete rupture between Church and State. It will be recollected that an Abbe, of the name of COMBALOT, was convicted, some days ago, of a libel on certain public schools, and condemned to fine and imprison ment. This has given great offence to many of the Bishops, and one of them, the Bishop of CHALONS, has had the effrontery to praise the conduct of the convicted priest, and thereby impugn the law and the jury by which he was tried. "The Bishop and clergy ofChalons," he says, " eagerly add their congratulations to those of the whole Church and all good men, which the Abbe COMBALOT has received. It was worthy of him to set so bright an example, and assume so openly the de fence of our Catholic truths against the University, which is their declared enemy. We have not left the Minister unaware of ou r opinion upon this imp or t an t question. But the principal honour of it belongs to the Abbe COMBALOT. We,therefore, take the deepest interest in all that concerns him, and would deem ourselves happy if on any occasion we could prove it to him. Let him rest assured that nothing can be added to our profound esteem and to all the senti ments of which we hereby offer him the expression." The subjoined remarks in - the Journal des Debats show that the affair has excited much indignation in the Cabinet : "It appears that insolent contempt of law and justice is hereafter to be reckoned amongst the number of Christian virtues. The Bishop of Chalons, who was condemned by the rilE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1844. SUMMARY OF NEWS Council of State, has written a letter of congra t u l a ti on t o the Abbe Combalot, lately condemned by the jury, and this letter appears in print in a journal which very recently pub lished seven articles in favour of La Ligne et les ligneurs. We do not speak of another letter, from the Catholics of Tours, who assume the air of personsrejoicingthat the Church is again to be persecuted. It well becomes those persons, after having procured from the Government of the Restora tion the sanguinary law against sacrilege, to call by the name of persecution the sentence pronounced by a court of justice for the publication of a pamphlet filled with insult and calumny. But the letter of the Bishop of Chalons exceeds all bounds. That a priest and a high dignitary of the Church should take pride in praising in extravagant terms of exaggeration what a court of justice has condemned and punished, amounts to an overthrow of every social law, and a manifest usurpation of the sovereign power." The Presse repeats its assertion that the Emperor NICHOLAS has announced his intention of visiting the Queen of ENGLAND in May or June next. On Sun day the Three per Cents. were quoted at 83f. 15c. In another part of The Sun will be found a brief report of a meeting held last night relative to Annoyance Juries. Some of the complaints of tradesmen on this subject are well-founded. The Act was meant only for fraudulent dealers, and not for honest men ; and it is a great hardship that shop keepers who are really guilty of no offence should be subjected to investigations which were intended only for egregious offenders. The Act of itself is good ; but, like most Acts of Parliament, is not carried oat in the way in which it was intended. HONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The English Funds leave off very firmly, Consols being 98; to 98-b both for Money and Time. The Un funded Debt, and the other securities, remained the same as in the morning. The Spanish market did not improve upon the value of the morning, being 24i for the Five per Cents., and 351 for the Three per Cents. Colombian were 144, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57/. Brazil Bonds were marked 82i. The additional transactions in Railway Shams have been thee :—Bristol and Exeter were 2; Edinburgh 14 to 141 ; ditto Registered, 3 ; Hull and Selby, 14 to it ; Brighton, Loan Notes, 11- ; Birmingham, Quarter, 261 to 26i ; South Western, Eighths, 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 8 ; North British, ; to 1 ; Norwich and Brandon, 5 ; South Eastern, Scrip, 11 to Hi ; Lancaster and Carlisle; 3 ; York and North blidland, 73i ; ditto, New, 35 premium. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 3i; and Union of Australia 11- premium. _ _ The rate of exchange upon most of the continental cities was steady this afternoon. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last :—Silver Coin to Rotterdam, 29,000 oz. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Mirket wore a gloomy appearance again yes terday. There was an abundant supply, and prices were *d. per lb. lower than before the arrival of the Hibernia. Sales, 2,000 bales, viz.:-100 Egyptian, at 7*d. to 71d. ; 60 Per nambuco, at 60. to 6fd. ; 100 Surat, at 3fd. to 40. ; 20 La Guayra, at sfd. ; the rest American, at 41d. to 6fd. The transactions in Shares were not numerous, but the market, on the whole, had a steady appearance. Birmingham and Gloucester, 85* ; Chester and Holyhead, 61 ' • Eastern Coun ties, Registered, 13/.85.9d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63* ; Grand Junction, 234 ; Bi rm i n gham, 236 ; Brighton, 44* ; South WeStern, 82* ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 15s. 6d. ; South Eastern; 351. We - perceive that the progress of railway projects for Ire land is more rapid by far than it has been for some time back, a proof that the prosperity of that country is considered as likely to advance, and that a mote liberal political policy will be forced on the Government. From Manchester Messrs. Railton and Son write in, reference to this subject On Saturday last we completed and sent off to the Com pany's Secretary at Dublin, the subscription list for the por tion of shares set apart for this place, towards the capital for constructing the Great Southern and Western Railway in Ireland, from Dublin to Cashel, and its contemplated exten sions and branches—and had they all been embraced in the immediate proceeding of the work it would have been under taken with equal avidity as those apportioned to London, Liverpool, and Manchester, as it now stands, particularly as respects the extension to Cork. The completion of the Dublin and Drogheda line within the original time and estimate, and its firmness in general cha racter, for public utility and private advantage, gives to Irish labour and English capital good earnest for rapid improve ment to every interest concerned in railway undertakings in Ireland, and particularly at the present period, when Irish industry stands so attractingly before the inactive and grow ing capital of this country for profitable motion on the very spot where the advantages are to arise. " It will be observed that there has been an improvement in many lines during the past week, particularly in Grand Junction and North Union, owing to an expectation of an issue of new shares, to carry forward the line to Carlisle. There is a• good demand for Manchester and Birmingham shares, at advancing prices; and on the whole the character of the market is generally good." The Funds are very firm to-day, and this notwithstanding a comparatively limited business is doing. The Commis sioners have purchased 30,000/. Consols at 98k, and the lowest price in general transfers has been 98f. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. • are 1021 to being rather higher. Exchequer Bills are rather flat at 675, to 695. ; and India Bonds at 87s. to 88s. premium. Bank Stock for Ac count has touched 199 and 200, and India Stock 288. The Foreign Bonds continue rather flat. Spanish Actives at 25 to 244, and the Three Per Cents at 35f to *. The Mexican Five Per Cents have realised 351 to 36 ; the De ferred 14-1 to 1 ; Colombian, 14f to * ; Per u vi an , ' 30f, and Chilian, 105. Portuguese Converted have been steady at 47, and Russian firm at 117. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. are rather quiet, but keep at the high price of 571. There is not quite so much doing in the Railway Shares, but they support full prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities. 98% a N ew 3% per Cent. Annuitie s 10234 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. 12% India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000 87 e s Bank Stock for Account .... . 199 .00 Consols for Account ..... ... .... ........ 9674 India Stock .......................... ... 288 Exchequer Bills, Id. .... 1,0001. ........ 69 pm. 500/. .......—. ................ - 69 pm. Ditto Small - 69 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5 Columbian Bonds.. ............ . ... .. Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per c ent ....... 36 Ditto for the Acc0unt........... .. .. ...... 36 Ditto Deferred Stock. Cents... er .... 30% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Com . ..... " .... 34 nt p v e e r B c o n e n d ................ ... R u Di; Ditto Peruvia n si s o n f ;3 o o ßrn n ovt d nhe s d , e ; dA B 6 22 cP .11 .... .............. • 1 4 ; 11 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 18 40.... . 25 24% t. oonedics,2r EXCHANGE,Cent Ditto Dr t o f f o o r r r t h h o e Account Aoooon. . .. .. ..................... ................... Dutch 234 per Cents. MARCHbeen..Huddersfield : :s e :— to ' r . : ( h iaa e nya :: l l , ar li k 4i,h e e t . Dutch 5 Pe,..! Ce nts g ........... D t —Edinburgh and n Glasgow, atiEcEn 64 t . o Pa ci ri 3 s p a m nd ... MaNcVl Ditto En ie s t Tzt Three raa e ds is quite firm, and Ei a gh fa t i h r s, b 4 u i si t n o e 9 ss -I h 6 as ; sales are in 'Lyons, 2. 13-16; Manchester and Birmingham, 46A to 46*; CLO_SING South Western, S. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock i per Cent. Red . 3 per Cent. Cons. 334 per Cent. Re 1 — IDitto New Annuities. New 334 per' Cent. 102% Ex. Bills 1,0001. Pro. New 5 per Cent . Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ............ Bank Stock for Acct 2OO pm. Oct. 1839............ Consols for Acct. 9'% Jan. 1860............ 12% India Stock for Acct 2BB FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent... 6 per Cent... ,Russian, 5 p er C ent Ditto New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 8 2% Prussian, 5 per Cent 117 .05 Ditt o , M eta l l i c c ß h u a os n Ayres 6k,e rC , Colombian, 6 per Cent. 1 4% Spanish, 5 per Cent 24 Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent g Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent 35% French,:; per Cent. —f. —c. Ditto, fi per Cent., 1837 !Dutch, 2% per Cent 57% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 22 :Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl% SHARES. Bristol and Exeter ("0 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) Hull and Selby (50paid) 6l Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid). London and Brighton (50 paid) -1% Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid) 2834 London and Greenwich (ht. !Ls. 4d. (paid) • uitto, Preference or Privilege (13/. 17s. 2d. pd) 17% London and South Western (ill. 6s. 10d. paid) tli Ditto Eighths Ms. paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) 1163 Ditto Half Shares (30 paid) 5056 Ditto Quarter Shares (2 paid) 93( Manchester and Birmingham Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 353( Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 36 York and North Midland (50 paid) 123% Ditto New Shares (20 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY. Amsterdam CF. 12 6h Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 4h Leghorn Rotterdam 2U. 12 7 Genoa Antwerp 26 0 Milan — Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice ........ .......... 47 Altona l4 0 Naples 3Bl Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 75 Palermo, per oz ll7 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Lisbon 53 Marseilles 26 5 OportO - 53 Bourdeaux 25 5 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 122 k Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 361 Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight Vienna, effec. fi. 3 M 958 Philadelphia — irieste, ditto Madrid 361 Foreign Gold, bars..X3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao, 36 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 91 Seville Silver in Bars 0 4 11 30 65 26 5 AND Optitton. " Who runs may read." ron,z3EGN. LAW AND POLICE. At the Mansion. house, William Sanders, the brother-in law of Mrs. Dorey, and the husband of the woman who is supposed to have represented Emma Slack, the counterfeit relation of Ann Sla c k, was b roug h t b e f ore the Lord Mayor in the custody of John Forrester, the officer, charged with having been concerned, with others, in plundering the Government. After the examination of several witnesses, the prisoner was remanded until the day on which the other prisoners should be brought up. At Queen-square, William Henry Cook, a mechanic, Wil liam Cook, his father, and George Crawley, a youth not more than seventeen, were brought before the magistrate, the first named defendant being charged with having threatened to stab a police-constable, and the two latter with having very im properly interfered with the officer in the execution of his duty. Mr. Bond said that whenever prisoners were brought before him, charged with having threatened to use a knife either against the police or any other person, he should treat them with severity. The younger Cook must pay 505., or be impri soned a month, and the two other defendants 20s. each, or fourteen days. Thomas Hawkins, a tradesman residing in Leonard-street, Shoreditch, was brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with driving a phaeton furiously through Addle-street, and damaging a barrow, and injuring a boy who was in charge of it. He was ordered to pay a fine of 20s. for furiously driving, 20s. to the boy, and the surgeon's bill for attending the boy. At Union-hall Henry Coe, a policeman of the L division, was brought up in custody, on a charge of embezzling vari ous sums of money, the property of William Freeman, Esq., the mayor of Norwich. The prisoner had been in Mr. Free man's service at Norwich, some years ago, which service he quitted and came up to town. Subsequently to the prisoner's leaving his situation, various sums of money were found to have been received by him, of which he gave no account to his employer. Mr. Traill, on the application of the Mayor of Norwich, sent off the prisoner in custody to that city. A well-dressed youth, named Sidney Smith Thomas, was charged at the Thames Police .office, with maliciously stab bing Thomas William Dixon, a mariner, with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Broderip said he held in his hand a certificate, stating that Thomas Dixon was in such a state that he would not be able to at tend Court this day, through loss of blood, and remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. COURT —PASELIONAR The Queen Dowager and suite are expected to arrive at Marlborough House, from Witley Court, the week after next. The Earl and Countess of Jersey received the gratifying news of the safe accouchement of the Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, of a son, on Monday. The interesting event oc curred on the 9th inst., at Vienna, and when the courier left the Austrian capital the Princess and infant son were both progressing favourably. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Leveson Gower are expected on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, in the course of the ensuing week. Their Graces will see company at the Castle at Easter. The Earl of Aboyne, eldest son of the Marquis of Huntley, is about to be married to Miss Pegas, daughter of the Countess of Lindsey, and half sister to the Earl of Lindsey. The Noble Lord is the widower of Lady Elizabeth Conyng ham, sister to the present Marquis Conyngham. Lord Brougham is expected to leave Grafton-street at the close of the ensuing week, for Paris. Lord Seaham is confined to his apartments at the Cavalry Barracks, at Windsor, by an attack of measles. MISCELLANEOUS. An Anti .League Meeting was held at Aberdeen on Friday, the 15th inst., when a number of country gentlemen made speeches and voted resolutions against the free-traders. The first experimental trip on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway —the whole route—will be made on Monday next. Cards have been issued to admit a thousand persons in the carriages. The engineer, Mr. M'Neil, will entertain a portion of the company at Drogheda at luncheon. There has been great anxiety to procure tickets, as this line of country is almost unknown to the generality of Dublin citizens. The following frightful exhibition of the state of crime in North Tipperary is presented by the calendar at the present assizes :—Murder, 21; aiding in murder, 5 ; conspiracy to murder, 3 ; homicide, 1; assaulting habitations by night in arms, 14; assaulting habitations and firing at the inmates, 5; attacking a house in arms and robbing the inmates, 5; robbery of arms, 5 ; grievous assault, 2 ; forgery, 2 ; per jury, 1; embezzlement, 1; cattle stealing, 2 ; sheep stealing, 3 ; abduction, 2 ; receiving money under false pretences, 1; highway robbery, 1 ; base coin, 1; riot, 3.; child desertion, 2 ; setting fire to turf, 1 : total, 81. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CowEs, MAttcx 18.—The Black Eagle steamer came into our roads about eleven o'clock this morning from Portsmouth, having on board his Royal Highness Prince Albert and suit e , who landed, attended by Lord Liverpool, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, and E. Anson, Esq.A salute of twenty one guns was fired from the R.Y.S. battery as they pro ceeded up the harbour; they were heartily cheered, the pro perties on the shore being decorated with flags. Two car riages belonging to Mr. G. H. Ward were ready in front of the Medina Hotel, in which the Royal party proceeded to Osborne House, in examining which and the grounds, with the surveyors with their maps and plans, the Prince spent two hours, then returned by the same route (the old road by East Cowes Castle) to the Royal barge, on entering which he was again loudly cheered and a salute fired ; as he pro ceeded to the steamer another salute of twenty-one guns was fired from the R.Y.S. House. The day might be said to be fine for the season, the sun shining brightly; but there was a keen north-easter blowing, enough to pierce one (sharper indeed than we have had before this winter), attended with such a thickness of the atmosphere that the opposite shore could not be discerned. The Prince, therefore, viewed the place under very disadvantageous circumstances. Had the wind been from any other quarter he would probably have landed on the beach in front of the house; hundreds would then have been deprived of the pleasure of seeing him ; but he would have been better aware of its capabilities. It is well protected from the prevailing winds, lying only open to the north-east. The grounds and house are so shut in from the pnblic, that few know their beauties or extent. In conse• quence of her Majesty's approaching visit several houses have been taken. Beach Villa, Gothic Hall, Grantham House, and Trafalgar House were let last week ; and we hear Har net Loolge and Egypt House have both been applied for. There is every prospect of a very full season. FURTHER PARTICULARS.) It appears tha on the Prince embarking at Gosport in the Admiral's barge, a young man stepped into the barge also, and was brought to Cowes in the Black Eagle, where he again embarked in the barge for shore with the suite ; that when near East Cowes, the Prince inquired who he was, when all being ignorant, he was asked by the officer in com mand, who had previously thought he was one of the suite ; the stranger offered his card, and said he was a reporter for the press, when he was handed into the custody of two of the boat's crew, He attempted to land at East Cowes, but was prevented, and was taken on board the Black Eagle in one of her boats which had followed the Admiral's barge. A Commissioner of the Woods and Forests arrived early this morning, to make the necessary arrangements; he returned with the suite. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Belfast, from Brighton ; Lady Charlotte Bertie, at Grafton's Hotel, Albemarle-street ; Cap tain and Mrs. Dalton, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork -street ; Mr. and Lady Charles M. Stuart and family, in Portman square; Colonel Wade, Assistant Adjutant-General, from Dublin; Gregson, Esq., at Ch r i st i e ' s Hotel; Colonel Munro, R.A., from Dublin ; J, Gladstone, Esq., from Brighton ; the Earl of Longford, in Grosvenor-street, from Madresfield Court ; Lord Delawarr, in Upper Brook-street, from Vale Royal, Cheshire; the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Spencer Churchill, at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave street ; Sir ;Edward and Lady Butler, from the Continent ; Charles P. Leslie, Esq., in Harley-street, from his seat, Mo naghan; Mrs. Edward Romily, in Stratton-street Piccadily ; Major-General Reeves, C.B. CHA NGES. Lord Sidney Osborne, at his seat near Marvborough, Queen's County, from Dublin ; Sir Richard Robinson, at Cheltenham, from his seat in Ireland ; the Marquis of Water ford, at Curraghmore, from Mallow, near Cork; Lord Somer ton, M.P., from Florence, on a tour In Italy; Sir William K. Ball, Bart., to Brighton, from a tour ; Lady South and the Hon. Thomas Plunket, at South Hall, Ardee,from Dublin. DEATH FROM OVEREXERTION.--On Monday, at a late hour, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the White Lion, - - High-street, Shadwell, on the body of Mathew Brady, aged AMERICAN SLAVERY.—CASE OF JOHN L. BROWN. forty-six. It appeared by the evidence that deceased was a —On Thursday evening one of the most numerous, and, at ballast-heaver, and on Friday morning, after partaking of a the same time, most interesting. meetings of the memb ers hearty breakfast, he proceeded, in company with hls brother, his exertions in the way of his and friends of the Glasgow Emancipation Society, which has to St. Katharine's-docks, where he was employed for several taken place for many years, was held in the Rev. Mr. Ander- hours in lording a vessel with 40 tons of ballast. Q n i l l s Natural death." son's church, John-street, for the purpose of remonstrating return hame he complained of sickness, aecompanio will} against so flagrant a violation of the rights of humanity, as is violent pains in his stomach. Mr. Arthur, a surgeon, was involved in the conduct of the authorities of South Carolina, in sent for, but deceased expired on the following morning. sentencing John L. Brown to be hanged for the crime of aiding Mr. Arthur attributed his death to a rupture ofthe intestine's, for r e escape peeeomfma e f n em ce a m le en sl t av e e f . h P u r e e in vi e o se us ( t h o e t l h f- e p h ae ou t r s an ev n en op t c h ed e h in ue di i i n c e e se d . b_y y th er e di se e v 4 er , i , tLo tu f church was crowded in every part by a highly respectable audi- It will be recollected that Inspect I` ence, and shortly after t h e num b ers i ncre ased so much as to Thames Police, was charged with being or Fogg of 04 cause, by the pressure, very much inconvenience. There gling a large . quantity of tobacco. He was concerned in Mug were upwards of 2,000 persons present, and, at least, an equal proceedings in the Court of Exchequer fornsuspended, and number had to go away from want of accommodation. Indeed proportionate penalties were instituted the recovery of the interest manifested in the proceedings on this occasion trial the jury found their verdict • against him. On the exceeded anything which has been exhibited in connection favour of Fogg. The removal against the Crown and in of Ills si4spenaion did not, with this Society for many years past. There has been no however, follow this yard. t. His ease was referred to the anti-slavery meeting equ a l t o it i n Glasgow since the cele- Rorie-eftlee, and thence to the brated discussion bet ween Messrs. Th om pson and Borthwick, Treasury ; the result of all this proper department in the and it most pointedly demonstrated the Intensity of the public just been dismissed alto ether consideration is, that Fogg tae feeling in this city on the subject for which the meeting was had been for man ge er from the polic9 ftuvo• -ragg I convened.— Glasgow Argus. I y ea rs 4 41ast aetive anci respectable officer 94 VII 944121441ei1t of the old Thames Police.— 06 scrim-. isumemumw The account of the execution of Bonet and twenty-three of his companions at Alicant is confirmed by intelligence from Madrid of the 11th inst. The Madrid Gazetle contains a dispatch to that effect from Roncali, and also a proclama tion calling for some members of the rebel junta to surrender themselves, and decreeing the punishment of death on any one found guilty of concealing them. A new municipal go vernment has been chosen at Alicant. Queen Christina was not expected to reach Aranjuez be fore the 19th. There were current rumours at Madrid of a general amnesty being contemplated, and of its not being in tended to assemble the Cortes before October, the period at which the Queen would have accomplished her 14th year. M. de Saint Priest has submitted to the Chamber of Depu ties a proposition for reducing the general postage to four sous the letter. The net revenue of the Post-office, under the present system, amounts to 25,000,000 f. or 1,000,0001. The motion was to come on for discussion on Monday. Letters from Malta, of the 6th inst., mention the receipt of intelligence from Athens, announcing the resignation of the Ministers Metaxas and Skinas. Their successors were not known. Accounts from Constantinople, of the 27th of February, state that the greatest excitement has been caused at the Porte by the demand of the English and French Ambassadors, that the Sultan should give a formal engagement to forego hereafter all religious executions. After the arrival of dispatches from the English Government for the Legation, a conference was held between Sir Stratford Canning and Baron de Bourqueney, the Minister of France, subsequently to which, the first interpreters of the British and French Le gations proceeded to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with a new communication relative t o th e su bj ec t. O n the following day the principal Ulemas met in council, under the presi dency of the Sheik-el-Islam, the head of the religious De partment, to consider the contents of the communication. Two other Councils were held at the Porte for the same pur pose, but the result was not known at the departure of the mail. COURT CIRCULAR. -----...---40..-- The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning, in Claremont Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. The Prince returned to Claremont to lunch. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings yesterday, in the grounds in Claremont Park. At ten minutes past three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, left Claremont, in a carriage and four, for town. Their Royal H;ghnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in the next carriage ; and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerryin Waiting on his Royal Highness, occupied another carriage and four. The Royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, at twenty minutes before five o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert were received at Buck ingham Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Murray and Liddell, Maids of Honour; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting; and Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, dined with her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday evening, at Buckingham Palace. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday after noon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Had dington, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Lord Chancellor arrived at the Foreign-office soon after three o'clock, and joined his colleagues. The Council sat two hours. His Excellency M. Dedel, transacted business with Lord Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Excellncy Baron Brunnow also transacted business at the Foreign office yesterday. • Earl Delawarr had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Down ing -s reet. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office, in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of P( terborough, the Bishop of Rochester, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Dean of Westminster. A deputation of the Anti-Slavery Society, consisting of Joseph Sturge, Stafford Allen, Joseph Cooper, J. H. Hinton, and Henry Sterry, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Sir E. Knatchbull arrived in town on Monday. NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 19.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Lady Mary Wood, Capt. Cooper, arrived this morning at half-past nine o'clock, from Gibraltar, &c., bringing the following mails :—Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Her dates of departure are as follow :—From Gibraltar, March 9th, Cadiz 10th, Lisbon 13th, Oporto 14th, Vigo 14th. Ships of War lying at Gibraltar —The Locust steamer; at Cadiz—the Cigne (French) and Volage brigs; at Lisbon —her Majesty's ship Albion, French steam-frigate Gomare, and one brig. Passed the Lord of the Isles schooner, of Scilly, steenng for Lisbon, 13th inst., six miles south of the Rock of Lisbon ; and the brig Beeswing, near Oporto, 14th inst. Suecie on board-12 packages. The Lady Mary Wood narrowly escaped destruction on Monday night. A large vessel, supposed to be an East India man under full sail, without lights, bearing down upon her. Captain Cooper, who happened to be on the paddle-box, imme diately gave orders to turn the ship astern, which order was with alacrity obeyed. Had not this been the case, no doubt the vessel and every soul on board would have pe rished, as it was blowing a gale at the time. It appears that no look-out whatever was kept on board the vessel, while the Lady Mary was steaming easy, and had her proper look out. LISBON, MARCH la. On the Sth instant a telegraphic communication to the following effect was received by the Government, from the Civil Governor of Coimbra, the seat of the University, viz.:--. At. half-past three this morning a part of the students broke out into open insurrection. The detachment of the 14th Infantry, and the police-cavalry, assembled, and, at six o'clock, A.M., after some firing, the rebels fled in different directions. In the course of the forenoon this telegraph was attacked by the rebels, who, after obtaining possession of the arms, went away, leaving the glassei And the dictionaries, and all the papers. This news was confirmed by the post of the 10th, which brought a dispatch from the Civil Governor of that city, giving the details of the affray, and stating that two soldiers and three students had been severely ounded in it. Since then it has been reported that the students have re-entered the city and overpowered the , troops, after a short conflict, in which same lives were lost. This, however, wants confirmation.—Herald. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am proud to see you advocate the cause of the poor against the infernal Bill Lord Worsley is endeavouring Inir-y AF , 4 1 , . , of _Qcsritzr.tm3 ' 1 " • ' prietors of land, and the poorer classes, who hold small tem. ment upon the edge or borders of commons, cannot fail to be at once ruined, as their small cottage must fall the instant the waste is lost to them—which will be inclosed only to increase game, and hold out temptation to . them to commit crime to fill the prisons, and drive the wives and families of thousands into the workhouse. Is it not, 7 ask, playing into the hands of the Poor-law Commissioners, and model-prison builders? The old plan was, when an Inclosure Act was to be applied for, to give notice to those who were about to suffer, and tender some equivalent. The distress it will cause in the New Forest alone, is beyond description. I was glad to see Sir Robert Peel throw a little cold water on it the other evening, and Mr. Hume denounce it in a proper way. If the gentleman of the Press will follow your example, the fatal blow may be averted, and the blessings of the poor must ever follow them.—Your most obedient, A HAMPSHIRE COUNTY MAGISTRATE. March 13th, 1844. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MARCH 19.—Wind this day at noon, moderato breeze from N.E., and cloudy. RAMSGATE, MARCH 18.—Sid. Toronto, Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, MARCH 1 8.—Wind E.N.E. to N.E., fresh breeze.— Ski. Governor M`Donald, Gambia; Great Britain, Montreal; Syren, Newfoundland. OFF DOVER, MARCH 18.—Zodiacus, Halen, St. Thomas's for Altona. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18,—Wind N.E., fresh breeze.— Ski. Sumatra, Ceylon; Minerva, Nassau. OFF THE WIGHT, MARCH 16.—Mary Ann, Buenos Ayres. SourmurproN, MARCH 18.—Sid. Avon steamer, West Indies. PLYMOUTH, Kula' 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Lady Mary Wood steamer, Gibraltar, left 9th inst. HULL, MARCH 18.—Sld. Cove, St. John's; Foragee, St. Andrew's. PWELLHELI, MARCH 17.—1 n addition to the vessel* re ported yesterday, the following have gone ashore—viz.,Hope, of Milford, from Bangor to Exeter; Elizabeth, Barrow, to Swansea; Gelert, Portmadoc, for Bridgewater; Ellen, do. te Swansea; Unity and Hopewell, both of Cardigan. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—It blew a very heavy gale from the Eastward on the 16th on the Irish (vast. , The Kish Light, drove and put into Kingstown, Five vessels, princi pally colliers, were driven ashore at Kingstown. The schooner Seyrnow, of Bray, was wrecked on the Kish Bank ; crew drowned. RXI;DAR,.VIARCH I7.—A vessel is supposed to have foun dered off this, as a quantity of wreck has come. ashore. IsLAY, MARCH 13.—The Anne, from Inverness to Liver pool, and the Commerce, from the North, are ashore near this, but expected off without damage. BRIXIIAM, MARCH 17.—The Nereid, Wean, from Shields to Malta, drove ashore during the gale yesterday at Elberg, and has become waterlogged. The schooner Julia, of Weymouth, got aground at the entrance of the harbour and drove ashore at the back of the pier, with loss of bowsprit, bulwarks, &c., and has since been scuttled, The brig in con tact with the Elizabeth Hunter, was the Shannon, from Sun derland to Bordeaux; both have come into the harbour, and the former received considerable damage by striking the pier head. The Tagus, from Shields to Naple,s, has been brought into the harbour with loss of rudder, leaky, and with other damage, having struck the pier and grounded heavily. The following vessels drove from their anchors and received damage in making the harbour at low water. Planter, Shields to Marseilles ; South Town, Yarmouth to Preston ; Regulator, London for Waterford; Thorndale from Sunder land, and the Black Diamond, from Guernsey to Swansea, The three first are leaky, and the Thorndale has lost bow sprit. 18th.—The wind is more moderate, from the Eastward. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—Wind N.N,W. to N.E. moderate. Sld. Novel, Rio Grande; Agnes, Nassau. DUBLIN, MARCH 17,—Several of the vessels, principally colliers and coasters, driven into Kingstown yesterday, hays received considerable damage, and some are expected to be come total wrecks, others have lost bowsprits, topmasts, &c. It blew a perfect hurricane. The Majestic, of Ram say, f rom Runcorn, was run ashore at liallydoyle yesterday, and lies in, a dangerous position ; crew saved. on B Rath ELFA Ii R n Islan d.T, 11IAncn 16.—A large s hi p i s reported to,be ashore DROGHEDA, MARCH 16.—The schooner Active, from Bel- , fast to this port, got ashore today two miles to the north ward, and is expected to become a total wreck should the gale continuo, which is now blowing from the east ; crew ved. WIVENIIOE, MARCH 18.—. A fleet, 16th i ns t . , d ur i o barque was l os t on t h e Qua g a gale from the east. on Trio s t on M a i n IVAINFLEgr MARCH 18.— cargo saved. The Charlotte, of Uull, is ashore ; ALDROROUGH, MARCH 18.—LA vessel, name unknown, is ashore in the Shipwasth rreffCßA FT IN TEE 19TH CENTURY.--A curious circumstance, showing that even at this time of day the superstitious belief in witchcraft among individuals in the county is not yet alto ge th er ext i nct, happened last week in the rovoil' Milk, A small thrmer there had a cow, from which the milk fell away, and believing it was caused by en evil eye," sent fbr a person professing to have the power of discovering the agent of the mischief. When he was called, and Crummy's condition explained to him, he ot a hen's egg, bl ew it, an d fill e d the shell with milk, gave g it to the owner of the Qaw, and told him to go round to all the neighbours with it, and that when on holding the end of it up ho tbund the milk did not drop in the house where he did so, there was the destroyer of his cows. The simple man did as he was desired. From walking, the milk natu rally became churned, and at a certain house would not drop. The result was, that the occupier, a. woman, was pronounced to be the witch. A very serious conference was held by the owner of the cow and his friends, as to what then should be done. The projector of the witch's discovery was called : Re told them the only thing now for them was to get a nail and scratch the brow of the sorceress, when the milk would again come to the cow. in* was actually , managed, but the cow was, of course, 414 beiter from the ex eriment.—Perth Ouriqr% HER MAJESTY'S THEATIE. An Italian version of Herold's chef d'auvre, ZamP., ls4 , produced at this theatre last evening, under certainlP,tv most favourable circumstances. This is, perhaps, takens! i i whole, the most perfect opera of modern times. Tler e rich flow of original and beautiful melody througlo t I magnificent work, and this melody is supported 19) o° ' elaborately -written and scientific harmonies. The istt g; mentation is perfect. The c h oruses are so me of the gru t r o ever composed, and, if we may b e perm itt e d the expret the music is admirably massed throughout. . The opera always been most popular on the Continent, bit a fat seems to have a tt en d e d a ll attemp t s a t it produt (l°3 in this count r y. S ome years s i nce it w a to hi ss been produced at Covent- Garden, the theatre dosed P ir o maturely—the company removed to the Olympic, and tb ,,, e Zampa was produced, with, of course, but mediocrtsucce'- The theatre was t oo sma ll, an d t h e orc h es t ra too iirited,, t , do justice to H ero ld' s chef d'oeuvre. It was announce ; as ~t': opera with which the p resen t season was to o p e n at a °I jesty's Theat re , w ith F ornasari as Zampa. I n msetite lle ; e of his unfort una t e diff erences with the Paris Inatugel9etn, Fornasari was unable t o b e h ere at the open i ng of the ;hell re and Adelia was substituted for Zampa. He arrived last 1( 00 and Zampa was announced for last night, but Foroa s ! vi l his arrival, was so ill, th a t i t was impossible for ~ ~ tY appear; and Signor Felice, the new basso cantate, undet l „, the part at a very short notice. But the fatality 800117 the production o f Z ampa did not end here. Si gn e: Fe ll ! . was also taken ill, and th e f o ll ow i ng hand- bill was tr'lroi.. buted througho u t th e th eatre last evening, be f ore the ° mencement of the opera : It e " HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 19-- indulgence of the subscribers and the public is earnest l Y?: quested in favour of Signor Felice, who has not only al i taken the ard u o us p ar t o f Z ainpa at the shortest notice, but is suffering from indisposition." ca It was evid en t, f rom t h e fi rst moment that Signo r Fe ll : made his appearan ce , th a t he was suffering so several! fr° h ,s indisposition a s t o s t an d i n need of every indulgen ce could be extended t owar d s hi m ; aqd, therefore, out c f 1 1:„ to him, we shall a b s t a i n f rom offering any opinion as wing qualifications until we have had an opportunity °f :Per him under mo re f avoura bl e c i rcumstances. M a dame was the Camilla, and gave the beautiful preghier a " first act with th e mos t exqu i s i te pathos and e ffect, duet in the secon d act, " N el vedereit suo Or in°f ° i was also most delightfully given by Madame Persisni Signor Corelli (whose Alphonso was admirable), an d g :o. loudly encored. It was, i n f act, the gem of the o P i fo Signor F. Lablache was the Daniel Ca puzzi, and the 1 ) 1 ' l t duet in the second ac t was admirably sung and aded b! and Madame Bellini, who sustai ne d - th e par t o f 1:ts• ' r chorusses were well given, and the beautiftil ceived full justice at the hands of the orate' The opera was admirably conducted by Slits Costa. The min en scene was perfect ; yet still, (0 7,1 f the manifest ineffi c i ency o f t h e Zampa, the opera we „ o l' to flatly. The beautiful ballet La Es ears, which s ee : o re increase in its powe r s o f a tt ract i on every time it i 9 ';01,04 sented, concluded th e even i ng ' s entertainments. The was crowded. STRAND THEATRE. i° An original dra ma i n two acts, from she pen of Nl' - fieor the Bennett, entitled th e Soldier's O- I g ion, was produced at ' t y theatre last evening with the most complete stic c ' e° ' The author himself sustaining the principal charac te ' (gr . scene is laid i n Switzerland where Colonel Vi llars oo , George Bennett) i s res i ding with his daughter Julie Montgomery). Hector (Mr. Roberts), the son ofthe )I . d 0, de Bourncnville (Mr. W, Searle), has me t with an ac : ,, ci ol e and is convey e d t o their cottage ; an attachment sPiIL S is between him and Julie. The Colonel, who recogn i— j for Hector's features a resembl ance to those of one who tbeir merly done him gr i evous wrong, warns Julie aga7, bet -mest, and not w i thout reason, for Hector Se'l- 01j0 0 k t force and hurries her o ff t o P ar i s. The C o lonel e bita and u. , ,ba Hector a s J u li e i s clinging to him, argivicil° to let he r r e t urn to her native land. Hector, 120/res.err''od it is the son 01 the Colonel' s o ld enemy, does not f eventually turPs out that Julie is not the daug lite- :ori es Colonel, but of u certain General St. Orme. Sh e . of the Hector, and a ll en d s happily. Bennett's delineatl°" n ioudif Colonel was a most powerful piece of acting; h ewas a b ,e or applauded through ou t, an d was called for at theiall tain. Mrs. Montgomery, as Julie, acted up to him b e 3 „ner ifl There was somethi ng exceedingly artistical in t h e Oa" here which she worked up the part gradually to a cliratoills was no rant—no straining after effect ; all was natan u 00 6 artist-like. Mrs. M on t gomery, if she continues in t " -h, iod , ,, t° in which she has begun, is destined, at no dista llt i P i e te take a high rank in her profession. Ki n g Ilichar% r ao . ' followed, with Hammond as "ye Kyng e , , ' and R ic ic e - rr y*; not at all like him, he certainly was the 44 true" ' l' su peri' ). narch. It is a glorious piece of broad burlesqu e-- oven to the Othello. The house was very well 014 T ARTICLES OF WAR-RED OSS" DUELLING. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE S rll l 7: nee'L ;r Sin,—ln the House o f C ommons, a few even ings:" Henry llardinge stated that an officer in the s r°3 l ;; t iblat' o s been insulted by b e i ng c h arged with a dishan%fied who did not call f or " re d ress, " was liable to be c Court-martial and cashiered. Sir Henry Harding h e a nelif to explain that the word "redress " did not mea t j e na itrii w ti‘ the offender to a duel, but demandi ng a cffbr_rlar ;--if #1, 4 . challenging the party to a duel could not be an °"- wn e es the articles of wa r —b u t w h o ever heard of a , challenged a person who had insulted him- u rttP," e '' is brought to a Court .martial for not having souglodis b b er e• according to the definition which Sir Henry no t, t pleased to put on the word "redress?" Has it t he 00 fore, been universally understood in the arm' _,7", in gisg o dett tide of war has been complied with, by eini"-deno the ;, o ri party to a duel, as a Court-martial has never beetl f in such a case? Has not the usual construction o f dow a iJ "redress," in the articles of war, tended to prow° c if b e , 11a by the offended party being morally certain t h t a lienE, y er es„ not break the articles of war by sending the t' d ese_ol himself would be brought to a Court-martial a l e firtn o for not seeking "redress," and if he did break to a lit „ i s war by sending a challenge, he would not he. br° a reiT of Court-martial for either offence—viz., not seeltil le ifer'we according to Sir Henry Hardinge's definition a to, sor sending the challenge ? Is it not notorious ti l e s ° A irite offending party sending the challenge, the ar t' t he tbe have been considered as having been fulfilled as fir as the word "redress" is concei-ned? t. r in uti' I hope that, si nce Si r Henry Hardinge "- g TOO claration that the word "redress" means tie e t du e 00 martial, that you will b e care f u l to not i ce the ne xt and occurs, in which an offi cer i n th e army is o ncel i lle you will remind hi m (Si r Henry Hardinge) t hat ' the party offended has taken the law into his edie rce a c t, for Court-martial should b e h e ld on h i m for di'c ilen ge, b i articles of war, not simply fir sending 4 'h rtia l l 7 El' not seeking " red ress " b y demand;%, a Court-Inffrixt) Sir, yours obedi en tly, Als Ilfracombe, March 14, 1844. COURSING mEETING S ,, A ar q e u i e n st t i h o e n hoafhcitonesfideartatebnledininig ROA , - er• TO THE EDITOR OF THE - ~, to P a SIR porta° co rSi l l °, sons w '— ho meetings has arisen in West Norfolk, upollrtiticOe; public the coo, struotton of the Acts relating to gatne qw c our si ol under the followi ng c i rcumstances :---A r im isst , 'l, O l, meeting took plaoe on the 17th of November, sn ob if the farm of' Mr. Charles Edward Overman, i s' ot to for the running of matches, at which 109 , sve4 oc t qualified gentlemen attended with their dog s ,:hbour P he. who had no game certificates. Besides a considerable number of persons in the nej 6 e dog i e ve th there vi bes longing to the qualified gentlemen presoottofied'ody other dogs ran whose owners were als ° cl ,ubse o cot# lA w a h ictit o sh w ers e 2 r c e oGra n em o o t .e p lnl r li e n : f e ec n ra t mp . . e9r l 3s, n , fo ua r nn m dd a e t rs i o4tnhaseeowae. r a e lni.r - 1., cc:ollrpo t . l iss4esrai); against between twenty and thirty personsfiersonslm, in the field, for aiding and assisting r ow s 0 0 7 00 taking game who did not we t he l,. s iste c 2 fa but who no otherwise aided " 41 , - , bes'be,, leg by riding to see the several courses i '7,, -- e de/ „ o ing the hares, and the proceedings of 1- C °- : 3 ett' wholly conducted by members of the Bu r ere disi l !„ o eo Club. All the informations except one vi c o uunis sl- 1 0 9 ., upon formal, or legal objections, b tbe 0 lo tions ,„ 0 . victed in the mitigated penalty of of Assessed Taxes before whom the indents w 3 " a , laid ; but Mr. Shearman, one of the defent .. ',, ao ,e ) j e f 0 WI b" o r,,; 100 go to unable to prove that all the dogs Which ra n victi ° li becl qualified persons who were present, This e •o n aes or appealed to at the last Norwich SeNrir,ns, an d 9 ' a duepeoindead,pnoianmt namely, , la w w ii , e l tieer eavin4 q t a h a e r ji ln e 9 d :.n per clu son est a lv oit r l if i l inn i Acts, and so coursing meeting as spectators., be liable in pen e d. P ' lil e lawyers contend th at such ;, the true c of the dogs belong tope?: son who are not Pre s uct ion e" of ons s tr so t to ose g me opinions given upon co! judges of the superior courts by Commissonye,r,,s;fhlard,„ll, tend tc, confirm thLs view of the question. -1' ', - , 0 t he '4', been th e a ll', nforiners,,.. , any otP rit 7 a however, be bc,lieved that such could have , , e ff e c „ ii ., • lonia ma's tension of the Legislature, s lu e g lf atto Si vha we e put an end to all public coursing• li d a ~i O7. fied person as it t 0 e would, for instance, att e no se n ~, and expose der w p en alties,aff ha m or as Newma r k et, the i would do, in case Mr. Gurney', "' u to be abs gentleman whose dogs ran, should bapPee liabilitY t° or it never could be intended to make th . u ,„ e nef. r , aJr llf Kith to duty dependent upon such c , iooe vot i l to preclude unqualified persons from. 3 ' ()c compa ny to t° ticipating in an innocent amusement iii.t n eceis s are those vin are qualified, by rendering 1 waste of _. O . ascerta that the owners of all the dogs 7 . . ste o f L,' on present. While, however, the law is in 0 '' l . oe etet i to - • rottY, In ' ' ong certainty in this respect, informers _ L , ne rs b y of a rich harvest, put hundreds of r espetau p '` ei r ig itiee. o i e great expense, and in hazawl of paYrefoves all tiL i j. lodging informations ; and it therefore , , ri e s WO: who take an interest in coursing to unite i ~ o f onc i t aelP „ 00 to the Legislature to make such an am doubt l i r - Game Certificate Act as will remove all _____,,, question. iv. fbr the above . Church House Holt, March 16. , t aty e l . e d a 7,..R 1 ' A O/ Note.—The Act of 52 Geo. 111., impoS erY P e.- or 20L and a double game certificate upot! . e . 711 kin g not having a certificate, who should assist 1 ,r, by 07 , killing game - but these penalties are -zepe!Jef e wl ll_ 54th Geo. 111., " provided that the act of :0 1 _ 11 4 fo r . 7 sisting be done in the company or preSenee! 4 1 a cert i o -obtain 0 use of another person who shall have , _.„. 0 and Our , cate in his own right, and shall then a own dog, gun," &c. tar 2 i 0 The Duke of Devonshire is suffering froin tack of Sagan", - BUTT Ri t uh d l r i e er a d d r f e , S t ,Meer ile sou t( 4 °4 '41114 g r t he V t4 d th e l tt he leti to rou , r ll ° } l , t° ib t c , led' t -u t ce l l ;,° Pie,