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ON Wednesday, April 3, will be published, T HE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, No. XXXIII. CONTENTS. 1. Coins and Currency.—The Bank Charter. 2. Discoveries in Central America. 3. Books for Children. 4. English Cathedral .3lusic.—State of the Choirs. 5. Louis Blanc's " Ten Years"' Reign of Louis Philippe. 6. Anglo-Catholicism—The Oxford Controversy. 7. The Penny Postage and the Post-office. 8. Sir Charles Bell's Essays.—Anatomy of Expression. 9, Life and Correspondence of William Taylor, of Norwich. 10. Thierry—" Les Resits Merovingiens." 11. The Atmospheric Railway. Postcripts on the Currency Question and on Penny Postage. Recent German Literature. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH AND ALFRED CROWQUILL. The APRIL NUMBER, Price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, _Will contain : THE FORTUNES OF TILE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY", By ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. Chap. XL—Mr. Bolt anxious to visit his Country-house—The Father and Daughter. Chap. XII.—" The Lee Shore of Life" Is produced. Chap. XIII.—A Club of Literary and Dramatic Gents. Chap. XlV.—The Cloisters ; the Monitors and their Victims. A Broad Hint ; or, the Horns of a Dilemma. By Hilary Hypbane. The Bag of Gold, with an Illustration. By Alfred Crowquill. The Miniature—a Madman's Story. By Paul Pindar, Gent. Introduction of Tobacco into Europe. The Gaol Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. Chap. 33 Solitary Confinement. Chap. 34—The English Mate and the Rus sian Emperor. Noctes Nectarea. A. Legend of Revolution. By Alfred Bunn. With an Illustration by John Leech. Queen Elizabeth's Visit to Sandwich. By Henry Curling. The Physiology of London Life. By J. Fisher Murray, author of " The World of London." Chap. 12—Auctions. Chap. 13—Pic ture Auctions. Chap. 14—Shopping. Meditations at a Kitchen Window. By a Hungry Poet. The Vetturino. By Dudley Costello. Chap. I—The Chateau de Blo nay. Chap. 2—The Chatelain. Chap. 3—Family Misfortunes. Chap. 4—Murder. The Divan—" Taming of the Shrew," at the Haymarket—A Song for the Season—Street Placards—A Theme, with Variations—A Subaqueous Fair—An Etymological Fable. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 29, Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled THE FAVORITE. Balthazar, Mr. Berrani ; Ferdinand, M. Duprez ; Leonora, Miss Romer, After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHEN P. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Benedict, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. tid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Second Price 3e. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 2s, Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE THIS EVENING, MARCH 29, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone ; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett. After the Comedy Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song, entitled " The Accomplished Young Lady and her Mamma," accompanying himself on the Grand Pianoforte. To conclude with JOSEPHINE. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. 1 • pit , 33. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.price—Boxes, 3.3. ; Pit 25.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper H Gallery, 6d. Doo rs 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. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 29, Will be performed an English version of OTELLO. Otello, Mr. Allen; Elmiro, Mr. Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner; lago, Mr. Burdini; Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Emilia, Miss E. Honner. After which. THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mr. Walter Lacy will perform. 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 Brid e . P a t r i ck . M r. Chicheley; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. W. SMITH. THIS EVENING, MARCH 29, Will be pe performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. H. Hughes; Richmond, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Lady Anne, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, the burlesque of OTHELLO, ACCORDING TO AC OF PARLIAMENT, in which Mr. W. J. Hammond, Mr. A. Wigan and Miss L. Lyons will sust a in th e ir Original Characters. To conclude with THE MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL Places and Private Boxes W be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 29. TREI3MOMETER, Lowest, 38 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 30.6.—W1ND, N. NOTE.—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 S minutes after 9 f Evening —5O minutes after 9. I 0, " 2:401ND iaDAY, A RCII 29, 1844. In the House of Lords a brief discussion took place relative to the late State trials in Ireland, which leaves no doubt that the subject will be brought judicially before their Lordships. The report .on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was brought up and received. The Duke of WELLING TON gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move that the House do ad journ on that day till the 16th of April. The Commons did not make a House, there being only thirty-four Members present at Four o'clock. Some interesting remarks appear in the Herald of this morning on the subject of the Caucasus, and the brave Circassian warriors who occupy a large portion of that magnificent mountain range. The position in which these noble-•minded patriots are just now, and have been for some years, placed, is one that should awaken the sympathies of every lover of free dom in Europe ; but we regret to state that the interest attached to their proceedings is by no means so general as it should be ; and as regards the defen sive war which they have been carrying on with sur prising success and unremitting energy against Russia for the last fifteen years, few seem to know, or care to know, anything about its origin. Yet nothing can be less complicated or freer from perplexities than the causes which originated this war. The whole case lies in a nut-shell, notwithstanding the studious efforts of the St. Petersburgh Cabinet to shroud it in mystery. By the treaty of Adrianople, forced upon the Porte during the life-time of the late SUL TAN by Russia, it was agreed that the former should surrender to the latter her claims over the Circassian provinces. These claims, however, had never been otherwise than nominal, especially as respects the Circassian tribes, who had always strenuously insisted on and maintained their independence. Even when the power of the Crescent was in its full vigour, and the AMURATHS, the BAJAZETS, the SOLYMANS, and the MAHOMETS kept Europe in awe, and exercised un disputed sway over a large portion of Asia, they were never able to bend the sturdy spirit of the Circas sians, who, though often worsted in battle, never failed to rally again ; and in the treaties which they made from time to time with the Porte, insured terms favourable to their actual independence, though they acknowledged —more as a matter of form than anything else—the supremacy of the GRAND SElG moil. Of late years, however, when the reforms of MAHMOUD had crippled his military re sources, and the Ottoman empire was tumbling to pieces us all quarters, the Circassians had re nounced the idea of even a nominal dependency on the Porte ; and at the period of the signing of the Adrianople treaty, they were to all intents and pur poses as independent a nation as Great Britain herself. What right,.then, had Turkey to abandon in favour of Russia cl aims which no longer existed, and assign over to her the dominion of a country which she could not possibly give away—for the best of all reasons —namely, that it was not hers to give ? Th• transfer was, in every respect, an act of the most monstrous injustice and absurdity ; and the subjuga tion—or rather the attempt at subjugation—of Cir cassia by NICHOLAS, is a worse crime, and this is a strong term to use, than even the partition of Poland. As yet, however, Russia—to use a Parliamentary term—has " taken nothing by her motion." Notwith standing that for the last fourteen years and upwards, she has been landing army after army on the shores of the Black Sea ; notwithstanding that she has built forts in every accessible place, and garrisoned them with the very flower of her troops ; notwithstanding she has had experienced Generals and skilful engineers at her command; has long held uncontrolled posses sion of the Euxine, and has squandered millions of money ;—nOtwithstanding all these advantages, Russia has hitherto gained no solid footing in Circassia, and the heroic mountaineers still remain unsubdued ! It is impossible, when once their true position is under- stood, to contemplate the struggle now going forward between these patriotic tribes and their barbarian 9pEe Aithout feelings of the liveliest sympathy. Ot Vilte. . -- , opulation of Cireassia scarcely amounts ` , _ 2 ed thousand souls, which is little more •... 1 , tietAthe population of London ; while kC4c .- Alit `,... ' ~ • time to time, bring her millions into 7, icr-'"?:_ifielifielk:4 j et despite this - enormous disparity of \ v '..-I r i_ ,gii_ ~4:4 . tar hitherto has been on the side of • u lehe- %gn' ta#eers . N ow, however, as the Herald informs us, NICHOLAS is resolved to make up for lost time, and crush the presumptuous Circassians by overwhelming masses of troops. "An immense dis play of military force is to be made, a hundred thou sand men at least are to be assembled in the Cau casian provinces ; and some accounts go so far as to state that the EMPEROR will repair in person to the seat of war to encourage the troops by his presence." Most devoutly do we hope that this new campaign may have as inglorious a termination as its prede cessors ; and should a random or well-directed shot chance to pick off NICHOLAS himself—that celebrated warrior, whose military prowess at reviews and on pa rade is so remarkable—we are by no means persuaded that our grief for the loss of so renowned a hero would be either deep or lasting. We should instantly think of Poland, and that thought would enable us to re ceive the tidings of his death with true philosophical resignation. The claim preferred in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night, by Sir GEORGE STAUNTON, in his mo tion on behalf of the widow of the late Rev. Dr. MOR RISON, and of the Doctor's eldest son, the late Mr. JOHN ROBERT MORRISON, is one which ought not to be allowed to expire under the cold official negative and special pleading of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Neither should a just and generous public accept the shabby discharge from obligations to which it is bound by all the prin ciples of equity and humanity, that the ingenuity of a Prime Minister has suggested. There should be no compromise in national ethics between honesty and revenue. Public servants, of no more than an average elevation of character, may rely on this middle term "expediency," as a convenient and safe retreat from the occasional pressure of " eternal principles." The pub lic itself cannot afford to prejudice its reputation by sanctioning doctrines which, in the social intercourse of private life, individuals of loftier views and sounder morality would reject with scorn. In short, public jus tice will disdain to peer through precedents and Acts of Parliament for statutable grounds on which to repudiate the claims of public servants upon its bounty, where it admits those claims to be founded in truth and justice. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON was the mover, on Tuesday, of an address to her MAJESTY, praying that, in consi deration of the eminent public services rendered by the two lamented individuals in question—the father and the son—in China,—(by the former, in a career of six and-twenty years of indefatigable study and exertion ; by the latter during a shorter but equally well sustained and admirable discharge of the same public duties) — and because both the one and the other had successively fallen victims to the effect which those duties had pro duced on them in an exhausting climate—" Her MA JESTY would be graciously pleased to direct a suitable provision to be made for the widow of the late Doctor MORRISON, and for the other surviving members of his family ; and to assure her MAJESTY that the House of Commons would make good the same." In the advocacy of a claim which had so properly devolved upon one of the mostprofound of living Orientalists whom Europe can boast, Sir GEORGE STAUNTON delivered himself with that habitual modesty which has won for him the respect of all parties. He alone seemed to be uncon scious of the authority with which he must be speaking on such a question in the House of Commons, in refer ence to his own long residence in a portion of the Chinese empire, to his extraordinary proficiency in the Chinese language, and to that peculiar knowledge of the Chinese people and the policy of their Government, which he had evinced, under the most trying circumstances that could test his judgment or tax his discretion. Now what was his testimony ? That the Rev. Dr. MORRISON, the father, went out to China, simply as a minister of the Gospel, with no desire for public em ployment ; but being, from his peculiar qualifications, selected, by the unsolicited act of the East India Com pany, for their confidential service as Chinese interpreter, he had given them, for more than a quarter of a century' the full benefit of his prodigious attainments, still pursuing the discharge of his high spiritual mission, which hadbeen his original exclusive object. In this period he had ac complished two of the most stupendous undertakings ever achieved (we venture to remark) by the Oriental scholar ship of an European. He produced his English and Chinese Dictionary (which the Honourable Company ap preciated so highly as to expend 10,000 L upon its preparation, and printing) ; and he produced a transla lation of the Holy Scriptures—" a labour," added Sir GEORGE, with no less eloquence than truth, " which, under DIVINE PROVIDENCE, would be the means of ulti mately spreading the blessings of Christian civilisation tion of the Company's exclusive privileges in China, the Doctor's services were transferred, of course, to the Bri tish Government. Entitled as he would then have been to return to his native land upon an ample pension (his' salary was 1,2001. a year) after twenty-five years' service, he responded to the call which the press ing exigencies of our position in China then made upon him. He remained ; his labours were signally success ful and beneficial ; but—he speedily became a sacrifice to them. The son of this amiable, and good, and gifted man, succeeded (as Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE remarked, on warmly and ably seconding Sir GEORGE'S motion) to the father's mantle. At the almost incredibly early age of fifteen, he was called (said Mr. HUGH LINDSAY) " to the responsible situation of interpreter to the East India Company in China ;" and discharged all its duties from that period (in the year 1832) to his death, with the most extraordinary ability and merit. Our excellent Plenipotentiary, Sir HENRY POTTINGER, derived from his counsels and his services—in addition to the indispensable aid of his masterly acquaintance with the Chinese tongue—so much advantage that, in acknowledgement of Mr. MORRISON'S eminent capacity and usefulness, he appointed him a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong-Kong. Within a few days after this appoint ment, Mr. MORRISON, who had not hesitated for the good of the public service to abandon the two years' leave of absence in Europe, which his declining health had compelled him to ask for, and which he had ob tained—perished in the prime of manhood, a sacrifice to the zeal and the intensity of his exertions. Let it be observed here that Sir GEORGE STAUNTON, Sir HENRY POTTINGER, and Mr. LINDSAY, were all personally cogni sant of the talents, the spirit, and the devotion of these distinguished civilians. But, as if to crown and confirm their eulogy, and to prove the consistency and strength of the spirit in which Dr. MORRISON had never ceased to labour in the original mission he had assumed—the fact incidentally transpired, that this truly Christian labourer had "employed a considerable part of his salary in founding a college at Malacca, for the education of per- sons in the Chinese language, with r view to disseminate the Gospel in China." Sir ROBERT PEEL resisted the motion for an address to the Crown, with every minute, microscopic atom of an objection, which he could detect amidst the worthless dust of his official depositories. With that callous and profound egoisme, however, which makes him, to our thinking, the most Frenchified of any English Minister of our times, he evidently thought he was pouring balm and consolation into the cup which he refused to commend to the bounty of the State, by assuring the House " in the first place, and he did it with the greatest pleasure, that he would admit the justice of the eulogium which Sir G. STAUNTON and Sir J. HOBHOUSE had passed on the cha racter and services of the late Dr. MORRISON and his son." Admit it ? He could not dispute it ! The be reaved widow and her five children may turn, with honest pride, to the affecting and conclusive testimony rendered to the faithfulness, the services, the abilities of their lamented relatives, by such practical judges, and personal witnesses as Sir GEORGE STAUNTON, Sir HENRY POTTINGER, and Mr. LINDSAY ; but the " ad mission" of Sir ROBERT we should think they will esti mate at the value of the smallest Chinese coin ; a price not very flattering to a Premier's vanity. We pass over the extravagant encomiums with which he proceeded to come to his buts :—" But there are certain duties imposed on public men which they could not shrink from," &c. &c. (the usual common-places, and trite platitudes of Sir ROBERT'S didactic pieces, which we need not repeat, for anybody can supply them). "In the civil service the grant of pensions had been discontinued to widows and female relations of public servants dying in such depart ments. A First Lord of the Treasury, as he was, was constantly having the strongest claims for pensions of this kind urged on him in cases of the highest merit ; and in cases of widows, &c., of clerks in public offices. It . was true that in the case of the army and navy a power did exist of granting pensions to widows of officers; but then, they were very limited in amount. Public civil servants were paid large salaries, with the view of enabling them to make provision, after their own deaths, for their wives and children." (The Right Hon. Baronet never thought of Dr. MORRISON'S noble dona- tions, yearly, to the College at Malacca.) " Even of go vernors of colonies, the widows now get no pensions. Then, the only fund left at the disposal of the Crown for new pensions was 1,200/. a-year, and this was at present appropriated." Again, "Mrs. MORRISON was the widow of Dr: MORRISON, who died in 1834, but she was not the mother of the Mr. MORRISON who died lately in the performance of public duties at Canton !" We are almost ashamed to bring such quibbling, unworthy casuistry as this before our readers. What does it amount, to? If it mean anything, it amounts to this-- " Dr. MORRISON was, I allow, a great and good man; an invaluable public servant. This lady is his widow. I deeply regret that our practice does not allow us to grant a pension to her, her husband's services having been thus important. Mr. MORRISON, in talent, zeal, assiduity, and usefulness, rivalled his father, and died in the discharge of his duty. The widow of his father Snd the surviving five children must feel his loss severely ; but he was his father's son by a former wife. Therefore the widow cannot suffer sol tmaterially, nor her children be so (0 icted, that I ought to recommend her and them for a pension in respect of their double bereavement." The Jesuitry of all this consists in the irresistible inference, from Sir ROBERT'S own admission, that if the widow had been Dr. MORRISON'S first wife, and Mr. MORRISON her son by him, the Government would have equally refused a pension to her. What possible ground, then, could Sir ROBERT assign for having mooted the fact at all ? The Premier went on to show that Mrs. MORRISON was already allowed 2001. a-year, as widow of the Doctor, and 251. for each child till they should have respectively attained the age of 18. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON reason ably asked, why, since the utmost permanent provision secured to the widow was but 2001. a-year, another 2001 per annum should not be given to the family? But we have another question to ask Sir ROBERT, PEEL. Here is the case of a widow and surviving fa mily, left, as it were, sacred claimants on the bounty of a country which has been, by the universal admission of all parties, so admirably served by the husband of the one and the father of the other. Why is not some more adequate allowance to be made to them, than the pittance they now receive, rather we may say, through the interposition of an East India Company precedent and minute, than by the spontaneous act of the Government ? He relied on the defi ciency of Government precedents. Find us, said he, precedents of such services as those of the two MORRISON& Why are other services, of far more doubtful character, so much more magnificently re warded, in defiance of the practice and precedents of the public departments on which Sir. ROBERT so much re lies? Is it because Dr. MORRISON was not only the upright, intelligent, and civil servant of the public,—but a simple-minded, self-denying, conscientious minister of the Gospel of Peace, which, knowing, he taught, and, teaching, travelled sixteen thousand miles to disseminate? Is it that his gifted son was not only—like his father — an accomplished and devoted public servant, in his own peculiar sphere; but of such varied capacity of useful ness as to have been selected by one of the most remark able diplomates of the day as a member of his Council, and to have had his death recorded, by that celebrated functionary, as a " public calamity?" Shall the claims of such men—represented by the widow and her children— be thus passed over by a Government which acquiesced in the grant of an hereditary Peerage and a pension of 2,000/. a year, for two or three lives, to Lord KEANE and his successors, for military services in a sanguinary campaign, the merits of which services are now as much matter of doubt to a vast proportion of the British public, as their utter inefficiency to secure the subse quent peace of Central Asia, and the British supremacy north and west of the Indus, is matter of certain and disastrous notoriety ? The costly campaign of ,Sir JOHN KEANE, destructive and ruinous as it was to the forces and the commissariat employed, was distinguished by a few brilliant combinations, but left to the Anglo-British army the disgraceful legacy of the massacres and eva cuation of Caubul, and the wholesale extirpations of the passage of the Khyber and the Bolan passes; reverses that could only be, as they were, avenged in blood and desola tion by the intrepid conduct of SALE and PoLLocx. But the labours of the man of peace and the man of business —Dr. MORRISON and his son—enabled Sir HENRY POT TINGER to spare an incalculable amount of human car nage, and materially aided the counsels and the policy which have established for us a powerful and honourable and respected position of permanent commercial influ ence and authority, on the coasts and in the islands of China, to the mutual benefit of the Chinese people and the British nation ! Madrid Journals of the 21st have been received, in which it is stated that the QUEEN DOWAGER would make her entry on Sunday the 24th, and that great preparations had been made for her reception. A tele graphic dispatch given in another part of the paper, announces her arrival on that day, and also the death of ARGUELLES. Some sharp fighting had taken place in front of Carthagena, in which several lives had been lost on both sides. On the 21st, the Spanish Funds rose considerably at the Madrid Bourse, and a great deal of business was done. The Three per Cents. opened at 35L and after rising to 374, closed at 37i for time. The Five per Cents. closed at 23i, at 60 days ; Coupons, 30:1 ; and Pas sive, Bi. In some of the Paris papers it is stated reports were current on Tuesday of the following changes in the French Ministry :—M. MARTIN DU None, Keeper of the Seals, was to be raised to the peerage, and made a Judge in the Court of Cassation; the seals to be given to M. DUMON, Minister of Public Works. Count DARU, President of the Committee of Railroads, was to succeed M. DIMON ; and M. ST. MARC GIRARDIN to take the place of M. VILLEMAIN, the Minister of Public Wor ship. No other appointment is mentioned for M. VIL LZMAIN. Some of these changes are not improbable. M. GuizoT now considers himself quite safe in the Ministry for twelve months, and he may, therefore, be desirous of rewarding some of his firmest supporters by conferring honours and lucrative appointments. The rage for railway speculation is at present very strong in France, and as a proof of this we may mention that the subscriptions, opened at M. Geri- NERON'S bank, in Paris, on Wednesday, for the Paris and Strasburg Railway, were filled up in less than half an hour. According to accounts in some of the papers, rather serious disturbance had taken place in the kingdom of Naples. According to a letter from that capital of the 18th inst., a movement has also taken place at Cocenza, in Calabria. The people attacked the residence - of the Prefect and the soldiers' barracks. In making the attack, their cry was "Down with the Government!" " Long live Liberty and the Constitu tion!" Three men were killed on the side of the people, and a great number wounded. Of the troops upwards of thirty were killed, among whom was Captain GA LUPPI and an under officer, besides a great many wounded. The Government has taken active measures to put down these disturbances, and great bodies of troops are now marching into Calabria. Several battalions have also been dispatched to Sicily, where disturbances are apprehended. Con siderable alarm prevailed at Naples, as the move ment had extended over the whole of Italy. Numerous additional arrests had taken place in the Romagna, and among others the Canon BRASA. Letters from Leghorn state that the sentence pronounced by the Military Com • mission on the insurgents, lately tried, had been con firmed by the POPE. Many of them had been con demned to the galleys for life. These disturbances, .of course, are exciting the anxious attention of Austria, and as the miserable system of government under the POPE renders it impossible to suppress domestic insur rections without foreign aid, a good plea will be made out for marching troops to Rome, and possibly also to Naples. _ _ _ The following telegraphic dispatch was received by the French Government on Wednesday : " MADRID, MARCH 24. " Queen Christina made her entry yesterda'y into Madrid at five o'clock in the afternoon, amidst the acclamations of the population. "Don Augustin Arguelles died on the 23d." On Wednesday the French Funds had recovered from the depression of the previous day. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 95c., and the Fives at 122 f. 90c. THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, MARCEL 27. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents •.• . • • 121 35 • • 121 70 .. 121 35 .. 121 70 Four per Cents• • •• • • 105 30 • • 105 30 .. 105 30 .• 105 30 Three per Cents.. •• • 82 75 .. 82 95 82 75 .. 82 95 Bank of France 3080 ..3090 • • 3080 ..3090 Lailitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o 1120 • • 1120 ..1120 5,000 f. 6haressl2o .. 5120 5120 5120 Belgian Bank • 657 50 .. 657 50 • • 657 50 .. 657 50 1841 .• • • —lOB5 ..1085 ..1085 ..1085 Belgian Fives, ••••••• • . • • • • 1051 • . 105} • • 105} • • 105/ 1840... 1842 ••.• • • • • 1091 .. 1091 . • 1091 . • 109/ Spanish Active 33} • • 34 . • 33/ • • 34 Threes Old Deferred• • •..•• 7} • • 7} •• 7} • • 7 Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• • Neapolitan ....... . 101 50 • • 101 80 • • 101 50 • • 101 75 Roman lo6} • • 106/ • • 106} • • 106} RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain .. 850 Versailles, R. 8... - ' L. 8... • . ••• • • • • • 220 .. 235 Rouen . 912 60 .. 915 Rouen to Havre.. .. . ..... .. 690 • • 698 Orleans ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 05 .. 902 50 .. 895 850 .. 390 i••'-• ~• . , \dr ' -. 4 ‘ • ,/ QUI• 4 "; 1, k. 4 • - :fift , :i:-_, • , i-Aii.--::--,--ir.z. ' AA - - iic" v.A.,, , , , ,,. ~ ..,,, '.• ,;„ ii 'l. . ,1110111 \ _ -MA . lki • -.... !.;z:,,. - 4 .•`- ,\.:•,...., s. _,.,-', i o f -‘, ° N"'w-,,v0 , .' • "°'.'. 4,,,, , A , ,1201T k V ' * • - .!", , ,AV -P 11 00111' : k . .... , „.„,...... SECOND EDITION: THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY.EVRNING, MARCHI 29, 1844, mission are exorbitant. Nothing can be more pro per or equitable than that railway proprietaries, to whom the public are indebted for the invaluable be nefits of the present rapid transmission of correspond ence and communications between all parts of Great Britain, should be well and even liberally rewarded for the arrangements which have been made to ac complish objects so desirable. But it must be re membered that, however desirable in themselves, these objects were not the main or original ones proposed by the projectors of railroads, in those magnificent con structions. The carriage of the mails can be re garded simply as an incident, for the purposes of which their scheme of operations, and the materiel and service of their roads, were quite available. In like manner, in the case of each railroad, the amount received from Government for carriage of mails can not be legitimately considered in any other light than as a mere subsidiary head of income. The direct expenditure and contingent charges incurred for mail carrying by any railroad company, will form but a very inconsidera'Ae proportion of their general outlay, in the first instance, even. After these arrangements and details are established and in working order, the current expense of them will be but fractional, com• pared with the returns on ti-o- total expenditure, of which their provision fr'r - 'art. Thus the act of conveying mails by rat. , is a very different affair from that of their conveyance by the highways and roads on the old system, under which every incidental expense is special and continuous—as relays of horses for the mail coaches, exclusively, forage, wear and tear of carriages, harness, carriage-lighting, &c., &c. We apprehend that, in France, the Government contract with the railway lines for transmission of mails is on very moderate terms indeed. Whether we look to this analogy, or to the nature of the negotiations which Mr. Labouchere, when in office, opened so properly and carefully with various railroad proprie taries on the subject, we cannot repress our astonish ment at finding in the returns in question, so vast an annual charge, for the carriage of mails by rail, is 85,0001. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The return for the week ending, Saturday, March 23, is very favour able, showing a decrease of 8 as compared with the pre vious week, 28 less than the average. The total number was 981, while but a few weeks since it exceeded 1,200. In epidemic diseases, including small-pox, measles, typhus, and scarlatina, the number was 190, average 170 ; diseases of the brain 167, average 163 ; of the lungs 309, average 330. Of the latter the following is an analysis :—Bronchitis 34, average 19 ; pneumonia 78, average 91 ; asthma 26, average 45 ; consumption 147, average 146. Only four died of influenza ; old age carried off 79, average 88 ; and 23 died from intempe rance, privation, and violence.. Of these seven were from burns and three from suicide ; and of the 22 persons who died of small-pox 17 had not been vaccinated. The thermometer was highest on Friday, the 22d, 494 de grees, and lowest on Thursday, the 21st, 2910 degrees. A Cabinet Council is appointed to be held this after noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. All the Ministers are expected to attend. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. WEEPSTAKES AT EPSOM-THIS DAY. Sane small sums were laid out on Akbar at 4 to 1, 3 to 1, and finally at 5 to 2 ; and on Emma at 7 to 2, and 3 to 1 ; 2,000 to 15 was laid against Akbar winning this and the Derby CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh 15 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan 15 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite—taken 17 to 1 agst Lord EFlintoun's Jamie Forest 23 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert 25 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn 30 to 1 agst Mr. Speed's Everton If our list had been governed by the business actually transacted, it would have bees minus two-thirds of the horses contained in it; our purpose in quoting the market prices is simply to show the altered feeling with regard to Pharaoh and Pagan—the latter was friendless. TWO THOUSAND GULNEAS STAKES. 6to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—t. 7to 4 DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot 6* to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—taken 61 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein 16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire 25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero 50 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Sister to Grey Momus colt 66 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Mainstay 100 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken 1000 to 15 each agst Mr. Scott's Sister to Grey Momus colt and Mainstay in one bet—taken. 625 to 100 agst Rattan, awl. a fraction between that and 13 to 2 agst Ugly Buck (the only bets that came to our knowledge) served to prove how very little there was be tween them—a ten-pound note for a thousand even would not have been refused. Orlando regained his position, of course to the prejudice of lonian, against whom 25 to 1, laid Mn, w ana unebelkeaticnrgr,el.;..KZC'Tot7gist; to ` dn a. ); Momus colt, went almost out of the market. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CROXTON-PARK RACES-THURSDAY. The Farmers' Plate of 50/., and 101. for the second. Heats, two miles. Mr. Stokes' Sister to Whitefoot, 5 yrs, 12st 41b (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Vincent's Unfortunate, 6 yrs, 13st 0 2 Mr. Hilton's Father Mathew, 4 yrs, list 101 b 0 3 Mr. Vincent's Pedlar, 6 yrs, 13st 2 0 Mr. Kirk's Madeline, 4 yrs, list 71bs (dis.), and several others also ran.—Won easy. The Scurry Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. 12st each. (7 Subs.) Lord Granby's Gazelle (Captain Oliver) 1' Mr. Palk's Billy Button, aged 2 Forget-Me-Not, Christopher Sly, Locomotive, Giovanni filly, and Leonidas, also started.—Won by a neck. The Granby Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. (50 Subs., 27 of whom declared.) Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged (Lord Maidstone) 1 11ir. oh G bi r i 1 2 burini ' lOst 1211)—Ameer, lOst 121 b Quilt Arnold, lOst 101bLArnagill, —Robinson, snmks , 0 n r l 0 e ' s s ndoss Ilost Fox, oTi ab 4 yrs, 7st 101 b —m lOst 81b--D P elamere, lOst—Johnny Faa, lOst—m by Reveller out of Clipsham, 9st 101 b—and Donna Quizota, 9st 101 b, were not placed.—Won by a neck. The Billesdon Coplow Stakes of 25 sovs. each, &c., were won by Lord Chesterfield nd Humility, 6 yrs (Mr. White), beating Raworth's Giovanni filly, 4 yrs. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr.Bunn's benefit came off last night, and the very alluring programme put forth by the house literally to the ceiling. ook place between the first a li n i m d hda second thelna theets desired oc fo u Tc affect which h r of filling ih t Bohemian, Girl, M. Duprez sang two songs, the first of which, " While I gaze on those dear eyes," was rapturously encored. The performance of the little Hungarian violinist, Master Joachim, and the concertante for three pianofortes played by Madame Dulcken, Mr. Moscheles, and Mr. Benedict, were also features in the con cert. Immediately after the opera was concluded a general cry was raised for the appearance of Mr. Bunn, to receive the compliment due to his very spirited management during the closing season. After a short time he came forward, and having in a few words thanked the audience for their support, retired amidst renewed shouts of applause. The evening's entertainment concluded with a divertisement, in which Mademoiselle Fleury danced the Guaracha, displaying the utmost grace and supplenesS throughout all its varied move ments. No benefit could go off with more eclat, or prove in every way more creditable to the beneficiaire, than that of last night. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Donizetti's opera of L'Elisir d'Amore was performed for the first time last night. Correlli appeared as Nemorino, and it would be superfluous to say one word in praise of Persiani's Adina. At the con ' elusion of the opera, Mademoiselle Favanti gave the last scene of La Cenerentola, and fully maintained the favourable opinion elicited by her former performances. " Non piu mesta" was loudly encored, and upon the fall of the curtain the ap pearance of Mademoiselle Favanti was required to receive the usual tribute of approbation. POPULAR EDUCATION.—A meeting was held on behalf of the great cause of popular education, last evening, at the spacious Independent chapel, Cambridge-heath. Mr. Hindley, M.P., took the chair. He was supported by David Williams Wire, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Collison, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Reed. the Rev. Josiah Vinez, J. Motley, W. Morley, H. Althans, J. Davis, N. Garrett, C. R. Dexter, Esqs., and a large number of other gentlemen. The following resolution moved by Mr. D. Wire, was carried:" That this meeting desires to be deeply impressed with the awful state of ignor ance and depravity in which thousands of children are grow ing up around them, and would feel it their bounden duty, especially at the present juncture, to put forth prompt, vigo rous, and. increased efforts for their instruction." It was re solved `td establish a boy's school on the British and Foreign School Society's principles, in Bethnal-green, towards which large subscriptions were announced. The Rev. Dr. Andrew Reed, the Rev. J. Carlile, and other gentlemen also addressed the meeting, DREADFUL SUICIDE IN A FIT OF PASSION.—On the evening of the 18th inst., a married woman, named Jane Blackford, was admitted into the Middlesex Hospital under the following circumstances :—She resided with her husband, a tailor, on the second floor of the house, No. 7, Camaby street, Golden-square, and on the evening in question she quarrelled with her husband, and being a woman of very ex citable temperament, she rushed, pending the quarrel, to the window and jumped into the street. She was picked up by police-constable 24 C, in a state of insensibility, and conveyed expeditiously to the above hospital, when it was found that her injuries consisted of a fracture of both legs, of injury to the spine, and extensive internal injuries. Though the sur geons of the hospital had no hope of her recovery they paid her every attention their skill could suggest, but she kept gradually sinking, and died on Tuesday evening last. EXTRAORDINARTABDUCTION.—Last night, at eleven o'clock, an extraordinary sensation was created in the neigh bourhood of Clerkenwell Police Court, upon three cabs driving up to the police-station adjoining the Court, and several elegantly-dressed ladies and gentlemen, accom panied by Mr. Duke, the Chief Usher of the District Court, and Mr. Inspector Penny alighting therefrom. It soon became known that William Burton Newenham had been apprehended for unlawfully carrying away and taking possession of Miss Frances Louisa Wortham, a young lady of considerable property, whose , mother resides at No. 39, Gerard-street, Coburg-row, Islington. The young lady only attained her fifteenth year in December last. On reaching the station-house a dis tressing scene ensued between the young lady and her mother. Through the indefatigability of the officers the parties were traced to have gone to Gretna-green, and re turned from thence to London, where they took apartments in Carlisle-street, Soho-square. Mr. Boyce Combe, the Ma gistrate, granted a warrant for the apprehension of Newen ham, and after much vigilance, the officers found out the re treat of the parties, at ten last night, and had considerable difficulty in effecting an entrance into the room. The ab. ductor was forthwith conveyed to Clerkenwell Police Sta tion, where he was locked up on a charge of misdemeanor, and the lady was takon to Inspector Penny's residence, pre paratory to going before the Lord Chancellor, being a ward in Chancery. Major-General Sir Robert Sale is to be Quarter master-General to the Queen's Troops in India, vice Churchill, deceased. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND taubltr Optuton. " Who runs may read." FO7fLEIGN. Queen Christina made her public entry into Madrid on Sunday, the 24th inst. Senor Munoz, who still remains at Paris, has been raised to the peerage, preparatory to a regu • lar marriage with the Queen Mother. The affair is thus given in some of the Paris papers :—" M. Munoz, Chamber lain to the Queen of Spain, an old superior officer of the Guard, has received the titles of Duke of Rianzares, and of Grandee of Spain of the first class." The people of Naples are in a state of great distress from scarcity of corn. The ports have been thrown open, but still corn is so high in price as to be inaccessible to the poorer classes. Marshal Bugeaud, says the Commerce, is shortly expected to return to France, from Algiers, with his family. He will, it is said, go first to his country seat, near Perigueux, whence he will come to Paris, and remain for two months. "There are at this moment in France," says the Reforme— " this ancient land of- liberty-27 editors of newspapers con fined in prison: Since 1830 journalism has paid 7,500,500 f. in fines, and incurred judgments amounting to imprisonment for 184 years and - 10‘montlis." Lieut.• General ',Count d'Ambrugeac, Peer of France, died on the 25th, aged 71. Sir James Murray had arrived at the Hotel Mirabeau, on his way to Italy. Mr. - John Barker, late Consul-General in Egypt, and his two sons, had arrived at Meurice's Hotel. Accounts from Cambo, in the Basses Pyrenees, represent that part of the country to have been for ten days infested with a large band of wolves. On the 14th instant they, in the communes of Cambo and Halson, devoured 56 sheep and a young heifer, and on the 17th fell upon a flock of sheep within the township of Cambo, and killed six of them, in spite of all the efforts of the shepherd who was tending them. A curious meteorologic phenomenon was observed at ten on the night of the Bth instant, at Gourbera, in the Landes. An immense number of hailstones fell ; they were of the average size, but had a strong odour of sulphur, and were of that colour. On being thrown into the fire they, in a few seconds, became ignited, and threw out flames equal-in bril liancy to Bengal lights. A letter from Rome, March 14, says, " The Government has just decreed the formation of three moveable corps of troops, which are to proceed to Ancona and Spoleto. M. de Rayneval, first Secretary of the French Embassy, has just left for Paris, on his way to St. Petersburgh, to fill the same post." The Augsburgh Gazette of the 23d inst. states, that the Assembly of the States of Moldavia were about to discuss a law to restrain within a limited circle the Israelites, and to assign them a distinct quarter in each town, and to repress their usurious practices. LAW AND POLICE. At the Monmouth assizes, Thomas Thomas was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Jones, a child, of which he was stated to be the father. He was defended by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. A verdict of Not Guilty was returned. At the Mansion-house, Mr. James Hill, who, for twenty years, has held the situation of weigher, teller, and stamper of weights at her Majesty's Mint, lodged a complaint against a clerk of the Bank of England for clipping a sovereign which he had presented without first weighing it. He also complained that the Bank of England used weights made of glass, which were not authorised by the Government. Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor for the Bank, having been sent for, promised to make an inquiry, and had no doubt that a satis factory explanation would be given. Henry Norman, publisher of the Magnet and Bell's New Weekly Messenger, was charged at Bow-street with em bezzling several sums of money, received for and on account of his employers. He had been employed by them for three years. The defalcation discovered amounted to 17/. He was committed for trial. Mr. Harlow, who was recently fined 501., as the alleged proprietor of the gaming-house in Leicester-place, applied by his solicitor, at Marlborough-street, to tender the sureties for prosecuting an appeal against the decision of the magis trates. A difficulty arises in the case, frem the fact of the fine having been paid, and the bench takes time to consider the application. Two men, named Farey and Steward, were charged, at 'Worship-street, with working an illegal still at a house in Nash-street, Globe-lane, Bethnall-green. Farey was fined 301., and Steward was discharged. Tamar Berry, a woman 85 years of age, was committed to goal for three months on a charge of having incited a young girl, named Jane King, to rob her father of money, which the old woman received, under pretence of telling the girl's fortune. A sergeant of the M division said that she was well-known for a number of years about Dockhead as a for tune-teller, and that people, women and young girls par ticularly, were in the habit of visiting her for that purpose. In Vice-Chancellor Bruce's Court, an application was made by Mr. Cobbett, the son of the late William Cobbett, Esq., to be allowed to defend an action against him, as his father's executor, in forma pauperis. The applicant is at present in the Queen's Bench prison, where he has been confined for four years, for a contempt of Court. His Honour, after a lengthened argument, granted permis sion to defend in forma pauperis, so far as related to the dis charge of the contempt for which he was now in custody in this cause. COUNT-PASSIONA3BLE. The Queen Dowager, and the members of her Court, re move from Marlborough-house on Monday next, to Bushy. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady Henry Russell, Captain Stopford, Mrs. and Miss Balfour, &c., have been visiting, within the last week, the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, at Shelton Abbey, Ireland. Earl and Countess Cadogan and Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan are expected at the family mansion, in Piccadilly, by the 10th of the ensuing month, from Italy. loft ILomo overly in the p rooont month. The Earl and Countess of Carlisle and Lady Mary Howard leave Castle Howard for town about the 20th of April. The Earl of Lauderdale has come to town from Dunbar House, the seat of the Dowager-Countess of Lauderdale, near Dunbar. Lord and Lady Wilton, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, and Lady Seymour, have left Melton Mowbray for Belvoir Castle. The Marchioness of Ailesbury, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, Lord Jersey, Lord A. Fitzclarence, and others, are prevented from various reasons from joining the party. Lord Stradbroke has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, from Henham Hall. Lady Trench, Colonel Wylde, Equerry to his Royal High ness Prince Albert and family, were among the passengers that embarked yesterday on board the General Steam Navi gation Company's steam-ship Soho, at the Brunswick pier, Blackwell, for Antwerp. MISCELLANEOUS. Last evening the Members of the British Institute held their fifth soiree at their rooms in George-street. The at tendance was more than usually full, and the interest evinced in the proceedings of the evening quite as great as on any former occasion. Among the novelties on the table were seen a set of beautiful geological models of the strata of the earth in various sections, constructed by Mr. Sopwith, civil engineer ; a fine collection of tropical fishes, in an admirable state of preservation; Mr. Dent's improved movements for astronomical clocks and chronometers, and a variety of other articles. From returns just prepared for Parliament respecting the amount expended for the relief and maintenance of the poor, &c., it appears that there are 590 unions in England and Wales, of which the population was 13,993,967. The average annual expenditure for the relief of the poor, three years prior to the union, was 5,608,9341. In 1841 the expenditure was 4,288 2 520/. ; in 1842, 4,438,6601. ; and in 1843, 4,679,4951. Under this head of expenditure are included the costs of maintenance, out-door relief, establishment charges with salaries, workhouse and emigration loans repaid, and other purposes immediately connected with the relief of the poor. The expense of re-paving Cheapside with wooden blocks is stated to be about 4,0001., and by those who are practically acquainted with the nature of wood-pavement, it is estimated that to keep Cheapside in a thorough state of repair, it will cost about 1,0001. a-year. M. Duprez will sustain the principal tenor part in the " Messiah," at Exeter Hall, on Tuesday and Thursday next, being the only public concerts for which he has accepted en gagements since his visit to England. The twelfth annual meeting of the Proprietors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway was held on the 27th, at the Company's office, in Westland-row, when a highly favourable report of the state and prospects of the Company was road. The affairs of the Company show an important and steady improvement from year to year in every department. The increase in their receipts this year over the last is 2,8541.55. Id. Thomas Dowling, who was sentenced for execution in Tullamore on Wednesday, for the murder of Mr. Gatchell, has been reprieved for a fortnight. It appears, from the Essex and Suffolk papers, that incen diarism is greatly on the increase in those counties. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 29.—Wind this day at noon, light north easterly breeze, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Arrd. William Henry Angus, Thomas, Honduras, 2d ult. ; City of Poonah, London, for Calcutta. Sailed, Lloyd's, Sydney; Amelia, Quebec. DEAL, Marton 28.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Augusta and Julius, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh. Sld. Bolivar, St. Vincent's ; Blanche, Grenada ; Maria, Miramichi ; Zealous, James Harris, Quebec to Havre and Montreal, with the whole of the outward bound, except the Achilles, for the Cape. CowEs, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Franklin, Havannah. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 28.—Sld. Lady Mary Wood (steamer) Lisbon. STARCROSS, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Mary Dixon, Monte Video, (76 days) __TORBAY, Dalton 27.—Sid. Belgique, Rio. OFF DARTMO rH, MARCH 27.—United, Havannah, for Hamburgh (40 days). PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind Variable.—Sld. her Ma jesty's ship Tortoise, Ascension; Ditto, Lame, Westward. FAL-mourn, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Caledonia, Havannah. Sld., Mercy, Newport and St. John's New Brunswick. Off port, Mary Barbara, Calcutta ; left the Cape Jan a 20. BRISTOL, MARCH 28.--Sid. Miranda, Cape de Verds. SWANSEA, MARCH 27.—Arrd, Charles Clarke, Edwards, Valparaiso (125 days). LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28—Wind W.N.W.,light.—Arrd. Ma gellan Nosworthy, Lima ; Mary Queen of Scot s , Kill e y, Ri o Grande do Norte, for repair and ballast ; Amelia Hill, Hill, Maranham ; Lima Packet, Staunton, Demarara. Sailed, ' Jersey Lass, Rio; Esther, Calcutta; Britannia, Bombay; Chimera, Mauritius ; Magnet and Viaoria, Cape of Good Hope ; Cheshire Witch, Para ; Commerce and Hope, New Orleans ; Chester, New York ; Trenton, Boston ; Belize, St. John's, New Brunswick ; William, Halifax ; Hazard, New foundland; Palmerston, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Sterna, Porto Rico • William Wallis, —; Quiz, Zante. YARMOUTH, MARCH 28—The Glory, Sterry, is discharging her cargo. Conx, MARCII 26--4.rrd. Simeon Hardy, Hall, Barbadoes ; Belgrave, Donaldson, Laguna. Off, Randolph, Campbell, Demerara. OFF YARMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Plutus, Aymar, New York. DEATH OF SIB J. GIBBONS, BART.—We have to announce the demise of the above respected Baronet, who died on Tuesday l a st, at Stanwell-place, his sea t, near Staines, in the 71st year of his age. He is suceeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, now Sir J. Gibbons, born in 1801. THE M.P. FOR PERTH.—Much conjecture as to the where and whatabouts of the Right Hon. Fox Maule, since the first week of the session, has been current of late, as, since the first division, his name has never appeared in the Parliamentary reports. Tidings were for the first time got of him on Saturday last, when he was discovered by a corre spondent fishing m the Tay, near Dunkeld, and had that day basketeu three fine salmon, each respectively fifteen, twelve, and eight pounds weight. Our correspondent adds, that the above circumstance, taken in connection with his late advo cacy of cheap bread, would justify the conclusion, that even in retirement the Hon. Gentleman has an eye to the "loaves and fishes."—•Perth Paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES',-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Under-Secondary KENNEDY sat in the Court of Corn mon Pleas, Guildhall, to-day. WALLIS V. ROWELL. This was an action to recover the sum of 501. Bs. 11d. for meat supplied by the plaintiff, a meat-salesman, to the de fendant, a butcher in the Kent-road. The defendant had not pleaded to the action, and judgment having gone by de fault, the action was consequently undefended. Verdict for the plaintiff. STEEL V. JONES. In this action the plaintiff, a tailor in Lombard-street, sought to recover from tho defendant, a publican, 19/. 175., for various articles of clothing supplied to him. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.). Jonathan Little, a young man of respectable appearance, aged 23, was brought before Alderman Hughes, charged by his employer, Mr. John Sherword, cheesemonger, carrying on business at No. 29, Wood-street, Cheapside, by whom he was employed in the capacity of book-keeper and shopman, on suspicion of having stolen one shilling and sixpence, and other sums of money, from his till, under the following cir cumstances :-- Mr. Sher Wood stated that having missed several sums of money from his till, he yesterday marked several pieces, part of which he put into the till, and part he gave to persons whom he • directed to purchase certain articles in his shop, as if they were casual purchasers. Soon after these persons came in, and the prisoner supplied them with different articles, and put the money, as prosecutor sup posed, into the till. Prosecutor, who was in a room adjoining the shop, said that immediately afterwards he counted the money in the till, and found a deficiency of 3s. 6d. He then gave tke prisoner into custody, and had him searched by the policeman ; one shilling and sixpence of the marked money was found in his possession, and about 30s. in a purse. A gentleman, of the name of Sutton, gave the prisoner an excellent character, and said he was never in want of money, as his friends invariably supplied his wants in that respect. The prisoner desired that he should be remanded, in order that he might be able to obtain professional advice. 'rho prisoner was accordingly remanded until to-morrow. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF STABBING.—Surah Best, the wife of a shoe maker, in Cottage-place, Walworth, was charged before Mr. Traill with stabbing Thomas Best, her husband, with a shoe maker's knife, an4l wounding him severely. Policeman 130 P stated that about six o'clock that morn ing, while on duty in Walworth, he was informed that a man was stabbed at a house in Cottage-place. He went there im mediately, and found Thomas Best in the parlour of the house bleeding profusely from two wounds, one in the breast and the other on the shoulder. Seeing the man was very bad he took him to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed, and he was not in a fit state to be brought forward now. A woman, named Manning, who lives opposite, stated that the prisoner and her husband had been quarrelling for some days, and that she (witness) was alarmed that morning on hearing the prisoner exclaim " For God's sake coma into the house ; I've done it." The witness went in, and seeing her husband bleeding, bound up his wounds as well as she could, and having given information of what happened, the pri soner was then taken into custody. The dresser of St. Thomas's Hospital described the nature of the wounds, and the prisoner, who said nothing in answer to the charge, was remanded until Monday. Thomas Steward was charged, before Mr. Trail], with hav ing attempted a very impudent robbery on board a vessel lying off London-bridge. It appeared that between three and four o'clock that morn ing an apprentice on board a brig, being awakened while in his hammock in the forecastle, aroused his shipmates, and a light having been procured, the prisoner was found concealed behind one of the seaman's ehests. On examining the fore castle it was discovered that the prisoner had packed up a quantity of the clothes belonging to the crew, and was just about making his exit with them when a discovery took place as above described. It having been stated that the prisoner was well known about the water-side as a person of bad character he was com mitted for twenty-one days to hard labour. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Although the arrivals of English Wheat up to our market this week have been but scanty, the demand for that article was extremely dull, and in some instances purchases were effected on lower terms. Not a single transaction took place in foreign ; hence the quotations were nominal. The best malting Barley supported its value, but grinding and dis tilling sorts were a mere drug. Malt, Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were unaltered. ARRIVALS. English I Wheat.qrs. 1,760311 e Barley. 2 ( , ) ll' ts. n 3,l4Vsa ur eis Irish.. - 780 19,980 - Foreign Milt, 3,470 qrs.. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts was seasonably good as to numbers, but of middl►ng and inferior quality, if we except the re ceipts from Scotland—in number about 290. The Beef trade was again in a very depressed state, and prices had a downward tendency. The number of Sheep was compara tively small, yet the sale for them was inactive, at barely late rates. The Lamb trade was active, at an improvement of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. Calves moved off briskly, and their currencies were noted 2d per 81bs higher. Pigs were quite as dear, with a good demand. Milch Cows sold at from 101 to 191. each. Per]Blbs. to sink the: offal. 3. A. to s.d. • d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Secondqualityditto... 3 0 3 4 Secohd qualitrelio 2 8 210 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 310 Prime largeoo/ 3 0 3 6 Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves II 6 4 0 Large Hogs ....... 0 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 8 Small Porkers 3 lfi 4 4 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 2$ 0 QuarteroldPigs,eaehl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep ..... 2 6 210 Lambs 5 4 6 4 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 725 E 3,780 133 I 315 NEWUATE AND LEADLNNALL. We had a very heavy demand here to-day, on the following terms : At per atone, by the Carcase s. d. to 5. d.l Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ...... i - middling - middling - prime large 2 4 3 0 - prime ***** .... --prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large Veal 0000000 ................. 3 4 4 4 -5ma11.... 00000 .....• Lamb, 5s 2d to 65. 2d. BOROUGH SOP MANLIEST. -- - - s. d. tog. d. 24 2 8 2.10 8 4 3 6 3 28 3 6 3 8 4 4 This market, although the amount of business doing in it is by no means extensive, remains very steady, and last week's quotations are well supported.---Weald of Kent, in pockets, 61 to 6/ 16s ; Mid Kent, do., 61 12s to 91 lOs ; East Kent, do., 6115 s to 91; Choice, do., 101 to 11/ 1,08 ; Sussex, do., 6l to 61 lOs ; Farnhams, 81 15s to 11/ 15s ; Mid Kent bags, 61 lOs to 8110 s. .. 387 60 .. 390 •• 215 .. 235 •• 912 50 .. 915 . 690 .. 690 .. 902 50 Strasburg t0:8a1e..... ..... 290 • • 290 • • 280 Avignon to Marseilles • . • • .. 765 • . 765 • • 760 RAILWAY SHARES. FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B 390 • • 390 • • 390 - 290 - 760 L. 8... ••.. • • .... 225 .. 235 .. 220 .. 235 Rouen Rouen to Havre Orleans . 895 .. 905 • • 895 .. 905 Strasburg to Bale 285 .. 290 C.. 285 • . 288 75 Avignon to Marseilles 765 .. 765 .. 760 .. 765 We direct attention to an abstract which we have given, elsewhere, of certain Post-office returns ordered last year, and recently distributed from th e P r i n t e d Vote Office, with the view of remarking upon the large amount of the payments made by the depart ment in question for the conveyance of mail s b y rail way in Great Britain. For this service alo ne —i n Great Britain only—there was paid in the year 1842, no less than 85,6441. Last year this amount was 75,1831., showing a reduction of 10,4811. But in either case the aggregate is enormous. Knowing, as we do, that on some lines these mails are carried at fair and reasonable rates, we infer, from the very heavy nature of this charge, that there must be many other lines on which the charges of trans. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantations has been quiet this week, and the sales are about 500 hhds. Prices are rather heavy. MAyRITIUS AND BENGAL.—There has been a fair private demand, and at full rates, but very little has been done at public sale ; 1,503 bags of the former were mostly taken in at 57s 6d to 65s for low to fine bright yellow, and 880 bags Bengal at 64s 6d to 67s for sound low to fine white ; these have been sold since. 2,852 bags Madras in bond sold at 33s to 33s 6d for mid bright sound yellow, and a small quantity out, 1,283 bags, duty paid, went at 51s 6d to 56s 6d for damp. FOREIGN.—BraziI sugar has been firm. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been 75s 6d to 765, and not active. COFFEE.—British Plantation has not been much dealt in. At auction 10 casks 9 barrels Berbice partly sold at 56s to 65s per cwt. Ceylon Coffee has only been offered privately, and good ord has realised 60s to 66s 6d per cwt. There have been 774 bags East India sold at 25s to 30s per cwt; 110 bags Costa Rica were taken in at 52s to 53s 6d per ewt, and 3,705 bags Padang at 325, which is a decline. Coccht.-481 bags 231 barrels Trinidad sold at 47s to 54s 6d for grey, and 242 bags Bahia at 29s to 30s per cwt. The former is 2s to 3s lower. SPICES.-335 bags Pimento went at 3d to 3}d• per lb ; 97 chests Cassia Lignea at 59s to 61s ; a small quantity of Mace at lig to Is 9d per lb ; 536 bags Malabar Ginger at 21s to 21s 6d ; and four boxes Nutmegs at 3s 3d per lb; 809 begs black Pepper being withdrawn at 3hd per lb. RuM.—The market has been firm ; 31 per cent over proof Jamaica has realised 3s 6d per gallon. SAIMPETRE.—There has been very little doing. RICE.—The auctions have been large, comprising 13,774 bags Java, which partly sold at and after the auction at 9s to 12s 6d for sound, and 2,002 bags Bengal were taken in at I ls to 12s 6d, the damaged realising 8s to lls 6d per cwt. CorroN.—The quotations are drooping, and not much is doing. TiA.—The public sales have been to the extent of. 31,039 packages, of which only about 11,000 have been sold. The decline has been about id per lb on low Congou, 2d on fine, ld on Twankay, and 2d per lb on Gunpowder and Imperial. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s 3d per cwt on the spot, and 42s for the last three months. ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GAlL—Last night, be tween seven and eight o'clock, a dreadful explosion of gas took place in the front shop of Messrs. Foxwell and Co., linen-drapers, 26, Judd-street, Brunswick-square.. The do mestics and others used their utmost exertions in staying the progress of the fire, and messengers were dispatched for the engines and firemen, who were in quick attendance. For tunately water was soon procured, and those persons first present at the explosion soon extinguished the flames ; but before they succeeded, stock to the amount of nearly 1001. was destroyed. The firm is insured in the Phoenix fire-office. FUNERAL or LORD WM. HILL.—The interment of the mortal remains of the above highly-respected young nobleman, whose melancholy death has cast a deep gloom over the gallant regiment to which he belonged, took place on Wednesday last, at St. Mary Tower, Ipswich, when he was buried with military honours. The manifestation of es teem and regret to the memory of the deceased, not only by the officers and privates of the Scots Greys, hut also by the inhabitants of Ipswich and the local gentry and yeomanry, was beyond all expectation. At the general desire of the re giment, conveyed to the Marquis of Downshire through Lieut.-Colonel Clarke, commanding the regiment, the funeral accordingly took place at Ips w i c h i ns t ea d o f E ast h ampstead, Berks. It is probably not within the recollection of the old est inhabitant of Ipswich that a military funeral on so im posing a scale ever occurred in that populous town, as the whole of the regiment were called upon to share in the mourn ful ceremony. The Marquis of Downshire, Marquis of Salis bury, Earl of Hillsborough, Lord Sandys, Lord Edwin Hill, Viscount Holmesdale, Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P:, Colonel Clive, Hon. Captain N. Hood, Sir W. Middleton, Bart., &c., had previously arri v ed f rom th e me t ro p o li s t o a tt en d the funeral. The inhabitants, without a single exception, closed their shops, so that business was entirely suspended till after the funeral was over. ACCIDtNT TO VISCOUNT CANTALUPE.—HIS Lord ship, who has been staying on a visit to Lord Wilton, at Melton Mowbray, and was following his noble host over a. fence, with the Quorn hounds, when he fell from his horse, and so injured his eye that when he arrived at the family mansion, in Grosvenor-street, fears were entertainen that the sight was irretrievably gone ; but yesterday's account was much more satisfactory. His Lordship is attended by Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Harrison, and was so much better as to be able to receive visits from Lord Liverpool, Lord Bessborough, Colonel and Lady Catherine Buckley, Mrs. L. Fox, and others of the family. Sir Robert Gill met with a severe accident while hunting with Mr. Candler's hounds, at the Trench Woods, near Crowle, last week. Sir Robert, during . a check, was in the act of lighting a cigar, when his horse shied, and, rear— ing himself perpendicularly, fell backwards, with his rider underneath. Sir Robert was very severely bruised, but is going Q Tr el MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NENYP CITY, QUARTER TO TVIRE.D. In the cotton market at Liverpool yesterday the sales wer e 4,000 bales, of which speculators took 600 American, and ei; porters 400. The market had a heavy appearance , it• ,! prices were again lower, say er lb. since Friday- 111 " was no change in shares. Birmingham and Gloucester were 86 ; Chester and Holyhead, 7 ; Great Western, Fifths, 19 % ~ Lancaster and Carlisle, 74 ; Dublin and Cashel, sf'. Brighton, 434 ; South-Eastern, 371. The desire so strong ' exhibited a few weeks back to speculate in shares, a nd Ohl was progressing rather too far, is evidently now cltecked'., e; ~ The French advices note that a sort of combination hes ' got up to raise the value of Spanish Stock in Paris, as e" here, so as to render the contract for a new loan the Wlt facile. But it is very much doubted if the Scheme can 111 1, with success, as there is still a total want of credit in declarations of the Finance Minister of Spain. How' ever, as the report of the proceedings in the Foreg Stock Market shows, there are not wanting those bE: who arc ready to undertake the herculean task of 'i raieri i : Spanish credit, not at the expense . o f,th emse lves, but with certainty that those who take the bait will be sacrificedL A proverb tells us that " a fool and kis money are soon P arw7 r. The history of Spanish loan and jobbing has recently,:f. thousands of credulous people, been most severely ae,, plified. Who, then, would add his name to theme 1 0 ; , list of the foreign creditors of Spain ? M. Salam an arrived from Madrid to feel the pulse of the capitalists 4°o this subject. Let those who have a surplusage of cash d e d to they please ; but we would warn those who cannot affo r it h be disported of their money to have nothing to do 'Or Spanish, so called, Securities. ga No late colonial advices have come to hand this me.--'11°3_,,„. Much interest exists as to the fate of the New Zes nb Company, an adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of is now in roress. The report g read at the meeting of the s h are h o lders, o „,,,f t b s e s ' New Zealand Company gave these important facts, ~416,„ on an interview and previous correspondence with the triu. nisi Secretary, Government are willing to advance 4 0 0:' to pay immediate claims for labour, &c., upon the s ecuriti es ' s the land purchased by the Company ; that the Go'ver° lll . was anxious to support colonization in New Zealan_ i ,d; '7O that instructions of a favourable nature had been a u-- t hir , . sent out to Sir J. Fitzroy, the Governor, on 00 subject. The Report stated, that there were other and _ g in o f • important topics under discussion than the a cive° "` o ot 40,0001. and as the negotiations upon these points 'eferlol.. yet arranged, the Court of Directors recommended a bo adjournment to the 19th April—which no doubt IT'ne acceded to. Mr. Soames, the Governor, was in the Chain`.-; The Funds have moved but a shade this niveiti • ingc&Consols for money have been done at' ,I and 984. At the latter price, the Government 8227 0 0' took 30,0001. Consols. The price for the Account o'l,„, it , mained at 98i. The Three-and- a-Half per Cents. ka_vs"Tol._: rather havy at a fall from 102 a to 10214. Bank We ' re Account is at 200 ; Exchequer Bills have receded to 6131;? ...L . mium. Fore A good deal of business has been transacted in the -ay Funds. The settlement was a heavy one, but cash is w. 0 6. dant. Spanish Three per Cents. have touched 371 t 13111.,0 now 364, and the Actives 25/ to 26. In .the 0-0 Foreign Stocks the alterations have been 61'01a I our list will show. . Portuguese Converted were Worth ;;I'o, Belgians, 1041; Danish, 88i ; Mexican, 361 ; it • • 301; and Brazilian Five per Cents. 824. So much attention having been devoted to the settl e f o oy of the Foreign Stock Account, the operations in I l t to ged Shares to-day were not extensive, nor have prices Much. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE CrOLOC IC • • (From the Official List.) Sper Cent. Consols. Annuities. 50145 uns , S New 3% per Cent. Annuities India Stock sin • India Bonds,l,ooo oo , oo Ditto under 1,000.,.. Bl6 Bank Stock for Account ......„ ».........•• 6„„w i , e Consols for Account ...... ...... • V " ' Exchequer Bills, ;11 . 1 %;1. 1,0001. 5001......« .............» Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOL''', Belgian Bonds, 5 per ........ ...„ ....... 10112 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 31 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ......... Columbian Bonds. 1 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent.... ........... Dutch Exchange 234 per Cent 57 Mexican Bonds, 1037, 5 per Cent. .1 36410 Ditto Deferred 5t0ek................... Ditto Debentures Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 30 4 0' Portuguese Bongs, S per Cent...—. ..... ••• r At h . • Ditto for the Account.... ......... . . „"1"04., Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1545 Ditto for the Account . .... „ ..... "„„'" 1 Ditto, Five per Cent. 1843. Ditto Passive Bonds. ............. 4 ' 15 Ditto Deferred / Ditto Three per Cent. ..„ .............»....«.« 3l 70 Ditto for the Account. 101 A• Dutch 234 per Cents z: 1 4 Dutch 5 per Cents ............ ..... 101/.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT OIL' RAILWAX/1. PAID. PIA 6111111. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .. . ... , Ditto New Bristol and Exeter 7O 72 "" . „ - tir '" Chester and Holyhead 5 'et •!"' go '— Dublin and Cashel 234 .53( 7•••" .. e , to . 4. 4 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. Rd. 13305 •.. to ••• ' Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O et% ... •. .. Great Western Ditto 34 Shares Harrowgate and Knaresboro' ... 3 3• Lancaster and Carlisle 5 1 % " to London and Brighton ...........«• 5O . ....».. ••• toto London and Birmingham. Stock .236 ••••••". London and South Western ...... 41% Ditto Eighths Norwich and Brandon .... ....... North Midland Ditto % Shares 4O • 45_1-•••.. we / Ditto Thirds 2l/. 131. 4(1. 2 2 34 '•••• . to Paris and Orleans ............. ........ 20 ......... 35%%••• to 9 0. Paris and Rouen 2O ...•..••. 96 •••••••" South Eastern and Dover •-• Ditto Scrip 25 374 .." .. no -••• - Strasburg and Basle .... .... , York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2 %.. . There MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.risv-A been considerable business done to-day, and the al" hen of the market is of an improving character. Ther e • 4.e,5 --- transactions in the following stocks : Bolton and Pres„_ ' 1.1,r Bristol and Exeter, 72 ; Eastern Counties, 114; D1Ir:Sell; Registered, 131; Manchester and Birmingham,47 p., chester and Leeds, 114; Newcastle and Darlington, 7 1 54, 1 : and Orleans, 354 ; South Eastern Scrip , 37/ /hp Ditto, New Creation, 4i premium ; Chester and d ile to 74 ; Bury and Rossendale, 54 6 ; Harrogate an e bse borough, 4* ; Scarborough Extension, 201; and Salford Water Works, 56 ; Huddersfield Canal, "' TIM" EPSOM SPRING MEE— .:- (THIS DAY—BY EXPRE S S'S THE TRIAL STAKES . ut) Sir G. Heathcote ' s Akbar, 3 yrs ......_(C1190 9 • Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, 3 yrs ......... • ! Won by a length. _ trio . VIP Gaiety, Hopeful, Curate, Mespelus, Nirilw - • and Midas ran co , • ha t 0 4 THs SEASON.—Yesterday from an earl Y b o s tio n o vent-garden market presented a scene of grea. t r iog Or* interest, from the very large and excellent which it contained. Amongst the novelties.Wet'lo rig.; French beans, cucumbers, strawberries, hot - f;,, title asparagus, rhubarb, and sea-kale ; good cauliil°" - „,..,51w,,0r coli were abundant and cheap, as was also- el r tiNek the spring supply. The flower market had morel, Tea' ante of May, from the quantity of roses, get B i ch has, lilacs, heaths, epacrises, and other flowers W tamed, all in rich and luxuriant bloom. 9toLAS S 'lii ° ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALBERT AT WONT_ 0;5 DOVER, MAncrt 28.—At a few minutes past one - wittc„,loo Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived here in theitin, St er n riage of the South Eastern Railway, by special If o ysl i P;l l ° way to Gotha. On alighting from the train, t he Its ness was informed that, owing to the state Mr? could not sail from the harbour for two hours.,„.; *O A vf seemed rather disappointed. His Royal soaltendSO4 ceeded to view the station, after which, -°,„ st f iof Colonel Jones, he ascended by the priv* c eat to the Archcliff Fort, from which a malt of of the Channel is obtained, and spent baAo3.at inspecting the fort and surveying the surrett°,.:hob°, pa; His Royal Highness then proceeded towards tily d tb foot, attended by Colonel Jones, &c., and en,teg e o !f o b 1 , /, Hotel, where he stayed a few minutes, au, 01 11 000 along the quay to the steamer the Princess l4 - I "F r iace at the Crosswall ready to receive him. On the s o* 70 0 on board the steamer, his own flag, the Gothavohl, ft tared with those of England, was hoisted at Ot t 0 0 0,1 flag, which is a very magnificent one, was °e' ha tier 4 r otta", Woolwich to be hoisted on the Prince's em bar Gr os ps?; Royal Highness wore a plain black suit, with li n use,oar his hat, and looked remarkably well. At a ;ado? f three o'clock the Princess Alice got underweig i t i i e trS l ,,. 0," out of the harbour. The time occupied by' ro ia' ha s' London to Dover was only two hours and ten v3 ,114 0/ 4 0 o l but for the delay here by the neap-tide, his 1 ,11 fro might have accomplished the whole journey eaCe ° Ostend in about seven hours. ont il CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION.—The pollwr ioc i c vr; t,P on Thursday at the usual hour. By ten "; 0 4 lcs t f i bfl. Harris was 71 above his opponent, Mr. Si declar b° lead to the close of the poll. The o fficial , 0 001° • „ to be made at five o'clock, when the Cap tain tef" nounced the successful candidate. .. here boo oter; HAMBURGII, MARCH 2 3.—To-aaY o ob e fled by fat' a riot at Altona, which was speedily quo- „ d fo. ference of the military. The tumult was a us `htat 17 ' , of workmen on the railway, who wanted to ° _;nOP an increase of their wages. the ar w- c „ ..d ir(),, AWFUL DEATH.—Mr. T. Hutchino n ' his a . " railway contractor, met his death last w eek,.4 1114 4 . 9 8 11 0 4 i* the Sedgefield station of the Stockton and . J- ;,, 0 d. Ad' way to the village of Morden, where he li tion , 14 0 01.1 8 few glasses of whisky at, the Sedgefield sta ffe r se c t public-house, and in less than half an houra:'ust to walk home, he was found with his he lu ; l 7o waOlecl ol rails, and an engine with a train of thirty" which gone over his neck, right shoulder, and arms , i . if dreti.,,,. i L in a moment. He has left a widow and si- 1 ot • P g ios The Kentish Observer contains the relS o fth f ror, inquiry into a charge brought against the rarZ. - n ot!'d e ita_. Union, of having confined a little girl nalln tb ° $ lO,l den, between nine and ten years (Ad, at!!:' o ricleov:, room of the workhouse with a corpse. contradict~s~iu/ptt actio xy lbe before the Poor-law Commissioner was leaves it undecided whether the child . wa°_, A O. nion of the Commissioner is not yet knoll'. ckson , re ire stf . „ with a corpse by the workhouse authorities w i f ae. r, The Princess Victoria, Captain_ ) ,_,i; Tolfe1• 1 110 0 ' from Antwerp to the St. Katherine's v"" - t o i gnetr'^d r - day morning, after the very short passage A nig h :Ot t , Performed against a contrary wind. . t e( $0 REPORTED TRAVELS or THE Q.- --- t w w . o s t i ni nc e e t c h a a p t t th ain e cz ß u ou een s in in q t u e , h2w ßob e er a t d P ded eel t r h e a p t li t e h d e , r"opCoertrtaiarnolsye f n r o o t m ." a v xte ryrai rr ai sl iw ,Z, nangely, that in May, it is said, the EmP u • r° Ol ° come to Eng_land.—Punch. THE IV MATHER.—DeIig weather ti d in„ th i r t o h ug a ho th n o t e y r ti a s t t e er b d r a e y e , ze th f e r r o e m be h a i b nt X N a'r irn:lciedoctosvisir B °_ b e iai r e o.- 1 1 11 2 1 , a0 1 :_ f r --.4 00 K I .lef' o d id • c tendent's office, in the London Docks, sto cooo s. s thermometer, in the shade, at the entrance - 58 Tom THUMB AT THE STOCK the S t°' e l° CS St tire dis neral Tom Thumb has made his appearao " the ~,,;jee change, acid was universally allowed to , dt American stock ever known there ; Pennsylvp'"' of course, excepted.—Punch. p a 5 g een gii% 11 4 A few days ago, a large eagl_ ,d e aloof about the Cheviots, near the bills of arr att404 4 2. foguiriin.!...earl:thnpefrAt tPnr:e:f.:lor:s' ram; the visit of so rare a bird may, Perliniod. u to the severity of snow Storm ill the L 4 land.—Scotch PaPer• 1 „:•T HA *. t ant - vek i n a g for ti 4-Plent qu v B Pay St "Itt V, e t gar Yi r ll lOl 16 g t to arid 41 1, "ey th ur nber , i; ° ', ll ; rwl of , st N l ette ') 14 , 144 14 d o ra) Lti ktt th 4 th-ar rejja'