The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-28 00:00:00

edged necessary, in order to lot the Cabinet know that w hile they would be undoubtedly sustained in the struggle. it would be absolutely necessary that th ey should i n many respects improve their policy, if eY looked to a continuance of Irish support.— heer s .) H is second motion would be declaratory of the identity of the principles of the Precursor Society wit hthose u p on w hi ch the M i n i stry assumed office. .!Iti he was ready to prove, after a laborious es.atnina lion of the speeches of ;le leading members of the Go vernment'at the time. [The Learned . Gentleman bad not coneltided when the Reporter left the meeting.] 4° NEY MARKET and CITY NE WS. eR RONICLE.—The principal feature in the Mo ttieY Market to-day is a considerable further decline in t ," Price of Exchequer Bills. The closing price yester uaY was 53 55 prem., and at one moment to-day they w ,ere done as low as 42 prem. A rally afterwards took" Tace, and at the close of the Market they were quoted at 8 , O. We believe the amount of bills thrown on the larket was not large, but amongst the sellers was t b he Government Broker, who was considered to a„ o perating f or the Bank of England ; and t ,u's appearing at a t i me w h en t h e mar k et was pa! - -en ' d u larlY heavy, an d money much wante d , was t h e main a us e of the unusually large fall. The English Stock d 4 . 1. coasol Mark e t h as scarce ly c h ange d s i nc e yFster ti4,}_, hut the s li g h t alteration that has occurred is for in ' worse. M oney was i n deman d , an d the difference Price between Consols for Money and for the Ac count more marked than of late. an , he Alark et for Spanish Securities was firmer to-day, underwent some improvement. a I n , i the Share Market the principal Railways occupy el t °° ' deal of attention, and continue to be the wi th sourc e of business, both speculative and bona fide; ( 1, (. 1 1 few exceptions they have undergone a further di ca ne. The sales to-day and for the last few a Ys have not been extensive ; but the selling orders aZi a in g' Principally from Lancashire is a feature worth t , and one, at first view, calculated to create dis• •: -4 `• We believe, however, the real cause of these sales i p " a `' t ?e not at all affecting the solidity of Railway Corn the Onerally, but arises from an apprehension that li e ''Vislature will not sanction the application to Par :lletnect for more capital on behalf of two or three of lleelt Companies, and that they will not allow the Pass in th e i r p resen t f orm , b u t w ill i m p ose th e more 0 raising .nf th e required mon e y in a way that will draw th '' avily on th e p oc k ets o f th e p resen t s h are h o lde r s etr /1 ,7e Plan projected by the Directors of those con 10,T.he quotations at the close of business were as 101- t o iosst i rrningliain Old, 65 to 67 prem. ; the New, 19 South PI em. ; and Great Western, 41 to 5i prem. I<le,r°l-'ton left off at 41i to 42A- prem. ; Leeds and 1 47 0 -es t."r, 13 to 15 prem. ; Birmingham and Derby, to 2 i 2 tbs. ; B r i g h ton , 71 t o 71 di s . ; B.t ack wall, 2i d; and Gosport Junction, 2to prem. P e n-taid - e R4141) —ln the Foreign House this has been leri llt • re " as settling day, rather by necessity than . pre- f t‘ e . k i°tl, as Good Friday would prevent the passing o of, ° m 3 On the last day ; but nothing has occured worthy to s ttle tit- There has been considerable indisposition ejo2,e,ettlate for the New Account, but tile market has *‘,ltvithout much alteration. YeP;l ' .--- Exehequer bills were sold as low as 425. Yest a l t . ," l °d ay, the quotation being about 10s. lower than 14 th e ss a Y• The holders took alarm at the appearance t asti Inark e t of the broker usually employed by the hei n n idia Directors, the impression of many persons more tl at the sales would have been carried to a much th e ;con siderable extent than they really were, and that ceric e au 'VunY might be operating on the circulation in rer y with the Bank of England, a circumstance not the di "'IY, especially just on the eve of the payment of w v ery fe y lend s. The sum realised amounted only to a the thousands, so that, before the close of business, c ea po tation recovere d i ts prev i ous e l evat i on, or ). THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. On EASTER MONDAY, Arm.. Will be performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Mr. Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An derson, Mr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben nett, Mr. Howe, hiss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar nold, Mr. W. It. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Mr. Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur det, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Helen Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Valancluke, Mathews, Mew, cud Morgan. After which will be revived the Grand Dramatic Romance, of LODOISKA. The Box Office will be open this day, March 28, and Sa turday, where Tickets and Places may be had of Mr. Notter from Ten tili Four. 1 - I VEN ING EDITION 1 'RE GRAPES ARE SOUR 1 lg atTa. gra k e yaaiMessieurs 1 The grapes are sour,ts rni r t_ laid, when he could not get at them."—Vide q it id, of yesterday. (.lace on a time a fox, we're told, lade by-thirst and hunger bold, E lalted 'neath a vine which bore P ruitful branches by the score.— What a tempting sight 1" he cried, A s the ruddy grapes he eyed, 110 w fresh they look, how juicy too 1 E gad, I'll mount and pluck a few 1" o saying, with prodigious glee, I teyn ar d str i ves to climb the tree ; But, tho' so sly and dextrous, he Not only fails, but with a whack, 'r%2oines plunging down upon his back— Aha quoth he, .. J see it now, his fruit's not fit to eat, I trow ; I merely climbed, by way of frolic, I ; k 'ul not to munch, and get the cholic ; ur t ' llll4l lk my stars, I k now w h at ' s w h a t, —a 1,11:e2 f ruit is ripe, and wh e n it' s not . ; - u grap es are sour, despite their ' 44 , soar verjuice, damn their eyes l e •I'Ust so the crafty Tories cry, Fugthey cast a hungr y eye, " 11 - 1 of sly an d s hrewd design, At th e Treasury's State vine; l'axd th e y strive, with might and main, To clutch the fruit, but all in van* SO, finding 'tis beyond their power, They cry, with Reynard, hour by hour, " Curse the vine, it's grapes are sour I" COURT CIRCULAR. Vi,cotint Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences yes ter day of the Queen. , Majesty honoured Mr. L es li e , R . A ., with a sitting ntte;day for his picture of her Majesty's Coronation. The .Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening in qlded the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of Surrey, 'iecount Melbourne, and Colonel Wemyss. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, had a long in tt',..srview with Lord P a l merston at the Foreign Office on (.4 exday, Mr. Ch arles Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Chadwick, and Col. °ll4ll , had an i n t erv i ew yesterday with Lord John Rus t,ll at the Home Office. iluitAePutation consisting of Mr. Parker, Chairman of the Company, Dock Bethel', M. P., Mr. Broadley, Do.F;;',-„Attr. Hutt,,,MP , and Mr. Frost, solicitor to the ce llo; — f ° , l 2Pany, had an interview yesterday with the Chan f - Trli,l,°';''',,e Exchequer, the President of the Board o eC F. Baring, Secretary to the Treasury, at the ca Th e - . E t a d di e Board of Trade. ,of Go f d, the Earl of Carnv:ath, and Col. houvrenlid;,."',nad interviews sr yesterday with Viscount Mel. A uowning.street. re t , ePlatation from the Court of Requests in the Bi._or vv,g Including Mr. Alderman Humphery, ,rentt?tle, -Harvey, M. P., Messrs. Hedger, Bowditch , E interview WI% °P, Curling, Maymouth, and Drew, had an Th' e 'rd John Russell yesterday at the Home Office. _ irtter„? Commander of the Forces and Lord Nugent had Col onial vester da with the Marquis of Normanby at t Ce„ Y Fussell. rile Hu had . an interview yesterday with Lord John , , her e th; '-'R) MARCH 27.—Lord Brougham arrived 11114-(1s mornin g by coach from London, and embarked t khi; lat elY on board the Britannia steamer for Boulogne, w ay to Paris. Qa4el 111 OP JUDGE GAZELEE.—Sir Stephen N• l ei e o e la ' 1 ,! It , lat e one o f t h e Justices of the Court of 'Red I Pl eas, died on th e 26thinst. in Montague•place, 6 • 1.) . ; "eath 111 O SIR tIERBERT TAYLOR.—The °f tli,. °l this well-knownentleman , gentleman, the confidential friend l a•ca - uti le of York, and Secretary to George . 111. took el[t 11 . the 1 3th instant at Rome. He was a Lieutena_n_t- , ptiliejalln the army (May 27, 1825), G. C. B. and G. C. I t % ‘ s tll 1 0 1511 Aide df,",.,,D t the Queen, and Colonel of h . ... l erb e `, ° °tv to .which ---- he n was e appointed in May 1823. Sir 1 1 4 -. 17 9 - ' wa s appointed Cornet in the 2d Dragoon Guards ' 49 a, 4 ' " a ving joined the British army in Flanders in April 4 a v o a l s Secretary to Sir James Murray ; he was present i. 'Res ki v rite er at the actions of St. Amand and Fama.,, t a li: . tirm is ,?' Valenciennes and Dunkirk, and most of the - 144,,41ring that camaign • he also served in the cam_ `Atei a°,',1794, includin g the ' battles of the 17th, 22d, and 2 c i A , - T • 4 Pril, De Careau;and of the 10th, 17th, a i niner t lY' near Taorurna bsides many other affairs of less tet'ur.,---cna(± Jamese reiteat through Holland. On con- cL•th'liri Murray to England Sir Herbert c I'l iV ia; r , l li 9 t n,o Duke of York as an assistant secretary. 0 1 - rai l e nt w t. 0 , he was promoted to a troop in his re, ' 4 4d, r , "en his Royal Highness returned to Eng the c litain TaylL was appointed Secretary n to titient, Curtain of the British forces on the Co - I 'll 4 a " continued in that situation with Lieut.- Gene -I'l,4'll:nolin and Sir D. Dundas, until September, 1795, appoint" returned to England in consequence of being ' lll af ter Aide- de-Carup to the Commander-in-Chief, and Jaly , I.ler Ass istant-Secretary in H. R. H.'s office. In Ll Nte 4l B. he attended Lord Cornwallis, appointed Lord fi n d A.I, eta to Ireland, as Military and Private Secretary nl pebde-Camp. He continued with his Excellency 4 PPoin •' 170 9, when he returned to England on being ‘-Pte rli te b e Private Secretary to the Duke of York. In t° Holland.r of that year he attended his Royal Highness ee z . He remained with Sir James Pulteney as 4011 a eta a rY until the return of the troops from North S ecr et He Ho continued in the situation of Private Y - s a q and Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Prlrvkate until J une, 1805, when he was appointed c e i v _ , Secretary to his Majesty George 111. ;he re l.-- " the rank of Colonel July 25, 1810. In March,. Privatelq ee p r o -- appointed one of the trustees of the King's R e Perty, and soon after, in consequence of the I ti ,rneY, Private Secretar to the Queen ; the 4th of N 0 v e e , 1813, he obtained the y rank of Major-General. In Holl mher, 1 813, he was ordered on special service to 4 ' Tari.d,%anid and, few days after his return from the army undo u m nd ii ( i. r ta r „ . ".r‘ Itro, in March. 1814, he was sent oi . _. 0; aiiouinamte,daivindasttoe:hoer Hgi I ~,,Inission to own Prince of Sweden, to 61r Til ' 4 nt he held till his Decereber 1818, he was d K o a a a - t t h h j e e . r . ine' n s Hospi't - al, w hich ' appoint 11P'44. LONDON : THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1839. The Lords' met to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills, and then adjourned to April 11th. In the Commons' the SPEAKER enforced in the case of a Private Bill a very proper rule against allowing re ports of any kind to be altered or modified, except the Bills be re-committed. Lord G. SOMERSET presented a petition from persons interested in the carriage of goods between London and Birmingham, complaining of the conduct of the Railway Company, and the complaint seemed to find a general echo in the House. Mr. POULETT ThomsoN then an nounced that on April 11th he should move to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the subject. If it be properly directed and guided, we have little doubt that it will come to a conclusion that Parlia ment has done a most unwise thing in passing se many Private Bills for Railways, which are of such a nature that they probably ought to be kept in the hands of those who are responsible to the people. At the instance of Lord G. SOMERSET, a return was or dered of all the monies raised under the sanction of Acts passed since Ist January, 1836. In answer to the same Noble Lord, Lord J. Rus- SELL said, he intended in the course of the Session to introduce a Bill for the renewal of the Poor-law Amendment Act, which would increase the power of the Commissioners, so far as concerns Unions under Gilbert's Act. In answer to Mr. MUSE, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that the explanation given by Colonel PRINCE, who had ordered several prisoners taken by the Indians to be shot,' in Canada, was unsatisfactory, and that the case was undergoing investigation. A conversation, elsewhere adverted to, took place on the Boundary dispute, in which Sir S. CANNING, Lord PALMERSTON, Sir C. GREY, and Sir It. PEEL took part. Lord JoHN . RUSSELL wished to introduce a Bill to suspend the Legislative functions of the Jamaica House of Assembly ; but the motion being opposed, he was unable to proceed. Colonel SEALE is, after Easter, to bring forward his motion for allowing corn to be ground in bond, and Mr. Sergeant TALrouan is to renew his measure to provide for the custody of infants. Lord JOHN RUSSELL fixed April 22 for taking the affairs of Canada into consideration. The Ordnance Estimates were voted in a Committee of Supply, which was remarkable for nothing but a very unmannerly and unwarrantable attack made by a Colonel THOMAS on Mr. HUME. The House at nine o'clock adjourned till April 8. The dispute between England and the United States. relative to the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, was last night the subject of some brief remarks in the House of Commons. Sir STRATFORD CANNING asked Lord PAL MERSTON some questions, the principal of which was whether the Government had received any official intelligence of the appointment of an American Plenipotentiary to open further negotia tions in London as to the adjustment of the boun dary question. Lord ,'PALMERSTON replied that he had yesterday received a despatch from Mr. Fox, dated Washington, March 7, communicating to him officially that the American Government had it under consideration whether they should send a Special Plenipotentiary for that purpose, or whe ther fresh negociations should be opened. Under these circumstances Lord PALMERSTON very properly forbore to enter into the subject, and the House seemed generally to recognise the discretion of his conduct. But though the matters may not be ripe for discussion in Parliament, it is of too much importance to be neglected by the Press. The last arrivals from America brought ac counts of the Congress having with promptness and vigour placed in the hands of the Executive Government, the means of maintaining, by force of arms, the claims •of the State of Maine. There is no disposition, we hope and believe, in the Government of either country to hurry the two nations into a war, which would be for both most disastrous ; but there appears to be no disinclination in the people of the United States to risk even a war rather than suffer what is represented to them as an intrusion into their territory. We can suppose that their feelings on this point must be much stronger than ours. The inhabitants of New Brunswick may, perhaps, though it is scarcely pos sible, entertain similar feelings to the inhabitants of Maine, but in England we cannot feel any en thusiasm as to which of the two Governments should exercise a troublesome jurisdiction over a few thousand acres of uninhabited, uncleared land, visited, but not occupied, by a succession of border ers and lumberers. The inhabitants of New Brunswick appear to us to have a strong pecuniary, rather than a political, in terest in the question. They are great " manu facturers of lumber ;" they prepare much tim ber, many deals and staves for our mar ket, and for the use of our West Indian islands. In one province of New Brunswick, the amount sawed in 1836, was estimated, we are told, at 124.3431. The value of their lumber is .en hanced by our timber duties , which in general are thought to be as pernicious to our colonists, by turning them from the stationary and steady occu pations of husbandry, and making them wandering wood. cutters and luinberers, as they are acknow ' ledgedly injurious to the mother country. The timber duties have annihilated cur trade with Scan d.navia, and they levy on us a heavy tax to make us use a bad commodity. They enrich the inha bitants of New Brunswick, and the capitalists who set them in motion, and give them a pecuniary inte rest in getting or keeping possession of the unoccupied district, to work up the lumber for exportatio n to Enland. On that account our peo ple ought to look - with some suspicion on this dis pute. First, we submit to a most injurious tax, and that tax serves as an incitement to claims that RI ay involve us in war. Chancellor OXENSTIERN consoled his diffident son by telling him the world was governed by very little wisdom. We shall be inclined to believe, if we are dragged into a war by our injurious timber duties, that the world is governed, not by very little wisdom, but by very great folly. The pecuniary interest felt by the inhabitants of New Brunswick is, at the same time, not to be compared to the strong political feelings of the inhabitants of Maine. The former live under a Government to which many of them are but feebly attached, and to which they prefer the more liberal institutions of the United States. To them it would be a matter of comparative indifference whether they are incorporated with the United States or remain under the costly government of England. But to the inhabitants of the United States who have openly revolted from England, who have gained their liberties in the field of battle against us, who are as it were at home on that soil, while we inhabit another hemisphere, the presumed aggression on our part is enough to make them arm to a man. They feel even stronger perhaps than we should feel if France possessed the Isle of Wight, and also claimed the Gosport side of Portsmouth harbour. Great allowance should be made for their feelings and their readiness to arm, their eagerness to de fend, what they call their soil, and their country ought not to be a rule for us. We trust, therefore, that our people will look calmly on this important question, and not by any intemperate demands urge the Parliament or the Government into a course of conduct which might plunge us into war. Mr. C. BULLER last night said very properly that though the American claim was untenable, the British claim was preposterous, and that our negotiators, to be successful, must found their demands on justice. The inhabitants of Maine will have to bear the brunt of the contest, and the inhabitants of New Brunswick will fall back on England, which, having only a remote interest in the matter, will be at all the cost. It may be neces sary, as it is said to be for New Brunswick, to pre serve a direct communication with Canada, but that object may be obtained without insisting on 'pre tensions that will involve us in a ruinous war. We decide not .which of the two disputants is right, but it appears to us that forms and treaties and vague sentiments ought not to stand in the way of doing substantial justice. The strong political feelings of the inhabitants of the United States may well make them regard the least hostile appear ance, approaching to an intrusion on their territory, as a question of life and death, while to us it can only be a question of giving a little more or less extent to an empire already inconveniently large, and already costing us more than we like to pay to preserve it entire. We subjoin a part of the article of the treaty of 1783, which has given rise to the dispute, but the dead letter of a treaty framed in total ignorance of the great increase of population, from the side of St. John's, and from the side of Boston, since 1783, ought not now to be rigidly adhered to, if it be not advantageous to the living interests of both countries : " And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is, hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz.—From the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands, which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north-westermost head of Connecticut river ; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty. fifth degree on north latitude." Lord JOHN RUSSELL last night, in order to aive his friends full time to' attend, postponed his motion relative to the Executive Government of Ireland, from the 11th to the 15th of April. As that will continue to absorb all political interest, the postponement, which we believe, however, to be essential, will waste a few additional days. Till the question be settled the country seems almost with out a Government. The present Ministers hold their offices provisionally, and so they themselves seem to consider the matter. They postpone most of the business which depends on them in Parlia ment till after the question sh all be decided, and doubt has taken the place of confidence in their stability. The boldness of the Chartists and the Tories will increase, and the public will at once adopt the doubts which Ministers express by their conduct. To urge them now to a more liberal course, would, we are afraid, be in vain. They would do little more than make professions which at present would only be liable to sinister 'interpretations. By what they have hitherto done they must stand or fall ; no promises, no hopes they may encourage of a brighter future, can now be of any avail to them. If they look back, as we hope they do with regret, on opportunities lost, "on fair c l ecasions gone for ever by," they must know that they are irrecover ably gone, and that, like the dead, there is no re versing the decree which their own conduct has dictated. Ireland is the strong point of their policy, and they are extremely fortunate that the bigots should have made that the object of attack. If they can prevent attacks on other quarters they will be safe ; on the side of Ireland they appear invulnerable. The countless inconveniences, disappointments, and losses to which all classes are exposed from the irresponsible power entrusted by Parliament in the hands of Railway Companies, are beginning to be very generally felt throughout England. Recently as these Companies have been established, and questionable as may yet appear the success of some of them, they, nevertheless, have contrived to convince the public that, without the strict super vision of the Legislature—without a constant ap prehension of the intervention of Parliament, they would become so many branches of a mono poly, commercialfor the intercourse. destruction In rather than the promotion the House of Commons last night, Lord G. SOMER SET, presented a petition signed by 3,500 persons, of whom 15 were public carriers between London and Birmiugham, setting forth that the Directors of that Company had refused to convey their goods, although openly engaged in carrying the goods of a rival firm. Before applying to Parliament for relief the petitioners sought a legal remedy ; but they found that the Executive had no power to compel the Company to redress so grievous an injury. Had the hardship in this case been less notorious and less generally directed against a class of most useful public servants—had the peti tion, instead of being signed by the warehousemen of London and Manchester, and the Aldermen and other municipal authorities of Chester, origi nated with some obscure individual carrier or merchant, we doubt whether the circumstances of the case would have been thought of sufficient moment to occupy for an instant the notice of either Parliament or the Press. When such flagrant acts of general injury are openly perpetrated, we may form some faint conception of the liability of indivi duals to imposition, neglect, and all the mischiefs which can result from commercial rivalry, and the corrupt partiality of Railway Directors. The princi ple of self-interest is manifestly an insufficient gua rantee for a due regard, on the part of Railway Com panies, to the promotion of the public convenience, inasmuch as they have nothing to fear from competi tion—the only effectual controul, independently of Legislative interference, which the public can exer cise over such establishments. In fact, in a great manufacturing, commercial country like England, the right of regular transit should be as common to all, without distinction, as the right to breathe, or to sus tain life by the use of food. The carrying of goods by the only means of conveyance now within the reach of mercantile men, subject of course to the payment of a regulated fixed rate of charge, should be no more a question for the determination of Rail way Directors, than the right of a hungry man to eat bread, if he have the means of buying it. We are not, however, without some hope of a remedy. After repeated delays, grounded on frivolous excuses, the President of the Board of Trade has fixed the 11th of April for moving of the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry, which we may presume will extend to the management of all established lines in the United Kingdom. The Right Hon. Gentleman's connection with Man chester appears hitherto to have kept him in a state of passive suspense. He could neither move nor . speak without displeasing either the Railway Directors or the public, and he very consistently with his previous career as a Minister, preferred to both the repose of office, and the long-coveted plea sure of drawing quarterly bills on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. And yet, were the arguments put forth by the Times to have any weight with Parliament, we should soon witness the extension of all the abuses of the railway system in this country to Ireland. Notwithstanding the flagrant proofs afforded of the monopolizin . g tendency of English Railways, the Times is indignant that Ministers should pro pose retaining the control of the Railways to be established in Ireland in the hands of the Govern ment. The Times ha - s a virtuous horror of job bing ; but if the right to enforce freedom of com mercial intercourse be considered as a job, then, on the same principle, must every function exercised by the Government be so regarded. The Army is a job—the Navy is a job—the Police system is a job—the maintenance of the Court is a job—the diplomatic service is a job—the whole business of Legislation is a job—inasmuch as there is not one of these branches of the public service less open to competition than a system of Railways. The Times, in an article which will be found in another column, under the head of Irish Railways, has the following argument in support of the system of non-interferenc e with private enter prize, which the Tories are so anxious to have adopted in the case of Ireland "We maintained, and we still maintain, that long ex perience has proved the Government in this country to be utterly incapable of that economical and effective system of management by which alone the foregoing advantages could be derived from the construction of railroads at the public expense. Look at the Post.office, look at the packet service, look, in short, at any and every undertaking labouring under the incubus of Govern ment management, and compare its tortoise pace with the giant strides of individual enterprise, its callous indifference for the interests of the public, and sometimes even its insolent contempt for their wishes and opinions, with the zeal, the promptitude, and the intelligence which are displayed in the arrangements of most private under takings in this country, because called forth by that must powerful—perhaps the only really efficient—of human mo tives—self-interest." Here we have the fallacy of the possibility of competition assumed as the very basis of the argu ment, and hence a blunder from beginning to end. When there can be no competition, any Govern ment is more economical, more under the con trol of public opinion, and less exposed to the operation of corrupt iyluence than a private com pany or other corporate body. Bad as is the ma nagement of the Post-office, it would never have been reformed to the extent it is, had it been in the hanils of a private Company with powers adequate to the exclusion of all competition This is equally true of the packet service. A Rail way Company is no more acted upon by the idea of competition than au old corporation by the gabble of the Times about the progress of society, and the consequent necessity for a change of system in the- local administration. Both feel themselves in a condition to compel the social machine to move at any rate which they may think proper to fix upon. The history of the East India Company will furnish the Times with ample proofs of what may be expected from the public virtue of all Companies placed, either by legislative enactments, or by their position, :beyond the reach of competition. The Times affects alarm at the idea that if the Government control over Railways be admitted in Ireland, it will be demanded to an equal extent in England and Scotland. We trust it will. We are now convinced that the management of Rail ways will ever be imperfect till the Government assume the whole direction of them. Nor is this conviction owing to the malpractices of any Com pany now established. Eight years ago, in advo cating the formation of Railways then a subject by no means so popular as it is now—we strongly recommended to the Govern ment the wisdom of establishing such roads by means of loans, and of appropriating the profits to the diminution of the public debt of the country. We pointed out tsuch roads as an excellent source of national revenue, which it would. be as great a piece of folly to concede to individuals as to farm the taxes without sti pulating a price for them. We s h owe d -ulating that otherwise transactions in them would de generate into a system of gambling as open as unprincipled; and now the public can easily determine how far we were from being mis taken. We are, therefore, for a Government system of Railways in Ireland or none at all. If our space admit of it, we shall to-morrow give our reasons more at length upon this question, and likewise in support of public loans for the formation of roads, as recommended by the Commissioners. It will be seen froin a report in another part of the paper that a numerous Meeting was held - at the Freemason's Tavern yesterday, on the great ques tion of National Education, untrammelled either by any peculiar doctrines of the Established Church or of any other class of Christians. The feeling .evinced by the speakers was highly credit able to them. They made no attack on the Clergy, or on the party who have been so active lately in protesting against any system of national education which shall not be under the controul of the Church. All they wanted was a national education for the people, accompanied by religious instruction, based on the great rock of of Christianity—the Bible. But one feeling pre vailed, too, as to the small sum proposed by Go vernment for encouraging education—only 30,0001. a year, while they give cut of the Consolidated Fund annually twice that amount to the police of ' the metropolis alone. Notwithstanding the inter ruptions of some Chartists, who now are to be met with at all public meetings, resolutions in accord ance with the object of the meeting were carried almost unanimously. It will he seen by our account of a meeting at Shoreditch, that the Universal Suffrage men car ried their views in opposition to the persons op posed to the City Police Bill. There is, we appre hend, a considerable party in the Metropolis, well organized, which has houses of call in every quar ter, and which is resolved to attend all public meetings, and pervert them into meetings favourable to Universal Suffrage. Persons calling public meetings ought to be on their guard, for whatever object they may have in view, will he defeated. Madrid Journals of the 10th inst. have reached us, but they bring no news either from the capital or the provinces of the slightest interest. The French Journals of Tuesday, contain hopes that the Ministerial crisis is drawing to an end. The leaders of the Coalition had at last consented to ad mit the claims of M. GUIZOT to the Home De partment, in return for which concession the KING affected to accept the programme of the Cabinet, drawn up by TRIERS and SOULT. The only dif ficulty was about M. BA rtnoTT's election to the Presidency, of the Chamber, which the KING refused to make a Cabinet question, although M. TIMERS declared that the Coalition could not, with out dishonour, accept office on any other terms. The Debuts states that TIIIERS and GUIZOT are on the best terms, and that in the new combina tion, M. GUIZOT would b e Minister of t he Inte rior ; M. T HIE RS, Minister for Foreign Aff a i rs ; M. DUCHATEL, of Commerce and P M. PAssy, of Fina nce ; M. D UFAURE, of Jus tice ; M. SAUZET , of Ecclesiastical Affairs ; M. VILLEMAINE, of Public instruction ; and u Mar shal SOULT, Minister of War and President of t h e Council. Trade is suffering in France from the unsettled state of the Government. It depends upon the casting of a die whether there will be a new Cabinet or another revolution in that country before the end of the Easter holidays. The Messager of this morning .says:—" . Marsh a l S ou l t having renounced the tas k of forming a Cabinet, th e D u k e do Broglie was sent for yesterday by the K Nothing certain has transpired respecting the Duke's intervi ew w i th his Majesty. It seems certain, however, that the influen tial members of the right centre are engaged i n t h e com position of a Ministry; b ut nothing is yet settled." It was generally affirmed this evening that Al Guizot and M. Thiers had met, an d agreed togethe r a b out the points in which they diffe red a fortnight ago. It seemed to he believed that we should at length have a Ministry, and that within forty-eight hours at the farthest the Moniteur would publish the names of the members of the new Cabinet. In this combination, M. Guizot, as Minister of the In terior ; M. Duchatel, of Commerce and Public Works ' • M. Thiers, of Foreign Affa irs ; M. Passy, Fi nance •• NI Dufaure, Justice; M. Sauzet, Public Worship ; lemain, Public Instruction ; Marshal Soult, Minister of War and President of the Council. —Journal des Debats. The Moniteur of this morning has no official part. M. de Broglie saw M. Thiers yesterday. T he Duke desired to communicate to M. Thiers the conversation which he h a d h a d w ith the K ing, and in which he confined himself to giving, advice. M. de B rog li e is net commissioned to collect the state ments cf a new Cabinet, but he may consider himself as a useful mediator to reconcile persons and situations—Le Constitutionnel. The Echo Francais of Rio de Janeiro of the 19th of January says, " If we may give credit to the assertions of some travellers who have arrived at Buenos Ayres from Paraguay, Dr. Francia is still in perfect health, in spite of THE NEW NUMBER, FOR APRIL, Price Half-a-Crow - n, embellished with Three Illustrations by George Cruiksbank, of ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contains, MR. AINSWORTH'S "JACK SHEPPARD," Including (Epoch 11, 1715. ) Chap. VI. Jack Sheppard's First Chap. IX. Consequences of the Robbery Theft VII. Brother and Sister X. Mother and Son VIII. Melling Mallecho XI. The Mchocks And XII. St. Giles's Round House. With Two Illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Chapters of Vincent Eden;' Legends of the Lochs and Glens, or, The Oxonian communicated by the Author A Ball at the Tuileries ; with of " The Subaltern " Sketches of the distinguished The Memory of the Poets ; by personages present : by the Sergeant Talfourd, M.P. Author of "A Parisian Sab- A New Story, entitled " Colin bath" Clink " Richelieu ; or, the Fox and the An Evening Walk, by J. A. Geese Wade, Esq. Cyprus Wine, by Beranger The Thames and its Tributa- Spring ries, by Chas. Mackay, Esq. Conclusion of Oliver Twist, by The Cremation of Shelley on Charles Dickens, Esq. ; with the Coast of Tuscany an illustration by George Human Life, by Mrs. Torre Cruikshank Holme. &c. &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. lIIS Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Die- Zributions of Money, which (though they are NO LOT TERIES, offer a great many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of thp said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis tributions contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS and upwards. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGII. P. S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,5001., and 30,000/. • 1 • " *if A - - r _ • 7 7. a (t.LJJI.I),, 'un • THE. SUN. LONDUN, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1839. ' the journals which have several times announced his death. —Le Commerce. BOURSE.—Pams, Ttel9oeY4Maacti 26. HALF-PAST TuaEg.—The French Funds have continued firm. For the account The Three per Cents. from SOf. 05c. advanced to 80f. 25c., receded to 79f. 95c. and closed at 80C. being a rise of 15 cents. The Five per Cents., from 109 f. 25c., fluctuated to 109 f. 20c., and closed at 109 f. 25c., a rise of also 15 cents. For money, the Three and Five per Cents. are 10c. higher. The Bank of France Shares have not varied. The Laffitte Bank Shares are 5f higher. The Belgian Three per Cents. are 25e. lower. The The Belgian Bank Shares are 10f. higher. The Spanish Active as yesterday, from 214 have receded to 21. The Railway Shares maintain their ground, and have improved a shade. The St. Ger mains are sf, Versailles Right Bank 2f. 50c ; the Versailles Left Bank, sf. . _ First Highest Lowes Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents lO9 I, ... 109 30 ... 109 15 ... 109 15 4 per Cents 1.2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 3 per'Cents r.o . 80 10 ... 80 ... 80 Bank of rrarice Lattitte Bank I,ooof. So lOBO ...1060 ...1000 —.1060 5,006 f. ,Sh 5200 —.5205 ...k3OO ...5200 Belgiata 5 per Cents 10.3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 3 per tents .5 72 ... 72 ... 72 ... 72 Bank 730 ... 737 50 ... 711 ... 715 Coupons S;anish Active 21% ... 21. 4 ' 3 ... '2l ... 21 Passive 4 3 6, ... 43r. ... 4% ... 4% Neapolitan Boman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 685 692 50 ... 68.? 50 682 50 L.B. 257 50 ... 260 ... 255 ... 255 Rouen Orleans . 950 ...95U 959 950 455 ... 455 ... 455 455 tiorae3ux to La este 4OO ... 400 400 ... 4 0 Nlttillausen to Mann ASPHALTES AND BI l'U MENS. Seyssel (A) 2030 —.OOOO ...2000 Galvaniz:d Ira❑ ... 5'20 'The Belgian question is settled at last. On Tuesday afternoon the Senate passed, by a clear majority of three votes more than the whole of the minority put together, the project of law for authorising the KING to sign the Treaty of the Twenty-four Articles. We expect to hear by to-morrow of the final ratification of the Treaty by the Belgian Ambassador in London, to whom despatches were addressed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday evening. So much for the success of Lord PALMERSTON'S Protocol system of war and diplomacy. After the shedding of torrents of—ink, and the waste of myriads of—reams of foolscap, and the ex penditure of thousands of pounds—in postage, the Eu ropean contest of eight years' duration is happily and amicably terminated. Whatever military men may say or think to the contrary, this, after all, is more conson ant to reason, to the dictates of humanity, and to the principles of religion, than " wind-pipe slitting," after the old fashion of settling such disputes between nations. The greatest tranquillity prevailed in Brussels, and, from she aspect of affairs in all parts of Belgium, it is no longer doubtful that the Chambers have acted in consonance with the wishes of a .large majority of the people. This measure will, of course, be followed by a disbanding of the frontier troops on the part of Holland and Belgium. DUTCH FUNDS.—AtISTEttDAM, MARCH 25, Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Syndic, 41. per cent 94 05 Ditto, ditto, 3)6 per cent 791 SO Commercial Company, 4 , ., per cent 179 179% Ditto (IKI2 and 1833) 5 per cent. — Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1537, 5 I , er cent. NIA wi 3 ,4 Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months ...... ;ELGI AN 1 UNDS—llitussEts, MARCH 20. Actual Delit,*.i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1( 0% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. -- ---. 3 per Cent. Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent O5 Society of Commerce, 4 S4per Cent 133 Bault of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. " 6iN National Society . —Brussels Papers, March 26. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCH IS, Five per Cents. Metallique.i Foal - per Cents. Three l,er Cent.. Bonk Shares l4BO —4l.lgemeineZeitung, March 23. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 21. Bids. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 10 1 1,4 1n. , 44 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102 1, 4 101 N, Exchange on London, three months 6 *2.6 —Prussia*, State Gazette. March 22. CHANCERY Co URT.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and took lunatic petitions and causes to-day. IN THE MATTER OF MEDHURST, A LUNATIC. This case came before the Court upon the petition of Mr. Francis Hastings Mcdhurst, the young man who has been committed to Newgatc, on the Coroner's warrant, for the wilful murder of Mr. Joseph Alsop, at Hayes, praying that the Court would order a sum of four hundred pounds to be paid over to him out of the funds in Court belonging to the lunatic for the purpose of en. abling him to conduct his defence at his approaching trial at the Central Criminal Court, and also to avail himself of the valuable assistance of the Attorney-General upon that occasion. The petitioner is the grandson of the lunatic, and tenant in tail or remainder, expectant, upon his death, of property to the amount of between two and three thousand pounds a year. In consequence of his relationship to the lunatic, the petitioner had been allowed 2001. a-sear out of his property. Great expense had been incurred in the proceedings that had already taken place, both before the Coroner and the Magistrates, and the Trustees of the property consented to the present application, provided the Court considered it a proper one to be granted. If the Court ordered the amount to be paid the solicitors of the petitioner were willing to account for its expenditure. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired what was the amount of property in Court belonging to the lunatic. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who appeared for the peti tioner, said there was upwards of /0,000/. in Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR made the order as prayed, upon the solicitors for the petitioner undertaking to account. The Court, after disposing of several other cases totally devoid of interest, rose shortly after , one o'clock. His Lordship will not sit again till Tuesday, the 9th of April, that day being the first seal before term. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH 27.—Wind W. S. W., squally, with rain throughout. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W. S. W. to W. N. W. hazy, with rain. Arrived the Charlotte, Abbinett, from St. Michael's ; Eight, Rainshaw, London. Sailed the Freia for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27. —Wind W. S.W. Arrived the Rover, Duckels, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, MARCH 26.—Wind N. W. to S. E., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Magnet packet from Halifax, sailed the 4th inst. ; Moricr, Cullings, Zante, and pro ceeded for London. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 27.—Wind W. S. W. to N. W.-- Arrived the Caroline, Robinson, from Savannah; Antiochus, Trieste ; Bosedar, ditto ; Diligent, Nichols, Malta ; Ace of Trumps, St. Michael's. Sailed the Aurora, Breed, for Cape Breton ; Amizader, Roetra, Lisbon. RAMSGATE, MARCM. 27.—Arrived the Cherokee, Wright, rrom Jamaica. MARGATE, MARCH 27.—Arrived the Neptune, Block, from London. Off port the Seddon, Prance, Shields. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 27.—Arrived the Frances and Charlotte, Duck, from Waterford. MILFORD, Marton 26.—Arrived the Charles Hamilton, Davies, Lora Liverpool for St. Thomas's, the crew in a state of mutiny. Sailed the Eveline, Casement, for Liver. pool. " CHARLES TYRRELL," MR. JAMES'S NEW ROMANCE.—No writer of the present day has been so uni formly successful in his productions as Mr. James. His 4i Darnley," " De L'Orme," " Philip Augustus," and " Henry Masterton," have all been popular from their first publication. The reputation, too, acquired by these favourite Romances, now included by Mr. Bentley in his " Standard Novels," has been welL supported by " The Gipsey" and " The Huguenot." The forthcoming Ro mance, under the title of " Charles Tyrrell," is under stood to be a story of intense power, various incident, and with a well-sustained interest, holding the reader in breath less suspense down to the last page. ANOTHER IRRUPTION AT THE THAMES TUNNEL.—On Tuesday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, another sudden irruption of water into the Thames Tunnel took place, which will cause a delay of the works for about a fortnight. The men at work bad a narrow escape. An immense quantity of clay was immediately thrown over the place which had broken in. BOLAM IN THE COUNTY PRIsoNs.--Bolam is much depressed in spirits; hut we understand there is no marked change in his genet al health since his removal from Newcastle Gaol. He will be accommodated in a much similar way at Morpeth to what he was at Newcastle, and will have proper persons to remain with him.— Tyne Mercury. A letter from Naples states that M. de Bour mont was very assiduous in his attentions to the Duchess de Berri. A number of French connected with the Legi timatist party were near the Duchess during the elections, and attempts were made to represent the excitement to be so strong in France as to be likely to lead to a revolution. SUICIDE OF AN ASSASSIN.—We before noticed a trial, that of the murderers of a Madame Renaud, which had excited great attention at Paris, and occupied not less than twelve sittings of the Court of Assize. Soufflard, one of the two villains condemned to death, on hearing his doom, stooped, concealed his face, and put something into his mouth, which was generally supposed to be tobacco. On his return to prison he begged for a glass of water, and on entering his cell was taken with vio lent retching and convulsions. Ia spite of every effort he died next morning. On his body being opened, the sur geons declared that he had swallowed enough oxide of white arsenic to kill a hundred persons. Asia, the male elephant of the Garden of Plants, died on Saturday. He was taken ill about ten days ago, and a veterinary surgeon was brought from Alfort on pur pose to attend him. The chief remedy administered was honey dissolved in water, given in doses of about ten pail fulls, sometimes with the addition of sulphate of soda. The only person who could induce the animal to take his medicine was Gean, his keeper, to whom the animal was much attached. As a proof of this, it happened, about two years ago, on account of an indisposition with which Gean was attacked, Asia was put under the charge ofanother keeper for a few weeks. The elephant submitted patiently du ring Gean's absence, but the moment he returned Asia drove his substitute away with a violent blow from his trunk, and showed strong proofs of welcome to his old companion. During Asia's last illness, he was lying in a position which evidently aggravated his sufferin g s ; and in order to move him it required ropes moved by a capstan turned by 20 men. M. Bainville, professor of anatomy, is dissecting the body, and M. \\Teener, a painter attached to the mus eum, is delineating th e pathological peculiarities which the operation exposes. As a contrast to this great death may be mentioned the recent decease of one of the smallest I monkeys of the menagerie—a playful little black fellow well known by all the frequenters of the garden for his extraordinary agility.— Calignani's Messenger. CITY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COT roN MARKET OF WEDNESDAY.—We continue to have a fair demand for Cotton, without ma terial change in the market. To day's sale 4,000 bags at full prices. We have received, by the Halifax mail, Papers to the 29th February, from which we copy the followini , : " INVAiION OF NEW BRUNSWICK .— Tuesday afternoon, while the House was engaged in discussing some routine business, the Hon. Mr. Dodd entered and called the atten tion of the members to the intelligence he had received by the Eastern mail. relative to the threatened invasion of the Province of New Bronswick, by a formidable force from the State of Maine. By papers which he had just read it appeared that the Executive of that State had sent a message to the Legislature, representing, in strong terms, the necessity for a military organization, to assert the jurisdictio n of the State over the disputed territory, and that demand had been responded to by a vote of 10,000 men and 800,000 dollars, to carry on the war. Under these circumstances it behoved the House to act ; and he should, therefore, move that for the present all business be suspended, that some of 'the leading members of the House be added to the Committee of Defence. " Mr. Howe in rising to second the motion, said that the time had evidently arr i ve d f or the Legislature of the Pro vince to act with vigour and unanimity." Extract of a Message to the Senate and House of Re presentatives : " Since my last communication to you upon the subject of the trespassers upon the Public Lands, there has been forwarded to me, a Proclamation, purporting to have been issued by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick, which 1 I deem it; my .duty to communicate to you with a statement of my proceedings consequent thereon,' It further states, that immediately upon the receipt of this extraordinary document, he took measures to hasten the departure of the reinforcements of the land agent's party, understood to have been assembled at Bangor. We have had the st.o. - ittance of the above Message before; it is signed 'John Fairfield.'" " BORDER Weas.—Governor Fairfield, and his Pro clamation, the Legislature of Maine and its appro priations, the militia and its Generals, all present the sombre aspect of war, but we treat theth all with the utmost contempt ; they know better than to venture on so rash an experiment, as that must eventually destroy their trade, and lay their sea-ports and villages in ashes." " P. S. More war: a gentleman from Fredricton this morn ing reports that the Americans had commenced cutting a road through to Madawska, consequently the 36th marched on Monday, and the Fredricton militia were to march this morning."—( St. John's New Brunswick Paper, Feb. 27.) HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NEW BRUNSWICK. (Posted at the North and South American Coffee-house.) " The Fredericton Sentinel, received this day, confirms the accounts given on Monday of the hostile movements by the State of Maine ; and in addition gives the Message of tile Governor to the Legislature, commanding a levy of 10,000 men for the purpose of taking possession of the ter ritory in dispute ; and the Legislature have voted the sum of 800,000 dollars, and passed a resolution, calling upon the State of Massachusetts to aid them in the measure. (We had this before, by the American Papers.) Imme diately upon the receipt of this important communication, the Legislature of this Province resolved itself into a Com mittee of Defence for the Province, and for assisting the inhabitants of New Brunswick to repulse the invading foe. Notwithstanding the suddenness of the measures adopted by the House, when the doors were opened, the lobby and gallery were filled by the crowds of inhabitants, who were waitin g for admission. The report was then read by the H on : Mr. Dodd, Chairman of the Committee; it consisted of a se ries of resolutions empowering his Excellency the Com mander-in-Chief to call out and embody volunteers, and draft companies of militia to the number of eight thousand men, between the ages of 18 and 45 ; authorizing the ex penditure of 100,0001. if it should be required. The re solution provided also, in addition, the same allowance as the regular troops from the military chest. The House received the report unanimously ; the whole House and the assembled multitude rose and united in three times three cheers for the brave inhabitants of New Brunswick, and three times three for her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. The House are to wait upon his Excellency to morrow with a copy of the resolutions." " The doors of the House at Halifax were again opened at five o'clock, when Mr. Dodd rose and reported that the Committee had waited on the Lieutenant-Governor, who was pleased to express his high satisfaction at the course adopted by the House; after which he submitted a long string of resolutions, which, after some discussion upon minor points, were passed unanimously. The first resolu tion was, that one-third of the militia force of the province, between the ages of 18 and 45, be drafted, by direction of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, and offered for active service, to the extent of 8,000 men. Also resolved, most unanimously—That his Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor be requested to direct an immediate enrolment to be made of tee whole militia force of the province be tween 16 and 60 years of age, and to have the same di vided into classes; also, that the Lieutenant-Governor be authorised to expend a sum of 100,0001., if necessary, in the psyment of the militia, and other services, to the pro tection of this and the adjoining province from invasion ; and that this House will provide for the same. After these resolutions had been agreed to, Mr. Dodd again rose and said, that as this was an extraordinary occasion, he would move that the House give three hearty cheers for our brethren in New Brunswick ; which took place. • Consols, which closed yesterday with a firm appearance, has given way this morning, and receded from the leaving off prices of 921 i f 923 for the Account : and the market appears very heavy at present, owing, it is said, to the in telligence from Halifax and New Brunswick received this morning. Several resolutions were passed by the House at New Brunswick, for 8,000 militia to be called out if required, with the expenditure of 100,0001. This is looked upon as warlike by the speculators in the Funds. Exche quer Bills, 48 50; India Bonds, 48 52; Bank St oc k, 201. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet; Spanish Active, 204 ; Portuguese, 3.14 35 ; Belgian, 102 i Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55i- i; Five per Cents., 1031 ; Colombian, 28,it 29,E ; Mexican, 231 24. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stork lndia Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Coos. 9:1X%% South Sea Stock per Cent — Old Annuitie• Ditto Red. — New Ditto New 13 per Cent looii %% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17a1 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Di t t o ' 5OO ... 48 44 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. IU, 1859 — Ditto Commercial Pm. .4.11. 5, 1860 1 4 74 13-16 Ditto Advertised pm. Jan. 5 ' ]ISO — Bank Stock for Account April 5, 1850 — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5.1870 — Consols for Account 9214% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Antrian Bonds _ Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Accoun t Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 21% Buenos Ayres Benda thtto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Co!umblan Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto . ACcount Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1821 lll% Ditto Account Ditto I%l4:tallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account. ‘. . )oy„ French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Ditto Bonds, 1815 — ----- ---- I per cent —f. —c, Ditto Account — —fi Pee cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exch,.nge. —f. —c. • Ditto Account i Dutch, N a per cent. ssoi Ditto, 6 per Cent —l Ditto Account 55Y,1 Ditto Account Neapolitan. — I Ditto Acc0unt........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Sharo, Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 51, pm.) :10 Ditto Macitubas Cocaes 25 14 Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 2l 10 Great Western Railway Company ......... ...., 0 70}( 9 669% 70 Brighton Railway London and Madman Railway 9 63, 6 1 onion and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 154 3 London and Southampton Railway Company SBl. 17s. Od. 42' K nn Midland Railway Company 55 49 Provincial /lank of Ireland ( sew) lO IG' 2 4 Assam Company 5 5 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH '25. .__ . . 3 per Cent. Consols .1% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 3% par Cent. Debentures... 92%, National Insurance Company [tank Stock ... grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. A heavy sale of Consols took place in the early part of She morning of 100,0001., since which the Market has been drooping, and Consols for Money have been done at 92a ; at present they may be quoted for the Account, 921. At length the Belgian Senate has decided the authority of the King to sign the Treaty of the 24th Article, by a majority of 17, which puts an end to the struggle between the Dutch and Belgians. Exchequer Bills are not so good as they closed, and may be quoted' at 47. In India Bonds nothing doing ; Bank Stock, 2011 ; India Stock, 252 254. Money is much in demand this morning, owing to its being settling day in the Foreigr. Market. To the pre- sent time the payment of their differences are going off well. Spanish Active, 201 ; Portuguese, A4+ ;1; Three per Cents., 21+ 4 ; Belgian, 102 f ; Brazilian 79}; Co -1 lombian, 284 29+; Mexican, 23f 24; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55i1 ; Five per Cents., 1034 No further arrivals. An immense monolithic column, which, as we stated in December, is intended to form a monument in honour of Napoleon at Ajaccio, has been cut in the granite quarries of Algajola, in Corsica, and successfullyplaced on a machine for receiving it during the final operation of its polishing, &c. This block is 52 feet in length, and 11 feet in diameter at its larger end ; its weight is 1,200,0001b5. The whole of the operations for moving the column from the quarries, conducted under the superintendence of M. Roze, builder of Paris, occupied no more than 20 work men , • and the mechanism is stated to have been very simple and ingenious. KNoWsLEY, MARCII 25.—Lord Stanley ar rived here on Sunday morning from Lancaster, where his Lordship had been attending the assizes as a grand juror ; he found the Earl of Derby seriously indisposed from the effects of a second paralytic seizure on the preceding day. His Lordship was struck speechless at five, p.m., on Sa turday, as he was about to be removed from his bed-room to the drawing-room. The Noble Earl has, however, since rallied, and his medical attendants pronounce him out of immediate danger. His Lordship, however, continues very ill, and Lord Stanley, Mr. Edward and Lady Char lotte Penrbyn, and Lady Eleanor Hopwood, his daughters, will not leave the mansion until he is better. STATE OF TRADE.—There vv as rather a limited demand yesterday, both for goods and yarn, and the business done was on a limited scale, but without alte ration in prices. It is understood that the Liverpool steamer, which was expected to bring a considerable num ber of orders from the United States, has brought very few ; and it is even said that some countermands of former orders have been received by her. The working of short time continuer in the neighbourhood of Mossley, and in several other places where the yarn is spun for export, but it is entirely at an end at Stalybridge. —.Manchester Guardian. EVENING EDITION RAILWAYS. On the motion of Lord Granville Somerset, the follow ing Returns were ordered:—" Of all monies to be raised under the sanction of the Acts whereby Railroad Com panies have been incorporated, between the Ist day of January, 1826, and the Ist day of January, 1839, distin guishing in a tabular form the sums to be raised by each Company respectively; as also the sums to be raised as principal from the sums to be raised by loan or mortgage ; and stating the several Acts under which the said several sums are to be raised." " An account of the several sums proposed to be raised by Railroad Companies, under the sanction of Bills now in progress thrdugh Parliament, distinguishing by which Com panies the several sums are proposed to be raised, and whether as loans or as principal." BRUSSELS and GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, MARCH 24.—A Correspondent at Spa writes us on the 20th— " Since noon the ringing of bells and the discharges of fire-arms announced to us that in the Chamber of Repre sentatives the friends of peace have triumphed. All the inhabitants of Spa are contented with the decision, which will not have the fatal consequences which the partisans of resistance have so often predicted." (From the Now, de Verviers.) M. de Potter, the prophet of evil, who still persists in writing that the reign of Leopold has become an impossi bility, precisely at the moment when King William has re nounced his claim to Belgium, writes letter after letter to the Eclaircur of Namur, but that journal not knowing even how to distinguish what ought to remain secret from what it may publish, prints every thing signed De Potter, with a boldness that might be taken for treachery. The follow ing is a curious specimen : " Once more, my dear Barthel, if the Correspondence seized at my house should be shown to you, say boldly that it is an imputation on you, deny the authority of the papers Demand, and do not yield on this point, the previous ve:rifi cation of these papers by the French authorities, anti defy your police and your lawyers to use against yeti what they cannot have procured, except by an abuse of confidence or by a robbery. Courage and perseverance any dear accom plice. " DE P01"I'E R.." A letter from Tongres of the 24th says, that Gen. Dib bets, Governor of Nlaestricht is seriously ill, and there were even reports of his death. BRSSEI.S. MARCH 26.—General fusel is gone to the camp at Beverloo. NVe learn that the Attorney-General in the Court of Appeal at Brussels has just given orders to prosecute with out delay, conformably to the laws, the authors of the wounds given or murders committed in duels. It is affirmed that the Civic Guard of Brussels will en tirely cease to do duty at the end of this week. A Frankfurt Journal says—" The plan for converting the toll of the Scheldt into a fixed sum excites great in terest in Prussia. It is impossible it should be otherwise, considering the great number of Prussian ships from the Baltic which annually visit the port of Antwerp, and the importance which the realising of the plan would be to the Rhenish iron railroad; for every vessel entering is lia'ole to a duty of one florin per ton. The projfict of steam naviga tion between Antwerp and Hull, by which the Rhenish provinces might procure quickly, and at a small expense, the English twist, which is an article of such importance to the manufacturers, would be at end. " We learn that Lord Palmerston has already proposed for this purpose an annual payment of 150,000 florins, and we have reason to believe that this plan will be supported by the Prussian Government. As soon as the question, which is highly interesting to commerce in general, and particularly to that of the Rhen ish provinces, shall be settled in a satisfactory manner, an entrepot might be established at Antwerp, which, while favouring the trade of the German Commercial League, would be very advantageous to Belgium. VIENNA, MARCH 18.—Baron Solomon V. Rothschild has arrived here after an absence of several months. Accounts from Trieste say that ten young men from Constantinople and Syra have arrived there, of whom seven are to study at Vienna, and three at Berlin. BRUSSELS, MARCH 24.—Yesterday a duel took place between Colonel Bire, late Commissioner of the Bank of Belgium, and M. Chas. de Brouckere, Director of that estabiish►nent. Each party having fired twice, the seconds declared that the combat should be continued with the sabre. M. de Brouckere received a dangerous wound between the ribs, above the heart. Colonel Bire, who had received a slight contusion on one hand, requested that the duel shonid be continued, but the seconds declared it must be deferred till the recovery of M. de Brouckere. It is affirmed that the duel, as agreed to by the ty;•o gentlemen, is a combat for life or death. There have been three other duels attended with fatal consequences, three persons having lost their lives, two of whom were Captains in the Belgian army. It is said that several o th e r duels are to take place, which cannot fail to have deplorable consequences. The Prussian Government seem to have revoked the prohibition of the exportation of horses, fur yesterday and to-day several Danish and Hanoverian horses arrived for remounting the heavy cavalry. By order of the Minister of War, the Militia of 1839, after having been embodied, are to remain at home as a reserve. Preparations are making in the war-department for the partial disbanding of the Belgian army. The ef fective force of the army which was 96,000 men on the 20th of February, is now reduced to 78,000 ; and as soon as the vote of the Senate has taken place, it will be further • reduced to 64,000. ZEALAND, `LARCH 24.—At Oortirarg in the fourth district of the province of Zealand, they heard this morning a heavy cannonade in the direction of Bruges and Ghent, which continued the whole morning. It is Oct known whether it 'was to celebrate the acceptance of the 24 articles, or whether there have been any popular com motions. ZEALAND, MARCH 23.—A1l is quiet in the frontiers of Belgium and in Dutch Flanders. Up to this day we have not received any information to account for the cannonade which we heard two days age. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 25.-We learn that his Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Russia is expected at the Hague on Monday next, and it is hoped that his Imperial Highness, during his stay in this kingdom, will honour this capital with a visit. HuNGARY, MARce 14.—We hear that Baron de Hess. lengin, who was lately condemned to three years' impri sonment, will obtain his Majesty's permission to go to Grafanburg, in Silesia, to take the waters for the cure. of a disorder in the eyes, which threatens to deprive him of sight. He has long been afflicted with cramp in the eyes, so that he has nearly lost the sight of one of them. Re ports say that his imprisonment is to begin from the time of his recovery; meantime he will enjoy perfect liberty. It is possible that his sentence will be mitigated on °cc?. sion of the opening of the Diet, or of the Coronation of the Empress as Queen of Hungary. GALICIA, MARCH 10.—Letters from Cracow state that the Commission of Inquiry continues its labours with great diligence. The new organization of the police of this free city is terminated by the nomination of district Commissa ries. Some persons in the Austrian service have on this occasion entered the service of Cracow. An attempt to free the student Livitzky, who is accused of the last political murder, has been discovered and de feated. EXECUTION OF ARTHUR WOODS at DUN DEE.—Yesterday the execution of Arthur Woods, alto was lately condemned to death by the High Court of Justiciary for the murder of his own son, took place at Dundee, in presence of an immense concourse of people, a great proportion of the crowd consisting of women. The unhappy man struggled a good deal. The Edinburgh executioner was conveyed thither to officiate in his horrible vocation ; and as apprehensions seem to have been enter tained of disturbances, every precaution was taken by the authorities. On Saturday evening an express was re ceived from the Home Office, by the Commander of the Forces here, to send off two companies to Dundee. Arrange.. ments were immediately made by Lieut. E. W. Pitt, R. N. on the part of the Government, with the General Steam Navigation Company, when the Caledonian steam-ship, Captain Sharpe, was put in requisition, and started on Sunday forenoon from Granton Pier, with the troops under the command of Major Mullin; and after accomplishing the orders they had to perform, they embarked again in the Caledonian at twelve o'clock yesterday, and arrived at Granton Pier at five o'clock. The greatest efforts, 'we understand, were used to obtain a commutation of Woods' sentence ; and a reprieve of a week was granted ; but as our readers are already aware, the Report of the Court be fore whom he was tried, was such as to sbnw, that the case was one in which the prerogative of mercy could not have been justifiably exercised by the Crown.—Edinburgh Paper. NEW ITALIAN OPERAS.—Two New operas were performed in Italy in February last—one at Milan, the other at Rome. That of Milan was by M. Schoberlechner, the husband of a centatrice of much note The subject is taken from Racine's " Bajazet," and the libretto bears the title of Rossana. It was, including Hiller's Ramada, the second opera of German origin produced within a short time at the same theatre. It would appear that M. Schoberlech ner's music obtained but an indifferent reception. His work was much injured by the customary performance of a ballet between the second and third acts, which happened to be I Ritti dell Indostano, the music of which is riade up of the sweetest melodies of Rossini and Bellini. The new opera played at Rome was another Medea, of Prospero Selli, a young composer of Viterbe. It obtained a com plete success, to which Eugenia Garcia, sister-in-law to the late Madame Malibran, much contributed. Last ad vices from Italy mentioned the death of Costamagn,e the young composer of two operas of much merit—li Paz.. and Don Garcia. We regret to say, also, that by last ad vices from Ahrseilles, the health of the celebrated violinist Paganini is rapidly declining. - THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE op RussiA.—llis Imperial Highness's projected marriag e with an Austrian Arch-Duchess has failed. A very her his piquant anecdote proves that all hopes of a matrimonitl alliance with the House of Hapsburg are at an end. Count Orloff, who been commissior.edto ascertain the dispositions Arch. is of the Court of Vienna, addressed himself with s uc h view to the Princess de Metternich, and expressed t o great admiration of the charming Arch. Dwehess, the ollieslv object of his master's conjugal ambition. impossible for us to settle h s° Duchess," re plied the witty u a n n f d or m tu a n l a ic te io ly us te P r rin his T c e e aft h s ib e t s l3 , l t a r e u l l i y eat f e as t e h i a n t at it in v, g ill p h e e rso t i ve a n her any g where but in Italy, the air of which country Jourteous , necessary to her." Upon this the Count m a d e a 4 I found and cool bow to the Princess, and de n , c - h ,P A r '''' courier to St. Petersburg, The splendid recep.daotn: to the Grand Duke at Vienna has been but a c method of rejecting a suitor wbo is not watited. This will but increase the rancour of Nicholas towards the Aus trian Cabinet, which ha s already so nl.c.ch offended him by its treaty with England. Ir, that the Danconsidered 4 4. vibi Danube is tty Austrian stream, to winurereial arrangement which Russia h as no 2is r ight . ,russels Periodical. NOVEL, BY MISS MARTINEAU. Just published, in 3 vols. price 275., boards, 17‘ EERBR 0 0 K. A NOVEL. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. ' Edward Bloxon, DoVer-street.