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NOW ready, in 2 vols., small Sea., with Plates, 215., bound, ' com i ng too vigilantly awake to the true state of things. •• L D Sl3 It S ln tfie,cOurse of this temperate and argumentative speech W • IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA.: ' Aq Licutenant•Colonel NAPIER.' " 'the Earl - of RADNOB expressed 'his sentiments on - the Author of " Scenes and Sports in roreiga Lands;"'&e..' • • - •••• " Colonel Napler's new work will not only be teccdvad suniect of free tr a d e, in these impressive terms:—" I be hearty welcome by every sportsman, but be found 'not jess-attrac- lieve that on the carrying out of these principles the five to the general reader. The scenes of the Gallaut AuthOr's ex ploits, as may be imagined from the title of his book; aft Sufficiently happiness and welfare of the country' depend. I diversified. lie takes Us from Madras to the" Mauritius• the Cape, believe, as has been 'said by o th ers , th a t th e y are t h e Ht. Helena, Gibraltar, Tarifa, Tangiers, M a lt a , Goao, S yria, (* . rand Cairo, Alexandria, the Desart, &c. • and the list of sports descri of sense. "I also believe principles common that they are Is equally comprehensive; in sbootin ' g, from the - Wild pigeon and quail the principles of benevolence, of charity, of sound policy; to the hawk and eagle ; in hunting; from the:fox to the dOild boar and bull; besides num erous p i Scatorlal adventures, Independehtly, how- and that they are the principles on which the whole ever, of the sporting details, tbc many amusing wsenai axwedote,s country will eventually be governed?' No one who thinks and traordina sketches of the Colonel's brother officers and associates give ex- these remarks • -soundl can doubt the truth of ry vil'aclty to his pa ges . The work Is Illtlstrated 311th :softie y ; and capital engravings.'—lielPs Life. - - sure we are that Sir ROBERT FEEL and Mr. GLADSTONE Sleazy Colburn; Publisher, 13, Great Marllx•rougk-street. have long since at heart acknowledged their force, though it may not suit their notions of expediency to express publicly the convictions of their understanding. After ull , what more does free trade mean than • the granting of a permission to indifStry and enterprise to move about the world unshackled ; to make the most of such opportunities as may be thrown in their way of increasing the wealth, and, concurrently with this, the comfitrts, of the• labouring population; and of binding together, more closely than has yet been done, in one Comprehensive social compact, all the best interests of humanity ? Now ready, at all the Booksellers. MISS STRICKLAND'S ..1 . 4 S OF THE . - • . -A QUEENS OF 'ENGLAND. - r • • NEW •AND REVISED •EDITION.• .•• • • . • " These volumes have the' fascination of a romance:united to .Ihe Integrity of history."—Times. . • • Henry Conntra, Publisher, 13, Great MariborOugh-Street. • COMPANION TO TILE NARRATIVES OF LADY ..SALE AND LIEUTENANT EYRE. • . New ready, in I vol. small Bvo., with Plates, 12s. ty,und, NARRATIVE OR TILE: ' • • L A-S T C..A MYA. I G N IN AFFGHANISTAN. • , UNDER. GENERAL POLLOCK. By tient. GREENWOOD, of 11.31.315 t Regiment. Orders received by all Booksellers. • Henry.Colburn, PahLisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. _On Tuesday evening last, as we learn from a report in the glizsguiv Argus, one of the most numerous and in teresting public meetings of the members and friends of the Glasgow Emancipation Society that have taken place in that city for many years, was held in St. John 7 street . Church, " for the purpose of remonstrating against so flagrant a, violation of the rights of humanity as is in- ! volved in, the conduct of the authorities of South Caro-, -ling, in sentencing JOHN BROWN to be hanged for the crime of aiding the escape of a female slave." The case of this ill-starred young man is—as regards the conduct of those who convicted him—the most disgraceful we ever 'remeinber to have heard of, even in the just, tole rant, and enlightened country .of Lynch-law. He was tried, it May be recollected, at New Orleans some three or four months since, for having assisted a poor defence= less female slave to escape from the. intolerable tyranny of her master; and for, this act, so highly creditable to hi§ humanity, he was sentenced by one Judge O'NEu.L to be hanged! In passing on him this awful sentence, the judge—compared with whom our . own ScnouGs and JEF:FRIES are prodigies of discretion and clemency— took the opportunity of reminding him that, he had sinned grievously, not only against the laws of GOD, but, what this judicial functionary seemed to think of far more consequence, against the laws of man; and conjured him, in a strain of the most impious and sicken ing cant, to make the best use of the, short time allotted him on earth, by reading. the Bible with attention, and humbly and reverently imploring pardon of his RE- DEEMER. Conceive the daring effrontery of a man who publicly in a court of justice could recommend his victim to. peruse a work, scarce a li ne i n w hi c h but tended to convince him of his own inno cence, and the atrocious inhumanity of his judge ! What says our Sevioun, in one of the - most impressive chapters in Holy Writ ? "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy !" And this is the volume which the man'O'NEm conjures his destined victim to study with attention, in order that he may store his mind with the wholesome precepts it contains ! Whetewe think we hear our readers asking—where did this public bur lesque on. all reason, all justice, all humanity, take place ? Was it among the half-savage squatters of, the, back woods of America, in some town just redeemed from the Sorest, where Lynch-law is , the only law known and re spected ? Was it in an uncivilised locality like this that the trial and condemnation of Jour: - BROWN oc curred'? , Far otherwise. It was in one. of the most populous, flourishing, and intelligent cities in the United States—viz., New. Orleans, whose wealthy inhabitants pique themselves on their superior refinement—their morality- 7 their civilisation—and GOD knows how many valuable qualities besides !It was here—in broad day light7in an open court of justice7-and in the year 1843—that a wan was publicly. sentenced to be hanged for the commission of an act which, in Europe, would have won for him the esteem and admiration of his fel- Jaw-citizens ? How the jury who- tried and the judge who condemned JonN BROWN, can reconcile his murder —for murder it is, if not in a legal .at least !in a moral sense—to their consciences, we cannot. for the life of us understand ; and still less can we understand how an enlightened community like that of New Orleans could have sanctioned 'such a deliberate atrocity by their ap proval. Shame on all, parties concerned in this black deed—a deed which should . brand their names with in famy, and fill their breasts with remorse to the last hour of their lives ! America has Much—very much to an swer for, outraging, as she is continually doing, the first principles ! of justice andlumanity. Repudiator —or, to speak in plain English —swindler as she is, slave-owner too, and consequently murderer on a wholesale scale, she has done more injury to the democratic principle throughout Europe than she will be able to repair by centuries of enlightened legislation. It is to her that despots point exultingly in justification of the doctrine's of Absolutism ; and from her mischievous example they derive their strongest arguments against the' expe diency of making any further political concessions to their subjects. THE. HON. C. A. MURRAY'S NEW Won't. • Now ready; at aft the Libratiev, in 3 vols.;post Svo., TII E P RAI.RIE BIRD By the IiON. CHARLES AIIarSTUS MURRAY. Author of " Travels lu North America," • • " We have not recently experienced more pleasure than we have derived from the' perusal of Mr: Murray's Prairie Bird,' a novel faithfully descriptive of the Indian inhabitants of the vast tracts of prairie and forest land that , now.eomprise the states of.Oido, Indiana, and Illinois, and the scattered European settlers among them, at the close of the last century. The work will richly repay perusal."—• Thnes. Richard Bentley,.New Barlihgton-street, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -, • • THIS EVENING. MARCH 21, . • Will be repeated a New Wind Opera, in Three Acti, 'called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Amheini Mr. Borrani; lhaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Arline, Mi ss Rainarth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF MIEN r. Marquis de San Lucas*, M. Albert ; Berielict, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, hidlie. Fleury; Agnes, Mdlle. clara Webster- Julia, Atadame Petit Stephan • Diana, Mdlle: O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., second Price 3s . lid. ;' Upper Circlet of 'Boxes Sa., vend Price Zs. ; Pit 33 . Second Price 25.; Middlejlakerji .25.. ti-corid Price ls.; Upper Gallery is., Second Price (Id.. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE'T. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER HIS EVENING, MARCH 21, Wlll be revived Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. reirucio. Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Katherina, Mrs. Nisbett After the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic Scene, " Norma." Alter which will be repeated JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Gudlot; Mr. Buckstone; Josephine, Mrs. Illawilliant Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, be. ; Pit, ss. ; Gallery ; 25.; Upper Gallery, ls. HalLprice—Boxes3s. • Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, dd. Doers opened at Half:past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to to had of Mr I. T. Archer,lst the Box. elite, front Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OX FOR DST REEL LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. • FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. ALLEN. THIS EVENING, MARCH 21, Will be performed an English version of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Alien; Elmiro, Mr. Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner; lago, Mr. Burdini I Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Gecia; Emilia , bli,a E i - onner. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS,, in. which Mr. and Mrs. Keely perfurm. To conclude with a Now Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May day Bride. Patrick, Mr : .Chicheley; Mr.. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charleton • Leola, Miss Bailin. 1 PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. , ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils, and the Publii that his FIRST BENEFI C will 'take place THIS EVENING, the 21st of March, on which eccasioa ROSSINI'S OPERA, 0 VHBLLO, will be performed ter the FIRST TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE. Private Boxes _and Places May be had of Mr. Massinghara, at the Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops, and at Me. Allen's residence, 19,13aker-street, Lloyd-square, Pen [anvil* THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 21, Will be performed a Me'ci-drama, called HENRIETTE, THE FORSAKEN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Y a te s , Mi s s W oo l gar , an d Miss Chaplin. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Mass Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Illms Chaplin, and bliss Lee. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery; I. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAV IDGE's ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE • THIS EVENING, MARCH 121, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SIM.. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, a Favourite Interlude. TO conclude with ABELAKD' AND HELOISE, revived with Kew Scenery and Dresses. • Place; and Pn►ate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. O*ll,e, from. Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.—Suzi OFFICE, MANc :21. TuratmosurrEn, Lowest, 27; 11ipe5t,,, , ,19 Noon, • 42. NoTz.—Tlie number 32 on the Thermometer denotes, the freezing point; and 55 -temperate. In Barometers ,fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-IIR7pGE TIIi3 DAY. Morning .• 17 minutes after 31 '. 33 minutes arter 3. The Madrid journals of the 13th, those, .of course, underAhe authority of the Governmentjor no others are published,. applaud the zeal and vigour shown by the Government at Alicant and Lugo. They also contain official dispatches from General . Ppo SiirdPEß;, dated , ;Lugo, the Bth instant, detailin g the ,execution, on that day, of CesTmovaAli, a priest, F. FERNAIiDEz, and two brothers, named emir:tn.. " They 'Were tried,"' says the General, in his report to the Minister of War, " an& executed to 7 day. I bad not • flattered myself that CAsTaoviLAa would, make any im portant diaolosures, and Lay..opinion' has been justified by the event. IlEs accomplices- and he suffered death with resignation and repentance, thus offering a useful exaniple to the immense crowd that witnessed this mili tary execution." RONCALI had left Alicant for Cartha- , geaa on the,ptii, and Fe may, therefore, reckon upon a similar atrocious dispatch from him in a few days. The Three per Cents.= were done at 321 1- . fgr cash, arid 33 at 60 - days ; and the Five per Cents. at23i at 60 days. . . . • The discussion in ,the French Chamber of Deputies on the vote of I;000,000f...for secret service money, was : brought to u close on-Tuesday, when, an. amendment to reduce the amount by 80,000 f.. was rejected by a large majority. 04 . Monday the moat .remarkable speech was made, by, that singular„ personage,.. M. LEDRU Ii9LLIN i who attacked the. .foreign pap)? •of the Go vertutient,•and attributed irresponsible acts to the Ki tct without consulting his Ministers. He alhided to the frequent changes. of Ministry in France, and asserted flea it was owing to the Cabinet never having suffieient libertiof action that the foreign policy. of France was so unsuccessful. lie instanced the Syrian question and the rig') t'of search,. in which the AmbassadOr had received in struetions evidently not proceeding from the MinistrY. Ile Was. interrupted by calls' of " Order," when Marshal SEDiSTIANI said the #on...Deputy was committing & grave...fault in introducing in, the Chamber, Under a: transparent.veil, a name which ought never . to be men tioned in-their discussions; - 4 If there was blaine;" pro ceeded the Gallant, Manhal; "I was the OnlY person to blame, for I never 'received any.order communication except from the Ministry," The speaker, ,neverth4ess, recurred to - the subject,' when the President interfered, and said the 'Hon. Deputy ought to he 'aware that . no alhision Such as he. was evidently making could, betole rated.' : Ministers or Ainbassadors could alone men tioned in the diseu,ssions of the Chamber. M. LEDRU um-again proceededinthe same strain i -and asked, since M.= Gutzor pretended. that - it was - only advice' he. had received, : whether that declaration could extend to intercepting ilispatches.Cries -of " Oh 4. oh, non sense.") He IVould ask if it could be alleged that the Crown only gave counsels,-when M.-n.{lEO6 declared that he ought to have known everything, and was riot in formed of : all ?—(Fresh noise 'and disapprobation.) M. GvizoT said there was not a single Minister of those to whoM the Ilon. Deputy had just alluded, who:hacl ever refuted to take 'on himself the responsibility of the sets now ,spoken of. In every ease 'a - lidded' to by the Hon. Deputy there waS a Minister to colter 'the'acts his; responsibility. .speak i n the name of a 1 those Ministers, and.declare that not any one of those acts. "had' beerx disavowed. M, de LAMARTINE also at tacked the. foreign policy of the Minister, and said, "whilst every slay. the offidia/ language declared an inti mate accord between. -England sand France, a secret enmity was at the bottom of men's hearts. It was this sentiment, which caused that if -two ships of the . two nations met 4,000 leagues 'off, a' 'collision was to be feared; it was this feeling which pkevented the present GovernMent,- pessesiing thef numerical majority, from giving the slightest movement to .the•heini of the State , without fearing to . strike against • some hidden rock. The consequence was Government could not perform the ttmnonest act of - government, without exciting the threatening susceptibilitie s of, the country. That sni ! eeptibility reacted on the Government, and. produced such , conduct as increased the. general distrust. Were a French , officer, for instance, when actuated by a feeling of patriotism, tofire a popit'ar cannon-Shot 4000' leagues Off, at once the Ministry disavowed him, and sent another in hiS Place." M. GUIZOT, without leaving his place, in a few words,: defended the Government. For three'years they had preserved peace, and 'without 'any sacrifice of the'honotte Fran Ce. On Tuesday AL - - . qt ,it ..‘ c, a " urr i i,7„ vpie o." ' • ktaor " m t ow - • SECOND. EDITION. (iLit !Emit Atz LONDON, Taint:sDA-Y,: MARCH 21,,1844. The Lords, observing , the good old custom of trans . .. acting nä business. on Wednesday, did not meet yester day; and- the Commons, from the little discussion which took place, seemed inclined , to follow the example. A new writ was ordered-for the borough of Hastings, in the room of Mr. .Pl..s.A, Nvho had accepted the Ch tern Hundreds, .w:.. In answer to agheation from Mr. TuaNtrt, , Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was& hot the intention of the Govern ment to - introduce a measure to prohibit burials in churchyards, The County coroners' Bill went through Committee, and.was ordered to, be read. a third time on Wednesday next. The House went into Committee on the Masters' and Servants' Bill, and after three clauses had been agreed to, Sir JAMES GRA.LIAM Said. _as•he bad not had tame to consider the Bill carefully, he thought it would be better to report progress, with leaye to sit again. This motion was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Half-past Seven. An , then of the great weekly meetings of the - Anti- Corn 7 la* League was held last night ,in Covent-garden Theatre. Immense numbers of freo:traders attended as usual, and, among them, were, two tenant-farmers, Mews. •LarristonE and HUNT, who, though deriving every farthing they possess ,ftoni agrieultare; ydc, in veighed. against the principle of Protection is the most decided and emphatic terms. The former speaker ,men 7 tioned a striking prediction made to him when he Was a mere boy, by an old experienced farmer,; to the effect that, if the corn-laws were continued for twenty years longer, the then existing . race, of farMerS Woad; to gether with their capital, be entirely annihilated. This prediction, added Mr. Larnmonz,had been verified to the letter, for, of the agriculturists -in the, parish to which it had been 'applied; some were ficthe union workhouse, others on thoroads; and . the majority in a state of miserable dependence, their property destroyed, their hopes blighted, their families ruined ! This anec dote wadi a forcible impression on the minds of all who -heard horrid no wonder, for what could more strikingly dlmonstrate the egregiinis fallacy of the statements 'Con stantly:made by the Monopolists, that the corn -laws are the greatest possible boon - to the farmer, and that without them he could no longer ,keep his head above water ? His Grace of IttcHatorip will, of course, discountenance an anecdotd of thiS clinching character as " vulgar to the last degree," and, beneath -the consideration of 'gentle :men ; but we doubt. inueh'whether, beyond the walls of Tar:hot:lent, he will find a majority to agree with him. But decidedly:the MOW-remarkable lipe ee ly of the evening was that made bfilic Earl 614.1.4w:i0n, who discussed the questio n o f freetrp4e in pli its kkearings, with a calmness; a perspicuity, and" an ,acnteness . that were at once, felt and appreciated by all who had the good fortuno to hear him. He, too,. stated that he was " wholly and solely connected With the agriCidtural in terest," and, like Mr. LATTIMORE, urged thiq„as the strongest reason why he should be an enemy :,to Pro tection. " The population of the country,7! observed his Lordship; "increases every day at, the rate of a thousand persons. Non', as the manufacturing- interest: ha; hitherto absorbed our increasing p , pulation, it is most desirable, 'you will all adMit, that n) check should be given to those,manufactures which may be called on here after to absorb a much-larger proportion of the agricultural population." One would imagine that the Monopolists could scarcely fail to perceiVe the force of this reason ing ; but they are a pig-headed race, " styed "—to use BUIpLN'S apt expression —in . their own inveterate pre judices, and rendered blind to all rational considerations by their` own causeless apprehensions and jealousies. They seem to think that agrictiltitre*Can only flour4h by a constant_ - check being put on the movements otcorn tnerea, though all experience tends to show , that each acts and re-acts on the other„ and that the farmer is never 80 well off as when the manufacturer is in a thriving condition. To cripple trade is to 'cripple agrialture ; to do' injustice to the one, is to make the. other:•the direct victim of that injustice. _ This is . a truth that is daily making - itself more and :more - felt. by the - Itirtaes ; • and • hence the alarm of the great , land-owners, who fancy that their own selfish intercsts ; are injured ,by their !depegtients, be. ..» j THE SUN,_,L9NDON,._THITRSPAy,E,XNING, MARCH 1,.,1844. adverted 4o tliAtitt? Aellious= .. . Proceedinp of th Bishois, condemned the apathy manifested-by the Ca 'binet in the quarrel with the University; and said that, by their timid conduct, Ministers emboldened them in their pretensions ; and actually rendered themselves their accomplices by not resorting to the means provided by the .laws to repress their liberticide attempts. The Minister of Justice, (M. MARTIN) could not justify the conduct of; the church—on the contrary, it deserved great blame, but the dangers to to which the Honourable Deputy-alluded, were unfounded, for they had a constitutional Government, the tribune, the press, and the institutions, ready to repress any unjust preten sions that might be raised by -the clergy. The French funds continued to rise on Tuesday, the Three per "Cents. having closed at 83f. 35e. The following telegraphic dispatch appeari in the Mon itear:— "PER?IGNAN, MARCH 17. ".Queen CHRISTINA. landed at theGrao of Valencia on the 12th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the road to that city being covered by at least 200,000 persons. Her MAJESTY did not arrive there till 7 o'clock. Her recep tion as Omirable.. Her MAJESTY was to quit Valencia on the • The same - journal officially' announces that the Duchess of - NEMOUBS had_ entered the sixth month of her pregnancy. TILE 1301.IRSE—TUESDAY, MARCH 19. ; -RANK- of - ENGL - AND . ..—(THIS DAY.) A general half-yearly Court was held to-day at the Bank of. England, for the purpose of considering a dividend. At twelve o'clock William Cotton,' Esq., the Governor, the Deputy-. Governor, and several Directors, entered the Court, which was more than usually crowded with Proprietors. .The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The GOVERNOR stated that this was one of the half-yearly general Courts, appointed by the bye-laws, to consider of a dividend ; .and. the Court of Directors having considered the state of the Bank accounts, were of opinion that a dividend might be made, if that Court thought At, of 3/. 10s. per cent. - for the present half-year, ending on the sth of April next, deducting the sevenpenee in the pound for the income tax. In making this 'proposition for the consideration of the Court, he thought it but fair to the Proprie tors that he should state, that by adopting the course now proposed by the Direetors, a sum of 10,603/. 12s. 6d. would be taken from the Rest ; the profits, therefore, for the last half-year, would be less by that sum. He would now, with the permission of the Court, put the question that a dividend of 3/. 10i. per cent. for the half-year, ending on the sth- April next; should be declared by that Court. WlLLinats inquired what was the amount of the Rest ? 'The GOvEiticon said that it amounted to 3,159,996/. '6s. Bd. Mr. WILLIA.ms Was desirous of knowing whether that amount included the bank-notes out, and whether it Was in dependent of their buildings. 'Tlie . GovEnNon said that it was, with the exception o some small buildings in Princes-street. In answer to a question from Mr. B. HAMMOND, The GOVERNOR stated that the stock had been taken up by -the Bank at the market price of the day. The queStion was then put and carried that a dividend of 3/. 10s. per cent. be declared for the half-year ending the sth of. April next, deducting the income-tax. The GOVERNOR then stated that the dividend warrants would be delivered and paid on Saturday the 6th of April. He had nothing further to communicate to the Court. Mr. Fiimnan considered that the great amount of bullion 'that the Bank at present had in its coffers ought to be made a matter of serious consideration by the Court and the Go vernment, considering that, years ago, that establishment - had been obliged to buy gold at a most expensive rate. The bullion in the Bank at the present moment amounted to nearly 17,000,0001., and he thought that some representation ought to be made.on the subject, in the proper quarter. Mr.WIT.LIA.us - wished to know, as the subject of the Bank Charter had been mentioned in the Queen's speech, whether the Governor and Directors had any communication to make on the subject to the Proprietors ? The GOVERNOR said he had nothing to communicate to the proprietors on the subject ; when he had, he would call them together again. Mr. COOKE said, as they had now arrived at the time when their charter was about to be considered again, care should be taken to impress strongly on the • Government the fact that the privileges of that institution had been greatly trenched upon. He had drawn . th e att en ti on o f Ministers to the subject' _by letters which he had written to Sir Robert' Teel' and the Lord Chancellor. The Bank Proprietors would be most happy to have any al teration made which would be beneficial to the country, but they ought not to be called upon to suffer more than their fair share. When the dividends were reduced from 4 per - cent. to 3-i per cent. every person having 700/. a-year lost 1001. a-year.—(Cries of ‘. Question.") That was the question. They had lost .their money. He trusted that when the question of the. Bank Charter came to be considered before Parliament, the Directors would take care that the legal opi • pions to whfch he had alluded should be brought under the attention of the Government, and on that, among other greunds,'he thought the. Bank had a claim 'to be the sole Bank of Issue. • Mr. TnostPsoN asked if the branch banks still continued to be a source of profit? The GOVERNOR replied that they did. Mr. Tuomrsos would move, if any one would second his motion; that the. name of J. Cooke,, Esq., be printed among the list of those recommended tp be elected as Directors.—(A. laugh.) No doubt some of the older Directors would be most happy to' retire in favour of a gentleman who possessed such an accurate knowledge of what ought to be done, and who took such a great interest in the subject.---(Renewed laughter.) Mr. MAnntorr moved that the thanks of the Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor and Directors, for the open and candid way in which they had conducted the proceedings of the Court. Mr. LLOYD, before the question was put, wished to ask what proportion the amount takenfrom the Rest bore to the whole dividend. , The GovEnNon--The total amount of the [half-year's dividend, in the Bank Stock is 509,355/., from which the property-tax has to be deducted, which leaves a net amount of 494,598!., and to pay that interest 10,603/. 12s. 6d. has been taken from the Rest. Mr. WILLIAMSON rose to suggest to the Proprietors that It would be advisable that they should request the Governor to remain in office for another year. The present was a most important crisis for the Bank. The Governor had been already in communication with the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of .the renewal of the Charter; and, therefore, it was of the utmost importance that he should continue in office another year. He, therefore, moved a resolution to the effect that the .Governor be requesled to continue in office another year. Mr. FIELDER wended, the resolution. The Governor was acquainted with all the facts of the case, and they could not do better than follow the piecedent which had been set on the former occasion when the renewal of the Bank Charter was under discussion. • The GOVERNOR would do whatever might be considered most advisable for the interests of the great corporation. He thought the resolution had better not be put, but that the question should be left to the Directors. He had left the question wholly to the decision of the Directors, and if it should be their opinion that it would conduce to the interests of the Proprietors that he should for another year undertake the onerous duty, he would do his best.—(Cheers.) What course • the Directors would adopt with regard to the house would depend upon the feeling of the Proprietors, but as far as he was concerned-he should leave the whole matter in the hands of the Directors.—(Cheers.) Sir P. LAURIE thought it would be much better to leave the matter entirely to the discretion of the Directors who would recommend what house-list they pleased. The GOVARNOR said that of course he could not put the question of the vote of thanks to the meeting, but in the name of himself and of the Directors, he begged to express that they Nfere deeply sensible of the kindness of the Pro pietors, and to declare that there was but one feeling by which they were all actuated, and that was a desire to do their duty.—(Cheers.) • Mr. WiLmuisos could not permit that vote of thanks to drop in such a manner, he would himself put the question.. The HON:PROPRIRTOR then put the question, and the vote was carried by acclamation. The GovEimon having again expressed his acknowledg ments, the Court adjourned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Armle t { 2-1.-Wind this day at noon, fresh breeze from N.E., and fine clear .weather. MARCH 20.--Wind. W..by S. to.N.N.E., strong.-- Arrd. Mary, Mackie, Mauritius, for Leith and proceeded ; Switzerland, Knight, New York_ Ski. .Lloyd's, Sydney, New .South Walea.;79hn Pirie, Honduras ;. Aaethusa, Biavannah ; Mediator, New York ; Lady Peel, St. John's, New Bruns. wick ; John Roinilly and Fanny; Newfoundland Swiftsure, etilta; N orfolk Island ; London, - Hobart Town ; Scindian, Calcutta; 'Worcester,. Madras; Ellen,' Demerara; and the rest of the outward-bound, except Dale Park, Lady Caroline, and Governor M'Donald. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind W.N.W. tb N.N.E., hard and squally.--Arrd. Now Phoenix, London for Jamaica. JEasKy, 11Ancrit 16.-,—Sld. Arid, Newfoundland. ScaLux, Ma.non .11 •r0.15.--Arrd. and proceeded, Alceste, Cfrde for Trinidad ;. Fragment, Liverpool for Madeira. Scilly; lanai 18.—:-Arrd. Gilbert Jamieson, Newport for Amsterdam,. leakY, with cargo shifted, and other damage, having been struck bv: a sea. TORBAY, 1 . 9.51 d. Lady Prudhoe, Cuba. DARTMOUTH, MAncit Syren, London for New fermdlend ; Halcyon; Exeter' for Cardiff, with dainage, and bows stove, having been in "contact with a schooner yester day; supposed to be Portuguese-= PLYMOUTH, Minot 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Commerce, Bordeaux for Havre, with bows stove, &c., hating. been in .contack wit 4 a brig. off _the. Eddystone yesterday. Ski. her ._contact,. steamer Styx, westward. OEI , PENZANCE, Mnacit 18.—Burgundy, Wotton, New YOrk for HaVre: ' NnwroliT,'MAncrr 19:---S1d. Albion, HickS, Boston. GUERNSEY, MARCH 18.—During a heavy gate frotn S.E., 16th MS., the Twenty-ninth of May, for the Mediterranean, dint° ashore on-the rocks to N.E. -of the harbour, • but has since been got, off, and in i here, with considerable damage, and must LowEszom 20.-4 gale at N.E:=-The Latona, of Shields, with bows stove, has been assisted - in here. Coke:, MARCH 18.--=-It blew very strong yesterday. A large barque, with loss of sails, _has. passed to leeward. An outward-bound .barque,.. from Liverpool, leaky, is off port. Sailed, Royal Saxon, Sydney, New South Wales ; Elizabeth , St. John's, New Brunswick. LtvEnroor, Kinc.H 20.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrived -Daniel Grant, :Valparaiso ; Eliza, Brown, Possession Island, sailed Jan. 13th,,St. Helena 26th. cLYDE, iSlaiten 18.—Arrd. Challenger llPEwen, Ichoboe. SM. Annabelle, Jamaica ; Lady . Sale, SCJohn's, New Bruns widt Hey*orth, Demerara. BOSTpx, MARCIII9.—A sloop is ashore between High Horn andTrieston. - BRIDI;ORT, MARC!! 18.--Sid. Royalist, Newfoundland. BEAUHARIS, MARCH 16,—Arrd. Thomas Hughes, . Butler, Africa for Lancaster. HARTLEPOOL, 111ABCFI 17.—The Endyn has been got off the strand and into the harbour. WICKLOW, Mance' 16.—The Frances, Powell, is ashore, crew saved, andiS expected off when thnivind moderates. AthcLow, .MAncn Peurldyn, of Liverpool, came adioreto-dey during a hurricane 'at .E.N.E., crew saved. The BrOthers; of 'this port, bound to Bristol, with copper ore, is ashore on the'beach, crew (except two) saved. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Match 16, 1E44, made - up from the Returns of the Inspectors in , thei different Cities and Town/ in Eng Jan.! and Wales,"per Imperial Quarter. ..... 56:. 3d. Oats ... ...... 20s. 14.1 Beane 3ls. Si Bailey - 330 3d. 1 Rye ..* ...... 33: 8d 1 Pease 3ls. 4d AVERAGES OF THE LAST SII WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. SARLEY.I OATS. RYE. I BRANS. I PEASE . Feb: 10 .... 52 7 1 19 1 n 929 10 30 6 17 53 6 33 4. 19 6 31 5 30 6 31 - 1 24 ...... 55 1 33 7 19 7 32 10 30 4 31 2 March 2 ts6 231 9 20 035 330 531 0 9.... ... : . 16 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX MEEKS Wheat......... 54-. Ild. I Oats Bade; 33.. 5.1 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat lBi, t 1 Oats Barley .... . . Od. 1 Rye LOYAL , COLLEGE OF rilYSlClANS.—Yesterday the Fellows of this College met at their house in Trafalgar square, for the purpose of choosing a President, in the room of the late Sir Henry Halford, when John Ayrton Paris, M. D., } I .R.S., was elected, by ballot, to fill that important office. ' . BRISTOL AND EXETER ,RAILWAY.-4. large and influential Meeting. of the city and county gentlemen was held at the GUiidhall, Exeter, on Saturday, to consider the propriety of adoptingsome course to celebrate the completion and opening of the Bristol Mid Exeter Railway. The High Sheriff Of Devon was in the chair, and it was unanimously resolved that apublic banquet should be given to the Direc tors of the Bristol and Exeter and the Great Western Rail ways,.the Members and Recorder.of Exeter, the Lord. Lieu tenant, the High Sheriff and Members of the county of Devon, &c., on ,that occasion. A Considerable amount was raised at - the meeting, for carrying the same into effect, and subscription lists are opened at the different banks in Exeter. stern Lemina,y. CDESS.-Mr. Staunton, the Celebrated English champ:up, dined with theßrighton Chess Club on Monday. Three very interesting games were played by Afr. Staunton and'Afr. Kennedy, a member of the club, in which the cham pion gave his opponent the - advantage of a pawn and tiro moves. .3.1 r: Kennedy won the first tivo games, but the third was won by Mr. Staunton, who displAyed -great skill. - SUMMARY OF NEWS AND I)nbltt Optittott. " TV/to runs 'nay read." FOREIGN. IICES VELLAZTEOI7O. To aceommodate thb a r rangements of Mr. Cobden tke f ree trade banquet at the Amphitheatre 'at Liverpool has been postpOned until Friday, the 12th of April. ' On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the donors and subscribers to the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which' was established by a Royal charter granted by George the Fointh in•theyear 1810, was held at the F reemaso n s ' Tavern, Great account f et o ree Benjamin Bond C a bb ell; Esq., in the chair. The Queen-street ; income and expendit ur e f or the peat year being read, the former was 1,5181. 3s. 'ld., in . which was ' included 93/. ss. annual subscriptions, 6 211.•145. - donations, and 561/. 13s .44, dividends on 19,000/. Thre e ,p er Cent. Reduced Stock: The disbursements had been nearly 1,4094.. leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 109/. 17s. 9d. The gratui ties to widows- in •the .latter accounts amounted to 620/. 7s. 'Bd., and to orphans 128/. 6s. The capital of the fund con- , ' sisted ofl9,3ooollree per Cents. Reduced: " ' . In the course of last week three destructive incendiary fires took place in Essex. • • • A return of the Weekly aggregate average Price of wheat; by which the duty is regulated, from the let of February ; 1843,, to the present time, has beeir.printe c l on the motion of Mr. Charles Wood, M.P. Striking. a general average of the various prices during the above period , (which includes 57 weeks), we find that the weekly : average price,. by which the, duty was regulated, amounted to 2/. 10s. 4d. The metropolitan mortality by 'small-Pox during the last year, whieh has been remarkable, for the severity of its epi demic maladies, has been estimated as low as 438, whereas by measles alone-1,400 lives have been lost. This latter disease is prevailing to a very considerable extent, at RUM College. As many- as between 100 and 200 orthe boys are 'affected ; but only one case of a fatal nature has occurred. Last night, a public meeting, crow.dedly attended, was held in the large room at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, called- by the Metropolitan Anti-State-Church Asssociation,. to express an opinion on the subject of the union of Church and State, to adopt resolutions condemnatory of such union, and to elect two delegates from the nietropoliS to serve in the Anti-State-Church Conference, now - forming. , Resolutions to that effect were adopted.. MARIiET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) NATAT.aRKETS. Smirttnr.t.n.—CCTaTS;llleado;l 7 .ll42l 15s •to 3135••, use ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 10 s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 16a . ; ,Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 51 . ; Oat Straw, : 11 63 to. 11 Ss; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to I/ 10s per load. Both Hay and . Straw sold heavily, at the above quotations. CirmßEßlANl).—'Coaise Meadow Hay, 2/ Isis to 315 a; useful ditto, 3/ 8s to 3/ 13s; fine Upland ditto, 31 153 to 41; Clover Hay, 31 to 4/15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 75 to 1/9s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1112 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggiSh demand. Prices , about stationary. ' ••• WitrrEcumtea..—Coarse Meadow • Hay, 2l 12s to 31; useful ditto,' 31 3s to 31 10s; fine • Upland ditto, 31.12 s to 3/ 15s; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 51 ss; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 118 s ;..11rheat Straw, I/ So to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good, and trade very dull: , .• • • .. 114[AZIKETS. .• . Souttr.,'Manot 20:—For prime. Mutton, Veal, and • Pork w had a steady demand, at prices , fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. In all other kinds of stock exceedingly little was doing,• and their 'value had a down- ward tendency:--Beef, from.2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per gibs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 32; Sheep, 2,001.; Citlves, 47 ; Pigs,. 40, itomt-n,- MARCH 20.—Although the supplies of stock on offer to-day were by no means extensive, the demand was throughout inactive, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 35 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to, 21s; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. HAtr.onAm, MAacn 20.—We had a comparatively sluggish demand ,for stock hero to-day, at barely late rates :—Beef, from 2s 84 to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s 8d; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 64 per albs. • • AttuNREL, MAncit l9.—With. the exception of the primest Beasts.and .§beep, commanding a steady sale, at full prices, the demand ruled. eitremely- inactive :—Beef, from 28 6d, to. 4$ Mitttini,-2s lad to 4i 8d ; .Veal, 3s 6d.to 4s fid ; and Pork, 2s . 6d to 3s 4d per 81bs. • • CluctibifEit, MAncit 20.—T0-day's market exhibited a, full average supply of stock ; which met a slow: inquiry, in some instance s , d epressed rates•:—Beef; from 25,6 d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d- to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 456 d and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per BIbS. Suckling Calves, -18 s to 28s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16 8 to 19s ; and Milch Cows, 151 to 18/each; Vißi 4 IN usual. t.—On Sunday night, or early .on Mcli.da, Y morning ; a copper boiler . was stolen from the, pre 'nisei of Mr. Singleton, hi the Brazen George yard, but while bits. Singleton went,,to tbe.station,house to give infor, matidEr'of. the relihery, the boiler was restored to the place from whenCO it - liad been - bteien-r-= - CamW4e'Chrolicte. ' • - In the French Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday a division took place on the Secret Service Money Bill, which was car ried by a large majority, supposed to be about 50. • Some disturbances took place at Marseilles on Friday, in consequence of the display by the Legitimatists in favour of M. Berryer. A great number of young men having .ascer tained that M. Berryer with some of his party was at a house on the Prado, proceeded thither with the tricoloured flag. As they went along their numbers were increased, until the whole extent of the Prado, from the Place Castellan e - to the Rond Point, was filled. The disposition of the crowd was byno means of an equivocal character. Not only did they sing the Marseillaise ; they also set up loud cries of " A bas -les Carlistes I" , " A has les perjures !" The authorities were compelled to interfere, and sent General Perchappe with a squadron of chasseurs to protect the Carlist Deputy. The Abbe de Pradt died at Vedrine, his country seat, a few days ago, aged eighty-seven. The interview he had with Napoleon, at a small country inn, on his retreat from Moscow, and the•reinarkable conversation that took place, must be fresh in the memory of many readers. It was on that occa sion the Emperor used the phrase now become a proverb— " From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but a step." The Monitcur contains a royal ordinance, authorising the Minister of War to call into service 16,000 of the 40,000 con scripts of the class of 1842, who had not yet left their homes, to replace 13,000 of the class of 1838; whose time of service will expire in 1845. The effective krce -of the army for 1844 is fixed at 355,000 men, 75,000 of whom are stationed in Algeria, and that of the reserve at 71,740, of whom 51,820 are old soldiers, and 19,920 recruits. The Presse says, " It has already been announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank of France was engaged on the question ofissuing notes for 150 f. We now learn that thiS measure has been resolved upon. - The Gazette du Midi gives an account of the banquet of fered to M. Berryer at Marseilles on the 14th. The number of persons who sat down to dinner was 550. M. Berryer's health having been drank with great enthusiasm, he replied by proposing ' " The dignity of the natio na l fl ag on a ll t h e seas of the globe, which was followed up by proposing the health of Admiral Dupetit Thouars. " It would appear," says the Patrie," that Queen Christina does not intend to be long absent from Paris, forshe keeps the Hotel Coureelles and Malmaison, where M. Munoz still resides." , On Sunday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the .Tuileries was thrown into sudden and great alarm by the re port of fire-arms and cries for assistance from the garden side. The officers on duty immediately . went on the search, and found in the small garden next the Pavillon de Flore a sen tinel from the 2d regiment of infantry lying' at full length, .covered with blood. He .was, however, soon recalled to his senses, and stated that, while resting on his musket, it went off by some unaccountable accident, and lodged the charge in his arm... - Nine condemned malefactors were, on Monday, between eleven and twelve - o'clock, exposed on the Pillory in the PlaCe du Palais de Justice: • - • .A. fire broke out at Madrid on the 12th, which destroyed the hotel-of the Administration of the Mines: The•wife and family of M. Olozaga occupied apartments on the second floor of the building. No lives were lost. According to a letter from Naples, a negotiation was then pending to effect a marriage between the Duke de Bordeaux and the third sister of. the King of the Two Sicilics. . The Commerce mentions that COunt Mold would leave Paris for St. Petersburgh next May, and return by Constantinople, after visiting Moscow and the magnificent harbours and ar senals established by Russia along the Black Sea. A letter from 'Wiesbaden of the - 9th says :—" One of the largest hotels in this place has already been engaged for the reception of the Emperor Of Russia. It is said that his Ma jesty will go this year to the baths of Erni.° ' • - - LAW' AND POLICE. ' •• • James Elmore, a-policeman; recently in the employ of the Croydon and- Brighton Railway ComPany, was convicted at the Surrey Sessions of feloniously stealing, on the 13th of February last,. at St. Olave's, Southwark, a gold seal and , ring, the preperty.of W„Fisher, and sentenced to hard labour for twelve months. . . • At Bow -street, Frederick Shaw, a gold-beater, and Frede rick Radfort, a butcher; were committed for trial, - the one for four acts of theft and burglary, and the other for six similar offences. In- one case, the property stolen in jewellery, amounted - .to 2001. At Guildhall, William Brown, lieu Chaplin, and Joseph :Harvey,. three seanien, • -belonging to the 'schooner Maas, Captain Cooper, trading - bet Ween Londen End Hamburgh, were charged by the Solicitor of.Customs'with smuggling :1201bs. of foreign tobacco, valued with the duty at 651. Mr. Alderman Gibbs, with the concurrence of Alderman Sir. C Hunter, fined each of the prisoners 1001., and ordered them to be imprisoned till the same be paid. Mr. Maltby, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough.street, acknowledged the receipt of a Si. Bank of England note, No. 00,70 . 0, from a benevolent person, who states in his note that it was saved from "self-denial practised during Lent," for the poor-box. At Worship-street, Wm: Stripling all . as Wilson, was re-ex, amined before Mr. Broughton, charged with having bur. g,lariously entered the dwelling-house of John Finlayson, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, residing in Pales tine-place, Cambridge-heath, and stolen therefrom a quan City of plate and,other property. He Was fully committed. COURT--2 1 /I.S2IZONABLII. The' Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the . Baroness Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the French Plays with her presence last evening. The Earl of Rosebery received at dinner en Wednesday -the Earl Stanhope, Lord John Fitzroy, the Earl of Altainont, Sir John Harrington, Bart., Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Stan 4 hope and Miss S. tanhope. Mr.. Hope Vere, and Mr. Robert Drummond- • • • ' - The Earl of Haddington entertained the Duke of Welling ton, Sir R.Teel, Earl of Aberde,en, Lord Stanley, Lord Wharn cliffe, Sir James Graham, Sir H. Hardinge,, Sir E. Knatchbull, Duke of Buccleuch, and the Right Lion. W. E. Gladstone, at dinner last evening, at the Admiralty. It was the Noble 'Earl's - first Cabinet dinner this season. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are still on a visit at Badminton, and will not leave until Saturday next for town. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort return to Arling tonzstreet, for the season, On the WedaeSday The Countess ,of Uxbridge is recove r i ng f rom h er very serious attack of illness, and . we are, happy to hear'no danger is now apprehended. ' - Tuesday next is the birthday of his Moral Highnele Prince George of Cambridge, who will complete his 25th year. The Marquis of Abercom is expected at Dudley House, Park-lane, early in the ensuing week.. • The Countess of Haddington has issued invitations for a grand assembly at the Admiralt y on Monday next, in hono ur of her Majesty's drawing-room . The opening ball at Ali-neck's' on Monday next, the day of her Majesty's drawinggoom, expected to be a brilliant assembly. The Countess orjersey and Viscountess Palmer.: vouchers,. considering it is the ston perpose being in - attendance, and the' appliCations to those ladies have been exceedingly nu gillpba patronesses f the bo of the ts;o: --Lord - iind Lady Stanlefhave a goratiddinner on SatUtday next. It and Lady's last party be fore Easter. \ _ _ ' • • ) First Versailles, R. 8... L.B :............ Rouen • • Rouen to Havre.. • . Orleans Strasburg to Bale .......... Avignon to Marseilles • • .• • • Konen to Haire.. Strasburg to 8a1e....... Orleans .. Avignon to Marseilles.... Highest Lowest MORTALITY TN THE METROPOLIS.—The return for the week ending Saturday, March 16, is very favour able, 'showing -it great decrease as compared with the returns for many weeks, and a decrease 0f:43 on the return for the previous week. The total number of deaths was 989, while in the week ending March 9, it was 1,080. In almost every disease there is a decrease, but chiefly in deaths from diseases of the lungs.. The total' number last week was 307, previous week 375, average 330. The following is the analysis:— Bronchites 28, previous week 37, average 19 ; pneu monia 82, previous week 113, average 91 ; asthma 35, average 45 ; consutnption 133, previous week 150, average 146. In epidemic diseases there is an excess of 7 above the average from scarlatina, the number being 43, previous week 40, and average 25. In all the other cases . there is a diminution. Small-pox carried off 21 persons, and of jhese 20 had not been vaccinated. The number of deaths.front_violence, intemperance, and pri r vation, - was 29, average, 2.5 ; and of these, 10 were causectby burnings and scalds, iind 5 Troia suicides, two males and three females. The thermometer was lowest on Wednesday, the 13th-32 . 6 degrees; and highest on Monday s the 11th , --52.5 degrees. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO- THREE. There was no change in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 3,500 bales —viz., SOO Surat, at 3id. to W.; 200 Pernam, at 64d. to 64d.; 40 Maraham, at 54d. ; -and the rest American at 54d. to -6d. per lb. Speculators ,took 500 bales of American.--There was but -little animation in Shares. Birmingham and Gloucester were 86i ; Chester and Ijolyhead, 7 ; Edinburgh and Leith 94 ; Great Western, 1121• Liverpool and Manchester, 225 ; Birmingham Quarter, 29 ; 111'inchester and Birmingham, 48 ; Ditto and Leeds, 1l5i; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 14s. South-Eastern, 354; Ditt o New, 36 ; Dublin and: Cashel, ; More than ordinary interest was exhibited to ascertain the result of the proceedings cf the General Court of Proprietors held at the Bank of England, a report of which appears in another collunn of this day's. Sun. An expectation was very generally entertained, that questions would .be asked with respect to the terms upon which the Charter is to be re newed, and .as respects the progress of the conversion ' Plan. The active measures which are in progress by the private and the joint-stock banks to obtain, if pos- Bible, concessions in their favour, rendered the meeting of to-day more interesting than any that have occurred since the discussions toek place in the Court-room of the Corpora tion shortly previous to - the last renewal of the privileges of the Proprietary. It will have been observed that, for some weeks back, the quotations of Bank Stock have been gradually on the rise, purchases having been made yes terday 15 per cent. above the quotations given at the coin. mencement of this year. This is deemed to be pretty con. elusive that no very large inroad will be made upon the ad vantages now possessed by the Corporation in favour of other establishments askii,kg concessions. It has surprised many in the City that so much as 10,603/. 12s. 6d. should have been required to make up the dividend from the Rest. Thus, it appears, the account stands : To pay,the dividend f or th e h a lf- year £ 509,355 0 0 Property -tax 5494,498 16 3 And adding the ten thousand six hundred and odd, the dividend will thus be met.' It was • expected that a discus sion- would • arise as to the Charter: no such thing took place - :_ the Directors are, however, o n their mettle: a sole Bank, of Issue is their motto. . . . We have no arrivals of importance to-day. 'Con6olis have reached . within one per : cent of par this morning. .The purchase s 'have been increased on the part 'of the Government brokers, and no question the Burns - -laid out, on' each ' transfer day, will' be soon increase& . The New' Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have touched -1021; Bank Stock, 200 (now .. 199)-; Exchequer Bills; 70s-premium ; and India Stock for the Account, 294 In the Foreign Market the transactions were • rather nu= merous to-day, but the quotations have not varied much; The Spanish Five per Cents. are at 25h for.the Account ; the Three per Cents. at 3511 • the, Portuguese, Converted at 454 Dutch Five per Cents., 101..- 7 • Mexican ,at 36; Chili= at , ... 2 1041; and Braiillan at ni. In the'Shate Market therelias . net been a feature of in.'. terest to-day: The variations in value have been slight. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ' • . (From the Official List) „ 8 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 98% .99 96304 - ' New 334' per Cent Annuities 10434% ' India Ronds,l,ooo '• ' - -- -- Ditto under L0W...". ...... . ..............»....»., 26 South Sea 5t0ck....... . • Ditto New Annuities - 97 • • Bank- Stock. for Accou n t .. l9i 200 199 Consols for Account - India StoFk • ... 291% - 'Exeliequerliills, I%ii. ' 130. 1,0004 - . ' 70 pm. • • 5004 ... Ditto Sinai] . , PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER-SHARE Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 BO4 ...... to Ditto New ,17% ' 21% - 7 ..»..... to 6% Eastern Count-Wis.--; ......... B9 - Ditto New Registered.....B4 cis. Rd. - 1--s. 4d 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow' 'so - 64% Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham _251 Great Western .., .. .. . . .............. 75 ' ' to ' .Ditto 3%,-Shares Harrowgate and Ki,atosooro' 3 3%% ... to Lancaster and Carlisle b ...: . ... 8 London and Blackw..ll ~„ , 16% - London and South Westerti:Z.. 41% ' 52% •to *... - Ditto Efghth5.....................: N ... ..... 4%. to —4 London and Croydon (T runk ),.,: 13% ..... 16%%... to —. 'Manchester and Leeds.. ..... ......., 71) 11656 ~..... to 'Ditto- 34 Shares 3O ........ 30 1 4 to • Manchester and Birmingham ... 40.‘,...... 411.‘ to .... Neill! Itriti-h . 2% .3% 1 A ... to 'Norwich and 13randen • Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 .... ..... 38 .. ....... to Northern and Eastern .............. 45 ........ 57% ...... to• 58 Ditto % Shares 12% ...... 16 ..... ... to -- Paris and Orleans ........... ........ 29 ........ 35% ..... . to Paris and Rouen 2O • 36 36 % . ..... to 35% South Eastern and Dover . .... Ditto Scrip f ..44..... 23 .......,3pi YOrk and North Midland ...".... '5O — -- Ditto Scatboro' Branch .....,". 254 ...... 2'03 , 6!4, a to PRICES OF' IRISH •STOCKS, MARCH 19. .. . . 3 per Cent. Consols ..... , 9834 Three and a Half Stock ...... ' 101% • • Ditto' Reduced •101%• Ditto New, 1.30 ..... .... . 3% per Cent. Debentures.— ......... .. .......... ' " ' Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent • Bi LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. - ,PAID. PER SHARE. -Dublin and K.-Road • • 100 • 135 Drogheda 55. • 64 ~ . Hibernian 8ank......"........ ........ City of Dublin Steam Company British and Irish Steam Company,.... 50' ...... ... 50 _ - r ___ _. - - - MARCH - ----- ----, .- , MANCIIRStER - - 'rocit EXci/Ag(lE; M 2 0.--Tilefe bas been a 'good business •to-day at - the quotations, and' the market ;closes' very' iirm I—Eastern • Comities, Registered, 139-16 and i ; Do. Perpetual; 1/. lle. 4d, ; Manchester and I3ir mingliam,444 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, •64 ; North Union, 107; Sheffield and Manchester, 67i 68; Do. Quarter, 8 1-16; Manchester, Bury, And Rossendale,3f. CLOSING PRICES . BILITLSII FUNDS. Bank Stock ' ' " ' ••-•• i Indian Stock. • pm.. 9 per Cent. Red..... ....... .- • • . Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. ,... _ 98% i.Ditto,ol,l Annuities ... 334. per Cent..Re) . — . Ditto New Annuities... 91% New 334 - per Cent;... ... . . 102% Ex. Bills; 1,0001. 1%d... -- pro. -New 5_ per Cent. • — • • .1 Ditto 5001 ......... ...... pm. Loiig Annuities to expire Ditto Small.' pas, • Jan.. 1860.. ..... „... ' Bank Stock for Acct.... 200 Octi.-1859 - - • IConsols for - Acct U. Jan. 1800 — ~IndieStock for Acct.... 291 • . .. -, FOREIGN FUNDS. • Austrian, 5 per Cent•..........• FOREIGN, 5 per Cent — Belgian ; sper Cent • • 104% Ditto,. New Ditto • Brazilian Bonds , ,824 Prusaian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 575 Russian, 5 per Cent - • t. hUlan,,6 per Cent •—, Ditto, Metallic ' • oCorlomeek Mexican,.bi l a s n i ,5p6, per s p r e p r a C c e Cent ei a t Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 leer Cent .35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent • 03 :Ditto , Deferred 145 Danish, 3 per Cent , ' French , 51 er Cent ......, —f. —c. ...... i French,E xchan E xc h ange p e r Cent.' - - c 6 0 c .. Ditto, 6 per Cent. 1837........ —. !Dutch', 2)4 p er Cent...... 5714 Peruvian-, 1825, 6 per Cent Ditto, 5 per Cent- 101% 'Willingham and DerhySH(looAßprd.) 59 Birmingham and Gloucester (100 raid) B6 Bristol and Exeter ( 0 paid) - ' • 72 ' - : Chester ancl.tiolyhead ( 5 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 1 6 1001 4 9 : • Great North.Of England (loOpaid) Gr D ea i t to W . t es ii t t e h rir s,i i 2 7.l v. pil i t 4 d) ). , .............. ........ .......... Lon len and 'Brighton (50" paid) .L•f. .„; ... _London andoßlackwall (101.,135. 4d,i)..... ........... „ tX, London and,l3ltminKham (Stock) ............. . `Ditto NeW Qnatters ( 2 pald) • Ditto New Thirds li•paid) • 4 London,and. Greenwtch (I: 1. 1..5. 4d. paid) ..... Landon and Guildford. Junction ( 5 pa'cl) • ...... , ti,s(.". London and Schith Wdstern (ill. 6s : 10d. paid) • 59• • . i‘N'toir,r(iiitaltitrideoriefdaijuintie.a.filtcearit:e4(paito,iipc"dpaip. d)., ... ; ... ; . ;;;; • 81,4 Cr ' Mirth Midland (100 pais!) Paris and •Oileans (20 paid) • Paris and Rouent(2o paid) ....; 3i% South Eastern and 'Dover (54/paid) -,- - ' ..' Ditto-Sdrip (aspaid) ' •-• ' • • • York and North Midland ( 50 Paid).10001.0101.1 0 01 2'21 Price. - Priee. . Price. Price. French Five porCents.ezdiv 121 135 .. 122 'l2l 85 122 15 iFourperCents.exdiv 105 30 .• 105 50 ' .. 105 50 .. 105 50 Three per Cents..... 83 35 7. ! 83 40 .. 82 30 .. 83 40 Bank - of France 3210 ••3210 ..3207 50 • •32Q7 50 Laffitte Rank, 5,000 f. Bharesso9s ..5095 .. 5095 ..5095 Belgian Bank, 1841-- —llBO —llBO ..1180 ..1180 Belgian Fives •• . lO5l , 1054 .. 1054 • • 1051 1840 , nntcli Two-and-a-Half... 581 .. 584 .. 581 .. 58i Spanish Active . Passive 64 .. 64 .. 64 .. 64 Threes •••••••• •• •. 351 .. 354 .. 354 .• 3.54 Neapolitan•••••••••• • • • ... 102 60 ~. , 102 65 .. 102 60 .. 102 65 Roman . RAILWAY SHARES. • 388 75 .. 388 75 •• 388 75 .. 388 75 177 50 .. 177 50 .. 175 .. 176 25 900 .• 902 50 • . 900 • • 902 50 686 25 686 25 .. 685 685 892 50 .. 893 50 .. 892 50 893 50 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 770 770 .. 765 •• 767 50 • RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Ver5ai11e5,R.8.......•••••• 388 75 .. 388 75 .. 387 50 .• 387 50 L.B.•••••••••• 177 50 .. 177 50 .. 175 .. 175 •• 902 50 . . 905 .. 902 50 .. 905 686 25 .. 686 25 .. 686 25 .. 686 25 246 25 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 892 50 .. 895 .. 892 50 .. 895 768 75 768 75 767 60 .. 767 50 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION lIALL.-(THIS DAY.) Three men-of-war's men, lately payel off, applied for re lief, under the following circumstances : It appeared that they had been recently paid off from the Iris, on her return from the coast of Africa, and, having ex pended their wages, and being unable to get employment, they were reduceJ to great distress. - Mr. • COTTLNGIIAM, finding the-poor fellows had seen a great deal- of active service abroad, remarked that there ought to be some asylum for such persons, until they succeeded in getting on board "other ships, and that they should not be permitted to wander about the Streets in such a deplorable condition, after risking their lives in the service of their country. _ _ They stated that they had been at the Admiralty, but only received an answer that some steam-ships were fitting out at Woolwich, and that probably they might be engaged on board when they were launched in about a month. Until then,•however, they run the risk of starving. The MAGISTRATE lamented the situation of the three poor tars, ordered them some temporary assistance from the poor box, and recommended them -to get to Portsmouth where they might have a chance of employment. LITERATURE. PALM LEAVES'. Mozon, London, 1844. The poems contained in this little volume were suggested, it seems, by impressions made during the author's—Mr. Monckton Milnes' late tour in Turkey,. Greece, and Egypt. Though they refer, however, to scenes and incidents in the East, there is not much of an oriental character about them ; and indeed—if we except here and there a descriptive pas sage—the majority might have been written by Mr. Milnes without once stirring from England. Some of the poems in their calm, thoughtful, passionless tone, remind us of Wordsworth, of whom the author is evidently a firm admirer, and whose manner he essays to imitate, though without servility. The versification throughout is equable and harmonious to a degree; but it would have been considerably im proved, had a little more pith and vigour been infused into it. One great merit in the poems is the kindly and catholic spirit that pervades them; Mr. Milnes thinks and feels like a cosmopolite, and not like a mere prejudiced observer—such as Western Europe is so continually sending forth—who is surprised and shocked at all such customs, feelings, &c., as may happen to be at variance with those of his own country. Though he prefers the manners of the West, yet our author gives fair play to those of the East, as we see in his polished and picturesque poems dated from Constantinople. As a specimen of his manner, we quote some . pleasing 'lines on " Delos," in which the classical associations connected with this famous island are made to serve a moral purpose : Though Syra's rock was passed at morn, The windfso faintly arched the sail, That ere to Delos we were borne, The autumn day began to fail, And only in Diana's smiles We reached the bay between the isles. In sweet serenity of force She ruled the Heavens without a star— A sacred image that the course Of time and thotight.cari hardly mar, — As dear and nearly as divine As ever in Ephesian shrine. I knew that on the spot I trod Her glorious twins.Latona bore, That for her sake the pitying God Had fixed the isle, afloat before ; And, fearful - of his just disdain, I almost felt it move again. For the delicious light that threw Such clear transparence on the wave, From the black mastick-bushes drew Column, and frieze, and architrave, Like rocks, which, native to the place, Had something of mysterious grace. " Strong was the power of Art to bid Arise such beauty out of stone, Yet Paros might as Well have hid Its wealth within its breast unknown, As for brute Nature to regain The fragments of the fallen fane. " Who can rebuild these colonnades Where met the ancient festal host, - The peasant from Arcadia's glades, The merchant from lonia's coast, Gladdening their Grecian blood to stand On one religious Fatherland ? " So in my angry discontent I cried, but calmer thoughts came on, And gratitude with sorrow blent, . And murmur turned to . orison:: I thanked the sods for what.had been, And Nature for the present scene. I felt that while in Greece remained _ Signs of that old heroic show, Hope, Memory's sister, so sustained, Would sink not altogether low, And Grecian hearts once more might be Combined in powQrful amity. . . Long 6.e the sun's most curious ray Had toughed the morning's zonenf pearl, I and my boat were far away, Raised on the water's freshening curl ; And barely 'twist the rose and blue The island's rim was still in view. So Delos rests upon my mind, A- perfect Vision of thc . night, A picture by moon-rays designed, And shaded into black and bright,— A true Idea borne away, • Untroubled by the dreamless day.. , MEMOIRS of EMINgNT ENGLISHWOMEN. 2 Vols. - Bentley, London, 1844. The title of this WOrk sufficiently explains its na ture,‘though we may observe, by way of additional explanation, that the memoirs contained in it are confined to such "eminent Englishwomen" as lived during, and Subsequently to, the reign of Eliza beth; the authoress, Miss Costello, justly remarking that it is scarcel = y possible to. give the biography of the females-•of. Ingland who have been remarkable in•their time, with any d9gree of accuracy, till the sixteenth century. Among the memoirs we find One of* the Countess of Shrewsbury, celebrated for her great skill and success in fishing for husbands and hooking them. This shrewd, beautiful, and worldly woman was Married not less than four times, and by each marriage fhe obtained a considerable accession of fortune, until at length she became. one of the wealthiest individuals in the kingdom, and built that well-known palace, Chatsworth, which has long been one of the most splendid and spacious edifices in Europe. Over all her husbands the Countess pos sessed nearly equal influence, and her fourth, the Earl of Shrewsb ur y, was gaoler_ to the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots,—a circumstance which ren • dered his life perfectli miserable, by subjecting him, to the caprices of Elizabeth, whose distrust of even her -most devoted adherents was never wholly laid , aside.-. In the course of .this entertaining memoir of the Countess.of Shrewsbury, we meet with several incidental-references to the egregious vanity of the "• maiden'Qi T lecti;": who - even when past sixty years of age, alloWed* herself *to be gratified by compliments, no matter how , fulsome, on her beauty and her juve nility. " Wherever.she appeared," says Miss Costello, " new devices were contrived to flatter and delight her; , Sh'e l : eciuld-iiot step, but nymphs and shepherds darted'fdrtg - tailii4 it her feet, and uttering extrava gant praises, which were echoed by the courtiers' round her. , _ln a! Certain masqud she is called 'the only light this age has granted to the world,' and the Lady of May, acknowledged to be a divinity of beanty, confesses her inf er i or i ty to the ' beautifullest lady these Woods have ever received.'" 'The life of the unfortunate " Arabella Stuart" cannot fail to interest; if only for the pathos and simplicity with which it is written; but the most attractive memoir in the two volumes, is that of the "Countess of Pem broke," so well known by Ben Jonson's famous epitaph upon her. Our authoress, we see, speaks of the . " beauty" of thi s celebrated lady; but the portrait which is affixed to her memoir, represents her as a perfect fright. Indeed, we do not know when we have seen so intensely ugly a face as the painter has supplied her with. MILITARY DRESS.—It is expctOd that the sum mer dresS of the privateS and non-commissioned officers, both of the cavalry and infantry, will undergo change before the ensuing season. It appears that the white trousers aro intended to be abolished, and that sonic other light article will be substintted for *it.. ITALIAN BA.NbI iTr.-11 out FEB. 26.—Intelli gence has just been received, that 'an English family of dis-.! tinction, en route for that city, hive been robbed by banditti near Itris Of all-their luggage ; find what renders the affair.! more.unfortunate is, that some of the servants, in defending the property, came In conflict with the Jobbers and werse -verely wounded. CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Barber, formerly in the army, was charged with an assault of a very savage character on police-constable Solomons, 54 G. , It appeared from the evidence adduced that Solomons, who .iS a very quiet inoffensive officer, was on duty in Cow-cross street, between one and two o'clock this morning, when he saw the prisoner quarelling with twa prostitutes, and creat ing such A riot as to disturb the whole neighbourhood. The officer requested of them to separate, and on the prisoner re fusing to do so, took him into custody. The constable had no sooner laid his hand upon Barber than he attacked him, and, knocked him down on the pavement. The officer shouted for help, and when police-constable 49 G came up, Solomons was lying on the ground, and the prisoner, with his knee on his stomach and his hand in his stock, as if about to stranggle him. 49 attempted to drag prisoner away, but he declared, with an oath," I will teach him the five cuts." Solomonsgot upon his legs, b u t th e pr i soner k noc k e d hi m down again, and in the fall the officer's finger was hurt. The prisoner's defence very much aggravated bis guilt, for he alleged that the constable had been in company with the prostitutes, and that he attacked him because he refused to give him drink. He further alleged that the officer used the most disgusting language. . Sergeant Boyson, 19 G, deposed that .the prisoner had-not said a syllable about the officer's alleged misconduct at the station-house. Mr. GREENWOOD, after a patient investigation of the case, fully ascertained that the prisoner's defence was altogether fabulous. The Magistrate remarked upon the frequency of violent and unprovoked assaults on the police in his district, and sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 1!., or undergo a commensurate term of imprisonment. The prisoner was committed. PARLIAMEN TARY PARE1 s. 111 BRITISH MosEum.—(No. 116, March 14, 18- : / ci. accounts, estimate, number of persons eatn4`e coder progress of arrangement, are classed, this Ye ar ' t jog nine separate heads. No. is a general accoanlBo, receipts from Ch r i s t mas ; 1842, to Christmss,_ooo showing an aggregate of 37,314 L 9s. Bd. Of this $: 55 41., 3,231/. was b a l ance i n h an d at D ecem ber, 1842; ; it ot the fourth instalment of Parliamentary g r l ie felt 1842-43 ; three (out of four) instalments for the 1843-44 (that for the quarter ending this month s-ver received), 24,432/.; cash for sale of copies of 0 1'0; sis, 338/.; ditto for ,fraJes of casts of marbles, rent of houses legl.Ciis i chased iri • Great street, 1571. Underf litho lst e." 2; estinutt, actual—expenditure friiiii 6 tChristmas, period 1843 (A), and estimated charge fr °°3 day, 1844, to Lady-day, 1845, we find son" place' of interest and importance. • In the 6 ,, rs h t r icails?',, the amount of (A) estimated expenditure t0...1'010 In T, 1843, was 37,526/. 17s. 9d., but the (B ) settu ll „, ture for that period was only 35,4881. 10e.?"'„. e re - 184 2, latter account we find the actual payments ; 1 ,645 salaries of officers of the ordinary es tablishin i e th e! es ditto of sssistants, 3,008/. 15 s . 4d. ; ditto and dot e attendants and servants, 4,9851. 10s. 9d. the were paid salaries o f lib rar i an s for tu e n e otiot ; ' library, 2001.; of officers for the Banksian a° • 5431. ; attendants on stores and labourers, 40 21 „,",t, None of these allowances, considering the ell e ler sponsibility, an d con ti nuance o f t h e duties, ° ill O a formed in return, a pp ear t o b e excess ive. B ut ; ,,,ller the .‘ stores" will be better looked after, Part', they be d e po s it e d i n th e ce ll ars an d va ults of t he eel blishment, with a bett er managemen t and ln°re font for their preservation th an h ave h ere tofore been b e t iool , on preserved zoologi ca l s p ec i mens an d other c ll t ec ofe r which were remitt e d t o th e same d es t ru ctive ce nfi lstri' c ,, ax unlimited period. We w e ll remem ber the Utt er oclti'' tion which had been p erm itt e d t o ove rtake the ir gift of stuffed maminalia, &c., from Souther r frieS i t presented some years ago to this institution V eti t , !SO L ,: Mr. Burchell, the trav e ll e r. It wa s sufficien s . o er with indignation the impracticable hides of the f os oor make themselves, which he little dreamed h e ehe y signing to mere " o u bti e tt es ," from whence c i st ito never to be brought forth to the gaze of "an i d O ts ' public," until moths and e arw i gs , spiders e lop o ll had devoured the parded skins of his can cel ts lo made barracks of the interior of his hipPc:rdestnic; carried off a whole rhinoceros in the minute bu t ip t he five rations appropriated, to th e sus tenance or r i e r devourers, and gnawed into mi nce meat the i i ir te v° teguwents, and hay-substituted en t ra ils of a P elephant. The supernumeraries superniimeraries employed in different " e s I wo ;fir appear to have been paid respectively as f , ° p pr , Employed in the MS. department, 56/ ; , t1 ;:ble) P , ( e book ditto, 6781. ; in preparing the (interimn't of v di ; catalogue of printed books, 1,283/. ; repaYm ea ,-, '‘,4 penses incurred by the Admiralty in re' ll q -1 5 1 .1.,1 Xanthia.n marbles, 357/. (on account--; the current year, also) ; purchase of Id S sittc l ; ditto, of printed books, 4,003/. ; paid for books 956+ 2,9681.; purchase of mi n e ra l s an d fossil reres ill log i 4 of zoological specimens, 681/. ; ex pense of pr e P - r ebO o l preserving objects of natural history, 966 L; antiquities and coins, 1,6911.; ditto, P an t 11 :,;$ engravings, 846 t; drawings from an ''s; b 104; bles, 1471.; • engravings' from ditto, 3300 ' ll 5 ' historical papyri in Hieretic characters' oset i for balance of receipts, 37,314 1 .; r;co9., 35,489/.; surplus (.in hand), 1,825 L No. 3 is an d (c I ;J of the administration of th e B r id ge water Yu ri an es m j dends at 12,9031 in the Th ree p er Cents., by the late Earl, and rental of a small estate 14 4 0 1 ; by the same Nobleman to this institution). l 3 1 molar account of the Farnbor oug h Fund. w r io 1 :i neral account of Funds f o r y ear en ding Lear- day, No. 6, amount of grant required for servicediture,,l, year—viz., 37,987/. No. 7, account of exP ell Cb ri ; o l a special grant made during the year enr -P wli e s ol mas, 1843—that is to sa y, o f 5,27°'' ins, 1 4 were paid en account of p r i n t e d books, co MSS., from the collection 'at Str aw h e w 1,0181. ; antique vases from collection Prince of Casino, 1,300/. ; botanical spe ci ':; o l 3 l ; ditto, of late A. B. Lambert, E s q., 354/. ; SY - 1, el purchased in Egypt by the Rev. H. Taal , pp% and a collection of engravings, the work ° dip itle . d, Morghem, 1,5751 No. 8, num b er o f persons in 15 visit the British Museum—in 1841, 319, 37 , 4 „, ; 1 0 1 , e , 547,718 ; in 1843, 517,440: number of Yis''',: se pre ii '''it reading-room, for purposes of study and r ,:j7 6 ,:0 1 same years, respectively-69,303, 71,70 6, 5- 41e1 1 `.:v number of visits by artists and students to g - iesvo sculpture, for purposes of study, &c., in s t e t roe ° 5,655, 5,627, and 4,907 : ditto to the Pr- - same years-7,744, 8,781, and 8,162. , unt'sti ' • The decrease of visitors in all these o e c;be. 1843, as compared with 1842, i s ver y realer de d No. 9 is a statement of th e "progress 1, 0 0, fit, cataloguing and arrangement o f the cone,s c oeei"oo Eccount of objects added in year ending 2 5 th d for 1843." 48 Arabic MSS. have . been -describe aditioor, general catalogue of Orienial MSS. Th e 4 bel i i iet, s *- MSS., including the WellesleyPapers,_ be t ce . he ranged. A schedule has been compiled'ol':,7 f oli.‘ f e tion of Wellesley Papers, comprised rje! exclusive of maps. To the " General Collectio'lbot been added 805 MSS. and 35 original char ter* j 102 MSS. to the Egerton Collection. e oifr / . Among the manuscripts acquired may be " ; `,,, c Three hundred and twenty volumes of SYr'" v_ . , - 44 ' scripts, on vellum and paper, of great Biblical 1 1 11, h if logical importance, the greater portion of written between the sixth and ninth centur ie l , c 'roogi l ls volumes of Papers from the late Lord lii°F s-4 1 0 ‘1, library, chiefly illustrative of the history of th e l i3O e t io Indies.—A considerable fragment of the Old Tis o f from Proverbs to Ecclesiasticus, inclusive, par Latin version of Jerome, and partly of an ettr e bss slation, written on vellum, in an fliberno-SaN eli t urf. ter, not later than the middle of the eighth C r en ibiti`" o : copy of Ranulph de Glanville's Treatise De 11 0 eft g . ltce, not later than the reign of King John. -- ' - aif fp. sive collection of works relative to Astro ll y- of - 0 . Arithmetic of the Hindoos, and to the Statistic;od dia.—About forty volumes relating to Englis h ,/ thlk reign Geology and Heraldry, from the librarY iolf„pf Lord Berwick.—An original W r it, signed 0: 4 pis": ward the Fifth, and count e r s i gne d by .Riebar" Gloucester. to r es- coo , " The number of deliveries of manuscriPts, o es . in the reading-room (excl us i ve o f those vo' u ts , ds' sulted in the rooms of the department), sow ° the last twelvemonth, to 22,207. of IV " Reading-room Service.-1. The . numb er (0 0 1 0 returned to the shelves of th e general libra r ir gle t ia reading-Toom is 137,613 ; t o th e Royal hb,r 3r t i s 'a 60° to the closets, where th e y are k e pt for we iy readers from day to day, 77,270 ; to the sh e „ 4 :0 1 ! reading-rooms about 117,000 ; altogether lumes ; on an average 1,196 a day." 0 100 b • The collections in mineralogy, and in °,° o f sti c jer tang, and antiquities have received wide/Jac/ow ic t !jes variety, and so numerous, that we must refeLuale ; to the Parliamentary paper itself for any e u `' of them. -rtt, N'el s l f, SUICIDE OF A lIETIRED TRADESMAN `, l ner he Coroner, held an inquest yesterday, at the ,'"'ytia„llo ..nn, Old Kent-road, as to the death of Mr. Ja lll 7j o isj a '' f or', aged 65, formerly the well-known fishmonger il` .etL f ' Bricklayers' Arms, who committed suicide tin& r n ' oe, 1 0 lancholy circumstances. The de c eased had fu r l i-Wfro o years been the proprietor of the shop alluded tiN eti d e e t amassed a good fortune. A f ew y ear s ago Il e tie 1 0 4 . trade infavour of his son, and wen t t o reside at — lie of 10~i Mr. Davis, 11, Thirza-place, Old Kent-road• fro went to his former residence daily, but had alit 4 .;,,te , lf to ci' been very low-spirited, chiefly arising, as his sel i d s l3o o :ber 4 , the works carrying on in the Upper Grange-1.41'01'4 I. sey, in connexion with th e new li ne o f Dover n",:vtganlirt," he had some houses, an d w hi c h h e b e lieved 10 " g t ) oa; A be ruin. On Saturday he was at his old owl' o'clock, and was more than usually depressed 1 ‘,1 4 0 11 he went home. At half-past six the dee,e l ', s l, 'I C' hanging by a slight cord to the bedstead, an, (l % - i e tg ? OP' he was quite dead. Verdict—" Temporary in lap fast' APPROACHING MARRIAGES.—AD t ° 'flounced between. Mr. HenryHoire and Miss ` -- pec 'faq a . daughter of Sir East Clayton East,is or,ejii•-f be solemnised until the close of the season. 7,4,,,,Per; t 0t5 ° ,, neval will be shortly united, at Paris, to 31 “ - r ori (0' I r eaux, the accomplished daughter of one of the Pds•Pc . ` the Journal des Debuts. A marriage is on the t tie.,i p es' Horsley Palmer, Esq., and one athe Misses G re (;" the - CHEAP GLASS OF Gfil tit4r. WATbs.. ; t r , t 7 e d 4nto for day afternoon, a geiaalfyAtressed ,hvan 7 Vn i 7 0,0, 0 Angel public-house, 1-1445,.thatft, Bristol , s vle! fous° o w ! a ci ll 'i l e, l3 ; glass . of gin and water. Hcirßshown.int--, and supplied with the gi n ; hicl( he paid for). A, et . left, the waiter, whO went into the room for the tioOtite`„ to her surprise, that a lead tea-spoon 'had been sU the silver one by the "gentleman.;' ..--- _-- -6.- -,._ 11 06 of On the 17th inst., aBtIIRVIT-m118;don, the 111 . 4 . f . ii c ti na i ' worth-road, 0 0 0r w tnh d e-trnho, the E s dl,B q . ot fh , a inst., n f s so a tn. d : aug h t th e " a On the 18th inst., Mrs. Frederick Boyle , o f fs c P jiturd° ll ' 0 1 the lady of Thomas f t : " Whitecross-street, of a daughter. ay 0 • On the 18th inst., at Fulmer, Bucks, t1f ...... ' -........,,/ Wanklyn, Esq., of a daughter.: o ti • ferili fi tio MARRIED. bill, „ fo ttil, A On the 16th inst., at St. Martin's, Ludgate" to """ di' Schack von Brockdorff, Esq., of Antwerp, coottl Offresie, third d aug ht er of A. Saportas, Es c l" ' irr os ti le r : Majesty the King of Prussia at Antwerl ) • h, li r e 5- 03 o' Mr. Adam John Hill, to Eliza, On the 16th inst., at St. Margaret's Churc ~,i , is 'clg , rati eri e6; Benton, of Holborn. • hire, • la- On the 18th inst., at Cavershath, Oxfords _ g o fo b D. Cleaveland Esq., Captain Royal Artillery, to yiaatell k;a(l. , daughter. of the late W. Tunes Pocock, Royal Navy, of Rose-hill, Caversham. daughter of L, fe1 0.64 EIJ- D/Ki.J. On the 14th inst., Anne, relict of the late `Vi ] __ - , o , Esq., of Alborough-grange, Essex. • 3 1,irr' On the 15th inst., in Bishopsgate-street Witi l°ll4 '" - o e * etta Letitia, the wife of Mr. Thomas Merritt. r„.., f.. 11 !.je On the 16th inst., at Aboncourt, North, 110m,v., Na • Poole, late Major in the 36th Regiment of gads' . . Infa On try. of t be • the 17th inst., at Reading , Arthur Smith, Reg O iment. ,ett f "'' n the 17th inst., in Harley-street, Robert Priol‘ of Octon Lodge, Yorkshire. . fl4' bo r , On the 18th inst., at Tooting, Surrev, Paul Storr9l On the 19th inst., at Blackwall, kr. Thomas -07- builder, aged 76. 0 00' On the - 19th inst., at Snaresbrook, n ear li rBltil a id' Mr. John Russell Rodgers. S. 00n. Bacon, Esq., 19th inst., Richard Pritchett , fourth son of the isto Esq., of York-place, City-road. f th ° "- fria O r n s-r th oa e d l , 9 a t g h e i d n 6 s B t.., at Fulham, Charlotte, relict o . • , Rev. John Owen, aged 76. . , dlO cit : On the 19th inst., Mr. Charles David Zetterquis", - . i • , elder • . On the 19th inst., at Hyde-park-square, Stephen, • son of Eustratio Milli, Esq 1, 01' .......----,„_. London : Printed and Published by MI.JIWO Y 074 0, lII' NO 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sim Qtlioet rnii - otf, CI) Strand, in the precinct of ! the Savoy , ' in . the. 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