The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 54; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29.8.—Wi50, N.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HATSW 0 R T H; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. E••lited by R. PLLMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Were," &c. . . Every one will read Chatsworth,' for it is a work so novel in its design, so excellent in its general execution, as to be certain to make an impression upon the public mind."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 26, Will he repeated a New GMnd Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies. Miss Betts. After which, Will be repeated Albert's cjebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHENT. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Benedict, M. lloguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 33. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 35.; Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 28.. Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. 'I HIS EVENING, MARCH 26, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio. Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstoue ; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett After the Comedy Mr John Parry will sing his New Song, entitled " The Accomplished Young Lady and her Mamma;' accompanying himself on the Grand Pianoforte. To be followed by a New Drama, called LOLA H ; or, The Wreck Light. Commodore Tempest, Mr. Strickland; Custard, Mr Burk- stone ; Lolah, Madame Celeste. To conc'ude with THE TRU NI PETER'S DAUGHTER. Phil lipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, :!s. ; Gallery, 2.5.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price Boxes Half-past ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at six, and the l'erformances commence at Seven. Tickets and 'Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box o'hce, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-sTREEt. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 26, 'Will be performed an Eng'ish version of OTELLO. Otello, Mr. Allen; Elmiro, Mr. Weiss; itoderigo, Mr. Gardner; lago, Mr. Burdini; Deslemona, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Emilia, Miss E. -'onner. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keelv wPlperform. To conclude with a Ncw Gram] Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the Mayday Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Ballin. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, MARCH 26, Will be performed DUCH ESS DE IA VAURA LI ERE, supported by Messrs. Lyon, Maynard, Wright, 0. Smith, and Mrs. Yates. After which, the Farce of Tlt E OMNIBUS. Principal Charac teraby Messrs. Hamilton and Forman, Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with TOM AND JERRY; or, Life in London. Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Forman, Wright, Wieland, Hamil ton, Miss E. Stanley, Miss Bromley, and Mies Woolgar. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 26. Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Neville; Charles Surface, Mr. E. F. Saville; Lady Teazle, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, A THUMPING LEGACY. To conclude with A DREA NI AT SEA. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TICS DAY. Morning 58 minutes after 5 Evening .. 19 minutes after 6, 1 / 2 1 1 " k , ;,"/;,• n % x . .„ - 'tier ~. • 0 , 17 bRoiT „ b/EU SECOND EDITION: 11 - tut LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1844. Ministry," the elect of the landlords, the tenant farmers, and the Church, must have made an awful impression on the Treasury benches, and could not fail to remind Sir JAMES GRAHAM of a venerable proverb, which, in his fit of Tory enthusiasm, he had utterly forgotten. All good men will rejoice in this display, and will honour Lord ASHLEY for casting to the winds political ties, when they interfere with the wrongs of the oppressed. Let him pursue the same honourable course, and he will compel even the RICHMONDS and BUCKINGHAMS to do justice to the people. We redeem our promise to-day, of examining the statements comprised in Mr. JOHN GLADSTONE'S letter, entitled " Considerations connected with the Renewal of the Charter of the Bank of England." In conformity with the example set him by his right honourable leader, the Premier, we apprehend the sentiments of the President of the Board of Trade, on the most important questions connected with the present condition of our currency, are very strongly opposed to those of his father. Nor are these soli tary examples—we believe—of similar remarkable conflicts of opinion between the heads and the " heirs" of leading families in Liverpool and Manchester. But we notice the circumstance only to found upon it an argument that the measures adopted by the Government of that day, in the attempt to confirm the currency to a standard price of gold, as determined by the Act of 1819, had not the concurrence of many among the very highest practical authorities in the kingdom, who then protested, and still live to de nounce it. The opinions of a man like the senior member of she house of GLADSTONE — the Cosmo " Priscus," as Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from SHORT'S ironworks, Lanarkshire, praying that females might be allowed to resume their labour in the iron and stone works in Scotland. He at the same time ad verted to the Factory Bill before the other House, and condemned the conduct of those parties who wished to restrict the industry of the poor. Men, he said, who would legislate so as to give twelve hours' wages for ten hours' work, did not know what they were talking about. The Bishop of EXETER moved for copies of all correspondence from the Poor-law Commissioners relative to the case of MARY MILLER, who com mitted suicide in the Penzance union. After a few , remarks from Lord WIIARNCLIFEE, the motion was withdrawn, and the House adjourned. In the House of Commons, a division took place on the second reading of the Harrowgate and Knares borough Railway. Mr. LAwsoN moved the second reading, and Mr. B. DENISON opposed it in the usual form. The second reading was carried by a majority of seven. After the presentation of petitions, Mr. MAcAuLAr gave notice that, soon after Easter, he should submit resolutions to the House, relative to the late trans actions in Gwalior. Mr. HUME gave notice that, before the Commons Inclosure Bill went into Committee, he should move that it be read that day six months. In answer to a question from Mr. FERRAN)), Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would postpone the further consideration of the Poor-law Amendment Bill till after Easter. hands of the Bank; direction, but does not revert to ' • the cause of those consequences : " These results may in a great measure be imputed to the nature and objects of THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS which are intrusted to the care and management of the Bank Directors—viz., the public interests on the one hand, and those of the Bank on the other. To preserve public confidence, and to regulate the currency of the country, as well as our foreign commercial intercourse, IT IS NECESSARY that a considerable stock of bullion should at all times be held by the Bank, sufficient to meet any exi gency that might arise either from panic at home, or excessive speculative importations from abroad, the last exceeding our ordinary means for payment, and re quiring provision to be made for the deficiency in the precious metals." Mr. GLADSTONE'S view of these "conflicting inter ests," between the public and the Bank—always, be it observed, in NECESSARY antagonism, whenever the bullion price of gold in the market is higher than the Mint price—is confirmed by a passage in the speech of no less an authority than the framer of that very Act of 1819 himself! The present Sir ROBERT PEEL, in his memorable speech, on moving the Currency Resolutions (24th May, 1819), quoted from the re port of the proceedings which had taken place at the Bank, four days previously, a paragraph, in which the Directors submitted to the Government, among other things, the following considerations :—" They feel themselves obliged, by the new situation in which they have been placed by the Bank Restriction Act of 1797, to bear in mind, not less their duties to the es tablishment over which they preside, than their du ties to the community at large." And, in comment ing on these expressions, the Right Hon. Gentleman said he felt that this assertion was a melancholy truth. He asked the House to relieve the Bank from the duty which had thus been thrown upon it. A strong impression was made upon his mind as to the necessity for relieving it from the duty of attending to the concerns of the country at large. It was the duty of Parliament, and not of the Bank, to take care of the pecuniary and commercial concerns of the na tion generally. He certainly thought it was the duty of the Legislature to endeavour, by great exertion, to resume that duty which had thus been delegated to the Bank. it were, of his age and country—are entitled, of course, to the most profound attention. From small beginnings he has risen, by his own strong intellect, intuitive sagacity, and unwearied energy (all ani mated by the most intrepid spirit of mercantile enter prise that could found and amass a princely fortune) to the very highest rank in his profession—a pro fession assuredly foremost among the institutions which social civilization has yet devised for the benefit of all mankind. He has conferred honour and dis tinction, in his own perion and by his own eminent talents for private and public business, on that 4 great seat of commercial opulence and adventure, already illustrious by the fame of its ROSCOE ; and he has recorded his own name, influence, and connexions, side by side with those other British establishments whose wealth, liberality, and honour are to be heard of even in the remotest regions in every quarter of the globe, to which our flag has ever been carried. It is not, therefore, without diffidence that we shall venture to record our dissent from some of the views which are announced by such authority ; and we may feel the greater diffi culty in doing so because we are not permitted to assume that these views are modified to any extent, by the accident of his son's high and important con nexion with her MAJEsTY's Government, at the head of which we find the right honourable sponsor for the Bill of 1819. In a letter from the gentleman of whom we are writing,—Mr. GLADSTONE, senior,— published in Monday's Times, we extract, in fairness, a passage that sets at rest all doubt about his own in dividual responsibility for the views in question : " I think it my duty thus to declare that I had no communication on the subject of them with my son or with any Member of the Government, directly or indi rectly, or indeed with any other person previous to doing so ; they are the fruits of the experience of a long com mercial life; and under impressions of the importance of their object, I ventured to submit them to the public under my sole responsibility, however underserving of confidence they probably may appear to many. I ought also to add, that I am wholly unacquainted with the views and intentions of the Government in connection with this subject." We therefore take the proposition as Mr. JOHN GLADSTONE'S only ; and truth and conviction compel us to repudiate some of them. Mr. JOHN GLAD.- STONE sets out (in his letter of the 22d instant) by suggesting that— " Experience seems to have decided that the existing law—restricting the paper circulation to notes of the value of 51. and upwards, making those of the Bank of England convertible into cash at the will of the holders, and those of all other banking establishments so convertible either into cash or the notes of the Bank of England, is the most safe and convenient system that has yet been acted upon." With the monetary panics of 1825 and of subse quent years still in our recollection, we must take leave entirely to dissent from this assumption. Mr. GLADSTONE himself sufficiently disproves it in the very next member of the paragraph, except for the causes by which he attributes the admitted facts of its " unsafe" and " inconvenient" working : " Yet, notwithstanding, the charge of conducting the pecuniary interests of the kingdom through the medium of the Bank of England has, at periods of excitement, produced by political events, as well as from overtrading, proved to be attended with considerable difficulty in the transactions of commercial men, threatening convulsion and the destruction of mercantile confidence." Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to a question from Sir ROBERT PEEL, said, if he could not get prece dence on an early day after Easter for his motion on the slave-trade, he would bring it on next Thursday, the day for which it was appointed. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Wednesday week, he should move that the House should adjourn for the usual period during the Easter holidays. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Factories Bill, and, after adverting at great length to the anomalous po sition of the House of Commons on this question, and stating the views of the Government, moved that the order be postponed till Friday, for the pur pose of giving the House time to consider what course it might judge advisable to pursue. He at the same time stated that the Government were determined to resist any departure from the limit of twelve hours, Lord ASHLEY consented to the postponement. A great number of speakers followed, and no little altercation took place in the Tory camp. Sir ROBERT INGLIS demanded an explanation from Sir JAMES GRAIIANI, or rather from Sir ROBERT PEEL, whether the words " Jack Cade legislation" were recognised as an expression of the sentiments of the Government. Sir ROBERT PEEL kept his seat, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM made the best apology he could. The discussion altogether was too interesting to be abridged, and we therefore refer the reader to the report. The motion was then agreed to. Leave out the words we have printed in italics, — it will be seen that Mr. GLADSTONE attributes to the Currency Bill all the disasters cf resulting "difficulty to commerce," and " the convulsion and destruction of credit" with which its most strenuous opponents have always, and consistently, reproached it. But we take leave to deny the premises involved in his quali fications. The excitement under which the control over the national currency, exercised by the Band of England, has been disastrously admi nistered, was owing neither to ovcrtrading in any fair sense of the phrase, nor to political events in any sense at all. The abrupt contractions of the Bank issues in each of the mercantile crises that have happened, since 1819, was the immediate cause of that sudden paralysis of trade, and that overthrow After some discussion as to Poor-laws in Ireland, the House went into Committee on the Mutiny Bill. On resuming, it forwarded several Bills a stage. Sir R. PEEL then nominated the Committee on Contro verted Elections, and at Eleven o'Clock the House adjourned. This Factory Bill has caused a complete revolution in the House of Commons. The motion of Lord ASHLEY has come upon 'Ministers like an earthquake. They did not suspect the fidelity of their Tory friends, nor expect the assistance of their Whig opponents, who have saved them from all but utter discomfiture. What is the more remarkable still, however, is the angry war which has sprung up in th e T ory camp, and the change of principles which the sp eec h es o f the leading Tory Members have brought to light. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, once a Radical Reformer, the au thor of a pamplet for sponging out the national debt, and for doing a great many things which he now regards with inexpressible horror, last night denounced Lord ASHLEY, the Tory Member for Dorsetshire, as a second JACK CADE. In adverting to the motion of the Noble Lord he emphatically said, "I do not think it too much to state that, on the whole, this is the commencement of a JACK CADE system of legislation." This remark, fr o m such a speaker, naturally called forth loud cheers from all parts of the House, the Opposition cheering the words as coming from an ex-Radical, and the Tories re-echoing the shout to denounce the Radical principles of Lord ASHLEY. And the noble scion of nobility did not refuse the challenge. H e honestly proclaimed his principles, and recognised JACK CADE as a brother. " I regret," said he, " that my Right Hon. Friend has introduced obser vations on proceedings which, but for him, would never have been thought of, and were forgotten. I deplore that he should have said that this is the beginning of a JACK CADE legis lation. I will not repudiate nor be ashamed of the title, but at the same time I ask what gave birth to JACK CADE ? Was it not that the people were writhing under oppressions which they were not able to bear, and, when smarting under these op pressions, they resolved to take the law into their own hands ; and if, for this, they were to be told that they. were rebels like JACK CADE, the Government were only adding insult to injury." This language from the son of a Peer, from a supporter of the " strong Why, what stronger testimony than this, illus trated by the fact that the power complained of still virtually remains in the Bank, can be desired to the absurdity and danger of PEEL'S Bill of 1819 ? What more striking demonstration can be adduced of the identity of the " primary cause" of the mis chiefs described by Mr. GLADSTONE, the " active poison" of which we have spoken, with the Act of 1819 ? But we shall pursue this point further in dealing with the remainder of Mr. GLADSTONE'S im portant letter. Never was there a more extraordinary spectacle than the House of Commons presents at this moment as regards the Factory Bill. The Genius of inextri cable confusion pervades it. No Whig knows where to look for a brother Whig—no Tory for a brother Tory. The opponents of Government sit on the Treasury benches—and not a few of their supporters on that bleak, inhospitable side of the House where " loaves and fishes" are phenomena often heard of, but never met with. The effect produced on the spectator by this strange confounding of parties is the most startling and grotesque it is possible to con ceive. He sees a Member rise just behind Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and within a couple of inches of the Premier's coat-skirts, for the express purpose of denouncing the conduct of these two unhappy Baronets ; and 10, before he has time to recover his astonishment at this open act of mutiny, he sees another Member rise from the Opposition side, and de fend the Government with a spirit and earnestness beau tifully inconsistent with his locality ! As artists would say, there is no keeping—no harmony in the House on this question of the Factory Bill. The lights and shades are all inextricably commingled. Where you look for one particular effect of colouring, you find another. If a gentleman would wish to get a notion of what " Chaos" must have been before the spirit of proportion moved over the face of the universe, we would advise him by all means to go down to the House of Commons on Friday next, when, thanks to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, he will stand a fair chance of seeing the "rudis indiges taque moles" of OVID very fairly and picturesquely exemplified. As for the theatres, they will of course be all deserted on this great night, for who would pay to see a farce represented at the Haymarket or elsewhere, when he can see gratis a much richer farce enacted on the floor of St. Stephens ? But we have no heart to continue this light vein, for the thoughts of poor Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S dilemma have just flashed across our recollection, and filled our bosom with dismay. The situation of this un lucky Baronet—who seems to be a born-genius for blunder—is indeed most pitiable ; and he must have a harder heart than we can boast of, who can con template it without emotion. No position that we know of can be compared to it, except that of " 80-Peep," in the nursery-tale, who, it may be re membered, " Lost his sheep, And could'nt tell where to find them." Sir JAMES GRAHAM, too, has "lost his sheep," and, we fear we must add, that he "cannot tell where to find them." In vain he waits to hear their fond and faithful bleat from the benches immediately behind him ; one half of the flock has bolted, and the other half respond by nothing but a low, sulky, "baa," which carries anything but encouragement to the heart of their shepherd. But this is not the Ba ronet's worst grievance. He finds supporters start ing up among the ranks of his enemies—the Whig lion lying down with the Tory lamb; and these are the only phenomena wanting to complete his stupefaction, and wholly deprive him of that self possesion and intelligence with which PROVIDENCE— no doubt for wise purposes—has somewhat sparingly endowed him. Poor Sir JAMES! No wonder his feelings get the better of his judgment, and induce him to couple Whig and Tory opponents together in the same category, and represent them as being neither more nor less than so many " JACK CADES." " JACK CADES !" The term is a strik ing one, and calls forth many pregnant histo rical recollections. JACK—or Mr. CADE, as Sir R. PEEL decorously calls him —was, it may be remem bered, a decided leveller, and among other little pe culiarities, he strenuously advocated the expediency of cutting off the heads of the official authorities. Now had JACK lived in these days, he would have been the first to " turn his back"—like Lord CASTLEREAGH—on his own doctrine, for a three years' experience of a PEEL Administra tion would have gone far to convince him that the process of decapitation would be a super fluous one, inasmuch as our " official authorities" have no heads to cut off! Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S allusion to " JACK CADS" is, therefore, a most infelicitous one, for it immediately suggests a train of reflection,. to thcc., reader by no means favourable AO the sagacity of the present Government. It is , a curious, and most diverting c ircumstance, eontiected with last night's debate, that the instant, the referen6e to " JACK CADE" escaped Sir JAMO - GRAHAM,-it ' was received with a storm of indignai l ibti* -by ttil:parties. Lord ASHLEY loftily repudiated-Atejaralliyl4..YEßßAND boiled over with passion s ~like tea-kettle; Sir ROBERT INGLIS!' honest; ruddy countenance waxed three times more erubescent ; and the Prime Mi nister, seeing no other way left of moderating the hurricane that now blew fiercely from all quarters of the House, cracked just such a set of jokes as their hearers are always expected to laugh at, when Pre miers condescend to crack them. That Sir ROBERT PEEL was eminently successful in his waggery we will not undertalvis to say; indeed a conscientious regard ;for the sacred interests of truth compels us to assert that the reverse was the fact; for among the numerous other bright qualities with which bene ficent Nature has endowed him, certes she has not included those of wit and drollery. Without ex ception—and this is a strong term to use— without exception, we repeat, the Premier is about the dullest and heaviest wag we know of ; and the only means we have of arriving at the fact that he has just cracked a joke, is by his own preli minary bursts of cachin na e ti o i n u t ox e which st e eNi'n. Would e i w r s e v rt fear oftoe h usher the frolicsome stran gr itubmebdlyeemteod disrespectful supplicate tohre Prime irreverent, f Great Britain henceforth not to laugh so loudly and stormily at his own facetiousness ? Our conceive te confusion o s urgedfusiu and an o fromtl;kshintdhliaetstwmeuoltd ensue, were were the donor of that national boon, the Income of confidence which ensued. Political events, in that long period of years of European peace—so far as the relations of this country were concerned—there have been none of a magnitude to produce any such conse quences. The only foreign event in all that interval, which can be indicated as, in its working, approxi mating to effects fraught with mischiefs of the enormous character truly described by Mr. J. GLAD STONE was, the disastrous bankruptcy of the national and other banks of the United States ; or the still more disastrous bankruptcy of private good faith and public honour, subsequently avowed and announced on the part of some Federal States of the Union, and most of the insolvent establishments in question. The amount of trade in course of transaction, at each of such periods, in this country, was not excessive or illegitimate, for aught that has yet appeared to the contrary, if measured by the previous issues and discounting facilities of the Bank of England. Mere gambling speculations in Joint-stock Company paper, railway shares, &c., have been since carried on, to a greater extent than at the date of the panics from 1825, inclusive, to the present time ; but (whether because of the larger issues of Bank paper out, at such period, or from the greater abundance of bullion then in the market, and the lowered rate of interest on public and other securities, forcing in vestments of capital into other channels, as usual under such a state of things, we will not stop to in quire) such speculations have since been entered into with comparative impunity to the public interest. Why, then, it should seem that the primary cause of the pernicious " excitement" and its fatal conse quences, to which Mr. GLADSTONE alludes, must be looked for in some other quarter rather than " political events" or " over-trading." That primary cause Mr. GLADSTONE himself assigns in reasoning on certain admitted results. Will he permit us re spectfully to add, that in this reasoning, which we subjoin, he again begs the whole question —as in the influence he attributes, in the passage already quoted, to " political events" and " over -trading." For we entirely deny and contest the proposition a ssume d in the quotation which now follows, as to the necessity of such a perennial stock of bullioninth publiceßank, a irrespective s he speaks of, for the purpose of preserving credit. Of course our denial is of the fact, that the impolitic principle to which we are so strenuously opposed has been adopted into our sta tute-law by the Bill of 1819. Our position is, that that Act ought never to have been passed, and should now be repealed, or modified simply to the extent of making the bank -note convertible into gold—not at the already fixed price —the " Mint price," as it is called—of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce, whatever its market value, but at that market value. We shall s how that herein consists the active poison which de stroys whatever the Bank management wounds. But what is Mr. GLADSTONE'S theory as to that management ? A theory which accurately and forcibly explains certain consequences, co-existing with the powers which the Legislature, when it passed this limitation statute of 1819, left in the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1844. tax, to be suddenly suffocated, like the Dutchman in WASHINGTON IRVING'S " History of New York," in an unsuccessful attempt to force a laugh at one of his own jokes! Madrid papers of the 18th have been received, but they bring no intelligence of the slightest interest. General RoNcALT reached Carthagena on the 12th, when his advanced posts were within gun-shot of the town, and every preparation was made for the bom bardment. All the Ministers had arrived at Aran j uez, to be present at the meeting of the QUEEN with her mother. The Three per Cents. were done at 341 for cash, and 35i at 60 days, being a rise of 4 in the first, and 4in the last ; and the Five per Cents. at 23k at 60 days. Three Bills of considerable importance have been brought before the French Chamber of Deputies in Committee—one to prevent bribery and corruption at elections ; a second, to abolish the stamp duty on newspapers ; and, the third, to reduce the number of voters on any Bill before the Chamber from 230, now required by the standing orders, to 100. The Committees, by large majorities, sanctioned the intro duction of these measures. The abolition of the tax on newspapers, however, was opposed by the Govern ment, and, probably, will be resisted for a session or two, but it must be ultimately carried, if the facts stated by certain of the journals be correct. From these it would appear that the Government duty far exceeds the amount received by the proprietors. The National gives the following statement on the subject :—" The tax is levied on the gross receipt, and not on the net revenue of a journal. Thus each subscriber of the Debate pays 36if. a year, and of all the other papers 33f. a year. So that taking the whole revenue of the Debats to be 1,200,000 f., the State receives 550,000 f., or nearly one-half; and admitting the whole receipt of the Siecle, a low-priced and widely circulated paper, to be 1,500,000 f., the State receives I,loo,ooo—more than two-thirds. It shows that out of the 80f. yearly subscription, the Debals has only 431 f. to pay for paper, printing, editing, interest of capital, &c., while the Siecle, whose annual subscrip tion amounts to 48f., retains only 15f. 15c. to pay the whole outlay of its administration." This includes the charge made at the post-office, which amounts to about 15f. a year, for each copy. The discussion is looked forward to with much interest, and as the motion will be supported by the public voice, it is probable the Chamber of De puties will turn upon their leaders, and imi tate our JACK CADE system of legislation. In a former Number we stated that a number of soldiers, belonging to the garrison of Paris, had been trans ported to Algiers for certain acts of insubordination. A provincial paper thus describes the treatment to which they were subjected in passing through the country :—" Several parties of soldiers belonging to the garrison of Paris, and who are sent to the dis ciplined battalions of Algeria, for having been im plicated in a pretended military conspiracy, have passed through Chalons in wagons, covered in such a way as to prevent their being seen. They are made to travel by double stages, and to sleep in the prisons, all communication with them being pro hibited." The Three per Cents. were quoted on Sunday at 83f. 15c. Summonses were issued yesterday to the Cabinet Mi. nisters appointing aCouncil this afternoon at the Foreign office, which all the Ministers are expected to attend. His Majesty the King of the Belgians is expected to arrive in town from Belgium on a visit to her Majesty either in the course of this day or to-morrow. LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND BEER-SELLERS.—Ac cording to a return made to the House of Commons the total number of licensed victuallers in England and Wales is 57,698, in Scotland 15,449, and in Ireland 12,926. Those licensed to sell beer for the whule of England to be drunk on the premises amount to 31,227, while the number licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises is only 4,252. In the United Kingdom, during the year ending October, 1843, the total quantity of malt consumed by brewers was 17,719,938 bushels, by victuallers 7,651,603, and by persons licensed to sell beer 3,158,660. The amount consumed in Scotland was 831,219 bushels, and in Ireland 1,010,054. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.— The anniversary dinner of this charitable institution is announced to take place at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Saturday next, the 30th inst., and as the objects which this Charity has in view are of the most liberal and praiseworthy character, we feel that we need only allude to the fact, to insure a full attendance of the pa trons of Art at its anniversary dinner. LATER from the UNITED STATES . LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NooN. The New York packet-ship, Patrick Henry, Captain Delano, arrived here this day, after an excellent voyage of eighteen-and-a-half days from New York, which port she left on the 6th instant, and brings papers of that date. The wind blowing fresh, she came up without being telegraphed, and we are indebted to Captain Delano for sending our papers ashore immediately. The news by this arrival is not important. Business in New York was dull. The Cotton market had further declined, and the disposition manifested to sell would, it was feared, lead to prices going down still lower. The papers still continue to give numerous details of the said accident on board the Princeton. The Presi dent, upon acquainting the House of Representatives officially with the melancholy event, whilst expressing his deep grief at the great loss of valuable lives sus tained by the country, said that no blame could attach to the commander or crew of the Princeton :—the acci dent was purely accidental. The President has ap pointed the Hon. J. Nelson, Attorney -General of United States, to the office of Secretary of State ; and Commo dore Warrington, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, to that of Secretary, pro tempore. Both Mr. Daniel Webster and Mr. J. C. Calhoun are spoken of as likely to succeed Mr. Usher as Secretary the latter probably with some chance. The appointment is at the present time a very important one as the very first act of the new Secretary will be the negotiation of the Ore gon Territory question with our Plenipotentiary, Mr. Packenham, who had just opened his views of the mat ter to Mr. Upshur, when that gentleman was so unfor tunately killed on board the Princeton. It is hardly likely that Mr. Webster would take the office under present aspects; but Mr. Calhoun, who has just merged his claim to the Presidency in those of Mr. Van Buren, will probably acce pt the office, if o ff ere d to him. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 26.—Moderate N.W. breeze, and hazy. DEAL, MARCH 25.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Dickey Sam, Coaker, Mauritius ; Tropic, Robinson, De merara ; Hever, Johannsen, Laguayra for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTII,IIIARCII 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. New Friend ship, London for Plymouth, with damage, having been in contact with the Osprey, of Plymouth, 23d instant, off Port land. Off port, Aberfoyle, M'Calpin, Bombay for Hull, ninety-nine days. PLYMOUTH, MARCH2S.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Frances, Law son, and Fretwell, Angres, Peguna. Put back, Castor, of Dieppe, for Newfoundland, leaky. FALMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Autje, Klein, Pernambuco (Bth ult.), for Amsterdam, with loss of rudder, boats, and leaky, having been struck by a sea in a heavy gale 16th instant, lat. 49, lon. 15 ; St. Laurence, Hodge, Odessa, with damage to starboard bow, having been in contact with a brig thirty miles west of Malta in the night of the 25th ult. Off, President, Woller, Jacmel, and sailed for Antwerp. The wreck of the brig Quebec, of Sunderland, timber laden, waterlogged and aban doned, was boarded 21st instant, lat. 49, lon. 13, by the St. Laurence, arrived here. MILFORD, MARCH 24.—Arrd. Ceres, Tilby, Sierra Leone, with rudder sprung. CARDIFF, MARCH 25.—The Gazelle, of and from Milford for Newport, ashore at Breaksea Point, and has broken up. LIVERPOOL, - MARCH 25.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Envoy, Giffney, New Orleans ; Tallahessee, Apalachiola ; Patrick Henry, Delano, New York, 6th inst. Sld. Harriett, Rio ; Melvina, Pernambuco ; Susan, Africa ; Spencer, Deme rara ; Reis Effendi, Trinidad ; Clarissa Andrews, New Or leans ; Desdemona and Hindoo New York ; Indian Chief and Souter Johnny, Mo n t rea l. The New Zealand, for Savannah to this port, which was off Charleston, with twelve feet water in her hold, put into that port after discharging seve ral hundred bales of cotton into vessels alongside, to enable her to cross the Bar. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 24.—S1d. Ann, George, Stepsa, Mary and Dorothy, and Radical, Quebec. REDCAR, MARCH 25.—The Hopewell, ashore on the beach, has been got off and taken to Whitby, with loss of rudder. A quantity of oak timber, marked J. W.," has washed ashore along the coast, and a rudder, supposed from the Jenny, of Faversham, which it is thought foundered the 26th ult., has come ashore, a l ong w ith a cable marked " William Tilley, South Shields." WHITBY, MARCH 25.—The Frances Mary, ashore here, has been got off and into the harbour. THE COUNTESS Or HADDINGTON'S ASSEMBLY.-- Last night the Countess of Haddington gave a grand as sembly at the Admiralty. The entire range of saloons was thrown open for the reception of the numerous visitors. Nearly four hundred personages of rank graced the assembly by their attendance, among whom were :—His Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de St. Aulaire, Baroness Langsdorff, Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Salisbury, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, Earl of Aberdeen, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, his Excellency Count Pollon, his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, his Excel lency the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow, Earl and Countess of Sheffield, his Excellency the Belgian Mi nister and Madame Van der Weyer, his Excellency M. Dedel, Earl and Countess of Rosebery and Ladies Louisa and Anne Primrose, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, Marchioness of Sligo and Lady Catherine Brown, his Excel lency Baron Nieumann, Lord and Lady Colvile, Lord and Lady Colchester, Si r H enry an d L a dy Emily Hardinge, Hon. Miss Maude, &c., &c. DOVER, MARCH 25.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected here on Thursday next, by special train, at 2 P.M., to embark in the Princess Alice steamer, Captain Smithett, for Calais. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were again limited, only 2,000 bags having been sold. Purchases were made on rather easier terms, and the market had still a downward tendency. The sales comprised 300 Surat at 3kd. to 4/d. ; 150 Egyptian at 70. to 7/d. ; 50 Pernambuco at 64d., and the rest American at sd. to 6/d. per lb.—A fair business was done in Railways, but prices ra ther receded. Birmingham and Gloucester were 86, Chester and Holyhead 7, Eastern Counties 11/, Edinburgh and Glas gow 64/, Grand Junction 232, Great Western Fifths 19, Lancaster and Carlisle 74, Birmingham Thirds 40, Ditto Quarter 28k, North Midland Half 45k, Paris and Lyons 21. 155., Ditto and Orleans 35k, South-Eastern 36k, Ditto New 36/. The private mercantile advices received from the United States to-day are not of much interest. The supply of Cotton was coming forward with very considerable activity. The crop is estimated in round numbers at 1,700,000 bales. Spe culators for a rise were all at fault, the news from the country having been bad as to prices. Trade was steady. There are no advices of importance by the Patrick Henry, from Canada. After all it appears that the capitalists of this country are to be asked to advance further sums to the Spanish Treasury. Indeed, so sure does Senor Carrasco seem of raising a new loan that, in the budget, published in some of our Morning Contemporaries, an amount of revenue is absolutely set aside to provide for the interest of the fresh loan to be created. Under date of Madrid the 17th the following information upon this topic is given ; " Senor Carraso has drawn up and handed to the British Minister a sort of exposé of the affairs of Spain, intended to set forth her pretensions to such a state of credit as will give her a good footing with foreign nations, provided recourse should i be had to them to assist her with a new loan. " The tenor of this document may be thus described Suppose that we strike out the annual charge of 249,000,000 reals for the interest of our debt, which it is useless to talk of paying; suppose that all pronunciamentos are at an end; sup pose that we can reduce our army, and strike off from next year's estimate of the Minister of War 140,000,000 reals— suppose, further, that I am allowed to remain in office to mature my plans, keep up the funds, and levy a new land-tax of 300,000,000 reals, then Spain will go on swimmingly, paying, as usual, 30,000,000 reals interest on the Three per Cents. • 20,000,000 for new capitalizations in progress, and 30,000,000 more on the proposed loan, leaving in the trea sury a surplus of nearly 1,000,000/. sterling.' " After the experience that the public in this country (for the rich and the middle classes in numbers have cause to repent buying Spanish Stock) have had of what Castilian honour' means, surprised indeed shall webe if Carrasco succeeds in gul ling the moseyed interest any longer. It is in fact a monstrous absurdity to suppose that Spain can with all the reductions and the increased revenues anticipated, pay even a reduced interest upon the internal and foreign debt, and have a surplus of income over expenditure of a million sterling. This we do know, that there are scarcely any men in the City to be found who will take the scrip of the proposed new loan. Those who do will act upon the principle of the fable of the "Fox and the Goat." The fox fell into a well ; the goat came to drink; and the former advised the latter to jump down (the water being low —as are the finances of Spain) and taste the refreshing beverage, which the goat having done, the wily fox used the back and horns of the befooled animal to escape from his predicament, leaving the goat in the lurch. So with those who would aid the Spanish Mi nister to raise a new loan in this country. Most assuredly, the public, who may follow them, will be dupes of those who are only anxious to get out of the well. A slight depression has taken place in the value of Stock to-day. For Money, the price of Consols, after touching 99, is now but 98k to 98k. Consols for Account have remained at 98k. The Commissioners took about 30,0001. Consols this morning at 98i. The Three per Cents. of 1726, have been quoted at 97k. For Exchequer Bills the premium has receded again to 68s. Bank Stock remains at 200/, and India Stock at 292. In Spanish Stock to-day the variations have been alight, The Actives have improved to 25k A, and the Three per Cents. for the Account to 36/ I. For Portuguese Converted 46k has been paid. Dutch Stock has rallied a shade. Bra zilians hake receded. Mexican Deferred have advanced to 16, but are now per cent. lower ; and Venezuelan are at 1 li. Scarcely an average amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market to-day, and prices have but slightly varied. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares have just realised 18/ premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annnitles 98% 99 98%% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3% per Cent. Annuities 19 702 %5' % India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000 B6 Bank Stock for Account cm% Consols for Account 98% India Stock Exchequer Bills, 1 3 ,4 d. 114 d. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent . .......... Dill) Deferred Stock 15% 16 15% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 46% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1810 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds . Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred ll Dutch 2% per Cents ............ .......... 57%% Dutch 5 per Cents 1017434 102 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAXS. PAID. PER SHARE Birmingham and Derby Ditto Thirds Birmingham and Gloucester lOO Ditto New Chester and Holyhead 5 00000 ..„ '7 Great Western Ditto h, Shares 5O 7034 Ditto Fifths l2 ..... .... 19 ...... to 18% Harrowgate and Kr.aresboro' London and Brighton 5O . ........ 44 34 %... to London and Birmingham. Stock .235 ... . ... to London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% .. . . 17% to London and South Western 41% E2 to London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 i Manchester and Leeds 7O ll 3 Midland Counties lOO 9O to North British - - 234 -- Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 . ...„ ..... 37% Paris and Orleans ............. ........ f:0 ..... .... 35%%... to Paris and Rouen 2O .... ..... 35 %% to South Eastern and Dever .....„ Ditto Scrip 25 .... ..... 96 ... to Strasburg and Basle JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 25.—There has been a very limited business done to-day, but prices are steady. Bolton and Preston, 30a ; Bristol and Exeter, 71 to 72 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 65 to 66 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 47 to 474; Manchester and Leeds, 115 to 116; Paris and Rouen, 86* to 363. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Ipinton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The funeral of General Pajol took place on Saturday. At an early hour of the forenoon the house of the deceased General was filled with his friends and followers. Three battalions of infantry, a squadron of dragoons, and one of hussars, were stationed in the vicinity to form the escort, and groups of people began to form by ten o'clock in the streets in the neighbourhood. At a quarter past eleven o'clock the body was removed to the church of St. Louis (d'Antin), where mass was celebrated. At about half-past twelve, the religious ceremony being over, the coffin was placed on the hearse, and the procession proceeded to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, following the Boulevards from that of the Madeleine to the Place de la Bastille. A con siderable number of Peers, Deputies, and general officers, followed in their carriages, and a battalion of the 71st In fantry closed the procession. The Bulletin del Exereito, a Madrid paper, contains the following :—" The plan of the authors of the conspiracy, recently discovered at Valencia, was .to obtain by intwigue some regiments of cavalry, and when the whole population should have left the town to meet Queen Christina, to raise the cry of alarm, and seize her as a hostage. This project was discovered before it could be carried into execution. Some of the conspirators are arrested, and, from the zeal of the authorities of Valencia, we have no doubt that their accomplices will also be secured." The Journal des Chemins de Fer, alluding to the statement of an offer having been made to the French Government to provide capital for the execution of all the intended lines of railroad, says :—" Several journals have mentioned an offer made to the French Government by several banking-houses, of an advance of 500,000,000 f., for the execution of the rail roads. This proposition, of which the Journal des Chemins de Fer spoke first about a month ago, is made on the following conditions :-3 per cent. interest, a centime per kilometre for each ton of goods and each passenger, for 25 years, or half a centime for the circulation when above a thousand tons and 1,000 passengers. The reimbursement at par in 25 years from 1860." A letter from St. Valery-sur-Somme gives an account of the loss of a foreign three-masted vessel, name Finella, but of what nation has not been learned. She was driven on shore off St. Quentin (Somme), and soon went to pieces. She was of 400 tons, and entirely in ballast.. All the crew are believed to have been lost, as none have been heard of alive, and the bodies of two white men and a black, in sailors' clothes, have been found on the shore. _ _ _ The King of Sardinia, on the 4th inst., assisted by the Prince Royal and Duke Eugene de Carignan, laid the first foundation-stone of the intended colossal bridge over the Sesia at Vercelli. The Archbishop of Vercelli pronounced a benediction on the work, and in the evening the town was generally illuminated. The Toulonnais states that Vice-Admiral Baudin, the Maritime Prefect of Toulon, left that place on the 20th for Paris, and that a telegraphic dispatch had been received, ordering the Minerve frigate to be immediately got ready for sea. It is announced she is to receive an Admiral on board. For some days back a correspondence has been going on between M. V. Grandin and M. C. Laffitte, on the subject of electoral manoeuvres with which the latter is accused by M. Grandin, but denied by the other party. They have at last agreed to refer the matter to a jury of arbitration. The gen tlemen chosen by M. Grandin are MM. Odillon Barrot, Viviefi, and d'Haussonville ; M. C. Laffitte has chosen MM. Duprat, d'Haubersaert, and de Morny. MAW AND POLICE. At the Carmarthen assizes, on the 23d, John Jones, Evan Davies, John Davies, John Thomas, David Evans, Thomas Thomas, and another John Thomas, were charged with having burglariously broken and entered the dwelling house of one,Daniel Harris, at Pontybenissar, on the 12th of August last, and with having stolen one sovereign, one shilling, and a promissory note therefrom. The case lasted a long time, and was terminated by the jury finding all the prisoners guilty. Mr. Alderman Wood, who sat at the Mansion-house in the early part of the day, said be had received a letter from the Lord Mayor, which had been addressed to him by Mr. Wedge wood, the commissioner of hackney carriages, complaining of a decision which he had come to in the case of a man named Death, whom he had fined for acting as a conductor, he only having a waterman's badge. The worthy Alderman said that he had looked into the case again, and considering the word ing of the Act of Parliament and the evidence given upon the occasion, he saw no reason whatever for reversing the decision which he had given. At Union-hall, William Davis, who described himself as a surgeon, was charged with stealing a bullock's heart from a shop in the New-cut, and a further charge was pre ferred against him of attempting to commit suicide in the station-house. After hearing evidence, Mr. Traill said he had his ',opinion of the case ; but, as the prisoner asserted his innocence, he should send it before a jury, if the prisoner wished, but, if not, he should deal summarily with the charge. The pri soner requested that he might be allowed time to reflect which of the alternatives he would select, and, his wish being complied with, after an hour's cogitation, he rose up at the bar, and, addressing the magistrate, said his mind was made up, and that he preferred a summary punishment to a committal for trial. He was then sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment. A. middle aged female named Mary Farley, was placed within the felons' bar before Mr. Norton, at Lambeth-street, on a charge of murder, in having caused the death of George Farley, her infant son, aged eighteen months, and also with having attempted the additional crime of suicide by endan gering her own life. The prisoner admitted both charges, and said she had been so comfortably off in her time that the idea of being driven to a workhouse, and having her children se parated from her, and treated in so indifferent a manner, had driven her to such a state of distraction that death would have been a happy release to her, and she very much re gretted that she had been rescued from a situation which must in a few moments have terminated her earthly suffer ings. Mr. Norton remanded the prisoner for a future day, and desired that a note should be appended to the warrant that she should be taken particular care of. COURT-FASELIONIUME. The Duke of Wellington, as director of the second concert of Ancient Music, will, to-morrovr,tgive at Apsley-house, a dinner to a party of twelve, including the noble directors who have arrived in town. The Duke of Buccleuch has returned to Montagu house, from a short visit to Lord and Lady Montagu, at Ditton Park, near Datchet. The Marquis of Downshire, Earl of Hillsborough, and Lady Edwin Hill have left town, for Ipswich, to attend the funeral of Lord Wiliam Hill. The Earl and Countess of Wilton and their youthful family are expected in Grosvenor-square, from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, for the season, the week after next. Viscount Palmerston entertained a circle of his Parliamen tary friends at dinner, on Sunday, at his Lordship's residence, in Carlton House-terrace. Lord Stuart de Rothsay is expected to return from his em bassy at St. Petersburgh, on leave, early in May. IVI - ZSCELZAZCEOI7I3. The nomination for the borough of Hastings will take place on Thursday, and the polling on Friday. On Friday last the Liberal candidate, Mr. Moore, addressed a numerous meeting of the electors, Benjamin Smith, Esq., M.P., in the chair. On Saturday Mr. Moore addressed the far mers in the market-room. He was accompanied by Mr. .Smith, M.P., Mr. Elphinstone, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, jun., and Mr. Evans. Mr. Moore is making great progress in the good opinion of the electors. The Tories have not dared to hold one public meeting, and therefore Mr. Brisco's feelings onmany points of political interest are totally unknown to the great body of the electors. Last evening an aggregate meeting of the members of the medical profession was held in the large room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Mr. Ancell, in the chair, supported by Mr. Wakley, Carpue, Dr. Wilson, Dr. Lynch, Dr. Ayres, and a large body of the members of the Royal College of Surgeons, to form a National Medical Protection Assem bly, and to counteract the provisions of the charter recently granted by the Crown to the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons. Dr. Lynch read a statement of the finances of the Association, which, he was happy to state, amounted to 1001„ including 251. from Mr. Wakley. Resolutions constituting the Association having been agreed to, and others, providing for a proper enrolment and registration of members carried, the meeting separated shortly before twelve o'clock. A public meeting of the friends of peace was held last night at the Grove House Tavern, Camberwell, for the pur pose of forming an auxiliary society for Camberwell and Peckham. Mr. Grimshaw in the chair. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Richards, the Rev. J. Burnett, Messrs. Johnson, Jeffers, &c., and resolutions were passed ex• pressive of their approval of the principles and objects of the London Peace Society. A resolution was adopted to form an Auxiliary Society, to be called " the Camberwell and Peck ham Peace Society." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) _HAYATAXICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3l; use ful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ lOs to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hav, 315 s to 5l; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, It 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw met a very dull inquiry, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hav, 2112 s to 315 s ; useful ditto, 3/ 6s to 3/ 12s; fine Upland ditto, 31 13s to 4l; Clover Hay, 3l 5s to 4/ 15s; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. Prices about stationary. WIIITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31; useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3l lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12e to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 3s to bl 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A short supply, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been rather firmer, and about 350 hhds have been sold at fully previous rates. Privately about 100 chests good white Bahia have been disposed of (for export, at 235, being the extre me value. The quantity of British lantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 825 hhds, 22 tierces, 1 barrel, and there were taken for home consumption 737 hhds, 39 tierces, 1 barrel. The stock in the same place is 4,121 hhds, 328 tierces, 736 barrels. COFFEE.—The public sales have comprised 978 bags Costa Rica, and 508 bags East India • the former only partly sold at 50s 6d to 54s for good to fine ord coloury, being former prices ; nearly all the latter were taken in at 45s to 48s for good ord Mysore ; a small portion of good ord. Batavia sold at 38s, being fully the comparative value. Privately no transactions have taken place worth reporting, with the exception of about 1,500 bags good ord Ceylon, which have been sold at 66s to 675, and it is now difficult to pur chase at the latter price. A small parcel of Rio, containing about 2,200 bags, has also been disposed of afloat (in Liver pool) at 325, deliverable either in London or a near port on the Continent. About 500 bags ord Rio have been sold in this market for cash at 29s to 30s, being comparatively low prices, but at which rates there are not further sellers. SALTPETRE.-1,070 bags at auction were all withdrawn, at 24s.for 20i to 20i per cent. refraction. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is steady at 40s 6d to 41s 3d per cwt, on the spot ; Town at 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The public sales are going off rather flatly, Congou being taken in. Prices rule about the same. Green sorts are best supported. REPRESENTATION OF TIIE COUNTY OF BUCKS.— It is fully expected that Mr. C. R. Scott Murray, wh o h as abandoned the Protestant and embraced the Roman Catholic faith, will resign his seat in Parliament for Bucks, for which county he was returned at the election in 1841. It is not supposed that Mr. Murray will vacate his sea t unt il the Marquis of Chandos is of age, which will be in September next, when the son of the Duke of Buckingham will offer himself to the electorsas a candidate, in the room of Mr. Murray. AIDLLE. FAVANTL—After the close of the opera of La Cenerentola, on Saturday night, considerable anxiety was occasioned by the fact of the young and fair debutante hav ing, whilst leaving the stage, fallen down apparently life less. With the assistance of Dr. Wardrup she was, after some time, recoTered from her trance, and is now better. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS, • (From the Votes and Proceedings cif the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCH 25. HARROGATE AND KNARESBOROUGH RAILWAY BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendmeut proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question :" The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 48. Arkwright, George—Leominster Henley, J. W.—Oxfords, - ire Bateson, R.—Londonderry Hodgson, F.—Barnstaple Berestord, Major—Harwich Hodgson,Rd.—Berwick-oa .Twoo.i Blackburne, Ireland—Warrington Hornby, J.—Blackburn Borthwick, P.—Evesham Inglis, Sir R. H.-ox. University Bowring, Dr.—Bolton Mackinnon, W. A.—Lymington Broth erton, J.—Salford Masterm an, J.—London Bruges, W. H. L.—Devizcs Mitcalfe, H.—Tynemouth Buckley, E.—Newcastle-on-Tyre O'Brien, A,—N.Northamptonshire Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire O'Connell, Daniel—Cork Co. Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co Packe, C. W.—Leicester, South Butler, P. S. —K ilkenny County Pendlesham, Lord —East Sudc lk Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk Rushbrooke, Colonel—Sutiolk Collett, W. IL—Lincoln Russell, C.—Reading Collett, John—Athlone Smollett, A.—Dumbartonshire Flelden, John—Oldham Stewart, P. M.—Renfrewshire Flower, Sir J.—Thetford Tit ornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton French, F.—Rosscommon . Tollemache, J.—South Cheshiree Fuller, A. E.—East Sussex Ward, H. G.—Sheffield . .. Gist orle,aThomas—Nottingham Wawri, J. T.—South Shields Gladstone, Captain—lpswich Williams, William—Coventry Gore, W. R. 0 —Sligo Co. Winnington, Sir T. E.—Bewdley Grcenall, P.—Wigan Greene, T. G.—Lancashire TELLERS. Grimsditch,.T.—Macclesfield Lawson, A.—Knaresborough Guest, J. J.—Merthyr Tydvil Fcrrand, W. B. —Knaresborough MINORITY—NOES, 41. Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Mangles, R. D.—Gtilldford Beck, tt, W.—Leeds: Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle Broadley, Henry—East Yorkshire Marton, Geo.—Lar.caster ColborneMon. W.—Richmond Milnes, R. M.—Pontefract Douglas, Sir C. E.—Warwick Ord, W —Newcastle.upon.Tyne Duff; James—Banfithire Paget, Frederick—Beaumaris Duncan, Viscount—Bath Patten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Duncan, G. Dundee Rice, Edward Boyd—Dover Dunconbe, T. S.—Finsbury Rous, Captain—Westminster buncombe, Hon A.—East Retford Scott, Robert—Walsall Dunclas, Admiral—Greenwich Standish, Charles—Wigan Egerton, Sir P.—South Cheshire Stansfield , W. R. C.—H u dd ers fi e ld Evans, William—North Derby Strutt, Edward—Derby Glynne, Sir S. ft.—Flintshire Trench, Sir F.—Scarborough Hope, G. W.—Southampton: Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Hutt, W.—Gateshead Wall, C. Baring—Guildford James, William—Cumberland Wallace, Robert—Greenock Kelly, F.—Cambridge Borough Williams, T. Peers—Marlow Knight, H. G.—Nottinghan shirt Wrightson, W. B.—Northallerton Lascelles, Hon. W.—. Wakefield Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. li. TELLERS. Worcestershire West. Denison, E. B.—West Yorkshire Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Cavendish, Hon. G. H.—N. Derby RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA MENT. MONDAY, MARCH 25. Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge Railway Bill—read a second time, committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill—read a second time, committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Manchester and Leeds and Heywood Branch Railway Bill —reported ; Report to lie on the table, and to be printed. Blackburn and Preston Railway Bill—read a second time, committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Bolton and Preston Railway Bill—Report considered; amendments agreed to ; Bill to be engrossed. PANORAMA OF HONG-KONG. The private view of this panorama, which is the latest production of Mr. Burford, was afforded yesterday in the gallery, or great room, in Leicester-square. to the friends of the artist, and to-day the exhibition is opened to the public. The general tr ea t ment o f t h e su b ject is happy, and the details are introduced with great judg ment. The scenery co ns i s t s o f rocks, or rather of mountains of granite and sandstone, a river, and here and there a house or houses. All these are represented with . truth ; the rock s are rugge d and i nhospitable, the river is bright and transparent, and the houses are in the abstract but little picturesque, but the artist has neverth e l ess ma d e a goo d p i cture of these seemingly intractable materials. He has also introduced English men-of-war, Chinese junks, fishing boats, and so forth, and all these float so buoyantly upon the waters that the scene is pleasing and even refreshing to the eye. The contrast of the British and Chinese marine, the variety of costume, and many minor details, relieve the general aspect of the picture, and please as well asin struct. As a correct representation of the actual place, the picture is said by those qualified to judge to be valu able for its truth. It is at once a picture and a map. The view presents nothing like European scenery, and perhaps nothing like what might be dreamt of by those who have only heard of Hong-Kong ; but, we are told, it represents the fact. It is one of Mr. Burford , s best pictures. THE LATE EARL OF LONSDALE.—The mortal re mains of the venerable Earl of Lonsdale are to be removed from Twickenham to-morrow, for Lowther Castle, previous to interment in the family mausoleum in the vicinity. LAW INTELLIGENa' ......, n J yI SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS BROWNING V. WARRINGTON. AndOr , t ° This was an action brought by the plaintiff, 7. - ,A ti rer, recover from the defendant, a medical lamp Inall` -- • Ce► the sum of 13/. 15s. 6d. for medicines and to which the defendant urged, as a set-off, the value of an a nt pensive lamp, supplied to the defendant's son, to the aal li to of 2/. 2s. 6d., thus reducing the amount to 11/. 135.; ala u L gi jury, believing the lamp, with alterations which had Iba made in it, to be of that value, they gave a verdict for P"' defendant. professional advic__ POLICE INTELLIGENCE' GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY. ni , John Jones, another member of the swell mob , "'ha c?-^. mitted, during the past week, so many daring depreds f _:, on the property of passengers in the crowded thorough ''`eci of the City, was brought before Alderman H rhe with assisting to pick the pocket of Henry Chapman,a clerk to a wine merc in . William Wittingham hant Little Tower-street stated that about half-past tws; o'clock yesterday afternoon, whilst casually pass in g_ ; t r t f l oin' Fleet-street, he saw the prisoner, in company " 1 " - others of the swell mob, and, thinking that were about to commit a robbery, he watched them I : o 4 ' s , rowly, and he distinctly saw one of them walk uP, With geotleman, and, taking hold of his coat-tail , take 0116 his left hand a pocket-book which was passed on to t a co others of the fraternity, who , stood by, and a f ter wards t° the _, prisoner, who put it into his breast pocket, and walked avr7r, Witness followed the prisoner to the corner of Farrine, , street, and on taking hold of him he threw th e p ocket -Dv" down. Mr. J. Phillips, who was in company with the first tae6-4n corroborated his statement. be b ifri Mr. Henry Chapman proved the pocket-book to ma -4 and the prisoner, who made a very lame defence, Wa a mitted to take his trial. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.). , thiev e James Hurley, belonging to a very daring Ong 4g been' infesting the south-side of the river, and who u 7.h rob*" already tried and convicted of felony, was charged Inv" bing a sailor on the preceeding night. " night Isaac James, a sailor, stated that he came ashore _.at and on leaving a public-house in Tooley-street be 7. 0 o tacked by the prisoner and three other men at ththid Vine-yard. They pinioned him, and while he was bi that position by three of his assailants, the prisoner reaus•wto, pockets of all that he bad in them, and then they rail l on a and escaped in the intricacies of that part of the iog b Complainant, however, had an opportunity of identifY, 4 7 o 0 assailants by the light of the gas-lamp, and soon afte'" th having eisoner was into. been taken stated that the p risoner was tried Od e l l '. victed at the Central Criminal Court, the Magistr ate mitted him for trial. -------- CLERKENWELL.-(THIS D A Y I Charles Jackson, a powerfully built man, dressed in t black garments, was charged with the following coedlraes Police-constable Roberts, 101 E, being on du t y ° wick-square on the previous night, was addressed 70nov gentlemen, who told him that the prisoner had beeiV o gy; ing them about everywhere, for half an hour pre" Oil they begged of the policeman to prevent his pregre as i.i B oo l gentlemen had no sooner left the officer, than the Y ! or came up to him, said he was an officer of the E i s iv self, and had been sent out to watch those on dutYlori! officer advised him to go away, but he followed the ir,,, ,„„r the same way as he had followed the gentlemen, a n ted nued to do so fora quarter of an hour. e i evade him, by turning down narrow lanes ways, but all in vain. The hideous creation of Frani eg Thais never followed his maker more closely. Rem"istranto threats being alike useless, the officer removed h ial station-house. n ot? Mr. Conan asked the prisoner to accountfor his o n ducG The prisoner, who seemed heartily sorry for rao,..:',odio' said he had been drinking rather freely with sonr_Tedigari t d a d tt ar el a P “acom o t , the previous night, and the liquor had the ei effect above described on his imagination. The worthy Magistrate discharged him. . -•0 °1111 0 4°' BnjeoutOhttln,nesErttG(sh)riner.,,e2Eotslqigionfsts.,anadts.Sands, Perthshire, itre Esq., of Cleish, to Mary, third daughter of the Th° ll / 1 0116° On the 20th inst ,at St. Mary's, Edgehill of , „i v C _ On the 2 a 3t o rde L xi ti n, c ss y tti.,r E ga l e i t z on a s t: t. e al t j l l i e , ohf e n l L d ,s es i,r t ero d l : c u k i n. h e t y, er Bolton, of St. Paul's Churchyard, to Erai1y1,,,„,,,1 daughter of Mr. J. Cooke, of Cannon-street, • .4(171' DIED.I; e r. . 4 On the 24th inst., Richard Watts, Esq. , P r int ,_„bre, p On the 12th inst., at Bristol, Mr. John Prey; -h u bha , _, On the 17th inst., in Fitzwilliam-street, t er Pr• Maria, the wife of Edward Tierney, Eacl• )ft. C•;'" j On the 18th inst., at Upper Islington-terrace, t 0 0 o f Bickel, of Mark-lae. the inf sll On the 22d inst., at St. James's -place, -- Cc / John Hullah, Esq. v De Dal li. 1 On the 27th inst., at the Vicarage, the Be-e ir " 4 104 -* 'well, D.D., F.R S.Vicar of Enfield MiddleeeS- late '- On the 22d inst., at Dover, Louisa, relict oft he f C. Charles Beckingham, of Bourne-place, Kent. , „Ater ° i ..tio On the 22d inst., Mary Anne, the infant ae"P agp- Baring Young, Esq. of ' CrOai,nietyh,eo2l2sdtoinekstw.,ooAdr,tredrfoSradn:bErsorio.k, third , Bon of red" On the 23d inst., at Brunswick-terrace, uc.,ra _ bet , P Jo ri l n ni ce ß , ,:n sci sd ., e a n g , e t d he 7o i . nfant son of John Holt, -65 1. n. Of .14° fl' On the 23d inst., at Canonhury-lane, IsliaP" 40 bter ° On the 24th inst., Janet, the youngest &tag et ble h Noble Rugby, of Dulwich-common. he Ire° At Charles llerhert, youngest son of t 5 , ; ,. e . Archdeacon Goddard, Rector of Ibstock, Leicester P' London: Printed and Published No 112, Strand, t The Su% offieetee'lo°V Middlesex, in the Precinct of the Savoy, the '- 81.1acileae2E, Tuesday, March 27, 1844. THE i Tu tiz a i r t z 01: non ;gfelc`c lo n , as , Esq - i; - ±Tterod cant Ni• 0. 6 wt , r; oti ce is st QTrz iG h Y t he or A 13anprki Do , til of eieett pNd tl),,t vtre 4) 4ttd CA LE. e.3v. bah CC 2 2 fit Is ...41111 &too .425( %l A :p c ats trth N.B> t Nt..la Nte hi • k r . I: N 7" to i % k tlit h i :e ;P•4 7 . 14:. 4 40„V. 44, 44 444 f ah 44 h i _ Pi hit A li, 7 4! 14 t ~t 4 11 14 A pr p `Po t 7ati itgi kt !old 4, l b 4 y t h l,t4, kts MARLBOROUGH-STREE T ' (THIS DAY.) rae di6l.6 .s Very considerable excitement was caused in the h l i ne rso.,. neighbourhood of this Court, and a vast crowd 1. ;) ;t r . , beh; assembled in front of the office, in consequence of ' t o o known that the examination of a set of gamblers e ffec t place. It appears that the capture of them waa n otead en e f without much tact and stratagem. Mr. SUPT — body Baker of the C division, accompanied by a stro n goid the police, proceeded last evening between eigh t coalsl o'clock, and, in pursuance of an order from t be t ba rot a sioners, effected an entrance into the house NO. 16' ft er 1 5 5 . 4 , of Leicester-place and Leicester-square, where , $ . o to difficulty and confusion, they succeeded iu taking er of th e tody twenty-eight persons, amongst them the 0wP .. ., ja premises, and three persons aiding and assisting hrseiyeelil: conducting and management of the house. They al . di‘ te , bank, amounting to about 11/., a roulette table, ha s boll 535 bone counters, seven money rakes, three ball 1,00, and various other gambling implements. The tit . - kOOO long been an intolerant nuisance to the neigilh?„,.bit. The examination was proceeding when our rep erw ' 8 1 * 1,0 to THE " STANDARD" AND THE HOUSE —When the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill shall Pa f lo - 07 0 House of Commons, we will have an opportunity ° , l , e per t ; what it is; for that assembly condescends to let T irig s t a h ; know what laws are in preparation for it, by Per mi l d bY, 0 0 in progress, as well as all its other papers, to be 5e,,,he00,,, printer to the House, while Bills, or other papers or t ion of Lords, are not sold, except by their Lordship? • n ocals' tb s other favoured and confidential servants—an i,.. g titig to all who dislike asking favours of Lords, or an" - society of their domestics. g SALE OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRi - AND MEDALS.—The sale of the first portion of thit" - Seir d cent collection was concluded on Saturday, s"„ g fs, Christie and Manson's Rooms, King-street, St. ell ta- n oisee.ri , sale was very well attended through the week by 1 0 ; jacow and dealers, but the bidding was confined to a f tee s ,. duals, Mr. Cureton, who was commissioned by . the the cog' i f , the British Museum, purchasing fully one-half of .. , s A Ise / tion for that institution ; Colonel Fox also purch a T to $ but beyond these gentlemen few persons bong the Gr e g extent. The sale on Tuesday commenced with i ,:ooo7 o o silver coins, which were continued throng f, e lL s t a and Thursday, the lots selling remarkably ; th e ? r i o t Roman series was submitted on Friday. April.' opal, )0 coins were some of extraordinary rarity; a Bi n e" of "-;_,,• of the time of Pertinax realising 171., and 00 ;„ Faustina, well preserved, and of the greatest WWI., dark ti patina, being knocked down for 401. _Sob 6 .1; gold coins the two following were the most ren t ie dr & Carausius, obv. his head; rev. Hercules rastingn il d ),1 1 ,50 ins. Conservatori Auggg., extremely fine, 72 1, a ° be w ei r obv. his head ; rev. a figure standing, holding 3 b OP 01 0 left hand, and at his feet two captives ; ins. Oriclo t it for tremely fine, 105/. ; both purchased by Mr. Cllr e t ° ol',s. t ,io, British Museum. The amount realised by the Col l i n .' aye. was 478/. 19s ; second ditto, 730/. 19s. fid.; t *N 498/. 15s. ; fourth ditto, 4501. 17s. 6d. ; 111 J Is. 6d.; sixth ditto, 612/. 14s. 6d.; maki n g - .40 "-‘ f ed' 3,357/. ss. 6d. Tbe fed' DEPRECIATION OF MINING PROPERTY. ~.f Celyn and Blaina Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wr,earel? nesday last brought to the hammer by Messr s ' ropel t YAr-° and Co., at Gartaway's. The above valuable Pmenaviik the Company above 400,000/. ; the biddings CO 40,000 guineas, and the property was, a fter some s i s The 511, dings, ultimately knocked down at 59,000 gailif! s t , hold land, situated at Cwm Celyn, abounding : ,,"" erale , comprising 101 a: lr. 3p., with the coals and 14a. 2r. 9p.-7,000/.—Bath Journal. 00 INFANTICIDE.--at a late hour ias t n i ght la st, ° N al/ concluded an inquest, adjourned from SaturdaZ ' o ' o the Ship, Farmer-street, New Gravel-lane, Shadwokorali ;la of a newly-born female infant, the illegitimate 0 " t e ati s : o o young female named Julia Scales. The body 11.5tbree water-closet. The jury, after a consultation mtiast_atsi and a half, returned a verdict of Wilful Murd er 5 :0050 0 ~ Scales, and the coroner issued his warrant for o '- of the woman to take her trial at Newgate as 50 0 r era in a fit state to he removed. ,A 0 0 NlAGARA.—Measurements have been in - it APPf#l 6 , volume of water of the Niaara river, from .. .,Wh. lc ar a e s ,. that " the motive power oft he cataract of atal e : D all by nearly forty-fold all the mechanical force ° for steam power rendered available in Great Britaet saga pose of imparting motion to the machinery t.Ltiort;pfir perform the manufacturing labours for a larg e ...o r- ittle , inhabitants of the world, including also the F - 4 , sod deed' for transporting these prod u ct s by steam-b0 a ,,,5."" lie d cars, and their ships-of-war to the remote st ° e or e „ it appears probable that th e la w of ffravitY , $ 6 0 ol°`l 11 6 cove, by the Creator, puts fo r th i n thi s single li r a te r aoT e xl° tense and effective energy than is necessary t°„, artificial machinery of the habitable globe. „Alif Journal. vstpeir FANCY FAIR UNDER THE T1iAg 0 ,,%,03 5 , e Or, being the anniversary of the opening of the ,„,eijiors"oo' a fancy fair was held in the Tunnel, to aol l "i e oce, completion of this extraordinary triumph of s c f iv id• i t g i e ra and perseverance. The centre arc h es that w ere parallel lines of road through the Tunnel' „iir kind/oi with holly and other evergreens, and were n' yar iotie m e ' pied with stalls displaying fancy goods of eye' amongst which may be mentioned medals an the Tunnel, printed on the spot." tbe BIRTHS. lOW On the 20th inst., at the Castle, Parsons -o°lj' e 0` JO . w e Countess of Rosse, of a son. . the o f b On the 18th inst., at Northbourn Vicarag p - Rev. George Rainier, of a son. Fr i On the 20th inst., at Tenby, Mrs. Rive rs po ith daughter. t he On the 21st inst., at Wells, Somerset, WB.ollllllla of a son. On the 22d inst., at the Rectory, Wendlehuitygtervre.• wife of the Rev. Walter Lucas Brown, of th► On the 22d inst., at L e e-park, Smyth M'Kenny, of a daughter. Blackball