The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-15 00:00:00

THE :NEW lIISTOItICA IIIf.q.CNCE In 3 v 014., pst Bvo. , . • A. THIRD EDITION of " \VHITEFRIARS OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Ileury Co!burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CH A TSWORTH OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. Edited by R. PLUMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," " Every cue will rend Chatsworth,' ler it is a work so novel in its design, so excellent in its general execution. as to be c:rtain to make an Impression upon the public mind. The Author blends: in one work the ideal beauty of Tieck, the ever ftesh simplicity and charming nature of Boccacio and the sparkling descriptions of the manners of this age of. Mrs. Gore, amidst much to move our wonder and admiration."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO THE HOLDERS OF MEXICAN BONDS. THE undersigned beg to caution the public against purchasing or negotiating the undermentioned Coupons, due -Ist of October, 1843, and Ist of April, 1844, as they will not be paid on presentation : Nos 6,652 to 6,676, 25 of 21. 10s. each. OS 1 1 153 to 1,177, 25 of 31. 15s. each. ~ 732 to 767, 36 of 61. ss. each. 972 to 992, 21 of 121. 10s. each. F. DE LIZARDI AND CO., Finance Agents to the Mexican Government. 26, Austin-friars. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH 15, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL Arnold, M. Duprez ; Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle; William Tell, Mr. Stretton _Lutern, Mdlle. Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss Betts. After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHEN I'. Marquis de San Lucar, H. Albert ; Benedict, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan • Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ;' Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Sxond Price is. ; Pit 3s , Second Price ga.•, M.ddle Gallery 28.. 3acond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, Will be produced a New Petite Musical Drama, called DER NECHT TEUFEL. Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mrs , Glover; Matilda, Miss P. Horton; Ca imbue, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, SUZANNE. Mr. Brinsly Bounceby, Mr. Webster ; Simon SwaLlcw, Mr. Buckstone; Suzanne, Madame Celeste. After the Drama, Mr. Ji tHN PARRY will give his Descriptive Scene, Whittington and his Cat." After which will be repeated JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Guillot, Mr. Buckstone ; Josephine Mrs. Fitzwilliara To conclude with A. KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Cli ff ord. Orchestra S talls, 55.; Boxes, Is. ' - Pit, Zs.; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.price— Boxes 3B. • Pit 2.5.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at haH. p ast Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. .Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box ottice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STRELT. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, Will be performed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy, Ma. dame Eugenia Garcia ; Edgar, Mr. Allen. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Vk ilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxberf y ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act. entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Dirs. Keeley; Mildew, Mr.Feeley. • To conclude with a Ncw Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May-day Bride. Patrick. Mr. Chichely; Phelim; Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint Friends, his Pupils, and the Public that his FIRST BENEFIT' will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the 21st of March, on which occasion ROSSINI'S OPERA, 0 MELLO, will be performed for the FIRST TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE. Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Massingham, at the Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops, and at Mr. Allen's residence, 19, Baker-strcet, Lloyd-square, Pen tonvil le. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, . Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. 'robe followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Misi Woolgar. After which, ULRICA ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee and Chaplin. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid, Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs, Fright, Miss Emma Stanley. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Halt-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAV MOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, FEMALE ASSURANCE. Captain olding, Mr, J. T. Johnson ; Charles, Mr. Morrison ; Sophia, Mrs. H. Hughes. To c nclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Count de Valmont, Mr. H. Hughes ; Florian, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Bertrand, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Eugenia, Mrs. H. Vining. Places and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box olice, from Eleven io Four. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, :19 ; Highest, 48 ; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.56.—Wi5t), W.S.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. MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TR:S D4Y. Morning .. 28 minutes after II I Evening .. 0 minutes aver 0. that the practice, like other absurd practices, must ere long fall into desuetude, provided Parliament will but keep a still tongue in its head, and make no more of the matter than it deserves. When a usage manifestly ridicu lous in its nature—more ridiculous, indeed, than dangerous, inasmuch as, in seven cases out of ten, duellists quit the field just as sound as when they entered _it—when such a usage is gravely and for mally discussed among Legislators, an air of conse quence, and even dignity, is imparted to it, which gives it a sort of sanction in the eyes of fools, and strengthens, rather than checks, the vulgar prejudice in its favour. As for Mr. COWPER'S remark that "he would suggest the appointment of a Court of Honour; a jury might be selected who were as nearly equal as possible in station to the parties concerned, and who would, therefore, be able to decide, in a satisfactory manner, upon the question brought before them ;" we can conceive nothing more ridiculous than this suggestion, to say nothing of its impracticability. Suppose, for instance, that two attorneys quarrel—for even attorneys are not wholly free from the frailties of humanity— how is it possible for them to get twelve more of their amiable fraternity sufficiently disinterested to neglect their own business, in order to sit as a jury, and listen to the long story of the dispute ? Is it likely that a dozen attorneys will allow themselves to be called out of Court or chambers, in order to decide upon the wrongs of a brother, whose mishap it may be to have had his nose pulled, or a horsewhip shaken over, his head ? Impossible. They will pity him, no doubt ; and if his story be not a long one, they will, perchance listen to it with attention ; hut as for going gravely and minutely into the merits of the case, they will repudiate the horrid idea of such a tax on their time and patience, and leave the injured man to get out of his quarrel as he got into it. Courts of Honour might be all very well in the olden time when Englishmen had plenty of leisure on their hands, but in these hard-working days, when time is money, it is not to be expected that any twelve men, no matter from what class, can be brought together to listen to the statements and decide upon the claims of a gentleman "in trouble." For our own part, if it be found impossible at once to put a stop to duelling, we should recommend that all quar rels should be settled, as one was actually settled some years since by a British merchant in Portugal, who conceiving himself insulted by some remarks con tained in a letter from a correspondent in London, wrote to the latter to " consider himself horse whipped." Whether the Londoner did so or not, we cannot say ; but the conception was a bright one, and worthy of general imitation, for it would be an effectual preservative of human life, and prevent the unpleasant necessity of gentlemen getting up at day-break to be shot at, and carried on shutters-into the agonized interior of Chalk Farm. We are disappointed, on looking over the resolu lutions agreed to by the House of Commons, on Mon day, the 4th instant, in reference to railways, at finding that they are merely seven orders touching the organisation of Committees for the consideration of pending Bills to authorise the construction of competing lines, and the suspension of certain standing orders. The resolutions are purely technical, without a particle of public interest about them, or the slightest bearing on THE public interest in connection with railways. We have very recently expressed our own views of the necessity, on every conceivable ground of sound policy, and the present and future convenience of the public, for some great and intelligible system of general supervision, as to these important works, on which Government itself should take the initiative. The slightest consideration of the extent of social comfort or derangement involved in the execution of such undertakings,—of the magnitude of the capital invested in them,—of the variety of properties, rights, tenantcies, &c. &c., affected by them, must satisfy one that the great outlines of their projection, con struction, and administration, and the adjustment of their relations to other and similar enterprises, pre viously entered upon or already accomplished—should not be left entirely to be determined by the result of the conflicting interests of private speculators. It should never be forgotten that errors in any of the particulars we have just recapitulated, are, practi cally speaking, irremediable in completed lines of road. The public is familiar with cases in which it has been satisfactorily demonstrated—after the execu tion of dangerous and most costly tunnelling, has been completed—that a slight departure from the ori ginal line, too hastily adopted, would have obviated the necessity for any tunnel at all, and would have con tinued that portion of the railroad by a much more convenient curve, and at a considerable saving of expense, or have approximated it to given points, which it would have been most desirable, on every account, that it should have been brought nearer to, than it has actually been left. Besides, any one who will examine a map of Great Britain, in which are traced the several lines of railway already executed, or now in course of construction, will perceive at a glance, that for want of a pre concerted scheme of radiating lines, from one or more great centres, converging ultimately in the metropolis, as their common point, some of our principal rail roads, having their termini in London, approach each other so nearly at certain stations in their respective courses as to be within sight and hearing of each other. The necessary inference from this vicinity of two lines is, that remoter, and perhaps more important, districts of country, are deprived of their fair participation in the benefit and accommodation of a travelling rail way. Anything like preconcerted scheme, whilst it might have allowed ample latitude for choice between numerous given lines of projection, would surely have obviated the practical anomaly of two being run, at some distance from London, within five miles of each other. Any reform of these matters is, of course, im practicable as to railroads already complete, or near completion,—and in whole, or in part, in actual working. But with regard to such as are the im mediate objects of the resolution of the House of Commons of the 4th of March, namely, new and competing lines, we are strongly disposed to think that some such comprehensive, matured, and efficient system of control, limited to the particulars we have indicated, should be immediately applied. In justice, indeed, to the existing railroads, the Di rectors of which cannot be blamed if they have not conformed their lines to some plan which might have been more advantageous to the public, but which was not formed for the adoption of the Com panies referred to, when they began the works they have with so much spirit and energy constructed, and so magnificently administered— some such guarantee from actual, though it may not be in technical strictness, illegal, encroachment by new lines, should be assured them. The great objects to be secured, however, are the public benefit and accom modation. If we could imagine that such a Go vernment contract as we advocate could not be exercised without entailing some degree of vexa tious, or inquisitorial, or unwarrantable ointer vention with the unf e tt ere d appropr i a ti on o f p r i va t e , capital, uld be the legitimate branches of of a a ny pp icat on, interferencev‘' e m on the part of the Legislature or the Executive. But (as we took occasion in a former ' article to remark) the Irish government of the Marquis of NOR MANGY-or, in justice to the admirable official talent and vigilance of Lord MORPETH, we should rather say the Noble Secretary of that Lord Lieutenant has supplied us with an encou raging and signal example of the p ern , a _ nent advantage which the community may de rive in the matter of railroads, from the previous cases, investigations, and ordinances of public func tionaries and servants of the Crown, who will under take to watch the growth, and direct the early progress, of such undertakings, not merely out of a conscientious desire to discharge to the uttermost the demand of official duty, but from their love of national improvement for its own sake. We resume to-day our comments on the speeches and proceedings of the llarleston (Suffolk) meeting, held on 'Wednesday, the 4th instant, and spe cially referred to in our leading article of Monday last. We then concluded by quoting a remarkable passage in the Chairman's speech, in which he showed that, pending the operation of the Corn 13111 of 1815, and the prohibition , of foreign wheat when the price of wheat here was under 80s. per quarter, the ruin of the tenant-farmer and the labourer commenced; and yet that in the same period, namely, in 1819, the • -.Art N 4 t t Noo l6 ."'' y • tlige SECOND EDITION. tnin•i nn LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1844. The Lords met last evening, but no business of the slightest importance came before the House, which adjourned shortly after it met. In the Commons, Mr. G. HOPE complained that, in some of the ordinary channels of information (in plain, English newspapers) the speech of Mr. SCOTT, the Member for Roxburghshire, relative to squatters in Australia, had been given at length, while his reply to it had not been given. He rose, however, merely to state that the Government did not agree with the statement made by the Hon. Member. Lord PALMERSTON deftrred, for a fortnight, his motion on the right of search. Mr. V. SMITH postponed his motion relative to oaths taken by Catholics till after Easter. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY corrected a statement which he had made with respect to the duel at Camden- Town, and road a letter from Mrs. MUNRO to war rant him in making the correction. The letter will be found in the Parliamentary report. Mr. COCHRANE moved for extracts of any corre spondence between her MAJESTY'S Government and Sir EDMUND LYONS, or the Courts of France and Russia, relating to the recent events in Greece. Sir R. PEEL said in about ten days he would lay on the table of the House all the portion of the cor respondence which, he trusted, would satisfy the Ho nourable Member. A brief discussion took place on the present state of Greece, in which Lord PALMER STON, Sir 11. DOUGLAS, and Sir R. INGLIS expressed their opinions, all of whom paid high compliments to Sir E. LYONS, and the motion, on the understanding expressed by Sir R. PEEL, was agreed to. Mr. MILNES made a motion relative to the present state of criminal jurisdiction over British subjects within the dominions of the Porte. He pointed out the hardships to which English subjects were ex posed under the present system, and thought the Government ought to establish a criminal court at Malta, as had been done at Trieste. He moved an an address to the Crown to that effect. Mr. HOPE thought the Government was not justi fied in interfering in the matter ; and, after a few words from Sir H. PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON, the motion was withdrawn. Ur. TURNER moved a resolution to the effect that duelling is immoral in its tendency, that it brings into contempt the laws of the country, is contrary to Divine command, and ought to be abolished. He entered into a brief history of duelling, and pointed out some remarkable cases to show its baneful effects. Sir H. PEEL opposed the resolution, and after speeches from several other Hon. Members, the mo tion was withdrawn. Mr. ELFIHNSTONE then moved that the house re solve itself into a Committee to take into consideration the Legacy and Probate duties, which gave rise to some discussion. This motion was also withdrawn. The other business on the paper was then gone through, and the House adjourned. _ The subject of duelling was again brought under the notice of the House of Commons last night by Mr. TURNER, who moved a resolution to the effect that the practice is "immoral in its tendency, that it brings into contempt the laws of the country, is con trary to the Divine command, and ought to be abo lished." The Hon. Member spoke with sense and . spirit on this question, and concluded by expressing a hope that an Act would be passed which would ren der the punishment for duelling more certain and expeditious. We doubt much whether any inter ference on the part of the Legislature would have the slightest effect in repressing this pernicious practice ; on the contrary, we think it would be very apt to make matters worse, by giving undue importance to a silly, barbarous custom for which, among other blessings, we have to thank the " wisdom of our ancestors." The question had much better be left to the good taste of society, and the silent operation of that common sense which is gradually making itself felt among all classes. Even fashion—the despotic ruler of us all, who exercises a power far greater than that exercised by Sir ROBERT PEEL, with a majority of ninety at his back —even this arbitrary tyrant is beginning to set her face against duelling; and we may safely infer from this undoubted fact TEE gYIN, LONDON% riIIDAY EVENING, M'ARC H IS, led 4. Parliament passed PEEL'S Currency Bill. We have before shown the excessive cruelty, on both the pro ducer and the labourer, of a law which, diminishing the circulation in the ratio of the amount paid by the country in taxation—or nearly so—left the cost of taxation unrepresented in those depreciated prices which, only, they could obtain when value was deter mined by a gold standard exclusively. So the burden of that taxation cost was iniquitously transferred from the consumer, by whom it was the meaning of the Legislature that it should always be ultimately borne, to the ill-paid producer or labourer. So the robbery (for this is not too strong a term) annually committed by the system of currency established under PEEL'S Bill—(which compels the farmer and the manufac turer to take only the natural or gold-measured prices for their produce and their goods ; and leaves the wages of the labourer and the artisan minus, in effect, the amount annually abstracted from them by taxa tion, which they ought never to have paid; or, rather, for which the scale of those wages should have ade quately compensated them)—amounts to not less than 30,000,0001. wrung from the hard and honest hands of famishing industry ! But Mr. TAYLOR, on the occasion of which we are speaking, completed this picture of spoliation. " Notwithstanding this law," said he, " which was to guarantee the farmer 80s. for his wheat, prices kept lowering till 1822, when wheat was 435. 3d. per quarter, on the year's average ; little more than one-half the price contem plated by the framers of the Act of 1815. Need I remind you how many farmers are ruined at this period.? The state of things, at that time, ought to have warned the farmers never again to rely on a corn - law for protection,—and it ought still to warn them.'' To be sure it ought. Do they want further evi dence to convince them of the futility of such protection" as that on which they would, it seems, again rely, in so many of our agricul tural districts ? Let them mark what follows : " In the seven years, 1815 to 1822, the average price of wheat never reached 80s. per quarter, except in 1817 and 1818"—and those were very bad seasons. This law having failed in effect, in 1823 a new law was called for by the clamour of agricultural distress ; and by this new law, importation—when wheat was below 70s. per quarter—was prohibited ; when above 70s. importation was permitted at a duty of 17s. per quarter. This corn-law was not less ricketty than its predecessors. It fell to pieces when left to " walk" —and work—alone. The landlords and tenants, who flattered themselves, that whilst their bantling could keep its legs, they would be secure of 70s. per quarter for their wheat, discovered that, during the whole term, from 1823 to 1828 (in which latter year that profound invention of landlord-legislation magic—the "sliding-scale" talisman, was first set up), the average price never touched 70s. at all ! That the price per quarter, in two only, out of those five years attained even 605., whilst in 1823 it was actually so low as 51s. 9d. " Great imports," (Mr. TAYLOR sensibly argued) "did notproduce these low prices ; for the imports, during the same period, did not average 300,000 quarters per annum." If the: e statistics fail to convince the agriculturists of the folly, the mischief, the absurdity of all at tempts to work a statutable protection to home grown wheat,—no reasoning of our's can ope rate such a conviction ; and we shall, on that account, forbear to follow Mr. TAYLOR through the remainder of his interesting and well reasoned precis of corn-law history. But we cannot take leave of him without quoting the pithy remark with which he closes his review of this quin quennial period—(lB23-1828). " The landowners, however, during the time, were getting • high rents, set according to Act of Parliament price of corn, NOT its market value." This is admira bly put. It is " a great fact." It suggests an impressive moral lesson. The landlords are now reaping a fatal harvest of distrust and discontent—of estranged relations between them selves and their tenant-farmers—of leases thrown on their hands, and lands deteriorating through in solvent cultivation—of which harvest the seeds were , sown by their own reckless selfishness! How (as honest men, we are disinclined to ask, for we would not over-hastily impugn their moral integrity, but) as reasonable or consistent men, could they dream of exacting high rents of those who held under them, when the Currency Act of 1819 had crippled, from one end of England to the other, the tenant's means of raising even a living profit—a means of mere subsistence ? How could they set high rents when the contracted issues of the Bank of England, and therefore of all provincial banks, had taken from those who were to pay them, not simply the chances of legitimate prices (that is, such as would represent the natural or gold price and the taxation cost of raising their produce), but the chances of all that healthful encouragement to enterprise, and the extended application of skill, la bour, and capital, to improved processes in agriculture and husbandry, which was extended to the working occupiers of land, and the breeder and the grazier of stock, with a wise and liberal confidence, by those who possessed absolutely, or could otherwise com mand, surplus capital for such purposes, before the Legislature adopted the ill-considered nostrums, under the administration of which our monetary system has experienced nothing but convulsion, derangement, terror, and paralysis ? Accounts from Madrid of the 7th announce that the QUEEN and her sister had arrived on that day at Aranjuez. The progress of the QUEEN-MoTrtErt through Catalonia is described as the triumphal pro cession of a conqueror, or saviour of the country. Al most divine honours are paid to her. She is styled " a great Queen," " a magnanimous Princess," and the " Mother of all Spaniards." Poetical effusions are ad dressed to her, some of which are ornamented with cuts representing her entering Barcelona conducted by an angel, and trampling the demon of anarchy beneath her feet. And this takes place in a city from which she was but three years ago glad to make her escape. The Three per Cents. were done at 30 for cash, and 30i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 221 for cash, and 22i for GO days. The intelligence brought by the Paris papers possesses little interest. On Tuesday the Committees of the Chamber of Deputies were engaged in considering seve ral lines of railroad—namely, a continuation of the Or leans line to Vierzon; the second from Paris to the Bel gian frontier, with branch lines to the coast opposite England ; and a third from Montpelier to Nismes. The opinion of the Members was generally against the con strnction of the works by the State ; and, as regarded the northern line, seven out of the nine ♦oted that it should be left to public comkanies. but with short leases. It is not probhble, however, that companies will enter into such a hazardous undertaking with the prospect of a short lease, and little security that they shall be remu nerated for their outlay and risk at the option of the State. The Minister of Justice has addressed a circular to the prefects of departments, in which he recommends that in all cases full protection shall be extended to Pro testant congregations, whilst in the quiet exercise of a right respected by the principle of religious toleration. The Minister's circular has been rendered necessary by some attempts to throw obstacles in the way of the public worship of Protestants. He desires that the principle of religions liberty may be, at all times, acted upon with great liberality. The subscription for a sword to Admiral DUPETIT THOITARS is still making progress, and boys and girls who hate the English vie with each other in subscribing half a franc each. The boys of another Paris school have subscribed 51 francs. The Duke of NEMCURS had completely recovered - from his late attack of illness; and, whether from this result or some other cause not stated in the reports of the Money Market, the Funds have had a considerable rise. On Wednesday the Five per Cents. advanced 45c., and the Threes 30c., and closed respectively at 122 f. 30c., and 83f. 10c. Rouen to Havre ..... ....... 685 Orleans .......... ...... ... 890 •• 685 .. 682 50 .. 682 50 •. 802 50 .. 887 50 .. 887 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 248 75 .. 248 75 .. 26 .. 247 50 Aviation to Marseilles•• •• •• 777 50 777 :A 767 50 767 50 THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, ac companied by the Royal Family, and attended by the Royal suite, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace, about five o'clock this afternoon, for Claremont, where the Royal party are expected to spend a few days, re turning to town on Tuesday next. BARRACKS (IRELAND). —A return has been made to the House of Commons, on the motion of Captain Bernal, of the expenses incurred in the fortifications of barracks and other stations for troops in Ireland in the year 1843, from which it appears that the total amount is 14,450/. The return includes five districts—Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Athlone, and BeWait. The expenses for barracks in the city of Dublin are the largest, being 3,248/. ; for Limerick, 1,625/. ; and Athlone, 2,069!. The number of places where expenses have been incurred is 75. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 15.—Wind this day at noon, fresh breeze at W.S.W., and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 14.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Fairy Queen, Laing, Trinidad; Lumley and Sunderland, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Evening Star, Hull, for ditto; Eclair, ditto, for Rio; Gipsey, Blyth, for Boulogne, with damage, having been in contact on the 9th inst. with a light brig, name un known. Sld. British Empire, Madras ; Rosebery, Bombay ; Skisilia, Boston ; Evening Star, St. John's, New Brunswick; and the rest of the outward bound. SowritAmproN, 3Ltitcx 14.—S1d. Pacha steamer, Gibraltar. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 13 . — Arrd, S. Durham, Hartle pool for Phillipville, leaky, decks swept, loss of sails and rigging, and part of cargo thrown overboard, having expe rienced very severe weather. OFF DARTMOUTH, MARCH 13 .—Margaretha, Batavia. PLYMOUTH, MARcrt 14.—Wind W.—Arrd. Trio, Cooper, Buenos Ayres. STANDGATE CREEK, MARCH 1 4.—Arrd. Royal Tar steamer, Evans, Constantinople, left 16th ult. OFF DOVER, MARCH 1 4 . —Calder, Kennedy, Madras. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Gla diator, London, for New York. Sld. Y, Newfoundland. CHEPSTOW, MARCH 12.—The Royal Oak. hence to Neath, grounded on the Shoots, on the sth instant, but came off with damage, and proceeded. STOCKTON, MARC'! 13.—The Bell Gowan, or Abel Gower, from Berwick to this port, came ashore on Coaton Sands , during a heavy gale. PoRTRusH, MARCH 11.--The Bridget, Pascoe, from Derry to Liverpool, put in here yesterday, with pumps choked, and must discharge. GALWAY, MARcH 9.—The Rosanna, Fenton, bound to Gibraltar, has put in here with loss of bulwarks, and making twelve inches of water per hour, and it is expected must dis charge. 8i1t3101.711, lkancit 13.—The jolly-boat of the Caroline, from Liverpool to Africa, last at Pwllheli yesterday, has reached the laul about seven miles to the southward, with seven of the crew, Nine others have come ashore in the gig (three dead in the boat), and thirteen others were left in the wreck. Mem.—An account from Aberdovey states the num ber saved at seven and eleven, and states that a quantity of wrecked goods are to be seen in the bay. MONE Y . AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a very dull market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday; sales, 2,500 bales. Prices were id. per lb. lower than before the Hibernia arrived. Shares were, on the whole, rather firmer. Birmingham and Gloucester were 831 1 ; Eastern Counties, 11/. 13s. 9d. ; Chester and Holy head, 6; ; Grand Junction, Half, 119 ' • Birmingham, New, 41i ; South We s tern, Eighths, 4i ; Manchester and Leeds, 115 ; Midland Counties, 90 ; North Midland, Half, 45i ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 13s. ; Paris and Orleans, 3.3 i ; Paris and Rouen, 34i. Much interest is attached in banking circles of the City to the proceedings of the delegates of the Private and of the Joint-stock Banks to obtain concessions in their favour. The result of a meeting of the delegates an nounced to be held yesterday afternoon upon this subject is looked for with anxiety by all parties above referred to. But it is much to be apprehended that unless a most vigorous stand be made, that the Bank of England will, in course of time, entirely absorb the entire privileges of issuing notes payable upon demand. The policy of the managers of the Corporation has been for some time tending in this direction • and how singular it is, that at a period so closely approaching to that when the discussion must commence relative to the renewal of the charter of the Bank of England. which must occupy a very considerable portion of the attention of the Bank of England, a scheme should be issued, offering advantages to such country banks as will consent to give up issuing their own paper, and taking that of the Bank of England on commission, for the purposes of conducting their private business, and upoa terms and more ready advantages than those now possessed, we believe, by (hose establishments who use new the notes of the Corporation. It is necessary to direct the attention of the delegates now assembled in the Metropolis to this subject. A commercial correspondent in Upper Canada informs us that not only is grain smuggled extensively across the bor der, but that American butter, cheese, lard; &c. is supplied in vast quantities for shipment, as British Colonial produce, to this country; and a paragraph in the Quebec Gazette of the 14th ult. confirms this assertion in the following extract of a letter, dated Lacole (U. C.) : " It is a notorious fact, that persons residing in the vici nity of the lines, who were never known before the passing of the law to sell a single pound of butter or cheese, are now freighting these articles in considerable quantities to Mon treal. Not only are the different kinds of American agricul tural produce daily brought ,into the province in contraven tion of the law, but the same is the case with almost every description of merchandise that can be procured cheaper on the other than on this side of the lines. "Thetruth is, every one who stands in need of either tea, tobacco, sugv, molasses., whiskey, cotton, cloth, &c., passes from one side of the lines to the other, on some pretence of the above nature, without attracting the slightest notice, and thus supplies himself at the expense of the revenue, and to the prejudice of the Canadian merchant and mechanic—the latter of whom, in order to compete with his neighbour on the other side of the lines, must turn smuggler." The Commissioners bought this morning 20,0001. Consols at:9Bl. For the Account an equally high rate was paid. At the present moment the value for Account is 98k, but for Money 6 per cent, lower. The premium upon Exchequer bills is firm at 725. Bank Stock i s a t 1981 ; L ong A nnu i t i es (of 1860) at 12a ; and these are the only quotations for the day. This is the half-monthly account to-day in the Foreign Funds. The settlement has, as yet, progressed well. Spa nish Five per Cents. for Account have been quoted at 25k, the Three per Cents. at 35/11; Portuguese Converted at 461; Chilian Deferred at 50i ; Mexican at 36 ; Brazilian at an ad vance to Bs. In other Foreign Bonds the variation has been slight. In the Share Market not much business has been trans acted this morning, and, generally speaking, prices have re ceded. The London and Westminster Joint-Stock Bank Shares have advanced to 5.1 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 3,4504 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1560 Bank Stock for Account ...„ .......... C on sols for Account 9BX% Exchequer Bills, I%d. 134 d 1,000 1 . 500/. ..... ........ ........... ... .Ditto Small ........ . ........ FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1830. 79% Ditto New, 1843 79 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto Dcferred........ Columbian Bonds. Mexican Bonds, '837, 5 per Cent. ,_ ........ ....., sd Ditto for the Account 36 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent_ ........... Ditto Converted 46% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Three per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Cents. 57y 10 - 2 101%74 D N D e uu w ttechh i,o 2S al e l l B3 eCr 7, 5 per Cents.... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE Birmingham and Gloucester...". 100 ... ..... 82 ..„..... to Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead ............... 5 . ..... ... 6% ...„ to Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 8/. gs Rd. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 63X, to Lancaster and Carlisle 5 .... ..... 7% ...... to London and 81ackw311....,„ London and Birmingham. Stock ......235 234 to 23S Div() New % Shares • Midland Counties Norwich and Brandon --- 100 ------ 91 North Midland ••••••••••• 00000000000 •• Paris and Orleans ; ;0 8I ..... ttttoooo Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre. ls South Eastern and Dover JOINT SMOCK BANAL London Joint Stock London and Westminster ..... 20 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE , MARCH 14.—There is no animaticirr in the market ti-day, but prices reminpretty stationary. The sales are :—Eastern Counties, 11k ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 626; Manchester and Birmingham, 446; North Union, 1046 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 106 ; Manchester Assurance, 106. CLOSING --_ _ . v BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds pm 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Rel ... ..... New 334 per Cent. IIV% Esc. Bills, 1,00114 150 ... pm, New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5904 ........ ....... _. pm . Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small pm. Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 19834 Oct. 1859 Consols for Acct 9s% Jan. 1860 12% India Stock for Acct.... 285 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian. 5 per Cent ... .... Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent..... .. .. 104% Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds .. ....... .. .. ..... 81 Prussian,s per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . ... 37 Russian, 5 per Cent Chllian, c per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent ...••• 15 Spanish, 5 per Cent 25 Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferre 1 IA Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ... f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent P D e a r tt u o v , i 6 an p . e l r B2s C7 6 t. pe , IrBsc7e.;:t - i D n u it t to ch . , s 244 r pg en C t en .. t . ..... :::l s o i % l ,4 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 5934 Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) B2 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 6% Eastern Counties (23 paid) ........ Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) 99 Gravesend, Rochester, d rt lt o oc f h E e n s g te la r n , d (andwoChpaatidh)am (234 paid) 2 Great Western (75 paid) Harrowgate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid) .. . % Hull and Selby (50 paid) 34 London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) ... 82 London and Croydon (Trunk) Ditto Scrip ( 1% pad) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) llB Ditto Half Shares (30 paid) ........ ••••••••••••••••••• 5034 Manchester and BinnlDgliain 45 Midland Counties (100 paid) BB Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 21% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 25 North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) 24% Paris and Rouen (20 paid) . .......... , South Eastern. and Dover (50 paid) 3534 Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 1 SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION.—MY. White delivered a lecture on Astro-Meteorology, at this Institution, on the evening of Wednesday last. In his exordium he pro duced a file of almanacks, from Moore's to Hannay and Co.'s, and dwelt upon them with critical exactitude, dividing the laurels promiscuously amongst them. In the course of the lecture he took a wide and comprehensive view of his favourite theory, which was illustrated by a variety of dia grams. In this part of the lecture we began to discover the acuteness and profundity of a highly observant mind., That Mr. White is a clever man has been attested by the best authorities, and his intellectual and scient ific ac q uirements might better procure for him the admiration of tliv world if less tincturedwith egotism. Verbunt ;at. THE BOURSE-WEDNEMIY, MARCH 13. First highest Lowest Last Price. .I.'rice. Price. Price. French Five perCents.ezdiv 121 70 .. 12.2 • • 121 70 .• 122 Bank ofThr Fo;tr r ierCents.ezdiv 104 75 .. 104 75 .. 104 75 .. 104 75 ce per .. C .. e . n . t5 . .......... 32 2 85 .... 325 8: .... 325 8 0 2 80 .• : 32 8 50 3 Laffitte Bank, I.ooof. Sharesllos ..1105 ..1105 .. 1105 5 , 0 00 f. SharessoBs ..5085 •.5085 —5085 Belgian Bank ..... 660 .• 660 .. 660 • . 660 Belgian Fives 1840 1842 Spanish Active . Passive .. Bi. 6 4 .. 64 Threes 361 • • 34 381 36 1 Portuguese:Five per Cents— 47} • • 48 47} • • 48 eapolitan• ••• •••• •••• •••• 102 GO .. 102 60 • • 102 35 .. 102 45 Roman •• ••••• 106 •• 10G: .. 106 •• 106 RAILWAY MARES.. St. Germain ••••••• • • • • • • • 835 '• 835 •• 835 835 Versailles, R. 8.• • L. 8..... ........ 17 5 .• 176 25. .. 175 .. 175 Rouen •• ........... . • ••890 • • 890 .. 688 75 .. 888 75 . •• Rouen to Havre .. • ..... 687 50 .. 687 50 •-•• 682 50 .. Gs 375 890 .. 890 887 50 .. 888 75 • 4 2 7 4 0 8 75 .4 2 7 4 0 6 •25 4 2 7 4 0 7 50 . 11 tras ont i) p l e l l t r o to B C al e e tie ••• •• 427408 75 : • Malhau.sen to Thann .• • • ... 380 380 •• 3, 1 0_ •• 380 _ RAILWAY SPARES, FOR THE ACCOU, NT. Versailles, R. 8...... • ...... 382 N.. 385 .. 382 50 • • 385 L. 8......• ...... 175 .. 175 .. 175 175 20ttell •• • • !SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Witt tcCi.)intou. Who run may read." PUXLEIGIV. The King of the French on Monday, accompanied by General de Rumigny and two orderly officers, went to Neuilly and visited every part of the chapel of Saint Ferdi nand. His Majesty returned to the Tuileries to dinner, and among the party invited on the occasion were M. Guizot and Mr. Edward Ellice. The France of Wednesday says, that though the report of the Duke of Angouleme's death is not true, yet, that by ac counts of the 6th, received from Goritz, there was no doubt that he could net hold out for many days. "A letter from Madrid, of the 6th instant," says the Commerce, "has been communicated to us, according to which Bonet had left Alicante in an English frigate, which anchored off Alicante at dusk, on the 29th of February, and set sail about eleven at night, carrying away, it is said, large puma of money. The last letters from Italy are full of accounts of the armed bands which have of late re• appeared in the Appe nines and in the low country on the coast of the Adriatic; and it is said that all the troops the Pope has at his disposal at Bologna are not sufficient to prevent the nightly depreda tions to which that city is exposed. LAW AND POLICE. At the Oxford Assizes, Edward Butler was tried for the murder of his wife, by kicking and beating her in a most brutal manner. The jury to the surprise of the Court, re turned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter only. The pri soner was transported for life. At the same assizes Keeling Richardson, aged 24, John, Richardson, 34, and Joseph Starkie, 18, three of a desperate gang who have infested this county for some time past, were indicted for entering iu the night time certain enclosed lands at Clifton Campville. and for having feloniously wounded Thomas Harrison, with intent to murder •him. The jury found all the prisoners guilty, and they were transported for 20 years. The assizes on the Western Circuit were opened yesterday at Dorchester by Judges Wightman and Cresswell. John Hall, Richard Terry, sen., Richard Terry, jun., Joseph Terry, William Adams, an Thomas Spratley, were indicted, at Aylesbury, for having committed a brutal assault on the person of Ann Pepper. The evidence proved the most shocking depravity on the part of the prisoners, who were found guilty, and transported for twenty years. The trial of the persons charged at Tullatnore with the murder of Lord Norbury, has been postponed till the next assizes. Two boys, named W. Matthie and Joseph - Hood, both under 14 years of age, were committed for trial from Mary lebone, on charge of robbing Mrs. Cobden, the lady of the Honourable Member for Stockport, of her purse, containing 111. 15s. 6d., while passing through Oxford-street. William Camel!, a tall well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, for re-examination, charged with being concerned with another man, not in cus tody, iu the robbery of James Forder of 110/. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns. The robbery was effected by the old trick of entering into conversation with him, advising him to be very careful of his money from the number of sharpers about, and then "ringing the changes" by putting a bag of coppers into his pocket instead of his sovereigns. The prosecutor left town by the train for Brenchley, in Kent, immediately after the robbery, and did not discover his loss till the next morning. The prisoner was committed for trial. MARKET NEWB.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. A very limited quantity of English Wheat has been re ceived here during the present week, and the show of samples was, consequently, small. Although the attendance of millers and others was scanty, the demand for the above article was scanty, the demand for the above article was steady, at fully Monday's quotations. For Foreign Wheat, free of duty, the inquiry was active, at very full rates. Bonded Grain was much neglected. The Barley trade was in a very dull state,' the malsters buying sparingly. Malt had a drooping appearance, with an average quantity offering. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were very dull. ARRIVALS. 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. gate. i Hour Eng1i5h.......... ,1,41 u qrs. 2,180 qrs. S4O qrs. 1.290 sacks. 1ri5h.............. - F0reign.......... - - - ....... Malt, 1,770 qrs. COURT-raslizoxaßLE. Prince Albert has deferred his visit of inspection to her Majesty's marine residence, near Cowes, until Monday next, when the Blask Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht is ordered to be in waiting at Portsmouth on that day, to convey his Royal Highness to the Isle of Wight. ''he Duke of Wellington gives a grand entertainment on the 27th inst. to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Apsley House, when her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is also expected to dine with the Noble Duke. The Earl of Devon has left town for Dublin, intending from thence to go to Dundalk, when the Noble and Learned Earl, and the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the tenure of land in that country, resume the active duties of the Commission. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Leve son Gower intend to remain at Brighton until the second week in April, and then return to Stafford House fur the season. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived in Park-, lane from• Brighton. The Noble. Duke and Duchess com mence their elegant parties immediately after Easter. The Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty, held his first levee on Thursday, when thirty-seven officers of the Royal Navy had audiences with his Lordship. 1VL14CZ36.413.NZ0115. Mr. Murchison, as President of the Royal Geographical Society, gave his third soirée of the season, at his residence in Belgrave-square, on Wednesday evening, w hi c h was a t. tended by above 300 noblemen and gentlemen, besides a great many ladies of distinction. Among the interesting objects inviting attention was the prow of a Roman galley, the property of Sir Howard Douglas, fished up from the bottom of the sea, near the promontory where the battle of Actium was fought. An anti-League meeting was held at Morpeth on Wednes day, to adopt measures for opposing the repeal of the corn laws. The meeting was convened by a requisition from cer tain landowners and farmers, amounting, it was said, to eight hundred. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the requisitionists were adopted, and an Association formed, to be called the Northumberland Society for the Protection of Agri culture, the Duke of Northumberland President. POLICE INTELLIGENCE CLERKENWELI—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Walker, a fellow of =family disposition,-isho has been frequently before this Court, was charged with conduct of a very outrageous character in the Clerkenwell Workhouse on the previous night. Mr. Hemet, the master of the workhouse, deposed that at four o'clock on the previous evening, the prisoner came to the workhouse and demanded relief. The overseer told him to go to work (pick oakum), and he should have food and money. The prisoner became very abusive of the overseer, and put himself in a menacing attitude. The overseer directed wit ness to put the prisoner out, but the prisoner attempted to jump over the wicket and get into the office in which the overseer was. Witness repeatedly requested the prisoner to leave the place, but was at last obliged to use force to expel him. He then put his foot between the door and the jamb, so as to prevent the door from dosing. He called witness a b— Irish b—, said the pau pers must starve in the workhouse, and that there was not a shop in the parish but could prove his (witness's) villa illy and robbery. He then went round to the hall-door, and commenced kicking at it, so that witness ,thought he would have kicked the panels in. His outrageous behavicthr alarmed all the paupers, and caused a crowd of sixty persOns to assemble round the house. Witness sent for a policeman, and had him taken into custody. The prisoner, in defence, said he was starving at the time, and as he had not eaten a morsel of food for two days, he declined working until he had some food. Mr. Charles Aldberry, assistant-overser, deposed that, so far from the prisoner's statement being true, he had abun dance of food on the evening previous. Mr. COMBR sentenced the prisoner to 'find bail for the Middlesex sessions.—He was committed, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY-) Elizabeth Williams, a good-looking young woman, very respectably dressed, was charged with obtaining goods by false pretences of various tradesmen at the west-end of the town. It . appeared that the prisoner, three years ago, quitted the service of a lady of fortune, named Wombell, re siding at No. 17, George-street, Hanover-square, where she had lived for several months as upper housemaid. Nothing further was heard of her until lately, when the discovery was made that for several months past she had been obtaining Roods in Mrs. Wombell's name of different tradesmen in egent-street, Bond-street, and the neighbourhood, to a very large amount. Last evening she was accidentally met in the street by one of her victims, and given into custody. She was fully committed on two separate charges, viz., for ob taining in Mrs. Wombell's name, of Mr. Lonsdale, o m N 0.179, Regent-street, hosier, three pair of stockings, of the value of 355., and of Messrs. Lewis and Attenby, of Regent-street, silk-mercers, a quantity of velvet. She will be Indicted on several other similar charges. UNION lIALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Matthews, a tall man of military appearance, was brought up for re-examination, charged with robbing seve ral public-houses in the metropolis. The prisoner a few nights ago went into a public-house in High-street, and having engaged a bed, slept there, saying he had come up from Dover, and was going to the theatre. The next morning when he got up, he was in the act of con cealing a pair of sheets round his body, when he was dis covered, and given into custody. Several persons attended this morning against the prisoner. The landlord of a coffee-house in Shoreditch said the prisoner visited his- house at ttreperiod the Staitettidcwers-gaing on in Ireland, and, having engaged a bed, went off the next morning with a pair of sheets. He had, previously to leaving the house, ordered a rump steak to be got ready, but it is needless to state he did not return. Mr. TRAIL', said that there were a great number of charges against the prisoner, all of which were pretty nearly of a similar character, and that he should commit him for trial. THE NAPOLEON MusEvat.—We have been highly gratified and historically amused more than once, when in specting that singularly unique and very extraordinary ex hibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly —the Napoleon Museum. On the last occasion, the proprietor had the ho nour of handing a volume of autographs to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who appeared to examine them with much interest, and on seeing those of the unfortunate Maria Antoinette, the Noble Duke said to the proprietor, "Has the Marquis of Huntly been here?" "I do not know, your Grace," was the answer. The Duke replied, " I shall inquire; for the Marquis of Huntly has danced with the Queen Maria Antoinette at Versailles, and with Queen Vi c t or i a a t Wind sor." On ascertaining shortly afterwards whether the Noble Marquis had been—for everything that • our illustrious hero notices is interesting to the British public,—we were informed that a few days after his Grace asked the foregoing question, the Marquis of Huntly, accompanied by some ladies, had in spected the same volume that his Grace the Duke of Welling ton took so much interest in, and, with his Noble party, remained several hours looking over the Napoleon Museum, which we were not siirprised to hear, considering its very great historical importance. THE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.—The attendance of members was unusually large at the last meeting of this society. Mr. C. Pearce was called to the chair. The, first object brought under the focus of the microscope was the dividend of a Waterloo-bridge share. After many experi ments, in which the strongest light, including the hydro oxygen, had been thrown upon it, the - dividend was declared to approach nearest in shape to that of a round figure, with nothing at all in it, which, upon an increased force of the glass, was found to be a perfect 0. The shareholder whose eyes had been opened during the inveatiption seemed to be forcibly struck with the accuracy of the result. The divi dend was ordered to be deposited in the museum of the Mi croscopical Society. The next object submitted to the mi croscope was one day's ration of food as allowed by the Corn missionewin a poor-law union. The microscope was msgni fiedlo its utmost power to allow this operation a fair chance of success ; but, after every experiment had failed, the Presi dent said " that in all his experience of atoms he had never seen anything so surprisingly wanting in size or substance, though a microscope which magnified objects no less than 60,000,000 times had been used to help the discovery." This announcement did not seem to surprise anybody. After several sanguine members had endeavoured to magnify the surplus of the revenue, the interest of a Pennsylvanian bond, and " the sense" of the Howe DI-Commons, the. microscope was locked up for the night, and the President and members adjourned to the tea-room, to refresh themselves after the Moan of the evening. —Punch. SIVLZTIIFIELD. Notwithstanding our market was but scantily supplied with Beasts, a large portion of which was of middling and inferior quality, the Beef trade was in a very depressed state. how ever, the primest Scots sold at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday ; but the value of all other breeds had a downward tendency. The fresh arrivals from Scotland con sisted of 58 Scots. The numbers of Sheep were only mode rate, while the Mutton trade was tolerably steady at about previous currencies. In Lambs very little was doing, at barely late rates. Prime small Calves commanded a steady sale ; other kinds of Veal a slow inquiry, at our quotations. A good business was transacted in Pigs. Mitch Cows wore selling heavily, at from 16/. to 19/. 10s. each. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. to s. d. s, d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 1 20, Interior Sheep ... 2; 3 0 Second quality itto 210 3 0 1 Second quality ditto... 3 2 3 6 Prime large Men 3 2 3 8, Coarsamoolled ditto.. 3$ 4 0 Prime Scuts , Sze. Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 61 Large Hogs. 2lO 310 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves, each 18 028 0 1 Quarter old Pigs, e tc h l 6 0 21 SIIkPLY AT MARKET. • Beasts. Sheep. Calves. pi g s I I Ce 9 3,260 I 196 320 NEVITGATE AND 7..EA.DENNAZ.L. The supply' of Meat was but moderate, while the demand was heavy, on the following terms : At per stone. by the Carcase s. d. to s. d., s. 61. te s. d. Beef, ..... 2 2 2 4 Atutten, inferior 2 6 2 8 - middling 2 6 28: - middling 2lO 3 2 -- prime large 210 30 1 - prime ..... 3 4 3 6 prime small ...». 3 2 3 4 1 . Pork, large. 2 4 3 8 Veal •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 6 4 81--small. •••••••••••••• 3 6 4 4 Lamb. 4s fki to ss. Bd. BOROUGH HOP IVIARICLIC. • - This markot still continues very scantily supplied with both old and new Hops. The demand, in consequence, is active, on very full terms. Weald of Kent pockets, 61 4s to 6/ 16s; Mid Kent ditto, 6112 s to 91 lOs; East Kent ditto, 6/ 15s to 91 lOs ; Choice ditto, 101 to 11/ lls ; Sussex ditto, 6/ to 6/ 13s ; Farnhams, Si 15s to 11/ lls; Mid Kent bags, 6115 s to 8110 s. COLONSAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been dull this week, the supply not being large, and the sales were not above 550 hlids and trcs, exclusive of to-day's. Prices are barely so high. MAURITIUS AND BENGAL.-4,651 bags of the former sold at 63s to 66s for good to fine yellow, and at 59s to 64s for grey, being 6d to is cheaper; and 9,568 bags of the latter were offered, but went also 6d lower, viz., 508 6d to 51s for damp brown, 66s to 69s for good to fine white, and 57s to 66s for yellow ; there were also 1,387 bags in bond, which sold at 33s to 33s 6d for yellow. FOREIGN.-298 hhds, 2 trcs, 15 brls Cuba realised 19s to 20s per cent. REFINED.—Sugar has not quite supported its value. Brown Lumps have been at 75s 6d per cwt. A. cargo of Havannah has been sold privately. COFFEE.—British Plantation has been firm. In Ceylon there has been a decreased business • the auctions have com prised 2,144 bags, which w ere nearly all taken in at 70s 6d to 71s for good ord pale, and 77s to 85s for the other qualities. In East India sorts, 1,645 bags were mostly taken in at 33s 6d for Singapore, and 53s to 55s for Company's Java, being full rates. Some Salem at 4d duty, was taken in at 85s for good yellowish ; 1,578 bags Costa Rica sold at 50s to 57s 6d per cwt, and 538 bags Manilla at 40s to 455. litnw.—The market is firm. The Government contract has been taken l'at 2s °id per lb. for proof, half East and half West India. RICE.-2,876 bags Bengal were taken in at 12s to 12s 6d for sound, 9,518 bags Java at 8s 6d to 9s per cwt, and 186 trcs Carolina at 18s 6d for good bright white. The Java sold afterwards at about 8s 6d. SALTPETRE.—Of Bengal, 640 bags sold at 26s 6d to 27s 6d. for 7* to 4iibs refraction. • SncEs.--91 bags White Pepper were taken in at 54d to 5P for good bold dingy, and 41 bags Black 20 to 24d per lb. Jamaica Ginger has realiseds/ 8s to 1312 s per cwt. Pimento has been in moderate demand. Cora:c.v.-44 market has been dull. TEA.—The market has been quieter, but holders generally require former rates, which checks business. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s 3d on the spot, and 24s 6d for three mouths. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A neat littlerfarce, entitled Gone to Texas, the production, , it is understood, of Mr. J. Oxe n f or d, whose former contribu tions to the stage have achieved much popularity, was brought out at this house on Wednesday evening, and met with complete success. The plot of the piece turns on the deception practised by a gentleman, of easy habits and de cent exterior, upon a milliner's assistant, whom he induces to become his wife, finder the pretence of having a comfortable situation and a trifle in the funds; whereas, in fact, he is ' .on. the contrary, in general di ffi culties, a nd muc h anno y e d by duns and bailiffs. The exasperation of the lady at making this discovery, through the medium of a very chatty maid of-all-work, is only heightened by finding that the second floor lodger is her jilted lover, one Frederick Rapture, who kas taken to the cornet-a-piston as a solace for his grief, and as a means of melting her obdurate heart. The manner in which he declares his passion, and the ability with which he executes the obligato accompaniment of the " Light of other days," has no other effect upon Mrs. Swellington (the changed name of the lady) than creating supreme contempt for the in dividual, who thus dares to intrude himself upon her privacy in the hour of misf o rtune, and the comfort she seeks in the altered position of her affairs is in the reflection that Swellington was always " unexceptionable in his choice of a Valentia waistcoat,,' and unsuryassed in the tone with which he " or dered up a glass of mixed." Swellington being driven from pillar to post, at last avows openly to his wife his distressed condition ; and, in order to gain time for the arrangement of his difficulties, proposes that lie himself should go round to the creditors, none of them being acquainted with his person, and tell them, as "a friend from the family," that he (Swell ington) had " gone to Texas." With this determination he goes to the legal representatives of one of his creditors, and assumes the name of Rapture, and while descanting upon his own virtues, is attacked by that gentleman, and charged, on the authority of a letter from Rapture's father,' with carrying on an intrigue with. Mrs. Swellington. This was the best scene in the piece ; the rage of Swellington in discovering the supposed intrigue between Rapture and his wife, and which is attributed to remorse for his conduct by the legal adviser, was inimitable ; the way in which he expressed, sotto voce, his determination to annihilate the guilty couple, and the broken delivery of his sentences, when, in a state of fear and jealousy, he gave vent to his opinion, elicited much applause from , all quarters of the house. The whole affair is not explained till Rapture, at the suggestion of Mrs. Swelling- ton, has assumed the part of Swellington, and finds him self arrested at the suit of one of the numerous creditors, who is lenient enough to accept 101. as a compromise. From first to last the piece was kept up with much spirit, Keeley and his wife taking' the parts of the married couple, Fitz james that of Rapture, and Granby, the lawyer. Mrs. Keeley displayed her usual vivacity of character and played ex ceedingly well; her surprise and chagrin, at finding herself ' the dupe of her husband, was only equalled by the acidity, with which she treated the communication of the servant, relative to the state of her master's affairs. Keeley never flagged at all in his exertions to bring his character out pro minently, and at the fall of the curtain the announcement of the repetition of the piece every evening was received with unanimous applause. After the many translations and adaptations that we have had of late from the French, it is rather refreshing to see something which at all events, among its particular class, approaches near to English manners and English customs, and which may be found in the every-day walks of life. His Roy C al O Hi U gh ß ne T s P C rin i c ß e Al C b U er L t, A a n tte . n ded Fs-- li o ff st . George Edward Anson, and Major-General Sir ", Bowater, presided yesterday at a meeting at tbe of the Duchy of Cornwall in Somerset House. „ be Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent y..sue' Majesty yesterday afternoon at Buckingham palace, . ,3 her Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent vi,edier Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge on 1 1 day at her residence at Kew. - Baron de Moncorro, the Portuguese M iul--ster 'sCed . prevented from attending her Majesty's Leve e On nesday by severe indisposition in his family. At her Majesty's Levee on Wednesday the 0; 0 01 ward James, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, wa s P to the Queen by the Lord Mayor. gr• Air Mr. Somes, Governor of New Zealand, and al ms lionby, had an interview with Lord Stanley i ee' at the Colonial-office. m Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir. Howard Douglas, —. 4 , o d Pakington, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Gill, a s •,_„' si a Deputation of the Soap Manufacturers of Enga`u els an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, official residence in Downing-street. Col e° Dispatches, were received yesterday at th e Sol? office, from the Governor of New South wal es a i s s rr Australia, and New Zealand. Dispatches *ere, me' ceived yesterday from the Governor of the Noe' rican colonies. e,IC I FAFASHIONABLE -c ARRIVALS. t 0° 1 1 ; ' The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Sonl e S , astee Cumberland-gate, from Brighton • Lord and LadY „ I wo, Lord Cantilupe, from a visit to Lord and Lath' ", Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray; Sir R. and LseY sii . Jobs in Stanhope-street, from their seat, near Arundel i thr isles and Lady B. Johnstone, in Grosvenor-square, fr ont yobt Harkness-park, near Scarborough ; Lady Emily dsoe,,!" in Grosvenor-place, from Kent ; Lord and Ladtr,recestVP! Privy-gardens, from Brighton ; the Hon. G. II D . I, l o' M.P., in Belgravo-square from Ashford Hall, e r ,S e 11 the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, from a visit told •i,sige' Frederick and Lady Charlotte Calthorpe, at West 6e t d, Yer:i Brighton ; Mr. J. and Mrs. Wood, at Nelson's , fist land-place; J. Clarke, Esq., at ditto; John Brosea•pascsr,' ditto ; W. P. Barall, Esq., at ditto ; Lord and L ad y Id VI; in North-street, Berkeley-square, from Bath; i spOi Old 10 • 01 Sarah Ingestre and family, at Bute House, F the Right Honourable Sir George IL Rose, se• ;xo'; Palace-yard, from Cuffnells, Hants ; Lientensl Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, from Brighton; we a e, 11 ` .. Harrowby, in Grosvenor-square, from London e. Lichfield. DEPARTURES. Mrs. Murray, from Nelson's Hotel, Portlan d-P a l i a tt - o: Ancoat's Hall, Manchester; J. Murray, Esq., fot o , cli,, t '"; ditto ;W. H. Wickey, Esq., and Mrs. Wicket', y,l,ge:„, T. Mason, Esq., from ditto, for Aldenham Lod* J e re : the Rev. Nicholson, from the Cavendish hot el ' sar r S e i street ; Mr. Curteis, M.P., for his seat, near n o Mr. Ricardo, 7th Hussars, for Brighton ; thtr i ht Ongley, for Leamington Spa; Captain Fane, 4th goons, for Brighton. es. CHANGES. . hoe, e s, The Hon. General and Miss St. John, at lir_lf,„sa,'" their seat, near Lewes; Lieutenant-Colonel Ti! from Leamington Spa, on a visiting tour; ti r o Countess of Sandwich and Lady Harriet Baia,. eel p s ,;• on a tour; General the Hon. Sir William and eiv e y from Nice, on a tour in the south of Europe; Sir W. ley and Lady Knighton, at Brighton, from Horndean, Hants; Vice-Admiral Tomliisolls a jOete Brighton, from Middleton House, Sussex; -I,l4 " t he ( 1,01 Cheltenham, from a tour; Earl Howe, a t Dowager's, Witley Court, from Gopsall Hall, Leg h " e itta' the Hon. and Rev. James Torrens Cocks, at '- from Earl Somers', Eastnor Castle. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN pagL MENT. South Eastern Railway 8i11,—." To enable the oc h to Railway Company to complete and maintain. a ' t oe , 113 way and approach to the harbour of Folkes o .' c osaf t ss construct other works in connection with the siu. and also to effect certain alterations and exten s Tiosl e m os works of the Maidstone branch of the said so e o Stl° Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to te e e pt pany," presented, and read a first time. ss 0'10 ) Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. s. a pd vesting the Leeds and Selby Railway in the York, off ei Midland Railway Company, and for enabling to raise a further sum of money to complete th e P such railway," presented and read a first time- for Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill,—Reportw' g lie on the table, and to be printed. • ,„ urfa,d Maryport and Carlisle Railway Acts relating to the Maryport and Carlisle ItaL A " - er."" making certain extensions and branches presented, and read a first time. 001 Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill,--" F °l. ond Railway from Chester to Holyhead," preeent 4 first time. - ' Blackburn and Preston Railway,—Report read' ; 13- ,5 ; . 11 from Select Committee on Standing Order* dered to be brought in by Mr. Wilson Patten, 1 01 Feilden, aid Sir Hesketh Fleetwood. 11 , ° t , es Eastern Union Railway Bill,—" For eai l ' erg' from Colchester to Ipswich," presented, and reit' e, ,iscS A i• ,„, ate '" l ', SIR ROBERT AND NICHOLAS.-23. .e „oia Sir Robert Peel dined with the merchants of the pany. Praise of the Emperor Nicholas came, send/ course, with the dessert. The buyers of Jude s ; sl ks oe',.; tallow, considered Nicholas to be the very Pat',• - i sll magnanimity, and their potentate, more fanieL i to i v re as Nick, would have been equally lauded ha, d „' - , - s lier crown of Muscovy. Praise of Nicholas, the,e"; s oler g l i ,`" land, the merciless tyrant of the Jews, was Ilse the day, and the Prime Minister showed that, of ls.;" adulation, he could earn his dinner. Speaking serS„ust# of the Grand Duke Michael, the bland Sir „„ P : a l 1 104 0 , 'I do hope that the account which his lier - e will give of - us, after twenty-five years' abst c t will induce a vet snore illustrious member of Emperor of Russia himself—again to visit te, t hese, 00; (Loud cheers)—and to receive from us the cordial demonstration we will then Offer to ; te a ot ei , of respect for his personal character, and the e le „, ° t c 1 „, a 0 0! he occupies, and of the desire every Englishilta4 is ; cO t to cement with him the feelings and sentimee. rsa a bots r t good understanding." Yes, respect for " the racter" of the Emperor Nicholas—the ruthless e t Sir lolc i is sometimes the best charity to believe mad. `. t h I ' 4 Peel would gladden the eyes of Englishmen v° rio t „l ie ; e sf, e `i the Russian Autocrat. But he will not agu e ", i t only wish he would; then would we advisee : i l l e sw " for his personal character," that he shoublu a r dreriae honour, composed of Polish refugees, and an English Jews—a dinner in the Minories --r use ° se"' The number of newspapers koriv alll , c e ric° United States and Canad a , by th e North I .r." ( s.sst r iii rl „'f steamers, from Liverpool, is greatly on the' rot last outward steamer from England came" ;t oil b l e tteo newspapers than have ever before been triulsl a ' cl isg 0, 0 one steamer. The number of bags, La e lhe e elf d amounted to the immense number of Iwo 00" sod formed almost a freight in itself. On the deP afie 00, of these vessels, as well as of the West Indi a 5 `,01 pi e; Southampton, Messrs. Willmer and Smith, Sh , e c elle il „l4 ( l agents of Liverpool, regularly publish a most endi ,„00 under the title of their European Times, and , "' b ie ey e e t o advantage and value, as containing an adal ita gs ara t° o l ,l of all European intelligence, together with r i, s t o e'' ments of the latest prices in aIL our various ar ec ts immense mass of tabular matter on all al ib i t"fi with commerce. 1,1 " - ir es d 0 „ T „ f , al SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT P the 'annual meeting of the members and oral Institution, established in 1799 for the Ir° el llftt education of the blind, and situate in St. t ; e lqo held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgat e " lir e P,. 4 0" el, s' Hon. Lord Radstock, G.C.8., in the cha,V, o ,l,,P e t , - r oe""e' statedthat during a period of 43 years 3 04 " - t: llo th e ~e - been educated, being able on leaving the es„,vt laof'cb of earn from 6s. to 28s. per week. There we re s v jO stitution about 70 males and 72 females, the erv i ily c e labour in the manufactory amounted au° s Gr1 ; 1 1,400/. The inmates were principally baskets, hampers, shoes, clock lines, and ra:dee t ' o S4 the Archbishop of Canterbury was elected r c rc do s i f envie"' 11 1 ,,,,t Marquis of Bute, Earl Cornwallis, Earl of t n ,se ' ;"' London, Bishop of Worcester, Lord T ei g w- Baring, and others, Vice-Presients. ii I s it s 03 , CONVERSION OF THE THREE-AND-A' pi-PisooD contemplated conversion of the Three -a ° Orbs r 4 already thrown the money mar ket into 61 1d ,be gb The Bears and th e B u ll s are down on all - fo ars 4,ith is so doubtful, th a t it i s qu it e a toss-uP whether they will come out losers by the Wei s w os tb o Chancellor of the Exchequer also contemeletefo o d od ' or' of the short sixes into long fours, for he h as iigbt , it Ofi A lf ! perience that the fours give a much bett er, sixes will consequently be gradually extinet k -sa it la, rally believed that the conversion of the ' 1 - e !tot' is preliminary to the abolition of the ineelby , as well be said that the invasion of Englau 49 :.- - be was preliminary to the introduction of rsilrt o ot t t he *- The Sheffield Botanic-Gardena: l re „• t ivg, o o, in consequence of the want of public suPP ° ' re $ 35- r ee` e , Two days ago some persons, who 1 8 ,4 e b y tr rce ts Cemetery of Pere la Chaise, were stul irise- the ' af t ' r ;sr L ' ff i a pistol at no great distance. Following 01 v the , the sound, they came to a new-made gra`'.7 ist e bere, were led by the traces of blood irons l_bs, It t big path among some of the more ancient tog. tit yeooli iv oi found the body of a young man senseles s ' bv ac c bot" from a wound inflicted upon himself . /e ttee t se 0, 4 f grasped in his hand. Upon him was founclioaired ir! tili g i o c ts his name to be Auguste B. aged 21, oral) O P 'soa i o sg of a merchant in the rue Montmartre, fe De,,, e having lost his affianced bride the day he ° , r survive her. He added that at his 10dg. 1 ,101. . oe d to pay the charges of his funeral would be I . ',, ce see ther inquiry all these circumstances were true.—Galignani. 01' ° 1 411 BIRTH Jig S. On the 9th inst., at Brixton, Mrs. k e jail °f Ili On the lath inst., at Sydenham - hi ll, r ' Charles Price, Esq:, of a son. "'fi e of• At t e n t oh to toA British s es,s ec o Embassy, nd MARRIED. 1 31 cosl s point Burton, Esq., Westmeath, Irelar tir hor h - - ,: r r sf e On the 4th inst., coed son of J. A. Lloyd, Esq., Con 0 Customs at Leith, to M - ary, eldest daughlt` Esq., of Rochester. Ch urch,%, Florence,d a titer t nlle I ' l°l k G e ls Old h o D oE fV i d •g, ,s' On the 9th inst., at at T S o L tt G er e i :i ge n s' O King, of Watling-street, to . Ann, °nil ., B a rlo„P.„01 0 C , Anthony Edmonds, Esq., of Loxford- a t :; rsca , e c e b ' sr les ti'roller o f f 6 - s org e ,fit o On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's, 13a f Jolla dom, R.N., to Jane, second daughter o surrey stable, Esq., of Oak House, Battersea, ---------- ii . I , DIED lieta l i p • Od a ' po On the Ist inst., at Anglesey Hunt, J. -—A # 6 Esq., Commander, R.N. ' 0 0 0 00 °4 ll° On the Bth inst., Thomas Howard, Es.' 4f 1 11 0- 4V''' On the 9th inst., in the Rue d'Alger, ' _..- _ g ef' Esq., late of Lauderdale House, Ili ,bgate• lisPVor b chelten lit )1,) relict o t f h t e h l e O l t a h te i H ns . t H ., eamtanHolsqy Co o t f t p ag a e n , cer , s 1 ik i e 11 0 , 10 ,,,,,, . r , On the 10th inst., at law e Villas, , A r utv• 3. P* 11' Che orre George Henry Hutchins, late of the 13enga l "'p i p „Ad On the 11th inst., at Dover, John Sluit h ' o d, '' at-law, aged 62. i l, n 's-' ,4 ' 44. On the .11th inst., in Grove-road, 5t..,,0•-- s oi', of Cunningham, son of J. Feot, E:sq., a ged °. str ide , ' On the 11th inst. , at Islington, Mr. Jolin o,o?'' t o, On the 11th inst, at Cadhay House, OtterY, )00 1% John Collin, Esq. . . On the 12th inst., at Bedford -square, , - .. 2 vlizA . Det the daughter of Phineas Natha n, Esq. , a g ed ‘7 ci London: Printed and Published by 10 1113- 2 3(1011P- No - n 15, h 2, Strand, at The Sun Ofßol, N0.'514, County of Middlesex, Friday, march.-- FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSEL% MARCH 12.—The average price of wheat last week was 17f. 40c., and that of rye 10f. 67c. per hectolitre; the import duty, therefore, remains as it has been for some weeks past, 37f. 50c. on wheat, and 21f. 50c. on rye, per 1,000 kilogrammes ; the export duty on both 25 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes. The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting to-day, ter minated the examination . of the articles of the project of law relative to the loan of 84,656,000 francs, destined for the re • demption of a portion of the debt contracted with Holland ; it then proceeded to the vote on the whole of the laws. Of the sixty members present, fifty-two voted for the law, three against it, and five declined voting. The King and Queen returned yesterday evening at half past six o'clock from Ghent. . We have stated that the financial plans of the Dutch Ca— binet had been approved by the first Chamber of the States General, by a majority of 12 to 6. The Nederlandisch Avond- Mad informs us that the Ministry had nearly received a check which would have caused its dissolution. The suf frages at first were equal, nine for and nine against the law by which the project should have been rejected, if the Mi nister of Finance had not, by a speech, in which he entered into new developments," detached" three votes from the Op position, and so gained the majority, which voted for the law. AN ENGLISHMAN AND HIS PASSPORT.—We find the following in the Boulogne Guardian of the 7th :—" An English gentleman has been tried by the Tribunal of Correc tional Police of that town, for having insulted Messrs. Ber geret and Loisel, the commissioners of police at the pass port-office at the port, in execution of their duty. The defendant, when called upon to state what he had to say in his defence, said that on the night in question he landed at Boulogne, via Folkestone ; that on pre senting himself at the Custom-house he was asked for bi a passport; that having been informed at the Secretary of State's office, where he had obtained it, that no one had a right to dispossess him of it, he had refused to have it ex changed for another ; that from hence arose the altercation with which he was charged, which had given rise to it, and for which he was marched off to prison. The Court, after retiring for a short time to deliberate, sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 100 f. and costs. The case excited consider able interest amongst the English residents here. • The British Consul was in attendance during the whole trial." EMBANKMENT OF THE RIVER THAMES.—Her Majesty's Commissioners of Sewers for the limits extending from East Moulsey, in Surrey, to Ravensborne, in Kent, have issued their warrant to the several occupiers of wharfs and premises on the southern, shore of the river Thames, to the following effect :—" That, whereas the wall or bank of the river Thautes.within the parish of St. Saviour, in the borough of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, is by reason of the high tides become defective, and of insufficient height to resist the waters front overflowing the dwellings of the inha bitants, and the low grounds and places thereto adjoining 'within the said parish, to the great detriment and loss of the owners and occupiers thereof," &c. It is then ordered that the several resident tenants on Bankside shall raise the em tankment. 18 inches eastward and westward, It is much to be regretted that the embankment as proposed long since was so precipitately abandoned, particularly as the expense will fall very heavily on those wharfingers who hold their premises on lease only. A public meeting will shortly be advertised on the subject. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A poor fellow named Hil lier, of Bishops Cannings, narrowly escaped cutting his throat, a few days since, in a rather singular manner. He was cutting hay in a field at Spitalcroft, when his foot slipped, and he fell to the ground with the hay-knife in his hand, the blade of which completely laid open his neck from the jaw to•the•ear, exposing the principal arteries _ He was immediately attended by . Mr. ti. Waylen, and is, under . his care, going on Iva—Dams Gazette. 14 !hi w^ a'~