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13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. LEVER'S NEW WOR K, ILLUSTRATEN BY CREIKSHANK. "ARTHUR O'LEARY ; HIS WANDERINGS AND PONDER INGS IN MANY LANDS," Edited by his Friend, HARRY LORREQUER, and Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, in 3 vols., post Bvo. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS and Libraries throughout the Kingdom. • Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DEURY.LANt.. • Immense Attraction for Easter. It is respectfully announce!, that the Administration cf the Academie Roya'e, Paris, having consented to a prolongation of the conge of M. Duprez, this eminent Artiste wilt sing "three Nights in the Easter Week. MONDAY EVENING, APR'', 8, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, Duprez;M. Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle; ‘Nilliam 'fell, Mr. Strevon ; Lutern, Mttllc. Albertazzi; Matilda, Miss Romer; M(rtha,l.slisa Letts To conclude with the revivgd Melodrama of THE TALE OF MYSTERY. Count 3onamo, Mr. Selby; Count Romaldi, Mr Cooper; Michelli. Mr. Harley; Selina, Mrs Stifling. Dress Boxes 75., Second Prieo 3.5. lid. ; Upper Circics of Boxes 5c.. ,wend Price 35.; Pit 3s , Secon,l Price Qa; M dclle Gallery S.cond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price (id. 'l'll EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET: M. BENJAMIN W EnsTEx. LESSEE. On EASTER MONDAY, A PRI L S, a variety of Entertainments, in which Madame Vestris, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Norton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Nishett, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs E. liar nold, Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstene, Mr. Stuart, Mr. II Holt, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Howe, and Mr. J Bland will perform. A new, or:; final, and local extravaganza, by the Author of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks," a id the Began t and unsurpassed Performances of Professor Risley and his Son, Le Petit Meictire. • The Box-otlice will be open on Saturday, April 6. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, ns. ; G a llery, tin.; UppTr Gallery, Is. Half-price ; Pit, `2s.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, RI. Doors openeJ at Halt past Six, and the Verformances e,mmenee at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box ofEce, from 'l'm till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LA LE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre WILL OPEN on EASTER MONDAY, April S with an Ad tress by Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be produced a New Comedietta, in 'two :cts, entitled HASTY CONCLUSION S . I rincipal Characters by Messrs. Diddear. F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley. To he foll,weil by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mesrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Cotter, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the theatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. Td conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. ('ha racters by Mi s Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Airs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and >lrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—"oxen, ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6tl Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is F.d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony . 1 ier (holding eight person ), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the second Tier (ha ding eight pet , or.s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the ['it fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for tip , first forty nighta`, Three Guineas Doors open at Half.past `ix. Performances begins 't Seven o'('lork. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPID ftIEATRE Or' ARfS, EASTER. MONDAY. APRIL 8. Tne RE-OPENING of ROYAL AMPHI THEATRE of ARTS (under the management and sole proprietor ship of Mr. BATTY), with its Treble Rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, and u 'equalled Scenes of the Circle, and Bitty's- Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c Mr. Batty, in announcing the Re-opening of Astley's for the se cond season of his management, tees respectfully to :equaint the Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering . success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous patrons, he entered into an extensive arrangement %vat) Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-cons.ructing on a magnificent and• novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarge A, upper boxes wi!iened. and,pit and galleries extensively improved Fourteen glass lustres are added, aid a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sp'ervid classic decorations, and gorgeous apppiintments, which, with the tirst-rate tal. nt to he offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the last season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Noncan Conquest of England. produced by Mr: W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Glympique will in. traduce unequalled equestrian talent, and the dou le company com prise talent of the highest older. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at a- ven. Box-office will beopened on Saturday, April 6, and continue so daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. niori WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. Morning ... 9 minutes after 0 I Evening ...3I minutes after 0. 41 ‘ ,74tit )PIT * • " ~,411 . 1 4 1k ;, I t ; , „, u I t 7 . • 3 ( 0 , 4, ....• .• - DitOIT - L 'P 'L LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 1 ,1844. The first act of the Spanish tragedy is accon..plished. The Constitution is destroyed, and Queen CHRISTINA now reigns at Madrid. During the eventful and distressing scenes of the last three years, we know not whether to impute greater blame to the authors of the movements, or to the mercenary, treacherous and degraded individuals who performed the offices of spies, and renegades. The concocter and ring leader of a plot for wicked purposes is, no doubt, greater criminal than the dupes or even the willing agents who carry his designs into execution ; but the vile work performed by the latter, the want of prin ciple, and the cold-blooded deeds of cruelty to which they lend themselves render them more odious in the-eyes ofeenanikeno. Twie tlwavactcr -rAbsoluts Arta will ever attach to those Spaniards who have made themselves a by-word in Europe, who have sold the liberties of their country,, and shed the blood of their countrymen like water. One thing is certain—the late revolution had its origin in France ; but whether it was planned by GUIZOT or SOULT, or by the Cabinet, or by the " Chateau," we will not take upon ourselves to decide. Queen CHRISTINA, about the year 1841, in the character of Regent, issued an ordonnance at Barcelona, against the muni cipal .rights of the towns in Spain, which ex cited almost universal indignation, and compelled her to take refuge in France. Her intention was to re tire to her native city, but, whether for the purpose of carrying on intrigues against her adopted country, or living in retirement, with her paramour, at Naples, we have no means of judging. That intention, how :. . . ,ever, was disapproved of at head-quarters ; she was induced to come to Paris, and her little Court from that time to her departure, formed a sort of refuge for the discontented and unprincipled men of Spain. The enemies of ESPARTERO looked to her and the Court 43tPrance as their last hope, and they were soon gra tified. M. SALVANDY contrived to pick a quarrel with the REGENT, because the REGENT would not suffer the emissaries of CHRISTINA to sow the seeds of dissension and rebellion in the Court of the young . QuEEN. SALvANDY was recalled, political relations between the two countries were broken off, and then followed the most barefaced, wicked, and successful at tempts to destroy a system of rational government, for -which Spaniards had waded through seas of '.flood The affair of Pampeluna miserably failed, because Don DIEGO found no sympathy among the people or the army; but those who undertook the work were men of strong nerves, of deep design, of great perseverance, and not to be deterred by one coup manqué. It is need less to recite in detail the schemes that ensued, further than to say that the affair of Barcelona, the revolutionary speeches in the Cortes, the venality of the army, and -the expulsion of ESPARTERO completed the work. 'The editor of a disreputable journal was made Prime Minister; NARVAEZ, known only for his joint ser lice! with ESPARTERO in putting down absolutism, became Dictator ; and this duumvirate speedily abo lished the Cortes, disaratel the National Guard, and established a military despotism. What man of corn :mon sense can have the slightest moral doubt as to . the znain-spring of this revolution.; and.in what light are we to :view apedple, possessing the finest country in - the world, who can thus stiffer themselves to be bribed 'and betrayed ? Not satisfied with selling, themselves to an enemy, the traitors aredaily imbru ing their hands in the blood of their fellow-citizens, and the cries of the victims and the lamentations of -their friends are mingled with the shouts of rejoicing --Which welcome the principal actors in this bloody scene. _Though thousands . raised their voices against the lad and constitutional government of ESPARTERO, - the country almOst unanimously acquiesces in the tlyrannical' deeds of NARVAEZ They see the Con otitution destroyed without a murmur. From the :Prince to - the peasant there is no 'class. that evinces : any feelings of honour, or love of country. The *QUEEN and her Prime Minister, in the Assembled States of the nation, give each other the lie, men sof the same political principles betray their friends, •Withotit, remorse, and the very peasants hunt to death- the few leaders that would awaken the country le its degradation. Never was a people so fallen. ;They acknowledge only two states of society— /rebellion and slavery. They prefer the latter, and let them enjoy it. The horrible crimes of Spaniards In the New World, are visited upon the present race, mud the Divine denunciation against a profligate /nation, is fulfilled—" I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them:" As the Easter recess will intervene before the question of the Bank of England Charter renewal can be brought on for discussion in Parliament,' we trust that Peers and Members who propose to take part in the proceedings which may be submitted for the sanction . of the Legislature, on a question of such vital importance to the best interests of the empire, *Nil' devote some portion of the interval to its most careful considelratlon. Those who may not have hitherto addressed themselves to the study of our mo retary,systern.lvith that degree of attention which they would devote to any other subject involving a pecessity for some degree of statistical research, we would entreat to render themselves acquainted with the more prominent facts and principles that are in dispensable to found a correct judgment on the merits of the controversy now sustained between the advo cates and the opponents of our present scheme of currency, governed as that is by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Act of 1819. Those who had not only studied the bearings and details of that system in all their ex tent, at the time that Act was passed ; but who took a part, more or less active, in the debate and arguments that attended its agitation, we would respectfully re quest to re-consider the same subject under its new and actual aspects in 1844, irrespectively of the weight and authority of the great names which, in times past have sanctioned the most adverse proposi tioos. Let all bear in mind the fact, that not a step can safely, honestly, or logically be taken, in the renewal of the Bank Charter, without raising the question of continuing or abrogating our present monetary system. To re-invest the Bank with their charter, unshorn of the tremendous powers which it confers on this corporation, of contracting or expanding the currency at pleasure, would be, first, to continue thatunen durable depreciation of the wages of industrial labour, the existence of which is the real barrier to a com promise on the factories' labour question between the advocates of Twelve and Ten Hours' Bills, and the opponents of all legislative interference whatever with the details of factory employment. Secondly, such a re-investment will assure the "certain return at un certain periods"—as we have shown in former articles— of the hideous commercial panics of 1825 and of two subsequent periods. In both these cases we as sume that the gold standard of 1819 would be ad hered to. See how it would continue to operate, as it has ever since operated. You leave the Bank with its liability to pay any uncertain quantity of its issued notes upon demand, on gold of a standard fineness, at a standard price fixed by your statute. This price is very often cheaper than that given in the bullion mar ket. Sometimes the latter rises very considerably ; and the inevitable operation of such a rise being to make holders of notes send them in to be changed for gold, which is thereupon forced into the bullion market in exchange for silver, bills, &c., or paid for foreign commodities, until the market price subsides to the Mint price of the metal—the Directors of the Bank (wisely for its own purposes, but it may be fatally to the activity of commerce and to commercial confidence) reduces, as much and as fast as possible, the issues of that paper to which its bullion on deposit can never bear more than - a very inferior proportion. That its own notes are by law convertible into gold at a given price per ounce—no matter what may be the uncertain and higher price 'n the market, and the consequent loss and difficulty co be incurred in obtaining it—is sufficient reason to induce the Bank to limit its liability to pay in gold by withholding the usual issue of its paper in propor tion to the demands of increasing trade, &c. Those who rely on the maintenance of their issues to an adequate extent, according to the custom of the Bank when circumstances are not unfavourable to its ob servance of that custom, for the discount of the com mercial bills they hold, or advances on their own bills and securities, whether to complete investments for export, or to pay for investments imported by them, suddenly discover themselves unable to obtain money in any proportion to their requirements, al. though they may have securities in their strong-box, or goods in their warehouses, to a hundred times the amount—in value. If this be the operation of a gold standard of value, as it is called, on the market of money, and thereby on the general market of trade at home, its operation is still more disastrous on the wages of industrial labour, and has the deplorable effect of placing the reciprocal interests of the manu facturer and the labourer, however fairly the former may desire to deal with the latter, in those false re lations which constitute, as we have seen, the main difficulty of the factory question. So long as the taxation of this country continues at its pre sent enormous height, and commodities of sub sistence contribute, in the shape of Customs and Excise, so largely to that revenue, it is evident that the wages of the manufacturing artisan, for example, cannot be adequate ones, if they do not represent—be sides the value of his labour—that proportionate amount of taxation which, although he actually pays it in the progress or Ins labour, It was tle.untien'uted meaning of the Legislature should be paid by the wealthy consumer. Now the manufacturer, owing to the competition of foreign rivals, and to the pre ference that the foreign customer, or importer, shows for the gold into which he can convert the Bank notes he is paid in (for his raw material, his corn, or his fabrics), over returns in our manufactured goods— really cannot obtain more than the natural or gold prices of his goods. It is impassible for him, then, to pay wages to the factory labourer which shall repre sent, as they ought to do, the taxation in addition to the natural value of his labour. The factory labourer is thus reduced to the alternative of maintaining even his present pittance of compensation, by an added term of his already. protracted daily labour ; and the manufacturer to that of retaining his services on these hard terms, or of discharging him. Such, then, being the resulting effect of a defi ciency inherent in our "gold standard" currency, we ,would press it upon every Member of the Legislature, as a sacred duty, to re-consider some great principles which were singularly lost sight of in the delibera tions that preceded the settlement of that standard in 1819. We would beg them to observe that the pur port of the Bill of 1819 was a great anomaly. It was, in effect, to make gold cheap, under any and every condition of circumstances, in which it should naturally, as a commodity, be dear ; and this cheap ness was to be obtained at the expense, and to the loss, of every other commodity. The same Act consecrated by legislative authority the most fatal of all erroneous principles in the policy of a State—viz., the giving the highest degree of iistrinsic value to money, which should be always, to the greatest convenient or practicable extent, the representative, not the actual merchandise, of value. And if the working of the system has since been as disparaging as we have described it, to every interest in the country but one—the men of realised money capital—if the wages of industrial labour, manu facturing and agricultural, have so declined under it, that starvation, pauperism, and discontent are mani festing themselves at all times, in some district or other of the country, with more or less of organisa tion—we put it to those who are to determine on the renewal of the Bank Charter, whether it will not be true wisdom to arrest the great evils of such a system and such a statute, before their pressure shall have precipitated numbers into a war against capital ? -Let not those to whom the discussion of such a question in Parliament may fall be frightened from considering the expediency of repealing PEEL'S Bill of 1819, by vague declamations about the danger of re-opening questions, unsettling contracts, &c. The perils, the derangements, the frauds, and hardships of the past— the inevitably-recurring panics and crises of the future—are and will be the fruits of retaining this Act upon the statute-book. The abolition of the standard, the relief of the Bank from the necessity to pay in gold, except at its market value, will go far to the completion of that simple and safe process which only is needful for the accomplishment of our return to a better monetary system. To further other enactments which it may be expedient to pass, more especially in reference to the future relations be tween the Bank and the Government, we Will advert hereafter. The discussion that took place on Friday in the House of Commons on the subject of the Factory Bill will certainly not tend to raise the character of that Assembly in the eyes of the country. To say nothing of the evident embarrassment that per vaded every speech, with the solitary exception of the manly, straight-forward one made by Mr.Dux- COMBE, it was clear that there was a reluctance on the part of the House to follow up with zeal and energy the steps it had already taken in behalf of the unprotected operatives. Hon. Members seemed to shrink aghast at the idea of inflicting too serious a blow on Ministers ; the question of humanity was with them of far less importance than the question of the stability of the PEEL Cabinet ;:and they evinced a vacillation and a lukewarmness, clumsily disguised under a show of regret, vexation, and all that sort of thing, which will enable Sir JAMES GRAHAM to carry his darling point of throwing the factory opera tives overboard. Last week, the House was boldly in favour of the claims of humanity. This week, it is all for expediency. Last week, it took the lofty and generous tone which becomes a British senate, This week, it cringes at the foot-stool of power. Oh "lame and impotent conclusion !" Who, henceforth,, will be otherwise than slow to believe in the sincerity of a set of men who can thus play fast and loose-- blow hot and cold—and most egregiously stultify them selves—on a question which they were bound to follow up boldly, and without respect to persons, to its legiti mate conclusion ? Of course Lord ASHLEY'S Ten Hours' "Employment Bill" is lost for this year. It might have been otherwise—it ought to have been otherwise—but then the PEEL Ministry would have been compromised ; and what are the claims of the poor—the helpless—the overtasked thousands in the manufacturing districts, compared to this great consideration ? Perish the rights of humanity, pro vided Downing-street be still retained by its present occupants ! If we can make the claims of the one harmonise with our duty to the other, well and good; if not, let the weakest go to the wall ! We are sorry—very sorry for the operatives —we grant their case is a strong one—but PEEL must be kept in place at all hazards ! Thus argues the House of Commons, and never yet did it adopt a more lame—unworthy—suicidal course of argument. Have the humanity-men been merely fighting a cross all this time ? GOD knows ; but one thing is evident— namely, that they have laid themselves open to very grave suspicions. Meantime, all that remains for the over-wrought operatives to do, is to practice the difficult virtues of patience and forbearance. They must endure their sufferings in silence, and await calmly the advent of better times. Their friends, if they have not absolutely betrayed them, have at any rate lost all zeal in their cause. Lord ASHLEY, who but the other day flamed like the meridian sun in their behalf, is now as cool and mode rate as sunset. He has discovered that " second thoughts are best"—that strong impulses, no matter how generous, are not to be trusted—and that the better part of valour is discretion. We wish him joy of his discovery. It is at any rate a politic one, if it have no higher claims on our consideration. We will, however, just venture respectfully to remind his Lordship of one little circumstance, which may possibly have escaped his recollection. In more than one of his Parliamentary speeches— which always, like JOSEPH SURFACE'S conversation, abound in fine sentiments—he has, if we remember rightly, indulged in many virtuous phillippics against war, and the horrors which it brings in its train. Now, if war kills its masses, has the Factory System no sins of this sort to answer for ? Ar© there not hundreds, possibly thousands, of poor, emaciated operatives, men, women, and children, who annually die off, some in early youth, some in middle age victims to the inexorable Moloch of cupidity ? Can the under-ground cellars, and chilly, unfurnished garrets of Manchester tell no, tales of lingering deaths by starvation, disease, and dull, gnawing, hopeless despair? Look at the squalid, death-stricken figures that one constantly encounters in the manufacturing districts ! If you meet with a face impressed With the rosy hue of health, be sure it belongs to a millowner ; if with one stamped with the ineffaceable lines of wretchedness, be sure it belongs to a victim of the Twelve Hours' system. Yet these last perish by hundreds ; and when their case becomes at length so notorious that it is taken up by the House of Com mons, the very man who brings it forward, as he says, from the most disinterested motives, is the very first to relax in his remedial efforts, the instant he per ceives that perseverance in a good cause is likely to endanger the Ministry. Lord ASHLEY is, we be lieve, a well-intentioned man, but his humanity is sadly hampered by his Toryism. The one urges him to befriend the operatives—the other to leave their case as he finds it. Nature forces him one way, Expediency the other. He would do good, but he is afraid to do good ; because just at the mo ment when he is making up his mind to push vigorously forward in the right path, Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S basilisk eye is on him, and he comes to a dead halt. We trust, henceforth, that Lord ASHLEY will be somewhat more sparing of his fine sentiments; or, if he must needs expatiate on the evils of war, not forget to enumerate also, and boldly denounce, the evils of the Factory System, which has killed quite as many thousands as NAPOLEON ever slew in the field. We have received the iiladrid journals of the 23d, which contain letters from Aranjuez, describing the meeting of the QUEEN DOWAGER and her daughter. The scene is thus represented in one of these letters : " The night before Queen Isabella and the Infanta Louisa were to embrace their mother they could not close their eyes, and were continually heard to ask what the hour was. At four in the afternoon they entered their carriage, and left Aranjuez for the spot where the interview was to take place. It is said that Queen Isabella had early in the morning de , sired a physician to proceed thither with suitable medicines, in order to afford seasonable relief to such persons as the Royal interview might too deeply affect ! ! On reach ing the taut erected for the occasion on a plain to the right of the Andalusia and Valencia road, the Queen and her sister could not sit quietly ; they repeatedly rose and advanced, in order to descry as soon as possible the carriage conveying their aukrust mother. At half-past four the daughters of the Infante Don Francisco de Paula arrived, accompanied by Madame Arana, their First Lady of honour. After respect fully embracing their Royal cousins, the Infantas imme diately proceeded to Madrid. At a quarter past five the Queen-Mother arrived, accompanied by the Minister of Grace and Justice, M. Mayans, and General Narvaez. The first meeting between the mother and daughters was a silent one, tears only expressing their feelings. In the tent the marks of tenderness exchanged between them were more touching still. At six o'clock Maria Christina received persons of distinction, among whom were M. Bresson, Mr. Lytton Bulwer, the Ministers, at whose head figured M. Gon zales Bravo, M. Isturitz, and other personages. After this official reception the Queen-Mother entered her carriage, with her two daughters, who contended for the seat on her right, when Maria Christina sat down in the middle and said to the young Queen, take thy place on my right, for it is thine,' and to the Infanta, ' take thy place, which is on my left.' Along their whole road they were saluted with the liveliest acclamations. At half-past six the Royal carriage entered Aranjuez, amidst the ringing of bells, and before they could reach their apartments, the Queen and her daughters had to make their way through a dense and enthusiastic crowd. At the moment they were entering the apartments, the venerable Duke de Baylen respectfully advanced, and said to Maria Christina, ' Madam, I am happy to have again in my old days, the honour of-' The Marshal laboured under such deep emotion that he could not utter a word more, and Maria Christina hastened to address him in the most affectionate terms. lam coming,' she said, to deprive thee of thy guardianship.' It has given me plenty to do,' replied the Duke." On the 18th Carthagena still held out. Another smart engagement had taken place, in which it is said the besiegers succeeded in taking possession of the suburb of San Anton. The Three per Cents. were done at 37i for cash, arid at 38 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 23 for cash, and 231 at 60 days. The French Conservative Government has also sus tained a defeat of some importance, and we rejoice that, like the defeat of the English Government on the Factory Bill, it is in the cause of humanity. On the Order of the Day being read in the Chamber of Deputies for the discussion on the 23d clause of the Recruitment Bill, fixing - the period of service at eight years, in place of seven, as • formerly, M. Du- PRAT moved, as an amendment, that the length of service should be seven years; and the amendment was seconded by the son-in-law of Marshal SOULT, the Marquis of MORNAY. The amendment was op posed by Marshal OuniNoT and Marshal SOULT, on the ground that eight years was the shortest period of service that could keep up an effective army of 500,000 men, M. 0. BARROT, in support of the amendment, spoke- in a way befitting his character as the advocate of popular . rights. " The Chamber," he said, was supposed to represent all the classes., of society. To keep Up that fiction—(Cries of Oh, oh,' and laughter)'--they ought to show some solici tude for the feelings pf that portion of the people on which the increase of service now proposed by the Government would press most heavily. If the Cham ber only knew the anguish with which families counted the years that their children passed in the army, and the anxiety which they evinced for their return, they would not treat an additional year's ser vice so lightly." The amendment was put, but after two trials, the President being unable to say on which side was the majority, recourse was had to the ballot, when there were for the amendment 170, and for the original motion 163, being a majority of seven against the Government. On the same day M. GAR NIER PAGES laid on the President's table, in the Chamber of Deputies, a proposition for the conver sion of the Five per Cents. This proposition is simply the revival of the plan submitted to the Chamber in• April, 1840, which was rejected by the House of Peers. M. DE LAMARTINE also presented a petition praying that Dort CAELOS be restored to liberty. It is signed by large number of persons of note, in cluding M. DE CHAUTEAUBRIAND, and will shortly be submitted to the Chamber, at a moment when the State of Spain will confer on it all the interest of an order cf the day; it will be warmly supported by the most influential Members of the several Op. positions. We find no further intelligence in the Paris papers relative to the disturbances in Italy. The funds on Thursday were a shade lower, the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 80c., and the Fives at 121 f. 65c. THE BOURSE—TIIIIRSDAY, Ahem 28. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1844, First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents .. Threa per Cents.• • 82 90 .• 82 95 .. 82 85 82 80 Bank of France"... • 3lOO ..3125 ..3100 —3125 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharcsll2o .. 1120 .. 1120 •.1120 5,000 f. Sharessl2o —5120 .• 5120 —5120 Belgian . 1841 . • • • —.1085 •.1085 ..1085 ..1085 Belgian Fives, 1840......... 107; 108 •• 1071 1071 1842 •••••••• 100; .. 109 k .• 1091 .• 109; Spanish Active ••••• • • • • • 34 .• 34; • • 34 .. 211 Passive....-- 6 1 .. 6 1 .. 61 61 Threes old 71 .• 71 71 Dutch Two-and-a1u1f..... 58 __ . 58 5B 58 __ Neapolitan.• ..... 101 •i 0 .• 101 65 .. 101 50 .. 101 65 Roman .......... •• •• 106} •• 1061- 1061 . • 106} St Germain RAILWAY SHARES. 850 850 850 • 850 Versailles, R.B. L. 8....• •• •• •• •• 242 50 248 75 .• 240 .. 240 Rouen 915 .. 915 .. 915 .. 915 Rouen to Havre 690 -. 690 .. G9O •• 690 Orleans Strasburg to Bale • • • • • • •••• 290 Avignon to Marseilles• • • • • • 760 .. 292 50 .. 290 .. 290 .. 767 50 .. 760 .. 767 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TIIE ACCOUNT. Versailles, 11.11 397 50 .. 397 50 393 75 393 75 L. 8.•• •. •• ...... 242 50 259 235 240 Rouen •••• .• ..... 917 50 • 917 50 .. 915 .. 915 Rouen to Ilavre ....... 690 •• 990 .. 690 .. 690 e - ais• ...... Co. • • 907 50 • • 902 50 • • 902 50 071 Strasburg to hale .... 290 .. 293 75 290 .. 291 25 Avignon to Marseilles-- 767 50 .. 7G7 50 .. 763 75 .. 763 75 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was very moderate ; sales 3,000 bales, at about previous rates. For Shares there was a firm market, and a fair business was done. Birmingham and Gloucester were 871 ; Chester and Holy head, 74 , Eastern Counties, 114 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64: ; Great Western, Half, 701 ; Dublin and Cashel, 51. - 18 s. 9d ; Birmingham, 2341 ; Ditto, Quarter, 28; Brigh ton, 44* ; Manchester and Birmingham, 47; ; Paris and Lyons, 24 ; South Eastern, 37/. Much curiosity is exhibited to learn the plan of the South Sea Company's Directors, by which they are about to employ their money (the amount of which we are not aware of at this moment), as unquestionably a large sum will thus be made available for trust and other purposes. As to the effect likely to be produced on the Money Market by the operations of the Directors of the South Sea Company, it is impossible to form the least opinion. This Company, with exclusive privileges, was established about 130 years ago, and, as its capital advanced, it lent its surpluses to Government, and the latter owes the Corporation about 10,000,0001. As we have •already observed, it is not publicly known how much of the capital of the Company can be made available fur advances, and employment at a higher rate of interest than the Pro prietors now receive from Government—i. e. 3 per cent. There are not any accounts from the colonies to-day. In Consols for the Account to-day not a single bargain has been transacted. For Money the only prices have been 98; and 4. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 102; to 102 a. Bank Stock remains at 200, and Exche quer Bills are at 68s. to 70s. premium. In the Foreign Stock Exchange a good deal of business has been transacted, and prices of South American Bonds are on the rise; Peruvian have been clone at 314; Mexican at 37 ; Colombian ex Venezuelian at 15; • and Chilian De ferred at 501 ; Spanish Actives have been quoted at 261 ; the Three per Cents. at 37; ; and the Passive at 7*. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have not been quoted to day • the Five per Cents. are at 101 i. to 102. Tire variations in the Railway Shares have been very li mited to-day. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 29.—The market has been rather animated to-day, and there has been a good business at the prices quoted :—Eastern Counties, Registered, 13; ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter, 16 ; Grand Junction, 233 ; Lancaster and Preston , 38 1 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 471;; North Midland Thirds, 30 1-3 d ; North Union, 1071; Sheffield and Manchester, 681; South Eastern Scrip, 37* ; Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, 8 1-16 ; Chester and Holyhead, 74; Bury and Rossendale, 64; ; Huddersfield Canal, 164. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds ..... 88 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Rel DRto ew Annuities... New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bi, 1,000 1 . 110... 70 pm. New 5 pel• Cent...........„ Ditto 500/ ....... ........ 70 pm- Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ?0 pm. Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 200 Oct. 18.59 Consols for Acct.......... Jan. 1860 !lndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... !Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent !l)itto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds .....* .....„.. 82% Prussian, 5 per Cent ...... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent. Chllian, 6 per Cent - ,Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 Ditto, a per Cent 3 73 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 (Ditto, Deferred 153 Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18-5, 5 per ,Exchange Mexican, 5 per Cent ..... 57 'French, 3 per Cent —f —c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., lan Dutch, 2% per Cent Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent— 314 Ditto, 5 per Cent 102% SH A RES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 63 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 7% Chichester and Brighton ( 5 paid) Dublin and Cashel (233 paid) , 55 Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto, Perpetual 5 per cent. (133.4 d. paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) (}Teat extern (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths (12 paid) l9 Hull and Selby (50 paid) 6O . Lon ion and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) Ditto Scrip (;34 pad) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Half Shares ( 0 paid) • Manchester and Birmingham - . t • Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7 Newcastle and Darlington Junction (15 paid) ' North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) 45 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 37g Strasbourg and Bale (14 paid) l3 York and Scarborough Branch W s paid) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - NOTICE TO MARINERS. Light at the Port of Brindisi, Adriatic Coast. Admiralty, March 29, 1844. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs at Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, reporting the establishment of a light at the entrance of the port of Brindisi.—l am, Sir, &c., (Signed) JOHN BARROW. To W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's. (COPY.) Naples, March 8, 1844. _ _ Sir,—l beg leave to report to you, for the inf;)rmation of the Earl of Aberdeen, that I have received a note from his Excellency the Prince of Scilla, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Sicilian overnment, apprising me that a light has been established at the entrance of the port of Brindisi, on the Adriatic coast, on a small island, on which a fort is constructed, and on which a small military detachment is usually maintained. The place is designated in the charts as the " Forte a Mare," and the official communication represents the position of it to be in lat. 40 deg. 39 min. 17 sec. N. lon. by th e meridian of Paris, 15 deg. 57 min. 57 sec. E., and from the Royal Observatory at Naples 3 deg. 42 min. 50 sec. east; the height of the light from the level of the sea being 123 palms, equal to 103 feet. In the event of a good light being established in that position, it wili prove of great benefit during the winter season to vessels coming down the Adriatic. —I have, &c. (Signed) TIIOS. GALLWEY." To John Bidewell, Esq. &c., Foreign-office, LONDON, Mutat 29.—Wind this day at noon, light easterly breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 29.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E., light and thick fog—Arrd.lberia, steamer, Constantinople. Sld. George Fybe, Calcutta; Wakefield, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, MARCH 29.—Arrd. Familiar, Nyeboy, Rio ; Woodmanstowe, Hindmarsh, Matanzas ; Condor, Hanaburgh for St. Thomas, with loss of bulwarks and bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with a steamer. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Commerce, Brown, Gib raltar for Hull, short of provisions and water. Arrd. 01T, Dart, Newton, Madeira. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 29.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Halifax, Grayburn, Ichoboe ; Lord Stanley, Appleton, Sierra Leone, sailed 6th ult. Sld. John Burnham, Barrett, Prince Ed • ward's Island; Teesdale, Malta ; Manley, Montreal. FALMOUTH, MARCH 29.—Wind variable and light.— Sid. her Majesty's steamer Bromo, Batavia. Off, Aura, Hember, for Baltic, (46 days). BRISTOL, MARCH 2 9.—Sld. Bristolian, and Flora, Africa. SWANSEA, MARCH 2 8.—Arrd. Thirteen, Valparaiso ; Eliza INcehNovblo,eo,rkl e . ft s J a a n n e . d, l9 A , l S c3 t . . o n H e e , l A e n ri a c a h l a Hughes, Davies, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29.—Wind rrd. Colchester, W C Cunning, and Henry since back leaky ; Fatima and steamer Fire Queen, Calcutta ; Brutus, Aden ; Isabella, Buenos Ay-res ; Tinamara, Ceara ; Sarah, Barbadoes ; Lady Basset, Antigua ; Cybele, Texas ; Sir C. Campbell and Walter, New Orleans ; Rhode Island and Trewaithe, New York Asia, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Elizabeth, Halifax; Mahaica, Montreal. SUNDERLAND, Mnxctl 27.—Sld. Dorade, St. John's, New Brunswick; Cornelius, Richebucto ; Marneluke, Miramichi ; Prince of Wales and Whitwell Grange, Quebec. CORK ,Maticit 2 7.—Arrd. Dahlia, Young, St. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, MARCH 27.—Sld. Caledonia, Montreal. SHIELDS, MARCH 28.—C ommo d ore , Marquesas ; Crusader, Madeira and Valparaiso Britannia, St. John's, New Bennewick. HULL, MARCH 29 .—Arrd. Aberfoyle, Bombay. Sld. Pan Itunnoy, Quebec. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE for April. The, famous. Thomas Ingoldsby opens this number with one of his most humorous versitications, called " The Wedding Day," which is capitally illustrated by Leech. "The Medical Stu dent" contributes a striking tale, entitled "Marianne Ester ling ; Mrs. Trollope gives a delightful account of a week's ramble at Aix- les-Bains and its neighbourhood. The Mar chioness of Londonderry concludes her attractive narrative of her recount Tour. Mr. Laman Blanchard furnishes a pi quant article called " April Fool's Day all the Year Round," and the humourist department of the Magazine is also well supported by two clever anonymous papers on " Social Nuisances," and "The Right of Self Commemoration." The " Recreations in Natural History," are continued with unflagging interest, the subject of the present part being " Elephants." There are several other papers, which will well repay attention; but one in particular, entitled "The Emperor Nicholas, his Nobles, Serfs, and Servants," will be perused with the greatest interest. In poetry,,the number for April is unusually rich, comprising articles by Miss Cook, Mrs. Gore, Horace, Smith, &c. A letter from Algiers states that the inhabitants of the environs have been for some time in great terror front the appearance of-lions and panthers prowling-round their dwellings, and sometimes carrying off human beings. These wild beasts, it seems, generally disappear in the spring, re tiring to the mountains, where they remain till the snow drives thattl down again upon the plain. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 28.—The Chamber of Represen tatives continued the discussion of the project of law rela tive to the examining jury. M. Lebeau delared that he would support the plan of the Government. He observed that it was the Catholic party that, in 1835, obtained the nomination •of the members of the juries for the Royal preroga tive. He then proceeded to show that the Chamber of Representative, had always shown a partiality in favour of the Catholic University, and against the University of Brussels. At the close of his speech, M. Lebeau having made an observation on an opinion of M. Dumortier, that Honourable Member retorted with such warmth, that he was called to order by the President. M. Dumortier, instead of attending to this call, declared the conduct of the President to be arbi trary, which excited a tumult that it would be difficult to describe, at length on the repeated desire of the whole assembly, and a declaration of M. Lebeau that he had the highest esteem for the character of M. Dumortier, the latter retracted the offensive expressions which had fallen him. The Chambers soon afterwards adjourned. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 28.—The Handelsblud to-day has another long article earnestly recommending to its readers not to let the day pass without subscribing to the voluntary loan, and quotes from another journal a very impressive address to the same effect. THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—1 t is thought that his Im perial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, who is now at Weimar, may very probably pay a visit some weeks hence to the Hague. THE HAGUE, 'Hamm 29.—The Stoats Courant con tains, in the Dutch and French language, the boundary treaty between the Netherlands and Belgium. ROTTERDAM, MARCH 27.—We learn that in the last few days very considerable sums have been subscribed in this city to the voluntary loan. The different journals contain articles from several towns respecting the readiness of the inhabitants to sub scribe to the loan, but the official joarnal does not state the total result of the subscription, which was finally closed on the 28th March. GREECE. An Athenian paper of the 21st of February pub lishes the following protocol as having been signed at London, on the 17th of November last, by Lord Aberdeen, Count St. Aulaire, and Count Brunnow : " The Minister for Foreign Affairs of her Britannic Majesty opened the sitting, directing the attention of the plenipotentiaries of France and Russia to the mission with which the King of Bavaria had en trusted Prince Wallerstein. The plenipotentiaries, with every respect for the natural feelings of the King of Bavaria, and for the sacrifices made by that Monarch during the Greek war of independence, as well as for the immediate interest which he took in the conclusion of the treaty of 1832, by which the new kingdom was constituted, consider it their duty to attach great weight to the oral communications made to them by Prince Wallerstein on two points, one of a legislative, and one of a political character. With respect to the former, Prince Wallersteiu has received instructions from his Sovereign, in conse quence of a wish expressed to his Majesty the King of Bavaria by his Majesty the King of Greece, to call on the Three Powers to assist with their advice the labours of a national assembly, summoned by King Otho, with a view to the establishment of a definite Constitution for Greece. With respect to the second point, Prince Wallerstein has put forward all the political interests connected with the consolidation of the Government established in Greece by the Three Powers, parties to the conference. . " As to the legislative labours, the plenipotentiaries have come to the conclusion that no ground exists for a discussion on this subject, the Three Powers have already given to their representatives at Athens such instructions as are necessary for their guidance. The plenipotentiaries have deemed it right on this point to refer to the commands of their respective courts, with which Prince Wallerstein has been made acquainted. _ _ _ r‘ Respecting the political question, the plenipoten tiaries hastened to declare unanimously that the most perfect agreement exists among their respective courts for the consolidation of the Government established in Greece by the treaty of the 7th of May, 1832, and by the additional articles to the same, of the 20th of April, 1833. Considering how important it is, that the work of peace established by those t rea ti es should be consolidated as an important guarantee for the tranquillity of the East, the Three Powers have on this occasion again expressed their unanimous wish to see Greece secure herself against all the evils of anarchy, and to maintain the respect due to the Monarchy, as well as the personal inviolability of the Monarch called upon to reign over Greece. " While they declare the unanimity of the Three Powers upon this point, the plenipotentiaries have at the same time announced their entire concurrence-on two other interests which the Three Powers have deemed it their especial duty to watch over : " First, that Greece should remain strictly con fined within the limits drawn between the new State and Turkey, in order that the inducement to internal troubles in the Ottoman provinces, bordering on the Greek territory, may be guarded against. " Secondly, that Greece should not neglect the ful filment of the financial obligations which she has as sumed towards the Three Powers, in virtue of the treaties of the 7th of May, 1832, and of the 14th of September, 1843. The honour of the Greek nation demands the punctual fulfilment of the obligations en tered into with the Three Powers, and of the duties assumed by Greece on her admission into the list of independent States. The Three Powers are satisfied that this duty will be fulfilled in a manner to pre vent every attack on the maintenance of peace and, order. The plenipotentiaries have determined to in troduce this declaration into the present protocol, which Lord Aberdeen is commissioned to communi cate to the Bavarian Court, in reply to the overtures of Prince Wallerstein." GERMAN RAILROADS. The German Railroads open to the public at the commencement of the present year comprised a length of 255 German or about 1,147 English miles. The railroads themselves are 23 in number, of which four are as yet wholly situated within the Austrian, ten within the Prussian, and two within the Bavarian teryitory. During the year 1843, the individuals who travelled by these railroads amounted in number to 8,088,067, a number equal to one-fifth of the entire population of Germany. The quantity of merchandise transported in 1843 is calculated at 12,000,000 cwt. The gross receipts for travellers and goods during the same time were 921,9461. (11,063,353 florins), and the net receipts, on an average are said to pay four per cent. to the shareholders. The following table will show the number of persons travelling on each railroad during the month of December, and during the whole of the year 1843:- In Dvc. 1848. In all 1843. Linz and Budweis Linz and Gmunden 6,299 132,118 The Ferdinand North Line 46,491 661,926 Vienna and Gloggnitz 35,362 1,179,245 Munich and Augsburg Nuremberg and Furth Frankfort and Wisbaden Karlsruhe and Mannheim 54,181 • 791,568 Hamburgh and Bergedorf 10,154 198,322 Berlin and Anhalt Berlin and Frankfort 15,165 246,879 Berlin and Potsdam 26,916 454,862 Berlin and Stettin 18,850 229,964 Breslau and Oppeln (not yet pub lished). Breslau and Freiburg 14,037 36,103 Leipsic and Altenburg 9,342 165,373 Leipsic and Dresden 24,104 404,198 Magdeburg and Leipsic 58,010 620,626 Magdeburg and Halberstadt 13,709 111,894 Brunswick and Oschersleben 27,521 338,730 Hanover awl Lehrte (not yet pub lished). Dusseldorf and Elberfeld t 16,373 268,252 Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle 19,415 285,929 The first in the above list, the Linz and Budweis line, is remarkable as having been the first railroad in Europe constructed for the conveyance of pas sengers. It connects the interior of Bohemia with the Danube, and, being carried across the mountains, is seldom used during the winter months, when the mountains are covered with snow. This accounts for there having been no passengers during December. The trains are drawn by horses, the railroad is of a very inferior construction, is in a very neglected state, and will fall into comparative disuse when the railroad f'rom Vienna to Prague, now in construction, has been completed. The works on a new Hanoverian railroad-from Harburg to Luneburg-commenced on the 19th inst., on which day the first stroke of the spade was struck by the Government Counsellor Von lloppenstedt, and the event celebrated with great festivity. DEBTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1844. Debt. Interest. - Dollars. Dollars. Maine Massachusetts Nei , York 23,847,166 1,377,260 Pennsylvania Maryland 16,386,657 1,113,580 Virginia 5,963,861 283,226 South Carolina 3,495,164 209,709 North Carolina Georgia Kentucky 3,964,500 232,270 Tennessee Ohio ' 18,688,321 1,519,467 Louisiana 20,558,000 1,818,444 Indiana 11,943,914 597,196 Mississippi Illinois Alabama 9,834,005 590,040 Missouri Arkansas . 3,500,000 210,000 Michigan Florida District of Columbia United States Government debt 26,644,648 1,598,679 Dollars 234,005,648 13,079,792 SUMMARY OF %E. AND Ditnton, " Who runs may read." ~'3REZGN. The,King. of the French, accompanied by General Du rosnel, Colonel de Chabannes, and the Marquis de Strada, went to St. Cloud on Tuesday afternoon, and returned to the Tuileries to dinner. In the evening their Majesties received Lord Cowley, the Minister of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, General Changarnier and Baron Deponthon, the Duke and Duchess de Reggio, the Marquis de Dalmatie,_ Count Sdgur, Count and Countess Serrurier, the Prefet of the Loiret, and M. de Lahaye Jousselin. The funeral obsequies of Count d'Ambrugeac, Peer of France, took place on Wednesday at the church of St. Thomas d'Aquin. The cords of the pall were held by the Duke Decazes, the Marquis de Lauriston, Viscount Dode, and a friend of the family. The grand deputation of the Chamber of Peers was composed of twenty-five Members, but several other Peers were also present. The great subject of conversation in the offices of the Mi nister of the Marine, says the commerce, is a magnificent steamer now being built at Brest, and finishing in a style of splendour as to accommodations, gilding, and painting, fer the purpose of conveying the Royal Family to England. The Copenhagen official journal publishes an ordonnance of the King of Denmark, for ameliorating the condition of the slaves in the Danish West India islands of St. Croix. In the preamble to the ordonnance, the King expresses his sa tisfaction at the readiness with-which the planters in all the three islands have made sacrifices in order to enable the Go vernment to adopt the above provisions. A grand ball will be given by the President of the Cham ber of Deputies, after Easter, at the Palais Bourbon. In addition to the vast saloons of that building, a large room will be constructed of wood in the garden for the occasion. The 31oniteur .states that the following proposition has been made to the Government by a Company for the execu tion of a railroad from Paris to Strasburg : Ist, a lease of 46 years and 324 days ; 2d, to share the profits with the State after 10 per cent. ; 3d, the gratuitous surrender of the road at the expiration of the concession. The same journal publishes the Customs' Bill, which has been prevented to the Chamber of Deputies by the Minister of Commerce. It is of great length, occupying nearly eleven columns of the Illonitcur, and is for a great part a recapitula tion of official documents which have been already published. Three deputies, Messrs. Maguin, Lasalle, and Teeters, have introduced a bill for the purpose of preventing the adultera tion of wine, and for the more effectually punishing those guilty of committing it. The principal conditions of the bill are :—To increase the amount of penalties, or to make the cases punishable by the correctional tribunals ; to forbid the manufacture of vinegar at Paris; to organise an extensive service of inspectors ; and to limit mid regulate the making of wines. It is proved that in ten years the loss of the re venue, in Paris alone, by the adulteration of wines, has amounted to 80,000,000 of francs. LAW AND POLICE. At Liverpool, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, Peter Halewood was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack of hay, the pro perty of one James Dickenson, and to a certain barn and out houses, at Upholland, in this county, the property of the Rev. Richard Ramshaw Rothwell. He was found guilty, and transported for life. At the Mansion-house, William Read, shipowner, of Ips wich, and William Simpson, the commander of the brig Colina, which was lost off the coast of Holland, were brought up in the custody of Daniel Forrester, officer, for final exa mination upon the charge of having conspiied to sink that vessel, for the purpose of defrauding the Alliance Marine Assurance Company. The prisoners were remanded, but will be formally committed on Monday. The witnesses were bound over to appear at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. At the Norwich Assizes, before Mr. Justice Patteson, Hall was indicted for setting fire to a stack of wheat, and other stacks, the property of Edward Corbould. The prose cutor is a tenant of the Earl of Leicester, under whom he occupies a farm in Weasenham. The prisoner was a labour ing man in that parish, and is deaf and dumb. The indict ment against him was put into his hands, and having read it, he wrote on a separate paper, " I am not guilty," and the names of the jurors were given to him, and he was informed that be might challenge any or all of them ; but he answered, ►y writing, that he had no objection to any of them. The evi dence was nearly all circumstantial, but the prisoner was fsund guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. Elizabeth Watson and Mary Elliott, the former a well dressed middle-aged woman, the latter the wife of a highly respectable tradesman in Spitalfields, were charged at Worship-street by Mr. Thomas Butler, a linen-draper, 74 and 75, High-street, Shoreditch, with shoplifting. The article stolen was an expensive satin scarf, which on being searched the prisoner - Watson let fall from part of her dress. She was fully committed for trial, but Mrs. Elliott was discharged, there being no sort of evidence against her. The husband of Watson was stated to hold a confidential public situation in the City. A fashionably attired. young man, wearing moustachios, and described on the police-sheet as William Burton Newen harn, 31, Upper Berkeley-street West, Portman-square, gentleman, was charged at Clerkenwell with the abduction of Frances Louisa Northam, the daughter of a widow lady, living in 39, Gerard-street, Coburg-road, Islington.. The young lady, who has an independent property, is only four teen years of age. She is a ward in Chancery. She was given up to her mother, and the prisoner remanded till Wed nesday next. COUSLT--3PASEXON.AI3I.II. His Royal Highness Priicealbert is not expected to reach Gotha in the short space of 52 hours, as stated, owing to his Royal Highness not being able to perform the whole journey by railway. Tuesday is still the day fixed for the departure of the Court for Windsor Castle for the holidays, and it is expected her Majesty will remain at the Castle until the close of the ensuing month. _ _ The Earl and Countess of Albemarle left Berkeley-square, on Thursday, for Newmarket, where his Lordship was to inspect his racing stud, and thence proceed to Quiddenham Hall. for the Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have arrived at Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, from town. Lord Forester has also arrived at the castle, from his seat in Shropshire. The late Earl of Coventry's extensive cellar of choice wines, at Coombe, Worcestershire ' and other personal effects, a r e t o be brought to the hammerllorthwith. The sale will extend over a period of five day Viscountess Palmerston had an assembly on Saturday night at her residence on Carlton-house-terrace: The Noble Viscount and Viscountess go to Brocket_Hall to _pass the holidays with Viscount Melbourne. - _ The Marquis and 'Marchioness of Exeter and family are not expected to leave Burghley for the metropolis before the third week in the month. The Noble - Marquis left town on Wednesday, by the mail train, fur Burghley, and proposed going to the races at Croxton-park, when hi; Lord ship would be among the guests of the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. The Marquis of Anglesey, accompanied by - Lords Alfred and George Paget, left Uxbridge House on Friday afternoon for Beandesert, Staffordshire, in order to attend the funeral obsequies of the Countess of Uxbridge, at Lichfield Cathe dral, to-day. It is definitively arranged that the marriage of Lord New port, M.P., with the Hon. Miss Forester' shall take place this day fortnight. An elegant dejune will 'be given after the ceremony, which it is expected_will_take place at St. George's, Hanover-square, either by - Lord Forester, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; or by the Countess of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House. Lord and Lady de Manley intend to leavetanford Hall, Dorsetshire, on the 10th of this month, for the Clarendon Hotel, for the season. The venerable Archbishop of York will entertain -the Duke of Wellington, and the Directors of the Ancient Concerts at dinner, on Wednesday, the 17th inst., his Grace being Director for the evening. On Friday the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury received his Excellency the Russian Minister-and- Baroness Brunnow, Marquis of .Normanby, Earl and Countess of Tan kerville, Countess of Malniesbury, Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, Count Esterhazy, Count de Noailles, Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord Brougham, Lord Elphinstoue, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lady Stanley, Lord Seaham, Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, and Mr. Bentinek to dinner. The M arc hi oness , inthe latter part of the evening, had a soirée, which was attended by a large party. _ MISCELLANEOUS. The Anti-Slavery Society have issued a circular to the ministers and office-bearers of churches in London and its neighbourhood, calling on them to sign a memorial to the American churches against slavery. A similar memorial has been numerously signed in the provinces by - the - ministers and office-bearers in churches. The immediate object is, to save the life of John Brown, lying under sentence of death in New Orleans, for having assisted a slave to make her es cape. The London memorial is to be sent out in the Boston packet, which leaves England for America on Thursday - next. A concert upon a srand scale is about to be:given in aid of the funds of the Society for the Protection and Employment of the Distressed Needlewomen in London, at•which some of our most eminent artists have kindly volunteered their assist ance. A Bill to annex detached parts of counties to the counties in which they are situate has been brought into the Howse of Commons by Mr. R. Scott and Mr. J. Brothertora It con tains seven clauses, the first of which enacts, that wherever in England or Wales any detached portion of any county is entirely surrounded by the main body of - any - one other county, or by such one other county and the seat such de tached portion shall henceforth be incorporated _with, and form part of, the county by which it is so surrounded. . The following are details of one export entry at the Liver pool Custom-house :—On the 19th ultimo, per ship Patna, for Hong-Kong, shipped by Richard Allison, cotton cloth, 3,012,147 yards, value 45,0251.; the raw material of this shipment would be under 5,0001. - _ 'the number of petitioners for a repeal of the Union with Ireland has increased within the last -day or two from 452,198 to 618,055 ; the number of petitions against the union of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph has increased from 3,522 to 4,334 ; the number of petitioners against the repeal of the existing corn-laws from 36,464 to 36,869 ; and the number of petitioners in favour of a reduction of the duties on tobacco from 50,419 to 54,779. - - THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. is Majesty has not been able, as yet, to visit his Royal niece during her first separation from her Royal consort. The affair which detains his Majesty is the contention between the Belgian Church and the Belgian University. This question has the more serious importance in Belgium, as there the preponderance is on the part of the ecclesiastical polemists. In Belgium the Church is powerful and rich, and is upheld by a large majo rity of the population, and the King is a Protestant. His Majesty's arrival in England is deferred to - the - 2d of next mouth. • MR. O'CONNELL.—The following as. the reply of Mr. Sands, the Mayor of Liverpool, to the Orangemen who signed a requisition calling on him to prevent the - meeting at the Amphitheatre ? in honour of Mr. O'Connell I beg to state that, under the circumstances at present before me, I have no power, as chief magistrate, to prevent the meeting. I have a firm reliance on the loyalty and peaceful-disposition of my townsmen, and I hope and trust that no breach of the peace will be attempted on this occasion. I may state, how ever, that before the receipt of your requisitioa, I had - given such orders to the police force as will effectually irevefit any serious disturbance." TIIE MARQUIS 'OF WESTMINSTER.—W c regret to learn that this nobleman continues seriously indisposed. Lord Robert Grosvenor arrived at Eaton Hall on WedUesday last. —Chester Chronicle. _ SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN DORAN, day morning, abo u t t en o ' c l oc k , C aptain i oner of the Directors of the General Steam Navigation Company, expired in a sudden manner at his residence ja Piccadilly. Yt appears that on the previous afternoon Captai n Doran, who was in his usual ; good health, proceeded to th e Steam Navi gation Company's offices in Lombard-street, for the purpose of transacting business, and whilst there he, suddenly com plained of having been taken unwell, and i eturned home, and, notwithstanding every medical attontie; h e expired as Awed otated. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess et . Kent attended Div'ne service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians yesterday; at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday. Their Mat. jesties went to Marlborough House, attended by the Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting on th e Q ue en, , the Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Lady in Waiting on her Belgian Majesty, and the Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, on Saturday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace om Saturday, included her Majesty the Queen Dowa ger , her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Ei ward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency th e Belgian Mi nister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Dowager Lady Clinton, the Baroness d'Hooghvorst, Lady Anna Maria. Dawson, Earl Jerinyn, Earl Howe, Major de Moerkerka, Sir George Couper, and Captain Francis Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Hon. Miss Mitchell, visited her Royal Highness the • Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St, James's. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine • service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached the Sermon:from the 32d Psalm, verses 5 and 6 4 Prayers were read by the Rev, Dr. Wesley, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr.. Knapp, and the Communion Service by the Rev.' Dr- Sleath. The Anthem—" Who is this ?" (Arnold) 'MIS sung by Messrs. Bradbury, Bennett, and Hawkins. - The Queen Dowager was attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton and Earl Howe. The Marquis of W chester, Lords Tyrconnell, Wharneliffe, Palmerton, E. Bruce, Alford, Clive, Ebrington, and Ladies `v '_heath. and Palmerston, were among the Nobility present The Duke of Wellington and Sir Fred. Trench tended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.. yesterday morning. The Rev. Dr. 'Wesley officiated ma. preached the sermon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited. bar Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Atarlboroegta House. The American Dwarf, General Tom Thumb, attendes4 at Marlborough House on Friday evening, and exhibited' his imitation of Napoleon Bonaparte and other perform— . ances. Her Majesty the Queen DoWager was graciously.: pleased to express her approbation. The General was: accompanied by his guardian, • Mr. Barnum, of New York. 5 Messrs. Peter Dixon, Philip H. Howard, K?., and William Marshall, M.P., a deputation on the subject of a repeal of the tax on cotton-wool, had an ,interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, on Saturday,.at. the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. J. Grey Porter Atthill had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. A deputation of the Provincial and Londok: - -Press had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governor of the settlement on the Gambia were received yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Earl of Clare and Lord Adare had interviews with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Cor poration of the Trinity House on Saturday evemng, at the Trinity House. Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted bu siness at the Foreign-office on Saturday. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday: Mr. Walker had an interview with Sir R. Peel on, Saturday. Dispatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening. SPORTING M MANCHESTER B. CUESTE 11 to 1 agst Pharaoh 12 to 1 agst Pagan—taken 20 to 1 agst Cattonite 20 to 1 agst Red Deer 25,t0 1 agst The Prior 25. to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn —taken 6 to 1 agst Rattan 66. to 1 agst Ugly Buck 16 to 1 agit Orlando 16 to 1 agst Running Rein 22 to 1 agst Cockamaroo ITELLIGENCE. ErriNG.-FRIDAy. lR CUP. 30 to 1 agst Tacita—taken 30 to 1 agst Everton 33 to 1 agst Y. Lachinvar—t. 40 to 1 agst What 50 to 1 agst Arnagill The rest as before. BY. • 122 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire. 27 to 1 agst lonian - 135 to 1 agst Caltnpunero 33 to 1 agst Voltri—taken The resells before. OAKS. 16 to 1 agst Fanny Eden. No other ehLoge. CROXTON-PARK RACES—(CONCLUDED)-.-FRIDAY. The Farmers' Handicap of 501., and 51. for the second. Gentlemen riders. Heats, once 'round. _ Mr. Vincent's Unfortunate, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (Mr: Palk) 1 1 Mr. Vincent's Pedlar, 6 yrs, list 71b Mr. Shipman's British, Yeoman, 5 yrs, list - Mr. Collins' Perseverance, 5 yrs, 11st Four others ran. Won by a length:- ..! The Melton Plate of 50/., four yrs, lOst 71b ; five yrs, list 41b; six yrs and aged, llst 111 b, &c. ; one mile and a halt Cinuat Bathyany's Fox, 4 yrs (Mr. Scobell) 1 Mr. Edmonstone's The Lord . Mayor, aged Captain Oliver's Quilt Arnold, 6 yrs 3 Forget-me not and two others ran. • Won by a length Match, 50/., one mile.—Mr. Palk's Cerit,o (Mr. White) beat • Lord Chesterfield's Ainsworth, 4 yrs, (fell). The Gold Cup, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, - and only 5 if declared ; one mile and a half. (18 Subs, 8 paid) Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs, 12st 21b Mr. Raworth's Chance, aged, lOst 71b • 2 Lord G. 3entinck's .Naworth, aged, lOst 71b Mr. Bell's Thirsk, 6 yrs, llst 211) • 4 Won by half a length, after a good race, Thirsk b Nit= nfr The Optional Plate, of 20 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya. each ; four yrs, lOst 61b ; five yrs, list 21b ; six yrs . and aged, list 61b ; one mile and a half.. • Mr. Osbaldeston's Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs,..(Owner) 0 - 1 Lord Chesterfield's Artful Dodger, 5 yrs 0 2 Mr. Taylor's Nora Creina, 5 yrs 3 Won by half a length, after a dead heat. BLACKBURN STEEPLE CHASES—Thum:ma'. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; 12st each Three miles. Mr. Ward's Commodore • (Mr. Loft) 1 Captaiti Bradley's The Romp • 2 Four others were not placed. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, it ft, 70 added. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Bretherton's Marengo, aged (Owner) 2 1 A Mr. Hollinshead's Little Peter ' • 1 0 4 Mr. Hornby's Paul Pry, 5 yrs 3 2 2 Mr. Loft's Ovid, 5 yrs 0 3 3 A Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, p.p., with 15 added, 1 let each, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Crofton's . Fair • Penitent. , IRELAND. SENTENCE ON MR O'CONNELL. DUBLIN, MARCH 28.—Some of the most distfriguisbet counsel in England, as well as in this country, have declared it as their opinion that a writ of error must, beyond nail pos• sibility of doubt, lead to the quashing of the verdict against . Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers in the State trials But a writ of error does not lie until after sentence; and' the question, arises are the traversers to undergo the sentence; and suffer the period of impilserinient which the Court • may think fit to award, whilst the arguments upon thewri.: of error are in progress in the House of Lords ? c cases of capital felony, the prisoner being sentenced: P death or transportation, he remains, of course, prison - whilst a writ of error is pending ; but t a misdemeanour, where the law limits the punish. — ment to fine and imprisonment, the case is totalli different. The Attorney-General, as a matter of course, will allow the writ of error to issue in the case of the " Queen v. O'Connell and others." That writ will be prose' suted through all its tedious forms; but there could be no .' reasonable hope that the judgment of the House of Lords' ' could be obtained before the expiration of the sentence; Suppose that judgment in favour of the traversers—and understand that 'the plea of - abatement - alone nrust - weettO • such a result—the quashing of the verdict Would probablf . occur after Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers had beest illegally incarcerated. This appears so-monstrous, that. it 1 15 difficult to imagine th e C rown cou ld perm it imprisonment pending the argument of the legality of the trial and OW' verdict. THE PRESBYTERIAN MOVEMENT: The Presbyterians are agitating in earneiit, and" with hearty good good will. Meetings to petition for .equality of rights . with the Established Church on the marriage .question, we?. held last week, in Dromore, Ballymoney, Newtownhamiltoti , Killileagh, Dungannon, Lurgan, Bangor, Ballymena, Rath friland, Cookstown, Larne Donaghadee, and Coleraine. • . Lisburn, and various other places, and even Armagh, the' citadel of Primate Beresford, are joining in this formaidablw movement. Mr. Wilson will give his celebrated selected -enter-- tertainment on the songs of Scotland, at the London Me e. : thanks' Institution, Chancery-lane, on Tues()ay evening': next. The receipts will be devoted to the funds of the ta stitution, Mr. Wilson having liberally given his services for the above evening. HASTINGS ELECTION, FRIDAY.—The polling corn"' naenced at the usual h our this morning. It was not expected by his friends that Mr. Moore would have the majority 01 :„ . votes, in consequence of his opponent having had so ratrla the start of him in his canvass, and of certain practices re'.. sorted to by the Tories to secure the return of their candidafga, The numbers at the close 9f the poll were—Mr. Briscoe, 511, , Mr. Moore, 169 ; majority for Mr. Briscoe, 342. DEATH Or COL. JOHN F. BROWNE, C-.B.—This, gallant officer expired at hi s res id ence in Wales on Monday last, in his 77th year. The deceased colonel had seen weal'derable service during a period of u p war d s o f 20 y ears . Ti served in Flanders during the campaigns of .1793-94 and 9 5 1 and ably disti ngu i s h e d hi mse l f at the siege of Nimeguen, the sanguinary sortie thence. In 1796 he assisted at the" duction of St. Lucia, and rendered considerable ierlico throughout the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, especially in the actions of the t?,th, 13th, and 21st of March. In .180 s: he e", companied the expedition to Hanover, and in- 1807 went 0 .1 active service to Zealand. In the following year 'he ivr , nd with the expedition to Sweden, and the next, year 04 taaAl in the Walcheren expedition. Subsequently he w a s rN utreo for the operations in the Peninsula, and he gained consider_ able distinction at Barrosa, under Lord Lynedoch,comniana. ing there the 28th regiment. For his gallantry there he re , ceived a medal. DEATH OF THE STAG AND FOUR HORSES WITH 11 / 1 :. ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—The run on W e d nes d ay l as t, Whici lasted for three ho urs an d t en m i nutes, was one of the severe st during the present seaso n , upwar d s of 400 (i nc l u di ng Lora Roslyn, Lord Sheffield, Sir W.. Wynn, Colonel lryse, car :sin Seymour, Captai n H ar f or d , several military officers fro , Windsor and Hounslow, and a good sprinkling from town.) were present at the meet at Salt-hill. The deer (Sweep) wns taken, dead beaten, at West Wycombe, a distance of wards of twenty-five miles from the kennel at Ascot. and wa o obliged to be killed a short time after Wards. ' A - fine horse belonging to Mr. Dyson, of Windsor, rode by Mr. Jenne2 and another bel o n g i ng t o M r. Sharpe, f -Slough, dropped dea . A third horse died at the Crown Inn, Marlifw;• and anatb ef ' making the fourth, at Beacon s fi e ld. The pace was tremew dous throughout. Not more than fourteen, out of a log e field, were up at the finish. f Ala r~~ :r~ ht 'Tv( ,on