The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

ILLUSTRATED BY LEECH. THE APRIL NUMBER OF C OLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINt AND HUMORIST. Contains numerous articles by Tlumas Ing,oldsby, Horace Smith, Mrs. Gore, . Mrs. Troliope, James Kcuney, the . Medical Student, Laman llianchard, the Author of " Recreations in 'Natural History," Miss Eliza Cooke, and other favourite.writers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, V!, Great Marlborough-street. . , THE NEW SWEDISH. NOVEL. On Thursday, April 11, will Ir published, 2 vols., post BVo., LIE - "110SE - TISTELON. A TALE OF THE SWEDISH COAST. By EMILIE CARLEN. Translated from the original Swedish. London : Longman, Browd,Dreen, and Longmans. Early in May: will be published, in One thick Volume, gro., with nearly 1,000 :Woodcuts, unlfOrm with Messrs. Longman and Co.'s Seriss of "One-volume EncyclopmAllas and Dictionaries," AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of DOMESTIC ECONOMY ; comprising such subjects as are most imme (Rudy connected with Housekeeping, as Building, Furnishing, Ser vants, Cookery, Dress, Carriages, Health, &c. By THOMAS WEBSTER, &e. ;. assisted by the late Mts. PARKES, Author of "Domestic Duties." London: Longrnan,Drown, Green, and LOllgplallS. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.' Immense Attraction for Easter. It Is respectfully announced, that • the. Administration of t he Academic Roya'e, Paris, having conserved' to a pi oloogation of the conge of M. 11uprez, this eminent Artiste wiil long three Nights in the Enter Week. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME 'CELL Arno d, M. Duprez; Gessler. Mr. 0. Horncastle ; • Tell, Mr. Streit on • Lutern. Milne. Albertaszi ; Matrlda„ Miss Romer; Martha, Miss Letts To conclude with the revived Melodrama of THE TALE OF MYSTERY. Count 3onamo, Mr. Selby; Count • Romaldi, Mr Cooper; Michelli. Mr. Harley; Selina, Mrs Stirling. mess Boxes is., Second Prior 3a. lid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. 3- and Price ts. ; Pit :3s Second Price M :dole Gallery ?A, B'rood Price ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price &I. . THEA rRE ROYAL, LYC HOI/SE. • EUM LTE ENGLISH OPERA- Under A the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Pubic is respectfully informed that this theatre WILL OPEN en EASTER MONDAY, April 8, with an Adlress by Mrs. Keeley. After which, wi 11:e produced a New Comedietta, in Two - cts, entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. principal Charaeters by Me.srs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley. To he folkwed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Messi*s. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the 1 heatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre). and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra vaganza, Called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. I. ha. ractets by Miis Woolgar, Miss S. Chaplin, Mrs. 'Woollidge, Miss Turner. Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother; and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yartiold. and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—yoxes; 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. Vs. • Gallery. 6d. Second PrlCe—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. !a.; Pit, ls. Private Boxes cm the Balcony 'tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Der (ho•ding eight persor.s), One Guinea and a-Halt Private Boxes on the Pit flee (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guineas. Doors open at Half past six. Performances begins et Seven o'Clock. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. EASTER MONDAY, Arens 8. The BE-OPENINO of ASTLEY'S 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 unequalled Scenes of the Circle, and Batty's Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mk. Batty, in announcing the Be-opening of Astley's for the re. cond season of his management, begs respectfully to acquaint the Nobility, (Sentry, and public that, encouraged by thejlattering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suf. clently commodious for its numerous pitrqns, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Howard and Nixon, the emi nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent and novel priuciple, the whole of the interior of the 'Theatre, which has been rebuilt, dress boxes entargei,mpper boxes widened, and pit and galleries extensively imprOved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a, Grecian dome ceding, with entirely new sp*en,iid classic decorations, and gorgeous apppsintments, which, with the first.rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on hls endeavours during the last season.. The grand ster . national Spectacle will combine all the splendid historloal effects of the Nortuan Conquest bf England, produced by Mk. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in. ?reduce oncquallod equestrian talent, and the double Company com prise talent of the highest eider. • ..The door will open nightly at six n'eloCk, end the performances - "commence at seven. Box.offiee will beOpened on Sattirday, April 6, and continue so daily from ten till four. • The private boxes have an reconstructed and decorated with care. and splendour.: Acting and.stage,nianager, 31r. W. D.,Broadfoot,, LOVE'S POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND. Mr. LOVE has the honour to announce that he will RESUME HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, and LEC rußxs 'on LIFE add CHARACTER on EASTER MON DAY, and grill continue the same on the following WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty, which bas been long in preparation,,wlth entirely New, and Appr-priate Mutative Costumes and Appointments, Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. On MONDAY, April MIRTH AND MARVELS; with A WOLF IN SHEEP'S: CLOTHING; and other. Entertainments. On WEDNESDAY, April 10, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINPI HOST'S DILEMMAS •; and other Entertainments On St ID AY, Aptir 12, LOVE IN ALL SH APES ; with LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST ; and other Entertainments. AlParticulart in Handbills. Dears open at Half-past Seven; begin at Eight Admission, It 641-Viteserved Seats, 2s. Bd. —THEATEATHER.--SuN OFFICF,APPIL 2. Trutitftbliratltr.,*eery SO.; Highest, 58 ; Noon, 62. tr , BaioeriTErt, 157iirm-: , -Tfitii:imiabei‘• 32. en the Thermometer denotes -the freezing pear*. arid s&Aeirtrireeate. , In Barometers fair is usually iMced Opposite *Vaud rain at 29. HIM! WATER AT LONDON-BRID6II"igIS DAY. Morning 53 Talpites after ! . 7 r 17 minutes after 1. . . . , _........ .... _ - . 0.1 , li ~) t o ....._,. .11i 1 1 e t -.. :al ... )Z . 1111,17,t, , • ic .. , a '"1. 4, V .• Y . - . 7? , 4 11 i •.; 1 1 1 F I TAIL 2 . . <- 'l/1.4 [....,, • •. . 11..... 'l .' ' ' - d,tii ii i s itisOkk :6 . • ' . , .;.., ~ . , _ t - . ~.• ‘• , , th• -01101 T " ' . _. - 7 - , *!° • •41:t.';' 7, - ' .. '' ' '' ' . ' 41 014 , ' 'SECOND EDITION. :.)trait ittlting LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1844. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. BY EXTRAORD I NARY EXPRESS. The following telegraphic dispatch wits received at PFis on Monday afternoon : TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. "MALTA, MARCH 20. " The Indian Mail of the 14 March adds nothing to the events of Gwaliar, but the return of the army within the British territory, with the artillery and other contributions- obtained from that State, and the formation of the subsidiary. contingent 10 be commanded by British officers. • " The news from China, which is dated the 12th of January, i 3 purely commercial." , The French papers of this morning contain no news of any interest. Nothing of any moment doing in the Charfiber of Deputies this afternoon, and no changes of .any consequence in the prices of the French Funds.---Past. Lord ABERDEEN, laSt niathb, in pikeeNfing certain papers relative to Chiria, ta i Wifi':Qppy to'itate that the connexion.be&een Great ft'thin and China was now placed on the most satisfactory .footing ;. and at the same time paid. a high • compliment -to Sir HENRY '.I I OTTI::4GER - ; for ' his energy and • talents in bringing. affairs 'to such a happy conchision. The Noble Lord.regretted tbatill-health compelled him to leave his important- situation and return to England. Lord BEAUM2NT called the attention of the House to the Unsatisfactory commercial relations .between England and the Porte, and pinted out the dis:- advantages tinder which the English merchant toured Under the late treaty. 'Russia had gained •.•• • • • - great advantages by it s „ • , .Lord ABERDEEN said ;instructions •had been sent from St. Petersburgh to., the Russian Consul, to De l gotiate a treittsi• with the Turkish Government, on the basis of the British treaty. • The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was read a third time, , ! vhen the Muse adjotirned: In the Cohn - nom, after the presentation of peti, tions,• Mr. 'BARING WALt. -.gave notice that after Easter he would, move for-theappointment of `a Select Committee relativ e to t h e building Of the Houses of Parliament. Air, COBDEN gave notice of a motion, for a Select CoMmittee, to inquire into the effect of protective duties on national industry. In - answer to a question from Mr. TitELAwri/,, relative to the affairs of Canada, Lord STANLEY said no Administration had, according to the latest accounts, been :•formed by Sir CHARLES METCALFE ; and it would be better to defer laying on the table any papers relative to the late transactions, until some definite result was ftnown, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in nns‘ser to a question from Mr. DIVETT, said he would bring on the budget on Monday, the 15th inst. Lord JOHN RUSSELL' expressed a hope that the G'revernment would, befure the recess, announce what Bills they intended to bring in immediately after Easter. Irr answer to -a question from Mr. GISBORNE, Sir ROWERT PEEL said he would bring the Bank Charter ander the consideration of . the House immediately after the reciss; but he must till then decline enter ing into particulars. Lord ELIOT moved for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the registration of voters for Members of Parliament in, Ireland. The Noble Lord, in a long speech, detailed the alterations proposed, which are very numerous and complicated, a n d of which it would be difficult to give an intelligible outline. One of the chi 3f/#4i3iiil?ropeses to render the Irish l aw cp.. ~„, m .„r,lish ,and. Scotch la w , and t o fp ! 4 ::•,. 7 „ L -:,,, , :,. 7 4 . 1te1l be . ,a . , clear yei k rly Tait ' (filltric i , s ,'"f: i'; ,?:, 11 rents and charge s . Ile , - aiittailt 2 ,26' 1 ,, ~ ' trace; that 'the - "progoedd 4 chat4. - ...04:6.,, of diafranchi6ing twO- A------/NiA5? ' I r- :-.: - .. - --_ - ,--ab.-..!•.? .ti ft til* thirds of the 101. leaseholders and freeholders. That class amounted to about 40,000. As a compensa tion for this, it was proposed that all occupiers who were rated to the relief of the poor for a certain amount should have the benefit of the franchise, and that 25,000 would, from this change, be added to the constituency. It was proposed also that all' persons possessing. a freehold inheritance of Si.- clear yearly 'value, should have votes. He believed the effect of these measures would be a considerable increase in the number' of respectable voters in the counties. After entering into several other details, the Noble Lord announced that he would lay the Bill on the table this day, so that Alembers might have ample time to consider its provisions before it came. on for discussion.' Mr. Mc:am QT.eanALL, though admitting that the Noble Lord had conceded every principle against which his party had contended, had yet fallen far short of what was required. If his statement was correct, the 25,000 votes which he proposed to give by the 301: clause would prove to be nothing at all. The'Bill, too, would place the tenants more than ever under the power of the landlords, and a fran chise of that kind would be the greatest curse, that could be inflicted on Ireland. , Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the introduction of the 301. tenant clause was very objectionable, for it would only give more power to the landlords. He was glad that a 51. clause had been proposed, and only regretted that there was not a 40s. freehold franchise. Certain changes proposed by the Noble Lord,he considered would be: beneficial. A greitt number of other - Members spoke . on the question, but generally refrained_ 'from giving a de cided opinion till they had read the Bill. - Leave was given to bring in the Bill. Lord Jour; RUSSELL put• some questions to Sir ROBERT PEEL relative to a Bill before the other House for, the appointment of a judge to preside over the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Right Hon. Bariinet said the Bill' would be brought before*the House in the due course of busi ness, when the Noble Lord would have an opportunity of discussing it. He might at the same time state that it bad been brought into the Lords independent of the Government. The House then went into Committee of Supply, when a number of miscellaneous estimates were agreed to. Th.) other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at One o'Clock. It was truly observed by JEREMY BENTHAM, that " in England all other particular interests are over borne and crushed by one great - particular interest, called the agricultural intereat." To this one great interest all others are made subserVient, all others pay homage;. and the precept, " render unto CESAR the things that are CESAR'S," is no guide as. to the undue and unjust regards exacted for it. To raise the price of bread by means of the corn-laws--r-to in crease the annual amount of rent in consequence of the additional price that bread corn brings—are deemed fairand proper ,means of paying tribute to the agricultural interest. To control and restrain the hours of labour, so as to make the rate of wages rise in proportion to the insufficiency of the demand, and thus to-effect an increase of wages in proportion with the increased ' price of bread, is also deemed Worthy of English legislation to attempt. Direct extortion from the pockets of every other class is practised and sanctioned, solely for the purpose, and with the intent, or obtaining for' the agricultural in terest, prices for produce, and rent for land, beyond ;any that justice or equity would give. What absurd—principles actuate our legislators 'when they give way to this one-sided system, called protection, this real robbery; and what ridiculous -notions of the way to bring about their own good, are entertained' by the friends' of the' agriculturists, when they seek to benefit them by, such means. The only true mode of encouraging the growth of corn at home is to increase the demand ; which can only be done by an increased population, with abundant ability to buy, ind with the power to pay, well and freely, for what they consurne. Monopoly produces scarcity of provision, dearness of price, uncertainty of supply ; it cramps the trade of the country, decreases the demand for labour, lowers the rate of wages, prevents the poor man from purchasing his fair proportion of fOod, and imposes barriers to marriage and to the increase of the population of the country. What a mistaken plan of bringing good to their friends do they adopt. And cur Legislators shall debate, night after night, .Whether ten or twelve hours' labour shall be the maximum of human endurance as to toil—whilst the power of enduring starvation, and the period, for Which it can be borne, shall never'be even alluded to. They make and maintain corn-laws, which compel additional Hours of labour to - procure f:)od, and yet they Seek to restrain the working for . that very time which by. their own enactments they have rendered labour necessary. Starvation by Act of Parliament, or excessive toil, is the doctrine of the corn-laws ; restricted labour, and restricted, food, that of the Factories Regulation Act. , Was ever such monstrous absurdity heard of? Could it be believed that in the nineteenth century, the , principles which guide the. English Parliathent shall be, Whenstripped of their covering, mere pretexts for raising rent, by causing artificial scarcity, and giving a protection to the landlords, at the, expense of every other class of society ? Could it be believed that a nation of shopkeepers, as the man called us who knew well, yhere the Strength of England lay; who knew that it lay in her trade, in . her commerce, and not in her agricultural productions—for her agricul ture must flourish through her trade, not her trade through her agriculture—would , sit so quietly down `under such laws as the corn-laws ? And yet, but for 'the efforts of the Anti-Corn 7 law League, the country „would Have sat down quieseentona tho,se,laws might have been suffered to remain on the book, which at some• future period of English history will be pointed 0 . 4 4 s instances of partial legislation, worthy only of the very darkest ages. An interesting article appears in the last Number of the' 'EdiiibuiffA Reoi.cw, just published; on the subject of the Marquis DE CIISTINZ'S " Russia," a work which...liai lately • attracted a -considerable share of public .attention. In this article numerous references ; are made to conversations which the anthor held with rthe Emperor.ncuciLAs on matters-relating to the present state of his dominions, and also to a certain memorable event in his life which took place at the ,period • of his. accession to the throne. It is well-, , leriown that on the death . ; of ALEXANDER, and the ,abdication of CONaTANIINE' which immediately fol loweA, a dangeroui revolt, which had been nine years preparing, broke. out in the army, and was only sup presseA by the prompt, and energetic interference of NICUOLAS. As the CzAR is,.said to be exceedingly . susceptible of flattery on this point,. the 'Marquis who 'was aware of . his •-weak side, paid; him several delicate comPliments—Whieh none can i pay. so 'wo as a Frenchman—to .which his Imperial - . lllAJEsry . vouchsafed the following reply You mista'ke : Aid nothing extraordinary: -' "said to the' soldier's'' re .tqrn to 'your ranks,' and as they. defiled hefore me, • Levied, ‘, On your knees !'—all obeyed. ,• That which made - me feel strong was, that the Moment before had -resigned. myself to death. I arn•thanliful for the success I had, but I am not proud of. it, - for I- had no. merit in the matter." With. this answer the Reviewer is delighted, and warmly* pronounces it'to be "very hon6t and becoming." Its ModeSfyL-and even this is equivocal—is more remarkable than 'its honesty, for not the whole truth, but only a f ragment of it i s related, and th a t .p or ti on is adroitly selected:ilia tells most . in favour of .the .EMiERoR, Froln. his -MAJEsty's statement it would appear-:more eve.' cially from the significant words, - "that-Which made ,Fee feel strong was, that the moment .before I had _resigned myself to death"—it would , appear, we ray, from these wOrds,• that NicuoLts had himself pressed in person the revolt, at the' imminent haiaid . Ot .his life.' :But this was not the fact..' We . remember reading, some time since, a document drawn up on the spot by a , Military officer,' who was himself at St. Petersbuth when the insurrection broke out, who witnessed the commencement of the outbreak, and heard from trust-worthy authorities thei .hole cir chinstanees connected with it. His sCateirent ex aCily. tallieS with that of . the . EMPEROR, so far as .relates to the fact of the latter having Tone among the insurgent troops and insisted. on :•thiVetirrii „, hg • to their.' allegiance ; akeligii4t 44140 irithe iattei' - j - itcCount—nameiy, -- that '. he `confined himself to mere remonstrances; and the instant it was found absolutely necessary to fire on the rebels, and bring up artillery against them, he abandoned the scene of action, and contented himself with issuing orders and receiving intelligence from his officers,_at a safe distance from the theatre of the massacre. His allusion, therefore, to his having " resigned himself to death " is a mere gasconade, for he took special care that no random shot or desperate blow of an insurgent sabre Would reach his Imperial person. We do not deny that he showed a certain degree of moral courage on' the occasion, and by his timely presence among. the - conspiring regiments, before 'either party had procieded to extremities' induced some of them to abandon their purpose but physical courage was wholly wanting, for when the affair assumed a serious and sanguinary as pect, then, the • EMPEROR of All the Russias was nowhere to be found on the scene of action ! In another of the Imperial conversations quoted by the Reviewer, we find the following-re marks :--" They know me very little (observed Theiror—ts) who • reproach me with ambition. Par from seeking to enlarge our territory, I would wish to contract, as much as possible, round myself the popu lation of the whole of Russia. To improve the con dition ef the Russians is a far better thing than to aggrandise _myself." Magnanimous sentiments these, but, alas ! how little are they in accordance with the known:acts of, the Royal speaker ! What but ambition and a thirst for personal aggrandisement, induced MerroLAs to hurry his armies across the Balkan, and reduce Turkey to the lowest state of prostration— to send PASKEVITCH against the frontier provinces of Persia, and compel the SHAH to surrender a portion of his dominions—to set underhand intrigues actively at Work at Herat and . Khelat—above all, what but a selfish lust of power still induces the EM PEROR to dispatch army after army- against the Circassians, whose only offence is, that they prefer a life of independence to one of abject submission to a foreign State which has not even the shadoW of a claim on their allegiance ? We mention these things, because it has been the fashion among travellers of late—Lord LONDONDERRY, by the-bye, is a great offenderin this respect—to heap the most fulsome panegyrics= upon the Emperor of RUSSIA, and perversely shut their eyes to the fact that he is at heart a confirmed tyrant, who deserves rather the censure-than the approbation of freemen. Intelligence from' Lisbon to the 26th ult . . has 'been received. Affairs seem to be in avert' unsettled state, and loud complaints are made on all hands against the CABRAL Alinistry.- A petition to the QITEEN for: . their removal had been drawn up, and signed by three ex-Ministers, but as her M.JESTY declined to haVe an interview with Count LAVRADIO, the nobleman appointed to present it, the document Was delivered to the KING. Almeida still held out ; .indeed no measures had commenced for the reduction o the_plaee, and-it is not at all improbable that before that event takes place CABRAL and his colleagues may , be dismissed. The Cardinal Patriarch, it is said, protests against all CABRAL'S proceedings, but the QiTEEIN. refuSes to listen to his advice, and her obsti nacy is very generally blathed. Madrid - papeis Of the 25th ult. announce that on day the auction for the tobacco contract took The Finance-Minister presided at the adjudi cation. when, after a spirited contest, it was•awarded to Senor SALAsimitA, at the price of .110,040,000 reals, or .abont, 1,100,400/. the same day the funeral of Asunuazs took place, when vast numbers followed his rernains . to the tomb. The grand levee fixed.for that day had been countermanded, and the Beurse'still remained closed. The Parts papers bring no additional intelligence respecting the disturbances in Italy, but generally *anticipate, though On what groUnds they do not state, that the attempts at insurrection will, be sup pressed without the aid of. foreign Powers. As re gards the affairs of Romagna, we believe there is not `the slightest chance for, such a result. The discus sions in the Chambers, on Saturday, were generally without interest. In the Committees M. Dn ST. PRIEST brought forward his motion on Post-office reform, and moved that the subject. be taken into consideration. This was strongly opposed .by the Finance Minister, but without effect, and the ques tion was therefore to be referred to the entire Chamber. The motion of M. GARMER PAGES, relative to the conversion of the Fire per Cent. Stock, was to be taken into consideration on the 2d. , The 'Three per Cents. were done on Sunday at 83f. sc. LATER-FROM the UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING: The, fine packet-ship Virginian, Cptain Allen, Arrived here this afternoon from New York, v,hence she sailed on the 11th tiltimo—five days after the last arrival. - In a commercialpoint of view the news is encouraging. The price of legitimate stocks was steady; with an up ward tendcncy, And those of a "fancy " character, as they Pare styled on the other side, were also in request. Business was brisk, and nioney.was abundant. Not the least encouraging feature of the commercial news is, the utter explosion of the attempt to bolster up the price of cotton beyond its real value. One of the speculators whu " burnt his fingers " in the operation, had failed to the extent of 250,000 dollars, Others were expected to follow, and the trade—the speculative part of it—was in a state% of consternation and confusion. The price of the article itself, irrespective of these disasters, was re ceding at New Orleans; and the same result had taken place at New York. • • • A new Tariff• Bill had' been introduced into the House of 'Representatives in some, degree similar to the one introduced by Mr. Clay, in 1832, equalising much more than does the present tariff, the duties from this coun try. -It is 'doubtful whether it will pass. The hostile position of the Senate and the-House t,f Representatives, would leave any measure of the kind, passed by the'one House ; to be rejected by the other. Mr. , Calhoun, one of the foremost of American poli ticians, had accepted, under Mr. Tyler ' the office of Secretary of State, vacant-by the death of the former Secretary, who was killed On board the Princeton. This will not make much,. if any, difference, in the relative position , of the , candidates for the Presidency, as it ap pears to be unk!erstood that Mr. Van Buren is to be the next democratic candidate. , THE AMEIUCAN MARKETS. - The spring trade - is capital, and promises to be larger than for the last seven years. The western and southern mer -ehantsliavebrbught on plenty of money to pay oil' old scores. Money 4s abundant •at 4 per, eent;,.but stocks are a little on the decline, except Pennsylvania, which, for the reasons' before stated; keep up. The laSt. sales in the city on Saturday .ware—Pennsylvania Fives, 70,; Sixes, 72i. We re- Ygret to state that a large cotton bouse has failed in N ew ork, for. nearly 300,000 dolls. ; the,princiimi sufferers are at Georgia.and.a few New York banks.' The staple still de clines,,say,l . to 1 cent, since the arrival of the last steamer. The sales 'are dull and Small, Iseyers 'holding off, as much as, 'they - can; until fUrther advices arrive from *England. ' The' present crop . is estimated by able men at' 1,850,000 bales. EXpertell since the 'lst of 'September last, 445,552 bales ; Swine-time last year, 1,016;442.. The present prices, Liver pool classification, are— .NEw Oni.E.tti& • Cents -•' • - • . Cents. Fair 9to 9i Ordinary 7i to 8 Good fair to tine ' 9 to 11 ' Middling g to 8/ Florida ' 7 to 10. 'Fair ;' 9 to 91 • Good fair to fine 10 to 11 Ordinary,. •74t0 8 AL!iIiALA. Middling 8 to , 1-1 -• -Ordinary 7l to 8 Fair 'Si, to 9* ' Middling .B to :8/ Good fair 91 to 94 Flour is dull, and has fallen 6Ac. within the last four days. Genessee, 4 dolls 87c. to 4 dolls. 93c. ; Ohio, ditto ; Western, 4 dolls.-93c.; .Southern, 5 dolls. Illinois Wheat, 1 doll. 6c. Ashes are rather quiet; Pots no change; Pearls, 5 dolls. 6c. Liverpool coal, 7 dolls. ; Orrel, 8 dolls. • 25e:- Provisions active, and the market steady. 'Prirde Mes 4 Beef, 13 dolls.; .country,.4 dolls. to 6 dolls.; city,.6 . dolls. Mess` Pork, 7 dolls. 62c. ; prithe, 9 dollS;62c. Tobacco is brisk; and a great deinand for, Icentucky, at goodprices. The safne may be 'said of Rice. Sugars active; with an advance- of a of a cent. NeW-Orlians, 61c. to 7e. ; Porto • Rico,' -71 c. to 84c. ; Cuba Muscevado, 6k. • brown Havannah, Cc. to 7/c ; white, gie;.-fot9c. Brandy " seignette,' . 1 doll. 90c. tol2 dolls. Freights 'rather chill; cotton to LiVerpool, Id. -to id. ;• titian, 3s. to 3s. 3d.; flour to London, 35.; seamen's wages * 15 doll 3. A month to Europe, with ,small stores; -13 dolls. to the Mediterranean. , In Exchanges, foreign is rather slack.;, 81 to 8f prethium on X.Ondon, and . M. 30c. on Paris.. Sovereigns, 4 'dolls. 83c to 4 416115. 85c.-' .Spanish dbuhloolis, 16 doll& 90c, to 17 dolls. ; Patriot; 15 dolls; 90c. 016 dolls. united 'States Treasury 'Notes outstanding, March 1: 3,392,849 dolls. United States cotton has suddenly becOtrie a littlelhore 'active, -but' rib advance in 'price. • -On Friday 3,000 bales were sold hi New Y ork, and two vessels were talOtup•for . Liverpool at 1. f•L' •• • • • The stocks of cOtton now on hand; nt' the four ports of New York, Charleston, Mobile, and, New Orlearisoiraoynt to , 608,685 bales. The stocks •.held at, these four . ports at.the - same time last year were only 383,258 bales, being an increase on hand iu March this year, as. compared With March , lB43, 9,f 22 5)387 -hales This is a.verY.inapotta.nt feature. The news t f - yom E ng l an d b y the saintir , pitelat 15 eXpetted to produce, a further slight-decline in cotton. - A petition was presented ye§terilay, by Captain Peellel4 . to the of CoinmonS frnin Alr.'itlaithew stating that for a continuance cif 9ne 'himdred "conseeutive years, deprivation and misery had -been on the -increase among the labouring classes and - the poor, especially in the agricultural districts; that for al*.years the petitioner had recollected: -the above, and his , father 4or•dorty, years _pre viously. The petitioner 'promised n0t..40 trouble, the;1100. House at the end.,o44l64.46.r..cautakged various means bh ofg;a 4iir ntin ta g c p i r i op o p i t e „ ,:r f e b li 4 l r i yi — a — t ni : zg t( :o t tVi im it:s ti L a t4 k 4* . i ,. ty si a tr pos fAr. l , ll, lP.: l lii'VA"inMinrirjto fan - fitY;lnifirdlli"the ihiiitil€'4Mnit4uarrA Siforos e iilditk, vated and plpted, the crops grown and hary productions so applied that thousands might the ensuing winter with solid food, their fatted f • y f • s ki • IFY * E Tl 2 l -•S N, LONDON,_ ITESDA SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 1310 Ur Opinion. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Paris SiMe in reference to the visit of Prince Albert to his native country says :—" It is generally believed that his Royal Highness will convey to Berlin the apologies of her .Britannic Majesty, who will not be able to return; as she had promised, the gracious visit paid her by the King of Prussia. It is an opinion prevailing in certain politiCal drawing-rooms that Prince Albert will negotiate a meeting in England be tween the King of Prussia, the Emperor Nicholas, and the Mug of the French. It is even Said that the Czar will pass through France, and even Paris, on his return to his domi nion's. None of these rumours will, perhaps, prove true, but we must notice them, because they circulate with a certain authority " -oa.Satiirday, the King of the French, accompanied by Colonel de Cbablinnes and the Marquis de Strada, left the Tuilleries for Versailles, and, on his wayyemained abput an hour at Saint Cloud. After visiting several of the galleries at Versailles he yeturned at seven o'clock. In the evening, their Majesties received a very large party. The Siecle states that a bill is shortly to be introduced for a - rallwaV from Paris to Strasburgh, on terms similar to those proposed for the Bordeaux and the Lyons' lines. • The Journal of the raw Sicities confirms the statement of the insurrection at Cosenza, in Calabria, and states that it was 'speedily suppressed. The bands of robbers who uttered poli tical cries were dispersed by the gendarmes, and several of them.were shot. • . • • The eminent _academician, Luigi Caxionica, has just died at Milan, at the age `of 77. Ile was the architect of the Royal palaces at Milan and Monza, as well as of numerous superb buildings in the northern - Italian cities. Monza is situated eight - miles west ,hi Milan, and is celebrated for its treasures of Catholic relieS, and was for many centuries the resting place of the iron crown of Lombardy. Charlemagne was ermined there with it in . 774, as were the Emperors of Ger many in subsequent ages, and ROnaparte followed , this ex ample in 1805. • • _ . The Pontifical. Academy of Fine Arts of .St. Luke's, at Rome, has recently, elected the .Prolessor of Architecture at the Royal Acadejny (C. R. Cockerell, Esq.) a ."Member of Merit" of their body, in the place of the Cavalier FerdinandO Bousigriore, chief architect of the King of Sardinia, lately deeeased. The Pontifical Academy associates honorary members ad /ibiiian . , but"the "Members of Merit" are limited to twenty'. The next grand Rhine musical festival is to take Place this year• at Cologne. The rehearsals in the various neighbour ing cities have commenced. - - • V _A LAW " AND POLICE., At the•LiverpooiaQiesTlfilli.7l; Tfeja: was indicted for uttering a forged bill of exchange for 1711. 75.,. with intent to defraud William Maddock.' In another count the intent Was laid to be to defraud Messrs. John,and Thomas Johnson. He was found guilty, and transported for fifteen years. At the same assizes, Ann Bothwell was indicted for the wilful murder of her child Edwin, at Oldham, on the 29th of December last; by administering to hiin a quantity of lauda. num: She was acquitted. At the assizes at Norwich, John Knowles, sen., and John Knowles, jun., were indicted, the latter for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house and some cern-stacks, &c., with in tent to defraud the Norwich Union Insurance. Company, and the former for procuring him to commit that felony. They were both found guilty, and transported for fifteen years. Mr. William Read, the owner of the brig Colina, and Cap tain Simpson, the master of that vessel, were brought up be fore the Lord Mayor and Sir John Pine, Bart., at the Man sionihbuse, 'for re-exami na ti on upon a c h arge o f h av i ng con 'spired- together to sink the 'said brig for the purpose of defrauding the Alliance Marine - Insurance Company, with whom the vessel was insured. They were again remanded on -the application of Mr. - Clarkson"till Saturday next. • An application was made at the same court, by a Mr. Wells,"fur some relaiation in the manner in which Mr. Bar nard Gregory is treated in Newgate, where, he is confined under a sentence for libel. ; The Lord Mayor said the-matter shotild be inquired into. • COURT—rAggiONABLE. Her,Majesty and the Queen. of the Belgians, accompanied by the 'Prince of Wales and"the PrinceSses Royal and "Alice, are not expected to leave Buckingham_ Palace for Windsor 'Castle fbr the recess until to-morrow '(Wednesday) after lun cheon, in conseqUenee-of the- arrival of the King of the Bel gians, whole expected to land at Woolwich in the course of the day from:Ostend. Her Itoyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who intends to pass the holidays at Frogmoregodge, is now not expected to leave town until.after the arrival _tif his Majesty, from the Continent. The Court, according to present arrangements, will remain at the Castle until the re laystect ilsinfigioefdtfhoer the' l oused h of ina P t ar in. lia t ment after the holidays, ' Many of the Announced changes, retirements, &C. in the * departments of the three great - bffices of State, took place on Saturday. - Her Majesty's h ou sekeePer at Burlingham Pa lace, Mrs._Wakeley, who has, filled that .appointment for some yeara, and some the royal pages' . are among'the re tirements.- In the department of the inspeetors.of palaces, Mr. Saunders.' ." At Windsor Castle, on which several thou sand pounds have been annually disbursed for wages, . great reductions are to be forthwith effected. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Countess, de Grey are not expected at their mansion, in St. Jamea's-SqUare, un til the close of the month, from Dublin. •". The Noble" Postmaster-General, the Earl of Lbnsdale, is "expected to return 'to Carlton-terrace on Thursday, from Lowther Castle. • • 21 . 1111C21116TaktirEOuS. On:Friday afternoon a numerous and highly respectable meeting of inhabitants was held inThe Music-hall, Edinburgh (called by the Magistrates and Town Council), where resolu tions were passed in condemnation of the .recent sentence to death of a man in the State of South Carolina, for aiding the escape of a female slave. • The Great Western steamer, says a Ilrussels paper, has been, purchased by the Southampton Peninsular and Oriental Steam:packet Company for 32;000/. Yesterday, in consequence of.the entire removal of the houses adjoining the workhouse of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, in Belton-street, Long-acre, the site for a new Church' to be erected there, was being marked out, the tower of which will be built upon the exact area where stood the public-house the Guy, Earl of Warwick, which existed for about two hun dred •ears. The edifice wilL be. called " Christ Church, St. Giles's-in-the -Fields." MARKET , NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ULLYIVTAREETS. i r - *SMITTIFIEU).--Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/; use fill ditto; 3/ 3S to' 31 10s; fine 'Upland ditto, 31 12s to 3/ 16s;• Clover Hay, 3/ to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s; Wheat !Straw, 1/- 88 to 11 10s per load.. Both Hay and Straw moved. off heavily at the above quotations. , Qu:Aipm,,A.:!w.—Coarse Meadow May, 3/. to .3188 ; useful ditto, 3/ lOs to 3/ 14s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ - 15s to 41; to 1/ 125 per , load. A moderate 'supply, r o a v l e v r , ,l T l l ay i , 53 lOs to to 4/15s; Oat Straw, 1/ is to 1/9s' ; ' 'Wheat Clover and a slugglish inquiry. Prices about stationary. 3u/selfusis';diss to Si 5s ; Oat 'Straw, 1/ 63 to w untc ,,, EL .—Coarie Meadoir Hay, 2/ 12s to 3/; Clover 3 /18y:6.313/.los ; fine Upland ditto, 31 .- 108 to 1/ 'Bs; Wheat Straw, II Ss to 11 lOs per load. S u pply - . _ . •', -. . . COLONIAL. '.- . • - .Sutitti.+There has been rather more business doing in British,Pl antat i on . about 300 hogsheads having found buyers at fully previous rates , and the market is rather. firmer.. The Pod, and trad6 'very dull. public sales-have consisted of 4,1 1 3 bags Bengal , the ,The of which ,sold nt and after the sale, and went off - much better than was expected , viz. , at 62 s to 68 s 6 d for' low to fine' white Bemi re s, and mid to fine soft yellow at 58s 6d to 618 6d, being fully previous prices. Privately about 250 boxes yellow Havannah, of good cciour ; but of old importa tion and inferior 'quality, have been disposed of. (fot export) tir a a t r , r 2 els s for at -20 s 6d, which is the extreme value. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West : . consumption 24s b a g s East62l hhds 5 found es e c 143 buyers b 3 India Docks was 22 8 hhds 113 barrels,.and there were taken for he s m .The stock in the same places is 3,731 hhds 274 tierces 706 barrel s . COFFEE.--245 oIFE mixed Batavia, which is the extreme. Privately there is no material change to notice; excepting in Ceylon, of which about 1,000 bags have been sold at 6386(1 to 64s for good ,ord giuilitv' b e i ng a gain a further-decline of ls. ' ilni.---Yille gqquantity landed last 'week at. the East and West India Docks was 123 puns 41 hhds. there were taken for home .consuniption 187 puns 99 hhds, and exported 240 puns 85 lilids. The stock in the same places is 3,898 puns 1,696 hhds. . liicE.-3,158 bags and 800 pockets (ehiefly)', Bengal at auction were nearly all bought in at Ils to 12s for mid to good mid mhite Bengal, and a small cargo Madras sold at .9s, which is 6d. cheaper. SALTPVTRE.-779 bags sold at 23s 6d to 24s 6d for 15i to 13 4 percent. refrattion; being comparatively good prices. SPICEs.-403 bags Black Pepper at auction were taken in at 3(lfor good Sumatra, being the previous value. TALLow ,—P.Y.C, is 40s Qd to 41s per cwt on the spot, and Town 435.6 d per cwt. TEA.---There is a moderate bu,siness doing, but not much -is expected till the ,Budget comes , out. Congou, ord to good ord, is Is ; I'ekoe kind 1511 d to 2s 4d; Twankay, good ord to but mid, is 2d to is 3d; Hyson,.good ord, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; and Gunpowder '3s to 4s 6d per lb.: Stock in London, 26,244,0001b5, and at.this-time last year 28,608,0001b5. • DEATH •._ . • ~v _ JJEATU OF THORWALDSEN, THE aULPTOI4—COPEN " HAGEN, MAneu 26.---Thy celebrated' Thorwahlsen . died suddenly the day before yesterday. ITO was taken ill i the theatre, carried out, and died itnmediateiy. He was 74 years old. F.tiosi - THE RHINE, MAucit 20.--Accounts from Copenhagen, which may be depended- on, Confirm the news from Washingt on , that the Americans threaten to interfere by force in tho affair of the Sound duties.. We hear that Great Britain and Russia have been requested ._, to intervene by diplo ma ti c nego t iations in this matter. FUNERAL OF TI.T.CoUNTESS OF U , • . ,_ DG _. E. — . The interment of the,l*. Much-lament ed countess a Uxbridge ~-,- XBRI took place at Lichfield; on Saturday hist, in the family vault attache& to the cathedral of that ancient city, sutroupded by a numerous assemblage'of sorrowing friends. The body had been previously removed from his LoidShip's town residerice, and from the tune of its arrival at Lichfield, on. Friday, to a late hour in.the evening, lay in state,. in th e room a pp ro p riatel y arranged for its reception. The coffin was covered with crimson Genoa velvet, •richly o rnamented, and the More re spectable part of the inhabitants were admitted. . The proces sion began to move pre c isely at half-past eleven o'clock. Thi assemblage- of persons was mour nful scene, who se sy.mpathi very great to wit ne ss th e es were strongly' excited as the cortege approached the venerable 'Pile, The • hearse, drawn by six' horses, with velvet coverings and feathers, was followed by five mourning coaches, each drawn ley four horses, ' contain ing the ,Earl, of 13)Fbridge (chief MOurtier),; the'MarquiS of Anglesey, Lord Paget, Colonel B a got, Bishop olCti.forkßev. Charles Beget, Hon: Williaiti B a got, , Rev.. Franeis Paget, Lord Alfred Paget, tordGeorge Paget, Hon. George -Byng o - Earj of Sandwich; licoluit Sydney, -and - - Cameron lf.eqi ilireer doineitics of the 'Earl et.Lxbridge--Mrs. Bagnell, Mrs. Litilinan, - and Mr: Henwoodii- and Mr: Darling; Steward to the Marquis of Anglesey. We reg ret to add that the Earl of Wincliiisea was prevented attending, in consequence of the :precarious state of health .from which - Lady .Winchilsea has:lOng been suffering, and Which has been painfully in creased by this melancholy. event. A MAN•LEOALLY PROVE") NEVER Tof HAVE- HAT) A FATUER,---Jk young man was summoned to appear before ' the inagistiatis at Boeking Petty ,Session,• on tho 28th March, to show CallS4 Why he refused to siipport• his fa ther, who. h ad receives} relief from th: , gua rdians of the B raintree • I..nien,• and, conseqUentlY noi.abk...to maintain .hiltlSelf• Mr:Lane, who lifipciared, for the yoting man, to show cause, informed the his aiett lw as:berri but. of wedloC4' , and, Magistrates he shofild'hialite'to:prp.ye that his' client neser neveit'had a father. - Mr. Lane then did so by.bholviiig,that, had no father ; • upon whiclb ton'sequentry, legally the. magistrates dis Missed the 'ease.--,E Herald. .,. . _ . ... 13Eit1i1.1C34,414.6gt4t. 30--TileHenry and in illiam, for Middl es borough to Leith; l a g tbitdirivrielteci.ou 4 , 40 26th ult. near Holy Island, crew and materials saved. r HONE )( AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was not lower, and, upon the whole, there was more steadiness. Salei 2,500 bales, in cluding 150 Surats at 34d. to 4id., 100 Egyptian at 74d. to 80., 150 Pernam at 6d to qiu., and the - test American at qd. to 64d. .per lb. Railway Shaies • wete'• without any change, and in fair. request. I,3irmingliant and Gloucester, 90k; Chester and 'Holyhead, 74 ;- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 646 • Great Western, Fifths, 19i; Caledonian, 6h ;'Dublin and 'Cashel, ; Birmingham, 232 ; Paris and Orleans, 35i ; South Eastern, 35t ex div. - The demand. for British woollens is stated to be very satis factory. Cotton fabrics, however, are said to be accumulat ing rather rapidly, the exports not having by any means been received to the amount expected. A Manchester circular re ceived•this morning, states that there is a decided change for the worse in the markets there ; both for goods and yarns, prices were lower. The letters from New York, received this morning; notice the fact that a cotton speculator . ' there had failed fir nearly 300,000 dollars, and many , more were ex-, pected to follow. This must have an injurious influence on tke prices of the staple here; but the manufacturer, as well as the consumer will be benefited by the breaking up of one of • the most extensive. combinations to raise prices that has occurred for some years :—" The re - sults of speculation 'begin to make_ their appearance. The crisis has arrived sooner thin anticipated. The cause of This sudden collapse is, not that. the business was carried to an enormous extent, but in consequence of the feeble basis such, operations were founded on; • The currency, will not admit of theSe illegitimate •- transactions. It is • sufficient ,to conduct safely an d pr o fitably the regular movements • of trade, and any species of business out of the regular channel, can find no support. This fact is strikingly 'illustrated in the late cotton excitement. ' It is estimated that the stock of cotton in this market, in the hands of speculators, reaches full 160,000 bales, which at fifty dollars per bale amounts to 8,000,000 dollars. The supply 'of this staple has depreciated in value within the past two weeks full 1,000,000 dollars. Of the stock of cotton in this market, abont 100,000' bales are in first hands on Southern account, for which drafts have been accepted, and which have been discounted at the banks in Wall-street. The balafice; say 60,000 bales, is' held by, speculators- in • this Market. The drafts drawn by the owners of 'the cotton at the south, who ship it to this port, are' negotiated through the southern banks, whose 'endorsement they receive. A planter in Georgia, having a crop of 500 bales, ships to a factor here ; he immediately makes a draft on the factor at short sight. This draft comes 'north through the bank located in the vicinity of the planter's residence, and is presented for ac ceptance, after which it is discounted by the southern bank. When it nearly reaches maturity, it is sent 'on to a bank' in this city for collection, and drawn for 'Wore due,• the bank there taking for security the endorsement of the Southern bank. This regular routine • keeps the bank •at the South constantly supplied 'with funds to carry on these operations. 'The capital necessary for this business is, in fact, all drawn from this city. These move ments are not interrupted until some of the acceptances are protested for non-payment at the counters of our banks. The moment such aii•event occurs, the holders tool,* to the parties that Made the original discount for payment, and the specu lations drop to the ground. A very large failure took place to-day. An extensive operator in cotton could not meet his acceptances, and stopped payment for about 280,000 dollars. This is the first break-down--others must follow in the same course. It is the inevitable result of such inflations as have characterised the movements in cotton for some time past. It is only 'about three months since the first symptoms of specu lations in cotton were visible. Within that short period, the bubble has reached a head, and exploded. With a crop Several thousand bales below that of list year, with a demand for the raw material for actual consumption much larger than has been known for years, with a general revival in all branches - of business, and the greatest Abundance of money, we see the crisis of cotton speculations brought about in three short Months."' ' In the commercial accounts there are but few items of interest, as respects the demand and supply of British manufactures.. . _ From, Canada we learn, that the continuation of public works already commenced, and' the opening of others in contemplation, were matters which occupied the earnest attention of. : Sir Charles Metcalfe. It was calculated that in, this way , 3,000,000/. will be expended in the aggrepte. A fine field will thus be opened for - the employment of emigrants' who are about to proceed from the 'mother country. We are informed that a great and a valuable addition to the population of Canada is expected to be made this year, in- the persons of comparatively wealthy agriculturists from Ireland and Scot land, as well as from 'England. The purchases of the Commissioners this morning amounted to 30,000/. Consols, for which they paid 991. This is now the value for. Money as well as for the Account. The amount of business done in other respects is small. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents..have been at 1021 4; Exchequer Bills have advanced to 70s. 725. premium ; and the New South Sea Annuities to 971. The information received from Madrid as to the tobacco contract, and upon such favourable terms to the Treasury, led to Many speculations for an advance in the Spanish Funds this , morning. The Three per Cents. have improved from 371 to 381; and the Actives from 261 to 261. A' slight improvement has taken place. in Dutch and Mexican Bonds. Old Portuguese Five per Cents. have been sold just now at 80. 'Brazilian have been purchased at 801 ex div. The fluctuations in the. market for Railway Shares have been slight, and not much business up to the present hour reported. BRITISH, FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ' - • • (Frees the Official List.) .7. • Sp e er Cent. Consols. Annuities. nt i4 ri. l i, lt i m p d e s r i Cent. Annuities lO2 R:. 1ndia ....... ................ ............ • • - Ditto under 1,000................ .... .... ....... • South Sea Stock • , ,Ditto New Annuities .. 97% Consols for 'Account ' 99 1 'lndia Stock - ' . Exchequer-Bills, • I%d. I)4d. 1,000/. ............. ...••••••.• ..... .....•• '72 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian• Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. — Ditto for the' Account. .......- 80% • Columbian Bonds. .... ........ • - la% %, 4 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per'.Cent.... ............. ..... 87% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. • ...... Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock, 17% 16% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. BO t- Spanish Bonds, Five-per Cent 1810 2 6 1,4% ' - Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. ' Ditto Deferred 15% Ditto Three per - Cent. ........ ....... ....... ....4. 377 ' Ditto for the Account. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 39 'Dutch 2% pet Cents. S9X Ditto for the Account. 59%% Dutch 5 per Cents 99% • New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. • 9914 % PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. . - RAILWAYS. , , PAID. PER SMARR Birmingham and Gloucester IOO Ditto New Bristol and Exeter • 70 ........ '72 ' to Chester and' Holyhead ' • , 5 Dublin mid Cashel .... 234 --- 53 %34, to Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 8/. 6s. Bd. _ Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent...... 13s. 9d 1 ... . . .... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 643y Great Western London and Brighton ..............80 ........ 44% %... to Loudon and Birmingham. Stock ....235 . ' London and Greenwich London and South Western • 41% • Ditto Eighth 5............ ...' . .. % 3% to .... London and Croydon ( Trunk) .... 13% Manchester and Leeds," ' ~ '7O - 11 li t o _ Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 ......... 38% Paris and Orleans H. .... ........• 1:0 Parisand Rouen 2O .36% Rouen and Havre ' 8 - 1• to South Eastern and Dever 33% 35 - to i • Strubtfrg and Basle , ...... 19 York and North Midland Ditto New Shares MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL I.—We have had a firm market to-day, and prices have still an improved ten. deny:--Lancaster and Preston,.39; . aheflield and Manches ter, 701; Dublin and Cagle], 5 ; - Bury and Rossendale,, 71 to I;. South-Eastern New Creation, :5 premium. , . : - - CLOSING PRICES. . , , Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red....— — 3 per Cent. Cons 3 }4 per. Cent. ...... . New 33 per Cent 102% New 5 per Cent • Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1363 Oct. ..... Jan. 1800 . ; .... FOlttlo BRITISH FUNDS. ' Indian Stock' ' pm : Ditto Bonds .......... * 87 pm. Ditto Old Annuities . Ditto New Annuities.... 97% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. .1 ,/,d -:- pm.. • Ditto 5001 — pm Ditto Small — pm. Bank Stock for Acct — Consols for Acct 0914 andi FUNDS a Stock for Acct 2ls`4i I . Austrian, s'per Cent ...... .i. —. Portuguese, 5 per Cent 79 Belgian, 5 per Cent • ... Ditto, New Ditto —. . Brazilian Bonds ..:.......... .. -- Prussian,s per Cent ..» — Iluenoi 'A yres, 6 per Ceiit... --* Russian, 5 per Cent 117% Chilian 6 per Cent Coanblan, 6 per Cent Ditto,t 1924 ........... „.: .-,.. ,Ditto, 3 per Cent ....... ........ 38% 'Ctiba Bonds, 6 Per Cent ' 93 iDitte, Deferred l6 Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, .18.5, 5 per Ceuta.... I Exchange .....*—.. —f. --c. Mexican, 5 per Cent .....».. 37 1 4 French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837....... -... , Dutch, 2% per Cent y., Peruvian, 1825,6 per Cent... —, ' Ditto, 5 pet Cent ..,. 99% SHARES. i Birmingham and Gioutester (100 paid). ...... ....... 93 . Bristol and Exeter (20 paid)......_ ' 71% 1 Edinburgh and' Glasgow (50 paid) 65 44 , 4 ": II 'Lon lon and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4di) ' • A - London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid) 29 London and Greet:ll-rich (L t. If's. 441. paid) 5 14 Ditto, Preference or Privilege (131. 1.75. 2d. pd) 17 - Manchester and Leeds (71) paid) — - Ditto Half Shares ( 0 paid) Manchester and Birmingham ...... ... ............. Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) ' i 7 Northern and Eastern' (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) • .. ... ... .... . .. Diito Half Sliares(4o paid) 46 Paris and Orkeans (20 paid), ' 1:6 Strasbourg and Bale (14 ATTACK' ON 'A BRIGHTON POLICE-. D Fm('Etz.— The' magistrates of . the BrightOn bench were' engaged several hours. yesterday : in investigating -a charge 'against a man nailed Eli Markwick, of attacking a police man named lluggett. It appeared in' evidenco'that, about half-past twelve o'clock, on Saturday night, the policethan :found the prisoner making a great disturbance at the door of the Fox pulalic-house, in Southover-street, and endeavoured to get him home:quietly. The prisoner went away ; but the landlord, kpowing. that his customer was likely ,to return, 4,l:ed. the policeman "to remain for a . short time. The, policeman accordingly_ remained for a few minutes, when the prisoner returned, and the policeman having gone. a few steps. to meet him, ,he drew a broom=stick from 'behind him,: and belaboured him over the head and bOdy, in a ferociatis inanner; till the landlord went to his re lease.. The prisoner was found shortly afterwards crouched near the spot with the stick under his arm, and was conveyed to the To*li! hall. - On. his way there he expressed a hope that the man woulti:!ilie, and that several of the police ought to be served in the.same manner-as Solomon. The police • man:a hat, which, was protected and strengthened by leather, was broken tlirotigh :by the blows, and Mr. C. I3urrows,.a stirgeon, expressed his belief that, but for the hat, - the blows would'probably have been fatal. He stands remanded for a week. AwFULLt SUDDEN DEATH OF A TIIIMBLE-ItIGGER, —On Thursday, John Jones, on his return from Nantyglo, where he hadteen selling . stockings,' fell in with a party of thimble• riggers, near Ilrynich-hridge, and being induced 'to try- his hick, .apeedily lostlialf-a-crovon. Not deterred by ho took . out;or la pocket 'two sovereigns and twenty ittending.to . adventure again, when the man who held the'Aoard, and whose name is unknown, struck the money qut,of Lk band, and picking it up, made off with his coMpanions. Jones followed, and at length got his. cash re t urned ; lint the man who had rebbed him - soon afterwards fell down and expired ih the road. His companions tried to recoyer, lihn by' giying water, &c., but afterwards lett him, saying that' they knew-nothing of him. On a post - mortent examination, .the bcidY.presented' the _appearances usually caused •by habits of intemperance, and it' is probable that death was occasioned : `by over-exertion in running: Verdict at tixeinquest,, held by,ThomasJ3att, Esq,of,Brecon,. "Died thetyisitationof;.God."—Shrewstury.C4r9nitie. EtoN.CaLLEGE...--The the admission.of pupils to this- ancient seat of learning, •is now strictly : Raiforeeth--" NO hoy:'o:ii ho idniitted *of, Lion School if she liaVeNttarned•his 15th year . ; ndr-ivill, the pre - - sent ldwer master adniii a boy in his departnicht if he -- te not under 13 years of aie:" POLICE •INTELLIGENCE. - MARLBOROUGH-'STREET. (THIS DAY-) ,hlin Brown, a powerful young man, who described himself p a gentleman's servant out of pl ace , but who is well known to the police of the district as the associate of notorious thieves, was placed at the bar on the following charge James Edward Turner, a young man of respectable appear ance, who had received a tremendous blow over the left eye, and whose face was otherwise frightf u lly con t use d , state d , that he resided at No. 17, Henrietta-street, Cavendish square, and was a clerk in a mercantile house. Between two and three o'clock this morning, as he was passing along Oxford-street on his way home, having been out to an even ing party, he was induced to enter the Spread Eagle public house, at the corner of Woodstock-street, Bond-street, and call for some : refreshment. There were several disorderly persons, and amongst them- was the prisoner, : standing at the bar, and they having passed some - very blackguard remarks , relative to witness, he was hastily leaving the house, *hen some person knocked his. hat over his eyes, He was then violently assaulted by two or three of them. Ile defended hiinielf as well as he could, but one of the party, whom, he had a strong conviction was.the prisoner, seized him behind by'the cravat, he *ore and nearly strangled him, and . then struck him in the face. Witness got out of the house at last, but the - prisoner, 'after foliewing-him about 200 yards, rushed upon him and struck him the very severe blow on the eye he, had the mark of. A noliceman coming up at the in stant, the prisoner was given into custody. Witness after wards discovered that he had- been robbed of his silk cravat, and about 16s. in silver which he had received at the bar in change 'for a sovereign. Ills diamond breast pin had also been stolen, and his upper coat was tons to pieces. The -prisoner said he was taking the .complainant's part, and denied striking hiin. MrAIALTBY seemed to be of opinion that the prisoner could not-be connected with the robbery, but - fined him 44)5. for. the assault, or 14 days' imprisonment. . The prisoner has been three times previously fined at this Court fur similar assaults. CLERKENWELL.(THIS DAY.) young lad named Cleave *as charged with breaking a pane.of glass in the Holborn Union Workhouse. Benjainin Barlow,. the porter, - deposed that he admitted the prisoner into the workhouse on the previous night, on his application as a destitute person.. He told the prisoner that he was required by the Act of Parliament., in returnfor his bed and breakfast to work four hours, t o whi c h h e made no other reply than .that he must leave the , workhouse early. This morning he refused to do the work assigned'him, de clining his breakfast which waS offered bimut the same time. He was told ha must work, and half a pound of oh was presented to him, . but instead of doing so ho broke a pane of glass. _ _ Slr. CO:VIBE. (to the boy).—'Thy don't - you do the four hours' work ?. • The prisoner replied that he had obtained work from a tradesman at Bs. a week, and that he did not like to stop. Mr. COMBE told him the Act of .Parliament required the perfoimance of the task. If he would go back to the wgrk hottie he should have his 'breakfast and" then let him pick the yarn. • • The boy promised compliance and the worthy magistrate dis Charged A woman named Connor, one of the worst specimens of her sex, was charged with robbing a gentleman of 15s, She robbed the gentleman in Gray's Inn-lane on the previous night, and he gave her into custody. At the station-house the policeman saw her attempting to swallow Something, and seized her by ,the th roa t ; s h e • s t rug gl e d v iol ent l y; two other (Alters seized her, and a fourth introducing a key be tween her teeth opened her month, and took out three half crowns, which she had'attempted to 'swallow.—The prosecu tor declined to come, forward, and she was discharged. UNION- HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Three able-bodied men were charged with stealing a quartcm loaf, from the shop of a baker, at Walworth. The prisoners walked into the shop, and one of them took a quartern loaf, and, 'breaking it, diVided it between his two companions, and . they commenced eating it as they went along, but being followed, were given into custody. The baker stated that, of - late, he had been robbed of a great quantity of bread, . under similar circumstances, and had, therefore, determined on giving the prisoners into custody. The prisoners, when questioned, said that 'they had come up from the country in quest of work, but not • succeeding, they were driven to the utmost distress, and that hunger, and that alone, prompted them to take the bread. • Mr. 'WILL committed the prisoners for fourteen days. UNGRATEFUL ROBBERY.— William Rose was charged with stealing a quantity of 'lead, the property of Mr. Buckridge, a builder in Lambeth. It appeared that the complainant, who is brother-in-law to the prisoner, has been confined from illness for some days. On the preceding night the prisoner was seen coming out of his premises with a quantity or lead, and being stopped and taken to the complainant's house, itwas then ascertained that the prisoner had procured a skeleton key, with which he entered the premises, and had taken the lead without the knowledge of the owner. The prisoner was remanded, the MAGISTRATE remarking thht it was such a case as should, be sent for trial. LI4OYD!S,SIIIF'PING.,-(THIS DAY. LONDON, APRIL 2.=Wind • thAs • day at noon, Egli breeze from N.N.E. and tne. , IjEAL, Anty, 1, A.M.—Wind E.N.E. light airs and hazy. Seven P.M., nearly calm.—Sld. Nautilus, Mauritius ; Glen lyon, Quebec._ ' . • ; , ()FS Dolan; 4riut., I. Antoinette Catherina, Geneial: List, and ,klmiral Trqmp, all fur Batavia.; Ifilbrandt, Surinani for Amsterdam. SourumirroN, APRIL I.—Arrd. Paella steamer, Gibraltar, with . the Peninsular mails. Sid. Great Liverpool steamer, Alotandria. , Hum APRIL I.—Wind S., light airs.—Sld. G u id e , Montreal , PouTsmouTit, Arum I.—Wind S.S.E. , —Arrd. Wellington, London fOr New York. - Sld. Pestonjee Bomanje.e, Deptford. ' OFF SWANAGE MARCH 31.--lielena, Sierra Leone. Tansmiourir, Arm; I.—Sid.. June and Susan, New foundland. • .PI:li/OftH, APRIL I.—Wind variable.—Arid. her Ma jesty'/ steinielßlack Eagle, Portsmouth. BRISTOL; APRIL 1.---Arrd. Indian, Mackey, Mauritius. Sld. William, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, MAnca 30.—Ski.,, Briton and Two Sisters, Quebec. . MLFORD, MARCH 31.—Pembroke Castle, Quebec. OFF NzwitaviN, MARCH 30.—Mary 'Barbara, Calcutta. OFF Tat: To r iCaLi, MA.actt 30,—Concordia,: Surinam for Amsterdam ; Esther, New York for Stockholm. l‘Lutau.2s.—The 'Edward Auld,.of Irvine, has been got off Moy Bar, with damage, and in here. • Cotut, MARCH 30.-Ar i d. Protector, Graham, Savinilla. BIDEFORD, MARCH 30.—=81d. Augusta, St. John's;'N.B. • Blusroi; MARCH 30: 7 -Sld. T. and M. •Linnett, Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 30.--SK Allison and Whim, Quebec. LEFFH,-MARCH 29.—S1d. John, Cape of Good IloPe. • BANGOR, MARCH 28.—S1d. Hindi)°, for New - • York. BRIDLLNa of 11..mt61 31:L.-A brig in ballast went ashore on Flamboroughliead- this. morning, but has since been got off. April llrig got'ashore . 'lantb,orough Ije c t K, was i‘ t i h A e ß . - c TN: l , 3 o , p ._.. ro T th h e e rs t , vi o ,o f Sionwieelr masts, ds with bowsprit,. spars, sails, arid • rigging (spari painted white, except th e t o pmast and studding sail boom) of a ship, apparently not more than two days in the Water,. was passed 3d instant,lat. 32, long. 75, bythe Protector, arrived here. LIVERPOOL, APRIL • 1: Wind variable, light. Arrd. .Virginian, Allen, New.York,.llth nit. Std. Adonis, Africa ; Denmark and ,Springfield, • New. York ; Alcyone, Arichat ; 'Christopher Columbus,,Bay Chaleur. Off, Atlantic; Cabota, and Peter. Hattrick, New York ; Wasp of Dundee. Nkw YonK, M.Andit 9.--The Jupiter ; of and from Glas gow to Boston, was abandoned, in a 'sinking 'state, Feb. 18, crew:picked up • in the long-boat on the 21St near Sable Land, by the Peruvian, arrived at St. John's, New Bruns wick, and;two men had died. The •Sherbroke, Gowett, from Matanzas-4o Halifax . , leaky, and totally dismasted, was fallen in with 22d ult., lat, 36, long. 72, and crew taken off by the Albertina, arrived here. • • • , • NAss.tu, FEB. 22.—A quantity of tobacco, about 300 or 400 bales, marked C. Z. & C., some bags of coffee, marked C. B. &.C., and a box of minerals, 'addressed to Mr. 'Vander mtov; Antwerp, have been saved frown a skip abandoned o n ib the iigsty Reet; and bilged; from papers found on board she appears to be the Don Quixote, Abiel, and not long aban doned. . STEAM FRIGATES.—When we observe the unceas ing activity which is displayed by the French Governmeat in the construction, of a: steam :navy, the armament of our steam frigates becomes 4 . subjeet of the deepest interest. At present, the batteries of our, steam frigates do not appear to be at all proportionate to their size and •cost. For instance, the Terrible, which is building at Deptford, will measure about 1,800 tons; her length will be 226 feet; and she will cost, first and .last, the' expense of her engines "included, 'about 90,0001.; nocdoes'it seem that she could well be constructed for less money. ' She will be a splendid ship, her engines will (134,0 f 800 -horse •poWer; and yet She will only carry six guns. • We have rated the total expense of , building 'and-fitting her tfaa at 90,000/., because . her engines are contractedfor at -a '.cost of 40,200/. ,• and her other expenses, from the style of her construction; which is first-rate, cannot be estimated at less than 50,0001. The reason of her armament being so dispro ,Porticaiate to lier . size and cost is obvious. The weight of her 'engines is 500 tons, and She is to carry 800 tons of coals; and 'thus abodt 540 tons only - will be left for guns, stores, ammuni tion, water, &c.- - The remedy for this evil' is not easily to be discovered: When steam- frigates are employed as - single 'ships, or in distant toyageg, the , case appears' to be remedi less.; Butiwhert steam frigates* arbdesigned to be-component -parts.of a Mediterranean or Chaimatleet, it - should seem that they ought to be of a different, 'construction, and to have greater capacities for sailing, sosiis - to be able to accompany the squadron without using their engines; and whilst their iteam-engines should be of equal power, . they : should carry only 200 tons of coals, and 30 or 36 guns of very heavy ca libre. In the event, of a,great naval engagement their steam would thus be just as serviceable as.if they 'had 800. tons of 'coal on -board; for -few naval engageinenta last More than one or two days ; and' they would, thus arined,•be very.for ,midable ships in general action, 'where the great 'object is to crippl„acji,ofthe enemy's ships in the shortest possible time. If coal-reservoirs be deemed advisable, a few of our 42-gun frigates. might be used for this purpose, and carr y e ac h of them WO tons of coaIS, and accomp any - t h e fleet. The sub ject is.well worthy of the' serious consideration of the Board of Admiralty. At present Our largest steam frigates do not , carry a larger armament than that which the razeed Dmda his is designed to carry, viz.,• two very heavy pivot 42 7 pounders, and 14 heavy guns, probably 68-p oun de rs of 65 cwt.—Naval and Military G aze tt e . THE-LATE EARL OP LONSDALE.--The funeral pro cesssion of the late Earl of Lansdale arrived at Lancaster at an early hour on Thursday morning. It left Lancaster in *the course of the day, and arrived at the Royal Oak, Bux ton, whereat remained the night. Early on Friday morn ing, the procession left Burton, on its way to Lowther Castle, and passed through Kendal abOut eigV o'clock. The re- Mains Of his Lordship were consigned t o th e i r l as t resting place in the family mausolcuM in the church of Lowthq yesterday: On his death-bed his Lordship stated to thesis. about him; that lie wished his funeral to be conducted pri , • • RotAL ACADEMY BALL. — lier Majesty having been 'graciously pleased to notify • her command that the annual. fancy dress ball foi• the benefit of the Royal Academy of Music shall take place, under her especial patronage, on Friday, the 31st of .fay - , at the Hanover-square Rooms, as usual; it is to be hoped that. the arrangements' for the season will not clash with such a.national object, and that no rival benefits will be announced, the day for. the ball being fixed thus early to prevent any disagreeabfe competition. WILLS AND. ADMINI STRATIONS'.--ill proving wills and taking out lettera-of inlininistration, there is' a shameful practice and a great hardship. If a deccasedPersOn leaves .p . Osonalty in two, threei*.of•'-no initter, hew; inatiy.,diepese,i;.. probate of will or letterrOf - administration .niust ike. taken out iii•each flioc'ese, whereaiit 'otight 'to be in one only, and which ought to be wherever most : "C(invenient to the executors •er administraters....ln alllhedioeeses, as the practice now:Ais,- se,parate feeth araLtii he, paid to,thezegifittarsiStewitids;**4' tors; &c., and in some of them the charges are scandalous. STRIKE OF THE COLLIERS. (From the Stafford Advertiser of Saturday.) Things continue in . much the same state a's described In our last report in the pottery district: At Hanley, Bursleelf and Longport, little or no inconvenience is.felt by the mane' facturers for want of coal; but at Stoke, Fenton, and Long' ton, where the coal masters are firm in resisting the ffemool .of the unionists, the c o u r s e o f b us i ness i s muc h impeffed,.an. both manufacturers and their workmen are s u ffe ri ng in, greater or less degree. The amount paid for wages at. the manufactories in that locality the last week or two falls far short of the usual average, and of course brings correspond' ing privations on the workmen. It is pretty well knower although the turn-outs endeavour to conceal the fact; that the weekly allowance from the union fund has fallen off Yeti much for the present - week. The colliers in South Staffordshire have not turned out t There was a meeting at Wednesbury, on M on d ay we ek, which the speakers complained that the thick system lie r one of their greatest grievances ; and •Mr. Hatton, the chic , ' constable of the county, being present, told them that if the' had any real cause of complaint on that head, he Would S to its investigation before the magistrates. This obscrvit ton was well received, and three cases of truck are aboutt e be heard before the justices. If th e accoun t s o f i m poitiPe by.the truck system, of which we have heard, be correct, ice do not wonder at the poor colliers, who are its victinis, beif/ 5 greatly exasperated by it. The Derbyshire colliers have at length turned outl.r te belieVe generally—in this as well as some ether ceW" ties. In some instan c i es , we un d ers t an d , t h e only disrlte between masters and men is on account of the latter ke" longing to the union ; in others,- differences have from the men requiring to receive ' four shillings a ele_ . , 9 for eight hours' labour, and to enforce regulatiew which the masters say it is impossible they can agree n Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Wednesday inortat last considerable sensation was created in Derby by arrival of a body of colliers, numb er i ng a b ou t - 340, froei rinxton, Riddings, and other ,places in the mining ffistril They entered the market-place, from whence they proceedet, in procession, three or four abreast, through the Corn-mark te Victoria-street, Waldwick, Frigrgate, Bridge-street, Loil4e 6 lane, King-street, Queen-street, then returning to Market-place, where they held a meeting, after which a co, lection was made amongst the people assembled,and the ee' . : tiers dispersed. On Monday afternoon last a nieeting , ri 'held in the Market-place, Chesterfield, by the collierso ironstone-getters, who have joined the union. A large el l i ; course of people assembled to hear the statements of t speakers concerning the condition of the miners. Meetilig have been held at Belper, Alfreton, Ilkeston, Mansfield, P L. other places. Coals have risen considerably in price in,l l l ol places. .Derby Reporter. COAL DELUSION.—About ten months age five eel; hers, with the consent of his Grace the Duke of Cleveland commenced boring for coal in th e Flats, near - Barnard Cat'" and after extorting large sums of money tom the coal-tan; ous inhabitants, and labouring about 15 week s , they atleD6' came to the " black treasure," at a depth of 24 fathol% News was quickly brought. to th e t own ; th e church b . ei, were rung, and all seemed to rejoice a t th e i n t e lligence. day was appointed for boring through the seam ; and tie presence of the Duke's viewer, and many, of the resPecta"3 inhabitants; coal was drawn, and the• seam declared' to 11 feet 6 inches thick. Some time after a 100/. share comPli n fi was formed, consisting chiefly of the tradesmen of Banli c r , Castle; and after some delay, -proper arrangements it . made with the Duke of Cleveland. Some of the shareholde r " however, being " jealous" of the workmen and others, frvT, the positive denial of the existence of a coal-seam by Mr. T. M. Witham, and other geologists, a new set of cat were engaged ; and to prove the former assertion, they b°s again about a yard distant from the former place, and Saturday last arrived at the depth of 24 fathoms ; but to ",',; sad disappointment of some, and to the no small amuserof.' es of others, there was " no coal," thus proving that the part i ,,,,/ had " dodged" the natives, by putting coal down. irb have since boxed several fathoms further, but are as far fr:, coal as ever, and have now entirely given it .ups We kir; the matter will not be allowed to pass without proper incialP —Tyne Mercury. sole SINGULAR PETRIFACTION.—A few days ago • workmen, engaged in excavating free-stone from a quarlf t i near Darleston, discovered an oak tree, nearly 150 feet:, length, in a complete fossil state, embedded in the free-stoP o This matter is worthy the attention of geologists,it lacing; is exceedingly rare occurrence that such specimens are founn free-stone.—Essex Herald. • f ' A REMARKABLE FA MILY . -- The dacxsons, o Prest-hill, Oldham, are a, family locally remarkable for Vo particular circumstances—for their long Tesideneia at place, and for the extraordinary period of time they in been connected with the Oldham Church. On the 18 0 5, March died, in the 81st year of his age, Mr. James Jacil l e forty-three years clerk of St. Peter's, Oldham ; and on i f f , 23d ult., in her . 86th year, Betty, widow of the. late m. 14 Abraham Jackson, Priest-hill, shopkeeper. The ff 1 0 , 14, have resided at Priest-hill for more than two hundred ye".., and the suceessiye generations have held the situation of P i "; ton (and oc,eiwally that of clerk) of Oldham Church more than thelbove period of time.—/Lranchester Times. FATAL AFFRAY.—On Saturday evening a 11 0 named Thomas Hedges expired in St. George's Hospital. s the 23d of February last Hedges, Nyhe resided at .1 0 1 0 Fulham-bridge-yard, Brompton, sustained an injury in right ankle, in an affray with a, per s o n nam e d . Burne. was promptly conveyed to the above institution, where means which skill and care could devise towards his reswr o o tion was adopted, and for a time he appear.ed to be going: - t favourably; strong inflammation, ho w ev e r, in the 11, affected, at length made its appearance, mortification ens ° . and death followed. The Windsor Easter Ball, will take place . WI! week, under the stewardship of Lord .Templemore; the li s fd Henry Ashley, M.P., Ralph Nevile, M.P., Colo t i Half, Malcolm, and Bisse Challoner, Captaiii'llulkeley, Albert Ricardo, Esq. The steeple-chases, five in number , o come off on Easter Tuesday and the following day, over miles of country in the immediate vicinity of Windsoll. fra r DEATH FROM SEA SICKNESS.—By a private letn,, from Liverpool, we are informed of the death of Mr.' Skin °:(1 manager of Black's printworks, hfilngavie. The deco 1s sailed with one of the steamers from Glasgow to Liverr%g Saturday la s t, a n d su ff ered so pinc h f rom sett sickness clu7te• the gale on Sunday. morning that he died on the pass'y t h Mr.. Skinner was Nielhviayears, and highly esteemed I?°_, d by the masters amt. workmen with whom he had over Dv - . connected.— GlaegoipArjaiele: EirowrATloN ' fr oases.- - The horses me ntioic c i in.our last as having been selected by Mr. Bimbergert,i Berlin, and waiting at Colley's Paragon Inn stables, "Or g , shipped on Saturday, per the Transit, Captain Dickens ,4 for Hamburgh. The lot comprised 38 valuable mares .' 1 6 , 1 ",j geldings, and was accompanied by an elegant .eotanic all , a l carriage, purchased by Mr. Bamberger at the manufaci",l'e, of Mr. Markham, in Waltham-street. On: TuesdayZ e; horses also noticed in our last as standing at the le, Horse Inn stables, and others arriving by steamer from lr3 ddn, torcomplete Mr. Nevin's lot for Vienna, were shiPl o by Mr. Boswell, on board the Hambugh packet, CIO' . Brown, for Hambnrgh.—Hull Packet. BIRTHS. .On the 26th ult., at Bordeaux, the wife of Nathanielee - . stone, Esq , of a daughter. On the 29th ult., a t Hill-pl ace , i n H am p s hi re , th e lad/ e Charles Millett, Esq., of a daughter. t' On the 29th ult., at Cheltenham, the lady of Lieutenf l Colonel Ley, East India Company's Service, of a daughter'-o On the 30th ult., at the Hollies, West Broinwich f the / 1 'of Thomas Bagnall, Esq., of a son. , 4 " On the 30th ult., at Liverpool, the lady of Captain head, Hon. Company's Service, of a son. • On the 30th ult., Mrs. Samuel Rose, Westhourne-r 1 ). Eaton-square, of a son. OY On the 30th ult., the lady of J. R. Soden, Esq., ' ofC ham-common, of a sort. _,/ MARRIED. - • 2,4 On the 30th ult., at Sevenoaks Church, Alija Creed, iii of the Right Hon. J. C. Berries, to Frederick, eldest i5 0 .,0, Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P., her Majestys...Attorney-Ge DIED: , • On the 28th ult., at Someiset-place, Tunbridge-0 19 ;1 Frederick Adams, Esq., latenpf the East India Compap.' Service; aged 70. ' • • • ttle . On the 29th ult., at Silwood-place; Brighton, Martha wife of Francis Child, Esq., of South Lambeth. On the 29th ult., at - Lantheth - ; - Sturrey, Edward . ./Lll , only son of EdwardNairne, Esq. f ti)s On the 29th ult., at Sadbergh, Durham, Ann,'reliet 0 . late John Feetham, Esq., aged 101. On the 29th ult., at Liverpool, Nathan Cairns, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Piccadilly, James Goddard Voratr, Captain, half-pay, of the 14th Infantry. • • • • , On the 30th ult., Mr. Boyle, sen:, : Of Carey street, u . coin's Inn, aged 79. • • On the 30th ult., at N ew i ng t on -pl ace ,.K en nin g t o u r r'f Heisch, Esq., aged 75. • d' On the 10th ult., at Judd-pl ace e ast , th e R ev : J o hn QuarillY ton, 8.D., Vicar of Shopland, Essex, aged 74. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUAIcr: - Flag Officers—Admiral of th e Fl ee t Si r E. -Charles• Nagel: G.C.H. Tice.:Admirals Sir Edward Brace, .); L. Fitzgerald, Knt., K.C.H. ; Edward S. Dickson Captain—Jeremiah Coghlan, Amos . F..Westropp, Dalby, Gregory Grant, John Child, Andiew Midge, 11 7 4' 1 7 • Gre. ' Commanders—Edward Williams (b), John B. Sinithi4, F. Morgan, Robert Forder,Malter Toby, :John M. v'i'a t il ° John . Guyon,,Thomas S. Osmer, William •Miller; . 1 111). Inner, Charles Champion, Peter P. James, Nieh9l o, ' Whyte, Adam llowcratt, William Webster (a).. . Lieutenants—John Russell (a), - Richard W. Grayes,p,e'" Ttr • Hawkins, Joseph TaYlor, Francis Purchas, John rip Francis Brodie, Augustus R. L. Passiugharn, John' Richard Amphlett, James Hogg, Thom Edwards, Denison, Ralph Milbanke, Edward Nicolls. • der' Mates—John Fisher, Georg e A. S ea l e, Willia m 11. War M , o his asters—William Young, James P e t r i, J o h n Wobdthorp, Thomas Huncorn, Miles Hammett: • T Medical Officers—Su r ge ons Willi am C umm i ng , root, John Marple, Thomas Jackson, Archibald Johns' 0 ,0 James E. Goodridge, Ri c h ar d L. J ac k ; Assistant-Surg e • Marcus J. Hill, M.D. Paymasters and Pursers--Thomas Fitzgerald, Jol in ojt . Hulbert, Alexander St ewar d, J o hn RO s i; J o h n 'Brolyn, " - Clyde. • . • lioyAL liLinprEs.—First Lieutenants-Armigef bard, George . S. P. Baker. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY General R. Bell, East ludia Company's Service, I,ol6n°Tici, . . Lieutenant-General Dick, East India Co 's" S9 i v' turglY , Bath. • - •, - , , ! I t? Majon:Generals—W. H. Beckwith, Chester ; Sir Coctk:. Carey, C. 13., K.C.H., London. • :- . . 1: 9 0 . 0 Colonels—J. F.. Browne, C. 8., late of 98th Foot, - , n‘ ger harne, Carmarthen; Sir John 'Gibbons, Royal WetiVM"* - , sex Militia; Uxbridge. 'fill • Lieutenant-Colonels—W. Earl of Lonsdale, K G., 11 8,1 0 4t, Nth Foot, Twickenham; W. G. White; C. 8., late 0 1 " Foot, &,vcnage.• ' ' liot 4 MajorsC. DOwnes: late of .Ist -Royal Veteran Ba -ftl tylit Edinburgh ;3. Birch, Un a tt ac hed ; .Bristol ;J. Hunte r, , , attached. Captains—Lord William F. A. M. it'll, 2cl Drif 11 Ipswich; Magmtli, 3d Foot (died of wounds rec'eiN'ea -1; 0 ); action of the - 29th of December, 1843, near .1: 11 ,,, 111 1,.i s olI Craigie, 97th Foot, Corfu ; Thorne,. half-pay let AO" l' 4 - Battalion:, Cork; Carrie, Unattached; Cheltenhao ; .2 ist. • Powell, half-pay 45th Foot; H. Willillan, half - PaY• •• Dragoons. . . . ' rle" ' Lieatenants—Moore,29th Foof,Monghyr, Bengal ; p rni ;rie 's I 31st Foot, Umballar, East Indies ; S. P. Baker, Royal. 3. l flr' i l el Hubbard, half-pay Royal Marine ; Davison half-pa.1if..4.• ' Foot ; Pratt, half pat 27th Foot, Cliie; .ireedr,•h t l o tioll . 30th Foot;• C. Von Blottnitz, half-pay 7th . Line Bat ty . . • German Legion, Knockberg. - • , 10 t . , • ~,14, Ensigns—A. Smith, 4th Foth, , Reading; Sili l kg s ;lLt. - Foot (Adjutant), St. Vincent ; 'Diane; 96th'Foot ; ;Gib bs ' •.. ~ ~ . ~ • .Bth. Veteran Battalion; ThOsran, Canada. . • ... - .:, .., (3 10t 1;. ••• -Quarter-Vpster Rryen, liiilf-pay.l9tltDragoona,"•!-.18" boir. ... NgineXt.:Dist.,intitENT.,---Surgetid W.- J. Matthew, i t 74 0 . f , pay, Oestridr; sosan ;- Assistant-Surgeon.: , P:r! A 11t124 - ' Foot Kalungsoo -. .' •r . • , London: Printed end Published by 31URDO 1L . ..:No. .-:No. 1125 Strand, Printer, ave. 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