The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-21 00:00:00

small Bvo., with Plates, 215., bound, Now ready, in 2 vols ., W I--L-D - • SP OR T S IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA. • By Lieutenant-Colonel NAPIER. Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," &c. " Colonel Napier's new work will not only be received with a hearty welcome by every sportsman, but be found not less attrac tive to the general reader. The scenes of the Gallant Author's ex ploits, as may be imagined from the title of his book, are sufficiently diversified. He takes us from 'Madras to the Mauritius, the Cape, St. Helena, Gibraltar, Tarifa, Tangiers, Malta, Gozo, Syria, Grand ,Cairo, Alexandria, the Desart, &c. ; and the list of sports described is equally comprehensive: in shooting, from the wild pigeon and quail to the hawk and eagle; in hunting, from the fax to the wild boar and bull ; besides numerous piScatorial adventures. Independently, how ever, of the sporting details, the many amusing persOnal anecdotes and sketches of the Colonel's brother officers and associates give ex traordinary vivacity to his pages. The work is illustrated with some capital engravings."—Bell's Life. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborougls-street. Now ready, at all the Booksellers. M ISS STRICKLAND'S LIVE S OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. NEW AND REVISED EDITION. " These volumes have the fascination of a romance united to the integrity of history."—Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborouglpstreet. COMPANION TO THE NARRATIVES OF LADY SALE AND LIEUTENANT EYRE. Now ready, in 1 vol. small Svo., with Plates, 12s. bound, NARRATIVE OF THE LA S T C A M•P AI G N IN AFFGHANISTAN. UNDER GENERAL POLLOCK. By Lieut. GREENWOOD, of H.M. 31st Regiment. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE HON. C. A. MURRAY'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., THE PRAIRIE BIRD. By the HON. CHARLES AUGUSTUS MURRAY. Author of " Travels in North America." " We have not recently experienced more pleasure than we have derived from the perusal of Mr. Murray's Prairie Bird,' a novel faithfully descriptive of the Indian inhabitants of the vast tracts of prairie and forest land that now comprise the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and the scattered European settlers among them, at the close of the last century. The work will richly repay perusal."— Times. . Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENANG, MARCH 21, Will be repeated a New GMnd Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borram; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies. Silas Betts. After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF OREN F. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Benelict, Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury,- Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan ; Diana. Moine. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes is., Second Price 38. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price N.; Middle Gallery 25.. second Price ls.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. - - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE THIS EVENING, MARCH 21, Will be revived Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Pet rucio. Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstoße; Ratharina, Mrs. Nisbett After the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic Scene, " Norma." Alter which will be repeated JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Guillot, Mr. Buckstone ; Josephine, Mrs. Fitzwilliam Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ' • Pit, as. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, ls. Half-price—Boxes, _as. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. • Upper Gallery, CA. Doors opened at Half.past Six, and the Perfo rmances commence at Seven. rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STHEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. FOR THE Bk:NFFIT OF MR. ALLEN. THls EVENING, MARCH 21, Will be performed an Engish version of OTHELLO. Other°, Mr. Allen; Elmiro, Mr Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner; lago, Mr. Burdini; Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Ga , cia; Emilia, bli s s E donner. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keely willpertorm. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; . or, the May day Bride. Patr'ck, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss charletos; Leo!a, Miss Bailin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint hie Friends, his Pupils, and. the Public that his FIRST BENEFIT' will• take place THI3 EVENING, the 21st of March, on which occasion ROSSINI'S OPERA, 0 ('HELLO, will be performed for the FIRST TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE. Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Massingham. at the Theatre. "ylickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops, and at Mr. Allen's residence, 19, Baker.street, Lloyd-square, Pen tonvil:e. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 21. Will be performed a Me'co.drama, called HEN RIETTE, THE FORSAKEN. Principal Chara tors by Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith, Mayn,rd, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Chaplin. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. An:ony, Mt. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with, by permission of Charles Mekong, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and :Miss Lee. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors e,)en at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE ' THIS EVENING, MARCH 21. Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, a Favourite Interlude. To conclude with ABELARD AND HELOISE, revived with New Scenery and Dreses. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. . olice, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 21. THERMOMETER, -Lowest, 27 ; Hhest, 49 ; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.1.-WIND, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 17 minutes after 3 I Evening •. 33 minutes aver 4V, *. 1 tk , yy t • • T0.U1•17,4 )7,40.1 . :\rifo• 6 t Z4 z , • . 44;p 16001/1101, our . • SECOND EDITION. 4 111 tiltlMl4 - int LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1844. The Lords, observing the good old custom of trans-, acting no business on Wednesday, did not meet yester day; and the Commons, from the little discussion which took place, seemed inclined to follow the example. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Hastings, in the room of Mr. PLANTA, who had accepted the Chil tern Hundreds. In answer to a question from Mr. TURNER, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was not the intention of the Govern ment to introduce a measure to prohibit burials in churchyards. The County Coroners' Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. The House went into Committee on the Masters' and 'Servants' Bill, and after three clauses had been agreed to, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, as he had not had time to eensider the Bill carefully, he thought it would be better to report progress, with leave to sit again. This motion was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Half-past Seven. Another of the greatly weekly meetings of the Anti- Corn-law League was held last night in Covent-garden Theatre. Immense numbers of free traders attended as usual, and, among them, were two tenant-farmers, Messrs. LATTIMORE and HUNT, who, though deriving every farthing they possess from agriculture, yet in veighed against the principle of Protection in the most decided and emphatic terms. The former speaker men tioned a striking prediction made to him when he was a mere boy, by an old experienced farmer, to the effect that,-if-the eern-laws were continued for twenty years longer, the then existing race of farmers would, to gether with their capital, be entirely annihilated. This prediction, added Mr. LArnmonE,had been verified to the letter, for, of the agriculturists in the parish to which it had been applied, some were in the union Workhouse, others on the roads, and the majority in a state of miserable dependence, their property destroyed, their hopes blighted, their families ruined ! This anec dote made a forcible impression on the minds of all who heard it, and no wond,r, for what could more strikingly thmonstrate the egregious fallacy of the statements con stantly made by the Monopolists, that the corn-laws are the greatest possible boon to the farmer, and that without them he could no longer keep his head above water ? His Grace of RICHMOND will, of course, discountenance an anecdote of this clinching character as" vulgar to the last degree," and beneath the consideration of gentle men ; but we doubt much whether, beyond the walls of Parliament, he will - find a majority to agree with him. But decidedly the most remarkable speech of the evening was that made by the Earl of RADNOR, who discussed the question of free trade in all its bearings, with a calmness, a perspicuity, and an acuteness that, were at once felt and appreciated by all who had the good fortune to hear him. He, too, stated that he was " wholly and sol e ly connected with the agricultural in terest," and, like Mr. LATTIMORE, urged this as the strongest reason why he should be an enemy to Pro tection. " The populati on o f the country, " observed his Lordship, " increases every day at the rate of a thousand persons. Now, as the manufacturing interest has hitherto absorbed our increasing p - puiation, it is most desirable, you will all admit, that an check should be given to those manufactures which may be called on here after to absorb a much larger proportion of the agricultural population."• One would imagine that the Monopolists could scarcely fail to perceive the force of this reason ing ; but they are a pig-headed race, " styed "—to use BURKE'S apt expression —in their own inveterate pre judices, and rendered blind to all rational considerations by their own causeless apprehensions and jealousies. They seem to think that agriculture can only flourish by a constant check being put on the movements of com merce, though all experience tends to show that each acts and re-acts on the other, and that the farmer is never so well off as when the manufacturer is in a thriving condition. "To . cripple trade is to cripple agriculture ; to do injustice to the one, is to make the other the direct victim of that injustice. This is a truth that is daily making itse'f more and more felt by the farmers ; and hence the alarm of the great land-owners, who fancy that their own selfish interests are injured by their dependents be - - coming too vigilantly awake to the true state of things. In the course of this temperate and argument stive specch the Earl of RADNOR expressed his sentimonts on the subject of free trade in these impressive terms.---" I be lieve that on the carrying out of these principles the happiness and welfare of the country depend. I believe, as has been said by others, that they are the principles of common sense. I also believe than they are the principles of benevolence, of charity, of sound policy; and that they are the principles on which the whole country will eventually be governed." No one who thinks soundly can doubt the: truth of these remarks:; and sure we are that Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. GLADSTONE have long since at heart acknowledged their force, though it may not suit their notions of expediency to express publicly the convictions of their understanding. After all, what more does free trade mean than the granting of a permission to industry and enterprise to move about the world unshackled ; to make the most of such opportunities as may be thrown in their way of increasing the wealth, and, concurrently with this, the comforts, of the labouring population; and of binding together, more closely than has yet been done, in one comprehensive social compact, all the best interests of humanity ? On Tuesday evening last, as we learn from a report in the Glasgow Argus, one of the most numerous and in teresting public meetings of the members and friends of the Glasgow Emancipation Society that have taken place in that city for many years, was held in St. John-street Church, " for the purpose of remonstrating against so flagrant a violation of the rights of humanity as is in volved in the conduct of the authorities of South Caro- lina, in sentencing JOHN BROWN to be hanged for the crime of aiding the escape of a female slave." The case of this ill-starred young man is—as regards the conduct of those who convicted him—the most disgraceful we ever remember to have heard of, even in the just, tole rant, and enlightened country of Lynch-law. He was tried, it may be recollected, at New Orleans some three or four months since, for having assisted a poor defence less female slave to escape from the intolerable tyranny of her master; and for this act, so highly creditable to his humanity, he was sentenced by one Judge O'NEILL to be hanged! In passing on him this awful sentence, the judge—compared with whom our own SCROGGS and JEFFRIES are prodigies of discretion and clemency — took the opportunity of reminding him that he had sinned grievously, not only against the laws of GoD, but, what this judicial functionary seemed to think of far more consequence, against the laws of man; and conjured him, in a strain of the most impious and sicken ing cant, to make the best use of the short time allotted him on earth, by reading the Bible with attention, and humbly and reverently imploring pardon of his RE DEEMER. Conceive the daring effrontery of a man who publicly in a court of justice could recommend his victim to peruse a work, scarce a line in which but tended to convince him of his own inno cence, and the atrocious inhumanity of his judge ! What says our SAvloua, in one of the most impressive chapters in Holy Writ ? "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy !" And this is the volume which the man O'NEILL conjures his destined victim to study with attention, in order that he may store his mind with the wholesome precepts it contains ! Where—we think we hear our readers asking—where did this public bur lesque on all reason, all justice, all humanity, take place ? Was it among the half-savage squatters of the back woods of America, in some town just redeemed from tha forest, where Lynch-law is the only law known and re spected ? Was it in an uncivilised locality like this that the trial and condemnation of JOHN BROWN oc curred ? Far otherwise. It was in one of the most populous, flourishing, and intelligent cities in the United States—viz., New Orleans, whose wealthy inhabitants pique themselves on their superior refinement—their morality—their civilisation—and GOD knows how many valuable qualities besides !It was here—in broad day light—in an open court of justice—and in the year 1843—that a man was publicly sentenced to be hanged for the commission of an act which, - iu Europe, would have won for him the esteem and admiration of his fel low-citizens ? How the jury who tried and the judge who condemned JOHN BROWN, can reconcile his murder —for murder it is i if not in a legal at least in a moral sense—to their consciences, we cannot for the life of us understand ; and still less can we understand how an enlightened community like that of New Orleans could have sanctioned such a deliberate atrocity by their ap proval. Shame on all parties concerned in this black deed—a deed which should brand their names with in famy, and fill their breasts with remorse to the last hour of their lives ! America has much—very much to an swer for, outraging, as she is continually doing, the first principles of justice and humanity. Repudiator—or, to speak in plain English—swindler as she is, slave-owner too, and consequently murderer on a wholesale scale, she has done more injury to the democratic principle throughout Europe than she will be able to repair by centuries of enlightened legislation, It is to her that despots point exultingly in justification of the doctrines of Absolutism ; and from her mischievous example they derive their strongest arguments against the expe diency of making any further political concessions to their subjects. The Madrid journals of the 13th, those, of course, under the authority of the Government, for no others are published, applaud the zeal and vigour shown by the Government at Alicant and Lugo. They also contain official dispatches from General Pow SAMPER, dated Lugo, the- Bth instant, detailing the execution, on that lay, of CASTROVILAR, a priest, F. FERNANDEZ, and two brothers, named CEIDE. " They were tried," says the General, in his report to the Minister of War, " and executed to-day. I had not flattered myself that CASTROVILAR would make any im portant disclosures, and my opinion has been justified by the event. His accomplices and he suffered death with resignation and repentance, thus offering a useful example to the immense crowd that witnessed this mili tary execution." liolicsu had left Alicant for Cartha gena on the 9th, and we may, therefore, reckon upon a similar atrocious dispatch from him in a few days. The Three per Cents. were done at 321 for cash, and 33 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 231 at 60 days. The discussion in the French Chamber of Deputies on the vote of 1,000,000 f. for secret service money, was brought to a close on Tuesday, when an amendment to reduce the amount by 80,000 f. was re.lected by a large majority. On Monday the most remarkable speech was made by that singular personage, M. LEDRU RoLLIN, who attacked the foreign policy of the Go vernment, and attributed irresponsible acts to the KING without consulting his Ministers. lie alluded to the frequent changes of Ministry in France, and asserted that it was owing to the Cabinet never having sufficient liberty of action that the foreign policy of France was so unsuccessful. He instanced the Syrian question and the right:of search, in which the Ambassador had received in structions evidently not proceeding from the Ministry. He was interrupted by calls of " Order," when Marshal SEBASTIANI said the Hon. Deputy was committing a grave fault in introducing in the Chamber, under a transparent veil, a name which ought never to be men tioned in their discussions. " If there was blame," pro ceeded the Gallant Marshal, " I was the only person to blame, for I never received any order or communication except from the Ministry." The speaker, nevertheless, recurred to the subject, when the President interfered, and said the Hon. Deputy ought to be aware that no allusion such as he was evidently making could be tole rated. Ministers or Ambassadors could alone be men tioned in the discussions of the Chamber. M. LEDRU ROL LIN again proceeded in the same strain, and asked, since M. GUIZOT pretended that it was only advice he had received, whether that declaration could extend to intercepting dispatches.—(Cries of " Oh, oh, non sense.") He would ask if it could be alleged that the Crown only gave counsels, when M. TRIERS declared that he ought to have known everything, and was not in formed of all ?—(Fresh noise and disapprobation.) M. GUIZOT said there was not a single Minister of those to whom the Hon. Deputy bad just alluded, who had ever refusd to take on himself the responsibility of the acts now spoken of. In every case alluded to by the Hon. Deputy there was a Minister to cover the acts by his responsibility. He would speak in the name of all those Ministers, and declare that not any one of those acts had been disavowed. M. de LAMARTINE also at tacked the foreign policy of the Minister, and said, "whilst every day the official language declared an inti mate accord between' England and France, a secret enmity was at the bottom of men's hearts. It was this sentiment which caused that if two ships of the two nations met 4,000 leagues off, a collision was to be feared; it was this feeling which prevented the present Government, possessing the numerical majority, from giving the slightest movement to the helm of the State, without fearing to strike against some hidden rock. The consequence was Government could not perform the commonest act of government without exciting the threatening susceptibilities of the country. That sus ceptibility reacted on the Government, and produced such conduct as increased the general distrust. Were a French officer, for instance, when actuated by a feeling of patriotism, to fire a popular cannon-shot 4,000 leagues off, at once the Ministry disavowed him, and sent another in his place." M. GUIZOT, without leaving his place, in a few words, defended the Government. For three years they had preserved peace, and without any sacrifice of the honour of France. On Tuesday M. ISAMBERT adverted to the late rebellious proceedings of the Bishops, condemned the apathy manifested by the Ca binet in the quarrel with the University; and said that, by their timid conduct, Ministers emboldened them in their pretensions, and actually rendered themselves their accomplices by not resorting to the means provided by the laws to repress their liberticide attempts. The Minister of Justice (M. MARTIN) could not justify the conduct of the Church—on the contrary, it deserved great blame, but the dangers to religion, to which the Honourable Deputy alluded, vare unfounded, for they had a constitutional Government, the tribune, the press, and the institutions; ready to repress any unjust preten sions that might be raised by the clergy. The French funds continued to rise on Tuesday, the Three per Cents. having closed at 83f. 35c. The following telegraphic dispatch appears in the Moniteur:— " PERPIGNAN, MARCH 17. " Queen CanisTrxi landed at the Grao of Valencia on the 12th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the road to that city being covered by at least 200,000 persons. Her MAJESTY did not arrive there till 7 o'clock. Her recep • tion was admirable.. Her MAJESTY was to quit Valencia on the 18th." The same journal officially announces that the Duchess of NEMOU RS had entered the sixth month of her pregnancy. THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, MARcu 19. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1844. First Highest Lowest Last Price. P;ice. Price. Price• French FiveperCents.exer 121 85 .. 122 15 .. 121 85 .. 122 18 FourperCents.exdiv 105 50 .• 105 50 .. 105 50 .. 105 50 Three per Cents..... 83 35 . • 83 40 .. 82 30 • • 83 40 ilank — of France...• ........ 3210 ..3210 3207 50 .. 3207 50 Laffltie Bank, 5,000 f. oharesso9s ..5095 —5093 ..5095 Belgian Bank, 1841 .• • • —llBO ..1180 ..1180 .•1180 Belgian Fives.••••.• 1840 •• • • Dutch Two-and-a-Half •. 581 .. 58/ .. 58/ .. 58/ Spanish Active •••• • • • ..... 331 .. 34 .. 3.31 • • 331 Passive .. 61 .. 61 .. 61 Three5............33f .. 351 .. 35f .. 351 Neapolitan..•... Roman • . RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, 388 75 .. 388 75 .. 388 75 .. 388 75 L.B.•••••••••••• 177 50 .• 177 50 175 .. 176 25 Rouen .. • • • Rouen to Havre ••••.......• 686 25 .. 686 25 .• 685 •• 685 Orleans .•..••••.• 892 50 .. 893 50 892 50 .- 893 50 Strasburg to Bale 246 25 .. 246 25 246 25 .. 246 25 Avignon to 3larseilles •. • • RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Ver5ai11e5,R.8............. 388 75 .. 388 75 .. 387 50 .. 387 50 L. 8...•.•..•.... 177 50 .. 177 50 .. 175 .. 175 Rouen 902 50 . 905 .. 902 50 .. 905 Rouen to Havre 686 25 .. 686 25 .. 686 25 .. 686 25 Strasburg to 8a1e..•• •••••• 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 Orleans Avignon to Marseilles .. 768 75 .. 768 75 .. 767 60 767 50 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The return for the week ending Saturday, March 16, is very favour able, showing a great decrease as compared with the returns for many weeks, and a decrease of 43 on the return for the previous week. The total number a deaths was 989, while in the week ending March 9, it was 1,030. In almost every disease there is a decrease, but chiefly in deaths from diseases of the lungs. The total number last week was 307 , previous week 375, average 330. The following is the analysis:— Bronchites 28, previous week 37, average 19 ; pneu monia 82, previous week 113, average 91 ; asthma 35, average 45 ; consumption 133, previous wtek 150, average 146. In epidemic diseases there is an excess of 7 above the average from scarlatina, the number being 43, previous week 40,.and average 25. In all the other cases there is a diminution. Small-pox carried off 21 persons, and of these 20 had not been vaccinated. The number of deaths from violence, intemperance, and pri vation, was 29, average, 25 ; and of these, 10 were caused by burnings and scalds, and 5 from suicides, two males and three females. The thermometer was lowest on Wednesday, the 13th-32.6 degrees ; and highest on Monday, the 11th-52.5 degrees. MONEY AND. COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was no change in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 3,500 bales—viz., 300 Surat, at 3d. to 4 d. ; 200 Pernam, at 60. to 64d. ; 40 Maraham, at Rd. ; and the rest American at 54d. to 6d. per lb. Speculators took 500 bales of American,—There was but little animation in Shares. Birmingham and Gloucester were 86k; Chester and Holyhead, 7 ; Edinburgh and Leith 94 ; Great Western, 1121 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 225 ; Birmingham Quarter, 29 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 48 ; Ditto and Leeds, 115 k Paris and Lyons, 2/. 14s. ; South-Eastern, 354 ; Ditto New, 36; Dublin and Cashel, 18. More than Ordinary interest was exhibited to ascertain the result of the proceedings cf the General Court of Proprietors held at the Bank of England, a report of which appears in another column of this day's Sun. An expectation was very generally entertained, that questions would be asked with respect to the terms upon which the Charter is to be re newed, and as respects the progress of the conversion plan. The active measures which are in progress by the private and the joint-stock banks to obtain, if pos sible, concessions in their favour, rendered the meeting of to-day more interesting than any that have occurred since the discussions took place in the Court-room of the Corpora tion shortly previous to the last renewal of the privileges of the Proprietary. It will have been observed that, for some weeks back, the quotations of Bank Stock have been gradually on the rise, purchases having been made yes terday 15 per cent. above the quotations given at the com mencement of this year. This is deemed to be pretty con clusive that no very large inroad will be made upon the ad vantages now possessed by the Corporation in favour of other establishments asking concessions. It has surprised many in the City that so much as 10,603/. 12s. 6d. should have been required to make up the dividend from the Rest. Thus, it appears, the account stands : To pay the dividend for the half-year £509,355 0 0 Property-tax £494,498 16 3 And adding the ten thousand six hundred and odd, the dividend will thus be met. It was expected that a-discus sion would arise as to the Charter : no such thing took place: the Directors are, however, on their mettle: a sole Bank of Issue is their motto. We have no arrivals of importance to-day. Consols have reached within one per cent of par this morning. The purchases have been increased on the part of the Government brokers, and no question the sums laid out, on each transfer day, will be soon increased. The New Three-and-a-Halt per Cents. have touched 1024 ; Bank Stock, 200 (now 199) ; Exchequer Bills, 70s. premium; and India Stock for the Account, 294. In the Foreign Market the transactions were rather nu merous to-day, but the quotations have not varied much. The Spanish Five per Cents. are at 251 for the Account; the Three per Cents. at 351 ; the Portuguese Converted at 454 ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1018 ; Mexican at 36 ; Chilian at 1041 ; and Brazilian at 794. In the Share market there has not been a feature of in terest to-day. The variations in value have been slight. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 98% 99 96%% New 3% per Cent. Annuities 102%% India Bonds,l,ooo —. Ditto under 1,000 .4 E 6 South Sea Stock .. Ditto New Annuities 97 Bank Stock for Account .-.... —_ , - Consols for Aecount .... ....... .. ....... ........ ....... . 98% 99 98 6 India Stock Exchequer Bills, Ilicl. I %d. 1,0004 6001. Ditto Small 71 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 104%; Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and ism 79% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 10 4 14 Columbian Bonds. Mexican Bonds, .937, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account, ....... .. ....... ............... 36 Ditto Deferred Stock Miiii Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 45% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840... ........ Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred l 4' Ditto Three - T Cent. 35, fri Ditto's..._- per ~_ . Ditto for the Account. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 404 1 Dutch 5 per Cents. lOl% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAIL PER SCARE Birmingham and Gloucester lOO 8 04 ... . to Ditto New Chester and Holyhead 5 ..... .... 7 Eastern Counties - Ditto New Registered...... SI. 6s. Bd. ..".. 1: -, %%% to Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l's. 4d.... 1 .....• to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 64% ...... to 64 Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham 2% 2 Great Western Ditto h Shares,.. ..... ... Harrowgate and KI arosboro' ... 3 ...... 3%% ••• to Lancaster and Carlisle b ..„..... S ...... to —. London and Blackw 11 16% London and South Western 41% ...... i 2% Ditto Eighths .•" ..... A. •••.•• to London and Croydon (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds 7O 11656 to Ditto li Share. SO ........ 50 4 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 North British .... ......... ... 2)4 Norwich and Brandon Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 ......... 38 Northern and Eastern 45 57% to 58 Ditto % Share • 1234 Paris and Orleans ..................... CO ......... 35% to Paris and Rouen.... 2 , •«••••.• ea • •• • • 20 .... ..... 36 % South Eastern and 'Dever .... ..... 50 ......... 36 Ditto Scrip 25 ......... 36 1 4 . .... to York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% ......_20%%% to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, MARCII 19. 3 per Cent. Consols ......... .......... ..... .......... .... 98% Three and a Half Stock ...... Ditto Reduced lOl Ditto New, 1t.30 .....«... — lOl 3% per Cent. Debentures 93 Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent 84% LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SOURS. Dublin and K. Road ... ........ .......... 100 Drogheda 55 6l Hibernian B.snk 25 29% City of Dublin Steam Company lOO 99 British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 20.—There has been a good business to-day at the quotations, and the market closes very firm :—Eastern Counties, Registered, 139-16 and ; Do. Perpetual, 11.11 s. 4d. ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 471-1 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64; North Union, 107 ; ;Sheffield and Manchester, 61 68 ; Do. Quarter, 8 1-16 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 31. THE EARL or HARROWBY.—This venerable noble man is labouring under severe indisposition, and we regret to hear that from the aduanced ago of his Lordship (upwards of 80) but little hopes are entertained of his again recover ing his usual good state of health. MAJOR-GENERAL W. H. BECRWITIL—We have to announce the demise of the above gallant officer, who died at his residence at Chester on Sunday last. The late General entered the arms in October,-1778, and distinguished himself at the siege of li ort Matilda, and also at the capture of Gua deloupe in 1794. In 1799 he served throughout the cam paign in Holland. A " MONSTER" PETITION.—The State Prosecution petition contains upwards of eight hundred • and twelve thousand s ignatures—measures io English m more thannineth il o e u s Isr 'Thisdtwo hundred feet in length — nearly two Emnognlsatnerd.p_etvitiuobniinwEasventoinb9eFfroerwemaarnidied last Friday night t o We learn d upon ararrested es t f e ro m B a chargethatilboaof be the pr i est involved ri in aca estnhmedßil r b ls a i o who t to co imprisonment conspiracy, has been with tried hard labobya court-martial gh ty and am condemned s 1 FAMARY 0 'At; 1) rti• , n t o t t 4 - 4, -1 " v WhO 111:11.7. n!(;,y FOREIGN. F N titia d ~~ri In the French Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday a division took place on the Secret Service MOney Bill, which was car ried by a large majority, supposed to be about 50. Some disturbances took place at Marseilles on Friday, in consequence of the display by the Legitimatists in favour of M. Berryer. • A great number of young men having ascer tained that M. Berryer with some of his party was at a house on the Prado, proceeded thither with the tri• coloured flag. ' As they went along their numbers were increased, until the whole extent of the Prado, from the Place Castellane to the Rond Point, was filled. The disposition of the crowd was by no means of an equivocal character. Not only did they sing the Marseillaise ; they also set up loud cries of "A bas les Carlistes !" " A bas les parjures 1" The authorities were compelled to interfere, and sent General Perchappe with a squadron of chasseurs to protect the Carlist Deputy. The Abbe de Pradt died at Vedrine, his country seat, a few days ago, aged eighty-seven. The interview he had with Napoleon, at a small country inn, on his retreat from Moscow, and the remarkable conversation that took place, must be fresh in the memory of many readers. It was on that occa sion the Emperor used the phrase now become a proverb— " From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but a step." The Moniteur contains a royal ordinance, authorising the Minister of War to call into service 16,000 of the 40,000 con scripts of the class of 1842, who bad not yet left their homes, to replace 13,000 of the class of 1838, whose time of service will expire in 1845. The effective force of the army for 1844 is fixed at 355,000 men, 75,000 of whom are stationed in Algeria, and that of the reserve at 71,740, of whom 51,820 are old soldiers, and 19,920 recruits. The Presse says, " It has already been announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank of France was engaged on the question of issuing notes for 150 f. We now learn that this measure has been resolved upon. The Gazette du Midi gives an account of the banquet of fered to M. Berryer at Marseilles on the 14th. The number of persons who sat down to dinner was 550. M. Berryer's health having been drank with great enthusiasm, he replied by proposing " The dignity of the national flag on all the seas of the globe," which was followed up by proposing the health of Adiniral Dupetit Thouars. " It would appear," says the Patrie, " that Queen Christina does not intend to be long absent from Paris, forshe keeps the Hotel Courcelles and Malmaison, where M. Munoz still resides." On Sunday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the Tuileries was thrown into sudden and great alarm by the re port of fire-arms and cries for assistance from the garden side. The officers on duty immediately went on the search, and found in the small garden next the Pavillon de Fiore a sen tinel from the 2d regiment of infantry lying at full length, covered with blood. He was, however, soon recalled to his senses, and stated that, while resting on his musket, it went off by some unaccountable accident, and lodged the charge in his arm. Nine condemned malefactors were, on Monday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, exposed on the Pillory in the Place du Palais de Justice. A tire broke out at Madrid on the 12th, which destroyed the hotel of the Administration of the Mines. The wife and family of M. Olozaga occupied apartments on the second floor of the building. No lives were lost. According to a letter from Naples, a negotiation was then pending to effect a marriage between the Duke de Bordeaux and the third sister of the King of the Two Sicilies. The Commerce mentions that Count Mole would leave Paris for St. Petersburgh next May, and return by Constantinople, after visiting Moscow and the magnificent harbours and ar senals established by Russia along the Black Sea. A letter from Wiesbaden of the 9th says :—" One of the largest hotels in this place has already been engaged for the reception of the Emperor of Russia. It is said that his Ma jesty will go this year to the baths of Ems." LAW AND POLICE. James Elmore, a policeman, recently in the employ of the Croydon and Brighton Railway Company, was convicted at the Surrey Sessions of feloniously stealing, on the 13th of February last, at St. Olave's, Southwark, a gold seal and ring, the property of W. Fisher, and sentencedto hard - labour for 'twelve months. At BoW-street, Frederick Shaw, a gold-beater, and Frede rick Radfort, a butcher, were committed for trial, the one for four acts of theft and burglary, and the other for six similar offences. In one case, the property stolen in jewellery, amounted to 2001. At Guildhall, William Brown, Isaac Chaplin, and Joseph Harvey, three seamen, belonging to the schooner Maas, Captain Cooper, trading between London and Hamburgh, were charged by the Solicitor of Customs with smuggling 1201bs. of foreign tobacco, valued with the duty at 651. Mr. • Alderman Gibbs, with the concurrence of Alderman Sir. C Hunter, fined each of the prisoners 100/., and ordered them to be imprisoned till the same be paid. Mr. Maltby, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough street, acknowledged the receipt of a 51. Bank of England note, No. 00,700, f, om a benevolent person, who states in his note that • it was saved from "self-denial practised during Lent," for the poor-box. At Worship-street, Wm. Stripling alias Wilson, was re-ex amined before 31r. - - - Broughton, charged. with'. having bur • glariously entered the dwelling-house of John Finlayson, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, residing in Pales tine-place, Cambridge-heath, and stolen therefrom a quan tity of plate and other property. He was fully committed. COURT- -PASIZIONABLIA. The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the French Plays with her presence last evening. The Earl of Rosebery received at dinner on Wednesday the Earl Stanhope, Lord John Fitzroy, the Earl of Altamont, Sir John Harrington, Bart., Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Stan hope and Miss Stanhope. Mr. Hope Vere, and Mr. Robert Drummond. The Earl of Haddington entertained the Duke of Welling ton, Sir R. Peel, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, LordWharn eliffe, Sir James Graham, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir E. Knatchbull, Duke of Buccleuch, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at dinner last evening, at the Admiralty. It was the Noble Earl's first Cabinet dinner this season. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are still on a visit at Badminton, and will not leave until Saturday next for town. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort return to Arling ton-street, for the season, on the Wednesday following. The Countess of Uxbridge is recovering from her very serious attack of illness, and we are happy to hear no danger is now apprehended. Tuesday next is the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, who will complete his 25th year. The Marquis of Abercorn is expected at Dudley House, Park-lane, early in the ensuing week. The Countess of Haddington has issued invitations for a grand assembly at the Admiralty on Monday next, in honour of her Majesty's drawing-room, The opening ball at Almack's on Monday next, the day of her Majesty's drawing-room, is expected to be a brilliant assembly. The Countess of Jersey and Viscountess Palmer ston purpose being in attendance, and the applications to those ladies patronesses for vouchers, considering it is the commencing ball of the season, have been exceedingly nu merous. Lord and Lady Stanley have a grand dinner on Saturday next. It will be the Noble ILord and Lady's last party be fore Easter. MISCELLANEOUS. To accommodate the arrangements of Mr. Cobden the free trade banquet at the Amphitheatre at Liverpool has been postponed until Friday, the 12th of April. a Roj'al charter g ran t e d b y G eorge t h e F ourt h On Wednesday the annualgeneral meeting of the donors was held at the F reemasons ' Ta v ern , G reat and subscribers to the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which was Benjamin Bond Cabbell, E sq ., i n th e c h a i r . Th e income and expenditu re f or t h e past year b e i ng i e n s t t a h b e l i s y h e e a d r I b B y l 0 a Cr ee ee n n n - t s e tr f eet ; read, the former was 1,5181. 3s. Id., in which was included 931. ss. annual subscriptions, 621/. 14s. donations, and 5611. 13s 40. dividends on 19,0001. Three per Cent. Reduced Stock. The disbursements had been nearly 1,409/.. leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 109/. 17s. 9d. The gratui ties to widoWs in the latter accounts amounted to 6201. 7s. Bd., and to orphans-128!. 6s. The capital of the fund con sisted of 19,300/. Three per Cents. Reduced. In the course of last weok three destructive incendiary fires took place in Essex. • - A return of the weekly aggregate average price of wheat, by which the duty is. regulated, from the Ist of February, 1843, to the present time, Las been printed on the motion of Mr. Charles Wood, M.P. Striking a general average of the various prices during the above period (which includes 57 weeks), we find that the weekly average price, by which the duty was regulated, amounted to 2/. 10s. 4d. The metropolitan mortality by small-pox during the last year, which has been remarkable for the severity of its epi demic maladies, has been estimated as low as 438, whereas by measles alone 1,400 lives have been lost. This latter disease is prevailing to a very considerable extent at Eton College. As many as between 100 and 200 of the boys are affected ; but only one case of a fatal nature has occurred. Last night, a public meeting, crowdedly attended, was held in the large room at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, called by the Metropolitan Anti-State-Church Asssociation, to express an opinion on the subject of the union of Church and State, to adopt resolutions condemnatory of such union, and to elect two delegates from the metropolis to serve in the Anti-State-Church Conference, now forming. Resolutions to that effect were adopted. MARKET NE W S.-( THIS DAY.) ITAYST.A.RICETS. SMITIIVIELD.—Coarse Meadow:Hay, 21 15s to 3/3s ; use ful ditto, 3/ 5s to 31 lOs; tine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 83; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw sold heavily, at the above quotations. CumnEßLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 3/ 53; useful ditto, 3/ 8s to 3l 13s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/; Clover Hay, 3/ to 4115 s ; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 119 s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to, 1112 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. Prices about stationary. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 31; useful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 10s; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s t• 31 15s ; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull: _ MEATIVIATULETS. Sotrrn.tu., MARCH 20.—For prime Mutton, Veal, and Pork we had a steady demand, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. In all other kinds of stock exceedingly little was doing, and their value had a down ward tendency :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 28 10d to 4s 6d; Veal, 35 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, N 6d to 4s per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 32 ; Sheep, 2,001; Calves, 47 ; Pigs, 40. ROMFORD, MARCH 20.—Although the supplies of stock on offer to-day were by no means extensive, the demand was throughout inactive, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per albs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mitch Cows - with their small Calf, 161 to 19/ each. HartsnA3t, MARCH 20.—We had a comparatively sluggish demand for stock here to-day, at barely late rates :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MARCH 19.—With the exception of the primest Beasts and Sheep, commanding a steady sale, at full prices, the demand ruled extremely inactive :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 4d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, MARCH 20.—T0-day's market exhibited a full average supply of stock, which met a slow inquiry, at, in some instances, depressed rates :—Beef, from 2s ad to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 48 6d; Veal, 3s Gd to 48 6d ; and Pork, 2s ad to 3s 6d per 81bs. • Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Dililch Cows, 151 to 181 each. Monday VERY UNU SUAL !—On Sunday night, or early on morning, a c opper boiler was stolen from the pre mises of Mr. Singleton, in the Brazen Geo r g e- y ard, but while Mrs. Singleton went to the station - hou se to g ive infor mation of the robbery, the boiler was restored to the place from whence it had been stolen l--Cambridge Chronicle, EW BANK of ENGLAND.—(THIS DAY.) T FOLIC A general half-yearly Court was held to-day at the Bank of England. for the purpose of considering a dividend. At twelve o'clock William Cotton, Esq., the Governor, the Deputy- Governor, and several Directors, entered the Court, which was more than usually crowded with Proprietors. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The GOVERNOR stated that this was one of the half-yearly general Courts, appointed the by,- laws, to consider of a dividend; and the Court of Directors having considered the state of the Bank accounts, were of opinion that a dividend might be made, if that Court thought fit, of 31. 10s. per cent. for the present half-year, ending on the sth of April next, deducting the sevenpence in the pound for the income-• tax. In making this proposition for the consideration of the Court, he thought it but fair to the Proprie tors that lie should state, that by adopting the course now proposed by the Directors, a sum. of 10,6031. 12s. 6d. would be taken from the Rest; the profits, therefore, for the last half-year would be less by that sum. He would now, with the permission of the Court, put the question that a dividend of 3/. 10s. per cent. for the half-year, ending on the sth April next, should be declared by that Court. Mr. Wrwit t lts inquired what was the amount of the Rest? The GOVERNOR said that it amounted to 3,159,9961. 6s. Bd. Mr. WILLIAMS was desirous of knowing whether that amount included the bank-notes out, and whether it was in dependent of their buildings. The GOVERNOR said . that it was, with the exception o some small buildings in Princes-street. In answer to a question from Mr. B. HAMMOND, The GOVERNOR stated that the stock had been taken up by the Bank at the market price of the day. The question was then put and carried that a dividend of 31. 10s. per cent. be declared for the half-year ending the sth of April next, deducting the income-tax. The GOVERNOR then stated that the dividend warrants would be delivered and paid on Saturday the 6th of April. He had nothing further to communicate to the Court. Mr. FIELDER considered that the great amount of bullion that the Bank at present had in its coffers ought to be made a matter of serious consideration by the Court and the Go vernment, considering that, years ago, that establishment had been obliged to buy gold at a most expensive rate. The bullion in the Bank at the present moment amounted to nearly 17,000,0001., and he thought that sonic representation ought to be made on the subject, in the proper quarter. Mr. Mamma wished to know, as the subject of the Bank Charter had been mentioned in the Queen's speech, whether the Governor and Directors had any communication to make on the subject to the Proprietors ? The GOVERNOR said he had nothing to communicate to the proprietors on the subject ; when he had, he would call them together again. Mr. COOKE said, as they had now arrived at the time when their charter was about to be considered again, care should be taken to impress strongly on the Government the fact that the privileges of that institution had been greatly i trenched upon. He litpd drawn the attention of Misters to the subject by letters which he had written to Sir Robert Peel and the Lord Chancellor. The Bank Proprietors would be most happy to have any al-. teration made which would be beneficial to the country, but they ought not to be called upon to suffer more than their fair share. When the dividends were rednced from 4 per cent. to 3i per cent. every person having 7001. a-year lost 1001. a-year.—(Cries of " Question.") That was the question. They had lost their money. He trusted that when the question of the Bank Charter came to be considered before Parliament, the Directors would take care that the legal opi • nions to which he had alluded should be brought under the attention of the Government, and on that, among other grounds, he thought the Bank had a claim to be the sole Bank of Issue. Mr. THOMPSON asked if the branch banks still continued to be a source of profit ? The GOVERNOR replied that they did. Mr. THOMPSON would move, if any one would second his motion, that the name of J. Cooke, Esq., be printed among the list of those recommended to be elected as Directors.—(A laugh.) No doubt some of the older Directors would be most happy to retire in favour of a gentleman who possessed such an accurate knowledge of what ought to be done, and who took such a great interest in the subject.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr.' MAirniorr moved that the thanks of the Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor and Directors, for the open and candid wi'y in which they had conducted the proceedings of the Court. Mr. LLOYD, before the question was put, wished to ask what proportion the amount taken from the Rest bore to the whole dividend. The GOVERNOR—The total amount of the ,half -year's dividend in the Bank Stock is 509,3551., from which the property-tat has to be deducted, which leaves a net amount of 494,598/., and to pay that interest 10,603/. 12s. 6d. has been taken from the Rest. Mr. WILLIA - msox rose to suggest to the Proprietors that it would be advisable that they should request the Governor to remain in office for another year. The present was a most important crisis for the Bank. The Governor had been already in communication with the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of the renewal of the Charter; and, therefore, it was of the utmost importance that he should continue in office another year. He, therefore, moved a resolution to the effect that the Governor be requested to continue in office another year. Mr. FIELDER seconded the resolution. The Governor was acquainted with all the facts of the case, and they could not do better than follow the precedent which had been set on the former occasion when the renewal of the Bank Charter was • under discussion. The GOVERNOR would do whatever might be considered, most advisable for the interests of the great - corporation; He thought the resolution had better not be put, but that the question should be left to the Directors. He had left the .question wholly to the decision of the Directors, and if it should be their opinion that it would conduce to the interests of the Proprietors that he should for another year undertake the onerous duty, he would do his best.—(Cheers.) What course the Directors would adopt with regard to the house would depend upon the feeling of the Proprietors, but as far as he was concerned lie should leave the whole matter in the hands of the Directors.—(Cheers.) Sir P. LAURIE thought it would be much better to leave the matter entirely to the discretion of the Directors who would-recommend what house-list they pleased. The GOVERNOR said that of course he could not put the question of the vote of thanks to the meeting, but in the name of himself and of the Directors, he begged to express that they were deeply sensible of the kindness of the Pro prietors, and to declare that there was but one feeling by which they were, all actuated, and that was a desire to do their duty.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILLIAMSON could not permit that vote of thanks to drop in such a manner, he would himself put the question.. The HON. PROPRIETOR then put the question, and the vote was carried by acclamation. The GOVERNOR having again expressed his acknowledg meats, the Court adjourned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.; LONDON, MARCH 21.—Wind this day at noon, fresh breeze from N.E., and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 20.—Wind W. by S. to N.N.E., strong.— Arrd. Mary, Mackie, Mauritius, for Leith and proceeded ; Switzerland, Knight, NewYork_ Sid. Lloyd's, Sydney, New South Wales ;;John Pirie, Honduras; Arethusa, Havannah ; Mediator, New York ; Lady Peel, St. John's, New Bruns. wick ; John Romilly and Fanny, Newfoundland ; Swiftsure, Cuba ; Blundell, Norfolk Island ; London, Hobart Town ; Scindian, Calcutta ; 'Worcester, Madras ; Ellen, Demerara ; and the rest of the outward-bound, except Dale Park, Lady Caroline, and Governor M'Donald. PORTSMOUTH, ?MARCH 20.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.E., hard and squally.—Arrd. New Phoenix, London for Jamaica. JERSEY, MARCH 16.—S1d. Ariel, Newfoundland. SCILLY, MARCH 11 TO 15.—Arrd. and proceeded, Alcesto, Clyde for Trinidad; Fragment, Liverpool for Madeira. SCILLY, MARCH 18.—Arrd. Gilbert Jamieson, Newport for Amsterdam, leaky, .with cargo shifted, and other damage, having been struck by a sea. TORBAY, MARCH 19.—Sld Lady Prudhoe, Cuba. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Arrd. Syren, London for New foundland; Halcyon, Exeter for Cardiff, with damage, and bows stove, having been in contact with a schooner yester day, supposed to be Portuguese. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Commerce, Bordeaux for Havre, with bows stove, &c., having been in contact: with a brig off the Eddystone yesterday. Sld. her Majesty's steamer Styx, westward. OFF , PENZANCE, MARCH 18.—Burgundy, Wotton, New 'York for Havre. NEWPORT, Mina' 19.—S1d. Albion, Hicks, Boston. GUERNSEY, MARCII 18.—During a heavy gale from S.E., 16th inst., the Twenty-ninth of May, for the Mediterranean, drove ashore on the rocks to N.E. of the harbour, but has since been got off, and in here, with considerable damage, and must discharge. LOWESTOFFE, MAncii 20.—A gale at N.E.—The Latona, of Shields, with bows stove, has been assisted in here. CORK, MARCH 18.—It blew very strong yesterday. A large barque, with loss of sails, has passed to leeward. An outward-bound barque, from Liverpool, leaky, is off port. Sailed, Royal Saxon, Sydney, New South Wales ; Elizabeth, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, Mancti 20.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrived —Daniel Grant, Valparaiso ; Eliza, Brown, Possession Island, sailed Jan. 13th, St. Helena 26th. • CLYDE, 111Anot 18.—Arrd. Challenger, M'Ewen, Ichoboe. Sld. Annabella, Jamaica ; Lady Sale, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Heyworth, Demerara. BOSTON, MARCH 19.—A sloop is ashore between High Horn and Trieston. BRIDPORT, MARCH 18.--Sid. Royalist, Newfoundland. BEAUMARIS, MARCH .16.—Arrd. Thomas Hughes, Butler, Africa for Lancaster. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 17.—The Endyn has been got off the strand and into the harbour. Wicx.Low, MAncit 16.—The Frances, Powell, is ashore, crew saved, mid is expected otT when the wind moderates. __ _ _ ARKLOW, MARCH I6.—The Peurldyn, of Liverpool, came ashore to-day during a hurricane at E.N.E., crew saved. The Brothers, of this port, bound to Bristol, with copper ore, is ashore on the beach, crew (except two) saved. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN. For the Week ended Mai eh 16, 1F44, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan.: and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 56a. 3d.1 Oats ......... 20.5. li. 8ean5 .....„ 31s. Si 8ar1ey......... 3d. Rye ..... 33s. 8411 Pease 31s. 4d AVERAOES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. , BARLEY.) OATS. I BRANS. I EASE, , - Feb. 10 10 52 7 31 1 19 1 :2 9 29 1. 0 30 6 17 53 6 33 4 19 6 St 5 30 6 31 1 24 55 1 33 7 19 7 32 10 '3O 4 31 2 March 2 56 2 33 9 20 0 35 3 90 5 31 0 9 56 0 33 6 19 11 33 9 31 0 31 6 16 56 3 33 3 20 I 33 8 31 3 31 4 IMPERIAL AOOREOATI AMAGER OF THE AIX weees Wheat 54. Ild 1 Oats .... ..... 19i. 91. Bean. .30 7d Barley 33 ~ 54 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat ' ..... ....18i. Or1„1 Oats ......... 7s. Od.l Beans 10 ful Barley ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—Yesterday the F i pHews of this Goliege met at their house in Trafalgar square, for the purpose of choosing a President, in the room of the late Sir Henry Halford, when John Ayrton Paris, M.D., F.R.S., was elected, by ballot, to fill that important office. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—A large and influential meeting of the city and county gentlemen was held at the Guildhall, Exeter, on Saturday, to consider the propriety of adopting some course to celebrate the completion and opening of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The High Sheriff of Devon was in the chair, and it was unanimously resolved that - a public banquet should be given to the Direc tors of the Bristol and Exeter and the Great Western Rail ways, the Members and Recorder of Exeter, the Lord Lieu. tenant, the High Sheriff and Members of tke county of Devon, &c., on that occasion. A considerable amount was raised at the meeting for carrying the same into effect, and subscription lists arc opened at the different banks in Exeter. —Western Luminary. CHESS.--Mr. Staunton, the celebrated English clinmpion, dined with the Brighton Chess Club on Monday. Three very interesting games were played by Mr. Staunton. and Mr. Kennedy, a member of the club, in which the cham pion gave his opponent the advantage of a pawn and two moves. Mr. Kennedy won the first two games, but the third was won by Mr. Staunton, who displayed great skill. E INTELLIGE IN CE. _ ~~. CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Barber, formerly in the army, was charged with an assault of a very savage character on police-constable Solomons, 54 G. It appeared from the evidence adduced that Solomons, who is a very quiet-inoffensive officer, was on duty in Cow-cross street, between one and two o'clock this morning, when he raw the prisoner quarelliug with two prostitutes, and croat ing such a riot as to disturb the whole neighbourhood. The officer requested of them to separate, and on the prisoner re fusing to do so, took him into custody. The constable had no sooner laid his hand upon Barber than he attacked him, and knocked him down (ix the pavement. The officer shouted for help, and when police-constable 49 G came up, Solomons was lying on the ground, and the prisoner, with his knee on his stomach and his hand in his stock, as if about to stranggle him. 49 attempted to drag prisoner away, but he declared, with an oath, " 1 will teach him the five cuts." Solomonsgot upon his legs, but the prisoner knocked him down again, and iii the fall the officer's finger was. hurt. The prisoner's defence very much aggravated his guilt, for he alleged that the constable had been in company with the prostitutes, and that he attacked him because he refused to give him drink. He further alleged that the officer used the most disgusting language. Sergeant Boy-son, 19 G, deposed that the prisoner had not said a syllable about the officer's alleged misconduct at the station-house. Mr. GREENWOOD, after a patient investigation of the case, fully ascertained that the prisoner's defence was altogether fabulous. The Magistrate remarked upon the frequency of violent and unprovoked assaults on the police in his district, and sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 11., or undergo a commensurate term of imprisonment. The prisoner was committed. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Three men-of-war's men, lately payei off, applied for re lief, under the following circumstances : It appeared that they had been recently paid off from the Iris, on her return from the coast of Africa, and, having ex pended their wages, and being unable to get employment, they were reducel to great distress. CorrixGnAm, findinr , the poor fellows had seen a great deal of active service abroad, remarked that there ought to be some asylum for such persons, until they succeeded in getting on board other ships, and that they should not be permitted to wander about the streets in such a deplorable condition, after risking their lives in the service of their country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - They stated that they had been at the Admiralty, but only received an answer that some steam-ships were fitting out at Woolwich, and that probably they might be engaged on board when they were launched in about a month. Until then, however, they run the risk of starving, The MAcusTnATE lamented the situation of the three poor tars, ordered them some temporary assistance from the poor box, and recommended them to get to Portsmouth where they might have a chance of employment. LITERATURE. PALM LEAVES. Molon, London, 1844. The poems contained in this little volume were' suggested, it seems, by impressions made during the author's—Mr. Monckton Milnes' late tour in Turkey, Greece, and Egypt. Though they refer, however, to scenes and incidents in the East, there is not much of an oriental character about them ; and indeed—if we except here and there a descriptive pas sage—the majority might have been written by Mr. Milnes without once stirring from England. Some of the poems in their calm, thoughtful, passionless tone, remind us of Wordsworth, of whom the author is evidently a firm admirer, and whose manner he essays to imitate, though without servility. The versification throughout is equable and harmonious to a degree; but it would have been considerably im proved, had a little more pith and vigour been infused into it. One great merit in the poems is the kindly and catholic spirit that pervades them; Mr. Milnes thinks and feels like a cosmopolite, and not like a mere prejudiced observer—such as Western Europe is so continually sending forth—who is surpris d and shocked at all such customs, feelings, &c., as may happen to be at variance with those of his own country. Though he prefers the manners of the West, yet our author gives fair play to those of the East, as we see in his polished and picturesque poems dated from Constantinople. As a specimen of his manner, we quote some pleasing lines on " Delos," in which the classical associations connected with this famous island are made to serve a moral purpose : Though Syra's ruck was pa'sed at morn, The wind so faintly arched the sail, That ere to Delos we were borne, . The autumn day began to fail, And only in Diana's smiles We reached the bay between the isles. In sweet serenity of force She ruled the Heavens without a star— A sacred image that the course Of time and thought can hardly mar, — As dear and nearly as divine As ever in Ephesian shrine. I knew that on the spot I trod Her glorious twins Latona bore, That - for her sake the pitying God Had fixed the isle, afloat before ; And, fearful of his just disdain, I almost felt it move again. For the delicious light that threw Such dear transparence on the were, From the black mastick-bushes drew Column, and frieze, and architrave, Like rocks, which, native to the place, Had something of mysterious grace. " Strong was the power of Art to bid Arise such beauty out of stone, Yet Paros might as well have hid Its wealth within its breast unknown, As for brute Nature to regain The fragments of the fallen fane. " Who can rebuild these colonnades Where met the ancient festal host, The peasant from Arcadia's glades, The merchant from lonia's coast, Gladdening their Grecian blood to stand On one religious Fatherland ? " So in my angry discontent I cried, but calmer thoughts came on, And gratitude with sorrow blent, And murmur turned to orison: I thanked the Gods for what had been, And Nature for the present scene. I felt that while in Greece remained Signs of that old heroic show, Hope, Memory's sister, so sustained, Would sink not altogether low, And Grecian hearts once more might be Combined in powerful amity. . . . Long ere the sun's most curious ray Had touched the morning's zone of pearl, I and my boat were far away, Raised on the water's freshening curl ; And barely 'twixt the rose and blue The island's rim was still in view. So Delos rests upon my mind, A perfect Vision of the night, A picture by moon-rays designed, And shaded into black and bright,— A true Idea borne away, Untroubled by the dreamless day. MEMOIRS of EMINENT ENGLISHWOMEN. 2 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. The title of this work sufficiently explains its na ture, though we may observe, by way of additional explanation, that the memoirs contained in it are oonfined to such "eminent Englishwomen" as lived during, and subsequently to, the reign of Eliza beth; the authoress, Miss Costello, justly remarking that it is scarcely possible to give the biography of the females. of England who have been remarkable in their time, with any degree of accuracy, till the sixteenth century. Among the memoirs we find one of the Countess of Shrewsbury, celebrated for her great skill and success in fishing for husbands and hooking them. This shrewd, beautiful, and worldly woman was married not less than four times, and by each marriage she obtained a considerable accession of fortune, until at length she became one of the wealthiest individuals in the kingdom, and built that well-known palace, Chatsworth, which has long been one of the most splendid and spacious edifices in Europe. Over all her husbands the Countess pos sessed nearly equal influence, and her fourth, the Earl of Shrewsbury, was gaoler to the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots,—a circumstance which ren dered his life perfectly miserable, by subjecting him to the caprices of. Elizabeth, whose distrust of even ' her most devoted adherents was never wholly laid aside. In the course of this entertaining memoir of the Countess of Shrewsbury, we meet with several incidental references to the egregious vanity of the " maiden Queen," who even when past sixty years of age, allowed herself to be gratified by compliments, no matter how fulsome, on her beauty and her juve nility. " Wherever she appeared," says Miss Costello, " new devices were contrived to flatter and delight her; she could not step, but nymphs and shepherds darted forth, falling at her feet, and uttering extrava gant praises, which were echoed by the courtiers round her. In a Certain masque she is called 'the only light this age has granted to the world,' and the Lady of May, acknowledged to be a divinity of beauty, confesses her inferiority to the beautifullest lady these woods have ever received.'" The life of the unfortunate ." Arabella Stuart" cannot fail to interest, if only for the pathos and simplicity with which it is w r itt en; b u t th e most attract i ve memoir in the two volumes, is that of the "Countess of Pem broke," so well known by Ben Jonson's famous epitaph upon her. Our authoress, we see, speaks of the " beauty" of this celebrated lady; but the portrait which is affixed to her memoir, represents her as a perfect fright. Indeed, we do not know when we have seen so intensely ugly a face as the painter has supplied her with. MILITARY DRESS.—It is expected that the sum mer dress of the privates and non-commissioned officers, both of the cavalry and infantry, will undergo change before the ensuing season. It appears that the white trousers are intended to be abolished, and that some other light article will be substituted for it. ITALIAN BANDITTI.--ROME, FEB. 26.—Intelli gence has just been received, - tliat an English family of dis tinction, en rouie-falq)at city, have been robbed by banditti near Itris of all their luggage ; and what renders the affitir more unfortunate is, that some of the servants, in defending the property, came in conflict with the robbers and were se verely wounded. • PARLIAMEN TARY PAPER• The BRITISH MUSECM.—(No. 116, March 14, 1844 ) .-- accounts, estimate, number of persons admitted, progress of arrangement, are classed, this year, un alt nine separate heads. No. lis a general a ccount iB,}3, receipts from Christmas, 1842, to ChristmaE, 15,t, showing an aggregate of 37,3141. 9s. Sd. Of this amotl4l 3,2311. was balance in hand at December, 1842; 7,8f0; the fourth instalment . of Parliamentary gre, ll , eO O 1842-43 ; three (out of four) instalments for, We ; 1843-44 (that f o r the quarter ending this mont h net dr. received), 24,432 L; cash for sale of copies of the SY g 4; sis, 338/; ditto for sales of casts of marbles, 45 0., rent of houses lately purchased in Great 1 ?, 11 t 0 ;1 street, 157/ Under head No. 2, estimaten-70 actual—expenditure from Christmas, 18 42 , te., s- e ly. period 1843 (A), and estimated charge from i?,10 day, 1844, to Lady-day, 1845, we find som e it mee, of interest and importance. In the first P the amount of (A) estimated expenditure to Clrill'ai 1843, was 37,5261. 17s. 9d., but the (B) actual e%r t he ture for that period was only 35,4881. 10s. 9d, I re ° f o latter account we find the actual payments salaries officers of the ordinary esta bli s hment 5,3 ' ditto of sssistants, 3,0081. 1 , 35. 4d. ; ditto and ving e , s he re attendants and servants, 4,985/. 10s. 9d. Then,, :„'s were paid salaries of librarians for the inn! library, 2001.; of officers for the Banksian 5431. ; attendants on stores and labourers, 402/. , re. None of these allowances, considering the ex ten " sponsibility, and continuance of the duties, to her p e formed in retu:n, appear to be excessive. But w e the " stores" will be better looked after, particular:o. they be deposited in the cellars and vaults of the blishment, with a better management and more for wed for their preservation than have heretofore been he st ` t ) josi on pre served zoological specimens and other collo. s f o r which were remitted to the same destructive centrterielo, as unlimited period. We well remember the utter dim tion which had been permitted to overtake theme fries , gift of stuffed mammalia, &c., from Southern f rie nd presented some years ago to this institution hymn' i,,irst Mr. Burchell, the traveller. It was sufficient to do., with indignation the impracticable hides of the p ee ore rnata themselves, which he little dreamed he w p ' s , w ere signing to mere " oubliettes," from whence the) l . r i n ; never to be brought forth to the gaze of "an °roi ts, public." until moths and earwigs, spiders se' ols• had devoured the parded skins of his canieleo...ar o f, made barracks of the interior of his hipPol)°,_nrl 70. carried off a whole rhinoceros in the minute but nget five rations appropriated to the sustenance of thei r devourers, and gnawed into mincemeat the inte A ";. , fi nd teguments, and hay-substituted entrails of a l' am " . • elephant. „ m ote The supernumeraries employed in different dePr nw s appear to have been paid respectively as i b ' v r ipto Employed in the MS. department, 56/. ; in the L E n eit book ditto, 6781. ; in preparing the (internrina u 'i es' , catalogue of printed books, 1,283/. ; repaymen t : 0 0 the penses incurred by the Admiralty in renl ol4l ;° for Xanthian marbles, 3571. (on account-- 35 , Pea; the current year, also) ; purchase of MS5e ditto, of printed books, 4,003/4 paid for be nkml- 0 61 1 2,9681.; purchase of minerals and fossil remains! 911(i' of zoological specimens, 681!.; expense of preP ar 'b'',7se preserving objects of natural history, 9661; P ric y 01 ' antiquities and coins, 1,691!.; ditto, Pr in : - engravings, 846/.; drawings from ancrenvoioiog bles, 147/4 engravings from ditto, 33 0 /; 1nt u " . 57:1; historical papyri in Hieretic characters, vr oe oll , for balance of receipts, 37,3141; It c oliv' 35,4891.; surplus (in hand), 1,8 9 51. No. 3is an ,'"(c11 0 ; of the administration of the Bridgewater Fun" WI dends at 12,903/. in the Three per Cents., he c t n „, - oh e ." by the late Earl, and rental of a small estate beg': ic by the same Nobleman to this institution). ! I Ns g e : m.lar account of the Farnborough Fund. 2 40 ; neral account of Funds for year ending LadY:a e l' e t No. 6, amount of grant required for service 10 , 01 year—viz., 37,987/. No. 7, account of exP oldi chri st ; a special grant made during the year ending be mas, 1843—that is to say, of 5,27 01, s ou were paid on account of printed books, CO'' bil l '- MSS., from the collection at StraeberrY lste 1,018!. ; antique vases from collection of ti rs fro! Prince of Casino, 1,3001.; botanical speeitn el e . ditto, of late A. B. Lambert, Esq., 3841. ; r a- purchased in Egypt by the Rev. H. Tatt S to B 40!, and a collection of engravings, the work 01 0 1 7 Morghem, 1,5751. No. 8, number of persons ad 113 4 ,„'' visit the British Museum—in 1841, 319,37 4 ; _..;de 547,718 ; in 1843, 517,440: number of visits wish, is reading-room, for purposes of study and , re, 5 ,709 51 ,; same years, respectively-69,303, 71,706, an_neries number of visits by artists and students to g'; e st,„ sculpture, for purposes of study, &c., in WO 5,655, 5,627, and 4,907 : ditto to the print,'" same years-7,744, 8,781, and 8,162. The decrease of visitors in all these dennr", e 1843, as compared with 1842, is very remark 0: 1 1 1 . No. 9. is a statement of the " progress e m a i n s,." cataloguing and arrangement of' the colleeyer' account of objects added in year ending 25th D i ee f o r t ti i e 1843." 48 Arabic MSS. have been describen,ditior general catalogue of Orienial MSS. The aka MSS., including the Wellesley Papers, have A schedule has been compiled of t', o Is. tion pf Wellesley Papers, comprised in 1, 337 . 0 ba exclusive of maps. To the " General Collect io ",,,'l.sitlr been added 805 MSS. and 35 original chart ers ' 102 MSS. to the Egerton\Collection. e c 4 i 6e11/ " Among the manuscripts acquired maybe 5 . n Three hundred and taenty volumes of Syriae ri scripts, on vellum and paper, of great Biblical atr e b 1( 5 logical importance, the greater portion of wh written between the sixth and ninth centuri ee '; ' o oP): volumes of Papers from the late Lord Kingsh°4„ool' library, chiefly illustrative of the history of the l o ell f ' s Indies.—A considerable fragment of the Old 're, 6 : 0 1 11 :, from Proverbs to Ecclesiasticus, inclusive, par t i Y e r n e . Latin version of Jerome, and partly of an ear'' c li t slation, written on vellum, in an Iliberno-5a% 011 ,4 , 1; ter, not later than the middle of the eighth cel'`,b t isP o ' ' copy of Ranulph de Glanville's Treatise De - 11e g in . d e j ghee, not later than the reign of King Johli. ---4- 0 1 sive collection of' works relative to AstroOs o f '," O , Arithmetic of the Hindoos, and to the Statistiesode dia.—About forty volumes relating to English f t he reign Geology and Heraldry, from the library b lue s t Lord Berwick.—An original Writ, signed hY j;1 ward the Fifth, and countersigned by Richard Aer, Gloucester. rer o , The number of deliveries of manuscripts t ° 0 0 / in the reading-room (exclusive of those velledetii) suited in the rooms of the department), am° lll3-s' 4 _ 40 10 the last twelvemonth, to 22,207. of v'the " Reading-room Service.-1. The number /00 0 4; returned to the shelves of the general libra r y gl , ',h; reading-room is 137,613 ;to the Royal lihr 1111 :0 01 to the closets, where they are kept for the of re' readers from day to day, 77,270 ; to the s he 30 17 reading-rooms, about 117,000 ; a ltogether lumes ; on an average 1,196 a day." le 11# The collections in mineralogy, and s°° o f sliccief tang, and antiquities have received addenda e r e!, o variety, and so numerous, that we must refer Piste!" to the Parliamentary paper itself for any nt leg of them. CO " Ts r. e SUICIDE OF A RETIRED TRADESMAN' Lo rd „,e 0 the Coroner, held a inuest yesterday, at the o Inn, Old Kent-road, n q as to the death of Mr. Ja n e liai 4 ie; aged 65, formerly the well-known fishmonger verYher hot Bricklayers' Arms, who committed suicide unti e ' o ur, lancholy circumstances. The deceased had ford cr e fo o, h years been the proprietor of the shop alluded soi. retire e 14 amassed a good fortune. A few years ago e,, e trade in favour of his son, and went to reside at the Is t Mr. Davis, 11, Thirza-place, Old Kent-road;„cs, l e " fro; went to his former residence daily, but had 3 " : "iatr' i oo"' been very low-spirited, chiefly arising, as his soitS oetP ie bet,: the works carrying on in the Upper Grange' r , ° , 3 l'loY, i ' , 0 11 i sey, in connexion with the new line of Dover Pa l l i d ca- t e r„ he had some houses, and which he believed lo boa t o r; ruin. On Saturday he was at his old shoe a sp i i icl fo rt. o'clock, and was more than usually depressed' , 4 1 was, joi e he went home. At half-past six the deeea s ` s. o ,, C!!'" hanging by a slight cord to the bedstead, and w" hen c u he was quite dead. Verdict—" Temporary Insaa'nce, APPROACHING MARRIAGES: to . ec te' nounced between Mr. Henry Hoare and Miss ~ Vele daughter of Sir East Clayton East, Bart , is 11 0 4 „, it "la ' o f be solemnised until the close of the season. 7„" i f De r t j o rs neval will be shortly united, at Paris, to 31""oprieite' Veaux, the accomplished daughter ofone of th e t a b the Journal des Debats. A marriage is on the le. Al e' Horsley Palmer, Esq., and one of the Misses G 11'7 0 CHEAP GLASS OF GIN AND WATEL -- ik ! ll ' for, - 0 day afternoon, a genteelly-dressed man we;" e csil'` t ro e ",l Angel public-house, High-street, Bristol, an" ` .ace ho D e j , glass of gin and water. He was shown into 3 A fter f o ol! f and supplied with the gin, which he paid fo r. lass'„;e 3l. left, the waiter, who went into the room for thetribstit' to her surprise, that a lead tea-spoon had be ets the silver one by the " gentleman." London: Printed and Published by MUIII ) 0 %; „ 1 1 „'ti No 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Olo c e ' cotw • Strand, in the precinct of the Savoy, in th Middlesex, Thursday, March 21, 1844. - the silver one by the "gentleman.". Il eliri BIRTHS. t h e lady v- d A ar On the 17th inst., at Wimbledon, . Bowden, Esq., of a daughter, o f theO 0 1 On the . 18th inst., Mrs. Frederick Boyle, os worth-road, of a son. . ni cloat ai d On the 18th inst., the lady of Thomas m , gdfl - Whitecross-street, of a daughter. lady 0 On the 18th inst., at Fulmer, Bucks, the '''''' Wanklyn, Esq., of a daughter.: • ruse' „ fordl MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. Martin's, Ludgate -I ' i ' S et : l i ° of Antwerp , flo to as° l Schack von Brockdorff, Esq., .., ..,- eff Offresie, third daughtor of A. Saportas, D SC P' i rdp Majesty the King of Prussia at Antwerp. , West ° ;, 4 l r On the 16th inst., at St. Margaret's Clairol,' the is .- Mr. Adam John Hill, to Eliza, daughter or ieri c ' Fr e ' Ss /1 Benton, of Holborn. •re, if' t On the 18th inst., at Caversham, Oxfordshi mail o lio ' to D ot D. Cleaveland, Esq., Captain Royal ArtilleT daughter of the late W. Innes Pocock, :5(1. ' - 7 Royal Navy, of Rose-hill, Caversbam. p e g , •to r DIED. On the 14th inst., Anne, relict of the late 4111111 i og s ' „i. /* 1 Esq., of Alborough-grange, Essex. witito--• de On the 15th inst., in Bishopsgate-street , 10 41, 4 etta Letitia, the wife of Mr. Thomas Merritt. t i e nrY •"st•i` On the 16th inst., at Aboncourt, N I " orth , ',.„ t h.ss • Poole, late Major in the 36th Regiment of f the 0 Infantry. omit. 1, , ° 4 On the 17th inst., at Reading, Arthur P. — 0 het , Regiment • P ri c k On the 17th inst., in Harley-street, Robert of Octon Lodge, Yorkshire. On the 18th inst., at Tooting, Surrey, P„„.° 111 , n St°l 3 lll3scii.be i ft‘ On the 19th inst., 'at Blackwall, Mr. . I°°..-0 # builder, aged 76. ,„. Wal tii°' 0 0 1 On the 19th inst., at Snaresbrook , Ile— • ' f th e Mr. John Russell Rodgers. ° 'te On the 19th inst., Richard Pritchett, fourth soreO- S. 0. Bacon, Esq., of 17 - place, la e City-road. o f th e 'Fulham, -Pc 're lict c ' On the 19th Inst., at Charlotte, op , Rev. :Lim Owen, aged 76. On the 19th i ns t., Mr. Charles David Zetteu ist ' of e ide /i friars-road, age d 68. St e phen' On the 19th i ns t., at Hyde-park-square, ' ,I - -- . son of Eustratio Ralli, Esq 110 ' i.; i , --: „ ~r~ 1)11,, tton Mad — Of 3 Ge n 100 NoF P t le 4 %IA ~,~ ..s