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THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. In 3 vols., post Svo., A THIRD EDITION of " WHITEFRIARS;" OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HA T S W O R T H; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. Edited by R. PLIJMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," Sze. " Every one will read Chatsworth,' for it is work so novel in itm design, so excellent in its general execution, as to be certain to make an impression upon the public mind. The Author blends:ln one work the Ideal beauty of Tieck, the ever fresh simplicity and charming nature of Boccacto and the sparkling descriptions of the manners of this age of' Mrs. Gore, amidst much to move our wonder and admiration."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . _ THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH 15, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, M. Duprez ; Gessler Mr. G. Horncastle;• William Tell, Mr. StreVon ; Lutern, Millie. Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss Bette After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAU'fY OF GHEN I'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Benedict, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, lAdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. Dress Boxes vs., Second Price 3s. ed. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price ; Pit 3s , Second Price 2a.; Middle Gallery 25.. Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery ls., Second Price ed. - - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, Will be }{reduced a New Petite Musical Drama, called DER NECHT TEUFEL. Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland; Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mrs. Glover; Matilda, Miss P. Horton; Ca roline, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, SUZANNE. Mr. Brinsly Bounceby, Mr. Webster; Simon Swallow, Mr. Buckstone; Suzanne, Madame Celeste. After the Drama, Mr. J()HN PARRY will give his Descriptive Scene, Whittington and his Cat." After which will be repeated JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Guillot, Mr. Buckstone; Josephine, Mrs. Fitzwilliara To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Solim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, es.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, '.25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box othce, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, Will be performed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy, Ma dame Eugenia Garcia ; Edgar ' Mr. Allen. After which, a New Petite Comedy, Called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxteri y ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP ,• or, My Grandmother ' s Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Keeley ; Mildew, Sir. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the Mayday Bride. Patria, Mr. Chicheky ; Phelim; Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Migs Charleton ; Leola, Miss Ballin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils, and the Public that his FIRST BENEFIT' will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the 21st of March, on which occasion ROSSINI'S OPERA, OTHELLO, will be performed for the FIRST TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE. Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Massingham, at the Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops, and at Mr. Allen's residence, 19, Baker.street, Lloyd.square, Pen tonviVe. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARC/1 15, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickans, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To he followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, ULRICA ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters--Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lea and Chaplin. 'l'o conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid, Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs, Fright, Miss Emma Stanley. . - Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, if , . ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Hall-past Six, coalmen - c at Seven o'Clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TUEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 13, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, FEMALE ASSURANCE. Captain olding, Mr. J. T. Johnson; Charles, Mr. Morriso.i;• SoAia, Mrs. H. Hughes. • To c nclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Count de Valmont, Mr. H. Hughes; Florian, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Bertrand, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Elienia, Mrs. IL Vining. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, 'MARCH 14. THERMOMETER, LOtieSt, 34 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 41. BAROMETER, 29.96.—W1ND, S. 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 TIES DAY. Morning 28 minutes after II Evening .. 0 minutes niter 0. necessity for any tunnel at all, and would have con tinued that portion of the railroad by a much more convenient curve, and at a considerable saving of expense, or have approximated it to given points, which it would have been most desirable, on every account, that it should have been brought nearer to, than it has actually been left. Besides, any one who will examine a map of Great Britain, in which are traced the several lines of railway already executed, or now in course of construction, will perceive at a glance, that for want of a pre concerted scheme of radiating lines, from one or more great centres, converging ultimately in the metropolis, as their common point, some of our principal rail roads, having their termini in London, approach each other so nearly at certain stations in their respective courses as to be within sight and hearing of each other. The necessary inference from this vicinity of two lines is, that remoter, and perhaps more important, districts of country, are deprived of their fair participation in the benefit and accommodation of a travelling rail way. Anything like preconcerted scheme, whilst it might have allowed ample latitude for choice between numerous given lines of projection, would surely have obviated the practical anomaly of two being run, at some distance from London, within five miles of each other. Any reform of these matters is, of course, im practicable as to railroads already complete, or near completion,—and in whole, or in part, in actual working. But with regard to such as are the im mediate objects of the resolution of the House of Commons of the 4th of March, namely, new and competing lines, we are strongly disposed to think that some such comprehensive, matured, and efficient system of control, limited to the particulars we have indicated, should be immediately applied. In justice, indeed, to the existing railroads, the Di rectors of which cannot be blamed if they have not conformed their lines to some plan which might have been more advantageous to the public, but which was not formed for the adoption of the Com panies referred to, when they began the works they have with so much spirit and energy constructed, and so magnificently administered — some such guarantee from actual, though it may not be in technical strictness, illegal, encroachment by new lines, should be assured them. The great objects to be secured, however, are the public benefit and accom modation. If we could imagine that such a Go vernment contract as we advocate could not be exercised without entailing some degree of vexa tious, or inquisitorial, or unwarrantable inter vention with the unfettered appropriation of private capital, in legitimate branches of application, we would be the last to recommend any interference on the part of the Legislature or the Executive. But (as we took occasion in a former article to remark) the Irish government of the Marquis of NOR MANEST—or, in justice to the admirable official talent and vigilance of Lord MORPETII, we should rather say the Noble Secretary of that Lord Lieutenant has supplied us with an encou raging and signal example of the pern►a nent advantage which the community may de rive in the matter of railroads, from the previous cases, investigations, and ordinances of public func tionaries and servants of the Crown, who will under take to watch the growth, and direct the early progress, of such undertakings, not merely out of a conscientious desire to discharge to the uttermost the demand of official duty, but from their love of national improvement for its own sake. We resume to-day our eomments on the speeches and proceedings of the Harleston (Suffolk) meeting, held on Wednesday, the 4th instant, and spe cially referred to in our leading article of Monday last. 'We then concluded by quoting a remarkable passage in the Chairman's speech, in which he showed that, pending the operation of the Corn Bill of 1815, and the prohibition of foreign wheat when the price of wheat here was under 80s. per quarter, the ruin of the tenant-farmer and the labourer commenced; and yet that in the same period, namely, in 1819, the Parliament passed PEEL'S Currency Bill. We have before shown the excessive cruelty, on both the pro ducer and the labourer, of a law which, ditninishing the circulation in the ratio of the amount paid by the country in taxation—or nearly so—left the cost of taxation unrepresented in those depreciated prices c'‘uld obtain wnen value was deter mined by a gold standard exclusively. So th e h m -3 .en of that taxation cost was iniquitously transferred from the consumer, by whom it was the meaning of the Legislature that it should always be ultimately borne, to the ill-paid producer or labourer. So the robbery (for this is not too strong a term) annually committed by the system of currency established under PEEL'S Bill—(which compels the farmer and the manufac turer to take only the natural or gold-measured prices for their produce and their goods ; and leaves the wages of the labourer and the artisan minus, in effect, , the amount annually abstracted from them by taxa- ' tion, which they ought never to have paid ; or, rather, for which the scale of those wages should have ade quately compensated them)—amounts to not less than 30,000,0001. wrung from the hard and honest hands of famishing industry ! But Mr. TAYLOR, on the occasion of which we are speaking, completed this picture of spoliation. "Notwithstanding this law," said he, " which was to guarantee the farmer 80s. for his wheat, prices kept lowering till 1822, when wheat was 435. 3d. per quarter, on the year's average ; little more than one-half the price contem plated by the framers of the Act of 1815. Need I remind you how many farmers are ruined at this period . ? The state of things, at that time, ought to have warned the farmers never again to rely on a corn - law for protection,—and it ought still to warn them." To be sure it ought. Do they want further evi dence to convince them of the futility of such protection" as that on which they would, it seems, again rely, in so many of our agricul tural districts ? Let them mark what follows : " In the seven years, 1815 to 1822, the average price of wheat never reached 80s. per quarter, except in 1817 and 1818"—and those were very bad seasons. This law having failed in effect, in 1823 a new law was called for by the clamour of agricultural distress ; and by this new law, importation—when wheat was below 70s. per quarter—was prohibited ; when above 70s. importation was permitted at a duty of 17s. per quarter. This corn-law was not less ricketty than its predecessors. It fell to pieces when left to " walk" —and work—alone. The landlords and tenants, who flattered themselves, that whilst their bantling could keep its legs, they would be secure of 70s. per quarter for their wheat, discovered that, during the whole term, from 1823 to 1828 (in which latter year that profound invention of landlord-legislation magic—the "sliding-scale" talisman, was first set up), the average price never touched 70s. at all ! That the price per quarter, in two only, out of those five years attained even 605., whilst in 1823 it was actually so low as 51s, 9d. " Great imports," (Mr. TAYLOR sensibly argued) "did not produce these low prices ; for the imports, during the same period, did not average 300,000 quarters per annum." If these statistics fail to convince the agriculturists of the folly, the mischief, the absurdity of all at tempts to work a statutable protection to home grownsauwcectlahhoeueantart,—no reasoning of our's can ope rate,emainforbeardconvictioner o f t ;o his followdt e we shall, on t throughhe tanTdAYeoa resti l n i g r. well reasoned precis of corn-laW history. But we cannot take leave of him without quoting th e p i t h y remar k with which he closes his review of this quin quennial period—(lB23-1828). " The landowners, however, during the time, were getting hi g h rents, set according to Act of Parliament price of corn, NOT its market value." This is admira bly put. It -is " a great fact." It suggests an impressive moral lesson. The landlords are now reaping a fatal harvest of distrust and discontent—of estranged relations between them- Selves and their tenant-farmers—of leases thrown on 'their hands, and lands deteriorating through in solvent cultivation—of which harvest the seeds were sown by their own reckless selfishness ! How (as honest men, we are disinclined to ask, for we would not. over-hastily impugn their moral integrity, but) as reasonable or consistent men, could they dream of exacting high rents of those who held under them, when the Currency Act of 1819 had crippled, from one end of England to the other, the tenant's means of raising even a living profit—a means of mere subsistence ? How could they set high rents when the contracted issues of the Bank of England, and therefore of all had taken from those who were to provincial banks, • r '4 cz_4 ,, AlUP, , ,!* • = /itlioß'.t,4, •; 4 HOS 'lr.l9P:mw • ,„„4, • • , • n OIT • " ilaorninff .-7)11,1t LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1844. The Lords met last evening, but no business of the slightest importance came before the House, which adjourned shortly after it met. In the Commons, Mr. G. HOPE complained that, in some of the ordinary channels of information (in plain, English newspapers) the speech of Mr. Score? the Member for Roxburghshire, relative to squatters in Australia, had been given at length, while his reply to it had not been given. He rose, however, . : merely to state that the Government did not agree - ..with the statement made by the Hon. Member. ' - Lord PALMERSTON deferred, for a fortnight, his - "motion on the right of search. Mr. V. SMITH postponed his motion relative to oaths taken by Catholics till after Easter. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY corrected a statement which he had made with respect to the duel at Camden- Town, and read a letter from Mrs. Mulkato to war rant him in making the correction. The letter will be found in the Parliamentary report. Mr. COCIIRANE moved for extracts of any corre spondence between her MAJESTY'S Government and Sir EDMUND LYONS, or the Courts of France and . Russia, relating to the recent events in Greece. • . Sir R. PEEL said in about ten days he would lay on the table of the House all the portion of the cor respondence which, he trusted, would satisfy thello nourable Member. A brief discussion took place on the present state of Greece, in which Lord PALMER STON, Sir H. DOUGLAS, and Sir R. INGLIS expressed their opinions, all of whom paid high compliments to Sir E. LYONS, and the motion, on the understanding expressed by Sir R. PEEL, was agreed to. Mr. MILNES made a motion relative to the present state of criminal jurisdiction over British subjects within the dominions of the Porte. He pointed out 'the hardships to which English subjects were ex posed under the present system, and thought the Government ought to establish a criminal court at Malta, as had been done at Trieste. He moved an . an address to the Crown to that effect. . Mr. HOPI thought the Government was not justi fied in interfering in the matter ; and, after a few Words from Sir R. PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. TURNER moved a resolution to the effect that duelling is immoral in its tendency, that it brings into contempt the laws of the country, is contrary to Divine command, and ought to be abolished. He entered into a brief history of duelling, and pointed out some remarkable cases to show its baneful effects. Sir R. PEEL opposed the resolution, and after speeches from several other Hon. Members, the mo tion-was withdrawn. Mr..ELPIIINSTONE then moved that the House re solve itself into a Committee to take into consideration the Legacy and. Probate duties, which gave rise to some discussion. This motion was also withdrawn. The other business on the paper was then gone through, and the House adjourned. We are disappointed, on lookin g over the resolu %dons agreed to by the House of Commons, on Mon day, the 4th instant, in reference to railways, at finding that they are merely seven orders touching the organisation of Committees for the consideration of pending • Bills to authorise the construction of - competing - lines, and the suspension of certain '"standing Orders. The resolutions are purely technical, without a particle of public interest about them, or the slightest bearing on TEE public interest in connection with railways. We have very recently expressed our own views of the necessity, on every conceivable ground of sound policy, and the present and future convenience of the -public, for some great and intelligible system of general supervision, as to these important works, on which Government itself should take the initiative. The slightest consideration of the extent of social - .omfbrt or derangement involved in the execution of . . itch undertakings,—of the magnitude of the capital a vested in them, —of the variety of properties, rights, t enantcies, &c. &c., affected by them, must satisfy one that the great outlines of their projection, con struction, and administration, and the adjustment of their relations to other and similar enterprises, pre viously entered upon or already accomplished—should not ' be• left entirely to be determined by the result of the conflicting interests of private speculators. It shouldlne r . be forgotten that errors in any of the particAdife-liave- just recapitulated, are, practi- Wrsparnigl, irremediable in completed lines of • tlOen satisfactorily demonstrated—after i t n he w e h x i i - t • ebmpleted—that a slight departure from the --, itgair - The' public is familiar with cases ceheui.t ' - 'cf . dangerous and most costly tunnelling, has ori ginal Lie, too hastily adopted, would have obviated the At ..., THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1844. pay them, not simply the chances of legitimate prices (that is, such as would represent the natural or gold price and the taxation cost of raising their produce), but the chances of all that healthful encouragement to enterprise, and the extended application of skill, la bour, and capital, to improved processes in agriculture and husbandry, which was extended to the working occupiers of land, and the breeder and the grazier of stock, with a wise and liberal confidence, by those who possessed absolutely, or could otherwise com mand, surplus capital for such purposes, before the Legislature adopted the ill-considered nostrums, under the administration of which our monetary system has experienced nothing but convulsion, derangement, terror, and paralysis ? The Morning Post is in transports of delight at the idea of the Emperor NICHOLAS—" Young Nick," as he has been sometimes jocosely called, in contradistinction to " Old Nick," who is supposed to be not distantly con nected with him by the father's side—visiting this coun try in the month of May next. "It gives us sincere pleasure to learn," quoth our extatic Contemporary, " that confident hopes are entertained in the highest quarters of a visit to England of his Imperial MAJESTY. In this feeling of gratification we are sure that all our countrymen will cordially join. A Sovereign of such un bounded sway—of such high personal qualities—ruling a kingdom with which we have such important commercial intrrcouse, inspires general interest ; while his habitual magnificence, and his generous patronage of art and science in all quarters of the globe, renders his name highly popular. We are sure that Englishmen of every shade of political opinion will unite to give his Imperial Majesty a cordial reception. We have only further to state that his visit is expected to take place next May." As our Contemporary is singularly well-informed on all matters that transpire in " high quarters,"—for not a single bottle of wine nor a crust of dry bread can be given away at Windsor Castle to the poor, nor a new service of gold plate be placed on an aristocratic table, without the Post giving the earliest information ofthe "great fact"—we are willing to believe that there is some truth in his present statement respecting the visit of the CZAR. We cannot, however, sympathise with him in his joy on the occasion, for we are utterly in the dark as to the claims which the Emperor of All the RusslAs has on the respect, and confidence, and good-will of a free, despot-hating country, like England. Perhaps our Contemporary will vouchsafe to enlighten us on this point, for we honestly confess that our faculties are in a state of grievous obnubilation. Is it for his inhuman treatment of the Poles, expatriated by thousands to the wastes of Siberia, for no worse crime than that of preferring constitutional free dom to unconstitutional tyranny ; is it for his per severing efforts to subject the brave Circassian moun taineers to his iron yoke, in defiance of all law, all jus tice, all reason ; is it for his restless and selfish spifit of aggrandisement, which keeps Europe in a constant state of uneasiness, and which threatens, at one time, the in tegrity of Persia, and, at another, the integrity of Turkey; is it for his underhand intrigues at the Court of Tehran, which led to the demonstrations against Herat, and the subsequent disastrous disturbances in the north west of India ; is it for his inhuman persecu tion of the Jews, driven from house and home, and compelled to take refuge, like their ances tors, in the wilderness, because it suited him to mis trust their allegiance without the slightest shadow of a valid reason ;—is it for these things that Englishmen are to receive the Emperor of RUSSIA with cordiality ? Are these the acts that are to recommend him to their esteem, and secure him a hospitable reception ? But, urges our: Contemporary, NICHOLAS is a Sovereign of " unbounded sway ;" moreover, ho is remark able for his " habitual magnificence, and patronage of the arts and sciences ;" and therefore, forsooth, he is to be received with open arms, and cheered by enthusiastic crowds whenever he condescends to exhibit his Royal person in public! We cannot admit the vali dity of this plea in behalf of the Russian despot; to our plain thinking, it seems to be neither more nor less than sheer cant; and cant, too, of the worst description, inas much as it keeps out of sight all considerations of humanity. What! are we to be called on to give the CZAR a friendly welcome, because he is a "Sovereign of unbounded iway;" to forget the oppressor of the Poles in the " habitual magnificence" of the monarch; and the per secutor of the Jews in the "patron of the arts and sciences?" Are we to be stone-blind to his evil quali ties, because he happens to possess some showy, super ficial ones? Really this is very lax morality, and we are surprised that the Post, which is usually so precise and even prudish in its notions, could venture to urge it. If NICHOLAS does take it into his Royal head to visit this coun try, we hope that the joy exhibited on the ()evasion will be confined to those who are of the same wal. of thinking es :.fusel: —to the I..ioNPONDEERYS., NOETH- Lr3fBERIANDS, and that class of people, who can Fee nothing in an absolute Sovereign but an embodi ment of all human perfection---a sort of golden image before whom it is their duty to bow down in abject, unqualified veneration. Of course our Contemporary will illuminate in honour of the CZAR'S arrival; he cannot well do otherwise; and we would recommend, by way of appropriate device, a full-length figure of a Polish patriot, loaded with chains, clad in rags, and exhibiting the squalid aspect of despair and destitution. Madrid journals of the 6th have been re•eived, and are chiefly filled with the royal progresses of the two Queens. On that day Queen IsIBELLA, accompanied by her sister, left Madrid for Aranjuez. NARNAEZ, at the head of a division of troops, escorted her to the Toledo gate, and then returned to take the command of the cavalry regiment of Leon to meet the QUEEN MOTHER at Aranjuez. On their arrival at Madrid a grand review was to take place. At Barcelona the Queen CIIMST/NA was received with every demonstration of joy. The houses were decorated with flags and tapestry, a Te Deum was per formed in the Cathedral, and a banquet was given in the Town Hall, which was attended by the foreign Consuls and the civil and military authorities. On the 6th the Three per Cents. were done at 30j al 60 days, and the Fives at 224. We have received the Paris papers of Monday and Tuesday, and it is singular enough that the important announcement of the Chancellor of the Eachequer respecting the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, is very briefly alluded to, or entirely passed over, by the Opposition papers ; for this measure will affect Frenchmen as well as Englishmen. The war journals, however, dislike the news, because it shows the credit of the country is good and money is abundant. The Government journals advert to it in rather favonr able terms. " The success of the project," says the Journal des Debats, " must undeniably be a new pledge for the stability of the PEEL Cabinet. It could only be carried into execution under favour of the re-establishment of the financial equilibrium, the abundance of capital, the consolidation of general peace and public security. This great work of restoration has been accomplished in less than three years. The medal has, no doubt, its reverse, and, as has been said, the House of Commons medio de fonte leporum, surgit (marl aliquid. This equil librium is re-established, it is true, but at the price of a new tax, producing nearly 150,000,000 f. per annum. Money is abundant in the market, but this is only be cause no sufficient employment for it can be found, from the check upon industry and enterprise. Another cause also has contributed to this abundance of capital in England—the scandalous insolvency of the States of the American Union, into which large sums had for a long time been carried, but which now present no gua rantees." The Globe, another Government paper, in adverting to the important measure, draws a distinction between England and France, as regards the reduction of interest, for which we can see no ground whatever. " it says, " are much more moved by this proposition of reducing the interest on the English national debt in Paris than in London. This comes from the fact that the conversion of the renter in England is a financial operation, the principles and forms of which have long since been determined, and which consequently excites no surprise. In France, on the contrary, the very principle of conversion, that is to say, the right to do so, is disputed, ' and the mode of operating the change is still more disputed than the right. Add that there is a considerable difference be tween the organisation of the public credit in France and in England, and that that which may have no effect in London may be very injurious in Paris. It will from this be seen, that what would be an event, and almost a revolution in France, may be a regular, quiet, normal and financial movement in England." After adverting to the apathy, or rather satisfaction, with which the proposi tion has been received by the English public, the writer adds, " It is probable that this would not be the case in France. French stockholders are not familiarised with these operations. The means and the principle are not determined, as in England. Political circumstances and habits, the constitution of credit, and several other causes, would make in France a real revolution of a measure which in England is the foreseen and regular consequence of the financial organization of the coun try." The French Five per Cents. are very heavy, having closed on Tuesday at 121 f. 85c. The Threes were quoted at 82f. 80c. Ti c e rfeopollorrtvionfg:jazesteAtir:cf..suirraromaiitahoenpatteorsti:r—otii Loan, was yesterday distributed to the Deputies. Last year, the Chamber voted a credit of 527,244 f. towards the paytnent of 1 ' the first half-year's dividends ft. 1 8 43 •apon the loan guaran I I - teed by France, England, and Russia. On the 14th Septem bel 1843, Greece paid 1 , 000,000 f. on account of the second half-year of 1843, and France had to advance 193,901 f. 69c. towards the completion of this payment. This sum of 903,901 f. 69c. is comprised in the Bill for granting supple mentary credits for 1843. The Government recinires a grant of 527,2441. to enable it to pay its portion of the first half year's interest of 1844. The Committee has acceded to the demand of the Government, which, without ceasing to en gage Greece to adopt and follow the most rigid system of economy, is unwilling to cause any embarrassment to the now Government. Lord Ranelagh has arrived in Paris, on his way to London, from Bourges, where his Lordship has been in confidential communication with Don Carlos, Some of the Paris journals have mentioned a report that his Royal Highness Highness the Duke de Nemours was se riously ill We are happy to state that his Royal Highness, who has been suffering from a severe cold, is now much better. —Galignani. " We are assured," says the Commerce, " that the Govern ment intends to withdraw the Bill on secondary instruction, on account of the Committee of the Chamber of Peers being desirous of separating the Ministry of Public Instruction from the attributes of the Grand Master of the University." THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, MARCH 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. ex div 121 50 .. 121 70 121 40 .. 121 70 Four per Cen t s . .... 104 50 .. 105 .. 104 50 .. 104 75 Three per Centg.• •• • 82 75 .. 82 76 .. 62 70 .. 82 75 Bank of France.. . ..... 3260 .. 3260 3260 3260 Laffitte Bank. I,ooof. Shareellos —llO5 ..1103 .. 1105 6,000 f. Sharee6oB7 50 —5087 50 —5087 50 —5087 50 Belgian Bank . ..... •••• • • • • 660 • • 660 .. 660 • . 660 10if .. 1084 .. 108 f .. 1081 Belgian Fives. ...... ••••• •• 1051 .. 105+ .. 1031 .. 10.51 1091 .. 1091 .. 1091 Threes llBB • 44 • o2 •••••• •••••• ... ... •••••• 170517 • • 77 • • 77 • • 77 Dutch Two-and-a-Half •• •• • 5 7a • • 58 • • 571 • • 58 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 34 • • 34 • • 34 • • 34 Passive .••••• • • • • • • 6 1 • • 6 4 • • 61 61 Threes • • .......... 36 • • 364 • • 36 • • 364 ... ........... Portuguese Five per Cents • • 47 • • 47 • • 47 .• 4 7 Neap01itan................ 102 50 .. 102 65 .. 102 50 .. 103 SO Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain • • ...... ••• • • • 835 •• 835 .. 835 .. 835 Versailles, R. 8. ., .• •••• • • • • 380 .. 380 • • 380 380 L.B.•••• •••••••• 175 • 175 .. 175 .. 175 Rouen .... ...... ...„..... 890 .. 895 • • 890 • • 695 Rouen to Havre .......... 687 50 .. 687 50 .. 687 50 • . 687 50 Orleans .•.•• .. .• •• 890 •. 891 25 .. 887 50 .. 891 25 S A t v r io asb o ur n git tcl m oß a al rs e en le • s —...• 7 7 2 5 0 773 .. 772 50 .. 775 ....... 245 .. 247 5 0 .. 245 •• 246 25 RAILWAY SIIARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R. 13............. 380 .. 380 .. 382 50 .. 382 50 L.B. Konen •• • • • ..... ...... .... 890 .. 896 25 .. 890 • • 895 Rotten to Havre•• • • • .....• 687 50 .. 687 30 • . 687 50 .. 687 50 Orleans . 890 .. 893 75 .. 887 50 •• 822 50 Strasburg to Bale• •••• •• .. 245 .. 248 75 .. 24 5 .. 2 48 75 1 Avignon to Marseilles... •• — 773 780 771 25 • • 771 25 ILLNESS of the KING of SWEDEN. The following are the latest accounts published at Stock holm : FEB. 28, 1 r.M.—His Majesty had some hours rest last night, but no change has taken place. FEB. 29.—His Majesty had some hoUrs refreshing sleep last night, and he is not so faint as for some days past. The foot and leg are not worse. MARCH I.—His Majesty has had a restless night, and did not get any sleep till towards the morning. He is, however, in the same state as yesterday. The Hereditary Prince Charles, being now convalescent, no bulletins have been issued since the 28th of February. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, presided yesterday at a meeting at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall in Somerset House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited ber Majesty yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge on Wednes day at her residence at Kew. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, was prevented from attending her Majesty's Levee on Wed nesday by severe indisposition in his family. At her Majesty's Levee on Wednesday the Rev. Ed ward James, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, was presented to the Queen by the Lord Mayor. Mr. Somes, Governor of New Zealand, and Mr. Ag lionby, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Pakington, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P. , Mr. Gill , M.P. , and a Deputation of the Soap Manufacturers of England, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Norman had an interview with Lord Stanley, on Wednesday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand. Dispatches were also re ceived yesterday from the Governor of the North Ame rican colonies. - - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan 14 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert 500 to 30 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite---taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Freedow-25 to 1 ta. once 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Merry Andrew 30 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's The Prior 33 to 1 agst Sir W. W. Wynn's Rowland—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Speed's Everton—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock—taken. The little of novelty in the business transacted on the above race, with the exception of Pagan, whose promotion is a con sequence of the Manchester quotations of Tuesday, and Merry Andrew, the odds returned were taken in every in stance, to amounts varying from a pony to 601., and, as against Red Deer, The Prior, and Freedom, were afterwards currently offered. - TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Offers to take 2 to 1 about the Ugly Buck DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken to 150/. 13 to 2 agst bin Crockford's Rattan—taken 17 to 1 sgst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 22 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo 30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's King of the Gipsies—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero 55 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Sister to Grey Momus colt-- 1000 to 15 taken twice 1000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—t. twice 1000 to 15 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Delightful c—t. thrice 1000 to 15 agst Lord 'Westminster's Lancet—t. twice 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Copeland's two—taken 1000 to 10 agst Lord Orford's Boots 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome 1000 to 10 agst Sir G. Heathcotebs Akbar—taken. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Peek's Corodino 500 to 1 agst Mr. Bradshaw's Sir Isaac 1000 even between Corodino and Akbar 2000 even on Akbar agst Johnny Broome 500 even on Akbar agst Imaum 1,000 to 20 agst each of the following, in one bet :—Mount Charles, Apprentice, Delightful colt, Lancet, Icing of the Gypsies, and Bebington. No others mentioned. 320 to 250 agst Scott's, Day's, and Rogers's lots (taken). More busi ness was got through on this race than, from the flatness of the market, we had ventured to calculate upon. As it re garded the two favourites, we have nothing new to dilate upon-650 to 100, 335 to 50, and two or three other bets at were laid against R a tt an . 200 even b e t ween Buck, and 3 t o 1 to 2001 . aga i nst t h em t e him s a a n m d e t fi h g e u figure T y coupled—the Buck's actual price did not transpire. Orlando was backed in one quarter at 17 to 1, Cockamaroo at 25 to 1 (the layer refusing to go on), Running Rein at 30 to 1, and the King of the Gypsies at 1,000 to 25. 1,000 to 20 was laid once, and afterwards offered, against Campunero ; Akbar, as a set off, having plenty of backers at 1,000 to 10, taken at least ten times, besides a bet of 3,000 to 25. The other outsiders mentioned above were backed at the prices quoted, which, against all but Akbar, and Mount Charles were subsequently offered. The most curious feature in the afternoon's proceedings was an offer to bet 3,000 to d agai nst Sir Isaac, who, a few days ago, was in cons id era bl e request at 1,000 to 15, and was said to be des tined to join Dockeray's string—it is now doubtful whether, at any period since he a ppeared in the market , there has been such a horse in training. OAKS. 500 to 30 agst Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken. WETHERBY STEEPLE CHASES. Sweepstakes of 5 sous., 12st each. Three miles. (18 Subs.) Mr. Brown's Jacob Faithful (Mr. Wilson) 1 Mr. Brown's Birthday Mr. Reynard's The Hawk 3 Mr. Brown's Yorkshire Lass Colonel Thompson's Hamlet and nine others also started, but were not placed. Won easy, by two lengths. The Farmers' Steeple-chase, four miles, was won by Mr. Downes's Charles O'Malley (Scott), beating Mr. Mewburn's Clementine. and several others. CASTLE HOWARD STEEPLE-CHASE..—.TUESDAT. Sweepstakes of 7 sous. each, 3 ft., with 25 added. Four miles. Mr. J. Simpson's Aggravator (Mr. Johnson) 1 Mr. Mewburn's Clementina 2 Mr. Nicholson's Perambulator 3 Five others ran. 'Won in a canter. DUELLING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If Sir Robert Peel is sincere, and really wishes to prevent duels, let him pass an Act, that the debts of any man who is killed in a duel, shall be paid by the person who shot him ; the creditor's own oath to be proof of his debt. Bath, March 13. W. T. SRRIOUS ACCIDENT.-011 Tuesday afternoon It serious gig accident occurred in Deptford Broadway-. It ap pears that a gentleman front Lo ndon had left a horse and gig standing in the Broadway unattended, about four o'clock in the afternoon, when from some unseen cause the animal darted off at a furious rate to' ards Greenwich. Just before it reached Deptford-bridge, the animal took to the pave r ment, running up against several shop windows, and at length dashing against and smashing in the whole of the double-front shop of Mr. Matthews, straw-bonnet ware house, and thence against a lamp-post, by which the gig was nearly shattered to pieces, and the' animal pursued its im petuous course into the Greenwich-road, where it fell on the pavement, near the White Swan, and was severely wounded in the flank. Notwithstanding the time of the day, and although the horse kept the footpath for more than a quarter of a mile, only one person was hurt, and that not seriously, n T Lai h onm e ipn l r y itvh b ae a t u e: l y k reetn theinnwtimheh!ruonad,wwasherae the brewers were e t Mr. Jutsum's, the Red mak ing ready to lower scene beer. The ani mal there took a fly ing leap over three beer butts , a nd fortunately missed the men. The gentleman to whom the horse belon g ed g ave his parties complaining, and undertook to defray all expenses. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY. —WE some time ago mentioned the fact of a female, an idiot, residing in Strath glass, having reached the extraordinary age of upwards of a century. This human link between the past and present has within the last few days yielded to the stroke of death. One old neighbour, aged 96, and several who have reached 90 years, remember "Fronagal gorach, or " Foolish Flora," as a grown-111, woman when they were children, and estimate her age at 120 years at least. S he retained her conscious ness to the last, and was aware of her approaching dissolu tion. For many y ear s she migrated throu g h the countr y , obtaining a pittance by -carding the wool belonging to the country peopl e w h om s he v isited. During the last ten years, she has 'been supported by the assistance and sympathy of her neighb ours; and after her case became kno w n to Lord and Lady Lovat, Foolish Florah wanted none of the neca -6440 of life,—lnverness Herald. AMERICAN NEWS FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Hibernia, Captain Jud kins, arrived in our river this afternoon, after one of her usual quick trips across the Atlantic. She left Boston on the Ist inst., and has therefore been only a little orer twelve days, including stoppage at Halifax. She has brought papers from New York fourteen days later than those last received by the England. A most awful calamity occurred on board the frigate Princeton, by the explosion of her long gun, during a pleasure excursion, when several hun dred guests were on board. The Secretary of State, Secretary at War, and several other men of eminence, were killed on the spot. Mr. Nicholas Biddle, the once celebrated banker, died at his house near Philadelphia. We regret to announce the sudden death, on the Bth instant, of John Everleigh, aged twenty-four, the second mate of the Hibernia. The deceased was the son of the late Captain Everleigh, R.N. HORRIBLE CALAMITY. EXPLOSION OF THE PRINCETON'S GREAT GUN I DEATH OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, OF COMMODORE KENYON, OF VIRGIL MAXEY, OF MR. GARD NER, OF NEW YORK, &c. (From the Boston Times of March 1.) EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCR.—WASDINGTON, WEDNES DAY EVENLY(, FEB. 28, TEN O'CLOCK r.m.—This city is in mourning. Another melancholy event has befallen the coun try. Having been an eye-witness to the scene, I will, as minutely as possible, give an account of it. Captain Stockton, of the steamer Princeton, invited some three or four hundred ladies and gentlemen, including the President and his family, the members of his Cabinet and foreign ministers, some senators and members of the house, and a large circle of his especial friends, to take an excursion with him down the Potomac this day, and witness the beauty and movement of his noble vessel, and the discharge of his immense gun. All the invitations were most eagerly ac cepted, and at about one o'clock the company were safely put on board the Princeton from a small steamer which took them from the wharf. The day was clear and pleasant, and there were as many ladies on board as gentlemen, and everything promised a delightful excursion. After a salute of twenty-one guns from the small pieces, the big gun was put in readiness for the firing of a ball, weighing 2301b5. The ladies were all " piped to deck," and obtained prominent places to see the discharge. The word " fire" was given, and all eyes immediately beheld the motion of the ball upon the water, giving some half-dozen bounds, and going a distance of about two miles before it finally sunk. The experiment was in every respect success ful, and all were delighted. The party then adjourned to the cabin, and after the ladies had feasted fully from the abundance so liberally provided for them by the noble captain, the gentlemen took possession of the table, Captain Stockton being at the head—the Pre sident upon his right—the members of the Cabinet (with the single exception of Mr. Spencer, who was not on board), ar ranged according to their official station upon the left—Sena tors Benton and Woodbury, Mr. Catlin, and other members of Congress, following on the right of the President. Toasts and champagne sparkled together, and all were as merry and happy as could be. In the midst of this, and as the vessel was nearing home, the captain concluded to have another fire with leis big gun, and it was then that the fatal event occurred which I will now detail. The gun was ranged—and the gentlemen whom the Cap tain most desired should see the operation were specially in vited up to witness it. The gun was fired—the breech ex ploded ! killing instantly Mr. A. P. Upshur, Secretary of State; Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy; Virgil Maxey, Esq., of Maryland; Com. Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of Construction ; and Mr. Gardner, of New York—seriously in juring Captain Stockton; also one of the midshipmen, and three or four of the hands of the ship, and more or less injur ing some six others of the ship's crew. Senator Benton was standing on the right of Captain Stockton, as were also Mr. Tyson, of Philadelphia, Colonel Strictland of the same city, and others. Mr. Benton, immediately after the affair, complained and suffered much from the effects of the explosion; but I did not see, when I left the boat, that he was seriously hurt. Mr. Tyson had one of the pieces of the gun pass directly through his hat. The gentlemen killed were all standing upon the leeward side of the gun, nearly in a row, when the igun burst, the pieces went in that direction and killed them in stantly—not a groan was heard to escape their lips. The President, but a moment previous to the discharge, fortunately left its vicinity. As the smoke cleared away, Captain Stockton with his hair and face scorched, and his dress covered with powder, jumped with one spring to the top of his gun, and exclaimed, My God, would that I were dead too.', . - It would be quite impossible for me to describe to you the distressing scenes that followed, for I am entirely inade quate to the task. Judge Upshur has a wife and three or four children to de plore his sudden death. The Secretary of War, Mr. Wilkins, had a narrow escape ; he was standing near to Judge Upshur just before the discharge, and remarked that, "if he was Secretary at War, he did not like the noise, and would, there fore, move a little out of' the way," and just as he moved the gun exploded. One of Senator Woodbury's daughters (the eldest I think) was standing so near to the persons killed, that her dress was completely spattered over with blood. Her escape was truly miraculous, as was also that of others in the immediate vicinity of the gun. When the accident happened I was in the cabin listening to a . patriotic,song from one of Ile company, and as he was singing the word Washington, the can fired, and, said P i n of the gentlemen " there goes the big gun in honour of the name, let us also give three cheers to it," but the cheering hardly commenced before the fatal and all were as silent as death. I have not more room to mention the thousand incidents that occurred, and are connected with the event—but must reserve Ahem for another opportunity. When the company left, the Princeton, which was about six o'clock, everything was being done to take care of the wounded and dead. The President, Mr. Wickliffe, Mr. Wilkins, and others, remained on - board, and will probably come up to the city late this evening. P.S. He.has singe returned. R. (From the New York Herald)' THE OREGON NEGOTIATION.—We learn from Washington ' that the new British Minister has opened the negotiation for the settlement of the Oregon territory with Mr. Upshur, the Setretary. of State; but that some difficulties have occurred in the preliminaries, which may cause some delay, although act insuperable in their nature. It is also generally under stood, that the President and his secretary are very solicitous of settling, on an honourable basis, this vexed question— perhape somewhat arising from the fact, that Mr. Webster monopolised all the honour in the Ashburton treaty. We apprehend no difficulty, however, on this question between the Executive and the British Government. The principal obetacle will be in the Senate. Mr. Benton and the extreme gauche of the "young democracie" are endeavouring to create, in advance, a party opposition to any treaty that settles the controversy, by cornpromise--and from the position of the Presidential question 'in the Western States, we do verily believe that he may succeed in rejecting such a treaty. Circgmstances, however, may turn up, to give a new direction to events. The war feeling, however, against England, is at its very lowest ebb at present among the " democracie," and it will be diffi cult to raise it from the "vasty deep." The Whigs, Northern Abolitionists, and Southern Nullifiers, are all f9r peace, on fair and reasonable terms, and they, a ll together, outnumber in influence the Benton ultra section. The sin gular riseof a deep commercial excitement, • caused by the recent rapid advance in stocks, cotton, and other staples, the increase of the foreign trade, will all. contribute to re press political.agitation of a character injurious to peace and prosperity. THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL.—The new Italian Opera, got up by Palmo, with Borghese as prima donna, is carrying everything before it here. The Park opens next month, but no one knows with what. The various small theatres are doing well. Macready, at the last accounts, was at New Orleans, making much money and laurels. He will be here in April to play at the Park. The Seguin troupe were at Mobile, on their way to the north. Ole Bull was at Havannah—Vieux temps, Cinti Damareau, Artot, &c. in Mexico. Henry Russell was travelling and singing all his way up the Mis sissippi, on his way to the north. Forrest has gone south. 'Dm DEATH or NICHOLAS BIDIDIX.—In another part of this paper, we insert an article giving a biographical sketch of Nicholas Biddle, late President of the United States Bank. His death came upon us very unexpectedly. We were not prepared for such a sudden demise. Mr. Biddle's career and character have some features which require a good deal of elucidation and discrimination, in order to be properly under stood.' As a private member of society he was one of the most accomplished—most honourable—most amiable—and most courteous ofmen. As a public maxi in the Presidency of the United States Bank, he conducted its affairs, during the first years of its existence, with great skill, integrity, and prudence. '.But as soon as the miserable, intriguing, corrupt politicians of both parties, got hold of him, when he wanted a re-charter, he went astray farther and farther, until the institution exploded, and strewed, as we have seen, the whole laud with its ruins. The narrative 'of the deceptions and duperies which have been practised by these politicians on Mr. Biddle, during his career, would surpass anything ever written in any language, in the annals of intrigue and cor ruption. We do not doubt at all that the high and honour able feelings , of Mr. Biddle revolted against the schemes of these wretches, and that the recollection of these deceptions, practised on his unsuspecting nature, constantly pressing on his wounded spirit, were the main cause of his sudden and premature death. Mr. Biddle has left a very fine family. We trust that some distinguished literary matt of Philadel phis, will give us a correct andMl biography of Mr. Biddle, including all the philosophy of his eventful life, which was indeed full of lesson and moral. (From the New Orleans Picayune, Feb. 3.) . By the John Barr, Captain Hollingshead, we received yes terday advices a fortnight later from Vera Cruz, Intelligence had at last reached Vera Cruz of the arrange ment of‘the difficulties between the English and Mexican Govemnients. The news was thought almost too good to be true, as the commercial interests were not a little disturbed at the prospect of a British fleet entering the harbour of Vera Cruz with hostile intent. DESTRUCTIVE FIEE.—On the 11th of February a most alarming fire broke out in the Orleans Cotton Press, New Orleans. The number of bales of cotton consumed is esti mated at C5OO ; the loss of which, estimated at 40 dollars per bale, would. be 340,000 dollars. The damage done to the building could possibly be repaired for 25,000 dollars, and the engine and two•screws for 10,000 dollars more, making the total loss, as far as could be estimated by a rough calcu lation, 375,000 dollars, which we understand is fully covered by insurance ; the cotton in this city, and the building in the offices in this city, in London and Paris. This building was considered the largest in the world. CANADA. e i A v e dhv dispatch from the Governor-General h e - the sessions of the Parliament to he held at Montreal. TILE SMUGGLING CASE--The first mate of the packet-ship Oxford, Mr. Gates, has confessed that the smuggled cloths seized from on board that ship, were concealed and attempted to he smuggled with his consent ; that he had received 300 dollars at Liverpool from a person whose name he has com municated to the owners for doing so ; and that he was to deliver the goods to the party who should apply in New York. Gates was committed to prison, in default of obtaining the required bail of 10,000 dollars. A like occurrence has taken place with the Montezuma, of which also the mate was bribed in Liverpool. It is hardly iracezaary to add that the awnera and the coin msnders of both ships are above any, the slightest suspicion of conniving at such transactions. Harris, the boatman, has been admitted State's evidence. • NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. FEE. 29.—The steam-ship Hibernia leaving Boston for Liverpool to-morrove, we give our usual comparative tables of quotations for stocks and exchange. • Since the departure of the last steamer, the movements of trade and our great staple articles of export, have become more developed, and are settling into a more regular and steady channel. Ex change has improved very much within a short period. At one time rates reached so high a point that it was found specie would have to go forward. Bill holders, however, kept their demands just below a specie standard, which buyers submitted to rather than risk shipments of the pre cious metals. Within a week or two cotton has gone for ward very rapidly, and the result has been a great decline in foreign exchanges. Speculators in this production, on , this side, do not like the complexion - of the Liverpool market. They are fearful that the tenor of further advices will be far from favourable. The last accounts were of so peculiar a nature, that the present race of speculators, who are mostly novices in the business, do not know what to make of them. In New Orleans and Charleston rates have declined, while at Savannah and Mobile they have advanced. • The latter quotations at all the ports were those ruling after the demand for the steamer had been satisfied, and., can be considered a little under the current rates of a few days previous. Below we give the quotations for foreign exchange in this market for the past three months, by which it will be seen that the present prices are nearly as reduced as they have been at any time within that period. RATES OF FOREIAN BILLS IN NEW YORK, Fs,. 29. Dec. 15. Dec. 30. Jan. 30. Feb. 29. ' London•• • • 81 aBl 109 a 1091 109. a 1091 81 a 9 France .• .. 5 321 a 5 331 5 27j a 530 a 5 321 330 a 5 28( Amsterdam 391 a-- 40 a 391 a 40, 391 a4O Hamburgh 35 a 351 351 a 351 a 351 35J a 351 . Bremen.... 771 a 771 781 a 79 781 a 781 78 a 781 If the present. feeling continues as regards cotton, and every ,bale is pressed forward as rapidly as possible, exchange, as a natural consequence, will find a very low level. The advises received per the Hibernia, will probably create the same feeling as they circulate through the South, that is experienced here,which will be followed by a similar anxiety to get their stocks into the market. Should this become ge neral through the country, speculators will not cavil about freights, but at once submit to the current rates, for imme diate departure. A heavy amount of cotton arriving in Liverpool would immediately depress the market. It is only by short supplies and unfavourable reports from this coun try;that the highly speculative feeling - was created in Liver pool. Destroy that charm, and the foundation of specula tions is at once knocked awaY. nixing the whole course of our long experience, we do not recollect a single instance where the yield of a crop did not exceed the anticipations. There is not much doubt but that the present crop is hun dreds of thousands of bales below that of last year ; but that it is below the average, we should hesitate a long time before believing: Speculators and consumers abroad interested in this staple should make great allowances - for the various in terests at work in this country to create impressions favour able to their views. The great object to arrive at in all the movements of this article, is regularity of supply, price and demand. The result of speculation is invariably in jurious. . The improvement that has lately taken place in State St4clis, in this market, cannot be traced wholly to the movements in the different Legislatures. The advance in a measure has been produced by the abundance of money and the withdrawal of capital from investment in cotton, and re-investing it in stocks. This is of course a specula tive movement. Very little capital is permanently invested in the stocks that are used for speculation in Wall-street. Among the many stocks that are day after day used by the brokers for all their operations, a few are of a sound sterling nature. Kentucky State Stocks, for instance, is as valuable a security as can be produced, but its character is injured by its being so much used for speculation. The movements of the .Legislative bodies in the different States have not as yetresulted in any decided step in relation to their debts. The Committee of Ways and Means in the . Legislatures of Pennsylvania and Maryland have reported Bills providing for the payment of the interest on their debts. There has yet been no action on them, but the impression appears to be general that they will ultimately pass and become laws. A few days since we published a synopsis of each Bill. That introduced into the Legislature - of Penn • sylvania suggests the levying of a tax on property heretofore untaxed, entirely for the purpose of paying the annual in terest on the total amount of their indebtedness. The revenue arising from thii Bill to be appropriated exclusively to that. . It also equalises taxation, and levels the barriers that have heretofore prevented a full collection of the amount levied. It leaves no cause for complaint, and the tax-gatherer will'not meet with the insurmountable difficulties that have before beset his path. The Bill introduced into the Legislature of Maryland is of a different nature, but its enforcement would produce the same result. It proposes the sale of the State's interest in all corporated companies, such as stock in banks and turnpike roads, the payment for which will be received in certificates of interest, or any other evidence of' State indebtedness. It fixes the first day of April of the ensuing year, when the State shall resume the payment in cash of the interest on its bonds. It provides for the payment of the interest in arrears, by the sale of bank stock held by the State, by appro priating the arrears of taxes for 1841 and 1842, . and the inte rest due from the Tide Water Canal Company. The pas sage of this Bill through the House of Delegates will be watched with a great deal of interest, as the prospect of its becoming a law is at present -very 'un favourable. The doings in the Legislatures of other States are of no particular interest. Those of Mississippi and Louisiana have as yet amounted to nothing. That of Michigan is discussing the policy of selling all the works of internal improvement in the State, but as they are so rapidly increasing in productiveness, it is supposedthey will retain possession, as the anticipated receipts will more than pay the annual interest OR the total indebtedness of the State. COTTON MARKET. The state of the Cotton markets throughout the country is a subject of much solicitude to speculators and holders-of large stocks. We have no doubt, that for the next month, an immense quantity of cotton will go on: board ship for foreign ports. This is going to disiolve the speculative move ments going on in this article. Large receipts will unsettle the different markets. and prices will become less firm and favour able. We have in our money article remarked on the posi tion of this staple, and the probable result of the coure ere~rP * 11131/0 0C T ...V1 Wa c ,i,LOtttLIOIIS, -On .quence Of the fluctuating state of the market and the ab sence of sales that would give something more than nominal rates. NEW STOCK EXCHANGE. .2,000 Ohio Sixes, 60 2,000 Kentucky Sixes, 30 years, April2o lO3l 4,000 Illinois , , 424 2,000 Indiana • 394 7 1: 9 11 8 1 3 5 3 1,000 Pennsylvania Fives , 7 100 Shares Dry Dock Bk 150 Shares Farmireioan 8 50 Shares Farmers' Loan b6O 38i 50 NAm Trust , s 3 14 50 Nor and Wore 36i 50 Long Island b 3 74 50 Mohawk Railroad s 3 57 50 Paterson Railroad B2 100 Stonington Railroad. 37 50 Harlem Railroad.• ._ •. 514 THE MARKETS, FEz. 28 • FLOUR.—The market continues to be quiet. Genes& is offered at 5 dols. ' and sales are made at 4 dols. 94c. Ohio and Michigan, 4 dols. 87c. a 4 doll. 94c. •, round hoop, 4 clols. 94c. A small sale of about 1,000 barrels has been made foT. the English market. Scratched Western, 4 dols.:62ic. a 4 dols. 75c. Fine middling, 4 dols. 25c. Georgetown and Alexandria, 5 dols. Richmond Country and Brandywine, 5 dols. 12i. Richmond City, 6 dols. Rye, 3 dols. 50c. Corrox.—The market continues to be dull, and the sales in favour of the buyer. The movement for shipments within a few days has been small. - ASHES.—But little doing in pots ; 4 dols. 75c. is asked, but no sales over 4 dols. 62ic. Pearls are 'dull at 5 dols. 6iC. a 5 dols. 12ic. _ _ _ _ SEED.—Moderate sales of clover at 9 dols. ie ; rough flax seed at 9 dols. 62k. Clean 10 dols. 50e., and Timothy 15 dols. CoAL.—The market is rather quiet. Sales of Orrel at 8 dols. 25e. OIL—A sale of 4,000 barrels is 'reported here, and 3,200 barrels at the eastward, deliverable here—al.l at 35c. Further sales of Ohio linseed at 85c. GRA,IN.—The last sales of Illinois wheat were at 106 c.; corn is selling at 47c. a 48c. ; barley,s6c.; oats, 36c. ; rye 70c. PROVISIONS.—Pork is selling at 7 dols. 624 c. ; Mess, 9 dots. 62ic. a 9 dols. 69c. ; beef, coun,try, 4 dots. and 6 dols. ; city, 4 dols. 25c. a 6 dols. 25c. ; butter, 6ic. a Bc. ; Cheese, 41ic.°1t 6c. ; hams, sc. ; shoulders, 3ic. a 34c. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, Mancn 9.—The Chamber of Representatives in its sitting to-day agreed to the project of law for the conver sion of 100,800,000 f. Count F. de Hanel, lately attached to the Belgian Lega tion at Copenhagen, set out this morning for Madrid, to act in the same capacity to the Belgian Legation in Spain. M. Mans, the engineer, has returned from his visit to Ire• land, whither he was sent by the Government to inquire into the advantages that might result from the adoption of the system of atmospheric railways. Mr. Stephenson, the celebrated English engineer, was requested to be present at the experiment to be made at Dalkey, in order to enable M. Mans to examine the advantages and inconveniences of this system. The Belgian engineer has been furnished with ev information, and his report, which will shortly be published.ery will be extremely interesting. Some time ago two of our most important establishments for the manufactory of machines were in negotiation with the Russian Government for the supply of 150 locomotives. The whole of the sum required was about _6 millions of francs. An American house likewise made proposals which have been accepted. BRUSSELS, DIARCR 10.—The King and Queen came to tha palace at Brussels to-day. The municipal taxes of the city of Brussels produced in the month of February 224,132 f., which is 12,232 f. more than in February, last tear. BRUSSELS, MARCH 11.—The King and Queen set out this morning far Ghent, where they will arrive at five this after noon. The object of their Majesties is to view the splendid annual exhibition of the Horticultural Society, which is one of the most distinguished for the beauty and variety of the flowers exhibited that has been known for many yea rs . Many of the most eminent botanists of Holland, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, have come to Ghent, to form a jury- to award the prizes. BATAVIA, Nov. 10.—On the 2d and 3d of September, there arrived in the road of Timor Koepang, the Englith corvette the Fly, Captain Blackwood, and the schooner the Bramble, Lieutenant Yale, and, after taking in refreshment, sailed on the sth of September for Swan River. These vessels are commissioned to make a survey of Torres Straits, an opera tion which, according to Captain Blackwood, will take three years to complete. They will come again to Timor Koepang in January. AMSTERDAM, MARCh 12.—We are" happy to learn that his Majesty will visit this city on Friday next, and :that the Royal family will, as usual, visit us after Easter. The papers are filled with articles respecting the income tax, and some detailed reports of. the speeches delivered in the Second Chamber fo r an d aga i ns t th e measure. CONVICTS TOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—The Lon don hired convict-ship, at present moored off the Dockyard, Woolwich, has already on board 244 convicts from the Mill bank Penitentiary, the Model Prison, Pentonville, and from several country gaols, and is expected to take out in all about 300 of that unfortunate class, who will be guarded by de tachments of the 58th and 80th Regiments. One of the men of the latter corps has become so ill that he was taken on shore on Wednesday forenoon and placed in the hospital. Amongst the convict-prisoners on board the London is the well-known character in Plumstead and Woolwich named John Bodle, who was found guilty at the last Central Criminal Court sessions, and sentenced to twenty years' transportation, for endeavouring to extort money from Lord Abingdon's butler, under a threat, if he did not comply with his demands, of charging; him with an unnatural crime. Since the prisoner's conviction for this offence he has confessed having poisoned his grandfather, although - he was tried at Maidstone on that charge, but acquitted. Several of his re lations applied yesterday at the Woolwich Dockyard for per mission to visit the prisoner previous to his leaving the country for the long period named in hie aeutciace. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt 9ptntflfl• Who runs may read•" iiiii roittiGrir. t Liv e " pool The Hibernia Royal mail steamer, which arrive- is froth on Wednesday, brings very distreseing ece e , ull , gee' Washington, caused by the explosion of one of the ie'g ti e e ee. of the new war steamer the Princeton. The Presidfe shea f ral Secretaries of State, and men high in office, :sti l ts/ of 200 ladies, were on board. Mr. Upshur the S T o ss . State; Governor Gilmer, Secretary of the ' Navy ; ' 43 1 ,4/ ; d v er irg li i ien 3 n i o a n x , e C y, hief of the Bureau of 'Construction of t'll e. e . e,„tors Esq., and Mr. Gardiner, of S e e ei ' D ' lw isei l l New York, were instantly killed, and six &w ere wounded. President Tyler had a narrow escape- eed "i o The telegraphic dispatch from Bayonne , Puh lie 's AliCtt Sun of Wednesday, announcing the Surrender oe ete eiti appears to recp4re confirmation. A letter in t2 l 7 3oo lthsti Herald°, dated Villa Frangueza, March 3, sap „ e of 12i3 , attempted to force the blockade line. Three 231 ( 1 01 0d: escort having joined the Queen's troops, -he lea' at t' e ; prudent to retire into the town. It appears free noel; carabineers were most willing to come over to f r ee e e l t ione troops, and that Bonet has more confidence in the S te he is Guards of Alicant than in them. It is alarm ed e e ls ;V A forming a company of guides in order to proceed to Aragon." k re port I, b e e as The Gazette de France has the 'following - been current 'in Paris that the Spanish Govern/0131z. 'fb° to arrest, if it had not already arrested, letters from Madrid do not confirm this news ; but ` v sd that M. Isturitz, as well as M. Lopez, and all I ne e Ifo r '' Self eji Consideration, has thought it rudent - to shelter hies d e bt the caprices of a power to which. othing is sacred , P e wee) , maintains itself only by a general disarmament of theee..s Guards,and putting all the provinces in a state de g o °• c es . The French Chamber of Deputies on MondaY„:, f te etli„ pied with the further consideration of the Ave the the and up to Article 28 was diaposed of The blisl. l t e e till' Bureaux was the nomination of the Committee 0 je eself M. 'stal e be ee 6 great lines of railroad; the majority was generally , of the measure as proposed by the Govonunent. ece e of - A letter from Naples, Feb. 24, states th at s so Jf ilicA • earthquake, of considetable duration, but the effects e were not serious, had been felt at Potenza, in Sicily',teroll " Paris," says a French journal, "is alwaYs call r eel ST, guarded by fourteen regiments of infantry an d c re ' s per an • tee moreover, 4,500 veterans, municipals. gendarmes '' 1 600 et pompiers, and by seventeen regiments stationed ectiopr, leagues. These thirty-one regiments form an ef e e etes l 7, of 75,000 men, not including the municipal Pa r "' s oill pompiers, &c. Paris, as is seen, is guarded by e n A 80,000 men." l e s otO The official gazette of Stockholm, of the 27th u" e 0 es a Reyal order e prolonging to the Ist of May' °' the King's illness, the period previously assign e d " Royal for holding the reins of Government. a Pl; T.AMT AND PDXIC3I • 4'i an h At the Stafford Assizes Ralph Birohenough, 'in t aking a t bi pert Gouldstraw, 29, were convicted fort e eel dye-house ofWm. Hemmersley, at-Leek, he r u t ereele 17th January' and stealing therefrom a quantity e s qt eolll r ;, property of Messrs. Ellis, Russell, and Clowes, en,... Ate of scarf silk, the property of Josiah Brunt and ie , • e eo;, / vious conviction was proved against Bircheneingi l ' e r pi* sentenced to 20 years transportation, and the cd to 15 years. of 01 1 0 William Trafford, aged 35, was . convictedon theeel Francis Lowe, on the Queen's highway, at Leek , „ oboe' of May, 1842, and stealing from him a basket, enl;sye,r,6;ed 'of.veal. He was sentenced to be transported fer e " 0 ,1 r o e At the Thames Police Court M ar garet Degsre 3 . l o eliei,, ° e! it the bar for final examination , on a - charge lie tad stabbing Charles Dagwell, her husband, wit" ,t r as el which his life was endangered. The particulars ee' and confirmed. She was then fully committed -for eoteco, James Holt, a clerk at Messrs. Sutton and C o. 08°00 in Whitecross-street, was brought before isl r ' s eote f esl Brown, at Guildhall, charged with embezzling / 44 re 0 1 5 received on account of his employers. After two : ev e re been heard the attorney for the prosecution - es , ell into a third charge of embezzling a cheque for 8 ,0i6 0 1 Alderman thought it would be better to take ee .lined together at the next hearing. The prisoner de anything, and was remanded for a week. • 1,0 4 COUUT—r.esszotreislai• n to , , 13e Prince Bariatinsky, Marchioness of Cerro sex _see slr. Beaumont, - M. and Madame Hummelaue r,ll roness Dimsdale and family, Sir Charles Shke e er e e st's e e e;° C. N. Newdegate, M.P., &c., are sojourning et,s"r Th The Duke of Rutland is improving in he'"'i e 0 1 Duke is still in town at Sir Frederick Trench's eh , e It is uncertain whether the Duke will. atteed Park Races this year or not. The Marquis and•Marchionestof Dow•nehir e ,, peeeeeelr win Hill have returned to Hillsborough eestsve ne e to o pel from Dublin. The Earl of Hillsborough .has„,, e ti e ts borough from Baxterley Hall, where the C O his Lordship's return from Ireland. , c eoheye t The Earl and Countess of Belfait and Lo u t loj ethe expected in town, from Brighton,early_ne k et - - season. so , oie The Earl of Besborough has appointed the Abe'' , -tele) M.A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, to be his Lore- co l,. tic chaplain. - is• sue d ,A Viscount and Viscountess Beresford have - dinner Ladyp arty on ehe 2lst. owl/ Mary Begot and family have arrive' tom of Lord Bagot's Seat in Staffordshire. e e Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, youngest " 3 1 hter 6 Ore" . Duke. and Duchess of Richmond, who has A i l_ e;iis at weeks been suffering from an attack of seers i " - - „ o f,: wood, is now thorougly convalescent. 10 0 ', Sir Robert Peel, Duke of Buccleucb, lAr d es d P• - Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Haddington, Sir Edw j , s bull, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Sir le rttes e eff il Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, &c., dined .d euc e in • Ripon - on Wednesday, at the Noble Earl's rees itO Grosvenor-street. eat e' INVICILSLANDOI7B. wee}, The first Concert ofe An c i e nt MUsie for teectioa e, given on Wednesday evening, under the du' ike of Cambridge. The pieces select ed es leae die 4 Dirks e sh e y". see t • was present. and it was doubtless in his honour tnseete s.onal overture was played, in vrhich " See the t off hero comes "is introduced. • 00 0 1 00 0 The anniversary meeting of . the raenubers °f tie $ o f t ) Fund Corporation, founded in 1790, for the rei l r eed so ? , of genius and learning reduced to distress, or del .( 4lt , power of literary exertion, was held on Wedne su iSio " l ' e t ,J ° at the Society's chambers, Great Russell-ereeti,oriti.ll,o From the Report it appeared that the stun a r ee s oc -relief to distressed authors, their widows, and . rf o the past year, had been 1,145/., making 4 1,7; th e ; 0 4 1 0 plied to the same benevolent purposes e re .sleso. formation. The Marquis of Lansdowne iv lig leglit reilfl e e e sident ; the Marquis of Northampton , the dope' e - Robert-Peel, Lord John Russell, Earl of Arn il e.,se Sa 3 Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P.eand other noble's., 00 demon, were re-elected Vice-Presidents-. eei s is P O f The increase of small-pox in the metN e te t e st.lesie the extra number of cases which have ju i , D " itsif s "cre l lo , been entered as patients at the Small r% l's.- 115 511 1,10 . 0 cross. The districts in which it chiefly. ere ve ue se, e e el l e , street and the neigbourhood of Brunswick o siec'ebe r e Lambeth, and Kensington. Since the couguwettei i se ' present year there have been admitted twie!eoterof patients over any 3-ear since 1838, when e I b ass e t a very prevalent and fatal. • • se AO • bref c e efoe Messrs. Barclay and Co., the eminent tic° ee tied annuities on the widows of each of the , t i f e men who were killed on their premises a sh°'"d r asa. f or names of the deceased were Roberts and 5 t ., 11 , 11 f4O li f 6 , widow of the first has been ordered the s ul ., / ,',0 life, and to the widow of Standman 25 1 . I_,J eke The Irish Landlord and Tenant Coinre s 'i ethsf l to commence their inquiries in the North °to 9 0 commence at Dundalk and proceed thence hel3,e magh, and Belfast. eeee\ts' ticsAt a late meeting of the Union Debatingesecoer.l4le the University of Oxford, the question for be 13 -Tse n; " That a repeal of the present corn-law seL s lie eole fo r i" neficiel to society." After an animated ben 4 tion was negatived by a majority of 69; - 01 0 against it, 78. .026 , 0 0 • - sttY" et , „vr' ri THE DOWAGER .COUNTESS OF ssr•e lo poles s e ee j e venerable Countess remained in the son e, eg etil i M i c elf to on Wednesday. Her Ladyship is gradww,r, et 1 1 ° The Earl. and Countess of Clarendon ly, e l e tior 3 House in attendance, for the Countesses cp" - expected. 0 C see t ° fie Excises Sieese—OreWednesdaY,4eiejers f et° es l pursuance of instructions from the Connwl r oolo e ° 4o,,cull't a sale by auction was announced at the sal v t epee ;fee' c eiee-office, Broad-street, City, of a large clu,_ °4l e ,efee ne b ' e' e r's", other articles, under forfeiture to the Govesel6,o o e n ely oli sist of 1,300 gallons of illicit Irish whisk'', be eri c ".oe l a ' f , 0 brandy, 4,000 gallons of Geneva, which hseethe , o bi o, tc b and re-distilled, 6,4001b5s of scented and °lieeles, 'bs. of British sugar, 102 eases of British gr it' ee ro ei large quantity o f bottled and pale ale; elifeerco t ; A c rt iOf' whiskey, - compounds, s eseet leaf tobacesh,reere %f or t ' o f 0 18 Apparel, copper stills, WON , casks, &c. &c. be se es ece oto t of bidders for th e eari o as lots in the root's' t ee sel e k e ee of whom were of the Hebrew nation. is , c- es of • th e numerous lets, ehe sae will occupy three "" y 4, e s and one of the wallies; week. • 0 111 ;0 ;ets niggle' eel CELTIC ENTEDTAINMENTS.^ -, - p(11 1 - 4r , „Music Hall in Store-treet, Bedford-squa re ' by PPO':10 1 ! so often the scene ofScotch entertainm eets titie' es tli si oc. exhibited a differen series, under a simila r e or : f oe • sa l Majesty visited Seeland, last year leit ° l3 3 ," s e ei" amused at Taymath Castle, the pans weed 3srie c rei /I tpils of Breadalbae, - b a party of 11 , i c oo! Oa dancers, who exlbited before her giije s 7 t eeie e ele lri ji'• bert-and suite, th varied characteristics ole„,eforeeetecerete,. music and danctg. The same party, after t e 'd er 'English provires on their route, have vi s e ,, t eeir er eso ; and each Tueray and. Friday evening on e e e, perreell o e s % - enent at the tore-street Music Hall. au" r i ss.9,,ei: Tuesday MO contained many of the danceblecoletieseioelt formed befordoyalty, and a high lv respee tf t eueel l ' e d and rapturoily applauded the untiring Sc, e , reo ksi efacy t e is . five in amber,—two, viz., • Duncan. • e rc eeele e or e, „ell' Cameron a' the pipers, and two others, -ierreepsilet;ded;sl; and DonalMacdougal are the votaries° e o ur - h o errf e d fi t e . , assisted a fifth countryman •in thud a the eee ste l e_ The war arches of the various clayr „ s e P e l'it e 6O A A ing meaees of the hardy Highlan e el's" etic" t e ' ,gwg:eartieetaatliewtayenrdetfheasreteoadrusgoimlih,tylnangodify the elth iner'odterrase.rt.:;,,ll:oll.,sotoiglill encored The entertainment, rePlet e / ct ° ree l e; 0 11 et pletelyiccessful ; it is both novel an ..ehe belie afford usiderable information to those: ow e never wor heard, the Highland Inv' cob of 1 0 ''"01 0 pibrce which so oft has blo , wei tli ts e ag li ii ea oe tb n it co tb oo s tee , ' awokile mountain echoes . 0 te at e , lilt, tlreel, or fling. .It must not be 0 _ f , are hited in the characteristic costume ett,el,e, Adviser. $ 1 " .4. o og b io et Arnie.* SITDIAIN DBATH 0 1 o py Weasday a schoolmaster, reaiding ° s ee', P oo p Blafriars-road, after having a are fit its o ji „ 0 prceded to chastise a boy named ell, ft ibe if ee ' r kiesPile , and while doing so he uVaY Cl eft ee l ' 0 01 ta apiexy. The whole of the boys imin _ e;cl gen ,res ee e ro, and gave the alarm ; but the ir , ; t iect. fef eer t ;Aided, at ones pronounced life tee s : see pun t tl tote man was, it is mentioned in thy hood . e n way much respected in the nsigh lredne sslat t 6tt e r . )EATH FROM FBIGHT. --- O n 0104 tb c i N held by Mr. Baker, at the King,, eo te e t ic brge's-in-the-East, on the body or t " Iw o thc i o o ic og o , ee Coroner having held all in c l ue ;,l that g,',Oot band y the day before. It apPee some tioro t Pepe s e r husband at the London Hospital eru je e be w ; 0 tient broke from hii keepers, a f or a tr i d d ir b o e f .atghaeininssetciuturetido.n In ur the ecocnolis_eriseeasr, ssohlt.ileet;ltseroildsiltrttja-clbei.fltolli,i entered the deceased, and so grease and gre , " oo sel e eet at she at once took to her heee . _ re eeink e fr''" 1 Monday last, when she died. ..eue retu rnee ,- e fright caused her death the jury t effect. .. __.--- ~ d ~' F I ! •'1 i ! , .; 1 1