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In distant parts of the country, the Third Edition contains news 'Mist 'moults Is ADVANCE, a matter of importance to those who want early intelligence. in those places where Me evening mail arrives in the middle of the night, the " MORYIY(I SUX," containing m.t. the Debates, kc. ttc., will answer best, and Subscribers can suit themselves accordingly. Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " 77w Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS." Now ready at all tho Libraries, in 3 vols., EU GENE SUE'S "DE ROHAN; Or, THE COURT CONSPIRATOR." An Historical Romance. •• This work is perhaps the best of Eugene Sue's productions. There is no class of readers, even the highest and most cultivated, who may net derive both amusement and instruction from it as an illustration of historical truth; while, on the other hand, its vivid painting, its wild and exciting incidents, the vigour and verisimilitude of its delineations of human character, and the rapid movement and bold simplicity of its style, give it a peculiar charm for those who seek, in works of this nature, the mere excitement of the moment." —Court Journal. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be repeated Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. In four Parts-Ist , The Banda ; 2d., The Guest ; 3d., The Pardon ; 4th., The Mask. Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Giovanna, Mdlle. Bellini ; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fornasarl ; Don Carlos, Signor Botelli ; Ernanl, Signor Moriani. Between the Acts of the Opera, the " Legirigas Manchegas" will be danced by La Nena and Don Felix Garcia. The Danseuses Vlennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 17, " ''" When will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, entitled SE MIRA3IIDE Semiramide, Madame Grist ; Arsace, Mdlle Brambilla ; Assar, Sig. Fornasari ; 'drew), Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castelian, Madame Rita Borio, and Sig. Marian', will appear. Also a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. With Other Entertainments, Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully aunouneed that the celebrated SYMPFIONIE ODE of the DESERT, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated on MONDAT WEEK, APRII. 21. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE. BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia, her First Appearance at this Theatre. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBER r AND BERTRAND. Dances In the course of the Ballet : -- Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by-Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Polin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Seviliianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MI:. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed Mr. Backstone's Original Comedy of MARRIED LIFE. Mr. Samuel Coddle, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. Lionel Lynx, Mr. H. atoll ; Mr. Frederick Younghnsband, Mr. Brindal ; Mr. George Dismal, Mr. 'Tilbury ; Mr. Henry Dove, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Sa muel Coddle, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Lionel Lynx, Miss Julia Bennett ; :Ars. F. Yonnghusband, Mrs. Humby ; Mrs. Geo ge Dismal, Mrs. Manley; Mrs. Henry Dove, Mrs. W. Clifford. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Master Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, caned ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugaby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortesene. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Auber's Comic Opera, entitled LE DUO D'OLONNE. Gaspard, Mr. Leffler ; The Chevalier, Mr. Allen ; Bianca de Molina, Wile. Helen Condell; Mariquita, Miss Grant. SANDFiaud his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. After which, THE REAR-ADMIRAL. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled succesa of d the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun In " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will he repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Prtucipal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Mis s Grove. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner ; Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Ponrtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Maley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Frank Matthews, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Box-office Is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON, AND MISS DAVENPORT'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Play, entitled THE DUCHESS OF GUISE. The Duke of Guise, Mr. Denvil ; Duchess of Guise, Miss Davenport. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter 'Teazle, :dr. Griffiths: Charles Surface, Mr. Roxby ; Lady Teazle, Miss Davenport. Dancing by Mr. Flexmore and Miss Wright. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. The War lock, Mr. Denvil ; Sandie, Mr. H. Bedford ; Andrew, Mr. Daven port (his last appearance on the stage) ; the Countess Adele, Miss L. ; Manse, _lies. Griffiths. .kST LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MA ID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. M. and Mdme. Damns, S. Bridges, &c. An arrangement has been made with Mr. White (the celebrated Lion Tamer), who will appear THIS EVENING, and exhibit his Wonderful Feats with his unrivalled collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, &c. To conclude with an Admired Farce. --- DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Aatoundiug Novelty—Mr. _Marble, the American Comedian, and Mr. Canfield, the American Sampson, with Entire Change. THIS EVENING Will be perforfned JANE SHORE. Hastings, Mr. H. Hughes Dumont, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Gloster, Mr. Neville: Jane Shore, Mrs R. Homer ; Alicia, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. TO be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with TOM, JERRY, AND LO:AC. Corinthian Tom, Xr. N. T. Hicks ; Jerry Hawthorn, Mr. R. Bonner ; Bob Logic, Mr S. ; Corinthian Kate, Miss Martin. Places and Private Bores to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, Prom Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, THIS EVENING `Will be repeate...l MAR&ARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, LOCHINV-A.R ; or, The Bride of Netherby. Lochin var, Mr. H. Howard ; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Lord Netherby, Mr. Dale ; Miss E. Terry. To conclude with 081 ; or, Three Fingered Jack. Three Fingered Jact, Mr. Cony ; Captain Orford, Mr. Blanchard ; Quashes, Mr. Searle ; Rosa, Mrs. O. Let. THE WEATHER.- Som OFFICE, APRIL 13. THEIIIIIOMETER, Lowest, 34 ; Highest, LO; Noon, 47. BAROMILVER, 29.78.—Wix0, S.W. I.lors.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DIY. Morning • . 19 minutes after 6 I Evening .. 48 minutes after 6, • Mt( LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1845. In the year 1845 we were really unprepared to see anything like the revival of those sanguinary wars, waged in the name of religion, which have always been the disgrace of humanity. We had indulged the hope thai the world of civilisation was at length awakened to the foL l y as well as wickedness, the im piety as well as the ma ,; less, of committing whole sale murder on large sections 017 the human family in the name, and for the vindication of, tt;..?.SUPREME BEINQ, the fountain of all mercy as well as of all ex istence. With the boasted advance of knowledge, the diffusion of education, and the increasing participa tion of the people in almost every European State in the control as well as the enjoyment of political institutions, we would have fain hoped that the day was gone by at which men oould be moved from the plain and direct path of social duty—the adaptation of their own inherent, natural, and private rights to that rule of conduct which is imposed by the exigencies of the common weal—the interests of the public welfare—by the artful excitements of selfish and designing Church men, bent really on the aggrandisement of their own order, though loudly professing to act only for " the glory of GOD ! " As if persecution were of GOD, or bigotry could be identified with the worship of Divine Truth; as if the majesty of DEITY could regard, with favour, their exclusive pretensions to an accurate estimate of its nature and its requirements who have steeped their dogmas in the blood of age and infancy, of women as well as of men, of the martyred recluse and the intrepid patriot. These wars of religion, for some reason or other, appear to have been always the most sanguinary and vindictive in mountainous countries. The exterminating cru sades against the Albigenses and the Waldenses, which the Romish Church waged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries at Bezieres, at Minerba, Larvaur, and other parts of Languedoc, Narbonne, Provence, &c., were ominous prototypes of the fierce religious feuds between Romanist and Wickliffite, Papist and Huguenot, which for many centuries afterwards dis tracted Germany, France, England, Ireland, and Scotland which led to the appalling catas trophe of St. Bartholomew's, and strewed the purple heather of the wild hill-sides of our Northern Highlands with the best blood of the sincere and enthusiastic Covenanters. But since the period of the accession of the House of Hanover in this kingdom, and that of the Regency of Orleans in France, this religious fury seems to have generally vented itself through the safety-valves of angry dis cussion, and all the varied ebullitions of polemical controversy. We make no account of the occasional returns of the " mark of the beast," among the other atrocities of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. These re turns, though tinctured, as indeed they had been in the two Scottish Rebellions of 1715 and 1746, with the old leaven of cruelty and fanaticism, were mere inci dents to—not component features or necessary ele ments of—those political struggles. But the present troubles in Switzerland, already stamped with the unmistakeable and disastrous character of civil war fare—(of warfare among those mountain Cantons which cradled the infant liberties of Europe, and maintained their own precarious independence solely by the union of the front which they presented to the military despotisms arrayed, on all sides, against them)—these troubles, we regret to perceive, bear about them the frightful evidences of their pestilential origin. They arise out of that antipathy of sects — that odium theologicum—which is the bane of social peace, the destruction of order, the scourge of hu manity, the implacable enemy of civilisation, the an tagonist or evil principle arrayed in immortal battle against the essential good whose development is truth and knowledge. We are not undertaking to decide at present be tween the merits of the two causes ; that of the Roman Catholic Cantons in its identification with the es tablishment and pre tensions of the Jesuits, and that of the Protestant Cantons, asso elated with the de mands for a larger infusion of the popular element into all their municipal institut ions, &c., which are vigorously advocated by the Swiss Radicals. We do not know enough of their merits, were we inclined to tender our opinion upon them. "Non nostrum tantas componere lites." But we look to the results. Whether the men of Basle were the aggressors in the first instance against the people of Lucerne, or the people of Lucerne were driven, in a righteous self defence, to make battle on the men of Basle, we may soon be in ‘ti position to determine. All that we at present certainly kno s, is, that the Roman Catholic and Jesuit party of Lucerne has signalised its superior power in a very severe and disastrous defeat of the forces moved against it by its Protestant and Radical opponents. A vast number of dead were left on the field of their conflict, and many prisoners were taken. One of these, if not more, had already, according to the announcements of the last advices received in Paris from the scene of action, been tried, condemned, and shot I We yet hope and trust this account of the fate of Dr. STEIGEE is unfounded ;—that if it be un happily true, we do trust that the Great Powers of Europe will reverse the policy of former and more bar barous ages, and boldly interpose their authoritative mediation between the contending Cantons, on the broad ground that neither the Christianity, nor the civilisation—the honour nor the repose—the public feeling nor the public interests of Europe will tole rate war in any one of the Continental States on grounds of purely theological differences. The debate on Friday in the House of Commons on the grant to Maynooth, possesses more than ordinary interest, because it involves a religious principle—the mcst difficult of all to control, and has reference to a question of the highest importance to the united empire—the cor dial union of Great Britain and Ireland. The speakers were few ; and if we except OMr. COLQUHOUN, who took a one-sided view of the proposed measure, and Mr. D'lsaaeet, who seemed much influenced by per sonal considerations, the discussion was eonfined to Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. ROEBUCK, and admi rably did they perform their parts. They ad mitted the great regard which one man was bound to show to the religions opinions of another, and did justice to the Protestant feeling which pervaded the country, while, at the same time, they took a higher view of the points at issue—points which not only included the safety of the empire, but the very existence of the Reformed religion. We recommend Mr. GLADSTONE'S speech to the at tention of all parties. It did not contain one par ticle of bigotry, it was devoid of all political parti• sanship, and breathed throughout an honesty of pur pose, and a spirit of Christian charity, which left no doubt of the sincerity of the speaker, and o f the high religious principles with which his mind is imbued. But while he did not forget his religious duty, he remembered his duty as a good citizen and a lover of his country, and proved, as clearly as words can prove, that if the various religious sects with which the country abounds, were each to claim precedence and demand that their doctrines should be paramount, nothing but endless war and ulti mate ruin must be the consequence. " With regard to those," said he, " who contend that it is contrary to their religious duty to make grants of this kind, I think that they confound the principle which should actuate them when acting in their individual capacity with that principle which should influence them when combined with the state. In our individual capacity we are guided by our own will and conscience, which no man can force ; but a political state can only subsist by a combination of mutual wills and a mutual surrender and conces sion. If all those who live together in our situation were to insist upon his own opinions being established, and that no others were to be recognised in the laws of that state, the whole empire would be thrown into utter confusion." Here he looks only to the political ques tion, but in another place he calculates the lamentable result even to true Christianity. After adverting to the agitation in Ireland, and to the no less violent agi tation in this country, he justly remarks:—" I deprecate all agitation, on one side as well as on the other. I trust that a gentler and wiser spirit will preside over the minds of the Members of this House than seems to pre side over the minds of so large a portion of the country; and I trust that in Ireland, as well as in England, parties will come to the conviction at which I have arrived, without any previous bias, that this is a surrender that ought to be made of rival claims and of extreme views. If, on the other hand, the doctrine is held that in Ireland this will be a premium and an encouragement to agitation and a reward fur misbehaviour, and if parties are told that the cause of religion is involved in the question and is absolutely at stake, and that we ought not to allow of any secondary con sideration, I ask what is to be the state of the country— what is to become of society ? It must be helplessly tern asunder by religious disputes, to the loss, I fear, of that religion which the parties opposed to this Bill pro fess to have so much at heart." Mr. ROEBUCK deserves the highest praise too, tot so much for his speech, ex cellent as it was, as for the manly, independent and statesmanlike view of the mewure proposed by Sir R. PEEL. In the city which he represents, it is well known there is a very strong feeling against Catholics; the inhabitants, Churchmen as well as Dissenters, are strongly impressed with the belief that conce ssions are dangerous, and that it is their duty toI resist them; but while Mr, ROEBUCK felt the force of such sentiments, and the influence which they might have at a future election, like an honest man, be preferred truth, and justice, and mercy to all other considerations. What is Bath to him, compared with a pure conscience ? " When I look," said he, " to the state of Ireland, to the circumstances under which you come to give your vote, it does behove you to place yourselves above the agitation of t he crowd, to set the example to the people you represent, and do your duty , boldly, and act up to the views which you think right and proper, and which involve the happiness of this great country." This advice was responded to with loud and general cheers. We may here add that we have received a communi• cation from the Secretary of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association and Reformation Society, re questing us to support their views, and regret that we cannot comply with their wishes. Their language is too violent for a question of such serious import, as may be seen from the conclusion of their petition to the Commons for impeaching Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is in these words:-=. , " Though the conduct of the Prime Minister may not have so far violated law as to warrant his impeachment at the bar of your Honourable House, your Honourable House may still be pleased to present an Address to her Majesty, calling upon her Majesty to remove Sir Ro- BERT PEEL from her Councils, as one who has disgusted all parties, who ousted other men from their places merely to adopt their plicy, and who, if he have succeeded in replenishing the coffers of the exchequer, has done so while carrying out measures calculated to draw down the wrath of heaven on the land, divest the kingdom of its best and only security, and thus to render it but a richer spoil to the first foreign foe who may, in the just judgment of GOD, be raised up to scourge the realm for national un faithfulness." On a calm review of the career of the United States from the date of their Declaration of Independence to the present time, we are compelled to conclude that in no modern state has the tone of national feeling so ra pidly deteriorated as in the great federal Republic of the West. Little more than sixty years have sufficed to re duce the generous enthusiasm of public virtue and na tional spirit which prompted her original resistance to the far-reaching pretensions and taxing übiquity of the mother country, into the sordid elements of intense oa fishness and unscrupulous rapacity. They commenced by unfurling the flag of civil liberty, and proclaiming their territory for her universal asylum, their constitu tion for her protector, to all the world. They are now signalizing—and, it may be, are about to conclude—it by the most deliberate violation of their honourable engage ments to their national creditors, and the most insolent aggressions upon the territorial rights, the honour, and authority of independent nations with whom they are connected by all formal relations of amity and alliance known to the law and usage of nations, and under the favour and security of those very engagements. Without entering into any historical recapitulations, it may be sufficient to point, for the exemplification of her broken faith, to her public creditors, to the fraudulent bankruptcies of the repudiating States of the Union, and for indications of the effrontery with which that Union avows its purpose to exert might over right, to its recent deportment throughout the whole of the affair of the annexation of Texas. We pass over for the moment the spirit in which she has pushed to the extreme point of arrogant dematid her claims to the exclusive sove reignty and occupation of the Oregon. We dis miss, in like manner, the specific and general bearing of the United States Government in re lation to other questions of high public interest, but which are of too recent occurrence to call here fur more particular notice. But we have no doubt of the concur rence of our readers in the opinion, that the United States have manifested such a consistent and increasing spirit of aggressive encroachment upon the rights of all other nations, in pushing their own claims and views to the utmost verge of those limits within which they can be preferred in a manner not absolutely involving insult and dishonour to the Powers with whom their negotia tions have been conducted, that Great Britain, for ex ample, is fully justified if she put the most stringent construction on their overt acts as illustrative of these secret tendencies of their policy. Thus, the purchase of Louisiana from France, in 1803, by America, and its in corporation into the Federal Union in 1812 ; her suc cessful negotiations for the cession of Florida to her by Spain, under the treaty of Madrid of 1819 ; and her recent intrigues for the annexation of Texas to her Fe deration, are all links in the same chain of antagonistic movements against the influence and power of this coun try, especially on the continent of America. If any doubt could remain as to this fact, the impudent case set up of a paramount and exclusive title to the Oregon must have by this time dispelled it. Now, what is the course it behoves us, under this state of things, to adopt? Shall we trust alone to negotiations for the chance of bringing them to the perception of the moral equity of the case on any of the unsettled questions between them and Great Britain ? Why, the lapse of a quarter of a century has not advanced that object one point. Shall we rely on the moral influence of our moderation and good faith in conducting these negotiations ? They have universally repaid us with exaggerated demands, and more unreasonable extravagance and diminished re spect or courtesy in their manner of preferring them. What, then, can be the cause of this perversity of conduct on their part ? Clearly, a gross miscon ception of the principles that have regulated our own demeanour to them. The moderation of our na tional strength is mistaken by America for the " bated breath and whispering humbleness" of maternal weak ness. The forbearance of a Government, responsible for its integrity to the highest possible standard of pub lic opinion,is construed intoan evidence of feebleness by another which is amenable to the impulsive and irre galar action of a mere public excitement. We say, by no means let us depart, by one iota, from the line of dignified moderation we have, under all changes of do mestic administration here, so long and so consistently maintained in all our diplomatic intercourse abroad. But, in the language of those homely proverbs which are said to represent the concentrated wisdom of nations, we also cry, " Fore-warned, fore-armed." Whether we shall have war or peace, in the final event of these unfor tunate dissensions, at least we have had warning enough. If, on that account, we are also fore-armed, good ; but better still, if we be steam-armed too. We shall ever consider that the gallant Sir CHARLES NAPIER has rendered at least as signal services to his country in the House of Commons as he has upon the high seas, by the persevering zeal and intelligence with which he has aroused the attention of the Legislature, and awakened the solicitude of the whole kingdom to the unspeakable importance of incessant progress and im• provement in our naval architecture and armament generally, but in our steam navy in a special degree. He has succeeded, we rejoice to own, in arousing the Admiralty from that unaccountable lethargy whose " Castle of Indolence " is yet too permanently fixed at Whitehall. He has brought them to public confession of its own prescriptive fallibility and the possible errors ce, even a surveyor of the navy. He has enlisted the acting first professional Lord among the advocates of the enormous improvements in armament, in structure, in the location of machinery—the deficiency of which has hitherto made even what progress we have accomplished in the organisation of a steam navy little more than a comparative failure. But we have now, as Sir CHARLES himself tells us, war steamers in rapid progress to com pletion, which certainly will be what this country has a perfect right to expect that its executive departments Jhould turn out—matchless and magnificent perfections in that class of force which is assuredly destined to over whelm every other in any future maritime contest. But we are anxious to urge upon the Admiralty that, allow ing them the full benefit of Sir GEORGE COCKBURN'S assertion, that we have already a steam navy force, fur, very far superior to any which even France could put upon the seas against us, and altogether beyond any with which America could now attempt to cope with us ; we have not yet by any means extended our improve ments or enlarged our force to the scale on which the grandeur, the prosperity, and the renown of this country, the welfare of the present generation, and the permanent independence of our posterity, demand that these should be pushed to. We must have no more favouritism at head-quarters ; no jobbing ; no sacrifices of our naval strength ; no hazard of our naval supremacy, in favour of the claims upon official patronage. We hope that Sir CHARLES NAPIER will allow the Government no respite until it is ascertained that all the accessions to, and im provements in, our steam navy force, dimensions, con struction, armament, working, and efficiency, be, not ob jects merely contemplated, but purposes actually ac complished. Madrid papers of the 4th have been received. The Committee appointed to examine the Electoral Bill had made their report, and recommended an increase of the number of deputies. The Government have acceded to their scheme, which will give oae deputy for every 30 000 inhabitants. The Herald° states that France is u3ing her influence for the recognition of Queen IsA BELLA by Austria and Prussia, with every prospect of success. The Three per Cents. closed at 334 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 251 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 60 days; and the Debt without Interest at 8i at 60 days. The French Chamber of Peers have adopted an im portant clause, proposed by the Count BEUGNOT as an amendment to the first clause of his Colonial Bill. This clause gives the slave the power of demanding, and ob taining from his master one day in the week (Saturday) to himself, on condition that he agree, in return for such advantage, to provide himself with food for the whole seven days. At present he has only if. 60c. for food during the whole week, or about twopence-fartbing per day. The amendment was adopted by a large ma jority. The third clause, which fixes the working hours of the slave from six in the morning till six in th• 2v l 0 1. ' u t • , #••••• 4- , 01 . " 4 .7;tpit . , • et 40 47, 401 ' • OS • 6.1 • e • I THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1845 evening, with two hours and a half for' rest, was also agreed to. It is gratifying to find that the tone of k Chamber is greatly improved as regards the welfare of the negro race, and we may confidently hope, that in a very few years, the Government will follow the policy of England, and grant complete emancipation, The proceedings in the other Chamber were destitute of interest. Nine officers of the National Guard had ap peared before the Council of the Prefecture, to answer the charge of having signed petitions against arming the fortifications of Paris. They admitted the fact, but denied that they had any previous understanding or con Aspondence with each other on the subject. They had signed merely as citizens. The Council adjourned with out pronouncing a decision. Another duel in high life had taken place at Paris on Saturday. It appears the Duke of ROVIGO and M. PERREGAULT settled some dis pute with swords, and both were wounded, the former rather dangerously. Among the seconds were the Prince DE Mostowa and General LEGRANGE. The intelligence from Switzerland is not important The Journal des Debats says :—"We are happy in being able to state that the account which we had re ceived of the commencement of executions at Lucerne is not confirmed. The Government of the canton has issued a decree for bringing the prisoners to trial, but no sentence has yet been pronounced, and the Deputy of Lucerne has declared in the Diet that his Govern ment would act with lenity. On the other hand, the most hostile parties acknowledge that General SONNEN BERG has acted with humanity as well as firmness, and that he has protected the prisoners against all arbitrary acts of vengeance." Committees, for the relief of the prisoners and wounded, had been formed in several towns, and the Council of Berne had just sent a Commissioner to Lucerne to negotiate for the release of the prisoners. The battle, as might be expected, had caused great distress among many families. On Thursday afternoon a considerable fall took place in several of the railway shares, but the cause is not assigned, and the Funds were less buoyant. The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 E 50c. ; Orleans Shares, 1,2101. ; Rouen, I,loof. ; Havre, 912 f. 50c.; Avignon, 1,035 E ; Bas!e, 305£ ; Spanish Actives, 404 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., ; Ditto, Passives, 7f. AMERICAN NEWS. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, APRIL 13. ARRIVAL OP THE CAMBRIA. The Royal Mail steamer Cambria, captain Jud king, arrived here this morning, after a quick voyage of eleven and a half days from Boston, and nine days and eighteen hours from Halifax. She has brought upwards of 120 passengers. The advices from Texas, received at New York, have thrown rather a damp upon the glorious project of annexation. ' Texas is very shy—she doubts if annexation will be entirely for her benefit. The Government paper opposes it altogether ; and so great a damp is caused in New York, that most of the press view the subject very coolly, and the New Tork He rald doubts if Texas will be annexed at all. Advices had been received at New York, from Cuba, to the 18th ult. They were unimportant. The following are extracts from these papers : HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS—TWO WEEKS LATER—PROBABLE REFUSAL OF THAT REPUBLIC TO ANNEX. The steam-ship New York arrived at New Orleans on the 13th with advices from Galveston to the Bth instant inclusive. The advices, in an annexation point of view, are very important. There is an evident determination on the part of Texas to refuse to accept the plan of union to the United States as oared by Congress. It is stated that the British Charge " has obtained a pledge from the Ex-President Houston to exert himself to the utmost to prevent an nexation," And President Jones has already nearly com mitted himself to the same end. Subjoined is the news : (Correspondence of the New York Herald.) Galveston, Texas, March 4, 1845. Dear Sir,—We have all, in this section of country, been looking with considerable anxiety for your journal, to see what opinion you may have formed relative to the recent discomfiture of the " Warwick of the Democracy," as he is termed here, God save the mark, but it appears that you have not either deemed it necessary to expend your shot on him, or, that being without the proper in formation, you did not think it advisable to hazard con jecture. Th. advent of Duff Green, in this country, was pe culiarly auspicious. His arrival was heralded in a long article in the Telegraph, of Houston, entitled the Warwick of the Democracy," which, it is shrewdly conjectured, was written by bitntelt He arrived at Galveston and created a good deal of ex citement by giving out that he was en route for Mexico, to watch the movements of that Government, by authority. He returned with a batch of informa tion of all kinds ; bringing, at the same time, the cor respondence between Shannon and Rejon—winked slyly, put his fingers to his nose, and spoke knowingly of mat ters supposed to be going on in Mexico—insinuated very gently that he had given Mr. Shannon immortality by writing the diplomatic dispatches—talked of his con nexion with Mr. Calhoun—spoke of the distinguished Southerner mentioned in Mr. Tyler's message to the Senate, which first put him on his guard - with regard to the designs of Britain on Texas and abolition—and, in short, he very meekly , by " insinuation," Duff Green, claimed too, t w o a h a av v e , he took a s t nm e aa t rk t ve h e e lTl o a e u n x s n a. e a xgaort great, o a n t h, iballPolk kr i r n i vaml President,oatit motion Washington, a nwd h hc h e suite of rooms (for privacy)—your Minister boarded and lodged in a room with a dozen at the same time— and commenced his practice as adviser-general to the nation—proposed that the whole tariff regula tions should be changed — proved it by certain funda mental odn p , nt wouldch i r p o l w e s t , h mr t o h rw e . p e osl the k t Northoi nftowhich ithen t ho w a a na s d , Cal houn, and, finally, make him, C., President. All these doings, it now appears, was only preliminary to his grand debit, which came off shortly after, as foll ows: He proposed to Dr. Jones, President, to sign or recom mend a Bill for frontier protection, which was to be done, without cost to Texas, as follows: General Green and his associates were to be incorporated into a com pany, with power to levy war on Mexico, to conquer and annex territory, and to pay the expenses of the war with the spoils. To do this they were to have the pri vilege of inducing some sixty thousand Northern In dians to migrate to Texas , to be placed under the control of the company, to carr y o n the war with, wrong side &c. ja T ei e t e e odf thtoe President, Rtiho i, a ndbeing wholesale perhapsa reasonable e e a a s i odnsaobheeneral quite annexation l e man, gently ob- T of G the as politely insinuated to him, that if he did not sign such a Bill when passed, that he would make his seat anything other than one of roses—in fact, that he would revolu tionise the country. The result was that he was ordered out of presence, and proclaimed as you have seen. So ended the matter. The General, however, is not satisfied—he has sworn the oath of allegiance, and sworn likewise that he would be in the next Congress, &c. To this end he has taken up his domicile in one of our depopulated counties, gone into a mercantile business—that is, trade with Mexico, alias smugglin , , and will have, I doubt not, the honour of being an M.C. from San Patricio next session. I in tend to look after him occasionally, and let you know his whereabouts, and what he is at. There >s no news hers. The people are opposed to the Bill of annexation, and the opposition is gaining ground. A fair treaty, as a State, assuming our public debt, &c., would be accepted almost unanimously, but they do no like this mongrA annexation. Yours, truly, AS MODEUS. (From N. 0. Republican, March 14.) Papers from Galveston to the Bth inst., and from Washington (the capital) to the Ist inst., have reached us by the steamship New York. It appears that some of the Texans are not at all pleased with the terms of annexation contained in the resolutions just passed. They look at the measure as a one-sided affair al together, and that they would be sadly-shorn by their big sister Republic, in their acquiescing in the sacrifice of their customs, dues, public property, Szc. &c., as the price of their admission into the Union. The National Register is really savage at " the actual pit and grave of insignificence and infam," which these resolutions, as it states, would plunge the Texian nation. The Register, however, is the organ of the anti-annexationists, who are but an insignificant fraction of the people. The Galveston News still advocates the cause of an nexation. The general appropriation Act of the last Congress authorises the payment of 137,340 dolls., which seems to be nearly the whole amount of the annual charge of the Republic. The export of provisions is becoming a leading feature in the commerce of Texas. (From the iVutionalh;gister, Government organ.) If the people of Texas choose to revolutionize their Government and institute some new and different repub lican organization, they may do so without the leave of a foreign Government " first had and obtained." But the United States have acknowledged our title to be re cognised as an independent nation, both de facto and d e jure. Should we adopt th e course d es i g nated by their resolutions we at once lose the benefit of that acknow ledgment. We pass into a state of Imbecile and hope less dependence upon that power—to be annexed 7—cer tainly never, until their aspiring partizans shall cease to need the material we now furnish them for the manu facture of political capital. Our relations with other Governments dissolved, and our own nationality re nounced, the United States may consent to hold—as they shall have consented to place us—in a state of penultimate but unaccomplished, annexation ! But even this consent of the American Congress, meagre and valueless as it is to the people of Texas, but for which we are required to give to the United States a lien upon onr country's sovereignty—this worthless cor. sent, as if begrudged to Texas, is eked out to her at a miser's usury, and is shackled with what lawyers call " conditions precedent." Passing by the required sa crifice of our right to adjust the boundaries of our ter ritory, the consent of that Congress, even once more to entertain the Texas question, is coupled with the cold assurance, that if we are ever admitted into the Union at all, we must cede to the United States " all our mines, minerals, salt lakes and springs, also all our public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbours, navy and navy yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means per taining to the public defence." We must also yield up our revenue and our capacity to raise one, which single item, under the financial regulations of our foster ing stepmother, would bring into her treasury at least three hundred thousand dollars per annum ; for which we have her kind permission to retain our public debt, and keep our public domain; subject, however, to the payment of the debt, and circumscribed within such limits as:she may, hereafter, be pleased to assign to our territory, in the exercise of her characteristic and far stretching diplomacy which once reached even to the western banks of the Sabine ! We must, moreover, truckle to her pet abolitioni44, by obligating ourselves to prohibit slavery north of the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes, known as the Missouri Compro mise line. We have always been a warm and hearty advocate for the cause of annexation ; but never did we dream that the approval of the people of texas would be required to a proposition so absurd—so degrading as the one pro pounded by this resolution. Our space does not now admit of further detail. Suffice it, that we contrast our present elevated position, as a people, secure in the enjoy ment of peace, and in the speedy acquisition of acknow ledged independence ; secure in the wealth which the commerce of Europe is about to pour into our lap, and in the increasing value of our lands, arising from ex tended occupation, and the investment of foreign capital; secure of becoming " the most favoured" by those powerful and wealthy sovereignties, whom both interest and policy impel to cherish our prosperity and growth, that their markets may be supplied with our staples ; and secure that the increase of commerce will speedily render no less consistent than desirable, a great diminu tion of the present tariff, with the alternative presented by this resolution, of Texas divested of all these high privileges and advantages ; shorn of her attributes as a nation ; crippled in her commerce, in her prosperity, in her domestic resources ; depresst d by the burdens of public debt and direct taxation ; her land in consequence depreciated in value ; and in the event of fin a l annexa- tion upon the proposed basis, our public domain not only razed and mortgaged to secure the payment of our debt, but even eviscerated of its mineral wealth, to swell the federal treasury. This is indeed but a dim and totally inadequate view of the actual pit and grave of insignificance and infamy into which the House of Representatives of the American Congress have proposed to plunge this nation. " Since he, miscall'd the morning star, Nor man—nor fiend bath fallen so far !" [From the Civilian and Galveston Guzene The article which we now copy to-day from the National Register, affords gratifying evidence of a return on the part of the friends of annexation in this country, to a proper sense of self-respect, and an understanding of the position which Texas may and ought to assume in re lation to the question. Our friends beyond the Sabine have lost sight of the homely adage that it takes two to make a bargain, and only studied how to shape measures so as to make the " reciprocity all on one side," until at length their utter selfishness and disregard of the respect due to Texas as an independent nation, which has thus far maintained her nationality, rights, and liberties, begins to produce the natural fruits of disappointment and aversion in those of our citizens who had looked to that quarter for a magnanimous and disinterested regard for our welfare and happiness. The helpless and perish ing beggar may, without hesitation, accept the most humiliating conditions for and agree to become the menial of; him from whom he receives the means of averting famine and death ; but the sturdy yeoman, whose honest industry and strong arm afford him all th means of subsistence and protection requisite to his con dition and habits in life, may well shun the banquet and the association, if invited into the society of the more wealthy and presuming, when his acceptance is to be coupled with acknowledgments of vassalage and in feriority. (From the Galveston Weekly News.) We have already furnished incontestible evidence that the British policy in opposition to annexation has so far succeeded, that her Britannic Majesty's Miniter has ob tained the pledge of President Houston to use his best endeavours to defeat that measure. We are told, that upon condition of our renouncing the American Union for ever, the monarchical powers of Europe will then terminate our formidable war with Mexico " forthwith, and compulsively." The same friendly promise has been made, from time to time, for the last seven or eight years ; and its repetition. just at this particular crisis, when the speedy success of annexa tion is beyond all reasonable doubt, is exceedingly well timed, in order to create a re-action in the public feeling of this country. We are not told whether this friendly mediation is again to be attended by another " armistice" as a necessary preliminary step, to be afterwards " im proved into one of more convenient duration." We are, however, assured that " France and England will openly submit to the consideration of our Government and people inducements for us to remain independent." Such information as this is usually confined to the chief agents of Government as a matter of State secresy. and is rarely furnished to the public journals, except for the purpose of political influence and foreign counteraction. This announcement is made in the positive and unqualified terms of a negotiator, who has participated in all the Cabinet secrets and intrigues of both hemispheres. The public need not be surprised should this singular manifesto prove to be the harbinger of party organiza tion, and of great exertions in this country, to counter act the labours of our friends in the United States and to defeat this great measure here, after it has triumphed there.—" We shall see." The Civilian of the Bth has the following paragraph in relation to the export trade in provisions, &c. :—We still look, with great confidence, for the period when a highly important and lucrative trade will be done in the exportation of many articles from Texas, which have not hitherto come into the account of the foreign trade of the country. Within the last year important advances have been made, and there is a good prospect that they will continue until the many important but dormant re sources, which are capable of making Texas the most prosperous country on the globe, are developed. The same paper, referring to the fact that the trade between Galveston and Havannah is beginning to attract attention, and the prapect that it will ultimately become of great importance, publishes a list of the rates and charges for commission, &c., on purchases, sales, &c., in Havannah. The same paper of the Ist instant has the following paragraph in relation to Gen. Duff Green's misunder standing with the Texian President. It seems from this ' that the affair has not been settled, as stated. We observe a statement in some of the United States papers that the matter between the President of Texas and Gen. Duff Green, which led to the revocation of the exequature of the latter, has been " settled," and the in ference is left that an amicable adjustment has been made of the whole affair, to the satisfaction of the Pre sident—We are informed that no adjustment of any kind, furtner than appears from the proclamation, has ever been made of the matter, unless a remark of the President that he regretted the necessity which com pelled him to take the course he did, may be so consi dered. Neither he nor his friends believe that the pro clamation: was predicated upon any misapprehension or insufficient cause whatever. The American Minister, we have understood, entertains similar views. THE IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM TEXAS. HOSTILITY OF THE. GOVERNMENT TO AN NEXATION. We give, in another column, late and highly important intelligence from Texas, from which it would appear that annexation is as far off as ever. The organ of the government—the National Register—is, it will be seen, exceedingly batter and determined in its expression of hostility to the House resolutions, and it is quite appa rent that so far as the Executive of Texas is concerned, the terms offered by the Congress of the United States will be rejected with the utmost sewn. We are str• nell inc'ined to believe that the artic'e in the RegiAer was wri , ten by President Jones himself. It is couched in his style, and there can be no doubt that it ex presses his sentiments. How the mass of the people are disposed to treat the matter remains to be seen; hut whatever the decision or the popular will may be, the completion of the measure may be now regarded as in definitely postponed. It wilt be recollected that immediately on the pa.swtge of the resolution leaving to the President the choice of the alternatives, the House Resolutions, as they are called, being the one, and Mr. Benton's bill the other, Mr. Tyler selected the former, which it now appears was the most unpalatable to Texas. What is the natural inference if the Executive of Texas refuses to annex on these terms ? Why, another protracted appeal to the people, and the probability is, that the influence of the Government, and various other interests, may be able to defeat the project altogether. There certainly cannot be any doubt that the resolutions are less favourable to Texas than the treaty rejected by the Senate, and con templated by Mr. Benton's resolutions, which were to negotiate on the same principles. And it was very well known at the time, in well-informed quarters, that the feeling in Texas was likely to run counter to the reso lutions selected by Mr. Tyler. It would appear, therefore, that Mr. Tyler and Mr. Calhoun, in selecting that alternative, had some inkling, probably through Duff Green, that such a proposition would be negatived by the Government of Texas, and was not likely to please the people, and that by selecting it the whole annexation question would be again thrown before the people, in our elections throughout the coun try, and that thus the question would remain as unsettled as ever. The conduct of Mr. Tyler, and the hasty man. ner in which he dispatched his messenger to the Govern ment of Texas, after selecting the worst and most un palatable resolutions, would thus seem to imply that he did not wish to see the question settled, and desired to take it out of the hands of Mr. Polk altogether, leaving it to popular discussion for future direction. It would appear, from a recent vote in secret session of the Senate, made public the other day, that the Pre sident is prohibited from selecting any other mode of annexation, so that in every point of view, and on all hands, the question is afloat again.—When we take all this into consideration—the movements in South Caro lina hostile to Mr. Polk—the determination of the Whig party to resist annexation to the latest gasp—and various other matters ; we arc very much inclined to believe that annexation is as far off as ever, and that the battle must be fought over again. (From the New York Herald.) The Texas National Register, a paper recently esta blished at the capital, contains a long and able article on the Annexation Bill, which was then known to have passed the United States' House of Representatives, and which afterwards became a law. It opposes it very bitterly, on the ground that too much is required of Texas, and too little is yielded to her. The sacrifice of her nationality, the ending of her stipulations with foreign Powers, the surrender of the public property, and the other •conditions demanded are thought tco great a price to pay for the privilege of being admitted as a State at some future time, if the United States' Go vernment see fit to do so. The same paper publishes the following paragraph by way of comment upon the propositions made in England to repeal the duty on cotton :—The political importance of its speculations is entirely nullified by the prospect that the cotton of the United States, as well as that of Texas, will be admitted w thiLbenefit of this new regulation. " The removal of this duty on cotton will enable the British Government to throw vast commer•ial advantages into the hands of the merchants and planters of Texas. We have every reason to believe, that if we conclude to remain independent, this duty will be removed from all Texas cotton introduc, d into English ports, while it will be retained upon that produced in the United States. Under this discrimination in our favour, may be also embraced sugar and tobacco. In this way, our rival ship with the United States will be almost instanta neously established ; for, under such an arrangement, they wculd gain by the change an increase of profits of not less than forty per cent. per annum." THR UNITED STATES AND MExico.—The Not Zonal Intlligncer of yesterday morning, in one of those well considered articles, which distinguish it as an intelligent and statesmanlike journal, after adverting to the remark able fact that while hazviding all the chances of war with Mexico, by the propesal to annex Texas, Congress has actually cut down the appropriations both for Army and Navy—asks this significant question : " Should Mexico at once (53 is altogether possible) issue her commissions, and, lending her flag to the pri vateers of all countries, let them loose upon our trade, what is to be done ? Is the President of the United States to make war of his own authority ? Can he do so with no appropriations except those for a state of peace ?" _ _ Who shall answer ? And if there be no authori and no means to resist aggression without convening a special Session of Congress, what is our position ? OCEAN STEAMERS.—The organisation of the lines of American ocean steamers is neatly complete. We shall soon have three or four fine steam packets plying regu• larly between New York and Liverpool. (From the Neu) York Tribune.) WASHINGTON. MARCH 19.-S. S. South;vorth, now o the New York Custom-house, was to-day appointed con sul to Japan. I believe this is a new office. Mr. Zadock Pratt wanted to have it made a full mission. MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA.—The ful- lowing order, adopted in the House of Representatives of Massachusets on Wednesday, will show the stand which that State has determined to take in respect to the matters in controversy between her and South Carolina : " Ordered, That the Committee to whom was referred the message of the Governor upon the subject of the treatment of the Hon. Samuel Hoar, in South Carolina, be directed to report to the Legislature, resolves to the following effect, viz.:— " That Massachusetts is restrained from further pre sent action in behalf of her citizens imprisoned in South Carolina solely on account of their colour, and from the exercise of her own powers to protect the commerce of her citizens, by her Unwillingness to do the slighted vio lence to the Constitution of the United States, the pro tection of which she is claiming for her own citizens in the premises. " That South Carolina having, by her constituted au thorities, interfered to prevent access to the Courts of the United States within her territory, it becomes the duty of the General Government to afford to the citi zens of our Commonwealth, while in another State, all the rights guaranteed to them by the constituti on o f the United States; _ _ _ " And that Massachusetts now demands, and will con tinue to demand, that the General Government make such change in the jurisdiction of the federal courts, or such provisions by law, as will enable any citizens of Massachusetts, who may hereaftvr be imprisoned in any other State solely on account of his colour, to urge his claim to liberty and protection in the courts of the_ United States ; and that ur senators and repr.scnta tives be requested to lose no opportunity of urging this subject upon the consideration of Congress."—New York, ch 20. (Correspondence of the Tribune.) WASHINGTON, MARCH 22, 1845.—We have an inte resting item of news to-day, which is, that M. Bodiswo, the Russian Ambassador, has formally entered a prot es t with our Government on behalf of the Emperor ot . Russia. against the annexation of Texas. 'Fli-ugh but a rumour. the source from which it c. , m,s entitles it to con sideral I umien.t4ntl that letters tltv , been received from nu Ch.:l::‘ at Texas (or the locum tehens of the C1ia1.,..6,11:p. to the ausene o. Alajor Donci.tm, whutn we are payin g to be there), stating that tht pe.pb. of Texas will not accept our prop , sittori fa. annexati..n. It may bk th::t th- :,tar of Tex-.s will 3er refuse t , ) shine to tut consielh.t►on MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Ihe .New 0 leans Picayune of the 12:h inst., gik the g paragraph : %Ve learn that the A , .exican Consul in this city, SF MIT Anaugoiz. has recelvod instruo ions to elose the Consu late in this city, and that he intends d,ing so before the close of the month. I . EX A S.- l'he National in teldgencer copies the stric tures of the Texan papers OH the subject of Annexation with t. is remark Our readers must rec• ive a dif ferent impression from the perusal of them than we do, if they c,n imagine any form of annexation whatev,r, that the United States could possibly agree to, which would be acceptable to, or aecepte:l by, the authors of these commentaries." MONEY MARKET, MARCH 29. 15,000 Uni ed States 6's '62 5,080 New York State s's '5B 1,000 Ohio 6's '56 ......... 1,000 Kentucky 6's 1,000 Illinois Special 4 10,000 Penn. s's b3o 76 25 Shares Mech. Banking Association 10 .2Etna Ins. Company B7 100 Farmers' Trust 50 Canton Company .......... 100 Morris Canal 32 125 East Boston 34 Housatonic RR 250 Long Island RR 50 Erie RR blo 31-,} 50 Mohawk RR 631 58 Utica and Sch. RR. 175 Nor. and Wor. RR. 4 114 1014 97 250 Stonington RR. 4O: 150 Reading RR. 49 50 Wilmington RR. MONDAY, MARCH 31, Two P.M.—The Stock Market still continues very much depressed, and prices without any material alteratioa. Stonington fell off per cent.; Long Island, ; Reading Railroi d went up ; Morris Canal, ; Mohawk, 1 ; while Norwick and Worcester, Erie, Farmers' Loan, Pennsylvania Fives, Canton, Vicks burg, Ohio Sixes, and Indiana closed firm, at Satur day's prices. The transactions were very limited to day, and the prevailing opinion seems to be that prices must continue to decline, until they come somewhere in the vicinity of the va!ue of the socks. HER MAJEST Y'S THEATRE. Felicien David's Desert was ,repeated on Friday, and on hearing it again we are only confirmed in the opinion which we formerlyeXpressedthatit is one of the most original, vivid, picturesque compositions that has ever been produced, and that David is a poet in the highest sense of the word--a creator. "The Hymn of Night" was deliciously given by Moriani, and as a matter ofcour, , e was encored. The symphony was preceded by a selection of vocal and instrumental music, including Weber's overture to the Ruler of the Spirits, and Mendelssohn's overture to the Midsummer - Dream. The principal vocal performances were Mo zart's trio, " Tremate Empi Tremate," admirably given •by Madame Rita Bonin, Corelli, and Fornasari ; David's Hirondelle, sung with great taste and delicacy, by Moriani ; and the " Queen of Night," from The 2aubedlote, the difficulties of which were overcome with the greatest facility by Mademoiselle R.wetti, who, be her performance of last evening, has peoe N t h er ,lf a nr sr ac. complisheil tier laji-ty arid Prince . - 11b,rt, at. tended by rireir suite, hoirriltrel the theatre ith theii• settee. They entered the royal I,ox jusr behire the c:lntiteric,r -meta of the overture to the Ruler of the Spirits, and at th e conclusion of the miscellaneous act, Mtlideksohn's Overture to the Midsummer Night's Dream was repeated, at the ex press de-ire of her Majesty The royal party remained until the conclusion of the D. sert, and during the emus. of the evening frequently testified their satistixtion by audible ex pressions of applause. DRURY-LAND THEATRE —lt is w'll know.., iii alt musical circ!es, that Doipzetii compost d the open. o ' Lucia di Lammermoor, for the express purpose of atf krd ing Duprez an opportunity if . 2reatinz the eharac•er of Edgar of Ravenswood. It is in that part, rendered bi him so celebrated, that he makes his .ppeara• ce here to-night—in addition to which, Madame Euge n i e Garcia will make her debit at this theatre, i n L uc i a. This great attraction, with Polin and Gsperini in the new ballet, will undoubtedly fill the theatre. The Subscription for Bishop Medley's New Bruns. wick Cathedral does not get on so fast as was ex• petted, and appeals in various shapes are being made on the pockets of the Puseyttes: with what success we are unable to say. — WeAern Ti mes. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—Great progress is making on this railway between Teipinouth and Newton ; the wall against the river is raised to its height, in some places, and in the course of three months it is fully ex pected to be completed to the Newton station.— Western Times. , - PENINSULAR. SKETCHES.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published " Peninsular Sketches," by Actors on the Scene, edited by W. 11. Maxwell, Esq., author of " Stories of Waterloo," " The Life of the Duke of 'Wel lington," &e., in 2 vols., price 21s. bound, which can now be had of all Booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new works :-2. M. Thiers' History of the Consulate and Empire, vols. L and IL, Bvo., price only 5s each. 3. Recollections of Spain in 1845, by an English Resident, 2 vols., 21s. bound. 4. The Duke of Wellington's Maxims and Opinions, Bvo., 14s. bound. 5. The Nelson L-tters and Dispatches, Volume the Second, Bvo., 15s. bound. 6 Three Years in Constantinople ; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks, by Charles White, Esq., 3 vols , with Thirty-four Illus trations, 31s. 6d. bound ; and 7. Letters of a German Countess, written during her Travels in Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, &c., in 1843-4, 3 vols., post Bvo. SPAFIELDe BURIAL-GROUND.—On Friday an ap plication was made by counsel on the part of the proprietors of Spafields' burial-ground to Baron Rolfe, at Chambers, to remove the case by certiorari into the Queen's Bench. Mr. Wakeling, vestrv-elerk of Clerkenwell parish, attended to oppose the application, on the ground of the danger to which the public would be exposed by such delay, and the application was refused, leaving the parties to their discre tion as to taking the case into a higher court. The greatest excitement still prevails in the neighbourhood of Clerken well on the subject, and the prosecution will be supported by Government. Messrs. Clarkson and Bodkin are retained for the prosecution, and the most eminent counsel for the de fendants. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, at previous rates.-A large business was done in Shares. Aberdeen Railway, 4% 5 ; Armagh and Port Rush, 3 1 / 2 ; Barnsley Junction, 8% ; Birken head, Manchester, and Cheshire, 12% 13 1 % ; Birming" ham and Gloucester, New Shares, f ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 3 / 4 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpcol, 14% ; Caledonian, 1 3 % ; • Cambridge and Lincoln, 10i %; Chester and Birkenhead , 48 ; Ditto, New Shares, 43% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 ; Chester and Holyhead, 11 1 / 4 ", % ; Churnet Valley, 9% 10 ; Clitheroe Junction, 6 1 4 ; Clyesdale Junction, 11 44 11 ; Cork and Bandon, 5% ; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10 1 / 2 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 97 3i ; Dublin and Galway, 5 1 4 % ; Dundee and Perth, 4% ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3 1 /..;, %; Dundalk and Eh; niskillen, 4 1 ; Eastern Counties, 21 1 4 %; Edinburgh ; and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 6% % Edinburgh ah u . , Northern, 24 1 / 8 Ely and Bedford. 3% ,:: Glasgow and Dumfries. 11. 6s. 11. 10s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 19% ; Glasgow and Ayr, Quarter Shares, 8 ; Grand Junction, Eighth Shares. 18% ; Great Grimsby and if-heffield. 6Ye ; Great South and Western Extension, 11 ; Great Western, 186 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 41% . Goole and Doncaster, 41s. 3d. 1% ; Harwich, 535. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal add. Railway, 98s. 9d. 4% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% 8 ; Inverness and Elgin, 2 1 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 14 % ; London and Birmingham, 235 ; Ditto, 321. Shares , 45% 5 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3433 ; London and Brighton, , 64 14 -; London and Croydon, New Shares, 11.8 s. 4d. ; Lou: donderry and Enniskillen, 31 / 2 ; London and York, 3% 74 ' Direct orthern, 5 1 / 2 ; Leeds and West Riding JunctiOno 7% ; Lynn and Dereham, 21. 14s. 2 3 / 4 ; M anc hester all Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10%; Manchester, Bury, Rossendale, 18 1 / 2 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midlandluh_,,,c - • tion, 10 1 4 % ; Manchester and Leeds, 149% ; 'Ditto, 04 ' Shares, 67 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 20 1 .(; Midland Railway" 134 155 1 A ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 1 / 2 3 / 4 ; Midland Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 116; Newark and Sheffield, 5f4 Newry and Enniskillen, 5% 3 / 4 • ' North British, Half Shar es, 5 1 / 2 ; North Western, 5 % 4 3 / 4 ; North Wales, VA 2 % ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2 ; Runcorn Gap, New Shares (80 diOf 17 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 127% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 1 4 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 11. 6s. ; ShrewsburY; and Grand Junction, 5% 6 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, an Cheshire, 4/. 93. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 42%; Ditto, New Shares, No. I, 16 3 / 4 1714 ; Ditto, New Sham: No. 2, 11 1 4 ; Ditto, No. 3,8% 8% Scottish Central, 6% 7 " South Wales, 7% ; Trent Valley, 19% 20 ; Ditto Extensill 4g ; Ulster, 50 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 4% 4 3 / 4 ; W_A es orkshire, 4 1 / 4 • Wexford and Carlow, 4%; Worcester and Tring, 41. 18s 9d. 41. 18s. 3cl; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 1 / 4 4 Yarmouth, Diss, and Beccles, 4% ; York and North 1; 11 New 1 / 2 Shares, 17; Austrian and Sardinian, 3s; Bordesto, 9 Toulouse, and Cette, 2/. 14s 6d. ; North. of France (Lafitte'Vr 6 Northern of France (Rosamel), 2 3 / 4 ; Paris and L7O O English, (Latitte's), 3; Paris and Lyons, (Ganneron'e), Ditto (Calon's), 2 1 4 ; Paris and St. Quentin, a 2s. 21. 6d. • Sambre and Meuse, 7% 8 1 / 2 ; Verona and Aileen* 11. 17s. — We have not any arrivals from the British Colonies to day, except from Natal, later in point of date than thou previously received. There are accountsfrom the Cape of Good Hope this inn, c , r lll : ing, but they are barren of political news of interest. ' 7 " are glad to find that the trade of Cape Town, Simon's Toisli, and Port Elizabeth, is good. The total imports in t he quarter ending the 10th October last, were 185,493/., and tu A exports 119,2701. The Dutch inhabitants on the f r ontier ha" memorialised the Government against the stamp laws. A considerable degree of interest is taken in the City est° the result of the debate in the House of Commons on the bpi; nooth increased grant. The general opinion seems to be tilt the po , ition of Sir Robert Peel may be somewhat daing e : but not to such an extent as to warrant the necessity of 11 19 .. „'" signing office. Money continues to be comparatively ati`p; dant in the City, the pressure for payments on new schemes being much less felt than is represented by cel parties in the Legislature. There has been a slight rally in the quotations o f Public Securities as regards Consols, but the other loves; ments continue depressed. Consols are 99 to 98% for goy io l ... and Time. Exchequer- bills have ben 57s to 595, prero and India Bonds 735. Bank Stock has been at 210%; an the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 101 1 4 to 161. tho A moderate amount of business has been transacted iu Foreign Securities to-day. The quotations are not materi diffcrent from those of yesterday. Spanish Consols ar e i . 2974 ; Russian, at 116 ; Portuguese Convert e d, at Mexican, at 36% ; and Colombian, ex Ven ezu li a n, at Ito The Share Market is extremely brisk thi s morn ing. few instances prices have - receded. OS° ONE CI , g. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ritle2ll Bank Stock .. - i per Cent. Reduced ... 981 97% 99 3 per Cent. Goose,ls Sew 3 1 4 ner Cents lO l l / 8 14 101 101 4 Long Annuities to e x pi re J an. 1860 11 7 - 16 i % Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .3 6 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock India lion iis, 1,0001.. ...... ..... . 7 1 Ditto under 1,000 . Bank Stock for Account 214 214 d 9 8 M Cons , ls for Account... . ...... i , .xcliequer Rids, 1,000/., 1 1 ,4 2 d. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small - 46 Lost' • - . . ONE C ic o i . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. • P l " 15* Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 151 80 61 Danish Bonds. 1825, 3 per Cent... 88 36* Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3618 39 • Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents l'oetuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - 65 ' fi Ditto, Converted 6 5 1% 65 Ditto, Account 11 6 ' Russian Bonds -• ••• no 296 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 ......... .....- 1., Ditto, Passive ..................... 7 (079 Dutch, 2% pm Cent . - 62' ..... . ............ 63 11 Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certifi c .... 97 78 PRICES OF T.C6 l ' 4 C- PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. FR IC ./ RAILWAY SHARES 57i Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and 1 Portrush. l% 21,43/4 Birmin and Gloucester. 100 137% 138 Jo. New Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New ...... 6 04 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 , 6 2 34 ..... .. - 15 Caledonian l 2 Cambridge and Lincoln I% ....., 9%% 1 4 Chester and Holyhead... 5 ( ~urnet Valley ......... 2 Coventry, Bedworth, and 5 Nuneaton Coventry and Leicester 114 • 2 .6 % 3 1 4 Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth V i i 3 5 f Direct North ern Dublin and Belfast J -11 i iunc. 2%....„ 10 6 Dublin and Galway- 2 l / 2...... 4 3 / 4 • 2 7 7 1 Eastern Counties 25 ...... 20 1 20 1 / e ...... ~. Eastern Union • 30 Ditto Extension 3 1 4 62 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford Great Grimsby and Shef- 6 field Great South. and West. ...-- (Ireland) 0# Ditto Extension 1 03 Ditto % Shares SO Guildford, Farn'in,Ports. 214 ..... 6,4' 1 Harwich Hull and Gainsborough 1% 1 • . 91 Hull and Selby 2 0 Do. Half Shares • London and Bi rm i ng h m (5 t0 ck)...235 234 Do. % Sh ares - - London a nd Bl ac k wa ll . 161 . 1 3s 4d. 8 % 65 London and Bright on ... 50 17 Lond o n an d C roy d on , 1 3 1 . 15s. 9d. 1 London and G reenwic h 12/ 15 s 4d... 10 3 4 ES London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 81 1 ,43, 1 2 5 d Do: New consolidated Bths 6 ...... ilo. New ... 12 Do. New ,ialoa and York DA . 3% 1 4... • 0/ 4 Lynn and Ely : . .tinciie.ster and Leeds... 73 6 9 Manchester and Birmin. 40 1 0 Do. Q uar t ers .4 H,l,i 100 91 2 1>o: New... 18 161 4 i. .. 11 5 %ii.i!,.H.;:irni..l...rhy.-100 l:5 :4' ! 53 . ' ) 5 ...... 50% 50 .•••• •• 3 04 D, N w Brandling... 10 .. • 1 -Aid erw n • k 1 1 / 4 15% 14% Newry and i , :tiniskillen. 2% ..... 5 5... .\ewsrk and Si.etlieid ... 1% 6 5 3 / 4 6........ sli Itriti;!. , ~,, 1).•. N, , 1 5!,/ i 4/ 66 ~ i .tiu, r u ~ , ,,i r.roltrii... 45 North A.Val, 4 .twich •lo 4._ 1-11:n... 10 1 . !; , ..in1i./1(1 .tRi ' , ' . l ,st End tine' ion 1 Rugby. Worstr. & Tring 1 Scottish Centred cottish Alidand 1%..... 4 •••• sh re ws., ‘Volverhamp., 4W Dudley, and Binn 2 %• •••• -- ... ......... •• 21 South Devon lO ... south Eastern& Dover 3312 s 4d... 41 1 4% 419 .' Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond... 1 1 1 A, 1 south Wales ..... ... 2% 6l 7 A 7 t 7...... ..... %Vest Cornwall 14... 5 27 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — 19 Ditto, New ll 10 2 rork and N.,rth Midland 50 lOl 100 102...... al Ditto 1 4 Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 • Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ( 2 Dieppe and Paris June. 2 ...... 2X D Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamers) 2 Louvain and ,Toinapp ... 2 ... Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Pans and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rotten Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 2 ...... 8A 3 4 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 Union of Australia Do. New 114 is 21/4 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 11.--The . 541 9 67 are :—Chester and Holyhead, 11 Grand Junction, e" ed s ' London and South Western, 81%; Manchester and L Quarter Snares, 20%; Manchester and Birmingham , Quarters, 5% 3 / 4 prem. ; Mid. Railway Consols, 401. Shares , I a: Preston and Wyre, 35 4 3 / 4 ; Ditto, 5 per cent. guara ntee 32%; Shef. and Man Quarter Shares, 15 ; South-East„erl• No. 3,8% %; Barnsley Junction, 7 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Shares, 4 1 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesil' 12% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, Shls-1 I