The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-02 00:00:00

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Respectable :Waste will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect ti experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" eke, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING (Being a Subscription Night) Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR. Lucia, Mdile. A. Casten.= ; Alicia, Madame Bellini ; Enrico, Sig. Fornasari ; Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. 'Principal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), Mddle. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced ICaltze Selesionne, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pas de la Fiancee--Mdlle. Lucile Gratin and M. Toussaint. Pas de Clnq (composed by M. Gosselin)-3ldlles. Louise Weiss, Fer dinand, Demelisse, Cassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'Extase-3ldlle. Lucile Gr." hn and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by 31(111e. L. Gratin and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. On Thurs.lay next, April 3, there will be an Opera, it being a Sub scription Night. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Ben gale, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectftilly announced that a GRAND MUSICAL FETE, Coniprisins DAVID, SYMPHONIC ODE OF THE DESERT by FELICIEN will be presented in the ensuing Week. The particulars of which will be forthwith published. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THLi EVENING —.— Will be performed BOBER [' THE DEVIL. Robert, Mr. W. t eon ; Bertram, Mr. Stretton ; Raimbaut, Mr. D. W. Sing ; Isabella, Miss Itainforth ; A lice, Miss Romer. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBER AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. Pas de Deux, by Mdlle. O'Bryan and 51r. A. Webster. Grand Pas de Caracterc, by Millie. Polin and 31. Gasperlui. A New Polka, by 31(111e. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Esmeralda, by 31(111e. Polio, and A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ, is engaged here for Twelve Nights only, and will make his appearance on Monday, April 7, in his celebrated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL ; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, in Donizetti's popular Opera, THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, for the PerfOrmance of which, an Enaairemelit hag also been ex pressly entered into With :Mlle. EITGENIF. GARCIA. The Box-oillee is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six to the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be :wetted a New and Original CoraeAly, entitled THE SHERIFF or THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messri. W. Farrel), Strickland, backstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, 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 YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Feeley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. I'ooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Staple: THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIi. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. FIFTIETH NIGHT OF TUE CREEN BUSHES. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Censer O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Molter Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Redford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwillhun ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, salted ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. Toconclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. qringshc . , Mr. Lambert ' • Licutenant O'Scupp.r, R.N., Mr. Paul Redibrd ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (tinder the Direction of Miss Davenport.) TIIIS EVENING PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEdsEr., MR. J. M. - MADDOX. THIS EVENING, ' Will be performed a New Tragic Drama, called METAMORA THE LAST OF THE WAMPA. - .NOA.OS Metamora, Mr. Edwin Forrest; Madaunt, Mr. Henry Wallack ; Lord Fitz Arnold, Mr. Ascher ; Mahmeokee, Mrs. Stirling ; Oceana, Miss Emma Stanley. After which, Mr. SANDS and INFANT B ROTH ER.MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque - Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL TILE TARTAR. Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. 'Mace Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations! forming ene of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZEEWIT. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. It. Younge ; Mr. Pecsniti, Mr. Frank Matthews; Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LOWTHER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and miss Grove. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas mid 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, WHITTING'TON AND HIS CAT! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; 3luley 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. The Box.-otlice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan. Will be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Colonel Mereville, Mr. H. Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Dareie ; Samson, Mi. Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. ♦fter which. THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To be followed by THE SECRET. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEI"A ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE. CROP lETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Peribrmances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled TUE MAID OF SARAGOSS..A. Scene,' in the Circle, introducing I. and Mdme. Dumos, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclo le with THE SLEEPING IiIIAUGHT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Was Heron's perthrmance creates roars of laughter—The Two .Igew Pieces. real Surrey hits. TIIIS EVENING Will be repeated a New - Drama, called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. H. Ml.:dies, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Bonner, S. Cowell, Ileslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. Ti, Henna. After which, THE SPOILED CHILD. Little Pickle, Miss Heron. • To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN - , in which Messrs. }Belo, Neville, Fredericks, Lewla, Mrs. Hughes ;Miss Martin, and Mrs. II Vining will piirforrn. Places and Private Boxes to he had of Mr. Kerschner, at the /Sox. Office, thorn Eleven to four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, THIS EVENING Will be repeated MAI:GAiiiiC.TCTCIIPOLE, The Female Horse- Stealer. °nevi, and Pechunna (Red Chieftains), 31efers. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catehpole, Vincent. After which, 'IIIE API'OINTEI) SPOT. - canchule with THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan's Grave. Which Mcisrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dcig ettor, ill perform. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, Antu, 1. Tazelsomrtei t , Low es t, 35 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 43. - - BA7IOIIXTEA, S.E. Norz.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Ilighatt" denote the lowest and highest state of .the 'Thermometer daring the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other obierrations are ma d e at noon. Mini WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUIS DAY. Horning .. 5 minutes Mier 9 I Evening .. 3s urinates after 10. • . v *A' 64 - 4 ~.•7•• • ' 4 6\N: • -4.42 Am Mffrtling LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1845. Tir, House of Commons met at Four o'clock. In answer to Dr. BOWRING, Sir G. CLERK said that the negotiations with France and Austria on the subject of the Quarantine Laws were in the same state they were in July last. A long conversation ensued on the subject of the decisions of the Railway Committee of the Board of Trade, in the case of the North Kent Railway. Mr. AGLioNnY gave notice that he would on Fri- dad. call the attention of the House to a letter which ‘,l4l?appeared in the Times, written by Mr. CAR• ItiNc4ON, and reflecting on his (Mr. AGLIONBY'S) conduct. He would at once state that the assertions in that letter had no foundation in truth. Dr. DewarNo then brought forwarfhis motion for th e , appointment of a Select Committee to consider ,subject of Colonial accounts, which, after a short disassion, wai agreed to. s tir. SHIM then moved the following resolution if, ' TAR SUN, LONDON, WDN'iliticir " That this House expresses its regret Lat letters aaTiess , d to a foreigner residing in this country should have been opened without his knowledge, and that information in reference to disturbances in the Papal States, obtained by such means, should have been communicated to a foreign Power." Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the motion, and defended the conduct of the Government. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, and ultimately the motion was negatived by a majority of 14. The House then went into Committee on the Excise duties, and the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER moved a resolution for the remission of the duties on glass, which, after a short discussion, was agreed to. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Nine o'Clock. The experience of American—that is, of United States'—good faith and political probity ; of their moderation, equity, and magnanimity in dealing with the political rights and relations of feeble and disorganised States such as Mexico ;—of their inflexi bility in adhering to the spirit and letter of their own Constitution, which especially disavows and dis courages a policy of territorial aggrandisement;—this experience has been wonderfully enlightened by the recent vote of the Senate for the annexation of Texas. But we are much inclined to suspect that this is but the first act of a serious drama, the combinations of which having been long rehearsed, will be speedily produced for the edification of the world. The tone which the leading organ of the new President's party assumes, in respect of the Oregon question, has been on former occasions, as it now is, sufficiently me nacing towards this country, and arrogant and ridi culous. But the Texas affair imparts to it a point and emphasis which should fix the attention of every Englishman whe is alive to the necessity for promptly anticipating, if possible, an attempt upon the interests and honour of this country, which may be meditated by the vane party on some other question. Now, it would be idle to affect, after the language used in Mr. POLK'S inaugural address, to doubt the intention of the United States to carry their pretensions upon the Oregon Territory, after their usual fashion, by hard swearing and big words—if they can. It would be still more absurd to argue at this time of day the duty as well as the right of every independent State to withstand, at the earliest available oppor tunity, any meditated aggression upon its dominion, its honour, or its authority. But a State of the paramount rank and grandeur of Great Britain. has no option in the matter. If it could be once base enough to permit such aggressions to be made NI ith impunity, it would, ipso facto, fall from its pride of place, and out of its rank in the majestic career of those nations with whose welfare are bound up the destinies of civilisation. We have great doubts, indeed, whether all the vaunting of the land of stripes and stars will not evaporate before the consideration of dollars to be' spent and taxes to be raised—by a Government of bankrupt credit. But as democracies are always liable to the uncontrol lable action of popular feeling and passion, in defiance of palpable danger, and inevitably disastrous re sults, we shall do well to accustom ourselves to a consideration of the extreme probability that the attempt at the Oregon occupation may be forced upon that Government, which, not having had virtue enough to discourage the agitation of the project, will not have strength enough to restrain the po litical fanaticism that may rashly endeavour to faci litate so iniquitous an enterprise. In the meanwhile, as the " Oregon question" is one of many details, the succession and connection of which it is necessary for those to bear in mind who would master its elements, we propose to consider it under three heads. 1. What the question at issue between the two Governments (of the United States and Great Britain) really is? 2. What are the known received principles of national law which apply to the territorial rights of discovery and occu pation of lands, as regards the authority of the Parent State, through whose subjects the discovery and occupation have been effected? 3. What are the de rivative and possessory rights to the territory of Oregon, now respectively vested in Great Britain and in the United States, through France or through Spain ? We are confident that we shall demonstrate, in an ensuing article, and upon a recapitulation of the facts and details, and evidence of treaties and public acts which we shall have to submit to the considera tion of the reader, that the claim of the United States to the Oregon cannot be maintained upon any of the principles above adverted to. That the United States cannot establish any such derivative and possessory rights to that territory, through any title either from France or from Spain, or under treaty with Great Britain : That in all respects, and on all the principles as to which the United States cannot establish their pre tensions to the Oregon, the title of Great Britain is continuous, corroborated, valid, and inexpugnable. 1. The Oregon question is the validity or invalidity of the claim of the United States Government to the whole of the Oregon territory, or full and sovereign possession, and to the exclusion altogether of British occupancy. The Oregon territory is a vast track of North Western America, extending from about 42 deg. to 49 deg. N. lat., including the course of the Columbia River (whose embouchure is about 46 deg. N.), which waters a country moderately fertile, 'but especially valuable for its supply of the fur animals, whose peltry supplies one of the most valuable of all staples for the markets of China. It has other natural and geo graphical advantages, into which we shall not now enter. The question of right must be traced through a chain of many links in the composition of legiti mate title. First of all, and as the shortest method of propounding the question, it may be said that the foundation of the United States' claim to the Oregon territory rests on the recognised geographical extent and boundaries of Louisiana, when that vast trail of country was purchased by the American Govern ment in 1803, and the effect of a treaty made by that Government with Spain in 1819. For this claim is derived from three titles--purchase from France, purchase from Spain, and discovery and prior occupation of the Colombia by citizens of the United States. Such are the pretensions that a very ridiculous partisan, a Mr. FARNHAM, has ventured to print and publish. Such are the visionary assump tions which Congress and the Senate affect to recog nise, and gravely call on Americans to uphold. Let us see, then, in what mode France acquired the ori ginal territorial sovereignty of Louisiana—how this was ceded by France to Spain as to part, and as to the other part to Great Britain ; and subsequently by Great Britain to Spain, which by the treaty of 819 confirmed the sale of the Floridas to the Re- public. • The first French colony in Louisiana having been established by Dr. IBERVILLE, a Canadian, under a commission for that express purpose, granted to him by Louis XIV., remained subject to the dominion of France until 1762, when, by the treaty of Paris in Novembe r of that year, and signed 1763), which ceded to England the f il e g F r e e e h d ru u upon n several French possessions of Nova Scotia, Canada, and vre n C e a h p s e e tt Briton, le m eh t t s h i e n N eastern A l tn i m e n i t . s c a o f w er the e rfiexme fixed i nig w i n th extreme precision by a line drawn along the middle \ of the Mississippi, from its source to the Iberville River; and from thence, by a line drawn along the moiddelbearttoraitnh, tois river, and the lakes Maurapas and pn the same treaty, Florida, with Fort St. cededtuguts o ten the sea. Under the 20th article of ' England otrht eh . the American o whole fp ens ofPensa cola, cola, and all its po ssess i ons on theN con tinent to the east or south-east of the h river Missis sippi. On November 3, 1762 , were ee same day on which the preliminaries of s pe t reaty . be • tween France, England, and Government of France ceded to that ofsred- the all the country ;known under the name of L ouisi ana, as also New Orleans, and the island on which it • t situated ; by a secret treaty between Spain and Fran ce , that is to say,France gave up to Spain, thereby, so much of Louisiana as France had not previously contracted to transfer to Great Britain. The treaty of September 1783, between Great Britain and Spain, ceded East and West Florida to Spain, which thus became again possessed of its ancient colonies. We now come under Mr. FALCONER'S guidance to the Treaty of In dependence of the same year, between Great Britain and the United States, whereby the independence of the latter was recognised, and their South Western, Western, and Southern boundaries were defined in a manner sl dearly described and with their necessary connection, as recogni,ed by the champions of the United States' present claim, so forcibly set out by Mr. Falconer in his recent pamphlet, entitled the " Oregon Question," that we have quoted his own words.* In our next paper we shall pursue the course of these transactions, treaties, &c., from the retrocession of Louisiana by Spain to France, in 1800, down to the present time. 4 ' The treaty says, "By a line through the middle of Lake Erie, until it arrives at the water communication between that Lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of the said water communication into the Iluron, thence through the middle of the Huron to the water communication between it and Lake Superior ; through the Superior, northward of the Isles Royal and Phili peaux to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of Long Lake and the water between it and the Lake of the Woods to the Lake of the Woods; and through the same to the N.W. point thereof ; from thence in a due west course to the river Mississippi, until it shall enter the northernmost part of the 31st deg. of N. lat. ; south, by a line to be drawn E. from the determination of the line last mentioned in lat. 31 deg. N. of the Equator to the middle of the River Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to the junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the he ad of the St. Mary's River, and thence, along the middle of the St. Mary's River, to the Atlantic Ocean." Mr. Falconer observes, on this part of the treaty, " There was one error in this otherwise clearly defined boundary : the head waters of the Mississippi river are south of the Lake of the Woods ; and consequently a line carried due west from the lake would not touch the river. The clear intention of both parties was, to terminate the boundary where this junction was expected to take place —where, if the Mississippi had continued in a course noyth, it would have intersected the line running due west from the Lake of the Woods. This obvious cor rection of the mistake is adopted in the map lately pub lished in America by Mr. Greenhow, in which a dotted line from the head waters of the Mississippi to the line running due west of the Lake of the Woods completes this boundary. But nothing west or north of this line was g ranted by xreat Britain to the United States in 1783, and nothing north of the head waters of the Mississippi was retained by France under the treaty of 1763. Swiss journals of the 27th ult. have been received. 1 Affairs continue in a very unsettled state, and one of the papers, the Federal Gaulle, announces that Austria proposes a blockade of Switzerland by occupying the principalities of Lietenstein and the frontiers of the Gri sons. At Schwytz two battalions of contingents had been called ; General SONNEBERG, appointed to the com mand of the Lucerne troops, had withdrawn his resigna tion, and on the 27th the Executive Council of Zurich had assembled, in order to make preparations for antici pated contingencies. The meeting of the Council hull been summoned chiefly on the receipt of dispatches from Lucerne, but the result of their deliberations had not transpired. The accounts from Madrid are to the 24th ult. The I marriage of the QUEEN with the Count TRAPANI causes much excitement among the Carlists, who, it is said, are organising themselves in Catalonia and the Basque pro vinces, to prevent a result which would destroy all their hopes. No doubt however remains that the marriage has been arranged, and that the King of NAPLES has gone to Rome to give his sanction to it. The KING, accompanied by the QUEEN, arrived there on the 17th. On the 24th, being Easter Monday, the Madrid Bourse was closed. MORNING, Aril 1 L 2., 1845 SUMMARY OF NEWS Most of the Paris journals advert to the last intell gence from America, and especially to the vote of the Senate for the annexation of Texas, but their remarks are very brief, and, with the exception of the sentiments expressed by the Journal des Delats on the horrors of slavery, are without interest. After quoting the claims put forward by Mr. POLK to Texas, on the ground of previous occupation, that journal observes :—" It is a peaceful acquisition, says the President ; but after all it is not so peaceable, for the citizens of the United States who have taken possession of Texas entered that terri tory with arms in their hands, and it was with cannon that they vanquished the unfortunate President Mexico at San Jacinto, when he expressed a doubt whether Texas was from all eternity the property of the federal union, or was one of his own lost chil dren. Mr. Pout cannot be ignorant of the fact. The invasion of Texas by the Anglo-Americans is odious to Europe on account of the slavery which it draws in its train. As long as he does not reply to the repugnance on the part of Europe, his arguments lead to false con clusions. But he does not even allude to them. In reading the Message one would think that slavery was unknown on the soil of the United States, which, how ever, allows itself to be more degraded by that stain on humanity than all the other nations in the world. One is even astonished to find such phrases as this, that all the distinctions of birth and of rank there are abolished. We must not, however, deceive ourselves. The spoliation inflicted upon Mexico by the incorporation of Texas, however reprehensible it may be, might perhaps pass unnoticed ; but the systematic, audacious propagation of an institution so execrable as slavery, is a crime against civilization, for which the United States will never be pardoned." The proposed grant for mounting the fortifications of Paris with artillery still occupies the Opposition jour nals, and the discussion on the subject is looked for with much interest by all parties. A private meeting of the Opposition, it is said, has been held to decide what course they should pursue in the Chamber. It was attended by MM. TRIERS, BARROT, and other leaders. M. TRIERS was of opinion that it would be absurd to resist the vote for artillery, after the Chamber had granted a large sum for the works. M. BARROT took a different view, and thought independent Members should vote against a grant which was repudiated by the nation. The result was, that each Member was left to vote according to his opinion. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, Admiral MACKAU, in the absence of the Finance Minister, who was away from indisposition, presented a Bill for authorising the Government to establish four lines of packets across the Atlantic. It is proposed to accomplish this by contract, either for steam-vessels or sailing vessels, to communicate between France and Rio Janeiro, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Havannab, and New York, with branch packets for La Plata, Guiana, and the Gulf of Mexico. M. VIVIEN brought forward a motion to repeal a law by which the Royal Courts have the right of inserting their decisions and law advertise ments in only one paper, with a view to order the pub lication of such notices in journals which have the largest circulation. The motion was opposed by the Govern ment, and rejected by a majority of 37. The French Funds were more firm on Sunday. At TORTOlieb tho Three per Cents. were quoted at 85f. 60c., and the Fives at 118 f. sc. for the Account. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The Funds close rather heavily. Consols 99% 1 / 2 for Mo ney, and % % for Time. Exchequer-bills, however, were 61s. to 635. premium. Spanish Three per Cents. were 40% ; Mexican were 35 ' 1 4 ; and Claim, ex. Div., 99 ; Portuguese Converted were 66; and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 100%. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—The Birmingham and Gloucester, Half, 1 ; Bristol and Gloucester. 31 • Caledonian, 5% ' • Cambridge and Lin coln, 6% to 3 A ; Chester and Holyhead, 3%; Churnet Val ley, 5 1 4 ; Dublin and Belfast, 6%; Eastern Union Exten sion, OA ; Great North of England, New, 19 3 / 4 ; Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth, 2% %; Harwich, 1%; Lancas lwr'heisrdtesrn, 4 , 2 3 , 5 4 e ; w D , Ato, ; Q m u a a n r e t h er e , s 2 te 9 r :,: a i n ; d ß ß ri i g rna ht i o n n g , h l a 2 Lancas ter and Carlisle, 23; London and Birmingham, 134 ; Ditto, ; Q S ti o a u r Quarter, ; Midland. 55 ; Newcastle New B r a n dli ng , 21% ; New castle and Berwick, 13%; North British, New, 3 ; Norwich and Brandon, 6%; Coventry and Nuneaton, 1% • Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 1 ; Kentish Coa s t, ; Scottil Mid laud, I%; South Eastern, ex Div., 9% ; Ditto, New, No. 1, 8; Ditto, No. 2, 9 1 4 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 2%; Yar mouth and Norwich, 7 ; York and North Midland, 52 53 ; Selby, Extension, 15 ; Boulogne and Amiens, a ; Great Northern of France, 2; Lyons and Avignon, 1% % • Paris and Orleans, 30%; Aberdeen, % to 1 1 4 ; and Direct "iCorth ern, 2 premium ; Direct Norwich, ; Greenwich, 1% ; Lin coln, 7 ork, and Leeds, %; and Preston and Wyre, 15 dis. The Foreign Exchanges, except as regards Paris, were steady this afternoon. (From The Sun of Last Night. ) There was nothing new in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. The sales were 4,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were firm, but there was not so large a business doing :—Barnsley Junction, 71. lls. 6d. ; Barns ley Junction, Half Shares, 68 s. 9d; Birkenhead, bfanchester, and Chester, 12/. 111. 18s. 9d. ; Birming ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3% 795. ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4 1 4 ; Blackburn and Preston, 15% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 12%; Caledonian, 10 10%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 3 / 4 8 1 4 ; Chester and Birken head, 49 47 ; Ditto, New Shares, 41 1 4 41%; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 1 / 23 1 ,4; Chester and Preston Brook, 3 3 4 ; Ch ur net Valley, 7% 7 Dublin and Drogheda, 91 ; ,6 Dublin and Galway, 3%; Dundee and Perth. 635. 3d. 3y ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 2 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 62% 62 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 5% 5 3 / 4 ; Ely and Bedford, 1% ; Glasgow, Paisley, and G r eenock, 18% ; Grand Junction, Half Shares , 224 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield,4% ; Great Southern and Western, 16 ; Great Western, Fifth Shares, 40 3 / 1 ; L anc aster and Preston, 54 ; Limerick an d Waterford, 4 3 4 Harwich, 21,4 ; Huddersffield and Sheffield, 6 3 / 4 6 5 ; 5 ; rpo Live of and Manchester, Half Shares , 101 ; Ditto, ew N Shares, 37%; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2%; London and Birmingham, 233 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 44% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 32 ,• London and Brighton, 64% 643 4 ; London and South-Western, 80; London and York, 31 /43/. 3a. 9d. ; Direct Northern, 4% 41. 13s. 9d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, ; Ditto, New Shares, 5% 5%; Manchester, Bolton and Bury, 164 165 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 19% ; Mid land Railway, 1513/ ' . Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 18 %; Ditto , Fifth Shares, 76 5 . 3d. 3% ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham Oxford, Worcester, ton Wo a re n and Derby, 115 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 6% ; North British, Half Shares, 4 1 4 ; North Wales Mineral, 14% ; Ditto, New Shares, 5% ; North Wales, 165. 3 d. ; 6d. 2 t0 1. n e a ste w r, yre a , nd 343A W Wolverhamp ton, Sheffielderhamp and Manchester, 115% ; Ditto, •Quarter Shares, 15 % % ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 245. 235. ; Shrewsbury, W olverhamp= ton, and Birmingham, 5 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, gi ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 45;6 3a ; South- Ea•tent and Dover, 42% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 161,2 3% ; Ditto, Nes Shares, No. 3, 8 %; Trent Valley,l7 ; Wurce-ter and Tring, 81s. 4% Is. 6d. ; Whitehaveu and Furness, 31s. 6d ; York and North Midland, 102- Austrian and Sardinian, 6s. 6d. Bs. prem. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse, Ns. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens (English) 12% ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 6 1 / 8 ; Paris and Lyons (English), (Laffitte's), 595. 3/. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2 1 ,4 2% ; Paris and Rouen, 44% ; Paris and St. Quentin, 455. 6d. ; Sambre and Meuse, 6%; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's), 314 ; Verona and Ancona, 425. 6d. 435. 6d. The first meeting took place yesterday, at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, between the Duke de Broglie and Dr. Lush inaton, on the all- important question of the right of search in connexion with the slave trade. We believe, from what we have heard, that the Government of France is prepared to make many concessions not hitherto acceded to. With re spect to the principles upon which this double commission of inquiry, and we hope of ultimate mutually beneficial result, is to be conducted, there is no question as to the ability of the British Government to impart every means for the sup pression of the inhuman traffic. We think there are hopes of a satisfactory result, founded upon information that has been communicated to us. But as the consideration of the matter at issue is now strictly private, we are not at liberty to refer further to the subject. It is perfectly netorious that Great Britain stands pledged to use all its efforts for the sup pression of the slave trade. Without good and sufficient reason the commanders of our navy have, but in very few in stances, brought a foreign flag nutter control on the slave coasts. We are inclined to believe that the high principle of nationality, so much contended for by the people of France, will give way under the able inter-communications which are now in progress between that eminent jurist Dr. Lush ington and the Duke de Broglie. We shall have occasion again to refer to this subject. There appears to be an increasing desire on the part of the merchants and others in the City of carrying out the prin ciple that has been long talked of—restricting the hours of ' banking business. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have set the example, and there are abundant reasons why it should be followed by the City bankers. The most important feature upon this subject is, that so extensive are the operations in the Railway Shares that it is impossible, under the present Post-office rules, to get the correspondence connected with the rail way business done in time for post hours. It is not now an extraordinary circumstances that the employees of Share brokers and of bankers, who formerly considered the day ended at five o'clock, have to be kept untilnine, ten, andeven eleven o'clock at night. There has been a heavy market for the Three per Cent. Consols to-day. For the Account the price has fallen from 99 3 / to 99 1 ,0, and for immediate transfer from 99 3 / 4 to 99%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills yesterday was 575. to 595. This morning it is 61s. to 625. India Bonds have been quoted at 695. to 725. The Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. have been purchased at 102 1 A, ex div., for the opening. Brazilian Bonds have been in request at 88 this morning, without the dividend. The interest upon the Dutch Four per Cents. is now in the course of payment, and the Bonds are at 97 1 / to 1 4. For Spanish, the price of the Five per Cents., is 30%, and for the Three per Cents. 4034. Not much business was transacted in the market to-day. A vast amount oTbusiness has been transacted in the Rail way Shares to-day, and in general the values are advancing. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols .. .. India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... ...... Ditto under 1,0001. - ...... _ 69 69 Consols for Account... Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 ,4 d 59 61 62 pm. 61 Ditto 500/. . ... ... 62 63 pm. 63 Ditto Small ... 59 57 61 63 pm. 63 Ditto Advertised — pm. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • •••••• 99 Ditto Deferred ... . . 52 1 / 2 52% Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% 15% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837......... 35% Ditto, Account 3 5% 35% Peruvian Bonds 6 per Cents — 33 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Conivarted 66% Russian Bonds ............ ... ..- • 116 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account ........... 30% 30 Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ••• — 40 74 % Ditto Account Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 10 i Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., • Certific 9 7 1 / 2 14 97 A PRICES OF CLOSING B AMWAY SHARESPAID. Aberdeen PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. rßicEs. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% l% 2 Birming. and Gloucesterloo ..... 138 135 138 Do. New .. Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 83 Ditto New 2 . 61,4 3 4 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 60 1 s; 61 60 ... Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1%•••••• 7 % 81 / 2 Chester and Holyhead... 5 ..... . 8% Ciainiet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton - 1 1 4, 2% Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast J unc. 2 1 4 8 1,4 Dublin and Galway 4 2.- 3 1 ; 5 4% Eastern Counties 25 ... . 21% • % Ditto ditto, No. 2 . l3s. 4d.. Eastern Union lO .. ••• Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Great Grimsby and Shef field 1 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Norther England..loo Ditto New 2 20% Great Western Ditto % Shares 5O lOl Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2 1 ,4 ... .. Harwich - Hull and 5e1by............ 50 Kentish Coast Lancaster and Carlisle Lincoln, York, and Leeds 1% London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...233 Do. New Thirds ...... 2 i% Do Shares ......... 2 London and Brighton.- 50 ...... 6514 65 London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... London at•d S. AVestern 41/6s 10d 79% 80 1 / 2 80 Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... 24% Do. New .............. 2 1 / 2 _ London and York.. 21 .... •• • 2 1 , - / z i i i Lynn and Ely ...... ...... Mancherter and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarter 5............ 4 ..... 101 A Midland... .................. 100 . 156 157 156% Do. New ........ . ...... 2 ...... 12014 21% Midland, Birm., Derby...loo Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ......... ... 24 Do. New Brandling... 10 Neweas.le and Berwick 1 1 / 2 Newark and Sheffield ••• 1% North British ........... 10 1 North Kent ............... 2 3 4_ .. 3 North Wales ... ........ 1 1 / 2 i 3 Norwich and Brandon-. 10 Do., New Do. New ............... OA Preston and Wyr e .. , ... 50 Rugby, Worstr , & Tyin g 1 Scottish Midland .. . ...... 1%...... 3% 2% ... ..... ..... 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley-, and Birm ...... 21/2 l% South Devon... ............ 10 ...... 20 3 South Eastern & Dov er 3312 s 4d... 42 2 % Do., No. 1- 8 ............. 16 A Do., No. 2. ............ 2 Do., No. 3 ............ 2 1 / 2 ._.. 8 12 South Wales ........... ... 21 ...... 5% 61/., Waterford and Kilken n y 1 _ ... 31s, ...... Yarmouth and Nor wich. 20 ' 4 York and N orth Midland 50 lO2 103 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby ............... 20 Do. Extension ......... 1 1 4 1 5 14 16% 15 3 / 4 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Ai - Diens-. 4 ...11% 12 11 3 / 4 12% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ..... .... •• • • ..... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon •••••• 2 2%12- 6i Leghorn .. .. ..... •-• Orleans and Bordeaa c•• • 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Pans and Lyons, Gan neron's ... .. ............ 2 Paris &L'yons, (Caton's) 2 ...... ' l 4 Paris and Orleans ......... 20 ...... 51 Sambre and Meuse .... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenaie's ............ 2 ..• 3% JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock lO ...... 14% 14% MANCHESTER STOCK ExCIIANGE, MARCH 31.—The sales are :—London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 44%; Man cahneds t Lincoln,e r, Man chester and Birmingham, 57 3 4 58 ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 9% ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5 1 ,4 prem. ; Midland Railway, 40/. Shares, 19 18% ; Preston and Wre 33% ; Sheffield and Man- Quarte 7 i 4 S ,, har ; es, 15% ' % ; South-Eastern. 42 3 4 ex way and Canal, 3 1 / 2 , ; div. ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 11% 12 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11 1 4 A ; Cambridge Northern, 4% Churnet Valley, 7 1 4 -16 ; Direct % , 1-;rewash Valley, 15; Great Grimsby and n g a n h n e t d r . . o . W n . Sheffield Junction, 3% ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail- Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, .. s. es .): t Riding Junction, 7 ; London and Wor cester, Oxford and Rugby, 4% ; London and York, 3 1 ' • 6%; Lot no Leeds 3,a(tosai Manchester and Buxton, 1,4 9-16 • Manchester, Sheffield, COURSE OF and Midland Junction, 4% 514 ; 'Newark and Sheffield, ?.% Na ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4% ; Southport and Euxton, 2 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 16% N ex new; Great Northern of France (English), 6% ; Paris and Amsterdam ..... CF . . 12 8i Gibraltar... . ...... _ EXCEIANGE.—(YESTERDAY Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp .. • ........... 26 20 Milan ..... ............. Ramburgh ...... M.. 13.14 0 Venice • Altona ....... . ••• • ••••• 6,•••• Paris 3 days ' ... ... ..... Naples .. . • aght . 25 95 Palermo, I,er 02 Ditto, 3 - Months,.,,., 26 15 Lisbon Marseilles •• •• .... ..... 26 20 Oporto • • • Bourdeaux ....... 20 Rio ... ......... . • 26 - Frankfort on M aine..l23 Bahia •-• ••••.•- ...... Petersburgh, 3 Us... -- Buenos A yi•ss Berlin .. ............... , -- NewYoiks:: - dyssight Vienna, effee. f 1.3 M s 10 4 Philadsiphis . ... Trieste, ditto .. - Madrid . ......... 10 5 PRICES 1 r 811LLION, PER oz ................ 361 Foreign • 1 • .2,1m1. £3 17 9 Cadiz ........... 36 iPortoga* ( •;old Coin 3 17 5 falba() .................... New Doubt Barcelona .......... ' x)ris....' 00 0 ........... New .);4:ai a 0 4 9 ; Seville ................. _ sil ver ••• dais..... s 4 10 66 [16% 133% 34% 6 3 / 4 ;1 10% 8 7.3/4 21 0';48 3 % 60►,4 3 3 4 16% 21% 101 2% 98 4434 31 3 / 4 64% 80 24 1 A 12% 3/,1 9% 55 21% 49 48 32% 32 15 16 5% Cy t % 1714%3/4 3V4 L 6 4%S 35 4% 4 1 A 20 7 424 16 114 t9' 6i i _3;2 68 1614 Si 26 20 about five o'cl oc k -------- - A MINIATURE ELEPIIANT.—On Thursday last I liggs, pig-breed er , li v i ng at P hoenix-cottage , o n the Tewkes bury-road, farrowed twelve young ones. With reference to f eleven of • a sow in the possession of Mr. William these, there was nothing remarkable, but the other presenting exactly the appe arance o f that of an elephant. a most extraordi nar y l usa s naturce—the head was certainly c lo er ;v t e a r in i l a y w, the trunk, the ey es , th e ear s, all exactly cor responded. This singular little animal only lived for about o,e hour and ten minutes. The owner intends to preserve the body in spirits as a curiosity. It is difficult to account fair this freak of nature, and we must leave the explanation to others ; we merely record the fact which our eyes have seen.—Cheltenham Free Preis. AN D Public Optatott. " Who rusts ►Hari read." FOREIGN. On Saturday Louis Philippe, attended by Colonel Dumas, Count de Strada, and two artillery officers, left the Tuileries for Versailles, and after remaining there for some hours, returned in the evening. The King and Queen of Naples arriv.•d at Rome on the 17th, and the next day, accompanied by the Count de Trapani, paid a visit to his Holiness. The Queen of Spain is expected to leave Madrid for Barcelona about the beginnieg of May. According to some of the Swi,s journals the invasions of Lucerne by the refugees and free corps was generally anticipated. The Brussels Monitur of the 30th ult. contains the royal sanction of the agreement between Messrs. Richards, Hayter, Hankey, and Fearon on the one side, an I the Belgian Government on the r ther, for the con struction of the Entre Sambre and Meuse Railway, with certain branches. The principal line will run fi urn the Brussels and Namur Railway, nArr the Marchienne-au- Pont station. The maximum of the tariff for passengers is fixed as follows :-Ist class, 50c. per league ; 2d class, 35c. ditto ; 3d class, 25 ditto. The Turin correspondent of the Augsburg Gaut* states, that the efforts of t►ie Austrian and French Coot is to induce the Pope and the Gcneral of the Jesuits to refuse their sanction to the intr, duetion of that order into Lucerne. have not had the desired elec . . The Ga. v.* du Simplon has made a similar statement, and it acids that the Jesuits 1$ ill soon proceed to Lucerne, by order of their General. The general meeting of the sharehAders of the Paris and Orleans Railroad was held at Paris on Saturday. under the presidency of M. Bartoliny. According to the report for 1844 the total receipts were 6,901,786 t., and the expenses 3,286,662 f., leaving a surplus of 3,615,124£ More than 1,500.001) passengers and 127,000 tins of goo Is were conveyed in that year by the railroad. The dividend was fixeJ at 39f. 25c. per share (exclusive of the reserve for the sinking fund), being at the rate of 7.85 per cent. on the original capital of 500 f. JULIP7 AND POUCCIP. Mr. Commissioner Fane, in the Bankruptcy Cour adjourned the examination of William Nawood, a bankrupt linen draper, of Kettering, sine die. In the case of Dobson v. Blackmore, an action, brought by the proprietors of the Greenwich stone pier against the owners of the watermen's pier, and which was tried at Kingston, before Lord Denman, the jury found for the plaintiffs, with a shilling damages, thus deciding against the legality of the watermen's floating pier at Greenwich. At Oxford, John Trilloe and Thomas Tudor were convicted of arson, and sentenced to fifteen years' trans portation. In several cases, in which men had been robb , :d in houses of ill-fame, the Learned Judge refused to allow them their expenses. Thomas Vivian, Robert Dunnetts, and Mary Ann Davis, were placed at the bar at Queen -square, charged with coining, at No. 1, Pump-court, Perkins's-rents, Westminster, having been pounced upon by the police while engaged in making counterfeit sixpences out of Britannia-metal spoons. The prisoners were committed for trial for unlawfully possessing counterfeit coin. At Southwark, John Williams, an elderly serious looking-man, with his hair carefully combed down in front, was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with steal ing several spoons and saucers, and also newspapers and pamphlets, from different coffee-houses on the south side ot the water. He had that morning been detected in the act of stealing a teaspoon, two cups and saucers, and a knife, from a coffee-house in the Biackfriars-road. He was remanded. Edward Sullivan and Jahn Murphy were charged at Lambeth with burglariously breaking into the Gun Tavern, in St. George's-fields. It appeared by the evi dence that the prisoners had broken inb, the tavern, after the house was flint up on Saturday night, and the family had gone to bed. They had lighted the gas in the bar, &c., and were making their harvest when they were disturbed by the police, and eventually apprehended. Most of :he things taken were recovered. The prisoners were remanded. William Hare, a middle-aged man, of respectable ap pearance, charged with liming embezzled various sums of money, the property of his employer, Mr. M‘L.ain. stone-Li:Jason, ot Sun-street, Bishopsgate, and also with having uttered a torged amp:is/ice for 104 145., vt ith in tent to detraud Mr. Bonsor, a tradesmaii in Cross-street, City roa.l, was fully committee. frian Wi.,rship-street both charges. At the Thitmes,Police-court, Sarah Hall was brought before Mr Broderip, on Monday, on a charge of stealing silver tea-pot, a silver sugar. basi], a silver twelve silver forks, and other ariic'cs of plate, tog , tiler with a quantity of linen, wiisritig apparel, and other tiro perty, valued at 801., from the dwelling house of Mr. SVillvan Penny, a iighternan, of No. 72, L'icas sire, t, Cominetcial-road E.st. The prisoner, wno had lived in the service ot the prosecutor as maid of all work, was remand. d. She had on her legs a pair of her master's stockings at the time of her apprehension. C OURT-1 4 11.51Z1 0 Y.A.117.E. The Duke of Wellington has arrived at Apsley House 'rom Strathtiel&aye. The Marquis and Marcia , me aof Douro have arrived at their robidenee in Upper Lielgrave- street. The Duke and DuAiess of Roxborghe and family do not leave Fleur Castle, N. t 3., until the close of the month, when the Noble Duke and Duchess are expected at Thomas's Hotel. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Caroline and Constance Levesou Gower, are expected to arrive at Stafford Ilouse this day, from Trentham Hell, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Stafford and Lord Frederick Leveson Gower will remain at Trentham. The Duke of Hamilton has issued cards for a grand dinner-party on Sunday next, at his mansion in Port man-square, to meet her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden. The Countess Cap ogan continues in delicate health at Quei nsbury [louse. The Earl and Countess of Edon and family are pass ing the holidays at Shirley House, near Croydon. Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have gone on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Wirnble don .park, with the intention of returning to Slivares Hotel at the end of the week. The Earl and Countess of Harewood have left Hare wood House, near Leeds, fur Boughton House, near Kettering. Lady M`Naghtcn, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Erskine and children, have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from India. Her Ladyship, we are happy to state, con sidering the sad bereavement she has sustained, is iu tole rable good health. The Countess of Warwick was presented last week with a❑ elegant vase, by the Members of the Surrey Hunt, as a mark of their respect and regard for her Ladyship's liberality in permuting them to hunt over her estates in Surrey. The Bishop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby are ex pected in a few days in Upper Portland-place, from Auckland Castle. THIRD EDITION OF “THE SUN." TO THE EI)ITO I? OF TH E S 'N. SIR,-111 your ":Notice to C,,rrespondente," cwitained in your impression of Saturday lust, I am pleased to find that the irregularity attendant upon the forwardipg of your Third, or Latest Edition, has at length excited the attention of some of your numerous subscribers. As regards myself, I am frequently disappinted, more particularly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, t,t. days on which we expect to receive the Gazette and Market In telligence, to regulate our movements, a Second Edon being not unfrequently substituted for a Third, thereby depriving us of that information so valuable to commer cial men generally. As a warm supporter of your paper, as well as having been the means of introducing it to seve ral commercial inns, I am desirous that you should manr tain the character of that publication, which, for e intelligence, has hitherto ranked second to none. —I main, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD SUGAR TRAVELLER. Whitchurch, 5.,10p, March 31, 1845. [We are wuch obligod to our worthy correspondent. If other travellers will favour us by following his ex• ample, commercial inns and other public pieces will be duly supplied with the Third Edition of The Sun, which will give them a day's news in advance.—ED. Sun.] HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ---- Lucia de Lawniemoor was represented last evening for the purpose of introducing ‘ladarue Anuide CasteLan for the first time to an opera audience in the character of Lucia. Although last night was the first appearance of Madame Castellan on these hoard=, she is not altoge ther unknown to the English musical public. She ran a very brilliant career here last season as a singer at concerts. Her success at the Ancient Concerts %. as complete, and a singer who can succeed there must be in every sense of the word an accomplished artisttr.—She has, moreover, achieved great triumphs in Russia and in America ; and to these, she may add the crowning suc cess of a triumphant &but before confessedly the most fastidious musical audience in the world in the audience of her Majesty's Theatre. Her voice is a pure soprano, beautifully clear, and of considers hie compass. Her musical education is perfect—not the most critical ear can detect a fault in her intonation, not the most fastidious taste can discover anything whereat to be offended. The opening cavatina was beautifully given ; it was a beautitul exhibition of power 'refined and chastened by exquisite taste and judgment, and was rapturously applauded. At the conclusion of the first act she was called ft.r, and received with en .. thusiastic applause. The duet, "Se tradismi tu potrai_ in the second act, was superbly given by Fornasari and Madame Castellan. It was a perfect triumph of art, both as regarded singing and acting. It is seldom that an opera audience is worked up to such a pitch of en thusiasm as they were by this magnificent duet. The applause was long and loud, and both actors were called for at the conclusion of the duet. The marriage scene followed, and was beautifully acted by Madame Castellan, who, at the fall of the act drop, was again called for. The mad scene was very fine, and the concluding aria was given with the most thrilling pathos. The -success of Madame Castellan was complete, and, what is more, it was well deserved. She is a delightful actress and an accom plished musician. It is as unnecessary to praise the Enrico of Fornasari as it is to write an (ulogium on the Richard of Edmund Kean, or the Coriolanus of John Kemhle. It stands alone as a perfect piece of acting. Moriani was the Edgardo. It was in this character that he made his deb, t before an English audience last season, and his Edgardo stamped him as the pinto tenor e of the world. The last scene, whether considered as a piece to acting or as a vocal ..ffort, is unrivalled. It is the finest thing of the sort on the stage. So dehehted were the audience that at the conclusion of the opera they called Moriant twice before the curtain. Ther.; was a third call for Moriani and Castellan. and, after a sh net interval, he appeared leading f .r,tard the prima donna, enveloped in a large silk cloak, preparatory to quitting the theatre. The audience seemed mightily pleased at thus seeing n prima donna en ki , tieuiere, and there was some toed-humoured laughter mingled with the sh.iuts of applause with which they were greeted. The ballet of Edina c ticluded the evening's eitiev tail, ruents. The House was crowded to excess. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who honoured the performances with his presence, arrived at the theatre bAbro the commencement of the opera. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 1. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. On the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN, the Winnock Rectory Bill was read a second time and or dered to be committed. The Newcastle Coal Turn Bill was read a second time. On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN, the Not tingham Inclesure Bill was read a second time. The Report upon the Birkenhead Company's Doak Bill was further c .nsidered, received, and ordered to be printed. Mr. D'ISRAELI presented petitions from Shrews bury for the better observance of the Sabbath. EDUCATION.—MAYNOOTH. Mr. LEFROY presented petitions from Ireland in favour of the Church Education Society. Mr. E. BULLER presented petitions from Stour bridge, Taunton, and other places. against the proposed increase of the grant to Maynooth College. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition to the same effect from a parish in the county of Cork. RAILWAYS. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Kinsale against the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill, on the ground that the company had not chosen the best line. Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition against the London and York Railway project. The Newport and Ponty-Pool Railway Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tynemouth Extension) Bill was ri-ad a second time, and ordered to be committed. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. Mr. DODD rose to move, according to notice, that the petition of the London and Croydon Railway Company. to eying, that the Report of the Board of Trade on the Kentish lines may be referred hack for reconsideration. presented 31st March, be printed. The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member bad better postponehis motion till the time of public business. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that if the Hon. Gen tleman intended to fund a motion en the petition — Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to or'er. He did not think it was fair to prevent a Gentleman from stating his reasons for asking that a petition be printed. 'there was no occasion to put off the motion till the time of public busieess, as such motions were generally acceded to as matters of course. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that the Hon. Member for Finshury was rather out of order in calling him to order. He was not going ti state any objection to the motion, but only to ask if it were the Hon. Member's intention to found any distinct motion on the petition when printed ? The SPEAKER said that the notice of the Hoe. Member must be brought on amongst the other notices on the paper at the time of pubic business. Mr. DU';COMBE thought that these motions should be discussed before entering on the business of the day. and for this simple reason, that Members might have notices of this kind for consideration, and yet the" might not come on for six weeks at least. He thought the notice ought to be taken into consideration before, the actua,t business of the day commenced. Mr. DODD then said that on that day week he would found a motion on the petition. SLAVE-TRADE. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from theConr mittee of the Anti Slavery Society against the importY tion of slaves into the colonies. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. The Hole. MEMBER also presented a petition against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Dr. BOW RING pres,nted a similar petition from the Dissenters of Bolton. The petitioners stated that the/ were not averse to the mere principle of Roman Co' thelicism, but they objected to a Government grant to any relit; on. HOU!S OF LABOUR IN FACTORIES. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, signed by 8.000 persons. complaining that children from the age s of six to eleven were worked for some 16 and 24 hour* thereby, injuring their physical and moral condition ro en incalculable degree, and they prayed that the Honse should take the subject into consideration with view of providing some remedy for the evil. ALLOTMENT SYSTEM. Mr, W. COW PER presented a petition from Holbeseby in Lincolnshire, in favour of an extensionot the allotineOS system. LOCAL COURTS. Mr. BARNARD prtsented a petition from severil l places in Montgom.ry , hire, praying the House to p*s_ i l a Bali at an early period for the establishment of low courts. POOR LAW IN IRELAND. Mr. BELLEW pri.sent d petitions from several place! .n the county of Louth ngainst the_ unequal assessme lo under the poor-maw in Ireland. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Lord DUNCAN presented petitions in favour of sol e provision for upholding the respectability of the med ia ' profession. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. T S. DUNCOM BE, on the part of the IPT I ' Member for Leicester (Sir John Easthope) gave nett& of the presentation of a petition from two persons eo n ; fined in the House of Correction at Leicester, ect plaining of imprisonment for the non - payment o f p ilot Lord LINCOLN gave notice that , on the 14th, 4 should mov , for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate t" drainage of lands. the Mr. WARD po;tponed his motion relative to burdens on land tad that day fortnight. Mr. HUME said he .hold bring for ward his motion respecting Sir Henry Pottinger on that day fortnight' Mr DOI)i) gave notice ;hat be should move, 9he Thursday next, at the time of private business, that £7,1 report of the Board of Trade respecting the extension :0 the Croydon Railway to Ashford be referred W k. the Board of Trade:— Sir CHARLES NAPIER gave notice that , on PI into Committee of Supply, he should call the a ttention i the House to our naval ports and arsenals , and h arboar of refuge. MR. AGLIONBY AND THE " TIMES." Mr. AGLIONBY, in allusion to an article which 13 ,7 0 appeared in that day's Times, said it was not 9,h intention to found a motion upon it, ifissolu'd as to do so, he would have to En' ye that the publisher is that paper should appear at the bar. The arti ele s d , question ref rred to a letter which had appeared, if, dressed by Mr. Carrington to Lord Howick, the el i t;b man of the Committee on New Zealand, in vli , 0 it was stated that he (Mr. Aglionby) bet s q"o . the first and second days of the ex aminfO e d of Mr. Carrington before that Committee had in due - that gentleman to modify his evidet.ce. He only ~ ° a6 t mentioned this subject, a s he intended to take the Wi t h; opportunity of calling the attention of the House to t :A but he would, at (dice, state that the assertion 1191 had been made had no foundation in truth. QUARANTINE LAWS. Dr. *BOWRING wis hed to risk the Right 02: Baronet opposite a question. It was in the recolleetwed of the House, that during last session it was r es°/ that measures should be taken to modify the quartinti:jj system, end that such steps eheuld be taken a s r id l •ssen the erievencee which the commercial o'alte laboured under both at home and abroad. 1 4 ` )// ' 0 0 wished to as k th e Right Baronet what had bei? done . to carry out t h e wish of the [loose on that :Alb:lecher tr GEORGE CLERK begged to state th at t he Ilajesty's Gov erimont eu t e r e 7 into a negotiw ion crit h oo . ti''vertanents of France and Austria, that the th rl ' e in to , Pnlu:tents stiotibi agree to carry these m bpieasuthe prlettce. In Fraud there was no objection, - Austrian G overnment w i s h e d t, have a report froin ° ,""it, dieel offic e r s o f t h e i r own . He would inform th e e d Gelaletran (Dr. B owr i ng ) that no such report P re ' yet been received, and ;bat the 'never now stood in A , O iesely the same state as it did when brought before ri House in July last. lie trusted, however, th at t- would ob;ain information en lett subject very sooll. NORTH KENT RAILWAY. Lord HOWICK said that he observed in P e the raper of Saturday last an advert.i'ement respec op r .past of ;he prernot.es of the N ;rth Kent RailwTole the last notice given it appeared that the B oard of hibe made their decision witt,out that document. promoters sought en interview on a day when it Wa s ,e - d convenient for the Board of Trade to receive th e ' p• on the chy appointed it was inconvenient for th e ye meters of the line to attend, and the decision was pleat in their absence. He would wish to know whether thed was true, or whether the Board of Trade had publiotba that they gave their decision before they cons idered subject ? „wag Sir O. CLERK said the terms of the adveragen-in to which the Noble Lord had referred did not co t a h ti3- 00 correct account of the circumstances connected iv•l'„ t he railway. If any mistake had arisen with regard t , i " on ennouneemen of the decision of the Board o f Tea y en the subject of that particular railroad, it must bar e s n ot entirely on the part of the railway company. It w as ,, - 0 01 t . le: practice of the Board of Trade to request P e re mtervi..ws with the promoters of railways, b ut _ be rbel lieved the system they pursued had been thils:;" do° rr quired the parties to send in the cumentary evidence, detailing the advantsgesore the promoters. from the scheme of which they ,b e o the promotets. In a great many instance!! 'f.er.. parties had requested to be allowed to hare a r ib/ sonal conference with the Board of Tra de ' the the purpose of elucilating many points which " mentary evidence could not fully and clearly 0 . plain. The Beard of Trade had always expressed tli:cia selves ready to receive all parties, and be be „ 1 „1111° fullest the promoters of this railway applied for a Pere ° Th o lee terview on the 6th of January last. Tbey weret.; not ever, informed that upon that particular de," it nee convenient for the Board of Trade to have a confer%, with them, and they the re f o re named a subsequent uoirb he believed the 22d January. On the 21st of tbat ewe however, the solicitor f o r the promo t e rs of this scueirse called at the Board of Tr a de, and stated that i . t t bat impossible for the parti es t o a ttend on the 22 d , bu., to gentleman did not, at th e t i m e, make any requentade have any further day named, or the Board of would have been perfectly ready to receive the p ro b e f or e The Board of Trade waited till the last moment e by giving their decision, but no application was Ins- b - pred the promoters of this line ; and it would be rem a nd that the Board of Trade had intimated to the House de the public that they should be prepared to give their. cision upon the mJjority of railway schemes betioretinthest by a particular day.' The House would recol ec. denc e lie Board of Trade had ad the documentary °leered which the promoters of this scheme consiusred essential to their case before them, but it sPi e rt her from the advertisement that they h a d some f u re , documentary evidence, which the solicitor had nob,P en ,. served to the Board of Trade. The Boar d of Trade , ". het o ever, had had sufficient facts beFore them to enable to come to rice slot' noon the quest i on before th a e ft: and ttie result of their deeision they a nnoun ce i t o the Gcu. ttc Subsequently h last Frid a y. Subse q uently the sotto regret called at the or Trade, and expres!'ea is it,' and surprise that the Board had not had an 00°1100 of considering certain documents. There was se CITY OF LoND oN THEATRE 1111,1 Miss Vatalcmhoff commenced a short. envage. meut bare on Monday. The play was As You Like It, Mr. Vandenh, Ii ,ustainitg the chartcter o Jl.ques, and Miss Vnlidetilita that of liossliud. Vandenhotrs sent tontious le exwtly suited to the melancholy Jaques. 1h acted with grt at tact and judgment. Miss Vanden ... hoff's Rosalind was a very lady-like performance. They w , re both much applauded: the play was very well cast. Mr. Coal-, As Orlando, was very good, and Jame. Browne wa, the quaintest of Touchstone!. Indeed had he been othcrwisc than excellent it w. , uld have been un pardonabie, s• Bing he was so admirably supported tr) Mr,. M. n;g merie, as Audrey. Thr Audrey is one of the bc't etu Ow stage. She is one of the few artistes who und.rstaud Shakspeare, and we hope soon to have the pl.-usury: of seeing her in some more Shalciptrion characters, The, play was followel by the farce of Pat's Vacarits, with 11. Hall, as Larry HoolagAi; after which, in the farce of the Road Side inn, George Wild bus taunt' p'or Mathews' character of Buskin, with consi derable humour. The pieces were all i,ut on the stage in an admirable manner. COURT t'l ,4 CULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin cess Royal, arrived at Buckingham Palace at five minutes before seven o'clock yesterday evening, In a carriage and +Ur, escorted by a party of Lancers, from the terminus of the South-Western Railway, at Niue Elms. The Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting; Major-General We*ss, Equerry in Waiting; and Major-General Sir Edward Bo water, Equerry to Prince Albert, followed in a carriage and four. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at the Palace by the Hon. Misses Stanley and Ihmilton, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, Captain Meynell, Sir Robert Otwav, Captain Francis Sey mour, and Colonel Arbuthnot. The royal party quitted Osborne House, Isle of Wight, at a quarter past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, embarked in the royal steam-yacht, and crossed over to Gosport. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite, left Gosport at twenty-five minutes past four, and were coz,veyed to town by a special train, on the Great Western Railway, in two hours and ten minutes. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytteltrai, were taken a carriage drive yesterday morning in the vicinity of Windsor Castle. At three o'clock in the afternoon the Royal Family left Windsor Castle for the station of the Great Western Railway at Slough, and were conveyed to town by a special train. Their Royal Highuesses arrived at Buckingham Paiace, at a quarter past four o'clock, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lytteltun and Admiral Sir Robert Ot way. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester Yesterday at Gloucester House. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden.—Her Royal High ness, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe \Veimur, and attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, visited the Polytechnic Institution in Re gent-street yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal visited the Grand Duchess yesterday at the Duke of Hamil ton's residence in Portman-square. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire paid his respects to her Royal Highness. In the evening the Grand Duchess, attended by the Ba rme'as de Strumfe.der and Baron de Schreckenstein, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence. Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited the Duke of Cambridge yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccluuch, Earl t,f Aber deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, Lord Grauville Somerset, and the Earl of Lincoln. The Council sat two hours. Mr. John Davies, and a deputation of Sugar Refiners, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing - street , The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place' There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Bangor, Chesteri St. David's, Hereford, Liaiidaff Ripon, Rochester, and Worcester, the Earl of Besboroual; Lord Ashley, the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dili ' of Westminster. Mr. Dean Chairman of the Customs, and Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had interviews yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners fur the Reduction of the National Debt, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of the West India colonies. The Earl andeountess of Enniskillen arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday from Hatfield. Captain Francis Seymour arrived at his 'residence in Park lane yesterday for the season. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. COWES, MONDAY —The inhabitants here are in ecstacies at the prospect of her Majesty periodical resi dence among them. Her Majesty was driven over her newly acquired do main in the royal potty phaeton yesterday. The In spector of Palaces and royal architects are bibily en gaged in planning alterations and improvement,-, and the upholsterer is also in attendance to receive her Ma jesty's commands as to the furniture. A messenger was dispatched this morning to Gosport, to order her Msjestj's coachman to have the royal car riage in readiness at the Royal Clarence Vic .ualling Establishment by half-past three o'clock to-morrow, to convey het Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Princess Royal and suite to the terminus of the Gosport Railway. whence the royal visitors will return to Windsor or Buckingham Palace by a special train about four o'clock. Sir Robert Peel left for town this evening. LICENSING DAY IN THE CITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-1 shall feel obliged by your correcting, in your next number, an error in last evening's paper ; a license was not refused, but GRANTED to me. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES CARELESS. Wellington Tavern. Finch-lane, April 1, 1845. FUNERAL OF THE 1-10 N. W. FRASER.—The mortal remains of this highly respected and lamented gentleman were, on Saturday, removed from the residence of Lord Saltoun, in Great Cumberland-street, and deposited in the catacombs of the Kensal-green Cemetery. Among the mourners in attendance were M:•jur-General Lord Sattoun and Captain Fraser (eldest sun of the deceased), Sir Juhn Bayley, Bart., Lieut.-General Browne, Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, GC. 8., Colonel Fraser (of Castle Fraser), Colonel Ellis, and several other personal and intimate friends of the deceased. The service was ,performed by the Rev. Ms. Sobel!. MISCELLANEOUS. A curious addition has just been made to periodical literature, remarkable as the first of the family in which the lunacy of the contributors is frankly avowed. The Governor of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of the towH of Crighton, has conceived, as a means of appealing to ti e early sympathies and intellectual memories of the more highly educated among his patients, the design of a publication for their own amusement, to be edited and printed entirely by themselves. The significant title of this extraordinary publication is the New Moon, a deli cate allusion to a suppost d influence of that luminary over th, unfortunate beings whu are the preparers of this peculiar magazine. The Ureat Western sailed on S :turday last f:otn Li verpool with a large number of I:essengers aLd a heavy mail for New York. The Scotch and Irish vipers mention the destructive effects of the storm of Thuradsy and Frid , ty last, which appears to have extended to alt parts of the kingdom. In Scotland, particularly, the gale appears to have been tet Title_ The body of a female, about twenty- thre,i years age. anti five feet fear in height, was discavereti floating in the Ritter TiII:MPS, near the Red Douse, Bat rsea, about one o'clock on Monday. oho was respectably dressed, having the appearance of an upper servant, or respectable mechanic's wife. 'lhe only thing remarkable to lead to ter identity was, that she wore two aprons, one blue and the other black, and her right leg had a wound, round which was bound a red silk handkerchief. The body awaits a Coroner's inquest at the Red House, Battersea. In expectation of a vacancy in the representation of the Elgin burghs, two candidates have appeared in the ti. Id—Mr. Duff, of Haddo, who was a candidate in 1841, on the Tory interest ; and on the Liberal interest Capt. Granville Gower Loch, R.N., son of Mr. Loch, Member for the Wick burghs. A meeting of the Austrian and Sardinian Railway Company was advertised to be held at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, on Monday, at twelve o'clock. At half-past twelve Hermann Henry, Esq., was called to the chair, who stated that there appeared to be no body present who promoted the meeting, so that he thought they had better adjourn. Mr. Cunliffe pro posed that they adjourn to that day week, which, being seconded by Alderman Vickers, was carried un animously. Mr. Page, in company with Mr. Cubitt, on Friday, inspected the river to make an estimate of the expense of the embankment from Vauxhall-bridge to Battersea bridge. The Earl of Lincoln intends to bring a Bill into Parliament for that purpose in a few weeks. On Saturday night, about eight o clock, a circumstance that placed the lives of five individuals (four men and a woman) in the greatest jeopardy, took place at Mr. Heath's calico-printing factory, in Garrat-lane, Tooting. In the course of the afternoon, the party had purchased some fish, with the intention of cooking them on the premises, and having them fur supper. A man earned Reynolds left off work before the others, and prepared to cook the fish, but in doing so used a preparation of arsenic and starch, which he found about the premises, and which he mistook for flour. All the party were taken extremely ill, and Dr. Bainbridge attended, who, by use of the stomach pump and emetics, saved them. One woman, however, who is enciente, is still dangerously ill. Tarr VALE RAILWAY.—The Directors of this Railway have determined, in consequence of the increased and increasin; traffic upon the line, to make the line at double instead of a single one. It is intended that this shall be effected as soon as circumstances will admit, but at present the double line will only extend from the Cardiff terminus to the Taff Well station, a distance of about seven miles, Operations have already conunenced,—Cambrian, t N.