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THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now rea , lv a' 111 th Libraries, in 3 vols., A. THIRD EDITION of " WHITEFRIARS;" OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES 11. his work is one of the best of its race."—Athenmurn. "If ever there were a stirring romance this is one. It is full of action after action, from first to last.''—Literary Gazette. " Whitefriars is the work of no common hand. It is full of talent —John Bull. " A work of talent and imagination, full of interest, and replete with scenes of great power. Charles IL, Rochester, Buckingham, Nell Gwyn, Col. Blood, Titus Oates, Claude Duval, and many other celebrities, figure in every page."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE eßocx. OF GOLD, " PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY," " AN AUTHOR'S MIND," &c. Just ready, in two vols. post Eivo., THE TWINS: a Domestic Novel. HEART : a Social Novel. Ey MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER. Author of " The Crock of Gold," " Proverbial Philosophy," &c, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH 22, Will be performed the Opera of GU ILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, M. Duprez ; Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle; vrilliam Tell, Mr, Stretton' Lutern, Mdlle. Albertazzi ; Matilda, MU Romer; Martha, Miss ISetts. After which, Will he repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHENI'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Benelict, M. Heguet Yestris ; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, v edema Petit Stephan ; Diana , Mdlle. O'Bryan. Drew Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. lid. ; Upper Circies of Boxes 55., Second Price 3s. ; Pit as , Second Price t?s.; !Addle Gallery Ss., Second Price ls. ; Upper Gallery Is ., Second Price 6d. - - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER 1 HIS EVENING, MARCH 22, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone ; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett. After the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic Scene, " Norma." After which, the Farce of OUT OF PLACE. Sophia Sollikins, Fitzwilllam. To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER. P hil_ Spot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, :is. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 22, Will be performed THE SWISS COTTAGE. Nati Tleck, Mr. Keeley ; Lisette, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxberty ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Keeley; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, In which Mr. and Mrs. Keely will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May-day Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ; Rhona, Miss Charieton ; Leola, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH 22, Will be performed a Me'o-drama, called HEN R I ETTE, THE FORSA KEN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Chaplin. To be nillowed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., TH E CHRISTM AS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright. Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 22, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, a Favourite Interlude. To conclude with ABELARD AND HELOISE, revived with New Scenery and Dresses. Places and Pr►rate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 21. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 27 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.1.—WLND, N.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .• 49 minutes after 3 I Evening •• 3 minutes after 4 - ftr .%„ , • eV , • 41 .44 -metk,,'- fe f it4it 147,7 1. j Mom R 0 LI l l "Itr, illornin /11114 LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1844. Lord CAMPBELL called the attention of the House of Lords to what he considered an unjustifiable delay in giving the Royal Assent to the Bill for reducing the Three-and-a-half per Cents. By a clause in that Bill, the dissentients were required to express their dissent on or before the 23d of this month. The Bill now could not become law before four o'clock on Fri day, so that only a few hours would be given to the many thousands who resided at a distance, to give their dissent. He objected to this course, as it might be taken as a precedent. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had received inti mation from the House of Commons that it would be more convenient to have the Commission on Friday, There had, however, been only three notices of dis sent, and he believed no more would be given. Lord MONTEAGLE concurred in the remarks of Lord CAMPBELL, but he did not think the delay would produce any inconvenience, and he was sur prised that there had been even one notice of dissent, as the measure was so advantageous. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, and detailed at some length the alterations proposed. The Bill, as far as we can judge from the statement of Lord LYND HURST, made no change of material importance ; it left all the diocesan courts in full vigour ; and, though some of the minor courts would be abolished, all the old causes of complaint would still remain. Lord COTTENHAM opposed the Bill, and stated his objections at some length in an excellent speech. He thought the measure was fraught with much mischief, and therefore moved that the Bill be read that day six months. The Bishop of LONDON supported the measure, and defended himself in the best way he could for sup porting, this Bill, which, in many respects, was similar to others which he had opposed. lie supported the Bill on the ground that it was the only one likely to receive the assent of Parliament. Lord BROUGHAM supported the Bill chiefly on the ground that it did away with the Courts of Pecu liars and Exempts, but reserved to himself the right of proposing in Committee such amendments as he might see fit. Lord CAMPBELL was opposed to the Bill, and pointed out the inconsistency of leading Members of the Government who supported the Bill of last session, yet gave it up at the wish of the section of a party. There was some mystery about that transaction which required explanation. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply, said the Bill could be read a second time, and an amendment might be moved for the purpose of carrying into effect the measure of last session, but he would n o t give his assent to any such amendment, and on that point every Member of the Government concurred. The Bill was then read a second time, and the Rouse adjourned at Nine o'Clock. On the motion of Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Christ church, in the room of Sir G. H. ROSE. Mr. G. CRAIG moved that the order issued on the lath, relative to the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and several other Railway Bills for Scotland, be dis charged. Mr. GLADSTONE and several other Mem bers opposed the motion, and, on a division, it was lost by a majority of 1. Mr. WINE presented a petition from the members of the Repeal Association in Ireland, praying for in. quiry into the late State prosecutions. The petition was signed by 821,334 persons, and had been got up in three weeks. The petition was of an enormous size, and, on being carried up to the table by six Members, one of the bearers being Mr. O'CoNxem,, excited much laughter. The petition was read at length by the Clerk, when Mr. WYSE moved that it be printed. The SPEAKER, however, informed him that' he must give a specific notice to that effect, when Mr. WrsE said he would move the question on Monday. Mr: twArr brought forward a motion for a reduc tion of the import duties ; but after he had spoken • for only a short time, a motion was made to count the House, and, there being only thirty-eight Mem bers present, it adjourned at Seven o'Clock. " We have just received the portly " Blue B oo k containing the. Report (and deposition s of witnesses therein referred to) of the Commissioners appointed by Royal Commission under the sign manual, dated Windsor, Oct, 7, 1843, " for the purpose of making a full and diligent inquiry into the present state of the laws as administered in SOUTH WALES, which regu late the maintenance and repair of turnpike roads, highways, and bridges ; and also into the circum stances which have led to recent acts of violence and outrage in certain districts of that country." The well-known disturbances which "REBECCA'S' orga- Wised and daring demonstrations of physical force occasjo‘d in many. parts of the Principality, and, in z -eoca _ s, almost simultaneously ; the offences and ti(C:\ 2AmO in ich those disturbances resulted, and the .. special iritrU* constituted for the trial of some of the . , clffeutters_ witol had been engaged in them, must be \ 4):... _,....s•cn — T'- - -- , i, ( - t g ar /.7/ I: 3 V) still fresh in the minds of our readers. Some persons are still of opinion that the character and amount of the " troubles in Wales" were a good deal exaggerated for the " meridian of London ;" but we never heard a doubt expressed touching the expediency of this Com mission of Inquiry into the latent causes of such alarming discontents among a people remarkable, at all times, for their loyalty and their general submis sion to the laws. We will endeavour to give a suc cinct statement of the contents of the Report. The Commissioners (the Right Hon. FRANKLAND LEWIS, and R. H. CLIVE: and Wm. CRIPPS, Esqs.) have divided this document into the following sec tions :—lntroductory Report, a sort of historical re sume of facts ; statements respecting particular trusts; general ditto as to Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire, Radnorshire, Breconshire, Glamorganshire ; con- elusions and suggestions derived from the above de tails ; of tithe in South Wales ; poor-law, of its ad ministration ; magistrates' clerks' fees ; county rate ; " minutes of evidence" of nearly 200 witnesses. These are preceded by a good lithographed map, showing, by coloured lines, the direction and extent of the said trusts. The Report bears date only the 6th inst., and occupies 579 folio pages. The expe dition with which these have been printed, and the technical execution and accuracy of the work being alike honourable to the establishment of Messrs. CLOWES and SONS, the eminent printers of Stamford street. The Commission was publicly opened at Carmarthen on the 25th of October, 1843 ; and after three weeks occupied in taking evidence and receiving informa- tion (which it had solicited / from all quarters), it re- moved to Haverfordwest. From hence, after dili gently examining into the state of Pembrokeshire, and the transactions which had occurred therein, it successively visited Cardigan and Radnor, and in these counties instituted 'Millar inquiries. Its next sittings were held in Breconshire, and " the wealthy and populous county of Glamorgan." After " visiting in succession the principal towns" therein, it ter minated its " inquiries at Merthyr-Tydvil on the 13th December last." The Commissioners express their belief that the disturbances in South 'Wales had not originated in any political causes : " The chief grounds of complaint were the mis management of the funds applicable to turnpike-roads, the frequency and the amount of the payments of tolls, and, in some cases, the vexatious conduct of toll collectors, and the illegal demands made by them: the increase in the amount payable for tithe under the Tithe Commuta tion Act, the unequal distribution of the rent charges, and the variable payments, fluctuating with the average price of corn: the operation of the Poor-law Amend ment Act, principally (though not exclusively) on ac count of the high salaries of the officers, and the opera tion of the bastardy clauses: the administration of jus tice by the local magistrates, and especially the amount of the fees paid to their clerks, and the progressive in crease of the county rate. The cost and dificulty of recovering small debts, with some minor points of griev ance and complaint, were pressed on our attention, some of which it will be our duty to notice before we close our report." A formidable catalogue this, it must be confessed, of local grievances, the grievances themselves being precisely those most calculated to excite the resentment of a people at once poor and simple. minded, choleric, and impatient of oppression. There is abundant testimony, in these pages, to show that they have long had to endure some of the most in tolerable vexations of " district board mismanage ment," and parochial and county jobbing. The Commissioners thus report upon some of the more prominent, perhaps more unavoidable, but certainly very disheartening, discouragemements, - Under which the "small farmers" have long been declining : " All persons acquainted with the condition of the country concurred in stating that a succession of wet and unproductive harvests had very much reduced the capital of the farmers. They had been forced, during successive years, to buy the bread consumed in their families; and the money they obtained by the sale of stock, and the other produce of their farms, scarcely en • abled them to make good various payments to which they were liable, Concurrently with these difficulties, the price of sheep, cattle, and butter, had fallen much below the average of preceding years, though, at the same time (as it said), all rates, tithes, and taxes, had increased, the rent of land still remaining, generally, undiminished. The Welsh farmers are, at all times, a frugal, cautious race, but by the pressure of the circum stances we have described, they were rendered more than usually anxious to release themselves from even the smallest payments." The multiplication of turnpike gates, the employ ment of "professional toll collectors," and the sub stitution of a rigorous exaction of the dues, in place of the lax and somewhat considerate management under which the tolls had formerly been taken, occa- sioned that wide-spread dissatisfaction and disgust, and that determination to tear up the gates, which first exploded in the destruction of the New Whitland Trust Gates " on the confines of the counties of Pem broke and Carmarthen " in the year 1839. Mr. BAUGII ALLEN, the magistrate, a very intelligent witness, and whose evidence appears to go deeply into the real causes of the discontent, thus alludes to this first scene of the remarkable drama which was after wards to be played with more diversified machinery in other parts of South Wales. Some parties from England having intimated that if certain new gates were erected on roads where there was a considerable traffic in culm and coal, they might be induced to farm the tolls at a higher rate than that previously attained ; and the tolls having been let, accordingly, to a Mr. BULLIN, an extensive toll-contractor; four new gates were erected. Thereupon, the country people assembled in the midst of summer, at about six o'clock in the afternoon, and those gates were pulled down amidst all sorts of noise and disturbance and great jollity, and were destroyed without the inter ference of anybody." I . do not think (says Mr. W. EVANS, the clerk of this trust) they were a week standing." After enumerating similar destructions of turnpike-gates in other districts of Wales, the Re port gives us this significant intimation of the shame ful carelessness with which " Turnpike Bill " legisla tion is sometimes managed in Parliament : " There are twelve different trusts in the county of Carmarthen. In each of these trusts the amount of the toll to be taken at each gate is limited by Act of Parlia ment, but there is no limit as to the frequency of the gates. We know no reason why the trustees should not, if they thought fit, in virtue of the large and lavish powers committed to them, establish a gate, and demand a toll, at intervals of 100 yards each throughout the county of Carmarthen. In the creation of each of these trusts, Parliament has paid no apparent regard to the existence of any other trust, and though the trustees have been somewhat unwilling to establish too frequent tolls with in the limits of their respective districts, they have had no scruple in placing a gate or bar at the confines of their own trust, however near it might be to the gate of an adjoining one." So in Carmarthenshire, the Kidwelly and Three Commotts Trusts, and some others, "interlace each other in a sort of net-work ; and the frequency of payments which has been so violently complained of and resisted, has chiefly arisen from that circum stance." (p. 4.) How much it is to be regretted that that vicinity is not blessed with the neighbouring presence of Royal Establishments. The privilege of Royal equipages to pass to and fro, without liability to toll, would prove to the greedy renters of such " trusts " as these, a source of perpetual sulkiness and ill humour which we can picture to ourselves but cannot describe. The luxury of pouncing down on the half-starved team, dilapidated cart, slight load, and drawling, reluctant waggoner of a wretched Welsh farmer, in all the conscious authority of a "Local Act," and with the awful table of tolls legibly painted on the side of the toll-house to appeal to— the impotent despair of being compelled to allow, a dozen times in a day, perhaps, a bowling carriage team of four in hand, with two or three carriages of the suite, equally well horsed, and Royal coachmen, sleek and smiling as the bouquets in their button - holes, to drive through the se sacred " bars " in cool defiance of clerks of the peace, surveyors o f th e roads, and chairman of trusts; the agonizing desire of TANTALUS for a draught of cold water must be a mere slight feverish excitement compared with the hopeless intensity o f a "Welsh toll-collector, to clutch the " road dues" which, if needy small farmers must pay, he finds that exempted Royalty will not. We have no room to enter into other particulars and details connected with the subjects of the various sections in which this Report is arranged, and as to which the Com missioners in general terms recommend the landed proprietors, and other parties interested, to adopt without loss of time the necessary remedial measures, in a spirit of conciliation and good will towards the people. Their rapidly increasing separation from the Church of England, in the districts which have been the scenes of greatest disturbance, is a fact em phatically pressed upon her MAJESTY'S attention at the conclusion of the Commissioners' Report. Lest the multiplication of turnpike trusts, however, should be merged in the enumeration of other grievances of a more striking character—as, the in crease of county-rate, and of tithe, and the large diversion of great tithes into lay hands, in the greater portion of South Wales—we subjoin a few instances, the mere enunciation of which must be allowed, we think, to go far to wards supplying a case of justification for those who—violently and illegally, it is true—put down nuisances, but nuisances not the more tolerable be cause of their being sanctioned by enactments which had been suffered to creep, unmarked, into those furtive statutes, significantly enough denominated " Private Bills" : On the " Three Commotts Trust," extending over 50 miles of road, there were 21 gates or bars ; average, one gate for every 2 miles and 1-Bth. On the Kidwelly Trust, 74 miles of road, 30 gates; average, one gate for every 2 miles and 1-sth. On the Llangadock Trust, 41 miles of road, 13 gates ; average, one gate for every 3 miles and 90 yards. On the Llandovery and Llampeter Trust, 40 miles of road, 13 gates; average, one gate for every 3 miles, wanting 40 yards. We could readily multiply examples of this kind from the volume before us; but surely these are suf ficient to establish the intolerable nature of the nuisance to which we have alluded, as it has affectel the poor and agricultural communities of South Wales. Another ofthe great weekly meetings of the Anti-Corn law League was held on Wednesday in Covent-garden Theatre. Immense numbers of free traders attended as usual, and, among them, were two tenant-farmers, Messrs. LATTIMORE and HUNT, who, though deriving every farthing they possess from agriculture, yet in veighed against the principle of Protection in the most decided and emphatic terms. The former speaker men tioned a striking prediction made to him when he was a mere boy, by an old experienced farmer, to the effect that, if the corn-laws were continued for twenty years longer, the then existing race of farmers would, to gether with their capital, be entirely annihilated. This prediction, added Mr. LATTIMORE, had been verified to the letter, for,- of the agriculturists in the parish to which it had been applied, some were in the union workhouse, others on the roads, and the majority in a state of miserable dependence, their property destroyed, their hopes blighted, their families ruined ! This anec dote made a forcible impression on the minds of all who heard it, and no wonder, for what could more strikingly demonstrate the egregious fallacy of the statements con stantly made by the Monopolists, that the corn-laws are the greatest possible boon to the farmer, and that without them he could no longer keep his head above water ? His Grace of RICHMOND will, of course, discountenance an anecdote of this clinching character as " vulgar to the last degree," and beneath the consideration of gentle men ; but we doubt much whether, beyond the walls of Parliament, he will find a majority to agree with him. But decidedly the most remarkable speech of the evening was that made by the Earl of RADNOR, who discussed the question of free trade in all its bearings, with a calmness, a perspicuity, and au acuteness that were at once felt and appreciated by all who had the good fortune to hear him. He, too, stated that he was " wholly and solely connected with the agricultural in terest," and, like Mr. LATTIMORE, urged this as the strongest reason why he should be an enemy to Pro tection. " The population of the country," observed his Lordship, "increases every day at the rate of a thousand persons. Now, as the manufacturing interest has hitherto absorbed our increasing p pulation, it is most desirable, you will all admit, that n check should be given to those manufactures which may be called on here after to absorb a much larger proportion of the agricultural population." One would imagine that the Monopolists could scarcely fail to perceive the force of thiS reason ing ; but they are a pig-headed race, " styed "—to use BURKE'S apt expression—in their own inveterate pre judices, and rendered blind to all rational considerations by their own causeless apprehensions and jealousies. They seem to think that agriculture can only flourish by a constant check being put on the movements of com merce, though all experience tends to show that each acts and re-acts on the other, and that the farmer is never so well off as when the manufacturer is in a thriving condition. To cripple trade is to cripple agriculture ; to do injustice to the one, is to make the other the direct victim of that injustice. This is a truth that is daily making itself more and more felt by the farmers ; and hence the alarm of the great land-owners, who fancy that their own selfish interests are injured by their dependents be coming too vigilantly awake to ttie true state of things. In the course of this temperate and argumentative speech the Earl of RADNOR expressed his sentiments on the subject of free trade in these impressive terms:—" I be lieve that on the carrying out of these principles the happiness and welfare of the country depend. I believe, as has been said by others, that they are the principles of common sense. I also believe that they are the principles of benevolence, of charity, of sound policy; and that they are the principles on which the whole country will eventually be governed." No one who thinks soundly can doubt the truth of these remarks ; and sure we are that Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. GLADSTONE have long since at heart acknowledged their force, though it may not suit their notions of expediency to express publicly the convictions of their understandir.g. After all, what more does free trade mean than the granting of a permission to industry and enterprise to move about the world unshackled ; to make the most of such opportunities as may be thrown in their way of increasing the wealth, and, concurrently with this, the comforts, of the labouring population; and of binding together, more closely than has yet been done, in one comprehensive social compact, all the best interests of humanity ? The Madrid journals of the 13th, those, of course, under the authority of the Government, for no others are published, applaud the zeal and vigour shown by the Government at Alicant and Lugo. They also contain official dispatches from General Pula SAMPER, dated Lugo, the Bth instant, detailing the execution, on that day, of CASTROVILAR, a priest, F. FERNANDEZ, and two brothers, named CEIDE. " They were tried," says the General, in his report to the Minister of War, " and executed to-day. I had not flattered myself that CASTROVILAR would make any im portant disclosures, and my opinion has been justified by the event. His accomplices and he suffered death with resignation and repentance, thus offering a useful example to the immense crowd that witnessed this mili tary execution." RONCALT had left Alicant for Cartha gena on the 9th, and we may, therefore, reckon upon a similar atrocious dispatch from him in a few days. The Three per Cents, were done at 321 for cash and 33 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 231 at 60 days. The discussion in the French Chamber of Deputies on the vote of 1,000,000 f. for secret service money, was brought to a close on Tuesday, when an amendment to reduce the amount by 80,000 f. was rejected by a large majority. On Monday the most remarkable speech was made by that singular personage, M. LEDRU IieLLIN, who attacked the foreign policy of the Go vernment, and attributed irresponsible acts to the KING without consulting his Ministers. He alluded to the frequent changes of Ministry in France, and asserted that it was owing to the Cabinet never having sufficient liberty of action that the foreign policy of France was so unsuccessful. He instanced the Syrian question and the righfof search, in which the Ambassador had received in structions evidently not proceeding from the Ministry. He was interrupted by calls of " Order," when Marshal SEBA.STIANI said the Hon. Deputy was committing a grave fault in introducing in the Chamber, under a transparent veil, a name which ought never to be men tioned in their discussions. "If there was blame," pro ceeded the Gallant Marshal, " I was the only person to blame, fur I never received any order or communication except from the Ministry." The speaker, nevertheless, recurred to the subject, when the President interfered, and said the Hon. Deputy ought to be aware that no allusion such as he was evidently making could be tole rated. Ministers or Ambassadors could alone be men tioned in the discussions of the Chamber. M. LEDRU ROL LIN again proceeded in the same strain, and asked, since M. G UIZOT pretended that it was only advice ho had received, whether that declaration could extend to intercepting dispatches.—(Cries of " Oh, oh, non sense.") He would ask if it could be alleged that the Crown only gave counsels, when M. TIIIERB declared that he ought to have known everything, and was not in formed of all ?—(Fresh noise and disapprobation.) M. GUIZOT said there was not a single Minister of those to whom the Hon. Deputy had just alluded, who had ever refused to take on himself the responsibility of the acts now spoken of. In every case alluded to by the Hon. Deputy there was a Minister to cover the acts by his responsibility. He would speak in the name of all those Ministers, and declare that not any one of those this acts had been disavowed. M. de LIMARTINS also at tacked the foreign policy of the Min ister , and said, and France, n a secret enmity ret "whilst every day the offic ial lan g ua g e decl ared an accordinti emnamteity w w as at betweenthebottom England sentiment which caused that if two s hi p s of th e two nations met 4,000 leagues off, a collision 151 0 4 to be of men's hearts. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARC!! 22 ? 1844. feared; it was this feeling which prevented the present Government, possessing the numerical majority, from giving the slightest movement to the helm of the State , without fearing to strike against some hidden rock. The consequence was Government could not perform the commonest act of government without exciting the threatening susceptibilities of the country. That sus ceptibility reacted. on the Government, and produced such conduct as increased the general distrust. Were a French officer, for instance, when actuated by a feeling of patriotism, to fire a popular cannon-shot 4,000 leagues off at once the Ministry disavowed him, and sent another in his place." M. GUIZOT, without leaving his place, in a few words, defended the Government. For three years they had preserved peace, and without any sacrifice of the honour of France. On Tuesday M. ISAMBERT adverted to the late rebellious proceedings of the Bishops, condemned the apathy manifested by the Ca binet in the quarrel with the University; and said that, by their timid conduct, Ministers emboldened them in their pretensions, and actually rendered themselves their accomplices by not resorting to the means provided by the laws to repress their liberticide attempts. The Minister of Justice (M. MARTIN) could not justify the conduct of the Church—on the contrary, it deserved great blame, but the dangers to religion, to which the Honourable Deputy alluded, were unfounded, for they had a constitutional Government, the tribune, the press, and the institutions, ready to repress any unjust preten sions that might be raised by the clergy. The French funds continued to rise on Tuesday, the Three per Cents. having closed at 83f. 35c. The following telegraphic dispatch appears in the Moniteur " PERPIGNAN, MARCH 17. " Queen CIIRISTINA landed at the Grao of Valencia on the 12th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the road to that city being covered by at least 200,000 persons. Her MAJESTY did not arrive there till 7 o'clock. Her recep • tion was admirable., Her MAJESTY was to quit Valencia on the 18th." The same journal officially announces that the Duchess of NEMOURS had . entered the sixth month of her pregnancy. THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, MAncn 19. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perCents.esdiv 121 85 122 15 .. 121 85 .. 122 15 FourperCents.exdiv 105 50 .. 105 50 .. 105 50 .. 105 50 Three per Cents.— •• 83 35 .. 83 40 .. 82 30 .. 83 40 Bank of France. 3210 ..3210 ..3207 50 —3207 50 Leila° Bank, 5,000 f. Bharesso9s —5095 —5095 —5095 Belgian Bank, 1841.• • • llBO ..1180 ..1180 ..1180 Belgian Fives.•• ...• 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 1840 ...... 108 f • • 1081 .. 108 f 108 f Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..• 881 .• 581 .. 581 .. 581 Spanish Active Passive . Threes .• • ..... 351 .. 3. 5; .. 351 • . Neapolltan...• •-•••• •• .. 10260 •• 102 65 .. 102G0 .. 10265 Roman .• RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 13.•• •••••• •••• 388 75 •• 388 75 .. 388 78 .. 388 75 L.B.— •.... Rouen . . 900 .. 902 50 .. 900 .. 902 50 Rouen to Havre•.•.-.•..••• 686 25 .. 686 25 .. 685 .- 685 Orleans Strasburg to Bale•.•••••••. 246 25 .• 246 25 • • 246 25 .. 246 25 Avignon to Marseilles 770 .• 770 • • 765 .. 767 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B. 388 75 .. 388 75 .. 387 50 .. 387 50 L.B •• 177 50 .. 177 50 .. 175 .. 175 Rouen ............•. _ __ Rouen to llavre . • 686 25 -:. 686 25 .. 686 25 .• 686 25 Strasburg to 8a15.......... 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 25 .. 246 26 Orleans . Avignon to Stargeilles• •.• •• 768 75 .. 768 75 767 60 .. 767 50 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. The Funds have this afternoon closed very firmly. Consols at 98i to Exchequer Bills look better also, being 695. to 71s. premium. Bank Stock rose to 200 i. The Foreign investments have been a little better this afternoon. Spanish Actives closed at 25, and the Three per Cents. at 35j to f. Mexican were 36 to *, and the Deferred 14i to 15. Buenos Ayres realised 37i. Brazil Stock was at 821. French Three per Cents. were done at 82f. 75c. to 83f. 25c. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. closed a trifle lower, viz. 57i to I. The Funds come rather lower from Holland. --------- The Railway Shares were generally buoyant, and rather more was done than in the morning. We hear nothing yet of the West India mail. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was no change in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 3,500 bales—viz., 300 Surat, at 34d. to 4id. ; 200 Pernam, at 6id. to 63d. ; 40 Maraham, at 54d. ; and the rest American at. 54d. to 6d. per lb. Speculators took 500 bales of American.—There was but little animation in Shares. Birmingham and Gloucester were 86i ; Chester and Holyhead, 7 ; Edinburgh and Leith 94 ; Great Western, 1121 ' • Liverpool and Manchester, 225 ; Birmingham Quarter, 29 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 48 ; Ditto and Leeds, 1 151 ; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 14s. ; Smith-Eastern, 354 ; Ditto New, 36 • Dublin and Cashel, la. More Alan ordinary interest was exhibited to ascertain the result of the proceedings cf the General Court of Proprietors held at the Bank of England, a report of which appears in another column of this day's Sun. An expectation was very generally entertained, that questions would be asked with respect to the terms upon which the Charter is to be re newed, and as respects the progress of the conversion plan. The active measures which are in progress by the private and the joint-stock banks to obtain, if pos sible, concessions in their favour, rendered the meeting of to-day more interesting than anv that have occurred since the discussions took place in the - Court-room of the Corpora tion shortly privious to the last renewal of the privileges of the Proprietary. It will have been observed that, for some weeks back, the quotations of Bank Stock have been gradually on the rise, purchases having been made yes terday 15 per cent. above the quotations given at the com mencement of this year. This is deemed to be pretty con clusive that no very large inroad will be made upon the ad vantages now possessed by the Corporation in favour of other establishments asking concessions. It has surprised many in the City that so much a 9 10,603/. 12s. 6d. should have been required to make up the dividend from the Rest. Th u s, it appears, the account stands : To pay the dividend for the half-year £509,355 0 0 Property-tax A 494,49816 3 And adding the ten thousand six hundred and odd, the dividend will thus be met. It was expected that a discus sion would arise as to the Charter : no such thing took place : the Directors are, however, on their mettle : a sole Bank of Issue is their motto. We have no arrivals of importance to-day. Consols have reached within one per cent of par this morning. This purchases have been increased on the o ut, on each tr ans f er d ay, w il l b e soon part of the Government brokers, and no question the isnucurlegaseldai.d The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have touched 1024 ; Bank Stock, 200 (now 199); Exchequer Bills, 70e. premium ; and India Stock for the Account, 294. In the Foreign Market the transactions were rather nu merous to-day, but the quotations have not varied much. The Spanish Five per Cents. are at 251 for the Account ; the Three per Cents. at 35i; the Portuguese Converted at 454 ; Dutch 104 i ; and Brazilia n a t 79 g. Five per Cents., 10 11; Mexican at '36; Chilian at In the Share market there has not been a feature of in terest to-day. The variations in value have been slight. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 20.—There has been a good business to-day at the quotations, and the market closes very firm :—Eastern Counties, Registered, 139-16 and 1 ; Do. Perpetual, H. 111.4 d. ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 471.4 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64 ; North Union, 107 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 674- 68 ; Do. Quarter, 8 1-16; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 3i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, .. .. . .......... Indian Stock, — pm.. 3 per Cent. Red............. Ditto Winds . ..... , ei pm . 3 per Cent. Cons. ......... 8% Ditto Old Annuities - 3% per Cent. Bel — Ditto New Annuities... 91% New 3% per Cent 102% Ex Bills, 1,0001. 1%c1... pm. New 5 per Ccnt..•••••• . ! Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small pm. Jan. 1860 ..... .. ..... Bank Stock for Acct 20034 Oct. 1859.......... Consols for India Acct....— 9 ,94 Stock for Acct 291% Jan. 1800 ......... .. FOREIGN FUNDS. l Austrian, 5 per Cent — ortuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent 104% Ditto, New Ditto — , Brazilian Bonds ...........».. 8214 Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.. L 7 7i, Russian 5 per Cent Ltillian, I'. per Cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto 1824 ........................ Ditto, 3 per Cent ....... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred 14% Danish, 3 per Cent — French, 5i er Cent —L —c. Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ..... ......... ... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837. — 'Dutch, 23 per Cent.... 51U Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl% . _ SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ............. 59 Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) B6 Bristol and Exeter ( :0 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 7 Eastern Counties (23 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ............ Great North of England (100 paid) Great Western (75 paid) ........... 11% Ditto Fifths (12 paid) l9) London and Brighton (50 paid) ..... .. ....... London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4dl) O4 London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid)f....... ............. Ditto New Thirds (i paid) 40% London and Greenwich (I.t. 1:4. 4d. paid) 5% London and Guildford Junction ( 5 pa-d) London and South Western (ill. 6s. lOd. Paid) ••• 83 Northern and Eastern (4 ) paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) 16% Midland Counties (100 paid) as North Midland (100 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (SlO paid) 85% South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 36 York and North Midland (50 paid) ..... ........... MAJOR•GENERAL Wm. H. BECKWITH.—We have 1 to announce the demise of the above gallant officer, who died at his residence at Chester on Sunday last. The late General entered the arm in October, 1778, and distinguished himself at the siege of } ort Matilda, and also at the capture of Gua daloupe in 1794. In 1799 he served throughout the cam paign in Holland. A " MONSTER" PETITION.—The State Prosecution petition contains upwards of eight hundred and twelve thousand signatures--measures more than nine thousand two hundred feet in length—nearly two English miles !! This monster petition was to be forwarded last Friday night to England.—Dublin Evening Freeman. APPROACHING MARRIAGES.—AH alliance, an nounced between Mr. Henry Hoare and Miss Clayton East, daughter of Sir East Clayton East, Bart., is not expected to be solemnised until the close of the season. Count de Ray neval will be shortly united, at Paris, to 31(111e. Bertin de Veaux, the accomplished daughter of one of the proprietors of the Journal des Debats. A marriage is on the Lapis between Horsley Palmer, Esq., and one of the Misses Greville. CHEAP GLASS OF GIN AND WATER.—On Wednes day afternoon, a genteelly-dressed man walked into the Angel public-house, High-street, Bristol, and called for a glass of gin and water. He was shown into a vacant room and supplied with the gin, which he paid for. After he had left, the waiter, who went into the room for the glass, found, to her surprise, that a lead tea-spoon had been substituted for the silver one by the "gentleman." VERT UNUSUAL !—On Sunday night, or early on Monday morning,• a copper boiler was stolen from the pre mises of Mr. Singleton, in the Brazen George-yard, but while Mrs. Singleton went to the station-house to give infor mation of the robbery, the boiler was restor ed to the place from whence it had been stolen I —Cambridge Chronick. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND laubitc Optuton. " Who runs may read." rO7ZEIGMT. In the French Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday a division took place on the Secret Service Money Bill, which was car ried by a large majority, supposed to be about 50. Some disturbances took place at Marseilles on Friday, in consequence of the display by the Legitimatists in favour of Berryer. A great number of young men having ascer tained that M. Berryer with some of his party was at a house on the Prado, proceeded thither with the tri• coloured flag. As they went along their numbers were increased, until the whole extent of the Prado, from the Place Castellane to the Rond Point, was filled. The disposition of the crowd was by no means of an equivocal character. Not only did they sing the Marseillaise ; they also set up loud cries of " A bas lea Carlistes !" " A bas les perjures !" The authorities were compelled to interfere, and sent General Perchappe with a squadron of chasseurs to protect the Carlist Deputy. The Abbe de Pradt died at Vedrine, his country seat, a few days ago, aged eighty-seven. The interview he had with Napoleon, at a small country inn, on his retreat from Moscow, and the remarkable conversation that took place, must be fresh in the memory of many readers. It was on that occa sion the Emperor used the phrase now become a proverb— " From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but a step." The Moniteur contains a royal ordinance, authorising the Minister of 'War to call into service 16,000 of the 40,000 con scripts of the class of 1842, who had not yet left their homes, to replace 13,000 of the class of 1838, whose time of service will expire in 1845. The effective force of the army for 1844 is fixed at 355,000 men, 75,000 of whom are stationed in Algeria, and that of the reserve at 71,740, of whom 51,820 are old soldiers, and 19,920 recruits. The Presse says, " It his already been announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank of France was engaged on the question of issuing notes for 150 f. We now learn that this measure has been resolved upon. The Gazette du Midi gives an account of the banquet of fered to M. Berryer at Marseilles on the 14th. The number of persons who sat down to dinner was 550. M. Berryer's health having been drank with great enthusiasm, he replied by proposing " The dignity of the national flag on all the seas of the globe," which was followed up by proposing the health of Admiral Dupetit Thouars. " It would appear," says the Patric, " that Queen Christina does not intend to be long absent from Paris, for she keeps the Hotel Courcelles and Mtdmaison, where M. Munoz still resides." On Sunday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the Tuileries was thrown into sudden and great alarm by the re port of fire-arms and cries for assistance from the garden side. The officers on duty immediately went on the search, and found in the small garden next the Pavillon de Flore a sen tinel from the 2d regiment of infantry lying at full length, covered with blood. He was, however, soon recalled to his senses, and stated that, while resting on his musket, it went off by some unaccountable accident, and lodged the charge in his arm. Nine condemned malefactors were, on Monday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, exposed on the Pillory in the Place du Palais de Justice. A fire broke out at Madrid on the 12th, which destroyed the hotel of the Administration of the Mines. The wife and family of M. Olozaga occupied apartments on the second floor of the building. No lives were lost. . . According to a fetter from Naples, a negotiation was then pending to effect a marriage between the Duke de Bordeaux and the \ third sister of the King of the Two Sicilies. The Commerce mentions that Count Mole would leave Paris for St. Petersburgh next May, and return by Constantinople, after visiting Moscow and the magnificent harbours and ar senals established by Russia along the Black Sea. A letter from Wiesbaden of the 9th says :—" One of the largest hotels in this place has already been engaged for the reception of the Emperor of Russia. It is said that his Ma jesty will go this year to the baths of Ems.' LAW AND POLICE. James Elmore, a policeman, recently in the employ of the Croydon and Brighton Railway Company, was convicted at the Surrey Sessions tof feloniously stealing, on the 13th of February last, at St. Olave's, Southwark, a gold seal and ring, the property of W. Fisher, and sentenced to hard labour for twelve months. At Bow-street, Frederick Shaw, a gold-beater, and Frede rick Radfort, a butcher, were committed for trial, the one for four acts of theft and burglary, and the other for six similar offences. In one case, the property stolen in jewellery, amounted to 2001. At Guildhall, William Brown, Isaac Chaplin, and Joseph Harvey, three seamen, belonging to the schooner Maas, Captain Cooper, trading between London and Hamburgh, were charged by the Solicitor of Customs with smuggling 1201bs. of foreign tobacco, valued with the duty at 651. Mr. Alderman Gibbs, with the concurrence of Alderman Sir. C Hunter, fined each of the prisoners 1001., and ordered them to be imprisoned till the same be paid. Mr. Maltby, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough , street, acknowledged the receipt of a 51. Bank of England note, No. 00,700, flom a benevolent person, who states in his note that it was saved from " self-denial practised during Lent," for the poor-box. At Worship-street, Wm. Stripling alias Wilson, was re-ex amined before Mr. Broughton, charged with having bur - glariously entered the dwelling-house of John Finlaveon, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, residing in Pales tine-place, Cambridge-heath, and stolen therefrom a quan tity of plate and other property. He was fully committed. COURT—PASNIONABLM. The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness Ablefeldt and Major Stephens, honoured the French Plays with her presence on Wednesday. The Earl of Rosebery received at dinner on Wednesday the Earl Stanhope, Lord John Fitzroy, the Earl of Altamont, Sir John Harrington, Bart., Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Stan hope and Miss Stanhope. Mr. Hope Vere, and Mr. Robert Drummond. The Earl of Haddington entertained the Duke of Welling ton, Sir R. Peel, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Lord W harn chafe, Sir James Graham, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir E. Knatchbull, Duke of Buccleuch, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at dinner on Wednesday, at the Admiralty. It was the Noble Earl's first Cabinet dinner this season The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are still on a visit at Badminton, and will not leave until Saturday next for town. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort return to Arling ton-street, for the season, on the Wednesday following. The Countess of Uxbridge is recovering from her very serious attack of illness, and we are happy to hear no danger is now apprehended. Tueiday next is the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, who will complete his 25th year. The Marquis of Abercurn is expected at Dudley House, Park-lane, early in the ensuing week. The Countess of Haddington has issued invitations for a grand assembly at the Admiralty on Monday next, in honour of her Majesty's drawing-room, The opening ball at Alinack's on Monday next, the day of her Majesty's drawing-room, is expected to be a brilliant assembly. The Countess of Jersey and Viscountess Palmer ston purpose being in attendance, and the applications to those ladies patronesses for vouchers, considering it is the commencing ball of the season, have been exceedingly nu merous. Lord and Lady Stanley have a grand dinner on Saturday next. It will be the Noble Lord and Lady's last party be fore Easter. WCZSCELL.&NZOUS. To accommodaTeTheaiTTneni; of Mr. Cobden tlse free trade banquet at the Amphitheatre at Liverpool has been postponed until Friday, the 12th of April. On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the donors and subscribers to the Artists' Benevolent Fund, which was established by a Royal charter granted by Georip the Fourth in the year 1810, was held at the Freemasons' tavern, Great Queen-street ; Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., in the chair. The account of income and expenditure for the past year being read, the former was 1,5181. 3s. Id., in which was included 93/. ss. annual suJoscriptions, 621/. 14s. donations, and 561/. 13s 4d. dividends on 19,000/. Three per Cent. Reduced Stock. The disbursements had been nearly 1,409/.. leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 109/. 17s. 9d. The gratui ties to widows in the latter accounts amounted to 6201. 7s. Bd., and to orphans 128/. 6s. 'The capital of the fund con sisted of 19,300/. Three per Cents. Reduced. In the course of last week three destructive incendiary fires took place in Essex. . . A return of the weekly aggregate average price of wheat, by which the duty is regulated, from the Ist of February, 1843, to the present time, has been printed on the motion of Mr. Charles Wood, M.P. Striking a general average of the various prices during the above period (which includes 57 weeks), we find that the weekly average price, by which the duty was regulated, amounted to 2/. 10s. 4d. The metropolitan mortality by small-pox during the last year, which has been remarkable for the severity of its epi demic maladies, has been estimated as low as 438,.whereas by measles alone 1,400 lives have been lost. This latter disease is prevailing to a very considerable extent at Eton College. As many as between 100 and 200 of the boys are affected; but only one case of a fatal nature has occurred. _ _ _ Wednesday, a public meeting, crowdedly attended, was held in the large room at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, called by the Metropolitan Anti-State-Church Asssociation, to express an opinion on the subject of the union of Church and State, to adopt resolutions condemnatory of such union, and to elect two delegates from the metropolis to serve in the Anti-State-Church Conference, now forming. Itetolutions to that effect were adopted. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—Wednesday the Fellows of this College met at their house in Trafalgar square, for the purpose of choosing a President, in the room of the late Sir Henry Halford, when John Ayrton Paris, F.R.S., was elected, by ballot, to fill that important office. BRISTOL AER EXETER RAILWAY.—A large and influential meeting of the city and county gentlemen was held at the Guiidhall, Exeter, on Saturday, to consider the propriety of adopting some course to celebrate the completion and •pening of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The High Sheriff of Devon was in the chair, and it was unanimou►ly resolved that a public banquet should be given to the Direc tors of the Bristol and Exeter and the Great Western Rail ways, the Members and Recorder of Exeter, the Lord Lieu tenant, the High Sheriff and Members of tke county of Devon, &c., on that occasion. A considerable amount was raised at the meeting for carrying the same into effect, and subscription lists are opened at the different banks in Exeter. —Western Luminary. Cuess.—Mr. Staunton, the celebrated English champion, dined with the Brighton Chess Club on Monday. Three very interesting games were played by Mr. Staunton and Mr. Kennedy, a member of the club, in which the cham pion gave his opponent the advantage of a pawn and two moves. Mr. Kennedy won the first two games, but the third was won by Mr. Staunton, who displayed great skill. THE EARL OF HARROWEY.—This venerable noble man is labouring under severe indisposition, and we regret to hear that from the aduanced age of his Lordship (upwards of 80) but little hopes are entertained of his again recover ng his usual good state of health. BRIGHTON, MARCH 20.—Lord Lorton, the Dean of Chichester, and Captain Shifter have arrived at the Albion ; Colonel Banbury, at the Bedford ; Lord Suffield, Captain Johnstone, Captain Fane, Vice-Admiral Tomlinson, Sir W. Wellesley, and Lady Knighton, at the Royal York; Use t Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lord Francis Egerton and the Ladies Gower, are an a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle; the Earl and Countess of Shef field have left Sheffield Park, near Uckfield, for London. The departure of the Duke and Duchess of Somerset from Brighton has broken up the fashionable season. Amongst the departures are the Earl and Countess of Belfast, the Dowager Lady Lis towell, Miss Brooke, Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, Lord and Lady Prudhoe, Miss Girdlestone, Sir George Wombwell, and the Hon. General and Miss St. John. MILITARY DRESB.-•--It is expected that the sum mer dress of the privates and non-commissioned officers, both of the cavalry and infantry, will undergo change before the ensuing season. It appears that the white trousers are intended to be abolished, and that some other light article will be substituted fvr it. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, MancH 15.—1 t is reported here, that on one of the last days of the debate on the voluntary loan and property tax, or, at least, about that time, a commission from Amsterdam was here, with the inten tion of having an audience of the King ; but that his Majesty thought it advisable not to grant this desire, and that this is one of the reasons that his Majesty, now that the law is passed and promulgated, is gone to Am sterdam. It must also be taken as no more than a fly ing report, that a subscription of forty millions to the loan may be depended on from Amsterdam, and twenty millions from Rotterdam. But supposing that this is true, no persons should draw the false inference that the loan will be filled up without his taking part in it ; the above sums, which must be taken by great houses, b e i ng barely one-halfl of the whole amount. AIKBTERDAH, MARCH 18.—We learn that this morn ing being the first day for subscribing to the Voluntary Three per Cent. Loan, his Excellency the Minister, in consequence of instructions given, has subscribed for the King and the several members of the Royal Family. We learn that the King will return early to-morrow morning by a special train to the Hague. This morning his Majesty gave audience to several persons and depu tations. The evening before yesterday his Majesty visited the National Theatre, where he was welcomed by acclamations of the audience, which were repeated when he left. A cold, which is happily but slight, prevented his Majesty from going to the nPw church yesterday. His visit to Utrecht is deferred on the same account. The same cause will prevent the King from again visit ing the theatre this evening as he intended. THE HAGUIf, MARCH 19.—His Majezby the King ar rived here from Amsterdam this morning. DUTCH FUNOS.—Amaritansm, MARCH 19. Money. GPIs. Actual 2% per Crnt 57 57% Oltto, ditto 5 per cent.: Amu, t Syndic, 45j per ............ 95 95% Otto, ditto, 84 per cent 61% 82 Commercial Company, 4 1 ,. par 14 % .41% Loon 1637, 5 per cent. ................» 99% 9:+% Exchange on London, 0ncm0nth....... Two months Haraburgh, One m.inth 3 51 1 25 Twomonths — Dutch Papers, March 20, AUKIRI A N FU SM.—VIENNA, MARCH 11. Five er Cents. Metalliques .111% Four par Cents. .1004 Three per Cents Bank Shares •••••••••• ......... • ..... a. 3 • ••• •••••••• • e lk ONO. A 632 • • • •• • • 411gemeine Zeitung, March 15. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baaus, Mann 16. Bills. Mosey St. Schuld Sch.. 4 per cent. Prussian English Bonds, 03.3 , 0„ I per cent loi Exchange on London Prussian State Gazette. March 17. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Maacm Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan — 1134 Russian 5 per Cent., lst series, Certificate — 10 Inscription, let series — 105 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 00000000000000000 •••••• 00000000 •• •••• 00000 • • •••• 99 Ditto in Certificates % ... 9934 New 4 per Cent. (1840)...... . 0000000 " . "... 9134 914 Dutch Actual Debt, 254 • per Cent. ••• 57% 574 Ditto 5 per Cent. — Polish Bonds New Tickets — Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Cent. St% RI 4 Spanish. New 5 per Cents. ••• BANK of ENGLAND. • general half-yearly Court was held yesterday at the Bank of England, for the purpose of considering a dividend. At twelve o'clock William Cotton, Esq., the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and several Directors, entered the Court, which was more than usually crowded with Proprietors. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The GOVERNOR stated that this was one of the half-yearly general Courts, appointed by the bye-laws, to consider of a dividend; and the Court of Directors having considered the state of the Bank accounts, were of opinion that a dividend might be made, if that Court thought fit, of 31. 10s. per cent. for the present half-year, ending on the sth of April next, deducting the sevenpence iu the pound for the income tax. In making this proposition for the consideration of the Court, he thought it but fair to the Proprie tors that he should state, that by adopting the course now proposed by the Direetors, a sum of 10,6031. 12s. 6d. would be taken from the Rest; the profits, therefore, for the last half-year would be less by that sum. He would now, with the permission of the Court, put the question that a dividend of 3/. 10s. per cent. for the half-year, ending on the sth April next, should be declared by that Court. Mr. WILLIAMS inquired what was the amount of the Rest ? The GOVERNOR said that it amounted to 3,159,9961. 6s. Bd. Mr. WiwAms was desirous of knowing whether that amount included the bank-notes out, and whether it was in dependent of their buildings. The GOVERNOR said that it was, with the exception of some small buildings in Princes-street. In answer to a question from Mr. B. HAMMOND, The GOVERNOR stated that the stock had been taken up by the Bank at the market price of the day. The question was then put and carried that a dividend of 3/. 10s. per cent. be declared for the half-year ending the sth of April next, deducting the income-tax. The GOVERNOR then stated that the dividend warrants would be delivered and paid on Saturday the 6th of April. He had nothing further to communicate to the Court Mr. FrimnEn considered that the great amount of bullion that the Bank at present had in its coffers ought to be made a matter of serious consideration by the Court and the Go vernment, considering that, years ago, that establishment had been obliged to buy gold at a most expensive rate. The bullion in the Bank az the present moment amounted to nearly 17,000,0001., and he thought that some representation ought. to be made on the subject, in the proper quarter. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know, as the subject of the Bank Charter had been mentioned in the Queen's speech, whether the Governor and Directors had any communication to make on the subject to the Proprietors? The GOVERNOR said he had nothing to communicate to the proprietors on the subject ; when he had, he would call them together again. Cooiu; said, as they had now arrived at the time when their charter was about to be considered again, care should be taken to impress strongly on the Government the fact that the privileges of that institution had been greatly trenched upon. He had drawn the att en ti on o f Ministers to the subject by letters which he had written to Sir Robert ?eel and the Lord Chancellor. The Bank Proprietors would be most happy to have any al teration made which would be beneficial to the country, but they ought not to be called upon to suffer more than their fair share. When the dividends were rednced from 4 per cent. to 3i per cent. every person having 7001. a-year lost 100/. a-year.—(Cries of " Question.") That was the question. They had lost their money. He trusted that when the question of the Bank Charter came to be considered before Parliament, the Directors would take care that the legal opi nions to which he had alluded should be brought under the attention of the Government, and on that, among other grounds, he thought the Bank had a claim to be the sole Bank of Issue. Mr. THOMPSON asked if the branch banks still continued to be a source of profit ? The GOVERNOR replied that they did. Mr. Tnompsox would move, if any one would second his motion, that the name of J. Cooke, Esq., be printed among the list of those recommended to be elected as Directors.—(A laugh.) No doubt some of the older Directors would be most happy to retire in favour of a gentleman who possessed such an accurate knowledge of what ought to be done, and who took such a great interest in the subject.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. Mmualorr moved that the thanks of the Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor and Directors, for the open and candid way in which they had conducted the proceedings of the Court. - Mr. LLOYD, before the question was put, wished to ask what proportion the amount taken from the Rest bore to the whole dividend. The GovEallon--The total amount of the ,half-year's dividend in the Bank Stock is 509,3551.. from which the property-tax has t6be deducted, which leaves a net amount of 494,5981., and to pay that interest 10,603/. 12s. 6d. has been taken from the Rest. Mr. WiLualtsoN rose to' suggest to the Proprietors that It would be advisable that they should request the Governor to remain in office for another year. The present was a most important crisis for the Bank. The Governor had been already in communication with the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of the - renewal of the Charter ; and, therefore, it was of the utmost importance that he should continue in office another year. He, therefore, moved a resolution to the effect that the Governor be requested to continue in office another year. Mr. FIELDER seconded the resolution. The GOvernor was acquainted with all the facts of the case, and they could not do better than follow ihe precedent which had been set on the former occasion when the renewal of the Bank Charter was under discussion. The GOVERNOR would do whatever might be considered most advisable for the interests of the great corporation. He thought. the resolution had better not be put, but that the question should be left to the Directors. He had left the question wholly to the decision of the Directors, and if it should be their opinion that it would conduce to the interests of the Proprietors that he should for another year undertake the onerous duty, he would do his best.—(Cheers.) What course the Directors would adopt with regard to the house would depend upon the feeling of the Proprietors, but as far as he was concerned he should leave the whole matter in the hands of the Directors.--(Cheers.) Sir P. LAURIE thought it would be much better to leave the matter entirely to the discretion of the Directors who would recommend what house-list they pleased. The GOVERNOR said that of course he could not put the question of the vote of thanks to the meeting, but. in the name of himself and of the Directors, he begged to express that they were deeply sensible of the kindness of the Pro prietors, and to declare that there was but one feeling by which they were all actuated, and that was a desire to do their duty.—(Cheers.) • Mr. Wita,Ltatsox could not permit that vote of thanks to drop in such a manner, he would himself put the question.. The Hox.PROPRIETOR then put the question,and the vote was carried by acclamation. The GOVERNOR having again expressed his acknowledg ments, the Court adjourned. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The new Easter spectacle preparing at the Princess's Theatre is from the pen of One of the principal contributors to a most popular periodi cal. It will combine all the comic talent of the Theatre, with the addition of Wright, and the aid of the admired ballet company. The musical arrangements are entrusted to Mr. Corti, who displayed so much tact in his labours in the Magic Mirror, and the ballet of Leola. NNW HATS FOR THE POLICE.—The Commis sioners of Police have decided on an alteration in the hats of the police, which will be immediately adopted throughout the force, and which will tend materially to add to the ease and comfort of the men whilst on duty, especially in hot weather. The present hats are very weighty, and from their being made of the commonest felt are exceedingly oppressive to the men by precluding the air, so that during the summor many of them are daily on the sick lists from diseases of the head. The alteration about to be adopted by the Commis siocers consists ea perforated button affixed on each side of thehat near the crown; the hat having also an oilet-hole where the buttons are affixed, so as to admit air, and thus keep the policemen's "heads cool." Several of these new " ventilating" hats have been served to the men, and they seemed pleased at the improvement. ON MAKING A BETTING BOOK.—" It lends a colour to one of the worst features of pot-house life—the Derby Clubs. Taking up on chance the nearest at hand sporting paper, we find in its first page no less than fifteen of tliese abominations. They emanate from public-houses in all parts of London—West Smithfield, High Holborn, the Strand, Pimlico, Hoxton, and the London-road, from Manchester and from Sheffield. They are illegal lotteries or little goes—baits set by the cunning publicans (the Duke Hildebrands of mo dern Alsatian) to catch tippli n g the gulls—traps forun fledged apprentice and jo urne y m an—the desolation of many ke a tidy fire-side. Why are th es e gambling-houses ~ overlooked . more then the hale of Itegettt-street.—Knight COURT CIRCULAR: • . frog . The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at ham Palace. General Sancho, the Spanish Minister., h a d an aul rod ' enc t e ol 9l her Majesty to take leave. His Excellency was i nt , secre by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., her Majesty's. principa',... $ O . W 7 of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by D u bert Chester, Master of the Cerentonies. a elb The Marquis of Ormonde was the Lord in Waiting e Majesty. t ill Her Majesty and P r i nce Alb er t t oo k an airing Yea- e an open carriage. tb. The Royal Family were t a k en a i r ings yesterdaY royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. 31 01 The Hon. Miss Paget has succeeded the Hon. bliss as one of the Maids of H onour i n wa iti n g on her Mak!t Yip. At her Majesty's Levee, on Wednesday, the Earl o our mont was presented to the Queen by the Marquis ricarde. to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Lady Anna Maria b awson h a s succeeded Lady 011-00 Howard as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal } lig ° Duchess of Kent. Sr' A Deputation, consisting of Mr. H. Kemble, D—orwellt W. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark, Mr. Thus* r o ceek , Mr. James D. Shears, Mr. Thomas Lett, Mr. Thomas ot her Mr. W. G. Horder, the Rev. Mr. Shearman, and tlf)mer gentlemen from the Metropolitan Anti-Bridge Tul,.`geur ciation, attended on Wednesday the Commissioners ot,otto. politan Improvements at Whitehall, on the subject .1 0 14 ing the free passage of Waterloo Southwark, and ".—neit Bridges, by the commutation of their imposts, for the u"" of the public. ~t e a A Deputation from the City of 'Loud( n, aceelnPah—rjoet, the Hon. C. Law, the Record e r, a n d the City liente ll ,%s had an interview with Sir Robert Peel psterJay , cial residence in Downing-street. leg P r Mr. Cartwright had an interview with Lord Stan terday at the Colonial-office. 1 1 1. Mr. Saunders had an interview with the Right--„ — i d e . Gladstone yesterday at the Office of the Board of l'ho-cole• Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at t nial-office from the Governor of the F alklandlsland"' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' TATTERSALL'S--YEsTsRnAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh 30 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentiuck's Bramble—tsk e- __Auo Upon so feeble a display comment would .be si lent W. It will give a better idea of the state of the mar s ies mention, by way of postscript, that at Warwick R ot° 1 t Wednesday, Pbaroah was backed freely at 13 an d „o.o,, Red Deer at 20 to 1 ; Vakeel freely at 25 to ; a n Hawthorn at 30 to 1. The betting there in oth er was governed by the Manchester market of Tuesday. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 13 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan 16 to 1 &gst Col. Peel's Orlando t a ken 20 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Beim 20 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo 30 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander c0 1te.. 3 40 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Sister to Grey Mowing 50 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Mainstay 66 to 1 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Delightful colt 66 to 1 600 10. a g st Lord Orford's Boots to 400 on Mainstay agst Beaufront 15 to to 1,350 to 200 and 13 to 2 were laid agst Rattan, vte i j i, score agst Orlando, 20 to 1 in ponies agst Running ,`; t0 0,7, same agst Cockamaroo. 1,000 to 25 twice agst the Sis'ln e hr; Mom us colt, 1,000 to 20 agst _Mainstay, 1,000 to 1504 5 ;. - 121 0 ; . ful colt, and 550 to 50 agst Running Rein and Lesull e altfi would have been taken about the Ugly Buck. . o . l ' holm -13 to 2 was laid agst The Ugly Buck to two or tbree_,„t pounds, 15 to 2 to a large sum agst Rattan, 15 to 1 WO" lando, 20 to 1 agst Running Rein, 30 to 1 agst Le an 1,000 to 15 and 20 several times agst MainstaY. OAKS. 1 0 - 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding Sc ll°° • WARWICK RACES (CONCLUDED)—WWgg/tio .I The Farmer's Plate of 50!., with 10/. added. Hes'''" 2 Mr. Lucas's f, 3 yrs, lOst 21b (Mr. Hughes) 1 9 4 Mr. Cowper's Independence, 3 yrs, lOst 21b ......... 0 Mr. W. Cowper's Carmine, 3 yrs, lOst 21b........•••' 0 It, Mr. Page's Chaff, 3 yrs, lOst 21b .............. ..... .... A Forced Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Omar:4W— tance. (3 Subs.) oY er. Mr. Collins' Isaac, aged, Bst 101 b, walke d BETTING AT WARWICK. CHESTER cur. 9 to 1 on the field I 30 to 1 agst Alice 15 to 1 apt Pagan—taken f 30 to 1 agst 25 to 1 agst Vakeel—taken DER 13 to 2 agst Ugly Buck—t 7 to 1 agst Rattan 20 to 1 agst Running Rein 25 to 1 agst Lesocler.,o4 50 to 1 agst Maiosl,/ The rest as before. LLOYD'S SHIPPING' f br LONDON, MARCH 21.—Wind this day at near from N.E., and fine clear weather. stOld I DEAL, MARCH 20.—Wind W. by S. to N. Arrd. Arrd. Mary, Mackie, Mauritius, for Leith an", dit epf.b; Switzerland, Knight, New York. Sld. Lloyd's quiroaa' South Wales ;_John Pirie, Honduras; Arithuiskr i f e Mediator, New York ; Lady Peel, St. John's , 1 ` wick ; John Romilly and Fanny, Newfoundland; ;: Ir f i; Ctisa ; Blundell. Norfolk Island; London, / 1 1;e0c;if Scindian, Calcutta; Worcester, Madras; P y and the rest of the outward-bound, except Dale . ff Caroline, and Governor M'Donald. 1 .. 0 5 . PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind W.N .W . hard and squally.—Arrd. New Phoenix, London f o r to, JERSEY, MARCH 16.—Sid. Arid, Newfoundland; Alea/ SCILLY, MARCH 11 TO 15.—Arrd. and proceede ci ! rs . Clyde for Trinidad; Fragment, Liverpool for Ma3torto, SCILLY, MARCH 18.—Arrd. Gilbert Jamieson , l' e "jo0" Amsterdam, leaky, with cargo shifted, and other having been struck by a sea. TORBAY, MARCH 19.—Sld. Lady Prudhoe, Cu for 11" DARTMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Arrd. Syren,Loo.-- sges. t e foundland ; Halcyon, Exeter for Cardiff, with 01 `,,. f bows stove, haring been in contact with a schwa , day, supposed to be Portuguese. 000 0 0 .1 14 rLYMOUTIL, MARCH 20.—Wind N.W.—Arr d ad Bordeaux for Havre, with bows stove, &c., 10 1 °7 contact with a brig off the Eddystone yesterwir‘ 4of Majesty's steamer Styx, westward. VirOt tA OFF PENZARCE, • MARCH 18.—Burgundy, York for Havre. Bai t° . 04 NEWPORT, MARCH 19.—S1d. Albion, Hicks, y ro al tro ;, GUERNSEY, MARCH 18.—During a heavy lic„stiite t 16th inst., the Twenty-ni n th o f May, for the •L'7„., drove ashore on the rocks to N.E. of the hart Vie' =- since been got off, and in h ere , w ith considers' a le au(' must discharge. : Dote LOWESTOFFE, MARCH 20.—A gale at N.E. - " 311 :re. A of Shields, with bows stove, has been aseisted tollir CORK, MARCH 18.—It blew very strong Y,s_ s c ovtl: . „ o : 4 • large barque, with loss of sails, has passed to oa T r o /), outward-bound barque, from Li v erpool, leskY' 0 10 Sailed, Royal Saxon, Sydney, New South Wales; • (se St. John's, New Brunswick. Arr i LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20.—Wind N.E., Inoder s —Daniel Grant, Valparaiso ; Eliza, Brown, r o em ,,,hotr" sailed Jan. 13th, St. Helena 26th. rwen, P ijter i CLYDE, MARCH 18.—Arrd. Challenger ice Sld. Annabelle, Jamaica ; Lady Sale, St. John st t oll; I I ; Heyworth, Demerara. Ire 4/ high and MARCH 19. is ashore betvre and Trieston. „f t/ nal% O r ' BRIDPORT, MARCH 18.--Sid. Royalist, Ne.,, — „ a ti bes, •11 BEACMARIS, MARCH 16.—Arrd. fhoinas -,""" Africa for Lancaster. beep HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 17.—The Endyn. • Ow the. strand and into the harbour. p l e i s l a tie WicKLow, MARCH 16.—The Frances, ° ~o d pr hs crew saved, and is expected off when the lei civ ' e vpo s e d, 1 p ARKLOW, MARCH 16.—The Peurldyn of ..- - vrs av :E., ere p ° ashore to-day during a hurricane at Es Brothers, of this port, bound to Bristol, with c ashore on the beach, crew (except two) saYea' NOTICE TO MARINERS' DIU I The following have been posted at Lloyd's • 05 ef ek THE BERLINGS LIGHT AND THE l ' ENlC otic e .,oge 0.2° By the Royal Board of Customs at Lisbon , - given, that, in order to obviate the inconvenience a thee" the almost perfect similitude in the revolution 7c,spe v et chinery of the Berlings light and the ligh, t „Ser liltsecr voeiro, at Peniche, the movement of the i dt teiP'", altered, the great flash of the light being rerib b a t lib tively every thirty seconds, but produces , the saae difference, a continued light, which make s perfectly distinct, the one from the other. ~8 4 . Royal Board of Cu s toms, Lisbon, March 8, tart (Signed) ES, 56 " ; 1 1 * CYPRIANO MANOEL DA SIVA 31GRA -- 11 0 , h % NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER E 3 l - the . -P- of For greater security in the navigation Af fi t iro he f t consent of his Majesty's Minister for the be?lo c t s Interior, the buoying of the Eastern Ems /I t i be I' obi increased by two white buoys, placed uP??.,„ t ioa . Plate and the Koper Sand, respecting the an'" t ors the followin is the ntic given : tr ° te. t ion 1. The white g buoy on e the Kachelott inwward-bound vessels will find it in a &S• '. m iel . Wrlar d the black buoy with a basket in Homrne etehele` Gat). It lies upon the steep point of the ~h th oes_4 00 6 in six fathoms' water at low ebb. The .It,, Borkum, a little within the north point of th",.. o r, 0; hills, keeping Ostland Cape, however, to the to o 0 1 on t l 4 in order, during foggy weather,l to prevent to i l e boofitA from incurring the risk of mistaking the orr„ l „ e te 01 ) .r t i be t ;fl Kachelott Plate for the white inner buoy sit vrineoiit on the mister Reef, in lieu of the common shal d ) bolf r ol l! hitherto lying there, a black and white strillorboof, at both ends, in shape similar to a ship's an c A ot. e c' sub 2stitute. The white buoy on the Koper San d ' . • • p e on l% 1201 04 10 11 0 ; v d. 4 tongue, jutting out from the Koper S an rth water, at low ebb, the small cape upon h to th e Po btl e l Borkum Island, a short boat-hook's lengt-, iciocs 4 s6 ° AI of the lighthouse there, whereby the e a '- tuate opposite, lies to the north-west by we 3 • te boo] • • ele dor - , iv; the Red Cape buoy to the S.S.W. of thew in, Kopor Sand. f lays end The officer charged with the duty co er rot buoys, has this day set sail, and, weather I eo otil; o f tb without fail, have effected the chang e withjil n am the Royal The G a e b n o e N r - e a l i p s ir h e e e r t e io b n n f t y o awdreatekrnwoolirrnks.inTf. usTrOlg! . (Signed)_ G• Royal Direction of Waterworks, Emdem, March 5,18.14 - . 0 1 I _.............. last 0 4 INSTITUTION. — On — i ----- Itf , V LONDON WedlleSuag tiothirof, versazione was held in the library of the Inethittited.,,o a good collection of objects of interest wee e •- !," l e sulforhol i Bell lectured in the theatre, and illustrated finouiO4+l9, economy of means, exhibited in the animal kingT e s" aii.'ibl cases where the peculiar wants of certain , sPec`oo, Vie plied, not by the existence of new and special Orrthe 0P.,10 the adaptation of those which are common tv c a n otitr i be group ; as when the member, which in one efi sl , bec onePiali the hand of a monkey, under other deVelopetnems . yerfAtd wing of the bat or the fin of the fish. There - ira s l' itt iol attendance of proprietors. The next and last We e • - eV kind is on Wednesday, April 17. the ot, TRAFADotitt-SQUARE.—The works Wito l ,, t iou• , i closure are proceeding rapidly towards colny'„V 00;0 Barry, the architect, having devoted m h w eh " ro otil l o s late, for the purpose of causing the whole t b e n c, B i t ,,,1 I T l the public during the summer months. ", at atii sell is likewise fast advancing, the bore havingro-tos if be 83k a considerable depth. The basins of the te i a , 00 feet in diameter, and 'are to be covered $Ol-reslity Patent Portland Cement, which has been found to .pieSt•oilr s a e c r tym of the atmosphere and of water as long as O s lo 0 iptions of stone, while it possesses and retain s 'ii of if ies f that material. The pavement of the inner ° I :04 ° 14 yead d rangle is to be laid out in a somewhat tesse7oaf,etlept, arker parts being composed of asphalte, en d a 00 0 the introduction of ornamental work in the rOtiLol- . . _ .. The whole space to be covered is about 113,000 . ~- ~.~ Vih ••., )4, 43r,