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fit CH. WATER Al LONmIN Tau ii.Av Moraine . 59 ave. after 7 ! Evening 42 rain. after 8 To- 6oQtcroi—Morning 25 nun. alle? 9 Evening 10 min. aster 10 MIRROR of the TIME. No. XXXIII. Letter 11. to Lord Stanley.—On the Present Social and Poli• tical Aspect of England. By Juvenalis.—Starvation by Suffocation. —Mr. Charles Cochrane on the Propagation of Death.—How Crime Is treated : with the Advice of " Conkey Beau." A Lay of Clerken weJi.—On Lying Statistics. — Our " Labour and the Poor." No. ,CCCLVIII.—Head Agricultural Prosperity District: Gloucester shire Department. Z l6.—Colonial Poetry. 1. Macpherson's Praise of Water. 2. The Rhine.—Life in the Camp and Clearing. A Moose Hunt. gcc. &C. Office, 11A, Wellington-street North. Published also by Hutton, Catherine-street. THEATRE ROYAL,BRIIRY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's S;rvantil BIMPSON AND - CO. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. /tatter; Jephtele, Miss F. Pining; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lia, M tale. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &e. ACT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN!', Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. ACT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Ainiees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Madile. Victorine Legrain. file ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddies. Falser, Julie, and Coryphees. The Gamester—False Dice—Azael's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Coryphecs. &zael recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT 111. TENT of NTEMEOtTD, the Camel Driver. Arrival of Travellers —Degradatiod of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZ.tEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodizal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. THEATRE ROYAL, ILAYMARKE7. jr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manage:, Old Bromptan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed WILD OATS. Jack Rover, Mr. J. Wallack ; Harry Thunder, Mr. Parselle ; Sir George Thunder, Mr. Lambert ; Ephraim Smooth, Mr. H. Bedford ; Sim, Mr. Buekstone ; Lady Amaranth, Miss Reynolds ; Jane, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Captain CrosStree, Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. ea/UTILE ItUYAL, AI ELYHI. Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste. THIS EVF.NING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled BELPIIEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Monthazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Heise, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alia.s Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; CantaiL Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini .Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. After which a new v.rce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. flaptain Kitallyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Freeborn ; )&r. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Toni drop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEXERF_I, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Ream and Air. Reale.:. - THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. ROYAL LYCEUM TUEATRE. Cade: the Management of Madame Vestes. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew!, THIS EVENING, Will be pertarmed With SERVE HIM RIGHT. ' 7 ----- - - Alter iquei. an entirely new and orginal Fairy Extravaganza, to lie called SING CHARMING , or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, llorneastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Homier; Mrs, Frank fii.atthow3, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn. Miss St. George, and Miss Martiudaie. Rol/VAL 01.1 MYIC T RE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. r tits EVENING, Will be perform :d THE RED CAP. After which ALL THAT GLIT FEES IS NOT GOLD. To conclude with a new Ballet, called TUE WHITE STATUE, lo which Madlle. Adele, Miss Lees, and Torn Mathews will appear. AL._ aIT kihAT RE. Un the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Massager, Mr. W. Batt, gitraPrdinary series of attractive novelties. THIS' EVENING, The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Mail of Or. leans, with new and costly costumes Together with Batty's :iplendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with JONATHAN; or, The Man of Two Masters. t!,oz-offlce open from Eleven till Foal. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. VIE SITN OFFICE, MARCH 12 THERMOMETER, IN THE Slum?. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETEV., 29.71. WIND variable from S.S.W. to S.E. —dull, rainy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following p' aces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. EiNasTowN (DUBLIN) Wind W.S.W., calm—cloudless. PL ICMOUT If—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PooLB —Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. HAS-TIN GS N W., fresh breeze -- partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON — Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOL ::STONE —Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. BASINGSTOKE Wind N.W. strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind N.;hard wind—cloudless. SWINDON—Wind N. gentle breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON—Wind strong breeze—cloudless. COLCHESTEG—Wind N.E., hard wind—overcast. CAMBRIDGE —Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BIBAUNGHAM W ind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. PgrEasoßouGH—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. TARMOUTH—Wind N., strong breeze—overcast. CgEwE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CONWAY—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD--Calm—partially cloudy. LA.NcAsTER—Wind W., calm—principally clear. WHITBY—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. Saar—Wind E., calm— principally clear.. CARLISLE —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BEArrocH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. BERWICK— Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : COZK —Wind N.W., light breeze — clear. CARLOW—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. L Lll4 GA.R—Wind W., gentle breeze—sharp frost. DUNDALK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—frost. PooLE—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITIHAVEN Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 inches on Sunday and Monday ; the mean of the week was 29.890. The mean daily temperature was on each day rather below the average of the same day in ten years, except on Tuesday and Wednes day, when it slightly exceeded it. The mean.of the week was 39°.4. o‘t • NA,. , r :;!;• :4 tr,r 41.4 4 • - 4 r,r, 191 }; tr - IWVc • N 10.4 • DROII Obienina LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1851. The House of Lords met last evening, but sat for a few minutes only. The business transacted was confined to the presentation of petitions. In the Commons, A new writ was ordered for Dungarvon, Mr. SHIEL having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Lord DUNCAN then moved the following resolution:— That whereas it appeared by returns laid before the House, and before the Select Committee of Woods, Forests, and Works, &c., that the gross inoome derived from the possessions and land revenues of the Crown had, during a period of seven years (from 1842-3 to 1848-9 ), amounted to 2,446,7354, and that out of that sum O nly 774,0001. had been paid into the public account at the Exchequer, and whereas during the same period it appeared that 1,672,785/. had been withheld for charges of collection and management, and for other expenses, it was expedient, with a view to place the ex penditure of that branch of the public service under the more immediate control of Parliament, that the gross income derived from the said revenues should hereafter be paid into the Exchequer, and the expenses be voted by the flouse in the annual estimates." Lord SEYMOU R said t h at much of the expenditure had been incurred in improving; the parks, _ and for purposes sanctioned by the vot e of Parliamen t , and that the ex penditure not so sancti oned was ver y small i n d ee d . H e lands, which Bill was preci sel y the sam© as that o f l ast concluded by moving as an amendment for leave to bring in a Bill for the better management of the Crown session. After some obscrvaticns from :fr. llumE, in support of the motion, Sir B. HALL suggested that the wisest course wo u ld be the sale of the Crown lands. He bore strong testi mony to the able manner in which Lord Seymour per formed the duties of his office, Sir 11. WILLOUGHeOr supported the motion. Lord DUNCAN said his Noble Friend bad not grappled with the real question at issue—that of the propriety .of Parliament having control over these public moneys. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment Majority —1 This► result was hailed with loud cheering. Mr. LACY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the forcible detention of temales in religious houses. THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, IYI. AR C 12, 1851. The remaining busines s was then disposed of, and the House adjourned. plex proceedings we have only too often ob served matter for our most serious and un compromising reprehension. In the eastern and the western Archipelagoes, in Asia and in America, in the north and i❑ the south, in both hemispheres, and this, moreover, sometimes simultaneously, we have recognized the evidences of what has appeared to us the incapacity or the perverseness of the Noble Lord the Colonial Secretary. We have raised our voices at one time in terms of the profoundest indignation against the shameful jobbing by which the noble island of Vancouver was made over for a series of years, almost unconditionally, to the directors of the Hudson's Bay Company ; at another time we have found ourselves compelled to lament the mismanage ment, under his auspices, of the land sales, more or less, throughout our noble territories in Australia. Everywhere, very nearly, we discovered only new sources of annoyance, now at the rigour, and now again at the weakness, of his tem perament in the direction of the interests of his important and responsible office. And ever, we be lieve, have we shown ourselves ready to protest against his policy under these very lamentable cir cumstances, and to proclaim him one of the cleverest but, at the same time, one of the most blundering of our administrators. Nevertheless, in all this we have been far, we trust, from proving ourselves to be ac tuated by anything like feelings of a blind hostility. In no instance have we betrayed a disinclination to acknowledge the merit of the course pursued by Earl GREY upon any occasion when, to our thinking, he has evinced enlightenment or moderation, whether it may have been directly on his own part, or indirectly on the part of the subordinate colonial administrators. Now, in reference to recent circumstances at the Cape, we avowed only the other day, imme diately on the receipt of intelligence from that possession, that we could perceive nowhere through out the whole of the transactions any wilful culpa bility in the local Government. A serious re-con • sideration and re-examination of the uusLlers iu question fail to alter our opinion in this particular. We behold in this policy latterly carried out under the personal superintendence of Sir Helm . SMITH, only cause for very earnest felicitations. It is ob jected, as we have already intimated, that the officials at the Cape have acted too stringently in pursuing with such assiduous searches the fallen leader of the late rebellion. In this view we can induce :ourselves in no way to coincide. SANDILLI has shown himself quite clearly enough to be a most dangerous character, and one altogether devoid of any noble principles whatsoever. To him were attributable the main portion of the miseries brought upon the heads of his compatriots and of the English colonists ,luring the continuance of their last contention for mastery. It would, therefore, have been little less than insanity to dream of preserving peace evi..ll the Kafirs so long as he, of all men in Southern Africa, remained as large. Events have only testified the justice of such suspicions on the part of the Cape authorities. For no very serious noubts can be en tertained that any other than SANDILLI has been the principal instigator of the present rebellion. In con3e que.,nce cf his sinister advice the Kafirs have been nnquestionably incited to adventure upon their recent outbreak, for he of all men Ras the only one likely to reap advantages from the agitation. At bay, so to speak, with his pursuers, SANDILLI saw that his wisest course, under all circumstances, would be to call upon his quondam subjects to renew again the struggle by which he had been deprived of the powers of sovereignty. Hence the other wise inexplicable explosion of fury which at one moment threatened to prove destructive to Sir HARRY SMITH and his mili tary subordinates. Thanks, however, to the skill and promptitude of the veteran conqueror of the Asiatics, the ferocious turpitude of Africans proved in no mea sure successful. Surrounded as he was by a suddenly collected swarm of antagonists, Sir HARRY neverthe less contrived to cut his way through to a position of comparative security, and there to prepare for subse quent and greater dangers, by calling upon the whole mass of the colonists to rise en masse in arms at the summons of his energetic proclamation. Suffi cient time has, by this means, been obtained to enable the Home Government to make all necessary efforts for transmitting assistance to the Cape. No sooner, indeed, had the disastrous intelligence of the Kafir insurrection reached this coun try than preparations were at once commenced with a view to forward Sir HARRY SMITH the aid which, we doubt not, he has so earnestly and feelingly desiderated. Exertions to this end have already, it would appear, been made by Lord FITZROY SOMERSET and other officials connected, not merely with the Horse Guards, but with the Admiralty and the Colonial-office in like manner—so that no anxiety whatever reed be felt in regard to the consequences of the insurrectionary movement. With a military captain of such deserved repute, both as to prowess and soundness of judgment, as Sir HARRY SMITH, placed at the head of the local Government of the Cape colonists, the people of this country have no reason to be solicitous about the ♦igour of repressive measures against the insurgents. Backed by the prompt co-operation of administrators at home, that distinguished warrior, we doubt not, will find new opportunities for signalising his large and brilliant capabilities, and of securing to himself, by his ad ministrative policy, as well as by his military achieve ments, an extension of his reputation. Another Ministerial 3efeat—and what is more, a defeat produced by the l ;rocs negligence and culpable apathy of Ministers the .mselves. The gross misma nagement of the Crowii Lands is no new topic that could take the members < of the Cabinet, individually or collectively, by surprise. They have had fair warning to remedy the abuses which had sprung up during successive years, and which had rendered a really valuable property comparatively unproductive —two-thirds of the proceeds having been diverted or made away with i n its progress to the national Exchequer. A close and searching investigation was institute ?,d, and through the exertions of the Noble Lord the Member for Bath and the other members of the Committi?e, matters were brought to light sufficient to " fright; the isle from its propriety," and to indicate the imperative necessity of a large and comprehensive measure of reform being speedily introduced. But her MAJESTY'S Government obsti nately closed their ears against the well-founded com plaints that were preferred day by day, and resolutely persisted in the " do-nothing policy" for which they have been so justly celebrated_ The natural result has followed. A private Member has been found willing to undertake the duty which they had disregarded, and the House willingly confided the charge to the hands of one who had afforded such conclusive evidence of his qualifications and effi ciency. Hence the defeat of last night, which, to a Ministry of any strength and. any character, would be exceedingly injurious, if not absolutely ruinous, but which is a matter of but trivial importance to the worthy officials in their pre sent state of transition, ere the unsightly crawling .grub has burst forth into the gaudy soaring butterfly- It is impossible to speak: too highly of the admi rable statement of Lord au SCAN in asking permission to introduce his Bill. All, the facts of the case were clearly and distinctly set. forth, and the evils and iniquities of the present sy stem exhibited in all their naked deformity. When we learn that during the seven years, from 1842 t o 1848, the aggregate in come derived from these sources had amounted to 2,446,7851., of which only 774,0001., or little more than 30 per cent. on the sum collected, had found its way into the national Exchequer, while the remaining 1,672,7851., or nearly 70 per cent. of the entire, was expended for cost of management and other charges—the bill of the London solicitors alone during that period being 79,2411., or 11,3201.25. 10d. per annum. Pretty pickings this, especially when we recollect that the solicitor in Ed inburgh contrived to obtain an average of 3,0001. per annum, and that the solicitor in Dublin had his bilk also, the exact amount of which had not been a.,ce)lained, but which we may reasonably assume not to be less than those of his Scottish colleague ; so that law alone has cost about 18,000/. per annum in this department, ex clunive of the bills charged to purchasers from, or tenants of, the Crown on t'ae execution of transfers or leases. It may be asserted that this er ormous sum has not been altogether applied to the expenses of manage ment; that 116,9201. had during that period been expended on the Victoria Park, and that 145,269/. remained to the credit of the. land revenues of the Crown, in the month of April, 1849. Be it so, even that will not materially improve the matter. "Without questioning the propriety of re taining so large a sum on hand, a matter by no means clear, we may observe, tb at there is still 1,410,0001. to be accounted for; and we care not whether the stoppage be 60 or 7"0 per cent. on the gross amount collected. Either is sufficiently bad to demand a total alteration in the system. What would a nobleman or gentlemen say to the steward who made away with two-thirds, or even of one-half of the proceeds of his property, leaving the balance only for the private use of his maste r ? Would not the unprofitable servant be dismissed with ignominy and disgrace from his situation and a more judicious and economical management introduced ? Unquestion ably so; and the nation should act in like manner, and take every necessary precorution to render the national domains as productive and profitable as pos sible, so as to alleviate the burdens .3n the oppressed tax-payers. But it is said that there are a -vox iety of old pay ments that are satisfied from these swmrces, without coming under the cognizance of Parlitament. Against this unconstitutional prcekeding we 'Loudly and em phatically protest. We assert that P vliament should have the full and unqualified control 'over every shil ling of expenditure, and that any attoinpt to interfere with that control is an act of tree ,on against the majority of the people. These stoppages in transitu at present amount to no less than 76a,9261. 4s. -lid. per annum, and are made from divers sources—from the Customs, from the Excise, fro m :the Post-office, from the taxes, and from the Crown lands. It is thug that the Duke of GRAFTON draws 10,599/. 2s. annu ally-7,1911. 12s. from the Excise, 'and 3,4071. 105. from the Post-office. It is thus that the Earl Cow reit enjoys his 1,5951. 165., and the fortunate assig nees of the late CHARLES Boom 2,200/. a year ; that the Duke of MARLBOROUGEI is a pensioner for 4,0001., and that the heirs of the Duke of SCHWA BERG take 2,9001. annually to Holland- If these ini quities were periodically brought under the Legislative notice, they could not have con tinued up to this time; but, unfortunately, they remain shrouded in obscurity. Former Cabinets, who made grants to their own followers, would not encourage so bad a precedent as to make any impertinent inquiries; and Lord JOHN is too firm a friend to the "Dukery" to interfere unduly with the snug pickings, the comfortable "swag" of two of the ornaments of the order. 'Thus it is that THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. They all publish the following " communicated" note: " 'rho President of the Republic evil review on Wed nesday four regiments, preparatory to their quitting The President has given orders that no cries shall ba uttered by them while under arms." The negotiations for a fusion between the two branches of the BOURBONS have gone off. The Constitutionnel says:— " If we are well informed, and we believe we are, the Princes of the House of Orleans, consulted on a subject which so deeply interests them, have declared that they will only negotiate on the soil of France, and that they will abstain from all political questions while they are out of their country. This declaration, made in the most precise terms, is not of ancient date; it is quite recent, and even posterior to the vote of the Assembly on the proposition of M. Creton, and consequently to all that journalists have drawn upon their imagination to say, to contradict, to publish, to contest, and to refute on the question of the fusion of the two branches." these abuses have gone on increasing in enormity, year after year, until they have become " aged vices," and that still nothing is done to remove stains so foul as to reflect disgrace on every person sanctioning, or in any degree conniving at their continuance. We find that in almost every reign the revenues of the Crown have been lavished away upon the fa vourites of the Monarch or the toadies and followers of the Minister for the time being. But the " faithful Commons" generally found a means of remedying the evil. At the commencement of each reign, and generally when called upon to vote supplies, the representatives of the people insisted on the resumption of these improvi dent grants, which were held to be valid only during the lifetime of the Sovereign by whom they were made, and not to be bindivg upon his succes sors. What charm then is there in the cases of the Dukes of GRAFTON, MARLBOROUGH, or SCNOMBERG, of Earl COWPER, or of the assignees of CHARLES BooNE, that they are to be considered sacred and intangible? Is it because, in place of being issued out of real estates, that they are charges on every draught of beer quaffed by the thirsty labourer, or on every letter transmitted through the Post- It would appear from an article in the Journal des D4bats that an attempt has been made by the Legi timatists to bully the Princes of the House of Orleans into submission. " They require," says the Debats, " an immediate and absolute submission, a formal disavowal of 1830, and of 18 years of reign, or the eventual rights of the Princes of Orleans to the suc cession of the Duke of BORDEAUX shall be transferred to the Spanish branch of the Bourbons." The Daats then proceeds to comment on the project of fusion thus : " The fusion, if it ever be possible, if at a given pe riod it be the means reserved by Providence to unite all parties and to save France, ought not to be exaggerated by puerile discussions, nor reduced to a mere intrigue or even an affair of party. Th© moment should not be pre cipitated. The fusion will never be a real one unless France effects it, and until it be in the hearts of all before it be in the mouths of the few. The fusion will be easy when it is the only thing to be concluded, and that France shall have signed the treaty. We answer beforehand for the Princes of the House of Orleans, without even consulting them, that their interests will not for a minute retard the accomplishment of the universal wish. They will very naturally enjoy their rank as Princes of the blood, of which France will not deprive them when re-esta blishing the Monarchy, and which no one will dispute to them. As for the present, if they did anything against the fusion they would merit reproach, and it might be believed that they preferred their own personal ambi tion to the means of salvation for France, and that they claimed all or nothing. But to reproach them with their silence; to allege it as a crime that they remain tranquil; to be angry that they make no act of submis sion of any kind except to the National Sovereignty; that they do not disavow the memory of their father; that they do not disavow themselves; that, in a word, conformably to all the traditions of their family, they await the will of France and do not dictate theirs, is neither reasonable nor just. Moreover, if the letter of the Duke of Bordeaux is regarded as a friendly invita tion, it will be admitted that the vote of the Ist of March and the speech of M. Berryer are not such as to claim much gratitude. The fusion will be accom plished when it shall please heaven and the country, This is what we desire to say, once fur all, on this grave question.' The Bonapartist Pays has the following on the sub ject of the Orleans family : " The Independance of Brussels announces that the Orleans family is about to leave Claremont so as not to be in England during the Exhibition. The Queen, it says, will go to Brussels; the Duke of Nemours to his father•in-law; the Prince de Joinville either to Scotland or to Portugal; and the Duke d'Aumale to Naples. ab3enc. of the family will cantina,: as loug ss t h e Exhibition lasts. It will be remarked that the fusionist journals last week mentioned the probability of the Count de Chambord's visiting London during thi s very office ? These matters must be attended to, and that speedily. No Government can continue in office that will not heartily and effectively enter upon the work of reform. Again, why should woods and forests, containing 110,000 acres of valuable land prove darnnove heredi tates, sources of loss, and nut of profit ? They might easily be disposed of for two-and-a-half or three mil lions sterling, and the amount might be applied to many valuable purposes. But the Whigs would per severe in their old jog-trot movement until they received a significant hint to expedite their progress. That they have just got through the in strumentality of Lord DUNCAN, and if they are not prepared to act thereon, they should make up their minds to relinquish the positions of which they are unworthy, and to make way for better men. SANDILLI has, according to some, beenun le f a o dertur s nately too much the object of anxiety with the of the Cape Government. But for the needless per tinacity with which they have endeavoured to hunt darorgni the ine s might fa e n chieftain of the Kafirs, those luckless never have been driven into their c presen t njectu conjecture s of teof insurrection ; s u c h, a t l eas t, a re the o a certain class of unreasoning de claimers against the policy pursued by the Colonial Administration. N o one can reasonably charge us with anything like a predilection for the system adopted by the Earl GREY in the conduct of his par ticular department. Our task has, unhappily, been but too frequently that of directing general attention to what we have conceived to be the culpability of his method of superintending the affairs of our remote possessions. Throughout the whole of his com- Exhibition, and now we learn that the Orleans family leaves London as soon as the Count de Chambord ap proaches it." General ZXCELMANS is to be created a Marshal of France. _ _ THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. The Committee on the Budget have appointed MM. PASSY, GOUIN, BERRYEIt, LEPELETIER D'AUL NAY, and J. DE LASTEYRIE as a sub-committee to consider and report on the state of the floating debt. The Bourse continues to be almost completely neg lected. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 20c., and closed at the same pries; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 80c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 885 f.; Rouen, 6471. 50c.; Havre, 276 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 476 f. 25c.; Avignon, 191 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 420 f.; Basle, 153 f. 75c.; Bordeaux,39sf. ; Paris and Strasburg, 367 f. 50c. ; Tuurs and Nantes, 255 f. Exchange on London, 25f. lc. short. BUSINESS 1).)NIE IN FOREIGN ItAILWAXS AT TUE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Mattel{ 11. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%-- Central of France (Orlean and Vierzon), 17—Dutch Rhenish,3 Li; —Great Indian Penin sula, 511—Namur and Liege, 8 1 ,1—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 3 / 4 ,—Paris and Rouen, 2534. Railways. Paid. Noraiaal Prices. Aberdeen.. • . • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham,' Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Burning., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Cheah June., late 331. 6s. Biusinesa d ono to-day. 16 to 16i Do. Chest. & Birkenhd.,i 501. & 251. Consolidated' Do., 201... • • • • •.1 flristol and Exeter• • Caledoniaß Chester and Holyhead Direct Loud. andrortsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen' East Anglian (251. L. & E. and & D.) •• Do. (181. E. & Eastern Counties , Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares, East Lancashire •- I Do. New quarters Edinburgh an Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C.steek Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland •• Great Western .. DO. New, 171. Lancaster and Carlisle Do. thirds • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. West Riding Unien Leeds and Thirsk • • •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. •• 1 London and Blackwall .. I Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip Lonon, Brighton, and South Coast .. •. London and N.-Western' Do. do. new quarters . Do. 101. sh., M.& it (c) London and S.- Western . Do. new 50/. .. .. Do. new 401. .. • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Idland • • Do. consolidated pre! Do. 50/. shares ._ Do. Bit ruing & Derby Midland Gt. Nest. (Ire, Newcastle and Carlisle. lie. quarter shares . - . Newmarket • • • • . • N ewport, Abergavenny, and llereford • • • • :Newry and Enniskillen .. emu, W arrenpoint, & Rostrevor •• .. • • Norfolk • • • • • . .. 80. New 201. shares. Northern Counties Union North British• • • • • • North Staffordshire • . North-Western • . North & Sth :West . Jane. Oalord, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. cotusn Midland .. Do. new .. Slirewsbury & Birming. Clas 3 A.. 11 1) re °. w s ''' . l B% ss Hereford., .. ford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • .. Do. New.. .. • • "ihropshire Union .. • . Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon .. South-Eastern .. • South Wa1e5...... South Yerksh. and_itiver Dun.• •• •• •• Shell., Roth., and Geole, 14 0 II 13 4 47% 100 11 6 3 li South Divisioa Stockton and Hartlepool swausea & Loughor, 4a.c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames [lawn Dock and Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London . .. • • Whitenaven and Furness York, liewcastle, & Ber wick .. • . .. • • Ditto and Newcastle l i Extension .. —23 dl~.ad -. ,_... . • 17' 100 1 1 0 10% -11 X . OM. • • 85 —B7 xd 14y, 104 23X, 24yi 22 20 ells. xd 4% -5 3 -3% 7%-7% 7 -734 5 - 5 1 4 1N - 17% 2% -3 % 37 -38 8 -8% I li - 34 8 6 8 18% - 18% 65t- 6% 12% - 12% 43 —45 91 —92 —1% 86 —BB 11 —l2 p. 29 —3l 62% 63% 10 954 dis. 6% 6% dis. —5% dis. 18% 19% Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preferenco • • • . York and North Midland] 834 xcl 97 -99 130% —I3L xd , 51( 6 p. xd i'rA 6 74 p.. La— 314 p.xd 90 —fl xd 5% 4 dii. xd 4% —3% xd 100 42% 3% —3% di.. 35% - 36% 4 2 0 'CO 100 84 —2% dia.' 65 653 1 xd 13 1 4 —12 U 37 —39 ad 47% 100 . • • -- • 6% —6% an 44( —4% this . 26 28 13 —l2 Ms. 9% 10 6 6 dis, .• - • 1p % - 50 25 25 22 19 -19'4 18 -18/ 9 -10 6}i -7% 3 7 4 —3% die. 3 —2% dis, 2 19 —2l 9% 1034 1434 15% % % dis. 2% —2% cits, 19 -20 27% - 28 31% - 35% i% --- 34 dial. 3% —43 i, 7 - 5 CD. 3 2 d. 6 7 16% —l7q • .• 8 -7% 16i 16 LINES LEAs: IED & 85 x. 41 14% % 23% 73i %X 5% 17% % 91 90% 8% x.ill 97% 130 131% x.d x d x.d 90 x 35% 36 dls. 64% 6b! x.d 21% X 9% 10 11% 19% ~i 334 7 7 . dig. 3% dlu. 2O U 2$ 27% 28% 34% 35 22% - 23 2% 2 di3, S' % as. % —2 8 1 A 28% 27% id, r T.&i.s. Leasing Business Railways. Companies. Paid. Closing Prices. done. lierks,and 'Rants Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western 6 34 - I P. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee .• Do • • 20 2534 29 34 Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. • • 20 27 —2B Wol.,Birm., & Dud ~calls irly paid, or with a guarantee .• Do .. • • 15 834 934 pad Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • 15 7 8 pxd Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 1734 1734 17% E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern 25 3234 —33 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103 Id X.d Do. 34 Shares Do .. 25 50 —5l Id x.d Do. % Shares Do • • .. 1234 2234 2334 xd Leeds and Brad. Midland 50 9634 97% 96% 7 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern 12 15 4 11% 11% Do., Pref. . Do .. • • 20 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. . Norfolk • • 20 1434 1534 Id & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 xd 54 x.d Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 pxd Preston and L. &N. W. 25 42 —44 Wyre • • S &La.& Y. Do. %;Shares ADo .. • • 1034 8 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate. S. Eastern . 20 2234 22% 221% 154 R0y. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6% 8 x.i Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • 2% 134 1 p. at South staffords. Mr. M'Clean 5% 33( dis. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 Id Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 443 r 4534 ,EFZ: SHARES. Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Aberdeen .. 8 6 s par —% p Caledonian 101. .. 10 6 % Chester and Ilolyhead .. 15 17% 17 •X 173( East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. .. 3 3G 2 36 Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 175.) 7 p. c.:Pref. 2 Eastern Counties Eaten., per cent. No. 1 .. 613 4 —% p Do. No. 2 .. .. 613 4 par p 36 pm Do . New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% —ll 11 Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. • • 90 18 18% Do. 101. Deben. shares . 10 East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. 6% '• • • Glasgow & S.-W. Consol 100 Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. 12% 13% 13% 13% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths 1 p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • 6 1% —1% die. Do. 6 percent. Stock •• 100 • • —• • Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • .. 9 pad Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 .. —• • Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 5 .• —• • Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 1% —l%p xd x.d London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds 100 .. —• • Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 129 Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 60 87 —CO Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 136 139 London &S.-W., new .. 5 2% —2% p. xd Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares 10 Manch., Sheffield, and Lint., quar. size., No. 1 25 14 —l5 x 4 14 x.d Do. new, 10/. .. 10 11% —ll%, z 4 11% 12 x.d Do., 6/. • • • • • . 2 % % Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 130 132 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent... 100 .. 132% Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 .. Do. do. do. 33 10 6 Do. Erewash Talley .. 50 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. • • 100 .. • Norfolk Extension .. 20 17 —lB Do. guar. 5% per cent. 5 —5% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • • North British .. 5 Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed 8 10% 11 10% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. 10 15 15% South Devon .. .. 25 14 —l b South-Eastern, p. ct. 10 • • Waterford &Kilkenny,sl. I • • —• • West London, let Cl. (10/.) 10 .. —• • Do. 2d Class de. (par) 20 • • York, Newc., and Berw., 17 Gt. N of E. Par. .. 16 —l7 Do. b 434 5 York and North Midland II and S. Purch. .. 10 13 f— 1 dle. 9 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 151.,;6 per cent., 3% % • WOREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens • • 20 97‘ Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. 20 16% 17 % Demerara • 17% • • Dutch Rhenish .. 8 b dle. East Indian .. 14 I Ski P• Do. do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula• • b P' Ditto ditto .. % %P . Louvain ala Sambre .. 7% • —• • Luxembourg —• • 8 36 — 1 i 6 Ditto ~ .. 10 2% — 2 % Madrid and V alentia • • Maria Antonia • • • • 25 ** •• Ditto, New • • • • 734 • • Namur and Liege .. • • 20 8 —8• I ,‘ 8 Northern of France • • 16 15 15% Orleans and Bordeaux .. 8 4Ni 4 die. Paris and Orleans • • • • 20 35 —37 52% -- 26 Paris and Rouen • • • • 20 5 418. Paris and Strasbourg • • 16 x.d 10% 1 Rouen and ilavr , 20 Sainbro and Me:..3e. •• `4O Tours and Nantes • • • • 15 9% did, Tourney, Jurbiso, Lan den, and Ilaseelt ••• West Flamers °7. 8 % 1 % ..• 17i MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLI 1 • (THIS DAY.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 3,000 bales, comprising 2 000 American at eld. shortly view . to 7d., 300 Pernam and Maranham at lid. to eid., 100 ; HOUSE OF Bahia at 714. to Bd., 400 Surat at 4d. to 50., and 70 The SPEAKER took the Chair Sea Islands at Is. sd. to Is. 6d. per lb. The market o'clock. was heavy, and American, under 7d., were fully itd. per Mr. fL DRUMMOND presented a p Rates and E% lb. lower. All other kinds without alteration.—ln Rail- place in Surrey iu favour of the County way Shares a good business was done at full prices. penditure Bill. C ° 313 l petition from Stockport Messrs. Schroeder and Mummy, of New Orleans, Mr. HEALD presented a peti write by the last steamer as follows: against Papal aggression. from a pleat? Iru is "At the opening of the second week this year the Mr. FRE WEN presented a petition vecie g as neet Cotton Market presented equally little animation, and Sussex in favour of the extension of th etition from a.. although factors, being unable to resist the pressure of Titles Bill to Ireland. heavy stock, showed themselves free sellers et the esta- Several petitions were presented f t h e cousirY' Wished decline, the week has passed off very quietly, siastical Tides Bill from various parts 0 . litions fro! and the market has laboured evidently under a sort of Mr. M. GIBSON presented several p: , xpen di panic, the business having been confined to 26,500 bales. Manchester in favour of the County Rates Du In prices great irregularity has prevailed, particularly lure B i ll. against the Fice lr. for the lower grades, which constitute an unusually large proportion of the stock, while at the same time they are - almost wholly unsaleable. In qualities from middling upwards there is comparative steadiness and firmness, they being less plenty and more inquired for. Although some parties are drawing conclusions from the late large supplies, favourable to their large crop estimates, most well-informed persons find therein no reason to change their views of the probable total yield, as the present large receipts are accounted for by natural eauses, and do not come unexpected. If the abundance of poor and trashy Cottons now coming to market indicate anything at all, the inference that the tail end of the crop is coming in seems certainly permitted. The most gene ral estimates still run from 2,100 to 2,200 m bales. " We have again to report a very quiet market for Tobacco, and transactions are confined to small sales of old crop, which, in the finer grades, fetch very full prices. Of new crop Tobacco there have not yet been any transactions of sufficient amount to establish market rates, and therefore its value is still nearly nominal. Wo are sorry to be unable to report any amelioration in the quality of the new weed, and the proportion of really fine Tobacco is very small indeed. " A remarkable feature in the Tobacco business this year is the falling off in the exports to the continental markets of Europe, whilst, for instance, the exports to Bremen amounted to 3,419 hhds. last year at this period, they are only 884 hhds. this season, and of this small quan tity 676 hhds. are stems. The shipments to other ports on the continent are nearly in the same proportion, as our table below indicates. It appears that the high prices prevailing, and the indifferent quality of the new Tobacco, are impediments in the way of shipments; and as these causes are not likely to be soon removed, the markets abroad will probably feel the natural influence of very light supplies. The supply of the California market by the shippers of goods from the Atlantic ports, does not appear to have afforded them any large return. It is said that a very large proportion of the cargoes sent out have been sold at a loss to the shipper, in many cases the returns not paying freight and charges. This, undoubtedly, ' arises from the sudden changes in the market, from the merchants not understanding its true character, and, in some cases, from the roguery ef San Francisco agents, who encourage shipments by exaggerated tales. An article is said to be very scarce, and to command a high price. The New York merchant ships a supply of the description of goods required in one of the fast vessels engaged in the trade, at a high rate of freight, a dollar and a qaarter par cubic foot being sometimes paid; others fellow his example, both in his own city and in other Atlantic ports, and the ship ment finds the market glutted, and the goods not worth more than the freight and the high charges of landing and selling them. In the Amsterdam Stock market on the 10th inst. the Funds tended upwards, but there was not much anima tion. Duch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were 57te Spanish Bonds were more offered. In a letter addressed by Mr. Francis Lyne to the mer chants, bankers, traders, and others, of Great Britain, various excellent illustrations are given of the heavy losses and vexatious delays imposed upon the mercantile community by the present defective system of law, and additional facts are brought forward to prove the urgent necessity for tribunals of commerce. Foreign merchants look upon England, in the midst of all her refinements, as in a state of barbarism without a tribunal of commerce, as in their respective countries they enjoy the advantages that spring from courts of re conciliation and of arbitration, and from tribunals of commerce. Abroad, it is the province of such courts to ward off, as Mr. Lyne describes it, "Irons commercial men the heavy and useless expenses of the superior courts, into which a business dispute cannot be carried unless both parties first appear before the judge of the tribunal of commerce, whose business it is to try to in duce the parties to agree to a reference, and in case of his failing by the stubbornness of one, he gives a certi ficate which secures the party who agrees to refer from all future expenses, whether he win or lose in the superior courts." In England the interest of some of the legal fraternity is to " blow a trifle into a costly suit," ac cording to the system which Sir John Romilly described as being " invented for the creation of costs, and not for the due administration of justice." There is a dull market for Public Securities, and prices are not buoyant. Consuls have been 96i for Transfer, and 96a for April. The renewed defeat of Ministers upon the Woods and Forests seems to have no particular or immediate effect, but certainly is regarded as unfavourable to the due administration of the affairs of the country. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 99 to 99i, and the Three per Cents. 97A- to g. Bank Stock has touched 215 and 2151. Exchequer-bills are 525. to 555. premium. Foreign Stocks have been heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. are 194. Mexican Bonds have not realised more than 33 to 4. Brazilian Old Stock is at 92i 4. Peru vian Four-and•a-Half per Cents. are 84i to 85. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been firm at 58i. Railway Shares have been much quieter, but generally maintain fair prices. QUARTER TO THREA Consols 96 Ditto Account 96 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. :From the Official List.) BOARD F HEALENTH., On the motion of Mr. FREW copi es °f te e raemorials presented to the Board of Elealth wilt' r o e ; ference to the Public Health Act being put in fore e the , borough of Hastings were ordered. set Lie COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE e' -- 0 Mr. M. GIBSON moved the second read of tb 2 County Rates and Expenditure Bill. Tfie Bill wag almost all its essential the tosser particulars the same se ..,,,d e of last session; but some slight alterations bad been ne t to render it more favourable with the magistracy, en'opi make the carrying out of its provisions more ea s y -(3' rl eient A great number of petitions, bad boil f P ro ' 0 , s_e u nted in favour of the Bill, many of which Ow ° s es Houseßoards of Guardians. He trusted, therefore, the; . would allow the Bill to go into Committee' ; d of Sir J. PAKINGTON opposed the second resd' i n ,„ 4 o 0 . the Bill, and contended that the, alterations that hat' 'c p . made in the measure had rendered it even more object tie H e week , ° tie able than the measure of last session. deny that taxation and representation ought t° go gether, but he asserted that in this Bill that p t was attempted to be put in force in a manner that would work the greatest injustice. Another serious e's,o t was that which proposed to take away froni the °tile didracy the control and management of county P° ls ' eli t oi count not consider this a regulation for the mafiag,e°3Btioal ?linty -rates merely, but a direct assault on the I ' l , ° ... e , of This ow; ot , rsceounty magistrates by a side-wind. lif swept away at least nine Acts of Farlisupor This yon w t as els() the case with lunatic asylums) th e ; o gle testes )1 which was taken away from the cou nt / beto r° the ___ in the same ay.a The Bill was brought Co ;, _ House last session, and it was referred to $ tat ; .0 mittee by general consent. The Right ion. G e .a llt aoo ) ) 1 twaakseethhaeirtmrolunbloe of t o i t they we u ," l „ o ' 4 the whole weight of evidence went to show 113111 1, * $ Ole . lo a o n k d a i t f thHeone.vidMerofeh,ers woe.--id 6 0 Bill could never, by any possibility, be VI; iii ls , proper working, and that the effect of tR",4 Yr would be to exclude from the rnstogeole- who county a affairs a large number of gent l°l3 . e n li d 011 , ° had large pecuniary stake in the cowl's'', --, beck were i n fact the real rate-payers. The Ei l , l ws,,-pitt'er to mischievous Bill, and the House would do bet st, negative it at once on the second reading) w i tf n or tempting to battle through the 174 clauses? i ll i e " - c orhe r to elicit something like aprinciple out of it la en 8/ iog: or the other. The lion. Memoer concluded by 'nom, that the Bill be read a second time this day si 2 t p ano ose Sir GEORGE GREY raid that, as the 1 : 1° Iol o w ttse - °°` had directly appealed to him and also to the .-- , s y ths t " h h e is d m id otion for the amendment, he must al on ee it gsh o not at all concur with him in his oein i , l3 , l not to the th principle of the Bill.— Hear, hear.) ti e cula r . lch re at there were not many clauses of the Bill "' h i s eS° qu n tr!d amendment, but he coeceived that a Sill of t _ en oire much and important character would neceissrillf i;881, . consideration by the House, and woul d ° Wort B .. ity e r . eceive much amendment by the LrgiAlSarije ed th e. lto came the law of the land.—(Hear, heor.) ; bt per' Bill a never before been before the House, ire a". ree l ; i h . e p t s ed have taken a different course, but bier I c t io " 00 6 ' bow fully its whole principle had beett or the last s ' ain year he thought it was needless to. 11, : t he 13°I. required' ground again. All the amendment wL"e"_o3itteet andcould very readily be given to it in Cow_.,ed to state objections h t j h e e cti o ns proper to stage those he should be. quitwdcfrbeyb7cot Bald portions of it to LP not anent. He would, however,now se.Y "eta . , .... „h 8 ee tiought that it would be a great calamity 10 1- w o pn, if the county magistrates were deprived of the e .. Th. a hich they had so long exercised ter its ben eAot of. Honourae Baronet bad said that the .e..Ps of this me Bill would be to prevent the magistrate§ 11. 01/ with from sitting on the financial NO 7 3 ttarir hi i s hthat he could nut at all agree. Oa th e to act o w n ; I%o o° impression was, that they would still . 01 i oh' precisely as they had done. Ile cartiihe fre' jetted t 0 the fourth clause which restricted t 0 Or essi r o s from voting for me -istrates, for be be othe r tliatthe restriction ought to be A l o boo la s n wiroaat y to:, hne a b n wu d at s electedthat h that a t . members of the b h o s a r i r i . .. 05.i ; 11; because they we a fib magistrates should to be elected. ;sank Stock 215 215 3 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.— 9 7 1,E 4 1 ,i, per Cent. Console Anne New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. ... ..99% 99 99 1 4, 99 Cenwle for Aecoent 96% E ,chequer Bills. 1 1 0. March 20.. June. 1.0004 \OW 52 s • i p Small 52 55 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 tier Cent. 92:k, .1242 __. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 78 1 4 Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl 1.• 0% ex d bi , xican Bonio, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons, Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... Peruvian Bonds, 4 lA t per Cent B4 IA Ditte Account ...... Do. Deferred Zussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 ,! per Cent. 97 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 19% Venezuela Bonds — Ditto Deferred Dividenis on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,( per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 11 t6U Ditto, three months.. 11 17% Rotterdam .... • • 11 )7 31 Autwerp „ 25 30 Brussels • 25 30 Ilamburgh M.B. 13 7% Alton& • ....... .. • • .. Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 7% Ditto, 3 months 25 30 Marseilles .......... 25 30 Bourdeaux.... ..... • Frankfort on Maine.... 119 1 4 Vienna, effeo. fio • • .... 13 0 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 1 3 2 Petersbnrgh, SU. Rble.. Madrid .............. 49% 60 Barcelona .. ........ • • Seville.. •• •• .• •• •6 •• •• (LEFT SPEAKING.) _-..... EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. 62 Leghorn 30 60 Genoa .• •• •• •• •. •• Milan • • •• • • • • • • • • Naples • • •••• • • •• Palermo, peroz • • • • •• • . Messina .. Lisbon. • .. . • Oporto .• • • •• •• „„ ,„ Rio Janelro ••• Buenos Ayres ••• • .. New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia . • ?BIM or BULLION, PEZ on. Foreign Geld in bars 411 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .• 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 0 0 41% 125 125 53% 53% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, MARCH 12.—Wind S.E. DEAL, MARCH 11.—Wind N. to N.N.W.; P.M., N. to N. by E., moderate. — Arrd. Emilia, Rotterdam, and sailed for Batavia; Winconsin, China; Blundell, ditto; and from Alexandrina, Alpe, B a y ; za, Dolabidar,aosf; 13° S m t. baY John's, ; New Brunswick. Arrd. from t he Riv er and sailed, Christabel, Port en Philip; Santiago, Buenos Ayres; Great Britain, Mon treM; Cockermouth Castle, Grenada. Sailed, the whole of the outward bound. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. °spray, Callao; Favante, Demerara; Themis, Belize. FALMOUTH, MARCH 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Al wine, Rio Janeiro. Sid. Active, Jacmel. Off port, Cashmere, Calcutta. SCILLY, MARCH 10.—Wind N.Y., strong and squally. —Arra. Charles Kerr, Moulmein, leaky, and with crew sick. THE PETITION AGAINST THE 8401%010111 nce• FIELD FROM THE CITY.—Tbe City petition jsainhe presented to the House of corporat e /1 1, ,e for wxen, Bart., M.P., in favour of theat" thor largement of Smithfield-market, up to last nib b o d no less than 25,143 signatures. The natoe ell-pile each party is written at full length upon 663 6 „der e f ment, extending to a length of a bout a c1u,"„,.. gest Y e t i - OP The petition weighs foiths. - This th„,„tist P e W ti bfi presented to the Hcuse since the celebrated t'"'" *Om -130.4r rf . ' rja LEASING OF THE SHREWSBURY A na:- LINE TO THE LONDON AND NORTH-VirESTR-beeu We understand that an arrangement has P st f e w b ear : 10 ,,, c1 having only been completed within the leet ch i e web l les, tween the shareholders' committee of the P' co open"„ sou Birmingham and London and North terms of which the latter company take ale 5 3 i per e at` _w e eterll br osba t it, Birmingham line at 3 per cent for two Yeel s ;,,, t ron e 5 /00 1 „ .. the next two years, and 4 per cent. for tb° tt`; The negotiation was conducted on the Plt`t . " - t holders' committee by Mr. Scott, and ° II the W I/Ir b i l /611 London and North-Western Company, hY have g,/S, secretary. We understand that eminent co rn „ the Sh eet to it as their opinion that the agreement betwee or tly bury and Birmingham and the London and '4. ljttje is invalid —Advei tiser OOP S la h V P e • h kl RAT STATISTICS.—OUF readers ...11 „ric- , wee 'des of vast quantities of rats broug,l,ftspiourttl,;:illor2,,slifttebe; the past year for the purposes of a celebrated rat-catcher, named Joseph r ° ` / 1 e ,7; ham, brought to one public. house in the fel% Tiii_ tio t tl f 11,164 rats, which he sold at 2s. 6d. per doi! od t he o or to took away from the town in this short Pe" o f O h ., Or 254/. Os. 11d. He declares that another Yea r ,,eses ' l f , the work would have made his fortune, and ocil:pittiOgroelei viction that when the authorities stopped r li w iolt s at er t struck a severe blow at the prosperity of 1 1?, 5 , 0 being ths is certainly clever at his gentle craft; hee l er of ri t _ore ll cellent catcher he is celebrated as being a trai c f ri or e. is to say, he will make them go through ! ll ,,, n boseef he 4 1 b / such as picking up cards, drinking out ol t _tb welle has in his possession ten rats, each of 'Wu"' s oP Ipswich Express. itloo o , k g oro - ,h WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE.—A n c 11,,,`; 6 1 BY lIE R. HUSBAND.—On Friday Mr. JoYb„ - l e oli lic r V concluded an adjourned inquest at the The i tt ;'' body of Frances Munday, aged 39 years• or geoll ie be/ hearing the evidence of Mr. Adam Adanis,% ° f t or dlcO d town, who made a post mortem e xasingi ti „°,olo oo 1 10 0 1 since the first day's inquest, returned an ullt o " l obe " Wilful Murder, from ill-treatment receiveor cid Daniel Munday," and who is now in c ostool• t i m eso t• boo WOMAN'S WILL.—Dip the At ial3tic ori at d' er. with a teaspoon ; twist your heel into the W oa d sub. n 66r d bp make postmasters perform their pro Mies,,. h0005,`-, pay the printer; send up fi shinghooks wit° " o coln o , e ;ie, r ; ', o for stars; get astride a gossamer and dial o f i".„00 1 ',:, the rain is coming down like the catarse4l,o a c oos' ; member where you left your umbrella; bitheecoOre with a brickbat ; in short, prove all thiogst. or opt "„bid 1- dered impossible to be p oss ible, but never o p her B Av ay y m s a h n e t w o o s n a ,t. ylb A e nz u, erir -ill, awnhrenapserhe. has Illa u° r oillg' of too f ee, GREAT FALL IN EGGs.--Yesterafki Air. Leto 01 1 . to rrieree;e tye 60 0 one_ of the covered spring vans belonging Cow-cross, Smithfield, the well. eggio the i w ib square,atedisteitile boost passing down Dean-street, Red Lion of Holborn, the patent axletree 2,!, 1 1 3 uPn li o t hart l , l3ll ol . centre, and the driver was flung 1°1 ” - e Wes 13-t ec 4 " - Jis with considerable velocity—fortunately, b oaf f ibic the shock was severely felt among thrrehegtglitroughlbreevers which were irretrievably fractured. -- e n ; b l o cked 11P admits but one carriage at a time , lw rei gi hours in consequence of the acciden t. • oov The eye may scan the face, but s°liii tile r iP a $ a sefu by souls.—Eliza Cook's Journal. O n° 1 03 . t We have pleasure in announe we l. eve/ e t has stance of her Majesty's readiness t o foe;enatrongoo sae benevolent undertaking, that the Roe tenl° been extended to the Industrial Both for fering under the Reverses of Fortune' fissitio"' itO'r EXTRAORDINARY FEAT AT Corbet t ' i to ; t si l l e• $11:111111:- Tuesday a man named Thomas complished the following feat :—Fcir w ag e r .eta add .1 0 7i$ agreed to trundle a wheel three feet it in t d: o is u ty-fo: d o r b T i glo f ing two cwt., to Doncaster and bae'", protect e d t rod tie 1 eleven hours. His hands were not to we P, sta rted fo eoP - , e , On Tuesday morning, at seven o'clock, b y l st cro vid te e r r s t to: Post-office, High-street, Rotherham. A i n 9001100 f i l ls assembled to witness the start. Fie arf A ivr tw elve V s ro t minutes past ten, having accomplish*" t-13 Totber' -i fell Ifi at they more than three hours. He arrived bi th e tile r ll9_ ,o return, at twenty minutes to five. b a avi ; 137 d; in,,tLone/cl/". an hour and 20 minutes to spare. -L.' s •••••• 3" was witnessed by several hundred spectators. On Frederick 2: a i t n ln s s t : P o :ln t a h n e ld 7 e t : ht I E . n s t., Imer, il E a e g o( OF A SOX. the i s Edward i O re n oi the ith q of an heir' f e ‘j' at Dutfilelaßt:tHe:ace, Islington, tb ° t JG A osp n or A t, r il a iL E.l.Jrsephall _ v olt? On the w .,, h inst.. at Nev'-park-road, :s:lll.Eesaqd.ington, near Oxford, the krie, BRISTOL, MARCIT. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Ar:d. Mon mouth, Cuba. LIMERICK, MARCH 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Energy, St. Jot,n's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11.—Wind N. to N.N.W.— Arrd. Isabella, Shields for Constantinople, leaky in up per works. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Bo nanza, Manilla; Allan, Callao; Ivanhoe, Matanzas ; Leibintz, New Orleans; Aspland, Mobile. Sld. Cyn thia, Monte Video ; Bowling, Antigua ; Adler, St. Thomas; G. A. Hopley, Charleston; William Jarves, Boston. Off port, Alexander Baring, Arab, Cosmopo lite, Margaret steamer, Bosphorus, and New York. SCILLY, MARCH 10.--Two casks, apparenkiy of palm oil, wort. pa-sect 2,1 instant. DINGLE. MARCH 8 —The sloop Agnes of Tralee, from Valentia, struck on the north side of Inet Bay yesterday, was abandoned, and expected to become a wreck. CLYDE, MARCH 10.—Arrd. Clydesdale, Demerara; James Ewing, Demerara; Mary, Demerara; Gleam, St. Domingo; Cluther, New Orleans. Sld. Gleaner, Deme rara. Put back, Gipsy, Newfoundland. MARRIED. ddinVe. On the Bth inst. at St. James's Chitral, of 1;° of Alfred, only son of the late James Haffenden,PCl:ci wood-house, Tenterden, Kent, to Jane, thud 3 George Bankes, Esq., of Balham-bill, Surrey. "irwrie 2, ' iournalt stAtv, thmt Mi Car' v.rlne Hayes and an English opera company have been eugaged for that country. They are to appear ,about the lst of September. DIED. . DO fit, all' On the 9th inst., in Arlington-street, Maria, Countess of Sefton, aged 81. On the , th inst., at Runcorn, Cheshire, second daughter of the late John Kirkland, s(l•:,,epted• of thorn -cottage, Trent-vale, Staffordshire, lY 13 ' 1 % wicl ° On the 6th inst., at Wakefield, aged 77, Margaret 0 0 of the late John P. Heywood, Esq. onli On the 7th inst., Hugh Woodhouse Acland, Esq'' • of the late Hugh Dyke Acland, Esq. shir e ' V IC On the 7th inst., at Cefnaniwich, Caernarlon, Susan, wife of Charles G. Wynne, Esq., jun., a ged 3 4 ' 0 ,40 0 On the Bth inst., in Alanchester-street, Manchester- Nicholas Kirwan, Esq. aged 75. ' ---- ------.9 '- -----------'-: n fT , lo , I l a i London : Printed and Publi.hed by liIUNDO ‘i i ,: n ; 11• 1 No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at Tha Sun kfico,_,„n ty G Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, the ' l ' l— Wednesday, March 12, la. aged 420,i Tfor /, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH. 6.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34 5.16 for time ; the Four per Cents. at 14; the Five per Cents. at 15 ; the Debt without Interest at si; and the Coupons at 84. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin of the 9th state that there is every probability of the restoration of the old Diet. SCIIWARTZENBERG has it appears repudiated the con cessions he made at Olmutz, and demands the perma nent Presidency of the Confederation for Austria. The whole of the Austrian troops have received orders to evacuate Lubeck and to return to Bohemia. Desertions from the Austrian armies, more particu larly from the army in Italy, are of daily occurrence. The Kolner Zeitung states that the Austrian truops in Lombardy muster not less than 120,000 men, and that another corps of 30,000 is concentrating. TURKEY. Accounts from Agram state that the insurrection (fomented by Austria) has broken out afresh in ...A that the city of ihivjatußa has been captured by the insurgents. ITALY. A letter from Rome, in the Opinione of Turin, of the 7th, announces the occupation of Terni by the Austrians, and adds that 10,000 Austrians are ex pected at Perugia, Assisi, Foligno, and other places in that quarter. At the same time the King of NAPLES is sending troops towards the frontiers of his territory. Hence the writer is led to conclude that the Austrians and Neapolitans are going to form a single continuous military line. The Progresso of Turin of the sth states, from private correspondence, that a camp of 60,000 men is to be formed betwee❑ the Adda and the Ogiio (Lom bardy). Redoubts have been added to the fortifica tions of Verona, Peschiera, and Mantua, and forts are to be raised at Rivoli, on the right bank of tte Adige, and at Serum°, on the opposite hank. New defensive works are also to be raised at Padua, Ver dara, and Venice. The railways that ire considered important in a strategic point of view are pushed on with activity. The Mantua and Verona line is already completed. VARIOUS STYLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—l was surprised to learn that your friend Mr. Cobden prefers the style of the weekly to that of the daily newspapers, the exact opposite having always forced itself on my mind. The daily newspapers are generally in the manly or military style of a person walking up to the subject he is maste r of, saying cour teously what tie thinks without study, and prepared to stand by it, but the weekly papers, except the Dispatch, however talented, are more studied than prepar.d, founded on collections rather than impressions. Quaint ness or quintessence must needs be, full of point, and "nothing injures warmth in writing more than the wish to stick everywhere striking passages" obliguto: the compressed style is the most artificial. Rather than all things wit let none be there. Men doubt, because they stand so thick i' th' sky, If those be stars that paint the galaxy. It has been atat' d that 80,000 pamphlets were pub lished during the old French Revolution, and, notwith standing the cause was impracticable, and the leaders, exc,pt one, purchaseable, all well written—because the authors wrote either from deep conviction or—to save their necks; and consequently they had no time for points and sentences, but only wished to be clear and strong. Napoleon charged his secretaries—"Soyez clair et le reste viendra."—l remain, Sir, &c., H. C. MARLBRO:-STREET--(THIS DAY AN ARTFUL VAGRANT.—Patrick Connor, a sturdy Irishman, was charged befure Mr. Bingham with beg ging in the public streets. norsford stated, that yesterday afternoon he was in Regent-street, when he saw the prisoner go up to two ladies and solicit alms. Knowing him to be a confirmed beggar, witness went up to him, and told him he should take him into custody on the charge of begging. The prisoner denied the accusation, and, pulling from his pocket a match-box, said he was trying to sell them to the ladies. He took the box from the prisoner, and o❑ opening it found it empty. He then took him to the station. Horsford added, that lately it had become the practice with street beggars to carry " dummy" boxes as a blind to their real calling, and the prisoner was one of the oldest hands at it. . .. . ._ The prisoner, who stoutly denied the charge, said he was not begging; he had just sold the matches to a lady, and as she did not want the box, he pia it into his pocket in order to have it re-filled. . __ Mr. BINGHAM said ho sbould put a stop to the priso ner's " dodge" for seven days, and committed him to prison for that period accordingly. MARKET NE W s.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY. Although the supply of English Wheat in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all descrip tions—owing, chiefly from the small number of buyers in attendance—ruled inactive; yet Monday's prices were generally supported. Nearly 19,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have reached us this week, chiefly from the west ward. Selected qualities changed hands, at full rates of currency; but the middling and inferior kinds were much neglected. The Flour trade ruled dull. The im ports are 2,440 sacks and 1,920 barrels. Fine parcels were quite as (lair as last week. Malting Barley was held at full quotations. In grinding and distilling sorts, as well as Malt, exe'.:edingly little was doing. We bad a lair inquiry for Oats. at full prices; but Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were almost nominal. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. — Oats. -- Flour. --- --- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. English •• •• • • \ 1,140 170 2,620 1,010 450 Irish ... •.... 1 6,250 2,440 sks Foreign ••• • • • 18,860 850 1,160 / 1,920 bis BOROUGH HOP ' MAREBT. Our market still continuos steady, and last week's prices are well supported. WHITE CHAPEL For each kind of Meat the demand was in a very slug gish state, at barely stationary prices.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s to 4s; Pork, 23 6d to 45 per 81b by the carcase. FIRE AT GUNNERSBURY HOUSE, ACTON, THE LATE RESIDENCE OF THE BARONESS ROTHSCHILD. This morning, about half-past three o'clock, the greatest alarm prevailed in consequence of a fire breaking out at Gunners bury House, near Acton, and formerly the residence of the late Baroness Rothschild, and now in the occupation of Thomas Farmer, Esq. 'lt appears that the fire was occasioned from the warming -flues to the drawing-rooms, the heat of which was communicated to some of the bond timber, which ignited. The magnificent drawing-rooms, containing arti cles of furniture, pictures, &c., were speedily in flames. Miss Farmer, who slept above where the fire broke out, and was the only one of the family at home, was awoke by the heat and smoke and gave an alarm, and was with some diffi culty rescued from her perilous situatio n, bein g nearl y suffocated. Two sma ll parish engines were on the spot, but did not materially assist in checking the flames, and infor mation was dispatched to the King-street, Regent-street, Station, when Inspector Staples immediately repaired to the spot with:two engines, iind after some labour succeeded in ex tinguishing the fire. The damage is very considerable, but the extent has not yet been ascertained. THE UNITE D STATES.—Miss Davenport is Still enjoying a successful career in America. Her benefit on Friday, Feb. 5, in Boston, was not only a full, but a packed house, to its utmost capacity, although it was the eightieth night she act e d i n that city within fourteen months, a thing unprecedented by any other star that has before visited America. During the above period she has had sixteen benefits, and on each occasion many were unable to obtain admission. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. THOMAS RUSSELL, THE COUNTY M AGISTRATE. Thi s unfortunate gentleman, wh o was in his 66th year had for the last few da ys complained of an attack of diarrhcA Hampstead-road, o n his way to the St. Pancr as . About three o'clock in the after noon of Mond ay h e was pro ceeding down Little George street, T Female Charit y - sc h ool, to w hich institution he was a very munificent subscriber, and an active member of the com mittee. On reaching a greengrocer's shop in Little George street, but a short distance from the school-house, he begged permission of the owner to go to the closet, which was granted. As he remained there a considerable time, the owner of the place went to see what had happened to him, and found him apparently lifeless. Medical aid was procured, but life was pronounced extinct. Some difficulty at first arose as to his identity, but it having been suggested by a person present that he had often seen a gentleman like him at the Female Charity-school, a messenger was sent there with his hat and stick, which were not only at once identified, but his identity was further placed beyond a doubt by the messenger recognizing his portrait in the hall of the institu tion. The immediate cause of death is believed to be a sudden attack of spasmodic diarrhea or cholera. The body was in the first place removed to the school-house, in the Hampstead-road, and subsequently to his residence in Albert road, Regent's-park. The deceased gentleman was a church trustee of St. Pancras. The burgesses of Sheffield have declined to es tablish a public library and museum under Mr. Ewart's Act. They were polled on the question, when out of 10,986 vuters on the Liurgeffs roll, only =DS took the trouble to express an opinion. For the measure to be carried two thirds of the votes must be in its favour; that not being the case in this instance, the question is set at rest for a period of two yore, 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 tOt 3 t4r, 40 C1 ket 0) , toi