The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Wilson, Sneinton. Nottinghamshire, butler. William Brown, Bingham. Nu:thigheaushire, black. smith. Richard Rawson Whitworth, Nottingham, plumber. joiner. James Cooper, Nottingham. James Jillings, Southwld, Suffolk, fishmonger. William Wyborn, Ramsgate, bootmaker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Clarkson, Leith, china merchant, to meet, March 17, and April 14, at one, within the Ship Hotel, Edin burgh. J. Taylor and W. Taylor, Cambusbarren, shawl ma . ufaeturers, to meet, March 18, and April 8, at one, ithin Gibbs's Hotel, Stirling. S. Smith, Crosshill, Rentre4lp bricklayer, to meet, March 21, and April 11, at , within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXC. ADVERTISEMENTS intended for insertion are requested to be forwarded to the Publishers before Saturday, the 29th ; and BILLS not later than Monday, the 31st instant. London: Long - man, Brown, and Co., 39, Paternoster-row. MADLLE. CAROLINE DUPREZ. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It Is spectfully announced that this Theatre will OPEN on SATCRDA' next, March 22, on which occasion Madlle. DU PREZ will make her first appearance in this country, as Lucia, in Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. To be followed by a now and original Ballet, a la Watteau, entitled L'ILE DES -. ..A.11011R5; Ctitirmed by M. Pail Taglioni, the Music by M. .aloud, the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, in which Madlle..A.malia Ferraris will appear. The grand Opera of Gustavus is in active preparation, and will be produced on Saturday, the 29th March, in which Madame Fiorentint wilPsupport the part of Madame Ankerstrom. The part of Oscar by Idladlle. Caroline Duprez, and Gustavus by Signor Calzolari. THEATER ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's S?..!Vaati THE TURNPIKE GATE. itl To be followed by a petite Comedy, ent ed A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J. Anderson and Mrs. Nisbett will appear. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, 'N ME PRODIQA.L. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander sea ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucher's, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining; Nette, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, it tdlle.Victoritie LegTWremier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who 11,30 been expressly eng for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. AcT I. INTERIOR of REI7B EN'S TENT, Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of As eel 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 Almees. Grand Pas de /fascination by Madlle. lactorine Legraln. The ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Palser, Julie, and Coryphees. The Clamester—False Diee—Aiiel'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 Pm dePoigna'r - ds by the Coryphecs. Amid recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT M. TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Dry er. Arrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal- tho Slave—the False Friend—the Gilt Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Retnrn of the Prodigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARK,Ei Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, 01,1 Brornpton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Tragedy of M-iCBETII. Duncan, Mr. Rogers ; Macbeth. Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Howe ; Mac duff, Mr. J. Wallack; Lady Macbeth, Miss L. Addison; 'Tecate, /1191 P. Horton. _ . _ _ To be followed by a new ana original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NoTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr, Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. Cnder the diro^tion of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled 13E,CPUEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride or Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolae, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnarsed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; ri ii Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major stiff, Mr. Freeborn ; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Knee/. 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 a new Melodrama, entitled PAULINE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew!. THIS EVENING, Will be perfermed A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, So be called KING CHARMING, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, llorncastle, Suter, BeUingham, and Bonner ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. S. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with TIIE EINGDOVES, in which Meisrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Rae Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be nerfor ned CHARLES KING. After which SEXTUS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE WHITE STATUE, lie which Madlle. Adele, Miss Lees, and Tom Mathews will appear. ASTLLY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATIIE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING, _ The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF /RC ; or the Mail of Or leans, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To coaclude with TEKELI ; or, The Siega of Montgatz. BOX-ElenCe open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tina DAT —Morning 34 min. after 1 i Evening 59 min. after 1 To-Mosaow—Morning 21 min. after 2 I Evening 43 min. aster 2 THE WEATHER.—Sux Omer:, MARCH 16. THERmomETEB, TRH SHADE. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 45 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 2916. WIND N.W.—fine weather during the day ; rain and thunder storm in the evening near town. MONDAY, MARS 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.68. WIND E.S.E.—foggy, with rain all the morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (Du - sus) —Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Pnrmoum—Wind N.W., calm—foggy. PoOLß—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Hasrruas—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. liilownianzrrox—Wind N. 'N., strong breeze—rain. FotausroNE—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. TuNuamom—Wind E., calm—heavy rain. 11Asnms - romE—Wind N. calm—snow. G tiE EN WICH—Calm —heavy rain. SWINDON —Wind N.W., light airs—overcast. LEIGHTON —Wind N., gentle breeze—rain. COLCHESTER — Wind S.W., gentle breeze—heavy rain. CAMBRIDGE—Wind N., gentle breeze —heavy rain. Brusirticaram—Wind S.E., calm—foggy. PETERBOROUGH—Wind N., gentle breeze —rain. YARMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. CREWE—Calm—partially cloudy. CONWAY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze — cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—stowery. lavuupoor.—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partiklly cloudy. Lamm— Wind S.W., calm—foggy. loam—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. l axcAszmu—Wind S.E., calm—rain. RITBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. DARLINGTON— Wind S., gentle breeze—slight frost. t P - -Wind S.. calm —rain. urval AvEs—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. CARLlslat—Wind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. Bmarrocm—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. istr,*WlCK—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and Weather on Friday morning at nine o'cieck _ - - - LIMERICK -Wind Mir CAtitww--Wind S. W,, gentle rain. _p_breeze-partially cloudy. bi criLING AR- o'ind S. , ity,, breeze-principally cloudy. gentle bra LEIGH Tox-Wind W. 441RMLNGHAM - W ind S. gentle breeze-partially cloudy. breeze-cloudless. PBTERBOROUGII--Wind S. w., gen b,r i eeze- partially cloudy. Tally cloudy. CRIWE--.Wind S.W., strong breeze e LIVERPOOL-Wind S.E., gentle bre ez T Tosic-Wind S., gentle breeze - partiall y 3 T e e i loudy. LANCASTER-Wind S., c alm-prinFipall DARLDTGTON-Wind W. S. W., gentle btPaze eer &up-Wind S., gentle breeze-rain. s l i ght showers. WRlTimivicif - Wind S.W., gentle breeze- over _ CARLisui- Wind W., gentle breeze -cloudy. ''''' BRATTOCK-Wind N.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy, ...... "=7 . ff ft 9 111.4 :e ..._.) A II MA, , i 104 '''' -v. rem , --,A -.• zil ,--, "k....Z.:t , li-Pti.; , 1 .-'... 4 r. , , 'AI \.;: tt t '..a,„,„4. .J . • t:IN 40 . Ie eftritina ,41*-3111t LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1851. It is said that the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Inverness-shire, anxious to avoid occa sioning any additional difficulty to the already suffi ciently-embarrassed Government, has declared his intention'of postponing his motion respecting the affairs of Ceylon for some time, until the Ministerial w i s ig h as pq: , (l away. We can easily understand the natura at.7:loty of Mr. BAILLIE to bring the Cey lon question, rospe , :ting which be has taken so deep an interest, under the consideration of Parliament at the earliest opportunity. The special Committee ap pointed by the House of Commons have already closely investigated the various transactions alleged t , have taken place in that island, but they have not, we regret to say, received that assistance from the Colo nial-office or the Government to which they were entitled. It was, therefore, perfectly right that the Chairman of that Committee, the gentleman who had originally introduced the subject, and who had exhibited the greatest activity, zeal, and intelligence in his management of the entire affair, should call upon the House to support its Committee, and to act upon the report and the mass of evidence which had already been delivered. The motion was, how ever, regarded by the Premier as tantamount to a vote of censure, and he announced his intention of delaying the amended financial statement, about which the nation was so greatly excited, until the Ceylon question had been disposed of. On Saturday we pointed out the probable reasons by which the Noble Lord was influenced in adopting this extraordinary course; he would rather sustain a defeat on any subject than on one of finance. Gladly would he get rid of the unpleasant topic until the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill had been finally disposed of, and the only obstacle to a junction with Sir JAMES GRAHAM and the more liberal section of the Peelites were completely removed, and he could rid himself of the incubus that has been more intolerable to the un fortunate Prime Minister than the old man of the sea was to the sailor SINBAD, or the abhorred hag to the merchant ABUDAH, viz., the presence of Sir CHARLES WOOD as Chancellor of the Ex chequer. _ _ If defeated on Mr. BAILLIE'S motion, the farce of " resignation " could be re-enacted ; a few more weeks might thus be got rid of. Lord STANLEY might again be sent for, but the impedi ments that already proved insuperable still exist. His followers have acquired no great experience during the few weeks that have elapsed since he deplored their deficiencies in that respect, declaring that there were " few, if any," who had the necessary knowledge of,official matters for carrying on the Government. And if he Wit felt that he could not safely appeal to the country or resort to a dissolution of Parliament, while the Supplies were unvoted and the annual Bills— the Mutiny Act, Fic .—unsanctioned, his position has not been in any degree ameliorated since. Indeed the expiration of the income-tax on the sth of April, without any substitute :therefor, converting the anxiously-looked for surplus into a deficit, would ma terially increase his difficulties if about to assume the helm of the vessel of the State. The " Heir of Derby" would, therefore, again fail, if he should even be so rash as to undertake the responsibility for a single mo ment, and a plausible excuse would then be afforded for again resorting to the assistance of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon, and sacrificing the emasculated and mutilated Bill, the "ridiculous mouse" produced by the parturient mountains of " Protestant feeling" and " national independence," so loudly vaunted by the Noble Lord. It would indeed be but " a trifling offering"—by no means worthy of the importance attached to it by either party—to the negotiations carried on during the Ministerial crisis, and one to which we believe the community in general are now totally indifferent. If it can be carried in its original form, well. Although that was feeble enough, it was good for something ; but we say advisedly that the abridged and at tenuated proposition now brought forward by the Government is nothing but " a mockery and delu sion," that it is in every respect worse than useless, and that it is absurd to occupy the public time on such insipid trash. The opportune withdrawal of Mr. BAILLIE'S motion, will, however, take away this excuse. The choice of weapons wkereby to perish is no longer open to the disheartened Premier. TEE BUDGET MUST BE BROUGHT FORWARD, and the country must be enlightened with respect to the four weeks' labours of Sir CHARLES WOOD. We must know how Schedules D and E are to be disposed of. We must know whether the taxes on light and air are to be re tained in their present obnoxious form, or whether they are to be really and truly abolished, without an equally objectionable substitute being enacted in their Place. Abovo, all, we must know whether the ridi culous attempt to pay off the national debt, by main taining the most obnoxious imposts, is to be perse vered in. There is no choice, no evasion—Lord JOHN RUSSELL must either at once repudiate his imbecile colleague, and act according to his own better judg ment, or he must be prepared to meet his fate with resignation, certain that the unanimous verdict of the community on his defunct Government will lay the catastrophe to the account of Sir CHARLES WOOD. Politicians of even the most democratic order throughout France have been compelled all along to acknowledge that the election of the Prince Louis NAPOLEON to the Presidency was attributable en tirely to the devotion cherished by the people for their imperial souvenirs. Upon any other conjec ture the triumph of the previously exiled son of the ex-King of HOLLAND would have been altogether un accountable. lit was manifest, to employ the expres sion of M. DE LAMARTINE, that France wished to shelter herself, after so many troubles, under the shelter of that great name which, after an interval of more than thirty years, still exercised over the imaginations of her children a kind of posthumous dictatorship. Sorely wounded by the insurrection of June, when civil war desolated the streets of her capital, and when a patricidal band of rebels smote the very vitals of the Republic, France was carried away by a profound solicitude to assure to herself, by some means, however eccentric, the chances of recruiting her strength by a period of tranquillity. Hence it came to pass in the December of 1848, that a man without any antecedents whatever as a statesman and an administrator, was chosen by the electors of the depart ments in preference to CAVAIONAC or LAMARTINE— in preference to the soldier who had crushed under his heel the bloodstained form of Rebellion, or of the poet who had, with his persuasive voice, called a regular system of Government into existence out of the chaos of a Revolution. Fortunately for the mul titude, their choice fell upon one not altogether un deserving of their confidence. Had the heir to the fortunes of the BONAPARTES been some mere adven turer, indifferent to all the laws of public morality, and resolved at all hazard to further his own interests, ir respective of every generous consideration, the Republic would have been delivered over, bound hand and foot, to the mercies of a powerful and, under the circumstances, an almost irresistible aspirant for despotism. As it was, the PRESIDENT turned out, to the surprise of his deriders, a man of honour, courage, probity, calniness, reserve, and circumspection—all qualities essential for the happiness of the country in its most embarrassing position, and absolutely requi site for its chief ruler, if he would maintain himself against his innumerable assailants. Instead of con spiring at once to transform his household into a court and to transfer his residence from the magisterial abode of the Elysee to the palatial dwelling of the Tuileries, Louis NAPOLEON showed himself from the very outset solicitous to testify his scrupulous al legiance to the Constitution. Ms policy was perse veringly one of conciliation, of moderation, and of amenity. All classes and parties without distinction were admitted to his assemblies. He conferred pri vately with the Legitimatist and the Communist, with the secret aspirants for a regency and the pro moters of the cause of ultra-democracy. He listened tteostheewho arguments advanced by the dreamers of a Soci a li st millennium, and to the sophistr i es o f h would fain have brought down upon the land th e Penalties of a precocious restoration. From the first moment of his inauguration he evinced reP.cliaess to li s t en to politicians of all colours, to the reds and the whites, to the revolutionists and the counter-revolutionists —ready to acquire from all quarters advice that might appear to him calculated to secure gomething like a revival of peace and pros perity to the p o p ulation. During all those agitati ng censor was steadily - and capricious months which supreme followed of General CAVAIGNAC from andres"pi-ca.onPslieirbeiePttiiebs r, lYacquiringwe leis sue en acquaintance with thedevolving upon an administrator. So far as the conduct of the national a ff airs was concern ed, the lesson s taken by the Prince Louis NAPOLEON in this most difficult of all the sciences proved most effectually beneficial. Unhappily, while looking to the advantage of the country at large, the PRESIDENT fell into a terrible indifference as to the proportion maintained between his income and his expenditure. Insomuch was this negligence on his part productive of embarrassment, that before long he fbund himself compelled to apply to the Legislative Assembly for an increase to his dotation. Doubtful as to the con sequences that might issue from a refusal of this de mand, the Assembly consented to acquiesce for the time being in its reasonableness. In consequence of which impunity for past extravagances, Louis NAPOLEON appears to have become impressed with a rather dangerous, because most erroneous notion, that he could count henceforth upon the willing grant of additional millions of francs to himself by the gene rosity of the Republican Legislature. The results of this calamitous miscalculation of the PRESIDENT are by this time pretty generally notorious throughout the length and breadth of Christendom. Louis NAPOLEON has fallen more and more into arrear with his creditors. The Legislative Assmbly has at length peremptorily objected to tolerate any such lavish disbursements as would be necessary for the liquidation of his liabilities. The two con flicting powers of the Republic have thus been brought prematurely into a state of open antagonism. An extra-Parliamentary Go vernment, that is to say, a Cabinet composed of men selected elsewhere than among the ranks of the national representatives, has been the daring retaliation determined upon by the discomfited PRE SIDENT. Until now this Ministry of Transition has worked with unexpected success, and an interval has been afforded thereby to the belligerents for their preparation of further hostility. Meanwhile, the Prince Louis NAPOLEON has very judiciously, for his own individual interests, contrived to keep alive the popular enthusiasm in regard to all imperial recollections ; and this, moreover, without any thing at all approaching to treason against the Republican Constitution. Aware, of course, that he owes his position exclusively to the imperishable glory of the fame of his uncle the EMPEROR, he has, with a rational regard to the maintenance of his dy nastic influence with the multitude, endeavoured to propitiate their ardour in reference to their sou venirs of NAPOLEON. To this end, and with a lau dable resolve to expiate a prolonged and unjustifiable ingratitude, he appointed the only surviving brother of his Majesty the EMPEROR and KING to the Gover norship of the Invalides—of that refuge for the veteran soldiers of France under the consecrated dome of which repose the remains of the great Hero. Added to this, he has shown an anxiety upon all occasions to recal vividly to the remembrance of the French population the glorious achievements recorded in the history of the imperial domination. It was thus that the teur only the other morning announced to France the elevation of General EXCELMANS to the rank of a Marshal of the Republic—that brilliant officer who first evidenced his heroism on the field of Wertingen, and who obtained from the hand of NAPOLEON him self the recognition of his meritorious conduct in the presence of his fellow-soldiers at Donaulwoethen. In acting thus sagaciously, it would be absurd for the most fanatical among the Republicans to cast blame upon the PRVlDENT—conscious, as they must be, that in every one of his public acts he has proved himself faithful to Democracy, and that, coupled with this fact, is the consideration that he owes his investi ture as chief magistrate to the influence of dynastic associations. ' e: w.. THE SUN, LONDON, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The review which was to have taken place on Wed nesday, but:which was put off on account of the wetness of the weather, was held on Friday. The troops assem bled at two o'clock in the Cours-la-Reine, in the Champs-ElysC'es. They consisted of three regiments of infantry, which are about to leave Paris—the 24th, the 39th, and the 62d—of two battalions of gend• armerie mobile, of the 9th Dragoons, of ten battalions of foot Chasseurs, and of the 27th and 58th Regi ments—in all about 15,000 men. The PRESIDENT of the Republic left the Palace of the Elysee at three o'clock ; he wore the uniform of a general of the National Guard. On his right were General RANDON, Minister of War, and General BARAGIJAY D'ITILLIERS, Commander-in-Chief of the army of Paris; and on hia left General NARYAEZ. The latter was in full uniform, and wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. Behind the PRESIDENT were the generals in command of the divisions and brigades of the army of Paris, the PRESIDENT'S orderly-officers, and two superior English officers, who were specially invited by the Prince. The cortege was preceded and followed by small bodies of lancers, and followed by a squadron of guides. The PRESIDENT first proceeded along the line of troops at full gallop. He then inspected the several regiments ; and, this having concluded, the drums beat, and the PRESIDENT distributed a number of crosses of the Legion of Honour. Some ma noauvres then took place, and the troops after wards filed off before the PRESIDENT. General NAavaEa, who stood near, expressed the greatest admiration at the admirable appearance of the troops. With the exception of the 62d regiment, the troops uttered no cry; that regiment shouted " Vive le Pr6sident ! Vive Napohion !" This was specially remarked, as it was said some time ago that the regiment had been kept at Paris on account of having uttered unconstitutional cries at the review of Satory. There was a large attendance of specta tors. Some cries of "Vive la Republique !" were uttered, but they were drowned by others of " Vive le President ! Vive Napoldm !" The whole pro ceedings had terminated about four o'clock. At the sitting of the Assembly on Friday, M. DE MOUSSEAUX DE GIVRB ascended the tribune, and complained that the article of the regulations which forbade any petition to be brought up by the peti tioners personally to the bar of the House had been violated the day before, by the fact of a number of students coming in procession to the doors of the Assembly ; the term " bar of the House" was not to be taken in its literal sense, for, in fact, no bar ex isted in the present Assembly ; but it was to be looked at solely with respect to the principle which it involved. M. LEON FAUCHER, who occupied the President's chair, replied that the petition had been presented with perfect regularity by M. VERMONT ; how the petition had been transmitted to that gentleman did not concern the Assembly, as long as the presenta tion of the document was in accordance with the re gulations ; if an unusual concourse of students, or of other persons, had presented themselves outside the House, that circumstance concerned the Minister of the Interior, who ought not to have permitted the assemblage to take place. At the close of the sitting M. DEMOUSSEAUX DR GIYRE laid a proposition on the table to prevent the recurrence of a similar incident. A new mode of settling the reimbursement of the 45c. tax was on Friday presented to the Assembly, under the form of an amendment to the proposition of M. BEERIER. The authors of this amendment, MM. REY (de la Thome) and St. ROMME, members of the Mountain, propose that a tax of eighty-eight millions shall be levied in the years 1852 and 1853 on all capital consisting of state stocks, mortgagees, &c., &c., out of which sum the Minister of Finances will reimburse the 45c. tax. The Committee, after deliberating on the order in which the different pro positions on this subject shall be brought before the Assembly, has decided on placing first on the list those of MM. COLYAVRU, C. LAGRANGE, and Du coux, for the restitution of the milliard paid to the emigrants; after which will follow in succession those of M. BERRIEN, M. CHAvoix, and MM. REY and ST. ROMME. " It is asserted," says the Opinion Publique," that M. BERRYER intends to withdraw his proposition relative to the 45c. tax, or at least, to materially mo dify the manner of effecting the reimbursement." In the Legislative Assembly on Saturday, the Bill for the postponement of the election of the officers of the National Guard was carried by a majority of 418 to 239, after an animated discussion,:in the course of which M. DE LAMARTINE eloquently defended the conduct of the Provisional Government, and of the National Guard in March, April, and May, 1848. The Courrier Francais announces that its publica tion is suspended for the present. _ _ General . CASTELLANE, commander-in-chi e f o f th e sth and 6th military divisions, has prohibited the wearing of red rosettes, or any rallying signs in th e 6th division (that of Lyons.) The Ordre says :—" The Belgian Ambassador, M. Flaxtri ROGER, gave a diplomatic dinner yesterday, at which nearly all the Foreign Ministers now in Paris were present. M. DI: PEESIGNY was among the guests. A secretary of embassy having an nounced the arrival of dispatches from Vienna, Con taining the intelligence that Austria and Prussia had arranged their differences, one of the guests, who, from his position, ought to have received the earliest intelligence on the subject, appeared greatly sur prised at learning this important news in such a manner." The Funds have undergone little change. Five per Cents., for account, 94f. 20c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 85c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYb AT ME T.ONDn',:r STOCF FXrITAY O I-1' ‘prrf 15 . Boulogns and Amiens, 1U - Central of France Orieans and Vierzon), It—Dutch Rhenish, 4 1 / B —East Indian, 15 , 4, Great Indian Peninsula, 2 3 4—Luxembourg, 3 1 4—Namur and Liege, 87—Northern of France, 15 1 / 4 —Orleans and Bor deaux, 4 1 4 4 -- Paris and Orleans, 36 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 11 1 —Rouen and Havre, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 4% — Tours and Nantes, s%—West Flanders, 2%. MONDAY EVENING, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th and 11th have arrived. The Committee on the Debt has passed the first clause of the Government proposition. MADRID BOI4A, MARCH. 11.—The Three per Cents. closed at WI paper; the Five per Cents., 151. Coupons, 84 ; Debt without Interest, 5 11-16. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin state that the celebrated LUDWIG TIECK, Ihe translator of SUAKESPERE, died on the afternoon of the 13th. On the 13th the Prussian Minister received a note from the British Government against the entry of Austria with all her states into the Germanic Con federation. Lord I'ALmEnsToN, however, does not protest formally I:tgtinst the project. It is said that the note adopts in general the same views as those expressed in the not of the French Government, and and e that England w ill no t consen t to Austria easy t carryinggut her project. The Spener Gazete contains a letter from Berlin The adjournment of the c o o f n t f h e e re l n 2 c t e h s ' o w f h D ie r h rs s d lY ‘n s h : Tv ‘ ing expired on the 7th, all the plenipotentiaries assembled on that day. But, we conference will t a ke place between Austria and Prussia loenar then before here,German the negotiation no o p u l s n t:Y are brought to a close. The two ministers who direct them will not before then proceed to Dresden." Another letter of the 12th states that General THUNEN, Prussian Commis sioner in Holstein, had arrived the day before in that city, of presenting a report on the present state for the p of affairs in that duchy. He was im mediately after to retu. n to his post. The best understan4 ng subsists between Prussia and Russia, and in tle recent differences between Prussia and Austria Rassia has sided with Prussia. Two of the Austrian regiments took their de parture from Hamburg! on the 12th. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Mauch T..—At the opening of the Diet of Sweden the Govlmment, impressed with the necessity of introducing t change in the former con stitution kingdom, and in the e l ec t ora l l aw , Chambers various projects of reform presented o to f the the feeling, ch and were which w for e ly the progress of public re favourably received. Two of the Ministers, in peticular, warmly defended these projects of law, which were accepted by the whi citizens, but rejected by the nobility, clergy, and the peasantry. The majority of the Ciambers have just passed a vote of want of confiderce in the advisers of the Crown, and have decided on an address to the KING, demanding their dismissal It is not, however, thou4.lit at Stockholm that the KING will dismiss his prent Ministry, which is up held by the national opinio n , The ICING, who was toxious to return to Swe den, was still detained a; Christiana, his presence being thought necessary on account of the dis turbances which had iroken out there. The emeute was, however, put down, and the troops con tinued faithful to their city, and peace has been restored. ITALY. In the sitting of the Charaber of Deputies of Turin of the 10th, M. MolA acl4ressed a question to the Minister of the Interior on the subject of the dis graceful attack upon the printing-office of the Strega, at Genoa, of which we gave an account a few days ago. M. MOIA complained that the Government had not displayed sufficient energy and foresight on that occasion, and moved for a Special Committee of seven Members of the Chamber to inquire into the facts of the case. M. BROFFERIO seconded the motion, ani vaguely alluded to certain rumours of reactionary tendencies imputed to the Government, which had of late been spread among the people, and which he suspected to be at the bottom of the outrage in question. The Minister of the Interior replied that this was a matter of a purely local character, that the authors of the outrage had committed it under the mistaken impression that they were aiding, and not thwarting the principles of constitutional liberty, and that, consequently, reactionary tendencies were not the cause of that event ; that the tribunals were now investigating the matter, and that any interven tion on the part of the Chainter would only weaken the efficacy of the former. The Chamber rejected the motion by voting the order of the day. From the Corriere Mercantile of Gkenoa of the 10th, we learn that among the persona arrested for having taken a part in the destruction of the printing-office of the Strega, there are three Counts, two Marquises, and one Chevalier, whose nams are given at length. The others are mostly pilots and sailors. A letter from Parma, of tht Bth, in the Croce di Savoia, states that the Duke 3f PARMA has set out for Naples. Ile will stay a few d a y s a t Fl orence, an d London on his s return Exhibition.from Naples hi intends visiting the bave recei v ed Ath ens THE LEVANI - MAIL. 41tinople to the 24th. journals T n ß e y fnr t m h t e e o r t i e h j u e e n v i a B n i t t n h , n m e a a t n h i dli nothing s t of interest. The latter state that IsatAlL PACH . A, Mirist er of Commerce, ha a v k in e g ne r t e i c v o e v p e r r e e p d a f r r a o t m ien h s o fer indispositi on , se was a b ou t t o m riding to England the Exhibition. They mc n a a n rt n i e cl u e n s e d e e t s n ti a n t ed twe f n or ty t - h se e v Grand en Prisoners had arrived from Samos,ildan tranquil at Aleppo— the prudentad t that t all rn eas: measures r e s m of the Pacha, Mo imiteD KOUPROUSTI, continuing to give satisfaction to the population. IMPORTANT POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On Saturday the following regulations of the General Post-office, St. Mar tin's-le-Grand, respecting letters addressed "Post-office, London," "Poste Restante, London' , or letters simply ad dressed "London," were publishedbyers addressed `Poet office, command of her offi Ma c j e, esty Lo 's nd P o o n s , t , nr o a r , ste p r- o G st e e ne ß t Postmaster—n‘t London,' are delivered . Lett only at the window of the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand. The hours of delivery from the Po s t-office win dow are from ten A.M. to four P. els When the person apply ing for letters is a foreigner he Plitt produce his passport. When aloreigner does not apply in p erson , b u t by a messen ger dispatched for that purpose, the messenger must produce the passport of the person to whom the letters are addressed, person. In the case of a messeng er being sent out for as v ell as a written order, sio- e d and dated by such the letters of more persons than one he must produce passports and orders from each pereoa. If the applicant for the letters is a subject of the United Kingdom, he must be able to state from what place or dis trict he expects letters before he c an r eceive them. Sub jects of St a te s not issuing passports are treated as subjects of the United Kingdom. If letters are directed to indivi duals simply addressed London,' and not Post-office,' or Poste Restante, London,' they Will not be delivered from the window at all, but will be sent out by letter-carrier for de kvery at the address furnished by the applicant. Foreign letters addressed ' Post-office,' or ' Poste Restante, London,' are retaired for two months at the Post-office window. In land letters similarly addressed are retained one month at the window. After the expiration of these periods both classes of letters are respectively sent to the dead letter office, to be disposed of in the usual manner. All persons applying for letters at the Post -office window must be pre pared to give the necessary explanations to the clerk at the window, in order to prevent mistakes and to insure the deli very of the letters to the persons to whom they properly belong. It will much facilitate the business of the Post office if the words To be called for' are added to the address of letters which are directed Post-office, London." DEATH OF THE EARL OF ALBEmARLs. — The Earl of Albemarle expired on Saturday morning. His Lord ship was was the fifth Earl of Albemarle, and was the son of the fourth peer by his first wife, the daughter of Lord de Clifford. His Lordship was born in 1794, and married in 1816 the daughter of Mr. Steer. In 1845 his Lordship was appointed a deputy-lieutenant of NorAlk. The Earl is suc ceeded in his title by his brother, the Hon. Colonel George Thomas Keppel, who some years ago was a groom in waiting to her Majesty; and, on Lord John Russell's first appoint ment to office as First Lord of the Treasury, officiated as the private secretary to his Lordship. GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER.—MALTA, MARCH s.—Sir Charles Napier and his suite, who were desirous of proceeding to Marseilles by the Medina, and who were pre vented from a fear that some delay might be experienced by the India mail, which would be i n quarantine on arrival, is still here, but proceeds to-day to Marseilles by the French Government packet which has just been telegraphed. The veteran was last night at the fancy dress ball of the gave nor, and attracted no small share of attention by the eccen tricity of his manner and his dress. THE MURDER NEAR PLYMOUTEL—WiIIiern Rowe, the farmer, who is in custody on suspicion of a revolting crime, and also of having murdered the boy John Bunker, under circumstances already described, underwent an ex amination on Friday and Saturday before the magistrates at Ridgeway. A great deal of additional evidence was given in relation to the charge of murder, and one of the witnesses swore that he had, by the direction of the prisoner, given testimony at the coroner's inquest, as to what he had seen. which was not true. The nurse who laid out the body of the deceased described the marks upon it as quite different from those stated by the surgeon at the inquest. The exami nation, which was most protracted, was adjourned till Mon day next (the 24th), and in the meantime the body of the deceased is to be exhumed, in order that its condition at the time of death may, as far as pissible, be ascertained. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—On Friday, a special general court of the members of this society was held in the court and board-room of the institution, to confirm the minutes of the special general court, held on the 14th day of February last. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Mr. Findley, a post chairman of the Asylum, and the governor elect of the incorporat d society ; Mr. Bryon and Mr. L. Jones, past governors of the same society ; Mr. Bishop, a past trustee ; Mr. Shepherd, a past trustee of the asylum; Mr. Skinner, a past member of the committee of the same; Mr. Boorman, a member of the committee of the incorporated society; Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Oliver, and Mr. Finney, past committeemen of the same. Mr. Pug h, t he chairman Q f the asylum, presided a t the court. Mr. Jones, the secretary, read the minutes of the last special court, which related chiefly to the rules and regulations applicable to the minister of the asylum chapel. No discussion arose, and the minutes having been confirmed, thanks were given to the chairman, and.the court dissolved. 4r ir tki V .111. 1 - 1 J. ALA INDIA AND CHINA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE. We have received by electric telegraph, via Trieste, advices from Bombay to the 17th of February, Cal cutta to the Bth of February, and Hong-Kong to the 29th of January. The Hindostan, with the Indian mail, arrived at Suez on the 4th of March, with about 70 passengers. The Bombay journals announce the unconditional surrender of the fort Dharoor, in the Nizim's domi nions, on the 4th of February, and give a report that a portion of the Prince's territory has been made over to the Government of the East India Company as an equivalent for the debt of 60,0001. due to it. In the Punjaub 450 miles of canals were under construction. Lord Dalhousie is occupied with edu cation in the Punjaub, in which he is ably seconded by the inhabitants. The sum of 10,0001. sterling has been stolen out of the coffers of the Oriental Bank. The Governor-General was in Rawul-Pindee on the 31st of January, en route to Peshawur. The Commander-in-Chief was at Agra on the Bth of Feb ruary. The Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of Bombay and Madras were at their respective resi dences. The Calcutta papers announce the arrival of the three Sheikh Sirdars, on their way to Singapore ; the proposed erection of houses of refuge on the Saugor Island for shipwrecked mariners; the sen tence of death upon the murderer Very ; and the arrival of the Oriental steamer on the Ist of February, with the English mails of the 24th of December. The China papers confirm the intelligence of the death of Commissioner Lin. Keying had fallen into disgrace at the Chinese Court, for showing a predi lection to Europeans. Fears were entertained of a new Chinese insurrection in the disturbed provinces. The health of the troops at Hong-Kong had im proved. A smuggling company of great extent had been discovered at Shanghae. The .North China Herald announces the discovery of an interesting race of Jews in the interior of the country, 350 miles from Pekin, by some missionaries of the London Society. Commercial affairs had improved at Bombay. The import market was brisk, but there was no increase in prices. The high prices of cotton apparently made purchasers hold back. There was no change in other articles. The money market was somewhat improved. Freights from Bombay to Liverpool and London were sought for at from 2/. 2s. 6d. to 2/. ss. with an upward tendency. Exchange on London at six months' sight, 2 to 2-i per rupee. Money was scarce at Calcutta, but prospects were better. The Bengal Bank still dis counted at 11 per cent. Indigo somewhat better ; prices of opium falling. Freights improved, espe cially for sugar, for which, to London, they were at the rate of 31. 17s. 6d. per ton. Exchange, six months' sight, 2} to 2:1 per rupee. Commercial affairs in China were looking up gene rally. The transactions were limited. When the Austrian boat sailed, the Ripon, from England, had not arrived at Alexandria to take the passengers. AMERICAN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING, ARRIVAL OF TIIE BALTIC. The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived in the river at half-past 8 this morning, with advices from New York to the sth inst. She brings 5,0001. in specie, and upwards of GO passengers. Congress was prorogued on the 4th instant. The City of Glasgow steamer, hence, arrived at Philadelphia on the 3d inst. Thousands of Americans were preparing to visit London during the Exposi tion, and the prices of passages in the packet ships were advancing. Our advices from Havannah are to the 22d. Business was brisk. A cargo of slaves, numbering 240, are said to have been landed on the island. We have) advices from the city of Mexico to the Bth ult. ; but they contain no news of importance. The Europa arrived at Boston on the 28th ult. No action had taken place in Congress relative to the tariff. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Stock Market to-day was without marked change, butgenerally heavy. Government and sound State Stocks were without change, but the non-divi dend paying stocks were cheaper. The market is firm for exchange, with a good demand for the steamer. The receipts at the sub-Treasury were 27,051 dol lars. Payments, 7,523 dollars. Balance 3,812,625. Cotton—Talcott's Circular says the market, on the 25th, assumed a firm tone, and on the 2Gth 2,500 bales were sold on the basis of 12f for fair uplands, and 111 to 12 for good middling Orleans. On the 27th the Europa's advices of 15th ult. from Liverpool were received, per telegraph, from Halifax, of id. to id. decline, and a panic followed here. 600 bales were sold at cent. decline. On the 28th, 1,200 bales ; on the Ist, 900 ; on the 3d, 3,000 ; and to-day the sales reported on'Change were 1,400 bales, at rates which establish a decline of 1 cent on those advised per Africa, the market closing, however, with a stronger feeling, little offering, and an anxiety on all sides to purchase. Ashes—The market is steady for pearls at 5 dolls. 62f c., with a fair demand. Pots less saleable at 5 dolls. 50c. The sales are 100 barrels. Flour and meal were in better de mand. Indian corn was dull at late rates. De mand for wheat was limited, and quota tions almost nominal. Provisions—Pork was in good demand, 1,000 barrels sold at 10 dolls. for prime ; mess beef is very firm but quiet. Bacon is scarce and wanted. 600 barrels Lard sold at Bc. to 91c. Tobacco is moderately active ; fine qualities are scarce, firm, and wanted, but common kinds are rather heavy. Sales :-100 hhda. Kentucky, at 10 to 12Ac.; 45 hhda. Maryland, at 73-c.; 30 hhds. Ohio, at 71c.; 35 boxes Florida, at 20c. to 25c. ; 100 bales Havannah on private terms ; manufacture is dull. Iron but small sales. Scotch pig out of store at 22 dolls., and 300 to 400 tons to arrive at 21 dolls. 50c., six months. We have but to note 120 tons T. V. F. Norway, on private terms ; English bars are held at 40 dolls. Freights—Cotton was taken for Liverpool at id. ; Corn at 4fd. though sd. was generally asked; Flour was engaged at ls. 6d., and dead weight at 20. There was no change in London. Havre Cotton was taken at *c. AMERICAN SHIPPING. Cornelius Grinnell, from London ; William ',Wirt, Ashburton, Guy Mannering, Princetown, Isaac Wright, Garrick, Shannon, America, Liverpool and Waterloo, from Liverpool; Connecticut and Duchess d'Orleans, from Havre ; Champion, London, and Margaret Evans, from London ; William Tell, from Havre ; Bestall, from Lisbon; Clementine, from Bremen ; Marthas Vineyard, from Greenock; and Metska, from Stopham—all arrived at New York. Columbine, from Liverpool , at Ap a l ac hi co l a; Eu ropa steamer, Daniel Webster, and Indian Queen, from Liverpool ; Robert, from Cadiz; Medora, from Cronstadt; and Greenwich , from Havre, at Boston ; Scotia, from Liverpool, at Baltimore. _ THE SPEAKER ' 8 LEVEE. —The Right Hon. the Speaker's first levee took place on Saturday. The following noblemen and gentlemen w ere present :—E y ;rlof Enniskillen, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Sh aw L efevre, the Rev. Mr. Repton , Lord Bernard, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. Moody, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Mr. Milnes Gaskell, Colonel Hall, Mr. Currie, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Mackinnon, Sir R. William Berkeley, Mr. Bagge, Mr. Wigram, Colonel Loyd Watkins, Mr. H. Foley, Mr. 'l'. Greene, Sir E. Colebrook, Mr. Corballv, Mr. Char teHs, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Spencer Waddington, Mr. God dard, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. George Dodd, Mr. Archi bald Hastie, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Walter. Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. Blair, Mr Cubitt, Sir P. Grey Egerton, Mr. Goold, Mr. Tenison, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Clements, Sir H. V e rn e y, Si r F. L ew i s , Lord Blandford, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Beresford, Mr. Stuart Knox, Mr. Smollett, Mr. Packs, Mr. Scrivener, Mr. Branston, Mr. Hutchens, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Parker, Lord John Manners, Mr. Plowden, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Townely, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Wrightson, Sir John Pakington, Sir James Mattheson, Sir G. Tyler, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. 0 Ricardo, Captain Duncombe, Mr. P. Wood, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Morris, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. P. Carew, Mr. Stansfield, Sir John Buller, Colonel Wilson . Patten, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr.Wegg-Prosser, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Pigott, Mr. E. Lockhart, Sir R. Gore Booth, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. William Cavendish, Lord Hallyburton, Mr. Cavendish, Sir F. Lewis, Captain Pelham, Colonel Dunne, The Bight Hon. the Speaker entertained at dinner on Saturday the following Members of the House of Com mons :—Lord Charles Manners, Lord Barrington, Lord ' Alfred Ilervey, Hon. James Lindsay, lion. Eliot Yorke, Right Hun. , awson Damer, Hon. Henry Lygon, Hon. Et!. ward Stanley, Sir John Trollope, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Sir William Jolliffe, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Henry Stuart, Mr. George Dundas, Mr. Henry Currie, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Floyer, M. B. Coles, Mr. M. Gaskell, Colonel 11.1!. Halsey, Mr. Thomas Hildyard.. Mr. Moody, M r . Mullings, Mr. tiuck, and Mr. Alderman Copeland. APOTHECARIES' lIALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday., March 13, 1851 : —David Pestell Thomas, Ravenstone, Leicester; John Wright Baker, Derby Thomas Plenket, Edinburgh ; Martin lirydOn, Lamb, Forfar county ; Johnson Martin. Lancashire. MARCH 17, 1851. Railways. Paid. THE SHARE .MARKETS- -~.;r--- EEXTXSH RAILWAYS. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Binning., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. • . Bristol and Exeter • • Caledonian .. • • • . Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Loud. and Portsm. Dublin and Bell ast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • •• Do, (181. E. & H.) .• Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • . Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire .• • . Do. New quarters .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. . • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern .. • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern andi Western, Ireland .. Groat Western .. .. Do. New, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds . .. • . Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. . .. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk •• •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. .. London and Blaekwall .. Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and Western I Do. do. new quarters • Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., 31. & B (c) London and S.-Western Do. new 501. Do. new 401. •• Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. •• I Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock . • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire ,•• Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • . Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares .. Do. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (ire.)' Newcastle and Carlisle. • De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • . .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. Norfolk .. „ „ Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire • • North-Western .. • • North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. Snrewsbury & Binning. Clan; A.. • . Do. Class 8.. • . • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Lo. Halves .. • • • . Do. Oswestry • • .• Do. New.. .. .• • • Shropshire Union .• Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon • • •• South-Eastern .. • • South Wales.. • • • • South Yerksh. and River! Dun Sheft., Roth., and Geole,' South Division Stockton and llartlepool awansea & Loughor, Scc. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. Wale of Neath .. • . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. West London Whitenaven and Farness' York, Newcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference York and North Midland 18} to 19 12• X —2% dis. .. ..... .. 10% - IN 85 -87 16% - 17 26 -27 .. .. 21 —l9 dis. 514 -N Vi - , li 73i -8 7 -7% 5 - - b% 17% - 18 2% -3% 38 - 40 10 - 11 i - '34 18% - 19 8% -6% 12y, -12 X 44 —45 x.d 91 92 2q - ills. 85 87 x.d 11 —lB p.x.d 29 —3l p x.d 63q —644 x.d 85i.d.xd 6% 6 dig. 5% 5 (1. xd. 21 22 t3i —8% xd 'A -34). 97 - 90; 132 1 4 -132•% G -G4 p. 6 -64 p. 3 - 3 1 4 p. 91 -92 4% —3% dl3. 4 — 3dirt. 27,;, —2!‘ d.ati 38 -40 3M VI dis. 66 —67 12 34 —l2 (Bs 38 40 - •• •• 8 1i -6% 4N 4 dis. 28 —3O 13 —l2 dis. 11.,', 12 by, S•N, db. .. - .. X - liP 19 1 A .-- 20 18% - 19 10% 7 -8 3% ai6 dis. 2% dis. 2 —1% 18 20 9 10 134 14}6 % =9St dig, 21 -22 2N —28 X 35% 36 1 % % dis,x.d 3% -43 i • --- •• 7 - 5 al. 3 83 4 3 d. 7 8 16% 17;i 8 - ”‘ 22% - 23 2% 2 dis-x.di Ili 1 disoc.4.l 28% 29 AT LINES LEAS PIXED 7R: 'TAILS. Railways. Leasing Paid. Closing Pr ices. Business Companies. ces. done. --- Berks,and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western 6 34 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .• .. 20 2834 29% Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. 20 27 Birm., Wol. & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. 15 834 —9% p Do., without a guarantee .. Do • • .. 15 7 —8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 17% 17% 171( 1734 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 32% 3 33 Hull and Selby Yk. & M. 50 101 103 Do. % Shares Do • • 25 50 —5l 51% Do. Shares Do • • .. 12% 22% 23% 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland 50 97 —9B 9734 7 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . 12 2 1 0 4 1114 Do., Pref. . Do • • • • 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gil. 4 . 151,i per Cent. .. Norfolk • • 20 15 —l6 N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 5 4 — 6 4 56 Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 p 64 P res ton and/ L. &N•W• I 25 41 —43 x,,,d Wyre •• •• &La.& Y. Do. % Shares ADo • • • • 1034 734 834 p.x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. 20 2234 22% 21 7, i!X.cl Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 63f 8 83( Do. Shep. Ex.. Do .. •• 134 l gip. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 •, d Wear Val. 6 per )t. Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 24 Wilts, Som., & si Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 46 45j4 46 Paid. Anglo-Mexican(is. 51. P.) Asturian • • .. • • • • • • • • • • Australian .•.••• • • • • • • Ilarossa. Range . • ••• • • Blaenarvon Iron and Co Bolanos Scrip • • • • • • British Iron .. • • .. • • • • • • Brazilian Imp. (is. bl. p.) 1 13 01 Do. Cocae; and Cuiaba Do. St. John dcl Rcy • • Cobre Copper .• . • • Copiapo ..... • • .... • • • General.. • • .. • • ...... • • Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago cto Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. • • • • • • .... • • United Mexican ..... . • • JOIN'S Anstralasia.... •• • • • . • • British North America.. Colonial .....• .. ••• • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .......• • • • . National of Ireland .. • . Provincial of Ireland.... Union of Australia .. • • Do. New ............ Union of London ...... Union of Madrid •- . - Canada •• .. ••••• • • • • • Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam.' Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. I [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by Business de-e. Nominal I rice& i to -day. -2% -3% 13 5 244 32% - 32 14% - 13% 32% -34 k 5%- 6% 13% - 14 lL - -- q , 4 IoN —ll N —5 at xiaNIES , 33 3'21 42 — 42 9h 12 25 —wk is 1714. 273 , 5', —27 k, '2B 2 /3N STO 175( - 18 42 - 434 15% - 15 3336 -833 i 8 -3% 18% - 13% ;CELIJINEO I7 S. 1 32% 42% -46 14 26% - 274 BO 63;4 - 724 60 73 -69 WU , and Lble for tho errors of the Official interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NJ' ' VTS • The sales of Cotton atC CITY, TWOpoo ° Liverpool on Sl:tCuird°syCirwe'r: estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 AMeriORTI taken on speculation. The sales comprised 4, 00° *lO O rican, 150 Pernam and Maranhare, at ifcl• to StdLe ., 11 500 Bahia, at 7P Egyptian, . to Sid.; 100 a t Bd. to 84;d. to Surat, at 4id. to 50.; and 70 Sea Island, at ! s • to e. Is. sd. per lb. The market was tame at Previ" but rates. —ln Railway Shares a fair business was dose, market was not so firm. eis Of The want of inreased facilities in the clea r° e goods, &c., and the necessity of greater expedition s o ,t_ n , a Custom-house, which, with every desire to accoran3 keep the merchants, is trammelled so much by form e to e full pace with steam and rail, has induced the prepare'r. lion and signing of a petition to Parliament by the w ore chants, bankers, and others of London. The state : need in " That your petitioners are extensively e ngaged trade, commerce, and shipping. That by th e : Pi.ture, of Government and many enactments of the Leg' s ; : i o f large powers have been conferred upon the 1 3 ° f r p ar .. Customs, directly, by express provisions of Acts ° liament, and indirectly, by entrusting to that departwand of the public service a wide discretion in the issu e b i e e enforcement of bye-laws, rules, and regulations, to w,,„_ Parliament has recently given the privileges, euh.e3oJd and immunities of Legislative Acts, both prospectivelolv retrospectively; that these extraordinary powers ° il k the petition be reconciled with the spirit of our constitution necessity of protecting the public revenue, are fraught with danger to the liberty of the s °4 oe , unless used with great moderation and discreterai That the changes which have taken place in the gel' O r commercial policy of the country, the creation of n3 s y n _ inures _lit! rapid modes of transit, and the great and competition which the merchants have to "Stain o w rre other countries and foreign markets, necessitate e . to . sponding and progressive alterations in the Tbat lion and management of the whole fiscal syste m ' .gent experience leads to the confident belief that the r s - or iii whilst lbth.esolt management and collection of the Customs is unneces t it r w e o s u tr l i d c t t i e v n e d , v m ex u a ch tio t u o s, di d m il i a n t i o s r h y thaendgreoxwpinengsive. adjs. intoth e content if a full investigation were instituStPedirit °f principles upon which the administration and prae tice w the Customs are based, in order that due CO and may be given to such suggestions of alteration and rene_ . struction as may tend to their simplification and uniform' ity. May it therefore please your Honourable Ilouse adopt such measures as may seem best for directing fullt,_ inquiry into the rules, practice, and manageme nt Customs, with a view to their reconstruction and better adaptation to the altered circumstance of trade, and th e extending commerce of the country." The outline of the news by the Overland Mail appea r . to be rather more favourable. At Bombay, the °° °3. mercial markets were more active, but although irr ports sold readily, prices did not improve. Money wa g somewhat easier. Freights to England were at 21. 2s. 6d. to 2/. 55., and tending upwards. Exalting° ent ne on London, 2 to 2i, 6 months. be From China, likewise, the intelligenc e appears to more satisfactory in respect to business affairs, but we have no letters yet. Advices from Belgium state that the Government had entered into provisional arrangements with a corops l3 l to execute a direct line of railway from Brussels to Ghent and through the valley of the Dendre. In a few' days these projects will be submitted to the Legislature, but the terms are not yet known. In the Amsterdam stock market on the 15th hist there was a very little doing in public securities, but Spanish and Mexican were rather better. At Frank" fort, on the 14th, Austrian Metallics were 74 to f, and Spanish Three per Cents. 33 15-16 to 34. Hamburgh advices of Friday last quote the exchange steady on London at 13 4. Money was abundant. The more information is elicited concerning the failure of Mr. Bolding, the worse it appears to be, and name" rous parties in the " house" have to complain of his un fairness. One party suffers as a lender of hard cash to a considerable amount, and the transaction is said W have occurred only the day before the stoppage. The Stock Market is rath er fi rmer , b u t there is net the least increase in business. Consols have been quoted 96i for Transfer, and 961 for Account. All the other principal money stocks being shut, t h e re is noth ing to give animati on t o th e market. Exchequer - bi lls have been 535. to 565., and India Bonds 645. premium. The feature in th e F ore i gn S toc k M a rket is a de cided rise in Spanish Bonds, which have touched 5101 k T er Three per Cents. h ave b een 381. P o rtuguese Four Per Cents. have been quoted 34, and the Converted Five per Cents., 35i. There have been bargains in Sp ani° Passive at sto Peruvian Stock has realised se to being firm. Buenos Ayres has advanced to 5 6 t 1111 ,. 57i. Chilian Stock has been at 105. Russian x°- °°"' tch and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 97f ;and 1) Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 58i. though English Railway Shares are in less reques t ' firm in price, but speculation and investmen t ar : ac t; tively prosecuted in the foreign lines, whic h ar e a better. QUARTER TO TH llBl‘. •9 9 8 61 CLOSO TO ONE O'CLOCK. 964 96A% Consols ••• Ditto Account eRICES OF BRITISEL FUN. LS 3 per t.,:ent. Consols Annuities., 7 9 ' 16 „ 7 9 - 1 ° 'ci lSiqt A o n 3 u o s "to years, e P J ir a e n j . a s n , 18 8 : ( 0 ) lifna Honda, 1,000/ - Ditto under - 1,000(......., ....... Cons , Is for Account 9 6 543 I. & 2 d 56 P 7.xcliequer Bills. 1,000/. June oNE c ° "4 PRICES OF FOREIG N FUNDS. O'CLOCK. b7t A , 561/2 _. -,IWi , riu 56 1 ; Buenos Ayre s B on d s, 6 per Cent. 4t Chilian Bonds 6 per C en t .... lO5 Grenada Bonds, 1 1 /. per Cent ....••• -- 64 P 96N 4% Ditto Deferred 111.33sican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... ---• Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent-- 85 Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 Ditto, Small Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian Bonds Ditto, 44 per Cent , Spanish 5 per Cont. 1340 - 5/ Ditto, Account Ditto 1849 16 Ditto, Coupons Ditto, Passive S IA 5 Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2', per Cent Ditto, Deferred Divith,nds on the above payable in Lor l " n ' Datch 2, per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cont. Certificates 9134 58% OA LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS D• 14 -3C.1 LONDON, MARCH 17.—Wind E. ~, con' DUBLIN, MARCH 15.—A case, without man—, been taming bell class coloured red and blue, ban picked up. Sld. Honour, St. Domingo. r a Opal DIEPPE, MARCEL 12. The Theresea - schooner), of Bordeaux, Newcastle and Cherbourg,anw, Goree, was picked up off Torbay totally dismasted thisl abandoned, and towed in hero by . a fishing-bnat 0f port. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 16.—The Maria Theresa, Frew net, Seidman to Bordeaux, sunk off Spiers, 14th instant; crewved. EM sa DEN, MARCH 12.—The Stadt Leer, Newcastle to Varel, was lost off the Island of Borum, sth instant' and a brig, supposed British, and c oal laden, was seen on shore on Borum Reef, 9th instant; cr ew drowned. BERGEN.—The Gabrielle, of Na p les, sailed hence 26th ult., has put back leaky , having touched upon the Rock going out; the leak has been stopped, and she will proceed. PLYMOUTH.—Arrd. William Bromham, Sierra Leon e ; her Majesty ship Bone tta, Coast of Africa. Sid. Sir Ro bert Peel steamer, Cap e of Good Hope. Off port, Asia, Rio Janeiro, fur C o p enhagen ; Enterprise, Ba hi a , for Hamburgh. D E AL, MARCH 16.—Wind NAV., squally.—Arr d. Ann P or t Philip; Orissa, Penang; Gang es, Mau ..,,lilne, r itius. Arrived from the River and sailed, Nor folk, New Zealand; Ocean Queen, Cape of Good Hope; John Bull, Montreal; Catherine, Rio Janeiro for Hanaburgb; Anna Margaretta, Batavia for Amsterdam. Sld. Vero nee, Batavia; Blorenvead e,-, Calcutta; Mangalore, Cape a Ceylon; Ann Eliza, St. Domingo; Ant, St. John's, New Brunsw i c k; Glasgow, ditto; Glciilyon, Quebec; rest of the outward - bound. Off the s t art, Post, New O r leans, for Lyndon. with the INC 'REF: SHARES. IS Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done D to-day. e __________ Aberdeen •• •• ••8 6 8 4 % p % 6 % pm 43 Caledonian 101. •• • • 10 7 N 7 % 0 Chester and Holyhead .. 15 17% —lB 18 17% East Anglian (31. 10s.) )' 6 per cent. .. .. • 3 34 2% —2% 2% Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. . 1 Do. (71. 175.) 7p. c.:Pref. 2 —.. Eastern Counties Exton., it 5 per cent. No. 1 •• 613 4 N— % p Pm .' Do, No. 2 .. •• 613 4 par —4 p par Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% 1134 1 0 % • Eastern Union, Scrip ,t guaran. 6 per cent. .. 20 173 % —lB I i D. 101. Deben. Shares . 10 East Lancashire, 6 per •• ; cent. quarter shares .. 6 4 •• —'• t Glasgow &Cnsol 100 •• —• ' Gt Northern, 5 W Per o cent. 12% 133( 13% 13% 11 . Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .. 2% %—1 p' 3 1 6 Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... .. • 6 1% —1% d ia ' ~ Do. 6 percent. Stock . 100 • • —•- a Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per , cent., No. 1.. .. .. 9 .•• I Do. 6 per cent., Ne. 2 . 17 •• . Do. 6 per cent., Nu. a . b • ' —.. 1 Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 134 2 P London, Brighton, and I South Coast guar. 5 per • —' .. l i c D t o . ~ prof.,lateC Croydon o c t n . s 100 • Stock, 114 —.... 120 I 1851, from 50/. share. E 1 00 • Do. new n co ew nv g . u s a p r e ., r 6 ct p . e l r c 4852. 100 130 . 5 5 0 6 2 7 _721%6309p. 136 137% London &S.-W., new • • Londonderry and Ennis -10 • • • • , killen, half shares • • ' Manch., Sheffield, and 5 15 —l6 Line., quar. stirs., 2 No. 1 10 12 —IN 12% .1; , MiDo. new, 101. •• •• 3 34 P 3% 6l. •••• • • • 100 131 133 dland Do.co C ns o o n i6 .. 132 % do. • • OO ~.. DDD B OOO h.... mEßrirnied:gvtoo• a s:l h6B,plj,rPer.rGaieclsil'eotosonuytlte°.ese..kk... 33 12 ; 0 1") 6 ...... .....: ...... I Do. Lele. & Swanning. _ OO NsoBwrfp.oegl per cent. . cent . .:... 12 6 5 ° l i 6 :i i I- - 4 6 1. 1% • 17% 4% x.d 5 3 . 4 N p orth o. Waveney Valley • • 2 . —.• Shrewsbury and Bins, 10% 11% w. Mi ° f ' l un .) ad e B ran p li o tee r se. (Nor.d cent . . 10 15 8 •-15% 15% 16 South ShNr eeciffs• Devon South-Eastern , 4 34 P. ct , 10 • . 'W a terford &liilkenny,s/, 1 .. W es tLondon,lstCl.(lo/.) 10 •• —• . Do. 2d Class de. (par) 20 •.: —.. York, Newc., and Berw., 17 . Gt. N.of E. Pur. ~ 16 —l7 434 b York and North Midland 11. and S. Yurch. .. 10 114 • % ills. 9 54 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 151., 6 par cent., 3 7i 4 . FOREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens •• 20 10 1 01 4 Central of Fr ance (Or- !, 10%% 11 103( leans and Vi erzon) .. 20 17% 18 % 18 % 19 18% Demerara [l9 18 74 Epasuptotcn.lniditidaedelL.l.g..e .... ..: 8 434 —3% die. 4 % 1434% 36Y ' do. .: 2 1 0 4 _ l;6 2 —l% p. is% Great Indian Peninsula.. 5 14 % P. Ditto ditto 234 36 —% P. .. .. Louvain ala Sambre 7% • '— •• Luxembourg •• •• ••• 8 I%: 1% 313taaridraidAanntodnvi:ieut.i.a • .... 25 7 2 % .26Uu,:-- 214 . % 1 ~', % Ditto .. • . 10 2 3ii 3 36 3 % Ye 3% % 6 Namur and [9% 1014 20 9 934 9 % Ki 34 10 Northern of France • • 16 15 1 % 15 31 lb% 16 15% 74 Orleans and Bordeaux •• 8 4 334 die. 4431 74%45ji Paris and Orleans • • • • 20 36 -- 84 Paris and Rouen • • • • 20 26 —26}4 26447% [1 1N % Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 5- —4% ells. 11;4 % < 12 % Rouen and Havre .. • • 20 11% 11% 12 %1 i % tr% , Sambre and Meuse • • 20 _ 44,, —4% 1 %4% 54%36 Tours and Nantes •- 15 ' 9% 9 !,,', die, 6% %4 76% Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- [714 7 36 : den, and Result •• 20 .. —• . 1 West Madera .., ** 8% 1% ••••• 1y 3% •~'- 13 14 0 17 100 5 45 100 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 25 12% 1234 11 13 4 47% 100 11 6 8 N 100 42% 4 2 0 100 100 1 100 47% 100 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up Business done to-day. 19 1834 19!,i [tti% 19 b 6 86 i6N, 17 16304 P 2 6% h 253 25 24 5 %6% 5- ''4 3% 4 1 ,4 87A 7% %14. 6 4 /4 4 173'. 18 18►/ 39 ii 10 19 18% 6%% 12% 44% U, x d 92 91% 92 lb [91% 86 [x.(l 11% 12 p G 4% •?.134 63% [64% x.cl 5 % X % 5% 6% 21 22 8 %3(i [9B 97% 98% 132% 132 4M 92 91% 92 2% U % 40 39 40 44 dig. 66%4 67 66% 22% T. % 39 40 8% 9 8% 1% % 29% 29 30 2)j 1% % 1 11 %700043i 1176% 12 11% 8% 7% 19N, 20 19A 11% 12 7 34 %Mi dig. 2%344%% dig. 3 % % % 2221% 35% 37 36% 3 % X 22N "):,', 17% [7‘ 29 28% 29 28% V k 41 1 ,1 ,itC',llnitlh ,N