The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, iu 3 vols., THE NEW NOVEL, PRIDE AND IRRESOLUTION. By the Author of " The Discipline of Life," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IRRUPTION OF MOUNT VESCE'UVIUS, coiNciDr.NT TO OUR COAL-PIT EXUDE METEORIC kXPLOSIONS. Memel. for J. BIRD (charred black, alas, unaided), at Wigan, &e.—Continue the isolation of the bony-fabric thro' in halation of the pure white flame air left ye—refilling hourly the air vase exhaust cylinder of the lungs for inmost beat expulsion to its opposite, the sulphurous fire-damp gas—from the skin•vescicles for regeneration of fleshy covering underneath. This Vesce'ourian system by " Captain" ACKERLET has providentially resuscitated eight (including " the man with his dog"), of the miners " blown" with gas and charred by the late disastrous colliery explosions near Stourbridge, Chowbent, and Wigan, as phenornenized in February, on the 9th to 13th inst. Thus proving (as in like instance at Hadleigh and Dudley Port last year) that his practical utility be lies his caluraniaters—the Government-talking drop• s, and that his usefulness, thro' God's gift, altho' at self-expense—verifies the old adage, that " Where there's a will there's a way"— [See the Cap tain's, " Savoyiennated *notes Historiques"], for alleviating this dire calamity of the working classes. To the :New Exchange Coalrnasters, &c., under Queen Eleanor of Savoy (niece of Peter Duke of Richmond, of Kent and Sussex) : —perverted St. Katherine's Dock and East Smithfield Charity, ♦.D. 1273, in 1399, and 1849. ~ * On " the Quorum Certificate," each sufferer is entitled on loss in life or limb to a state pension or smart from the Greenwich Chest " Consolidated Fluid," as the Act (tho' inverted, like the " Standard With the 10 hours"),— ordains for the encouragement of trade, na vigation, and naval strength. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVEN IN. Wlll be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J Alderson ; L'eanseant, Mr. Montague ; Glavis, Mr. Parry ; tieneral 13..anam. Mr. Eater M. Desehapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des c hapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. To be follcwed by The. Operatic Play of ROB ROY 3IACGREGOR ; or, Auld Lang gyne.- Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistonc, Mr. Rafter; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Emery ; Diana Vernon, Miss Rafter ; Helen Mac. Gregor, Mrs. Ternan. krivata boxes, 3/. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lie. 6d., and 11. Is Stalls, ss. each. s. d. FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - I 0 Upper Gallery - 0 6 ' Box-book-keel s. d. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery *, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 'ale Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING. _ _ . Will be performed THElrtlSo&iiirOF WAR. Captain .Chan nel, Mr. Webster; Lieutenant Basil Firebrace, Mr. C. Kean; Mr. Peter Pall-mall, Mr. Keeley ; Clarina Channel, Mrs. C. Kean ; Polly Pall-mall, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Violante. Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with THE C/IRISTENING. Tae Box-of lise is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. under tke direction o: Nradatue Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed bre , 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY_ Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. PRINCESS'S THEATI:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lesgee and Manager. THIS EVENING / Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE. OND. Alter which HOT AND COLD. To be followed by the Ballet of THE THREE STATUES. To conclude with MY WIFE SHAN'T ACT. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LOVE'S SACRIFICE. Characters by Messrs. hyvenport, Johnstone, Conway, Belton, Kinloch, Howard, Meadows, Lee ; Miss Coreney, Miss Marshall, and Mrs. Marston. After which THE POET'S SLATE. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE. Last Week but Two of the Operatic Performances. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence On MOIDAY EVENING, At Half-past Seven, when will be performed UN TIGRE DE BENGALE. After which NE TOUCIIEZ PAS A LA REINE. La Reim de Leon, Madlle. Charzon ; Don Ferdinand D'Aguilar, M. Lac. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and stalls at Mr. =then's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street. LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Ceder the Management of Madam.: Vestrla. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathe ws. TBIS EVENING, Will be performed ME WOULD BE AN ACTOR. keter which VIE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Dress Boxes ; Upper 'doz.% 48. ; Ylt, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No MU-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. A.STLE Y's ROYAL AMEIUTHEATRZ. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the Dcuble Tight Ropes in a petite Ballet entitled The Hungarian Wood-cutters. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven. with a new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON ; or, the Brigand •f Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. T• conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story. Box-ofllco opea from Elovea tin roar. THE vti'EATHER.—►SUN OFFICE, MARCO 2 TFTEIIMOMETER, Lowest, 44. Highest, 50, Noun 51 BAROMETER. 30'32. WIND W.S.W.-dull cloudy weather. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Correspondent at Tunbridge-wells is referred to a paragraph which appeared in the first page of The Sun of yest rdity, for the information he requests on the subject of the shuttiug the Three per Cents. Reduced. ,:.1(4t1 ATEdiAle LONDON 1111.)4E. Tins DAY erning, 31 min. after 4 I Even!ng, 43 rnla after 4 Ta-tloaaow -3[ 6 nun. after 5 I Eventng, 25 n.in. after 5 \L : I ,4 4:".. ;.;,-- t.... N. ,T C.:41':;74 - , " ...; / i k , Vt "...,5'.,,. ~'' c Z ~:.. CWIII3III a4lll'. lONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1850. The Obstructices succeeded in wasting the whole of last night in the most frivolous and vexatious oppo sition to the Irish Parliamentary Voters Bill. At nearly twelve o'clock, after the proposal of amend ment upon amendment, having manifestly no object beyond embarrassment and delay, the first clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. After a most uninteresting debate of several hours, .the Right llon. the Chief Secretary fur Ireland was unable to make further progress with his very mode rate and reasonable Bill than the first clause, so that, at the same rate of progression, we may expect to see the Bill carried about the commencement of the grouse shooting season. A more dull and spiritless debate it has seldom been our unpleasant duty to .wade through. A. regular Parliamentary opposition is associated in our mind with sparkling wit and brilliant eloquence—our memory takes us back to the time when PITT, and Fox, and CANNING were wont to startle the possessors of the Treasury Benches, and make the old halls of St. Stephen ring with thrilling bursts of bright and convincing elo quence. But, alas, what a falling off is here! The Opposition harangues of last night had nothing to redeem their leaden tediousness, they more resembled the puerile efforts of school-boy declamation without its freshness, than the strong and embodied reasoning of full grown men. The first clause of the Mill provides that occupiers of lands rated at 8/. or upwards, and being registered under this Act, shall be entitled to vote at elections for counties. Now one would suppose this was plainly an extension of the franchise to certain persons occu pying land rated at 8/. a year, and at present excluded, the lowest qualification being under the Reform Bni 10/. in counties. Yet it was seriously and solemnly contended by some of the wiseacres in the Opposition, and even; to our amazement, by one eminent member of the legal profession, who should have known better; that the qualifying and simple words of this clause would have a disqualifying effect, and in the words of Sir FREDERICK TnesicEit, " would unquestionably sweep away all existing franchises for the purpose of recon structing the representative system of Ireland." Flow so acute and able a lawyer as Sir FREDERICK undoubtedly is, could so misunderstand the plain words of an Act of Parliament, we are at a loss to comprehend. The clause .confers the franchise on all persons rated at Si. ,and upwards; these last words manifestly including all persons rated from 8/. to 501., from th e l owes t b to the highest qualification, and disfranchisint , no ne. one of the Honourable and :Notwithstanding . Ihi., Learncil 'Members fur the University of Dublin pro pied that the words be inserted--" in addition to those qualified by law to register and vote fur any election of Knight of tH Shire in Ir e l an d . " After Most lengthened and tedious debate it was consented to add this unnecessary and unmeaning surplusage to the Bill. Mr. HENLEY proposed the next amend ment, " that the w ords two years' occupation a s tenant or owner should be inserted." An amend ment: which, if carried, would produce endless liti gation, involving in every case the intricate question of le g al tenancy and ownership, and calculated to ,produce so much vexatious delay as to deter a large 'number from claiming the franchise, no matter how • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, MAO justly they may be entitled to it. We are, however, glad to say this psuedo amendment was negatived by a msjority of 64, the numbers being 166 to 102. Mr. HENLEY then proposed a second amendment, which even his own party did not attempt to press, and which was negatived without a division. Then came the most important amendment, and which clearly manifested the intentions of the Obstructives. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin Univer sity proposed that, " instead of an 81. rating it should be a 151. rating." This proposition clearly evinced the animus of the opposition, and removed altogether the flimsy veil by which they would conceal their real object, which was evidently to refuse any extension of the franchise to the people of Ireland. The Honourable Member the LORD MAYOR of Dublin ably combated this disfranchising clause, by which the Irish franchise would be narrowed instead of extended, and thus the whole object of the Bill defeated. Mr. REYNOLDS, with his usual ability and clearness, gave a most minute and instructive statistical detail of the Irish franchise, demonstrating the monstrous injustice of raising the qualification to a 151. rating, as proposed, and after a long and tire some debate, which lasted till nearly midnight, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 69, and the further consideration of the measure was adjourned to Monday next, when the British Reformers of the House of Commons will, we trust, be at their post, and, by aiding in extending the franchise of the peo ple of Ireland, prepare the way for an extension of their own, and show by an overwhelming majority that the democratic principles of the Constitution must be carried out in reality, as they form in theory and spirit one of its boasted and essential elements. Government has already, within the present session, acknowledged the necessity of adopting some more comprehensive policy in regard to the management of our colonial possessions. Of all the orations yet de livered, during 1850, in the British Houses of Parlia ment, unquestionably the most bold and statesmanlike was that pronounced on the eighth of February by the Prime Minister of England. In it he unfolded the scheme proffered by the Cabinet for the accept ance of the Legislature—a scheme intended to effect the better conduct of the affairs of Australia. Never, we are ready to own, has a project of this character been submitted to the consideration of the popular repre sentatives by any previous Minister of the Crown, the principles of which throughout were more consonant with the genius of our Constitution. Applied pro portionably to the different dependencies of the em pire, its influence could not fail to operate most bene ficially both on the mother country and on our nu merous possessions. It would effect the moral and political amalgamation of their interests even though physically they might remain divided from each other by the distance of the earth's diameter. Half-an-hour's reflection will be sufficient to convince even the least credulous of the enormous responsibility devolving upon the Government of the British empire in reference to the direction of the British Colonial Administration. When it is remembered that out of that one-fourth of the surface of the globe which consists of dry land, almost one-fourth of that again has become subjected to the force of Anglo-Saxon domination, it will be sufficiently apparent that the number of human beings requiring the aid of our legislation is more enormous than that obedient to any other terrestrial authority. For, excepting:the central portion of the North American continent, all the rest of the countries populated by the children of our forefathers still continue to offer allegiance to that august sceptre which has descended from the hands of ALFRED to those of VICTORIA. A rapid enumeration of the colonial possessions scattered through both hemispheres, and looking to the counsels of West minster for their guidance, will enable us to obtain at a glance some adequate conception of the magni tude of the task entrusted to the ability of our Ad ministrators. Europe, besides comprising the fountain-head of the great race of the Anglo-Saxons, the source from which all this enterprise has emanated, contains also some of those small yet inestimable dependencies which are in reality among the most important of our possessions. Conspicuous among these are the lonian Islands, commanding the whole of the 2Egean Sea ; 6-ozzo and Malta commanding the centre, and Gibraltar commanding the entrance of the noblest of all the inland seas, the Mediterranean. Northward, again, is the store-house and observatory of England during the periods of European warfare, the island of Heligoland. Asia embraces the vast and fruitful dependency of Hindostan, stretching from Cape Comcrin to the Himalayahs, funning the southern limits of Thibet, irrigated by the waters of the Indus, the Ganges, and the I3urampooter. Within the presidencies alone of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, are comprised an extent of .553,000 square miles, and a population of 83,000,000. Among the provinces obedient to the rule of the VICEROY at Calcutta, are, of course, Cachar, Jynteah, Aracan, Martaban, Tavoy, Ye, Murgui, and others, together with the states of Berar, Oude, Mysore, Travancore, Cochin, Sattarah, Rajpootanah, Bundle cund, Sinde, the Punjaub, and other subordinate por tions of the gigantic territory of Hindostan. Beyond these, amidst our numerous Asiatic possessions, must be enumerated the island of Ceylon, the Lacradire Islands, the Maldive Islands, the Andaman Islands, Hong-Kong in China, Aden in Arabia, and Labuan and Sarawak in Borneo. Africa, besides containing the spacious colony at the Cape of Good Hope, stretching northwards be yond the Orange River, must be viewed as associated with our dependencies of Sierra Leone, the River Gambia, Liberia, Cape Coast Castle, and Fernando Pc, with Ascension Island, St. Helena, the Mauri this, Rodriguez, and the Scychelle Islands. America, apart from the United States, is popu ated by many millions attached to the Anglo- Saxon institutions, and directly subservient to the British Government throughout the Hudson's Bay terri tories, the two Canadas, Newfoundland, Queen Charlotte's Island, Vancouver's Island, the Ber mudas, the Bahamas, Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbadoes, Dominica, Antigua, and the remainder of our West Indian possessions. Apart from the four great continents, England possesses in the Southern Ocean a gigantic island, partaking in magnitude rather of the character of a continent; and, in addition to Australia; the insular dependencies of New Zealand, Auckland Island, Campbell Island, Macquaries Island, Van Diemen's Land, Desolation Island, St. Paul's, Amsterdam, Gough's Island, Sandwich Land, the New Orkneys, Georgia, Faulkland Island, South Shetland, Chatham Island, Palmer's Land, Enderby's Land, Adelie Land, South Victoria, and other possessions scattered over both the great oceans, and extending in either direc tion to the extremest limits of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Dominions thus spreading over the surface of the habitable and even uninhabitable globe own the sway of that wonderful empire which has Westminster for the seat of its central Government. Upon the lead ing members of that Government reposes the awful and ever-in creas i ng res p ons ibilit y o f so legis lating for the management of those immense and wid e l y separated colonies that the whole fr amework of the Bri tish should be pres erve d in harmon y, _and that too, be empire observed, during an age which has been designated by one of its greatest thinkers, an age of universal downfal and disruption. Such a labour of conserva tion and development is altogether incompatible with the maintenance of the existing policy. This the ruling Administration recognizes. This Lord Jour; RUSSELL himself has almost in so many words avowed. The initial measure in a grand move ment of amelioration has, we believe, been commenced by the introduction of the Bill for the Government of t he Australian Colonies, a Bill submitted to the House of Commons by the Prime Minister on the Bth of Fiibruary. 1 • et us hope that a change so auspiciously commenced may not be unhappily impeded in its progress through the Ligislature, but that in this instance the good intentions of the Government may be realised through the earnest cc-operation of the Parliament. ILLNESS OF MR. B. DISBAELI, M.P.—The illness from which Mr. Disraeli is buffering is not of a serious or alarming character, it being merely an attack of in fluenzl, which does not demand any further medical care than that of his ordinary professional attendant. A great number of the honourable gentleman's political friends called personally at his residence, at Rutland•gate, in the course of yesterday, and the answer given was that " Mr. D israeliis much the same." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The discussion on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill was commenced on Thursday in the Assembly, and was adjourned to the day following. In the course of the sitting M. CABAL complained that his letters had beon opened at the Post-office ; and the Minister promised to inquire into the subject. It is said that M. DE PERSIGNY, the French Am bassador at Berlin, has been instructed to inform the Prussian Minister, that France would consider any invasion of Neufchatel by Prussia, as a menace against France. The PRESIDENT has ordered the garrisons of the eastern frontier to be strengthened. The following letter has been addressed, by M. Louts BLANC, to the editor of the Petrie : " Sir,--I have never asked for an audience from Lord Palmerston ; I never saw him in my life. What you have stated in this respect is completely false. You expected a denial from me, you say ; be satisfied, then. " I have the honour, &e., " London, Feb. 27, 1850." " LOUIS BLANC. A fatality seems to attend the French expedition against La Plata. The steamer Prony, which has twice left Toulon, hasagain been compelled to return into port with the whole of her machinery deranged. She will not be able to put to sea for some time. The Pomone steam-frigate, which left Brest with troops on board, for La Plata, has been compelled to put in to Cadiz, with the shaft of her screw broken. PARIIBOURSE ' MARCH I.—Latest Prices—Five per Conti., 94f. 90c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 20e. ; Bank of France, 2,280 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 1. Namur and Liege, 6,4—Paris and Rouen, 21%—Rouen and Havre, 9—Sambre and Meuse, 25‘ SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th ult. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The 24th being Sunday, the Bolsa was closed. GERMAN Y. The GRAND DUKE of Baden has convoked the Chambers for the 4th of March. The Austrian Minister of War, Count Gums!, is definitively to quit the Ministry. M. VON DEGEN FELD will undertake the provisional conduct of busi ness, and it is stated that he will eventually take the War Department. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung has the fol lowing article from Gotha, under date of the 23d February : " The Duke of Saxe Coburg, after having dispatched a courier to London to the Queen of England, suddenly quitted Gotha for England, on the return of the mes senger. Matters of the highest importance connected with the next agnat of the house, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, are stated as the motives for this journey. The grounds, therefore, are probably a desire to arrive at an understanding relative to the proposed arrange ment for uniting the domains of the two duchies, which are very properly connected with the new project of union, and the deliberations upon a new constitution. It is possible also that the eventualities of a voluntary ab dication of the countries may be negotiated in case the union should not be carried into effect." The same journal announces the election of Baron STOCKMAR, as deputy to Erfurt from Coburg, and pays a great tribute of praise to that experienced and talented politician, whose name is coupled with so many important events in the modern history of the house of Coburg. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, dated the 27th of February, announces the retirement of General STxOTHA from the War-office. He retires on the ground of ill health, and is succeeded by Lieutenant- General STOCKHAUSEN. The following speech was read by Count Branden burgh, on the prorogation of the Prussian Assembly, was still on board the Queen. The French fleet was on the 17th in the Bay of Ourlac. ITALY. The Nationale of Florence states frog Rome, 19th February, that twelve of the persons arrested during the last days of the carnival have beet released, on condition of their leaving Rome within twenty-four hours. About 20,000 French troops are expected at Civita Vecchia from France : the garrison of Rome is to be entirely changed The authorities at Viterbo have arrested several persons accused 'of having, on the last Nlonday of carnival, led out four dogs of different breeds, tied together so as to pull simultaneously at a picked bone—the latter representing Italy; while the four members of the canine race were understmd to re present the four generous powers that had fastened to the assistance of the Vicegerent of CHRIST. In the sitting of the 23d of the Chamfer of De puties of Turin, M. DAzIANI moved as an amend ment, that the discussion of Art. 8 of the Bill on the civil list should be adjourned till the commission had obtained further particulars on the subject of the necessary expenses of the royal househdd. After a short discussion the amendment was negatived. Articles 8 and 9 were afterwards voted without opposition. The Statuto of Florence states from Leghorn 20th, that a considerabl e r o bb er y was comm itt e d there on the preceding night. The Austrian ccurt•martial at Leghorn has condemned a man namedlizai to two years' hard labour, for having a stiletto and the barrel of a pistol about him. A merchant, M. BOTTA, sixty years of age, has been condemned to a fortnight's imprisonment, for not having given up a musket barrel, although in the sentence it is declwed that he was not aware of having such a thing in his house. Another person, M. Gioucto ANSUINI, ha; been sen tenced to a week's imprisonment, " for hating in his possession certain portions of his fowling-piece, under the pretence of preventing the person no, in posses. sion of it, and not living at Leghorn, from making a bad use of it." Accounts from Florence of the 21st state that ap prehensions were entertained of sone disturbance. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, having disposed of the un opposed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part•heard appeal of Hirst v. Telson, which occupied his Lordship the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCZLLOR. of ENGLAND.), LANODON V. WOOD. The further arguments in this cause were resumed this morning and took up the greater portion of the day. The Vice• Chancellors Kniiht Bruce and Wigram heard cause petitions to-day, but no case calling for a particular report came before either of the Learned Judges during the morning. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord LANGDALE. tie Master of the Rolls.) BLENKINSOPP V. ILENKINSOPP. This was a suit for the aiministration of an estate under the terms of a deed cf settlement, made in Ja nuary, 1846. The trustees and the 'rariots parties interested in the deed being unable to agree anong themselves, as to the mode of adminif.tering the trusts, The MASTER of the RoLLs directed a receiver to be appointed. C$ Fi Week Last 1.1, 3 : 71 ; ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. II 2. ) O bo C.) .9 SOW •••••••••• ............... 0... .....N1Mm......... r .................... ...........a. ................ X A Feb. 23 Aberdeen .. • • ........... 24 Amiens and Boulogne ............... 1,210 1,116 23 Belfast and Ballymena .............. 408 403 24 Birkenhead, Lancashire, aid Cheshire 838 961 24 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 412 359 24 Bristol and Exeter .................. 3,256 • 17 Ca1ed0nian.......... ~. ........... 5,921 4,227 24 Chester and H01yhead............., .. 1,323 1,082 21 Dublin and Drogheda...... ......... 710 724 26 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 646 636 23 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.--- 592 946 24 East Anglian.... .... 864 750 23 Edinbargh and Glasgow .... ........ 2.832 2 , 97 4 23 Edinburgh and Perth ... . 24 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,849 12,511 24 Eastern Union •• • ... .............. .. Ayr ...... 2,547 2 , 37 1,775 1 87 ,098 5 21 Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and 24 East Lancashire ......e. 5.t, ...rn,...... .. . ................: 1362:,66183058 3 4 1 , 877 23 Glasgow and Greenock. .. ..... 17 Great Northern and E. L........... 2,648 843 0 1 , 663 2 2 5 4 Great Great S w ou es th te e ru rn . sw and .. W .. ..24 Lancashire and Y0rk5h1re............ 11,067 11,247 16,911 022 17 Lancaster and Car/tele. 3,102 2,000 17 Leeds and Thirsk .......„ 715 259 24 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 87 72 23 Londonderry and E nniskillen....., .. 121 112 24 London and North Western, 84e. 37,918 36,728 • 24 London and 81ackwau.............. 596 437 23 London and Brighton ...... ......... 6,753 6,471 24 London and South Western .. 24 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsh!re 5,060 2,778 24 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 19,365 19,133 24 Midland Great Western (I r i s h) ...... 1,017 1,049 - Monklands .• . ...... ................ _ 769 24 North British ••••••• • • • • • .. ...... .. 3,034 2,446 23 Paris and Rouen. •• •• ..... ... •..... 5,513 5,733 23 Rouen and I'm a.. . • .............. 2,143 2,269 24 Scottish Central .••• • • • • 23 Scottish Midland •••• • • - ........ - Shrewsbury and Chester 1,324 24 Shropshire Union .. ..... - 23 South Eastern and Branches ...... • • 7,565 6,156 17 South Devon •••••••••''' • • • • • • • • • •• 1,430 1,430 23 Taff Vale .... -•••• • • • • • 739 648 - Waterford and Limed ck.. •• . ......._ 247 17 Whitehaven Junct i on •••••••• • • • • • • • 194 - 24 York and Newcastle .••••••• • • • • • •• 11,950 11,200 24 York aid North Midland' • • ... ..... 6,269 6,454 QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—There is an expectation in the glads s iswi to T s - e S e urtc' that E osNi Sir .:3r o r legal profession that the batch of Queen's Counsel in tended to be created will be c om p leted i n a few days m b yt Te h u, e Elo i ß g oirA addition gin: o Na f nAd t v h yw e . a n r a re m p. names of Carrington, aim. THE GRIEVANCES OF William Clay, Member for t he Tower H a m lets , pre sented a petition, on Thursday , to t he House of Com mons, from the physicians, surge ons, and lec turers of the London Hospital, urging redress of the grievances of th e NAVY — We THE are A assistant-surgeons of the Roy a Navy. BROMPTON HOSPITAL FOE CONSUMPTION.--Yes terday evening a quarterly general court of governors and directors of this charity v‘as held in the board-room of the institution ; the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis; Bart., in the chair. The former minutes having been read and passed, the report was read, which stated, that during the quarter ending November 22, sixty-one in-door pa tients were received, making, together with 81 then oc cupying the wards, a total of 14$. Of this number, 51 were di s charged, more or less relieved, 16 died, and 82 now remain under treatment. The average attendance of out-patients being 120 daily. The report concluded by stating that architects had been selected, and plans were under consideration, for effecting the final comple tion of the hospital, an attainment that was much desired both by the friends of the charity and the many indivi dua!s seeking its relief. Upon the motion of the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the report was received and adopted, and the customary compliment having been voted to the 11ev. B.tronet presiding, the proceedings terminated. Mr. Charles Pearson was prevented from attending to vote for Mr. Hume's motion for Parliamentary Re form by severe illness, by which, wo regret to say, he has been confined to his house for several days. Two days ago, as a young bride and bridegroom, who had just sworn eternal fidelity at the foot of the altar in the church of St. Ouen, were about to receive the benediction of the priest, the female uttered a pierc ing shriek, succeeded by a second one, and in a few moments gave birth to a bouncing boy.—Galignani's Messenger. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bale 3 without alteration in prices.—Rails ay Shares improved a little; London and North-Western and Midland were firmer. The weekly Bank of England return to the 23d ultimo shows a further increase in the assets, but the influx of public moneys affects the circula►ion of notes despite a small addition to the discount and loan business. The other deposits were slightly diminished, but every item of the return tends to illustrate the abundance of money, notwithstanding the Russian loan. The Bank of Eng land is loading on stock at two per cent., and will con tinue to do so, it is understood, until the re-opening of the transfer books. Compared with the previous week, the return exhibits the following changes:— Notes Issued 30,326,155 Decrease 13,880 ... 3,266,145 Rest Decrease Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits Decrease ... .. ... Seven Day and oth er Bill s 13/crease ... ... Government Securities Other Securities .. Increase LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 2.—Wind S. W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MARCH I.—Wind W. to W.N.W., thick wea ther.—Arrd. Janus, Howeson, St. John's, New Bruns wick; And. from the River Steadfast, Calcutta; Richard, Thornton, Batavia. It is feared that a vessel is on the Goodwin Sands, the Gull light-ship having fired; boats have gone to her assistance. LIVERPOOL, MARCH I.—Wind W. to W .N.W—Arrd. Mail, Henderson, Ichaboe ; Uriel, Simpson, New Orleans; Living Age, Snow, ditto; Schoodiach, Nickels, Mobile; Science, Gw3 ther,Arica;'Victoria, ditto ;Presley, Buenos Ayres; Presto, Le Gruzelier, Gonaives; General Park hill, Mlinown, Charleston. Sid. Currency, Calcutta; Wasp, Africa; Atlantic, Jamaica; Lady Young, New York; Dryad, Valparaiso; Lella, Rio Grande; Chrono meter, Rio Janeiro ; Broadoak, Bahia ; Rossendale, ditto; Frances, New Orleans; Ocean Star, ditto. A ship of about 600 tons, with painted ports and white monkey-rail, nas t een to go on shore on the Tortugas shoals 23d January. The Aurora from Guernsey has been run foul of by the Gipsey, of Glasgow, and Queen, steam-tug. Off port, Lucknow, Demerara. BELFAST, FEB. 28.—The Catherine has been got cif shore, and towed up here. FALMOUTH.—Arrd. Orpheus, New York. PLYMOUTH, MARCH I.—The wreck of a large ship, supposed to he Frenob, was fallen in with 26th ult., mar Feamp. PERT ITCAWL, FEB. 28.—The Abbess, of and from Neath for Bristol, and the Pioneer steam-tug towing her, both got aground on the Tuskar Rock yesterday; got off with considerable damage, and in a sinking state. The latter was sun ashore in the Bay, and the former took the ground at the harbour's mouth, and will ebb dry at half-side. MONTROSE, FIB. 27.—The British Queen, Messina to Leith, put in here 16th, windbound, and in proceeding out struck the ground and sprung a leak; put back, but proceeded today. NEWPORT, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Elizabeth, Havannab. STOCKTON, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Yorkshire, Philadelphia. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Large supplies of vegetables were on sale tc-day. The demand for them ruled heavy, at drooping prices. In fruit, very little business was transacted. English Fruits—Pine Apples, 6s to 8s; Hot-house Grapes, 12s to 15s per lb; Pears, 15s to 20s; Eating A pples, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half-sieve; Apples for cooking, 2s to 4s 6d per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 75s per 1001bs. Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 9d to Is; Portugal ditto, 8d to is por lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s to ss; Brazil ditto, 3s to 4s ; Barcelona ditto, 5s to 6s; Almonds, 5s to Gs; and Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s per peck; Lemons, 5s to lOs ; and Oranges, 3s to 10 per 100 ; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s Od per box. Vegetables—Cape Brocoli, 6s to 9s per dozen bundles; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to Is 6d; Leeks, 10d to is 4d; Parsley, 2s Od to 3s Od; and Sage, 2s 3d to 3s per dozen bunches ; Horse•radish, Is 6d to 3s per bundle; Onions, 2s Od to 3s Od per bushel ; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d; and Red ditto, 2s Od to 38 Od ; Red Beet, is to is 6d; and Parsnips, 4d to 6d per dozen ; Endive, is 3d to is 6d per score; Mushrooms, is 3d to is 6d per pottle; Brussels Sprouts, Is Od to is 6d; Spinach, is Od to is 6d; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is 6d; and Common Salad, Is 3d to is 6d per half-sieve ; Small Salad, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Sballots, 3d to 4d per lb; Potatoes, 80s to 1104 per ton; ditto, 3s Gd to 4s 3d per bushel; Sea Kail, is 6d to 2s Od per punnet; Asparagus, 3s 6ci to os per 100; Rhubarb, 5s to 6s per dozen bundles; Cornwall Whit. Brocoli, 9d to is 3d per dozen heads; Celery, is to is 3d per bundle ; Cucumbers, 6s to lOs per brace; Turnip Greens, 3d to 6d per bushel. NEWGATE AND MEADENBALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 9s Od ; Geese, 4s Od to 6s Od; Ducks, 2s to 2s 9d ; Tame Rabbits, is 3d to is 9d ; Wild ditto, 9d to is 2d; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to is Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 7s Od to 8s Od ; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s Od per couple ; Fresh Butter, 9d to is 2d per lb ; English Eggs, 7s 3d to 8s 9d ; French ditto, 6s Od to 7s 6d per 100 ; Hares, 2s to 3s each ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d per couple. on the 26th ult.:— " Gentlemen,—We have arrived at the close of a long and fertile session—the first regular session of the Prus sian Chambers—a session which in the annals of Prussia will be recorded as peculiar of its kind. For what you have done I cannot here venture to express any acknowledgments. In this place lam not justified in doing it ; if I possessed that justification, the expression of gratitude would only he a repetition of what you have already heard from the place empowered to give it—from the Throne itself, from the mouth of his Majesty—expressions which, on the occa sion of that never-to-be. forgotten act of the taking the oath to the Constitution, were frequently repeated in these walls in a less solemn manner. I cannot leave un mentioned that expressions of similar recognition have come to my knowledge on the part of the Prince of Prussia, whom the service of the King and country de tains at a distance from Berlin. "I cannot avoid a short retrospect of your activity, and to remind you that not merely the comprehensive and important work of the revision of the Constitution has been brought to a close, but that 50 laws and bills have re ceived the assent of the Chambers, of which 24 have been already published in the collection of statutes. Among them are laws of the most important description,— such as the law regulating landed property and the organization of rural communes. Besides those the budgets cf 1849 and 1850 have been settled, a great mass of petitions and other propositions and motions have been considered. This, gentlemen, is the result of your exertions since the 7th of August of the last year till the present time, comparatively a short space of time, a re sult which certainly affords a satisfactory retrospect of a memorable session. " It will be the task of the. Government to advance on the course with which you have declared your coin• cidence, and that we shall proceed on it with our best poa ers, with publicity and good faith ; that this will be the policy of Prussia I herewith give you the assurance. " With respect to the finances which your confidence has placed at our disposal, we shall not forget that the industry of all classes is concerned in it, and that we shall snake such a use of it as the interest and honour of the nation requires. " In the name of his Majesty, I declare the present session of the Chamber to be herewith closed, and the sitting of to-day as ended." The Town Council of Elbing has unanimously voted an address to the Prussian Cabinet on the pre sent state of the Danish negotiations. The address is as follows : " According to the statements of the public journals, it appears that with the opening of the spring we are again threatened with a renewal of the blockade of the harbours of the Baltic by the Danes. " This fact imposes on us, as the authorities of a tra ding town that will suffer irreparable damage by the measure, the imperative duty of laying before his Ma jesty's Government a request that it will put a decisive end to this unhappy state of affairs. " The war has been begun, and there are only two ways in which it is possible to end it. •• Either the force at the command of Prussia is not equal to that of Denmark, in which case it is an im• possibility to continue a war with a stronger Power; or it is equal to that which Denmark possesses, and in this case the nation has the right to expect tnat the war will be carried on with an energy that shall compel the Danes to make peace. But as it is, the present state of things drags on frcm year to year. The blood of our brethren serving in the army is shed uselessly, and the commerce of the Baltic provinces is completely ruined. The interior is hermetically closed against us by Russia (the ally of Prussia); the sea is shut to us by the Danish ships of war; thus all commerce and traffic become an absolute impossibility. " We are situate at a distance from the immediate theatre of the war and the centre of the diplomatic nego tiations. We do not know whether the dark rumours that circulate through the country relative to the Danish war are true or not. But one thing we do know, that if the harbours are year by year blockaded, and intercourse with other countries rendered uncertain, the commerce and with it the welfare of the land must go to ruin, and that nothing can avail in this case but decisive mea sures. In the interest of the trade of our town we therefore address to the Government of his Majesty the prayer that it will take measures to put an end to the present uncertain and insupportable state of affairs." HOLLAND. Accounts from the Hague, of the 27th ultimo, mention that the King of HOLLAND has recently nominated a commission, charged with the examina tion of the question, whether (without compromising the interests of the Government) it is not advisable that the working of the Banca tin mines, and those existing in other parts of Dutch India, should be abandoned to private enterprise. The commission would assemble, it was understood, on the 4th instant, in the colonial department. GREECE. RUMOURED COLLISION BETWEEN A BRITISH AND AN AUSTRIAN SHIP OF WAR. The Turin papers, Opinione and Concordia, and private correspondence of the French paper Assemblee, state that an Austrian ship had exchanged shots with an English ship in chase of a Greek vessel. That the English Consul at Milan had, consequently, struck his flag and retired to Turin. That some ships had been detached from the English fleet to blockade Trieste. The Milan Gazette, however, of the 24th, does not confirm this news ; but private letters speak of the retirement of our Consul from Milan. Dispatches have been received from Admiral PAR SER of the 17th, which make no mention of these ocourrences, and as•neither the Turin papers nor the .Assemblee condescend to dates in their account of the transaction, we are not inclined to place much reliance on the accuracy of their statements. Letters from Malta of the 22d ult. state that the Greek people begin to feel severely the conse quences of the blockade, and would seem disposed to hold the KING responsible for his acts, even though they pushed matters to the extent of dethron ing him. The Turkish Government has moved a small fleet into the Propontis, for the purpose of enforcing the long outstanding claims which Turkey has upon Greece. The conduct of Mr. WYSE is highly praised by the Turkish authorities. The English fleet was, on the 18th ult., in the Bay of Salamis. Mr. Wxsz BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A middle-aged woman, attired in widow's weeds, was charged with being an imposter. Sergeant Thompson stated, .hat from information he had previously received respe.ting the prisoner he was induced, last night, to watch he% He saw her knock at several houses in Brownlow-s reet, Drury-lane, and at one of them he heard stated to the party who came to the door that she was s widow, with four chil dren, who were all of them starving. He told her that he strongly suspected her to be an impostor, and on taking her back to the other busses, where she had le vied contributions, he was informed that she had repre sented herself to be a widow vith four children, living in Seven-dials, where her husband and eldest son were lying deed. She had, she said, applied to the parish for relief, and the parish authorities had given her a couple of coffins, but as the clothes and linen of her husband and son had gone for food, they had been laid out upon the floor of her rood, in a perfect state of nudity, and she was, therefore, compelled to beg for two old shirts to make shrouds pith. 'ihis pitiable tale afterwards turned out to be a fiction of her own coining, and her lodging were ultimately discovered to be in a filthy low hovel in Short's-gardens, where she lived with a man who passed for her brother, but who in reality was nothing else than her accomplice and paramour. Eightpence farthing was found upon her person, but she displayed symptoms of having been carousing in the course of the day, and there was little doubt that she was a clever imposter in her way, living upon the fat of the land, at the expense of those whose charity is only surpassed by their credulity. Mr. HENRY asked her what she had to say for herself? —The prisoner, who certainly looked the very picture of weeping misary, simpered that starvation had driven her to it. Mr. HENRY—But why tell such falsehoods?—The prisoner, in the same sniveling tone, wished to know " what st irvetion would not drive one to?" Mr. HENRY bel►eved that starvation was an excuse for a good deal, but imposters like her ofttn stood in the way of the relief of those who really were in want. The ci aritable and:humanely disposed part of the public were always ready to mitigate the sufferings of their fellow creatures, but impositions like this made them doubtful of all who appeared to be in distress, and too frequently the hungry and destitute were neglected through the fear of encouraging deception. Those, then, who made a trade of begging ought to be severely punished, and it was therefore his duty to commit her to the house of Correction for three weeks. Tho prisoner, who seemed quite unabashed at the sen tence, was then removed in custody. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rall mafs for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per 811 as. *RTHITECILEIP EL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s Btl tl 3s 6d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s. per Sibs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s to 9s ; Brills, 3s to 6s ; Cod Fish, 2s Gd to 6s; Whitings, 4dto:Bd; Lobsters, 10d to2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair ; Eels, 4d to is per lb.; Haddocks, 4d to 9d ; Herrings, 10d to is 4d per dozen; Oysters, 10s to 45s per bushel ; Flounders, 8d to Is; Smelts, is to Is 6d; and Bloaters, is to is 4d per dozen; Mackerel, 6d to 9d oach; and Salmon, is 4d to is 9d per lb. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 4id to Sid per 41b loaf. RIDE MARKET._ Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lkd to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 21d; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3,4 d, ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 344 to aid; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3ld to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 3d to 3s Od: ditto full 5s Od to 5s 6d; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; Kents and Half-breds, 4s 4d to 5s Id; Downs,4s 2d to 4s 11d; Shearlings, 6d. ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . i b s Su ,—At a moment like the present, vine `4 fearfully uncertain fate of the intrepi d Franklin and his gallant compa n i on s will, in all probability', under Providence, occasion the solution of the lent , anxiously examined nothern problem—and g w indeed will it he for England when she anno unces .a, the world that her sons have accomplishe d thi feelt ous task, though tempered, alas! her proud ! same time must be with the deepest sorrow if at th e she has to mourn for her missing children. At a moment like this, when not only is the re fit problem of the north about to be solved, but that a rt of the Central American Ship Canal, the qu e3t • i i i : of the junction between the Atlantic and F ll t d. a d Oceans becomes, every hour, more and more exct ; u In the north, Englishmen, by the most dete o2 ,l / zeal, amidst accumulated difficulties, have n.e.'„fr e proved that nature has performed, by her oval sl o t but awful power, and for her own purposes, o r o f man is about to do near the equator, by the P yle or science and wealth, to meet the great demand of co mercial enterprise. an d 'Or a It has required years of deep though t the labour to ascertain what nature had done 10180, Arctic regions, whilst numerous have be en thet, p and various the suggestions, for many a day' , :aes , what man could and ought to do in southern anw more Now, however, matters appear tube talking ce o f active and practical turn. The ea t import ° tern a regular and quick communication with the w r es dir coast of South America, as well as With 01j A , - .10 1 tent but highly valuable colonies of New se ll as and Australasia, is now so seriously felt, 0 9 W.' the great impetus given to trade and commerce Intot Pacific, by the discovery of Californian gold' thus everything seems to point out to us that the "% f el• at length arrived when we shall be permitted tie "Rio come all the apparently insurmountable diffiatong, and barriers of nature, and no doubt, hef ure f i des• England will be called upon, as a part of b L e : t he tiny, to open a ship canal to the Pacific lei rc ial nan e Iconvenience and support of her co thereby and naval fleets in that ocean —enabling h er to retain that high position amongst the an , of essential the world, in every quarter of the globe, to to the welfare and the happiness of them al l —and;; dir her own offshoots—so widely distributed• tbe, cussions about the Ni ca ra gu a route, os reports regarding th e one in the pr°, v ' n " c at Choco, will no doubt be familiar l e i o ther as well as the merits o f the several and tt routes that have been very lately alluded t ti t tban is not here necessary to dwell upon any 1' otohlerdt• apti b the one originally pointed out by Hum which appears the best calculated to be af tlav3ll.s to England. A n ieri c° A few extracts from a Work on South ,: t 0 a ill and the Pacific, by the Hon. Campbell Scilr' e `" or be that is necessary, at p . resent, to rem ° I trf readers that there is no occasion" for this I s Tica• to have any dispute with America about the rob ragua or any other ship c anal- - f°,l to the nation may have its own . With rega l ltt o b i Isthmus of Panama, the Hon. Campbell Saar'"(„" e rl serves—" For a ship canal thi s w ould never an% Te and I believe the A mer i cans h ave f o und altar; the proceed, however, to th e ex t ra cts regarl l hoc° l l Atrato i and Cupica route to th e province °, l „„• D iee, Mr. Scarlett observes—" Humboldt was 0 ' , 0 ( Th that Cupica Bay merits the attention of ' for science from the great f ac iliti es it p resents solving the question of a ship canal." • C°V c a , DO " The scheme is simply to connect to te tb e in the Pacific with a river (th e N a ipi) flowing 3 0 Atlantic, by forming a canal a cross the inte rcill is ascertained to be a perfect level. born' to e " The Atrato flows through the province . o f . C at which it takes its ori g i n , and reaches the Atlu u t he P at southern end of the Gulf of Darien, la of Choco. " The course of the N a ipi, p rev i ou s to it sc°l3fi fl u i ei t i fl it/ a with the Atrato, intersects some level could l iftsili ° five leagues of the Bay of Cupica." Humboldt asee';paible " not even a ridge or partition, or all s ' o the demarcation, exists between the B o f o b L ich coast of the South Sea and he a iiver NuiP l b ' o w el ua empties itself into the Atlantic the riv er Nt'P" 0 empties itself into the Atlantic fif leagues: ol , .11 embouchure of the latter river into theAtlaula&opec n a note to his work the Hon. - Scarlett says— pf tb "It is well known that Captain Ill i ns wortht cc!, Chilian frigate the Rose, caus e d a b o at caPsh ie r t mining fifteen m e n to b e d rawn acr oss this ilt:ll3; (from Cupica Bay to the Naipi), and l a unche'i n d woo ts, Naipi. The Naipi has tw e l ve f ee t o f w ater, a.„ i - bet; Atrato therefore be as navigable as th e A fur 6 -' The Bay of Cupica is larg e , deep,and --to s helter Bay of Choco is also deep a nd sheltered." loPi Cupica Bay is in latitude 6 deg. 10 min'' land gitude 77 deg. 45 min. The advantages to -Doe this route for a ship canal over all the n a tb e e te d r- Se t posed will be evident to all who have reflected this subject ; and it will no doubt be retn . ear, e ; the Atlantic and Pacific were once united ytbward of the Atrato, and a river more to the toe , cso than the Naipi, called the 111 . b , byrt he of Raspadura. It would be 'rain lica" nertal" truth of all the facilities before either our merchants or our Gover' °e- erie lin t pointedweolluttofoars-tbisfir si."9 committed in regard to any other Central Aln.„-ne s t o tp nci ca_rlal. Better double Cape Horn or the as ` re hove Hope, than be outwitted in this questi e ,,, n n s uea r been in those of our North American v ries.—l have the honour to be &c., 'rS' ROBERT CARMICHEL S' my "" 15, Charles-street, Haymarket. FISHERY IMPRO VEMEr if ho TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' - b ' jee' vef SlR,—Practical dem ons t ra ti on o f any sucon 0 always been found to be the readiest way t° pu h ' i an idea to the mind. A practical lesson t f . he st ero l o i have been taught l a tt er l y i n conseque nce ° at , fre. es weather at sea, which prevented open b , ° , stlPr t be quitting the b e a c h, th ere b y stopp i ng regw e i l , ia of cod fish, was se en an d f e l t ex m ethod of ri L i : p rOP a person (or a people), and to bring then' t ° s tDrvt knowledge of their true situation, than b i,i t tell °l s them into submission. All that has been write foto said on the subject of fishery improvem e s o length of time back made little more fulPr es bber e . public attention, than heaving an india ru ,.od r h upon hard dry clay. The ball strikes t Dig it : bounds, falls and rebounds again, only n e 00.0 and so it goes on for a short time a h er strength is expended, when it ru ns bovv,e Y t be ' distance, and then lies still. A gale of win i te riet' t . d t. shows a different effect. The gale has ° tu ck t clay so that when the ball struck it he s o s d e ali "ft The supply of cod fish having been so t s . es v6e,', 0 ,4 off made the public wonder what was t he c ow t o having been explained that the open h °3 , ( 1,,, th .t o eo be put to sea during bad weather, and ",b e r ° lie% greatest part of the deep-sea bad-went traviable were either laid aside or engaged in i f b e ing 0 11 trade, in consequence of their owners ne'd pie , to compete against the cheap along-shore C O ilt ber 5 1,0 showed the public that to support a fair w e st showed the public that to suppart one w 5 frsetibeci tern, to extinguish a bad weather one w e day 0 with danger ; and how that cheapness °n o t su' lle dear, or perhaps none at all, the next, let vi es b, s lol f good system as the o ld one , w h en th e mar, it or 4 0 plied regularly, let the wind blow lug e l. ' to th e boa low. Fishmongers are now s eeing flea fish made by giving over-encouragement for ° r o f fi so , l e ir to the prejudice of the welled smack syste ril i ,, e in '' re sS whilst the smack owners may well chucked 13e sleeves, that there is nobody so able as ta rs let e dv to blow 3ense into their noddles. r e o ''' Having made some allusions in mY .° foci ° w oo' to long-line and hand-lin e fi s hing, I h av tw o 9 3 15 ; the being asked the difference b e t w een the c onv e J w ith The following brief explanations o' il Y r iengt h '„, Si idea. Long lines ar e 40 f a th o ms in oo ds is 25 snoods and ho o k s a tt ac h e d. The t „ we st '' - o u t feet apart fr o m eac h ot h er ; w h e n t"' - r o t he moderate, these li nes are t i e d t og ether ee tiol!' a t he a considerable di s t ance i n a straight " b l e hig i j6 sl) lines sinking t o th e groun d . After when ° a long water a few ho urs th e li nes are h au led. ' b o ok • t he take bait, they sometimes swallow th e die i t l on , 1 with it, and if struggling Bauch they ell water. Should th e cod be alive whee.nto then est board the snood i s cu t, an d th e fish Put the soe with the hook i ns id e . Th e h a nd-line iS sl i v e. o re plan for hauling cod fish out of the see,n baud fist' 0 line is fitted with two hooks—it the vessel's side, hanging perpendicular. tl ; 1 , de. and ot I _A a nibble is felt the line is jerked up war da s c o-- are invariably hooked by the lip, Whic h - d the I re jure them much ; the hook being rem°bogs are put into the well. 0 roe - ,bet by t w ov Mackerel fishing is also carried on , em, t he for their capture. One is by neiting t; 3 ,„ s ystaT o gs• by what is termed railing. The nett' k r her' i n is much upon the same principle as fishieng,:run.e ..t oets farther than the meshes of nets ar , 1, :n 5 tbac, t is held Qo SOO during the seasons when mackerel are blip o'i' s err oo e are mostly used. The railing ten °- ° us o re pole out from the vessel's quarter, with , e boo cleets or notches for lines to rest 0n.9 'or t h e g, tit baited either with a piece of white r s f, e lo s l eeie g part of skin from a fish. As the vesraniel" erelf b, bitOi the rate of three or four knots, the u _ 5Ol l o the bait, and supposing it to b e a tt _, ati anti l , o t system os the netting system far the . gr n te p - l ro yea; ta mackerel are taken ; and that is a l , on p g v‘ t b i e r ° • t p re' yet Scotlandu n a d 0 andpte d I b r by l a the nd fishermen l a mszicaiST 0 11 Y, der' Germ °a d or .4, THE DRAMA IN kJ-ER:MANY. s , „.„,1 sec on employing 3,398 performers, 2,0/ „ 4 0 00. tl 5,835 musicians, 143 prompters, ;7, and ent, there are 523 theatres of the fir "'" 2, 340 U ... / o yel i ,tee 6 Among the actors are 1 count, 2 ha ou. tbe P.° tiO nobles. of savings banks absconding t h e DaT r i c lefi" So frequent have been the CsSwesithlattehleY it has been thought advisable to alter e d of co 1, ° d - e . po l , of g e establishments in question, and them as Gallia, call them cuttings ---4 ZAT AZAZZETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 10s ; Clover ditto, 3l Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ Ss per load. Trade dull, at barely late ratee. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21104 to 3/10i; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 73 ; and Straw, t/ 2s to 1/ 8s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.— Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ lOs ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ Ss per load. Supply good, and trade dull. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE-CHASE. Owing to an error in the cokurs, we returned Colum bine as fourth instead of Tipperary Boy; Maria Day was fifth, and Vengeance sixth; Peter simple was hors de combat at the first fence, and the Chandler and Rat trap at the third. Daily, the rider of Rainbow, broke his thigh; and the Knight of G wynne, who ran second, pulled up dead lame. These were the only casualties of any moment. The distance, 4 miles and 406 yards, was run in about 10 minutes. COURSING. WATERLOO MEETING.—(CONCLUDED.) The Cup.—Second Ties. Bendigo beat Patty, Cerito beat Jamie Forest, Neville beat Frolic, Fugitive beat British Lion. Third Ties. Cerito beat Bendigo, Neville beat Fugitive. Deciding Course—Mr. Clarke's Cerito beat Mr. C. Gregson's Neville, and won the cup. The Waterloo Purse.—First Ties. Bolingbroke beat Warwick, Wizard of the North beat Tout, Well-I-Never beat Bonnet, Blank beat Conceit. Second Ties. Bolingbroke beat Wizard of the Noith (dr), Well-I- Never beat Blank. Deciding Course—Mr. Webb's Well-I-Never beat Mr. Bake's Bolingbroke, and won the purse. The Altcar Stakes. Mr. Simpson's Slashing Harry beat Mr. Smith's Japhet. Captaid Archdall's Mammon beat Mr. Barnett's b b. Mr. Jebb's Ringdove beat Mr. Cooke's Crenoline. Mr. E. Taylor's Davie Gellatlie beat Mr. J. Wilson's Governor. Mr. Reach's Wicked Eye beat Mr. Deakin's Derwent. Mr. Jepson's Bumper beat Mr. Temple's Tribune. Mr. Ridgway's Lady Mary bt Mr. Snarpe ua Hermiot.e. Mr. Rendell's Racer beat Mr. T. Booth's Alice (dr). First Ties. Slathing Harry beat Mammon, David Gellatlie beat Ringdove, Wicked Eye bt Bumper, Lady Mary bt Racer. Second Ties. David Gellatlie beat Slashing Harry, Lady Mary beat Wicked Eye. Deciding Course—Mr. Ridgway's Lady Mary beat Mr. E. Taylor's David Gellatlie, and won the stakes. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—No betting. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's Leis, Mon., Salt-hill; Wed., Knaphill, near the Woking Station; Fri., Black Dog, Bedfont-11. The Holderness hds, Mon., Bessingby Hall; Tues., Driffield Toll-bar; Thurs., Burton Constable-104; Fri., Cavil Hall -11. The Cottesmore hds, Mon., Stocken Hall; Tues., Tilton Wood; Thurs., Carlby; Sat., Langham-11. The Quorn hds, Mon., Kirby Gate; Tues., Wymes wold; Wed., Copt Oak; Thurs., Rolleston Hall; Fri., Wartnaby Stone Pits-11. Duke of Rutland's hds, Mon., Plungar; Tues., Carl ton; Wed., Three Queens'; Fri., Kirkby Laythorpe Earl Fitzwilliam's hds, Mon., Long Orton; Wed., Leighton Village; Fri., Papley Gore-10. Lord Henry Bentinck's hds, Mon., Penton; Tues., Eagle Hall; Wed., Scopwick; 'Thurs., Hackthorn; Fri., Austacre Wood; Sat., Langworth Bridge-11. PROPOSED LODGING-HOUSES IN CHELSEA.-Th e rector of Upper Chelsea, tha Rev. Richard Burgess, has arranged to build several lodging-houses in that parish, the rooms in which, with various conveniences, will be let at is. 6d. per week. The state of the London lodging-houses for the poor call* loudly for Legislative enactment.—Builder. A WHALE AT MARGATE.—A very fine whale was towed into this harbour last evening by two bouts, which found it floundering on the Longsand, which is about 15 miles from Margate. It is of the class of the ronqua!es borealis, or northern ronqual. It measures 62 feet in length, and about 35 feet in circumference. The specta tors were very numerous all the next day. The Angel Hotel, Oxford, cost in the year 1829 22,5001.; it is now, owing to railws:, s, valued at 5,0001. The Star Hotel, Oxford, cost 15,500/.; its present value figures 6,0001. A quarter share of the Queen's Hotel, Cheltenham, which was sold for 10,000/., is now only worth 2,500/. On the furniture alone 16,0001. has been lost. LAUNCIL—MILFORD.—On Tuesday, the 26th ult., was launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Al. Itoberts and Cc. a beautifully-modelled clipper brig, of about 400 tons burden, called the Disraeli. She is in tended by the builders for their own use, and to be em ployed in the Mauritius trade. At Bridgend, near Swansea, the Latter-day Saints were lately holding a meeting in a tavern, when a fair hearer, thinking the priest too personal, throw her patters at his In al, and broke his nose. Down rushed tie priest f rom hi s nostrum and inflicted summary punish ment with his fists on the rebellious saint. ... 49,516 ... 7,639,031 ... 552,001 ... 9,749,035 99,746 1,111,658 ••• 41,706 No alteration. • 9,687,835 ••• ••• 30,768 Notes ... 11,437,600 Increase . . • 284,065 Bullion ... 17,122,221 Increase ... 32,320 Active Circulation ... 18,888,555 Decrease ... ... 297,945 The negotiation of bills of exchange was concluded last night at rates somewhat below those of Tuesday, as regards the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 65 to 70, Antwerp 25 67f to 721, Ham burgh 13 134, and Trieste 11 40 to 45. The Banker's Magazine for March states, that " the last advices from the United States say, that a disposi tion appears to exist in several of the States of the Union, to introduce the present banking system of New York, which, if adopted by them, will necessarily absorb considerable amounts of the various State loans. Ac cording to the system which obtains in New York, all individuals or associations organised under the general banking law are required to deposit with the State Comptroller, as security for their circulating notes, State and United States loan, each for one-half of the amount of their issues. The notes, before they can b. put into circulation, must be registered and countersigned by the comptroller, which can only be done by him upon the actual receipt of the required deposits. Six per cent. stocks can be thus deposited at their par value, and Five per Centf. at rates equivalent thereto. Should this system be generally adopted, it will readily be seen what a large amount of the stocks designated will be required to meet its provisions. The amount of precious metals exported from London during the week to Thursday last was only 25,000 ounces in silver bars to Belgium. The English Stock Market hag been rather fluctuating again, but there is not a great deal doing. Consols have been 946 to 95*, and are now 95 to *. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. realise 971 :Exchequer bills have been quoted 545. to 575. premium. India Stock is worth 2671. The Foreign Investments have been quiet, if we except Peruvian, in which there have been a good many bar gains, at a decline to 73f and 71f for the Active, and to 32 and 304 for the Deferred. Mexican are steady at 296, Equador are 3-8- 4, and Buenos Ayres 52. Spanish Three per Cents. flat at 361, and Russian Scrip only to 14 premium. Railway Shares have been without any essential al teration, but, perhaps, on the whole a little firmer. BRITISH FUNDS I'HIS DAY AT ONIC O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95% . u 5,4, 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 India Stock 267% Do. Bonds, 10031 ... B7 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 54 57 p 54 57 p 54 57 p 1,060/. - 5001 ,•, -- Small -RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B 9 l /2 Ditto, Small . Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 par Cent 52 Equador Bonds 35 01 Grenada, 1% per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cont., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto forthe Account... ........73 72 1 4 71 1 ,4 72 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto Scrip ... 1 3 4% p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent......... Ditto for the Account .......... 17:34% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o ... Ditto Account . ...... ...... 36 1 4 Dividends on the above paayble in,London. Dutch 2 1 ,4, per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ... 86% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONIC O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pint 511AZZ. Briitol and Exeter Jzledonian vitt°. New 101. Preference 10 ...... 7%...... to Eastern Counties Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. :A p to Great Northern Do. 1 ,4 13 6 per Cent....... 7% 54.- to Great W estern .................100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares . _ Do. New 171 I.ancashire and Yorkshire 100 Ditto Fifths Do., West Riding Union... 11 1 ,4 4% to Loud., Bright.,& South Coastloo 78 1 % London & North Westeim.....loo .....,113 1 ,E x.d to Do. Fifths l2 ..... 117x.d... to Mid1and.......• lOO ...... 39 x.d to Ditto, 50/. Shares Midland, Birm., and Derby...lW 18 1 / 2 Midland, Consol. 13ristel and _ Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 123 ...... to Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 South Eastern Ditto. No. 3. Wear Valley 6 par Cent. Guaranteed ... 5O ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 fork and North Midland .. 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 51 ,2 Boulogne and Amiens 2O . 6% to COURSE OI Amsterdam ......•• •• 12 2% Ditto, at sight 12 0% Rotterdam .......... 12 2% Antwerp • ......... .... 25 70 Ilimburgh .... • • 31.8. 13 13 &Bona Parts, 3 days'sight • 25 47% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70 Marseilles • • •......... 25 70 • 25 70 Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Petcisburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37% Berlin . • .. • • ...... • • • • Vienna, effec. 00......11 45 Trieste, ditto.... 11 45 Madrid • • ............ 49% Bilbao.. • • • • Barcelona • • • • ........ Seville.. • • •• • • • • • • • • •• EXCLIANGX. Gibraltar • • • • • . • • • • • • • . -0- Leghorn ........ ••.. • . 30 GO Genoa .. .. ........ •• .. 26 0 Nfilau ................ Venice ........ • • • . .. .. Naples .. .......... •. 41 1 4 Palermo, peroz .. .. .. .. 121% Messina .............. 122% Lisbon.... • • .......... 53% Oporto .... • • .... ...... 53% Rio Janeiro •• .. ...... isuenos Ayres ...... .. New York, 21 daya'slght Philadelphia .......... ?RIM OF BULLION, ?LB oz. Foreign Gold inbars...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloon. .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .. •• 0 4 10% Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—The Commissioners of Sewers held a Court yesterday, at their premises, No. 1, Greek-street, Soho-square, for general purposes of business. Present—Viscount Ebrington, in the chair, Sir T. Burgoyne, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hardwick, Captains Harners and Dawson, and Mr. S. M. Peto. The secretary read the annual statement of accounts, which showed that the general cash, ba lance in hand, on the sth January, 1849, amounted to 22,9561. 38. 7d.; the receipts from rates and contribu tions, from sth January to 31st December, 1849, amounted to 71,623/. 13s. 10d., the payments during the same period for works, survey, management, &c., were 85,345/. 3s. 6d.; balance in hand, 9,234/. 138. 11d.; outstanding assets, 64,4891 2s. 6d.; •utstanding lia• bilities, 100,738/. Is. Id. The auditors certified to the accuracy of the accounts, and reported most favourably on the manner in which they were kept. One or two answers to summonses were then considered. Permission was given to the Lambeth Water Works Company to drain their premises into the sewer in Bel vedere-road, and instructions were given for several sewerage improvements within the jurisdiction of the commission. The Court then adopted the following re solution:—" That the Court regard with satisfaction the efforts made by the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Com pany to distribute sewage water and manure, and thereby remove from the Thames, when it is noxious, matter which, if spread over the land, is found to be most bene ficial and fertilizing. That the Court will afford to the company, and to all parties engaged in effecting this useful object, every facility - and encouragement consis tent with the important public interests confided to the care of the commission." The court was then adjourned till Tuesday, March 14, when they will meet at Poplar. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certi ficates to practise, on Thursday, the 28th of February, 1850:—William Foot Vidal, Aveley, Essex; John Page Cooper, London; John Willingtcn Clement, Pockling ton ; Charles Nelson Wilkinson, I{.N., South Lambeth; Allred Whittle, Liverpool; James Samuel Seyer Lang, Yalon, Somersetshire ; Edmund Grosvenor Goulden, ilaz•dgrovr, Cheshire ; George Charles Armstrong, Ware, Hens. A NEW PARr k'AMENTARY PROVERB.—We have to record the addition of a new expression to the stock-list of Parliamentary idiotistnes. In giving a narration of the famous Dublin Election petition, which dragged its slow length along during four months of the session of 1847, and cost furthermore, 15,0001, Mr. Reynolds added that the witnesses examined before the com mittEe manifested, he would not say perjury, but a "considerable ceunomising of truth." The phrase is happy, and will, we doubt not, become memorable. So busy are shipbuilders here at present that the operatives have to stint their diet hours in order to ex pedite the finishing of vessels contracted for.—Dundee Advertiser. AO