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NOTICE. MR. ELIOT WARBURTON ' S NEW WORK. REGINALD HASTINGS ; A Tale of the Troubles in 16—, WILL BE PUBLISHED IMMEDIATELY BY MR. COLBURN ; And these who may desire copies on the day of publication are re quested to send their orders without delay to their Booksellers. 13, Great Marlboreugh-street. SECOND AND CHEAPER EDITION. Now ready, in one Vol. with Portrait, Its. 6d., bound, REVELATION'S OF TUE LIFE OF pR IN CE TALLEYRAND, By M. COLMACHE, PrivateSeeretaryto the Prince. • - "We have perused this work with extreme interest. It is a por trait of Talleyrand drawn by his own hand."—Morning Post. " This brilliant work is full of delightful and entertaining anec dotes. We here see Talleyrand as the wit, the aristocratic revolu tionist, the courtier, the statesman."—Sun. " This work reads :as delightfully as Grammont's Memoirs of the Court of Charles ll.—a higher compliment we cannot pay t."—Weekly Chronicle, Acompiete Boswell sketch of the greatest diplomatist of the age."—Sunday Times. 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James Morier's MARTIN TOUTIZOND, 1 vol. Bvo. 12s. lx. LEoNIE VERMONT. By the Author of " Mildred Vernon, 3 ♦ole. _ . Richard Bentley, New Burlington .street. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance of Signor Lorenzo. The Nobility, Subscribers, ancl the Public aro respectfully informed tk I 1 THIS EVENING Will be presented Verdi's eeletiratel Opera of N[ O. Abigail, Midlle. Parodi; Fentn:a, Madame Gtulistna ; Orastasphe, Signor Brdetti ; Idaspo, Sig. ; .Mnins, Sig. Lorenzo. After which will be p molted an entirely now and original grand by M. Tau! Taglioni, entitled LES 31 ETA MORTHOSIES. The Ifusie e ,ntposea by Signor l'u:sni ; the Scenery (entirely now) by Mr. Marshall : the Anolutments by Mr. hr : the Cos times by Miss ibra Iley Ana C ,om!.es, Antler the superintendence of Madame C pore. _ _ _ The Sprite (under the forms of 1, a Page —2, a Rustic Coquette-3, W il,l-of-the-Wisp-4, a Fol.e— 5, a .I)ornino-6, a Cavalier), Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Karl (a Student), N. Paul Taglioni ; Ida (his be trothed), Madlle. Rosa ; Yomus, M. Charles ; Flves, lladlles. Rosa, Atpandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, B. l'ascales, and F. Pascales. In the course of the Ballet Madlle. Maria Taglioni will make her dust appearance this season. _ _ . Appicatiors for B xes, Stara, and 1 !Acts to be made at the o?era He x office, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The First Appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves. The Nobility, Sabscriberl to the Opera, and the Public are respect. f tidy informed that A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Will take place On THURSDAY NEXT, March hi, It being the Drst Night but One before Easter, on which teeasion MR. SI3IS REEVES Will, mak , _., his first appearance in Verdi's Opera, E RNAN I. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. ItOTAL ITAL!AN OPERA, cOVENT-GARDEN.. Tqe Plrectors of the Royal Italian Opera beg most re•pectfally to Inform the 2Cobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the l'eblio that TIMIS EVENING, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, Will be prem. nteel Webcr's Grand Opera or • DER FREISCHUTZ,: With entirely new Seenery, (iostutneo3, awl Appointments. A.gata, Madame Castel an (her 2a appearance these two years) ; Annetta, Wile. Vera (her 2d appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; lina Paraninfa, Jidlle. Cotti ; Giulio, Signor Enrico Maralti ( his Id appearance in England) ; Mons. 3lassol ; Cuno, Signor Ronuni ; trgo, Signor Luigi Yet ; Eremita, Signor Gregorie ( his 2d appearance at the Royal Italian Opera); Zamiel, M.Diier ing (his 2d appearance at the Royal Italian Opera); Gaspar, iffe: r Formes (his ad appearance at the Royal Italian Opera). Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. - . The Scenery I y Messrs. Grieve and Telbia tha Dresses by Mrs Bailey and Mme. :demi° ; the Appointments by Mr. Dia lairs be Mac:.inery by Mr. Allen ; the Spectacle arranged by Mr. A. 'Janis. The Deors will be opened at llalf-past Seven, and the performani commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Ticks ts or Rosa:, Stalls, or the Pit, maybe taken for the nighl er season. N.M. Subscribers for the Season will have the option of plying their Subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by monthly in talments. The terms may be obtained at the Box-offlee of the Theatre (ear. e r of Hart-street and Bow-street), which is open IremTea til . Ivo o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUILY-LANE. Lessee anti Manager, Mr. JAMES .iNDERSON. THIS N Wril be presented, by her A.lnjesty's Servant/6 The Comedy of THE ELDER BROTHER ; or, Love at First Sight. Lord Lewis, Ur. Diddear ; Miramount, Mr. Emery: Brisac, Mr. Davldge ; Charles, Mr. James Anderson ; Eustace, Mr. Mon. tague ; Angelina, Miss TandenhoiT ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lensdnle. To be followed by FAMILY JAPS. To conclude with (second time lucre) MARY STUART. FriTata boxes, SI. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and 1/. Is Stalls, ss. each. s. d. 9. d. FIRST PUCE. Poxes - - 4 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 . Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-keeper SECOND PRICE. roue - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. Mr. J. Pony. TiIF.ATRE ROYAL, DAYMAUKET. Mr. B. WebsVr, :eels Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be revived Douglas Jerrold's popular Comedy of TIME WORKS WONDERS. Characters by Mesrs. Webster, Bucizstone, Keeley, Stuart, Howe Mrs, Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Miss I'. Horton, &. To conclude with THE SERIOUS FAMILY. The Box-ofdse Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TIIEATRF 'LOYAL, ADELPHL Vitier dlrk , atinn of Madame etteect. TIIIS EVENING, Virlll be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S DRISAII. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bad t ard. O. Smith; Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss llsriling, and Mrs. F. 'Matthews. To be followed by GOING TO THE DERBY. Te conclude with 'PH2 DANCING BARBER. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA CO VIQUE. Last Night but One of the Operatic Performances. Mr. MITCHELI. begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at th; St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING at Half-past Sever, precisely, with LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; Horace, M. Lac; (i 1 Perez, M. Buguct ; Angele, Madlla. Charton ; Brigitte, Madlle, GAB ; Ursule, Madlle. Danhausser ; Jacinthe, Madame Mancini ; Gertrude, Madlle. Vigny. To conclude with Nicolo's Opera, entitled LE% RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. The Box-office of the Theatre Ls open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mltehell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond• 14 eet. YRINCESS'S 1nk:A.166 ' Mr. .7. M. lkiwidox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will he perthoxv,l the Opera of LUCIA DI LIM3tARNIO3E. To coholude with a new Opera, entitled KING CHARLES TIIE SEC ON D. At TEAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Vr.der the Management of Madame Vends. polo Lessee. Mr. Charles M rho 'tts. THIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. • To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes Upper Boxex, 4s. ; Pit, 4a. ; Gallery, ts., 1:c half-price to any part of the house. Alt applications for friTate Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, lb New Bond-street. ASTLEI'. '.)YAL AMPHITIIEA":/16. Fra,trietcr, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change In the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. TlllB EVENING The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a aew Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; er, the Brigand of 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. To eencluide with a favourite Afterpleoe. IlSoz-oftlee open from Eleven till Fotlr. 'age Manager, Mr. W. West. rutin WATER AT LONDON BEUJ(E. TAN DAY —.51 n - ning. II min. niter 5 i Evening, 35 min. after & To-Mosnow—Merging, 56 min. after & I Evening. 18 mtn. after 6 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICB, MARCEL 19. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 42 Noon, 43, BAROMETER. 30.17. WIND W.N.W.—dull weather, with occasional rain. ft: timing LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1830. The suggestion made last night by the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for the county of Limerick, dur ing the discussion on the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, is of a very valuable character. If fully and fairly carried out, not only on the other side of St. George's Channel, but in this country also, it would go far to place the borough constituen cies on a sounder foundation than is the case at pre sent, and to remove one of the chief existing griev ances which the Reform Act left unprovided for, the nomination boroughs, which are still subject to improper and unconstitutional influences in the selection of their representatives. From the manner in_which the suggestion was received by the ~rovPlacnier, and by the House generally, there is every SE" n , to hope that it may be carried into practic a l In during th e p resen t sess i on , and th a t 1850 5 •. _ distinguished as the year of a second Re- „. ;itt 4•A a is no great or startling innovation contained in Mr. MONSELL's proposition. The experiment has • already been tried, and the results have been most satisfactory. It cannot be asserted that the system, which is found to work well in Scotland and Wales, would be unsuccessful if extended throughout the United Kingdoms. Mr. MONSELL, it is true, only spoke of Ireland. He alluded to ten boroughs in Ireland with less than 300 voters in each, and he recommended that neighbour ing towns should be added, so as to form respectable constituencies, not so liable to be affected by bribery and corruption, or by local influence, as at present. But wby should every beneficial change be restricted to Ireland ? Are there not cases as glaring in this country also ? If Mallow, Dundalk, Athlone, Ennis, Portarlington, New ROSF, Kinsale, Cashel, Wexford, and similarly circumstanced boroughs are to be found in Ireland, has not England its Bridgnorth, Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Honiton, Harwich, Lymington, Marl borough, Richmond (Yorkshire), Totnes, Thetford, Wilton, &c., &c.? And can it be said that the infusion of new blood into these constituencies is not as urgently required as in any of the Irish boroughs above alluded to? There are no less than twenty-two towns in England returning forty-two repre sentatives to Parliament, the aggregate popula tion of which barely exceeds one hundred taousand souls, which weigh as much in the political scale as the twenty chief cities and towns in this mighty empire. Although the latter have nearly four millions of inha bitants, the former have one member for every 2,390 persons, while in the latter the average amounts to no less than 90,000 who are similarly favoured. Thus, the opinions of a single individual, in the mailer towns, will neutralize those of 37 persons in the larger. The chief feature in the suggestion is, that there could be no practical difficulty in carrying it into execution. The examples of Scotland and of Wales show how the votes may be taken and the elections conducted, and experience has shown that no reason able objection can be taken to its operation. There is no necessity for in any degree altering the relative proportions of county and borough members, for depriving any persons now entitled to the fran chise of their privileges. All that would be required is that towns at present practically unrepresented should be added to existing small boroughs, which would then form the centres of enlarged consti tuencies. If the principle were once recognised, it would probably be so far acted on as to make up a population of at least 20,000 or 30,000 inhabitants in every district entitled to return a member or members to Parliament. In anything like an equal representation, there would be about one member for every 41,000 persons ; and it is surely not too much to say, that the absurd anomaly which, in certain cases, permits 2,000 or 3,000 individuals to return two representatives, should be abolished with all con venient speed. It is unhappily but too notorious that, at the pre sent moment, no less than 69 gentlemen have seats in the House of Commons, who cannot he looked upon or considered as popular repre sentatives. To all intents and purposes, they merely express the wishes of their aristocratic patrons, or what is perhaps even more objectionable, they have purchased their seats, and consider themselves fully entitled to make the best bargains for their votes, for hick they have paid the stipulated price. Those who buy will sell whenever an opportunity may arise. And the Commons House of Parliament can never possess the authority to which it is justly en titled, or enjoy the entire confidence of the people, so long as a system so impolitic and indefensible is sanctioned and tolerated. To all who desire full and accurate information on the subject above referred to, we would earnestly commend the able pamphlet of Mr. DIACSAY,* work to which we have referred in our columns, and which may be regarded as constituting the basis of the chief reforms now insisted on by the veteran Member for Montrose and his patriotic coadjutors. Mr. MACSAT has exhibited the question in its true light, and exposed all its ludicrous absurdity. lie has shown that a majority of members are returned by about one-sixth of tke persons entitled to the elective franchise; that 180,000 electors send 330 repre sentatives,while the remaining 900,000 have but 328 ; so that, in fact, the third-class towns and small bo roughs, including cf course all the boroughs in which undue influences are in operation, can outweigh and overrule the electors in all the counties and in the great industrial towns. This is not as it should be, or as, considering the extraordinary unanimity exhi bited by persons of all shades and varieties of political opinion on the suggestion of Mr. Moetsann, we think we are justified in saying it will be. No time should be lost in carrying it into effect. The approaching Easter recess will give Ministers ample leisure to mature the project, and the time should not be wasted or misapplied if they desire to have an op portunity of achieving this reform, an honour that may otherwise fall to the lot of a private Member. Whatever may be the result, Mr. MONSELL, who has long been one of the most useful representatives from the sister kingdom, will have earned for himself the thanks and gratitude of the community in general. Now-a-days the conviction is becoming so power ful and prevalent as to the necessity of emigration from the mother country to her colonial possessions, that the advocacy of this method of national advance. ment has extended from the provinces of the journal ist and the pamphleteer to those of the novelist and the mercantile speculator. Hence it happens, that while we find the best and the most beautiful of the fictions penned by Sir BULWER LYTTON, adorned with _ . attractive delineations of the settlers' life in Austra lie, we simultaneously observe the formation of one company after another—associations projected for the purpose cf facilitating the movement from Eng ' land towards her more remote dominions. When ever among those societies we are enabled to recognise any that appear to us calcalatei to advance the cause all of us have so much at heart, whenever we detect the benefits likely to accrue to emigrants guided under judicious management, and whenever, moreover, we perceive that those various benefits and advantages are guaranteed by the substantial excellence of the names enrolled upon the directory, and prefixed to the prospectuses, we are eager to recommend the examination cf the plans advanced by the originators to such as are seriously solicitous to try their fortunes in our fruit ful but uncultivated colonies. In commending al such projects, nevertheless, to the consideration of these adventurers, it becomes to us a matter of con scientious responsibility to abstain from doing so in all cases but those in which we discover the soundest calculations and the most indubitable securities. Re cently we have had occasion to express our approval of one or two such undertakings, in no instance, however, before we have subjected them to the most scrutinising investigation. While expressing our earnest sympathy in the benevolent scheme of Mr. SIDISBY HBRBEItT, and entertaining a kindred regard for the philanthropic project of Mrs. CHISHOLM, we have not overlooked the necessity of witnessing the accompaniment of all such humane enterprises with others established upon a strictly mercantile, though at the same time also a similarly beneficent principle —whereby the persons conveyed to our distant colonial possessions might be enabled after their ar rival there to prosecute their agricultural and other labours with a probability of reaping reasonable and rapid advantages. With this intention —with the in tention of demonstrating the feasibility of such appa rently incongruous associations, working in u n i son not only without detriment to each other, but with the certainty of mutually promoting the interests of each other—we have, as already intimated, referred from time to time to the esta blishment now of a charitable fund, now of a commercial association, each and all of them undertaken equally with a view to promote the general cause of emigration. Among other undertakings of the above-mentioned character which appear to have sprung very recently into existence, one, entitled " The Colonization As surance Company," seems to us to be eminently cal culated to advance the interests of the mother country and cf her Australian possessions. Of course, while accomplishing this twofold achievement, the company will look sedulously to the simultaneous advancement of those interests which come nearer * E'ectoral Districts. An Inquiry into the workirg of the Reform Bill." By Alexander Mackay, EN., Barrister•at-Law. London: Charles Gilpin, 1348. • Alt d4e' 61% t I : 041 • ;-;,- ".• 7 1 to , • home, the interests of themselves, of the directors, and of the shareholders. Without the recognition of the feasibility of this latter project, and that, too, on a very agreeable and comprehensive scale, we should, especially in a mercantile country like England, and in a mercantile age like the nine teenth century, be disposed to view the proposed enterprise with an unconquerable suspicion. Such suspicion, indeed, comes so ver y na t ura lly, that - it attaches itself unfortunately to the strictly charitable associations, so that the secretaries and treasurers of such associations are not unfrequently watched with a distressing, because undeserved, jea lousy. Be it said, therefore, at once, that the com pany here alluded to is in no degree to be regarded as a merely benevolent undertaking, but that which is indisputably beneficent in all its immediate and ulterior tendencies—it is certain, when carried out, to secure to itself the reward of its very laudable exer tions. It has been a subject to us of very consider able satisfaction to observe that the scale upon which the whole scheme has been projected is of a kind altogether so comprehensive and cosmopolitan, that it embraces alike the intended emigrants from England and others also from the different nations of the European Continent. It is worthy of recollection, in reference to this fea ture of their enterprize, that the soil and climate of Australia are capable of supporting, with an abundant and various productiveness, the different agriculturists collected together from the diversified dominions of the old world. In the provinces of that southern continent, where according to one of the most brilliant wits of our generation,:the earth is:so genial in its exuberance, that it requires only to be tickled with a hoe to make it laugh ifito harvests, the English settler might tend his apple-trees, the German his vineyard, and the S2rvian his plum orchard, each with lar g e returns and entire satisfaction. Consequently, it is not with pardonable rashness, but with laudable prudence, that the Colonization Assurance Company have proposed aiding the ambition alike of English settlers and settlers from the Continent; and if the association be only carried on in accordance with these same wise and enlarged principles we are satisfied that it must rise simultaneously in popularity and prosperity. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It would appear from the following article which appears in the Napoleon that the PFESIDENT of the Republic has actually surrendered himself bound hand and foot to M. THIERS ,and the Orleanists, and has consented to become, instead of the Chief of the State —the elected of six million Frenchmen—the underling of a faction, the tolerated of the club of the Rue de Poictiers. The Napoleon says : " The Paris election is a ray of light c'arted into the depths of eeciety. The evil is revealed, and in the free of this revelation all political distrusts have disappeared. The President claiming the honour of a generous initia tive, decided ( n surrounding himself with all persons of ex perience, all devotedness. It has been teen by the eager ness with which all the most important men responded to the call, wh a; real patriotism there is in the views of certain parties, so otter: accused of after thoughts, and in the minds of the statesmen to whom personal views were at tributed. The President of the Republic himself nobly dispelled the imaginary notions which ought nel er to have been entertained of the exile restored to hie country by the Republic, and raised to power by the na tional will. Both sides separated, animated with a like self-denial, and an equal zi al for social interests, which now become the predominant political in terests. The election of the 10th March las cemented and :oiled the union of the two great powers of the stet-. This is rot the first time that imprudent adversaries have served the cause they sought to oppose. Such a result narrows considerably the Ministerial questions which have so much occupied the journals. Tho question is not who shall bo Minis ter, but what will the Ministry do in accord with the Assembly? It is not our province to prejudge the reso lutions of the Government and the Assembly. What we have to record with satisfaction is their perfect sym pathy, their emulation to give to society ell the guarane tees of which it now stands in need more than ever, and which it has a right to require on the morrow of a sur prise brought about by secondary circumstances it is true, but, which, if its dangers were not understood, might one day compromise the general cause of order and civilisation." In another article entitled " the situation," the journal of the Elysee thus confesses its sins and prays to the para. pretre for absolution : The barbarians are at our gates, but be not uneasy, they will not get into the place neither by cunning nor by force. We have behind our ramparts an immense population which, notwithstanding some traitors, will always render impossible the triumph of an enemy whose only object is pillage. Though our adversaries should increose their numbers by some other deserters, they would not succeed. Have we not for us justice, truth, and civilization. The prevailing true idea now is, the bettering the condition of the poorer classes, an improve ment which it is impossible to effect if the Government is not strong, and society does not feel confidence. The false notion is the doctrine which pretends to reach the same end by the overthrow of all that exists, and by the triumph of chimeras which have no root in the last nor hope in the future. If the •Government has committed errors, it is quite ready to admit them, for it desires but the good, and is ambitious of ao other glory than that of saving the country." The Journal des Debate, the accredited organ of the Orleanist faction, does not fail to take note of the unconditional surrender recorded in these articles of the Napoleon : " The note (it says) published by the Napoleon ap pears to have a certain official character. This declara tion is the result of the interview which took place im mediately after the elections of Paris between the Presi dent of the Republic and some of the most eminent men of the Parliamentary majority, Messrs. Mold, Thiers, De Broglie, Berryer, Montalembert, St. Priest, and General Changarnier. It would appear as though the defeat of the re actionaries at the Paris elections had so stunned them as actually to have deprived them of their senses. The authorities have actually commenced prosecu tions against all the Republican journals for having urged the people to abstain on Friday from any demonstration which could by possibility lead to a breach of the peace, and, as if to render their intentions still more unmistakeable, the Pa trie, the Ministerial journal, in one of its leaders has the following passage :—" Do not despise the sword. Contempt of force is foolish. The enemy within must be destroyed. The sword is 110 LT. RODESPIaREI talked of the " holy guillo tine," and has deservedly incurred the execration of posterity fur the phrase. Where is the vast differ ence between his holy guillotine and the holy sword of the reactionaries, seeing that each is to be used to shed the blood of political opponents, only because they are political opponents ? The Republicans are, however, too prudent,to afford their oppon en t s th e so much desired opportunity of using the " holy sword ;" they will bide their time patiently, knowing that the elections of 1852 will give them a decided majority. The reactionaries also are aware of this, and universal suffrage, heretofore the theme of their eulogium, has all at once lost its prestige. Already are measures talked of to be adopted by the Assembly, in direct violation of the Constitution, to hamper the exercise of universal suffrage, but even the adoption of.. these measures will not excite the people to violence, or afford to CHANGAINIER the desired oppor tunity of using the "holy sword." " The people," says the National, " are calm because they are strong, they are patient because theirs is the future. You can not deprive them of either their calm, their strength, their patience, or their future." In another part of the same article the National, addressing the reactionary factions, says—" Moral force and mate rial force have alike deserted you. On whom do you rely ? Is it on the Bourgeoisie, which has just con demned you ? Is it on the Proletariat, which sees in you its irreconcileable enemy? Is it on the army, which has proved to you that it intends to be the army of right and of principle, and not the Praetorian guard of ambitions reprobated by all ?" The Republique thus shadows forth the tactics of passive resistance which will be adopted by the Re publicans, should the reactionary Assembly attempt to violate the Constitution. It says— " It is evident that means will be sought of suppress ing, if not of perverting and falsifying universal suffrage. That is what we have to watch. Thank heaven, the Constitution hos put a cheek to retrograde attempts, by deciding that the suffrage should be direct and universal. That if a violation of the Constitution be attempted we have a sure weapon—the refusal to pay the . taxes—' no more universal suffrage, no more money. This argu ment' rendered all others unnecessary." Even in the Assembly the reactionaries cannot refrain from giving utterance to their rage and fears, tlenr scold like old women. On Saturday they in terrupted M. JULES FAVRE no less than fifty-two times in the course of his speech, and at length M. SEGIJR D'AGUESSEAN, one of the most bigotted of the parti-pretre, exclaimed, " Paris by its late vote uttered a cry of war," to which M. jurss FAVRB justly retorted, " And you have now uttered the language of an insurgent," an opinion in which M. Durex seemed to concur, as he called the worthy ci- devaut Noble to order. The Patric is endeavouring, in conjunction with the Assemble Nationale, to organize a system of ex clusive dealing. This is a dangerous game, for if the Socialists in the Faubourgs were to do the same, the reaction areis would lose at least three votes for every .. 11e proscription a onethe t y o wou ap pears T he lis ta Asse o m f b d hap-hazard ; in fact, it declares that it l publish ga im its wishes to give those whom it accuses wrong- fully an opportunity of denying the reports in circulation, thus cunningly endeavouring to do away with the secrecy of the ballot, by regarding all who do not declare their votes as having voted against its friends. It is to be regretted that any of the persons denounced should have taken the trouble to contra dict the statements of the journal, the course should have been for each individual denounced to have en tered a separate prosecution against the gerant. The Moniteur du Soir says— " Troops continue to be sent to the frontier. It is stated that several regiments of infantry in garrison at Paris have received orders to be in readiness to march this week for the north." One of the Paris journals has the following : "At the beginning of April the following changes in the cavalry of the garrison of Paris are to take place:— The 9th Regiment of Dragoons, which formed part of the army c f the Alps, and acted so energetically in the affairs of Lyons, is to replace at Paris the 2d Dragoon.., who have distinguished themselves in all the emeutes under the command of the brave Colonel do Guyon. The 2d Chasseurs, who were so energetic at Niort end( r the orders of M. de Cotte, is to replace at St. Germain the Ist Cuirassiers, who are to go to Lille. The stl Hussars are to come from Pontivy to Paris, and the sth Lancers are to go from Paris to Pontivy, The Ist Lan cers are to replace the 4th Dragoons at Versailles." The Moniteur du Soir says that the PRESIDENT of the Republic will accompany the GRAND DUKE of Baden on Friday next to the frontier, and will afterwards visit the garrisons of the departments of the east. A letter from Toulon, of the 14th inst., states that the French fleet, which was expected in that port, had received counter-orders, and would remain in the Bay of Naples to wait the course of events. There were some fluctuations in the quotations of Government Stock at the Bourse to-day, but prices were better maintained than on Saturday. The Five per Cents opened at 91f. 95c, fell to 91f. 75c., rose subsequently to 92f. 25c , and closed at 92". 15c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. sc. ; Orleans Rail road Shares, 765 f. ; Rouen, 535 f, ; Havre,236f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 4361. 25c. ; Avignon, 1971. 50c. ; Vierzon, 3171. 50c.; Basle, 1151 ; Bordeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 3451. ; Tours and Nantes, 245'. ; the New Roman Loan, 77i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCE-EXCHANGE, MARCIE 18. Dutch Rhenish, 2 1 ,E —Luxembourg, 1 %—Northern of France, 123 g. SPAIN. Madrid journals of - the 13th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 13.—The Three per Cents. closed at 28i fsr paper; the Four per Cents., at 121; the Five per Cents., at 12k- for oash; the Debt without Interest, at 3 13-16 for paper; and the Coupons, at 7. GERMAN Y. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of Munich on the 13th the Minister of Finance proposed an income tax. It is to be imposed at the minimum of an income of 200 florins. From 200 to 249, the tax will be 30 kreuszers ; from 250 to 299, 45 kreutzers; from 300 to 400 florins, 60 kreutzers. Every income above this is to pay at the rate of 30 kreutzers for every additional 100 florins. The highest revenues are to pay two per cent. Just as the sitting was about to break ur, the Minister VON DEBI PFOItDTEN submitted communica tions on the protests of Austria , and Bavaria po ° ainst the Parliament at Erfurth, and on the tr ea ty of February. The Minister stated that the treaty had this day been commuunicated to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, and that he had already received telegraphic intelligence from Vienna of its care arrival in that city. The treaty would also in a few days be presented to the Central Commission of Frankfort ; that so soon as the Governments of Austria and Prussia should send the replies, the same would he communicated to the Chambers. It was expected that the Austrian Cabinet would accede to the treaty, and that its answer might be expected in the course of a few days. The Ministerial President then read the convention and his notes of the three Governments, by which it was accompanied, to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin. The Chambers then resolved that these docummts should be printed. General RAUCII has returned to Berlin from his embassy to the Duchies. He has not only been un successful in his object, but it even appears that the negotiations on the question of the Duchies, which a few days since appeared to take a favourable turn, have suddenly met with an unexpected check, in con sequence of the totally irreconcileable pretensions of the parties interested. ITALY. - The Paris Opinion Publique of yesterday has the following : "It is rumoured that news had been received from Portici of the Pope being taken ill, which led to the ap prehension that his return to Rome might be again de layed. We hope that this intelligence will not to con firmed, and we mention it in order to prevent its gravity being exaggerated." The IVazionale of Florence of the 11th inst. states that the Tuscan Cabinet had demanded the mediation of Russia, for the adjustment of the claim made by Lord PALIIIIRSTON in favour of the British subjects who had suffered in their property during the popu lar disturbances at Leghorn. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa publishes a letter from Naples, stating that on the 9th inst. the municipality of Naples presented to the KING a peti tion, signed by 20,000 persons, praying that the con stitution may be abolished by law, as it is de facto. EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1851. The following points of principle have been decided by her li4jesty's Comtnissieners, in answer to in quiries made by the local committee for the city of London : 1. Juries will be selected to award the prizes; but no competitor for a prize in any section will be allowed to act upon a jury to award the prizes in that section. 2. It is not intended to require of exhibitors that they should of necessity be subscriblrs. 3. It is not intended to exeSde any person, whether he be the manufacturer, designer, inventor, er proprietor of any article from exhibiting it, whatever may bo the regulations under which he may hereafter be required to do so. 4. Some misunderstanding having arisen from the use of the words "counting-houses" in the building pro spectus issued by the Commissioners, they intend only to have such offices as will be required for taking money at telling catalogues, an d conducting offices for the sale of articles exhibited. Th e o bj, c t o f the exhibition is the display of the articles int en d e d t o deetr di s tributingth e oth e r business ticke t s, of the exhibition, and no t be exhibited, and not the transaction of commercial business; and the Commissioners can therefore give no facilities for the sale of articles, or fur the transaction of business connected therewith. (signed) J. SCOTT RUSSELL, STAFFORD H. NORTHCOTE. March, 1850. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. (THIS DAY.) A special court of this society was held this afternoon, at the Scottish Hall, Crane -court ; Hamilton Lindsey, Esq., in the chair. Captain Forums proposed to abolish the office of super intendent, and to appoint a non-resident secretary. The CHISHOLM said it was absolutely necessary that something should be done, as they were now spending 2,0001. a year more than they received, and this was taken out of a fund that ought to be kept as a perma nent investment. If nutters went on as at present, the society would be brought to a termination in less than five or six years. ir e suggested, as there was another resolution to be proposed for the appointment of a com mittee to inquire into the condition of the institution, that the proposition of Captain Forbes should be de ferred umail the decision of the Court was taken with respect to the committee. The Rev. Mr. CuItIISIINGS considered that, under ex isting circumstances, it would be most advisable to have a non-resident secretary instead of a resident superin tendent, and he was induced to take this view on high moral, and not on any financial grounds. As to the band connected with the institution, he said it was, hie opinion that musi c oug ht to form a part of the e d ucat i on of the children; but a t the same time he thou g h t t h at nine-tenths of its res ources ought to be spent on t h e i r moral education. They m ight get a band master at half his present salary; and by having a matron or gentle woman to attend to the domestic concerns of the in stitution, and an out-doorfsecretary to collect subscriptions and to bring the obj ec ts of the charity before the p u bli c, he thought a more sat i s factory state of things mi g h t b e brought about. H e suggested that the expendit ure should be equalised w ith the income as speedily as pos sible, which could b e done by admitting fewer child ren , viz, five instead of s i x t e en. Mr. CAMPBELL s u pp o rted the proposition of C o l onel Forbes. He said he had closely watched the constitu tion, and the proceedings and workings of a great num ber of charitable institutions in London, and he found that only thirteen out of 1,380 had superintendents. When the income was exceeded by 1,600/. or 2,000/., he thought they were not justified in paying 200/. a year to a superintendent, besides allowing him to live on the pre mises. The cost which this institution had to sustain in keeping this officer could not amount to less than 400/. or 504 a year. After a short discussion, the resolntion was negatived anti:another, proposed by Captain Forbes, for the ap pointment of a committee to inquire into the condition of the institution, and to devise and to carry into effect such retrenchment as might be necessary to equalise the expenditure with the income. Mr. SUTHERLAND, an auditor, said the income last year amounted to 1,8001., and the expenditure to 3,5001., but this included 1,700. for building and otherex traneous matters, which would not belong to the ex penses of any future year. The real expenditure over income might be estimated at 1,2004 The resolution was passed, and a committee earned to - carry it into effect, consisting of the Marquis of Brea dalbane, Lord James Stuart, The Chisholm, and others. After the transaction of some other business the court adjourned. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial•• offlee from the Governor of Gibraltar. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500 Brazil were taken for export.—Railway Shares were quiet at rather lower prices. The Coffee Market opens very heavily this week, owing to the result of the Dutch sales. Accounts from Belgium gate that the prospects for the pntatoe and other crops were very encouraging, and a great deal of linseed, &c., was being culti vated in preference to wheat, owing to the low price of grain. There is an arrival, with letters and papers of January 12, ft-cm the Capo of Good Hope. The agitation upon the convict question had abated, but the settled deter mination of the colonists remained as inflexible as ever. A public indemnity was talked of for those who may have suffered in their business by declining to supply the commissariat until the transportation question is satisfactorily arranged. The steamer has arrived from the United Stater, and brings advices of 'a fortnight later date. Business was brisk, and the money market seemed to be easy. Indeed, nearly all classes were prosperous, and some of the manufacturing companies had paid dividends of 15 and 20 per cent. per annum. The Iron trade was most de pressed, and in this respect suffers with the same branch here. Wertern Canal Flour had been sold at 51 dollars. Cotton had a little receded. Freights were again lower. The rate of Exchange on London was 1081 Gold continued to arrive from California. The private letters have not been delivered up to the hour of our present writing. The English Funds, though variable this morning, arc rather bouyant, and there is an absence of intelligence of importance calculated to influence the quotations. Consols have realised 95R for Transfer, and 9514 for Account,: being now 9511. The premium on Ex chequer-bills has been 595. to 61s. ; East India Bonds have been 85s. premium. Money has been called a trifle dearer in the discount market, but the bankers are over-supplied, and not at all desirous of taking small accounts. Even the Bank of England has departed from its usual practice, and has intimated that a small charge for keeping accounts is re quisite where a moderately steady balance is not kept. With money worth lk to 21 per cent., it cannot be a matter fur surprise that the joint-stock banks should be indisposed to give - interest upon deposits, or at least should desire to pare it down as low as possible. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been circum scribed, but prices are rather firmer. Peruvian Active Stock has been quoted 72 to 72k, and the Deferred 264 to 27k. Chilian Bonds have realised 10oi. Mexican Stock has been 294 and Buenos Ayres 56 The meeting of yesterday upon the subject of the Argentine debt was convened by Mr. Tacker, well known for his exertions and success in the matter of the Spanish Treasury bonds, and a good deal of interesting information was furnished. It appears that Mr. Daniel Robertson, a very large holder, has addressed an excellent memorial to General Roses upon the subject of the claims of tho foreign creditors, the home debt of the Republic having been nearly re deemed, and with the improved resources at command, the prospect that some amount may I.e obtained from Patagonian guano, and the fact that the Argentine Minister in England has expressed au earnest wish that an equitable arrang , went should be come to, Mr. Talker thought this a fitticg opportunity for the bondholders to come forward at once and support by a public declaration the efforts of Messrs. Baring Brothers, of the Spanish American com mittee, and of Mr. Daniel Robertson. The meeting cordially acquiesced, and it is to be hoped some good will result. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 55. Spanish and Portuguese Bonds have been quite neglected. Russian Scrip is 1 to 14 premium. Railway Shares are very dull, and prices are barely maintained. CLOSING PRICEg. 9 . ONE PRIQES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. 3 pen Oent. Console Annuities 95 5 0 8 % Long Anne. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 3 8 5-16 8 5-16 (cilia E0nd6,1,000/. B5 p 85 p Ditto under 1,0001.. ....... .... B5 p 87 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ........ 95 Consols for Account 9 5 % 3 /4 i h a it Kxcbequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. tis 2d 1,000/. June 59 61 p 500/. June Small, June 61 p 61 p 61 p CLOSING PRIC ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. flrazilian bonds B9 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent -- Ditto, Account. 5O Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent Do., 3 per cent ' 58% Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Moxican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— - Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..... „. 29% 8 29 Ditto, Account ..... 29% Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds .... Ditto Scrip 1 % 14 p 11 4 p Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 ,4 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London French 3 per Cent Exchange Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 55 1 , Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 86% 26 3 / % PRICES OF PAID, BUSINESS DONE CLOFING RAIr,WAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICEi Aberdeen tiirming, Wolverh'ton, and r ulley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead... 50 - Eastern Counties........ 20 •••-• 71 4 % •• Great Northern ..... ... 22 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O Eastern Union, Class A (late E. 1.. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 .. .. ••• •• Do., % A Deferred ... 12 1 4...... 2% Do., %B 6 per Cent... 9% 5 ... Do., 5 per,Cent. Pref. 12% 1 0 5 4 3/ Great Western 100 ...... 57 56% 57 1 4.. 57% Ditto, 4 Shares 5O ...... 28 Ditto, 4 Shares Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ..... 33 x.d............ 38 x.d Do. Quarters De. Fifths... ....... .-.. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) SO Leeds and Bradford 6O London, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... 100 ...... London and N Western 100 10 1 3% 105 lO 4 l /2 Ditto, New Quarters 12 Di tto, Fifths l2 .- .. 12 , 4 12 ..... ... 12 London &S.Western ICO ... - 63 1 4 62% Do., New Preference. 5 6.Tanohester,Bux.ton,and Matlock. . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo • Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Midland —1(0 39 1 4 _ Do. Birm., and Derby ICO - Midland Great Western Irish - 22 1 s Norfolk ........- ....... ....100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 North British ........ ... 25 ..... 9 ... - .... Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 6%%%......... 6i/ 2 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... 16 Royston and Hitchin „. 41h. ~ ••• Do. Shepreth Eaten . % 34 % % Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birra... 13% -....— dis. ...... Ditto ditto. Class B. 8 Shropshire Union South Devon Scuth Eastern Do., No. 3 ....... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ..... 60 Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and • Berwick. ............... 25 Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 Dn. G.N.E.Proference 8 ... -0% York and North Midland 50 ...... ..... ....., O% Ditte, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Northern of France...-. 16 Sambre and Meuse 2O ••• .. 2%% ..... MINES. Australian 4 ...... 5 5 4%. United Mexican 2 8 1,E 6% JOINT STOCK BAN KS. Colonial 25 ...... 88% ...... 81 4 Union of Australia LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, MARCH 19.—Wind at noon W.N.W., mo derate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind E. to N.E.—The Rover, from Shoreham, has put in with loss of foremast, bowsprit, and starboards and bulwarks, having been in contact with a schooner in Littlehampton Roads. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH klB.—Wind E.—Sld. Trent strainer, West Indies. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Harriet, St. John's, New Bruns , wick, for Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind E.—Off port, Marie Louise, Smith, St. Jego de Cuba, for Bremen. TABLE BAY, CAPE OW GOOD HOPE, JAN. 14.—The Ocean Queen, London to Suez, took fire, her coals ig niting, Dec. 21, and was abandoned; master, two matte, and twelve of the crew picked up and landed here; first mate and fourteen men missing. SCILLY, MARCH 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Malsone, Jorgenson, Sr. Domingo. Off port, Vesta, Soubry, New Orleans, for Havre. Std. Brilliant, of Fowey, Wilmington, for London; Minden, Crawford, Calcutt , . The Woodpecker has been identified by the roundhouse and boat. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAT DIATULZII3. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31125; Cloves ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 10s ; and Straw, 1/ 25 to 1/ 8s Fes load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3l 14i; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 23 to 1/ 9s pc. load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITEcIIAPM..—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 103 ; Clover ditto, 3l Os to 41 12s; and Straw. 11 is to 1/ 8s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off heavily at our quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market continues very heavy for British Plantation at 6d decline, and in some instances is per cwt. Mauritius at public sale went at a similar reduc tion; yellow 353 6d to 395, grey 34s to 383, brown 263 6d 95 95% 1001 531/ lOM 344 7 , :>4 7J/4 17% 2 18% 98 to 33s 6d, and grainy 36s to 3ss. Bengal white Bensres realised 37s 6d to 403 6d, and 428 to 438 for grainy Decca, being also 6d to Is lower. About 400 boxes yellow Havannah sold at 19s 6d to 21s 6d, establishing a further decline of 6d per cwt. The quantity of British PlantAtion lauded last week at the East and West India Docks was 287 hhds 17 tierces 39 barrels; there were taken for home con sumption 1,020 hhds, 112 tierces, 289 barrele. The Stock in the same places is .5,864 hhds, 1,209 tierces, 1,733 barrels. COFFEE.—The market is exceedingly heavy, End holders are pressing sales, the remit of the Dutch auc tions being discouraging. Native Ceylon has been sold as low as 508 and 49s 6d per cwt. Runs —The quantity landed last week at tho East and West India Docks was only 15 puns. There were taken for home consumption 199 puns 14 hhds, and ex ported 169 puns 104 hhds. The stock in the same places is 15,565 puns 1,938 hhds. IlicE.—Bengal was dull at 9s 6d to lOs for mid white, being 3d lower. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 37s per cwt on the spot, and Town 39s fid. TEA.—Tbe market has been quiet privately. There are public sales now in progress. COTTON.—This article continues dull. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. BINGHAM said ho had not the least doubt the prisoner stole the watch, and fully committed her for trial. THREATENED RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. MEETING OF MEMBERS OF PARLI AMEN T.-(THIS DAY.) A meeting of Members of Parliament, suppor ters of the present Government, took place to-day at Downing-street. Ab ou t 160 were present. Lord John Russell addressed the meeting. He told them that if Mr. Hutt's motion for this evening, relative to the slave-trade, were carried, he would certainly resign the office he held. _ _ Mr. Hume did not see the necessity of Lord John Russell giving up office, even if Mr. Hutt car ried his motion. Lord Palmerston repeated what Lord John Russe had stated as the course he should himself follow. Lord Harry Vane and Mr. E. Denison both spoke in favour of Mr. Hutt's motion. The meeting then separated, the general feeling being that it would form matter of grate :considera tion how to vote on this occasion. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—Her Majesty has given her presentation to Christ's Hospital to a son of the brave and lamented Brigadier .Pennycuick, who fell, with another of his sons, at the head of his regiment, on the fatal field of Chil lianwallah. Prince Albert has givers his presentation to a son of the Rev. Mr. Ward, of Ten terden, who marriel the daughter of Lord Nelson. THE WEATHER. —During the week which has elapsed since our last the weather has been generally fine and seasonable. On Tuesday the skies were bril liant and the fields were bathed in sunshine, whilst from the north-west a breeze, brisk and exhilarating, swept delightfully over the gloomy town. Subsequently, however, the wind went round slightly towards the east, and the atmosphere became dull and chilly. Daring the early hours of the morning, indeed, the frosty breath of winter ruled again, but at midday the heat became almost oppressive. From the agricultural districts, how ever, in almost all quarters, we continue to receive ac counts of an agreeable character; and it is observed that a more auspicious seed time has scarcely been ex perienced for some years put. The operations of ploughing, harrowing, sowing corn and epriug wheat, and planting potatoes are accordingly proceeding briskly ; and the labours of the early morn are ia some quarters cheered by the notes cf the lark and the thrush. Yesterday was superb. Daylight broke in rosy resplendent beauty; and throughout the unclouded heavens shone brilliantly. The atmosphere, under she breath of a keen breeze from the S.E., was de lightfully pure rand pleasant.—Liverpool Albion of yes terday. CATHERINE HAYES. The departure of Miss Hayes from Limerick on Wednesday exhibited a scene, of tumultuous excitement never exceeded in that laity. The hotel was surrounded from an early hour with crowds anxious to do homage to their fair fellow-citizen ; and it was with difficulty she was able to proceed to the carriage in welting to convey her to the rails ay termi nus. Husidreds of the poor, to whom she gave liberal charity, blessed her as she departed; and amid the fare t 11 salutations of large groups of ladies anti gentlemen, the letter uncovered in her honour, she at length drove ae ay, bring offtcted almost to tears by the enthusiastic favours hesp,d upon her. At the railway terminus another scene took place. Hundreds here too were esaitirig to take their leave of this charming vocalist, end not the least fervent, in their heart-uttered faret ells were crowds of poor emigrants, among whom money was lib rally distributed by Miss Hayes. Amid loud cheers, and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, the train at length got in motion, and the amiable and beautiful songstress departed. The pasty reached Cork An elderly man, attired in the draw of a sailor, whose name did not transpire, was charged before Mr. Jardine with creating a disturbance in front of the shop of Mr. Clarke, butcher, Long-acre. The foreman of Mr. Clarke stated that for some time past the prisoner had been in the hali t of coating to his master's house and asking for Mary, the housemaid; the young woman, however, would I ave nothing to do with him, anti to he revenged, he had more than once. written to Mr. Clarke, traducing her character and accusing her of having been discharged from her former situation for theft - , and of occasionally frequenting houses of ill-fame; but Mr. Clarke, having satisfied himself that there was no truth in the statements, threatened to give him into cus tody if he came again. This threat produced no effect upon him, and ultimately the prisoner was handed over to the custody of the police and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment; but even this punishment did not diminish the ardour of his passion, and yesterday he presented himself again at Mr. Clarke's door, and began stamping with his feet on the grating over the kitchen window. He was reminded of his former fate, and told to go away, but he refused to do so, and ho was there tore a second time placed under the care of the police. His conduct appeared so strange and irrational, that Mr. Clarke fancied he was not in his right senses,'and on diet account he was anxious that he ;should not be pu nished this time. ThQ police-ccnstable who had him in charge said he hari been drinking. lAr. JARDINE askel the prisoner what he was. The prisoner replied that he was a ship carpenter. Mr. JARDINE—WdI, what have you to say to this charl;k•? The prisoner said he had been grossly ill-used both by Mary and Mr. Clarke. The, truth was Mary had a shawl in pawn which she prized very much, and unon which he had from time to time paid the interest. Another twelvemonth was about expiring, when the in terest would again become due, and yesterday he went to Mr. Clarke's to remind her of this. He saw her washing in the kitchen, and he stamped his foot on the grating to attract her attention, and she nodded to him. lie then took a turn up the street„ fancying that she would come cut to him; but finding that she did not corns he wail“.d by the shop again, when Mary opened one of the bedroom windows and threw a bucket of hot wator over hi-r, which scalded his fact and saturated him to the very skin. Mr. JARDINE—But you have been - told that you must not go to this place. The prisoner —lib, your Worship, how can I stop away when I have been so shamefully used? I respects this young woman, indeed I does; but since she has been at this place she treats me with contempt. Before she had got it I pawned everything for her. but I did not com plain, because she promised to get my tools out again and marry me directly she had saved up enough money. Since she has been at Mr. Clarke's this foreman has robbed me of her affections. She has taken up with him, and they goes gallivanting about together. She is now a bad woman, and in return for my kindness in keeping her while out of place, she and her sister ap pointed to meet me one day, and when they came they brought some fellows with them, who knocked me down upon some paving-stones and inflicted such injuries upon me that I hare been ruptured ever since. Mr. JARDINE told him that he had no business to go after the young woman, as she wanted to have nothing to do with him. A man at his time, of life ought to know better. The prisoner —I have two motherless children to take care of. Mr. JARDINE said that had no - thing to do with the case. As the complainant did not w=ish to punish him this time, ho should let him go, but with this warning, that if he repeated his conduct, or wrote any more letters, he would be sent to gaol, not for fourteen days but for six months. The prisoner, who bad been snivelling and crying during the whole examination, was then discharged. MARLBRO'-STREET.(THIS DAY.) STEALING A GOLD WATCII.-2l2ary Churchill was brought before Mr. Bingham for final examination, charged with having stolen a gold watch and chain, value 201., the property of Mr..Aicide Leroy, a French gentleman, staying at the Prince .of Wales Hotel, Lei.. ceEtrr-place, Leicester-square. The evidence adduced went 0 show, that on last Saturday week the prosecutor snot the prisoner, and accompanied her to a house in Leiontcr-square. While h© was there he lost his watch and chain, and as the prisoner was the only person with -whom he had been, he telt convinced that she had stolen the watch, and he ac cordingly- sent for a constable and gave her in charge. The prisoner was searched at the station by a woman kept for that purpose, but tlk- watch could not be found. Since the last examination Mr. Bingham has received a letter from a woman who was confined in the same cell with the prisoner, wherein the writer states that, previous to the arrival of the van which was to convey them to prison, the sister of Churchill had an interview with her, and that she (the writer) distinctly saw Churchill take the watch from some part of her person and hand it through the bars to her sister, who immediately left the place. Police-constable Gray, of the C division, stated that he had made every effort to trace the watch, but without success. at half-psst five yesterday, and there also groups,°o elegant'y dressed ladies were assembled to greet 9" 1 ,' , Hayes, whose progress so far has been a perfect triun:r —Dublin Evening Payhet. STRIKE OF COLLIERS.—The coroner's inquest °1) , the body of J o h n Th omas, w h ose d eat h was ca used uff the burns and injuries he sustained from an explesiehe cembustibles thr us t i n t o hi s b e d- room, where his I ' l e n and family were s l eep i ng, was b rought to a co nclUSl'L P on Wednesday l as t a t Ab er d are. T he c hi e f w itness (:;,, attained was the wif e , who, after stating the facts rc liti , to the death of her husband, attributed the fitted Oa r , rence to her late h us b an d' s wor ki ng i n t h e co lliery e t r time when there was a strike amongst the colliers. r , verdict of " Wilful m ur d er aga i nst some pers on or P e be sons unknown " was r e t u r ne d. O n M on d a y lest b i e l celliers on strike, to the number of about 400, mart from the Cardiff Arms, Aberamen, to the nanuntaiu hoe joining the town, when a long the subject of the strike, the dissenting ministers w be , lattended the meeting recommending negotiation', to tween master and miners, with the view of cossi°e dis . discussion took plsee lie an amicable adjustment as regards the points in 0 hanot j " , pate. After the speechifying had closed the taken, each man having given to him a white 01 it , black pea ; the Week to signify the d e t erm ination t ° , o main on strike, and th e w hit e to go to work. when k hat was produced, the p eas were ell black witb ou ! t b single exception. The announcement was received svl emcees, and one of th e l ea d ers sa id, " Have cou rti s g • l' a i boys, there is money enoug h t o support y o u fir -si. months longer." Thanks were then voted to th e „ c e e porters and dissenting mieisters for their attead a l and the meeting quietly di s p erse d, th e co lli ers toßlT n t , a l in procession to their h ea d- quarters . Th e mee ting av le i t five hours, and was c o n d uc t e d th roug h out i n the I V e tongue. . fla al WELSH SCIIOOL,GRAT's INN-LANE.—The .- - ,. 11 , 0 1 meeting of this society was held yesterday, at the set`ii, - f house, the Hon. G. R. Trevor, M.l'., in the chair. sl b , - d, the officers and committee of the society were ele e s, and the other routiee of te business was gone l e Sir Thomas Phillips rose and said, that he had h , u °l.- i s cl tion to give, which, a lth oug h not i mme di ate ly c onuee e ll with the Welsh school, would be most gratifying t a . ° , 2 j • present to hear. He had last evening heard an ~ - ;p . lent sermon in the Welsh language, from the newly" pointed Bishop of Lls.ndaff. It was of great itrlP° r i t",so that bishops in Wales should be acquainted seitu fbo l language of the people, and Dr. Olivant had prove d "oat he was quite comp-tent to discharge his duties in the language. Mr. William Jones was glad to add t° ne t testimony of Sir Thomas Phillips, as to the able Ip t/a i s st in which Dr. Oliv an t h a d preac h e d a Welsh sernso° 4 bit evening. His lang uage was s i mp l e an d natura l, arl" aes s • accent and emphasis as correc t as if h e h a d bees u e l l and educatsd in the country. He (Mr. Jones) was 11313 0 0. ) pleased at this, as th e a pp o i n t ment a t fi rst was 1 101 -, as sidered satisfactory, on account of Dr. Olivant being Englishman. a 0 1 SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 18. The Royal a be ; Company's steam-ship Trent, Captain Clarke, Wit',„4, West India mails, left this afternoon at three o'c'tuyet i having a full general cargo, specie to the ansol in ho es 11,0901., and about sixty passengers, amongst b le ss l were the Bishop of B om b a y, l a d y , an d t h ree datsgu' h ip, . The Peninsular an d O r i en t a l C ompany ' s steanrs'ila niche, Captain J. Weeks, with the Peninsular 513 1 .,1 t also 1 , ft this afternoon, having a full cargo and t eve l 'i • passengere. The Thames, Royal Mail Cou: 1 0 - p steam-ship, Captain Abbott, with the mails from .t, West Indies, is du e a t th e P ost - o ffi ce on t h e 22d ia 9 t i ll i st and is expected about Thursday n ex t. The Peninsiier t and Oriental C om p any ' s steam - s hi p Ib er i a, CaP'n'llasat i ney, with th e P en i nsu l ar mails, may be looked for s - 0 . the 24th inst Int. The Ocean Steam Navigation a i d i pany's st eam - s hip H erman, C apta i n Crabtree, O r ' fst yesterday afternoon from Bremen, and will le s vf tie t New York on the afternoon of the 20th. The F o ' ll o lar and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, C 1 ,3 jel ' Aloresby, with the he av y p or ti on o f t h e I n di a a nd o , l rh e ; mails, may be looked for about the 26th instant' c 3,1, . Peninsular Co m p an y' s steam - s hi p I n d us, C apt ain I for Alexandria will leave on the 20th instant. hs 4 W ,,,,,,, • GLASGOW, MAR CH 16. COTTON.— O s-- e 0 as , 1 during all th e wee k a very i nanimate market, 8134"Toe0, • having, only . purchased for immediate c onsuroP4 l o ) Prices hav e a d ownwar d ten d ency, and where sa les l'' i b, • been pressed they have been at a falling off iI. °r I.t' ; Middling Orlean s i s from 61-d to 60, per lb. On - - or day a spirited sale of t a damaged cargo from lie li fs sal • leans, consisting o f 1,600 b a l es, too k p l ace at :04 ' Si. 10s. to 11/. 15s. p e r b a l e . It was chiefly take" 64 t by English buyers. The goods and yarn m arketl oa s dull, and prices are in favour of buyers., Pig Iron, e el pig iron market has been very dull during the woes', is ) little business doing. There has been little chang;sel price, and to-day the market closes at 445. for w i do it numbers, sellers; buyers at 435. 6d. cash. Bars are and teeny be reported at Si. 155. per ton. „,. Of INDUCEMENTS TO S OBRIETY .—Th e I n spector is Prisons for Scotland, Northumb eland, and Durha t° ' e st a recent report, in w hi c h h e t races a very large sra t ci t she throws , , of crime in thi s coun t ry to drunkenness, °l l' 11 0 r following suggestion, which we find quoted j° °a' Ath.encrum:—" The sobriety i n many parts o f ,h• o r • tment appears to me to he caused by the grea er P r- 05 0 knee than with us o f phy s i ca l p l easures, suc h sa °Lis and dancing, the ab un d ance o f cheap wine of so ° 3 ,', 0 0 kind that it can sc arce ly intoxicate, and the press'`, / l , of social and mental pleasures of a sort that can be enj)te `' by all classes, such as access to public walks, picture q rs . - ries, &c. In this country, some of these innocent a° a. • tional pleasures, instead of being encouraged are disc ° j a, • tenanted ; and the consequence is that many pet s ' who would otherwise engage in them, fall into tei e ss lf ' basing indulgence of drunkenness; or, it they resolo-it seek the other b e tt er p l easures, they are often drive quest of them to the houses of disreput ebb persons, a e stead of enjoying!th em i n t h e open day, in the 1010 and with the approval and sympathy cf respects. friends and neighbours. Among boys and girls in l ; i sl nufecturing towns, this want of innocent and ratt ° ,, o s amusement is a fertile so urce o f cr i me . Th e spontsfi e h v o is delight of children in dancing and singing seems t° s ,i ja that music and t h e d ance are natura l pleasures , 5°- 10 themselves perfectly inncce.nt, and that to endeav° llr ise suppress them is to opp ose t h e i ntent i ons o f an sli-foat and benevolent Create'. ; but the purest gratifiee tl y o d may, by the discountenance of the best e ducated f ! fi g moat moral classes, b e ren d ere d corrupt i ng, by F9lde. them to be ind u l ge d i n b y stea l t h , and with the -0 that they are si n f u l. I nstea d o f attempting to nerd/ such pleasures, these classes of society would, in ta g opinion, do goo d serv i ce to morality by eneaur sg i t. o there, within due bounds, by their presence and MlPP lg t be EXHIBITION or 1851.—W e un d erstan d that for • inhabitants e f Belgravia and Chelsea are preparing r ol a joint publi c meet i ng i n support of the Great Indus/'as Congress propo se d b y P r i nce Albert. The sigss'4"-ael already added to the requisition number above 500, 11 ,; (r ' among them app ear t h e names of the Marquis of 1)°,70s ,gal, Earl Mulgrave, Viscount Melgund, Lord Afi lr 'l, Hill, Lord J. Hay, the Hon. F. Charteris, the 11 ° I) ,: e il E. Elliott, th e H on. A . Li ddell, the Hon. F. Csol)"0; Sir George Gr e y, th e Ri g h t H on. T . Mi lner G ib so n, $ 0 Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir J o h n J erv i s , Ado ir „ il l Sotheby and Mund a y, M r . Ri car d o, M .P., Mr. 1)1,%ols, - 5 high, M.P., Ai r . G ren f e ll, M . P ., M r. Abel Smith, •',ll' Mr. Macgregor. M. P., M r . C ra i g, M . P ., Mr. Chiluaei M.P., Sir W. Moi e sw or th, M.P., M r . C ornewa ll Le s, ri r , M.P., Sir William Somerville, M.P.; the Revs. r e , Kingsley, Burgess, P a tt erson , Brett, Murray, god Morrison, &c. The requisition is lying fur s ignatur e , the West London Lit erar y I ns ti tut i on, i n the lalog road. To exchange a present goo d f or a prom i se d bet t ,, e i r i is giving a greater cre dit to h ope t h an wisdom s'°'" eppear to dictate—Eliza Cook's Journal. 0 5 THE LADY FRANKLIN.-013 Thursday there i tar launched from the buildi ng yar d o f M essrs. Wa l ter J-A° ou 0 and Co., a very handsome clipper-brig, of 200 tons It e measurement and 265 old, which „i, we understand , been purchased by the Adtuitalty, and is to proceed l`r d ; mediately to the Arctic reg i ons, i n seaoh of Si r . I °'" Franklin, under the command of the well-known and e-‘ perienced seaman, Capt a i n Willi am P enny, recently COT; mander of the whaler Advice of Dundee, and forrner a ' s of the St. Andrew of thi s p ort. T h i s fine vesse l l'f'i named the Lady Franklin by Mrs. Penny, the Wir t the worthy captain, h er comman d er, and glided into i'',, future element in first-r a t e sty l e, amidst - the cheers of ' numerous and most respect a bl e company of spectators .' Aberdeen Banner. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN LlVERPOOL.—Yesterc la f the various Hibernian lodges celebrated the ann iversary of Ireland's patron saint by wa lki ng i n proc essio n through the streets of Liverpool. This was in deer" of a placard issued by the Or a ng emen , t h at if t h e autbo; rities did not put d own t h e p rocess i on t h ey w ould Every police precaution was taken, and no disturbsOe took place. —de BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at M one ll an -h ouse , county D onega l,lre' land, the Lady Mary Hewitt, of a daughter. Wif ° On the Bth inst., at Brixton-rise, B r i x t on , S urre y, the of J. M. Phillipsoa, Esq., of a son. MOO On the 14th i ns t., at W oo l w i c h , M rs. G . Ashley of a son. BL On the 14th inst., the lady of the Rev. C. S. Green,it' rector of St. A nn ' s , Lewes, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Ilumber rectory, Herefordshire, tb e wife of the Rev. A. Cowburn, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Enfield, Middlesex, Mrs. John tine, of a son. _ _ • On the 15th inst., at Horton Kirby, Kent, the wife of th e Rev. H. B. Rashleigh, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Binfield, Berks, the wife of F. Alifrey, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Ethyl' r d Cresy, Esq., eldest son of Edw ar d C resy , Kent, of Solt Darenth, to Mary Louis, youngest daughter of the late Scott, Esq., of Clifford-street. On the 14th inst., at Vithington Church, Adelaide, eldes t daughter of Charles Souchay, Esq , of Withington-houl , Lancashire, to Alfred G. Beneck e , E sq ., o f Champion ► Surrey. On the 14th inst., at Caprington Castle, Ayrshire, the IZevi, W. 11. Cooper, only son of the Rev. John M. Cooper, ° Peeping, St. James's, Lincolnshire, rector of Peckleton, Lei eesterehire, to Joanna, only daughter of J. S. Coningbaw" Esq., of Caprington. DIED. On the 14th inst., at Frognell, Hampstead, Mr. Rob ert Stone, aged 82. On the 14th inst., at Clifton, P. A. Taylor, Esq., of CITY' don, Surrey, aged €O. Ou the 14th inst., Charles Fox, at Albion-place, lsliog ton, and of Old-street, St. Luke's, aged 73. On the 14th inst., at Largs. N.H., Arthur Henry CO I ' youngest son of Commander W. S. Thomas, R.N., Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard. On the 16th inst.. at Denmark-hill, Eliza Jane, daugh ter of G. H. Betts, Esq., of Watford, Herts. On the IGth inst., Ann, the wife of Mr. J. Flood, of Charles street, Middlesex Hospital. On the 13th inst., in the Cloisters, Windsor, Peter MO .v ell Hurst, Esq., aged 54. London; Printed and Publi s h e d by MURDO ITUNGt el • No. 112, Strand, Printe r , a t T he Sun Office, 1-*a", 11 s oo ' i Strand, in the Precinct of th e Sar r y , i n the eoulaY - IStddlean, Tuesday, March 19, 185*, 6% 13% 2% 5% 63 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVBNING, MARCH l9, 1860 .., f