The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-16 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, 3 vols., NEW NOVEL, PRIDE AND IRRESOLUTION. By the Author of " The Discipline of Life," "The publication of the New Work of Lady Emily Ponsouby, " Pride and Irresolution," promises to establish the Author as one of the most successful novelists of the day. In the school of Miss Edgeworth, Miss Austin, and Miss Ferrier (says the " Britannia") has the noble and talented author of these ♦olumes studied with profit ; and we cordially commend and recommend these new miles in the diseipline of life for their truthfulness, their nature, their accurate delineations of character, and their delicate fashion ing." T II E uenry Colbttrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE.-TIDE N EW EDITION OF BUItKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE. FOR 185 0. Will be ready on Saturday next, March REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGHOUT TO THE PRE SENT TIME, from the personal communications of the No bility, Bcc. In 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c., Ms. bound. N.B. These who desire copies on the day of publication are re quested to send their orders immediately to their booksellers. Henry Colburn, Pub:lsher, 13, Great 3larlhoroug,h-street. r .IFE-ERUPTION by Mte. VESCE'cEUVIUS; JL4 with COAL-PIT DEATH EXPLOSIONS—TO OUR RIVER SPAWN of FICI. Memo. for J. BIRD, (charred-black, alas, unaided), at Wigan, &c.—Keep up the isolation of the bony-fabric thro' inhalation of the pure white flame air left ye'—refilling hourly the nostril air-vase exhaust cylinder vacuum, for Lungs' heart-beat expulsion to the sulphurous fire-damp gas—irom - the skin-vescicles, for regeneration of fleshy covering underneath. This Vesce'ceuvr'ian life-giving system by " Captain," ACKERLEY has providentially resusintated eight (including " the man with his dog"), of the miners " blown" with gas and charred by the late disastrous colliery explosions near Steurbridge, Chowbent, and Wigan, as metiorized in February, on the 9th to lath inst. Thus proving (as instanced in '49 at Hadleigh, Dudley Port, and St. Giles's) that practical utility belies—the Government-talking drones - his im prison-era ; and that his usefulness, thro' God's gift,' altho' at self-expense [See the Captain's, ," Savoy Chambrlayn facts, 'Brks., R.F."], verifies the old adage,. that " Where there's a will there's a way"f for alleviating this dira calamity of the working classes— found, dying like dogs. A.m. s " Wit bath wonder, that reason cannot scan P. The model's M aid; how 'cod, is eQaod-i-man." To the New Exchange Coll.-masters, 'Sec.', under Queen Eleanor of Savoy's (niece of Esx., Peter Earl of Richmond, of Susx., in ‘Ncer.v College, IM agn 2e A nix,' Oxford) : now vacovvmed in St. Katherine's Dock and East Smithfield Charity, A.D. 1273, to 1399, k 1849 —" till magna' posterity requires them for the Cornmen-weal." Exodus 3, L'ebrew prtotext future for hope in " I am that shalbe" against Woolwich-mrsh. firing, and Windsor-explode, 'scattering of She salmon fry from Thames fishermen, for Scotch ",Park" rues. t On " th'e Quorum" Certificate, each sufferer is entitled on loss in life or limb to a state pension or smart from the Greenwich Chest "Consolidated Fend," (inverted, alike the 'L, bevel and 'l,sqr. Justice, by lineal Standard with 10 hrs'.bill"),— as these Acts ordain for the encouragement of Trade, Navigation, and Naval strength. Ed w . Izabehe de Gal. d• Imp. Rom. 7i' ii Ed'sLionlz ...(C.MortimrMont'agueAtkime fa. Joaun of Ed, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribes, and the Public are respectfully Informed that TIIIS EVENING will be repeated Mayer's clebrated Opera of MEDEA. Principal characters by Mclile. Parodi, Madame Giuliani, Signor Caizolari, Signor Mieleili (his 2d appearance), and Signor Be laid; After which will be pi eseated an entirely new and original Grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES META.MORFIMSES. The Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Coe. tames by Miss Bradley and Mr. Coointes, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. The Sprite (under the forms of 1, a Page —2, a Rustic Coquette-3, Will-of-the-Wisp-4, a Folic —5, a Domino-6, a Cavalier), Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Karl (a Student), M. Paul Taglioni ; Ida (his be trothed), Madlle. Rosa ; Moans, M. Charles ; Elves, Madlles. Rosa, Ausandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, B. Pascales, and F. Pascales. In the course of the Ballet Madlle. Maria Taglioni will make her a tappearance this season. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Item-office, Colonnade, Ilaymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The First Appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves. The Nobility, Subset lbers to the Opera, and the Public aro respect fully Informed that A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Will take place On THURSDAY NEXT, March 21, It being the Last Night but One before Easter, on which occasion MR. SIMS REEVES Will make his first appearance in Verdi's Opera, ERNAXI. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. ROYAL ITALLAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera beg most re , peetfally to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public that the Season of MO will commence THIS EVENING, With Weber's Grand Opera of DER FREISCHUTZ, Whia will be produced with entirely new Scenery, COStiltU43, and Appointments. Agata, Madame Castel'an (her first appearance these two years) ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera (her fl Et appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Una Paraninfa, Millie. Cotti ; Giulio, Signor Enrico Maralti (his first appearance In England) ; Chiliano, Mons. Massol ; Cuno, Signor Rommi ; Ugo, iignor Luigi Mei ; Eremita, Signor Gregorto (his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Zxmiel, M. Doer ing (his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera); Gaspar, Herr Formes (his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera). Composer Director of tlie Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery I y Messrs. GrieTe and Velbin : the Dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Mme. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. ilia mire ; Machinery by Mr. Alley ; the Spectacle arranged by Mr. A. Harris. The Doors will bs opened at Half-past Seven, and the pertermausea commence at Eight o'clock precisely. _ _ _ Tickets for Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be taken for the night or season. N.B. Subscribers for the Season will have the option of paying their Subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by monthly In atalmeats. The terms may be obtained at the Box-oflee of the Theatre (cor *ler of Hart-street and ew•strect), which is open from Elevei tit five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. TmB EVENING. Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servante. The Comedy of THE TLDEII BROTHER ; or, Lova at First fight. Lord Lewis, Mr. Diddear ; Miramount, Mr. Emery : Brisac, Mr. Davldge ; Charles, Mr. James Anderson ; Eustace, Mr. Mon tague ; Angelina, Miss V andenhoff ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lansdale. To be follewed by FAMILY JIRO. To conclude with TN LOTTERY TICKET. Private boxes, 31. 35., 2/. 12s. 6d., 2/. 28., 1/. 11s. 6d., and 1/. la, Is. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will be performed LAVATER, THE PHYSIOGNOMIST. After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Yandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. To be followed by a new Farce called TIIE THREE CUCKOOS. To concludo with THE ROUGH DIAMOND. The Box-offiae is tinder the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lader the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW CCPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed t'32 d, 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. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COJIQUE. Last Night 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 MONDAY EVENING, at Half-past Seven, precisely, with LA, MAI PRESSE AU LOGIS. After which LA DAME BLANCHE. To conclude with Auber's Opera, entitled LE MACON. rer, M. Las; Irma, Madlle. Charton. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Fivo Boxes and Stalin at Mr. Mltehell's Royal I.ibrary, 33, Old Bond s trect. THEATL. 6. Itr. J. 11. Maddox, Role Lessee and Manager. TIT'S EVENING, Will be performed DON GIOVANNI. Alter which 110 T AND COLD. To be followed by the Ballet of TIIE TIIREE STATUES. To conclude with MT WIFE SHAN'T ACT. EOTAL LYCIATM THEATRE. Under the, Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. • • THIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. Adler which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Dress Boxes 51. Upper [Boxes, 4s. ; ri?, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ) No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Trivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15 New Bond-street. ASTLE ROYAL A MPH ITH EAT ILE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Continued success of the Daises of the Fox-hunting Chase, by Eight principal Equestrian Ladles of the Fstablishment. Maillles. (fanfold and Amilie on the Dcuble Tight Rapes 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 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 conclude with THE DESERTED MILL ; or. This Soldier's Widow. Box-office open from Eleven till Fotr. iiIGH WA.TBIt AT LONDON BitilxiE, Tau DAY —Morning, 31 min. after 3 I Evening, 46 min. afte: 3 To-Mmta.ow—Morning, 4 mm. after 4 I Evening, 21 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 16. TIIERDIONETER, Lowest, 24; Highwt, 41; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, 30%23. WIND N.N.E.—dull weather; a slight f.lll of rain. 4 ," ' ' 7,.. 3 1? I c i '.... 4 ik - ta:i. \ i, ' • , C ' ,/,'? '‘? e .,_,,,k, ~J ' ~1Z lk, „i„.. 0 ., c.e.C7 ' 's E ' --- 34:zeL::- %.,...- b , u fil, •r . uoN ..P" • A oft 1 ,. .ii0' .. "...., , 4 Ott-ulna aittit LONDON, SATURDAY,MARCH IG, 1850. The Commons met yesterday at Four o'clock. After the transaction of some preliminary business, the House resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, when The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose for the purpose of making the financial statement for the year. After bsspcnking the indulgence of the Rouse on account of the illness under which he was evidently labouring, the Right Honourable Gentlemen gait!, that whatever advantages might attend the bringing forward cf the financial statement at an 111 0*4- 3 PLetiV cf tho session, yet it was atteneei with this --,- -- 7 -11 1.,are:get that it was impossible to make so accurate an ei,timate, of the expected income and expenditure as 4 ; it would irst:ltt a later period of the session, and, there fere, be boild Hon. Members would bear this in mind while he made his statement • L . • He had, however, received rho euugo. uom a gentle man (Mr. Brooksbank) well ~ -. ~' , known and greatly respected by all, and of whose untimely death he had, to his great regret, heard that morning. The income of the country up to the sth of April next would bc', he estimated, 52,785,5001, the expenditure 50,533,3511., leaving a surplus of about two millions and a quarter. 'As a proof that they had not been unmindful of their pledge to observe a judicious economy, he would remark that the actual expenditure had been less than the estimated expenditure by 1,625,000/. He did not estimate the income for 1850 at so large an amount as the income cf 1849. He anticipated a di minution in the receipts from the sugar duties. He also anticipated a reduction in the amount of Cu:- toms duties received horn brandy, as a large increase in the amount of duty paid for brandy had taken place last year in consequence of the prevalence of cholera. He also anticipated a considerable decrease in the amount of duty paid on the importation of foreign corn. In conse quence of the diminished importation in the months of January and February, 1850, a considerable decrease ap peared as compared with the corresponding months of 1849. He estimated the probable receipts from Customs next year at 19,750,000/. Exclusive of beer duties, he estimated the Excise at 6,600,000/ ; the assessed taxes at 4,320,0001. ; the property-tax at 5,080,000/. ; the Poct•c,ffice revenue at 820,000/. ; Crown lands revenue at 161,0001., the miscellaneous at 270,0001., the old stores at 410,0001. He estimated the total revenue at 52,285,000/. He estimated the expen diture for the payment of the national debt, funded and unfunded, at 28,105,0001, for the navy at 7,613,7594 for tbo army at 6,625,341/ ; for the ordnance at 2,234,417/. He estimated the total expenditure at 50,613,5861. He, however, intended to propose an increased expenditure of 150,0001. for the New Houses of Parliament, and if that were agreed to, it would leave a surplus of 1,471,0001. Various propositions had been made for re ductions of taxation. It had been suggested that the tea duty should be reduced, that the window duty should be abolished, that the timber duty should be abolished, that the malt-tax should be rerealed, but it would be impossible to repeal any of these taxes without providing some substitute. It had been proposed by an Hon. Gentleman, whom ho was very sorry not to see present in the House, that a great portion of the local taxation of the country should be thrown upon the Consolidated Fund. He was sorry to find that that proposition had received such support as it had done, because he con ceived the adoption of it would be the final step towards the reversal of the system cf commercial policy which had been adopted for the last 20 years, and which went to reduce the duties on all articles of general consump tion, and thus to relieve the industrial classes, by trans ferring the burden of taxation from the poor to the rich. Upwards of 8,000,0001. had been actually re moved from articles of consumption, but these figures showed but a very small portion of the benefit which the industrious classes had derived from the re moval of duties from articles of consumption, because, independently of the advantage; which they had actually derived from a diminution in price, they had also derived a great benefit from the increase of employment consequent upon the increase of consumption. As a proof of the atcu , mulating wealth and capital of the country he would ob serve that no less a sum than 148,000,0001. had been invested in railways ; but, with all this wealth, the condition of the poorer classes was most wretched, and yet, in the face of this a proposition for relieving property from taxation, and transferring it to the shoulders of the poor had received the support of a large number of Members of that House. He believed that if the Hon. Members who supported that proposition had considered its effects they would have paused before they had supported it. He believed that the agricultural interest was suffering from a merely temporary depression, from which it would speedily recover by the reaction upon them of the prosperity of every other interest. He admitted that the price of corn had been lower than ho had anticipated, but at the same time he believed that such a depression cf price would not be permanent; neither did ho attribute it entirely to free trade, because in France, Belgium, and Holland, where a rigid protective system was in full force, the price of corn had fsllen even lower than it had ever been in this country. The fact was, in all these coun tries there had been an unusually prolific harvest, and to that, and not to importation alene, was to be attributed the fall in price of corn. He believed that the skill and energy ef the agriculturists would surmount all the difficulties under which they were labouring, but he would not deny but that many might sink beneath the pressure, but no great improvement could take place without injury to many persons. Look to the railroads—would they abolish railroads because innkeepers, coach-masters, and turnpike shareholders had been in many instances ruined ? Having referred to the various proposals which had been made for the disposal of the surplus of 1,500,0001., he would state his own views. The first idea that had struck him was that some reduction should be made in our debt. Since 1833 there had been borrowed 35,000,0001., while all the money that had been applied to the reduction of the debt had been 8,000,0001., being a surplus of debt of 27,000,000/ He had hoped, seeing the House had re fused to increase the taxation in 1848, and had forced him to borrow, they would not, when there was a surplus, insist upon a decrease of taxation. The rule seemed to be, when there is a deficiency to borrow, but when there is a surplus do not reduce your debt. It was of the utmost importance that a high state of public credit should be maintained both to the public and to individuals, because the higher the state of public credit the lower was the interest of money in the market. Nevertheless he was not prepared to say that he would devote the whole of the surplus to the purpose of the diminution of the debt. He proposed for the purpose of relieving the landed interest to make a considerable re duction on stamp duties upon the transfer of real pro perty up to 1,0001., and to equalise the duties after a large amount; and he proposed to adopt the same prin ciple with regard to the stamp duties on mortgages. He proposed also to reduce the stamp duty upon leases— he proposed that a here the stamp duty now payable upon a least) was IL, it should be reduced to 2a. 6d., and so on in proportion. He also proposed, for the purpose of improving the dwellings of the labouring classes, to accede t) a total repeal of the duty on bricks.—(This announcement created a great sensation in the House, and was received with loud cheers.) He thought thet the repeal of this duty would not only conduce to the improvement of the dwellings of the labouring classes, but would also conduce to the improvement of agriculture, and to the advantage of the owners of land. The amount of losses he anticipated in the revenue were, upon stamps a little under 300,0001, upon bricks to a little over 450,000/., making a total of 750,000/, being half the surplus. The other half he proposed to devote to the reduction of the debt. He also intseded to propcso an advance of 2,000,000/. to England and Scotland, and of 1,000,000/. to Ireland, for drainage and improvement ; of this latter sum ho should insist . upon 800,000/. being appropriated to arte rial drainage. These sums could be advanced without adding to the debt, and on their repayment they would be available fur its reduction. With regard to the re duction of the national debt, he proposed to devote 250,0001. to the extinction of one portion of it by dis charging the Equivalent Fund" in Scotland, and to re tain in the Exchequer the remaining surplus of 500,0001 The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a vote c. , f 9,200,000/. to be raised by Exchequer-bills. After a long and somewhat desultory discussion the vote was agreed to and reported. Distinction has fallen on the Whigs, and honour of a peculiar kind descended on the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, through that most wonderful finan cial statement which was last evening submitted to the }louse of Commons by the Right Honourable Baronet in the glorified form of a BRICE-DUST BUDGET ! Often as we have heard the old proverbial saying of the mountebank throwing dust in the eyes of the gullible for the purpose of rendering it difficult for the public to detect his quackeries, we certainly never dreamt of seeing the adage realised by the oration of an English CHANCELLOR of the Excrsu- QUER. Yet so it has come to pass—the Government of England having officially deputed the Financial Minister to try the experiment upon the community. Conscious of the responsibilities devolving upon him in such a very hazardous undertaking, Sir CHARLES WOOD yesterday brought forward his annual state ment with an apparent sense of his temerity, sprink ling very lavishly in the eyes of the population the dust of the sophistries arising from the trituration of an argument on Bricks ! Never, we are bold to say, were the financial confessions of any previous CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER characterised by such an accumulation of littlenesses and evasions, such insolent defiance of the People, such abject cringing to the Opposition, such treason to the cause with which the Administration had been previously identified, or such a deplorable mixture of timidity and audacity in one glaring act of Ministerial tergiversation. Debased as they have long been in the national estimation, never before bad the Whigs fallen so low as in the grand evidence of politi cal apostacy afforded by themselves in their THE SUN, LONDON, Brick-dust Budget. In it they have consummated their labours as the Renegades of Statesmanship. By the Brick-dust Budget they hare demonstrated with the precision of a mathematical truth the accuracy of the belief that "A Whig in Office is a Slave in Place." Henceforth it will be remembered, as proven in the Brick-dust Budget of 1850, that the opinions of the Whig faction are subject to alternations according to the locality of their position in Parliament, rendering them—Ultra-Budicals on the,Benches of the Opposi tion, and Ultra-Conservatives on the Benches of the Treasury. To epitomise the character of this Brick dust Budget, this financial bantling of the Whig Cabinet, dandled with so much shameless corn• placency before the House of Commons last evening by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, it is only necessary to observe that it consists of three con spicuous acts of baseness, constituting a monstrous and almost unparalleled violation of the laws of legislative morality. Briefly then : through the lips of Sir CHARLES WOOD the Free Trade, Liberal Government has obsequiously kissed the hem of the garment of the Agricultural Opposition. In no other way can we designate with a sufficiently contemptuous emphasis the truckling of the RUSSELL Ministry to their more noble, because more bold and plain-spoken, antagonists. After the financial state ment of last evening, the partizans of the Honourable Gentleman; the Knight Representative of Bucking hamshire, have ample reason to congratulate him as leader of the Country Party on the fulfilment of some of his dearest aspirations by the pitiful compliance of the Government. Even the Honourable Member for West Surrey is driven into the necessity of pronouncing a kind of grateful panegyric on the Cabinet—a pane gyric on the Whig Cabinet from the mouth of an arrant Conservative ! " 0 day and night, but this is wondrous strange !" Yet the marvel ceases on an examination of the financial statement of the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. After blowing a whole orchestra of trumpets in the way of vaunting the great measure of proposed amelioration, the Minis terial mountain, with the throes of a political earth quake, gives forth its boon to the country—a wretched little sop to the agriculturists—the remission of the Duty on Bricks ! For the purpose, it is intimated, of facilitating agricultural drainage, and with a view to enable farmers more readily to erect cottages and other bucolic specimens of domestic architecture—her MAJESTY'S advisers—are prepared —after due consideration—to—remit the Duty on Bricks ! What a grand thing it would have been if Sir CHARLES Wool), in making that announcement, could have assumed for the moment that majestic and consequential " roll in the voice," which is among the many agreeable characteristics of our old friend, Mr. WILKINS MICAWEER ! As a priceless benefaction to the agriculturists, and to the community at large, the Government will consent to remit the Duty on Bricks ! Not a word about the remission or even the reduction of the window-tax— not an inkling of any intention to remove the imposts upon the light of GOD'S day and the air of GOD'S heaven ! But bricks are to be taxless. Build away then, ye agriculturists, your windowless and unventilated tenements thanking PROVIDENCE and the Whigs that bricks are cheaper than fresh air, grateful that advantages are conferred upon the brickkiln which are not permitted to penetrate the workshop of the glazier. True, again, the Cabinet through its Chancellor of the Exchequer re pudiates all intention to remit the grievous imposts upon knowledge. But then remember the ineffable boon assured to us by the Brick-dust Budget. Our rulers appear to entertain somewhat similar views in regard to education as those expressed the other evening by the gallant and eccentric Member for Lincoln—" Where," they appear to say with him, " where is the use of reading ? Who cares about books ? " So, the duty on bricks being remitted, the tax on paper and advertisements will be retained. Is not this, we ask, an awful travestie of the Holy Volume? "They asked you for bread, and you gave them a stone." So has it been with the people hungering after that food of intellect, that bread of life, knowledge. So might we say to the Government—" They asked you for bread (the bread of life), and you gave them a brick !" But the problem, cruelly inexplicable as it may appear, is capable of a solution the remission of the tax on Bricks is a sop to:quiet one enemy, one formidable power, and the maintenance of the duty on Paper is a sop to quiet another. In this manner the timorous and cringing Government of the Whigs, endeavouring to stay off danger by yielding first in this direction and next in that, even though it be at the risk of selling one by one the glorious dogmas of their poli tical belief, are buying the permission to remain in office even with the dereliction of their duties, the abandonment of their ambition, and the rejection of all their venerable and long-cherished principles. Yet the Whig Government withal must needs pretend to claim the possession of a con science. While bribing the agriculturists, and truck ling to Conservatism, and deceiving the people, they must needs have the audacity to assume in their Brick-dust Budget a sort of a conscientious sentiment. We must presume from this that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has been somehow infected by those mysterious halves of five and ten pound notes sent to him in the shape of conscience money from time to time by all the letters of the alphabet. However this may be, certain it is that the Whig Cabinet pretends to have a conscience. It talks—as we intimated yesterday that it would—about appro•• priating some portion of the surplus revenues of the empire to the liquidation of the National Debt of 800,000,0001.! Fortunately that stern and inexorable feeling which is prevalent throughout the.country, and to which feeling we gave voice yesterday, has induced the Government to hesitate in the appropriation of more than 750,0001. out of the 2,000,000/. surplus to this object of liquida tion. Yet even so far as this our fears have been realised; 750,000/. being set aside for the diminution of the ca pital of 800,000,0001., while light, and air, and know ledge are still laden down with taxation. Simultaneously with the exposure of so much po litical turpitude on the part of the Government, the cause, the bloated and plethoric cause of the moneyocracy is advanced by our Whig states men. While trampling down the noblest aspira tions of the people, these consistent Liberals are raising the Golden Calf on a loftier pedestal. Representatives of the Banking Interest under their auspices are introduced in batches into the House of Lords—the most recent accessions to the peerage being as everybody well knows Lords OVERSTONEI and LONDESBOROUGII. Thus under the Whig Administration the money-makers are clothed in the ermine and the coronet, while the vast masses of the people are abandoned to their wretched cellars and garrets, shut out from the daylight, deprived of wholesome ventilation, and doomed to re main in the moral darkness and mental squalor of their ignorance. Hence we would say to these Whig statesmen—now, while the patents of nobility bestowed on Lord LONDESBOROUGH and Lord OVER STONE are still crisp and fresh from the hand of the heraldic stationer—we would say to the Members of this Gold-honouring Government, in the words of a great poet— "Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wit . ) the limits tt3nd Between a splendid and a happy land.' With the warning implied in those noble couplets of OLIVER GOLDSMITH we would here associate the indignation with which the people of England will inevitably receive the intelligence of the Brick-dust Budget brought forward in the Commons last evening by the Financial Minister of the Whig Government. The intended abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland has, as might have been anticipated, created some degrce of excitement at the other side of St. George's Channel. Some of the Dublin journals are, of course, indignant at the contemplated change, but the provincial press exhibit an almost unparalleled unanimity in favour of the new Ministerial p o li c y . The corruption and intrigu e, the jobbing and abuses, ; all classes to which the existence of the mock Court gave rise were,and parties unhappily, agreed buted too in condemning notorious ing the ex isting abuses, abuses, however , which were inseparable from the system. It would, therefore, have been monstrous_that a few Dublin SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH l6, 1850. tradesmen, who considered that they had a vested in terest in the expenditure of the Viceregal salary, should be permitted to perpetuate the nuisance for their own private and personal objects. Far better would it be for the community in general to give compensation to those interested par ties. But, as no person could be found with suffi cient hardihood to bring forward a proposition so monstrous, these high-minded, and disinterested par ties are endeavouring to get up a petty excitement, and to induce others, who are ever but toi happy to catch; at "a grievance," to fight their battle, and to agitate the question. Some: few of the Re - pealers have fallen into the trap. Mr. JouN, O'CON NELL an l the Freeman's Journal, who formerly were loud in condemnation of the back-stairs' in fluence, are now, it appears, determined to " break a lance" in its support. But Conciliation Hall no longer possesses the power it wielded in days of yore, during the lifetime of the Liberator, and even the Freeman's Journal, deservedly popular as it is, cannot so far lead the public opinion as to induce any considerable portion of the community to struggle for the perpetuation of the Irish Viceroyalty. We have already shown that Ireland can never become what she ought to be—an integral portion of Great Britain, so long as a separate Executive is maintained. During its existence there will ever be a temptation to demand a separate and independent Legislature. Ie • deed, if the former be conceded, we cannot under stand upon what grounds the latter can be de - nied. A spirit of pseudo-nationality was kept alive by the office ; it showed that Ireland was considered a province, and that she was treated as one of the more distant colonies. It may well be doubted whether the bloodless insur rection, which was so happily suppressed by the Earl of CLARENDON, would ever have broken out but for the system carried on within the precints of the Castle, and the gross abuses that were thus brought under the immediate cognizance of the people. The above was not, however, the greatest of the mischiefs to which the tinsel and pageantry of the Irish Court gave origin. It exercised a malignant and enervating influence upon the wealthier classes that was produc tive of the most fatal results to the national pros perity ; it fostered a spirit of paltry pride that led but too many into expenses far beyond their ability to maintain ; many of the mortgages and embarrassments now weighing down the Irish gentry are ascribable to the passion for at tending levees and drawing-rooms tbat some time since prevailed to so great an Extent. The En cumbered Estates Act might not have been ne cessary had this Viceroyalty been abolished half a century ago, IN hen the treaty of Union was agreed upon. It also taught the Irish to despise the pursuits of honest and honour able industry, and to struggle after a spurious aristo cracy, which they had not the means to support. Younger sons were sent to professions in which the great majority could never hope to realise an inde pendence, in place of entering upon mercantile or manufacturing pursuits. It was true that they were in consequence obliged to endure many privations, and to incur debts which they could never liqui- date, but they were admissible to the " Castle." They could hope to fish cut snug situations under the Government, and these question able advantages were regarded as more than equivalent to the innumerable evils and annoyance s incidental to the position. Every man possessed Of any resources endeavoured to make one, at least, of his sons a barrister or a doctor, and hence these pro fessions were greatly overstocked, and the reasonable expectations of the working men were disappointed. All this will now be remedied, and we have no doubt that the beneficial results of the change will speedily be perceptible. We rejoice to find that this important measure is not to be procrastinated or delayed. The Premier last night stated, in answer to a question by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that " a Bill f,,r the purpose was in course of prepa ration." There is, therefore, every reason to hope, that it may be introduced immediately after Easter, and that it will be accompanied by what may be con sidered an essential adjunct—a measure for the full and perfect amalgamation of the English and Irish Bars, and the removal of the disabilities by which the legal practitioners of either country are now restricted or impeded. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Patrie of Thursday evening contains the fol lowing paragraph : " Citizen de Ftotte, after the examination of the votes made up to this evening, has only a majority of 341 over M. Ferdinand Foy, the candidate of the Electoral Union. The examination of the votes of the Gendar merie Mobile may modify this result in favour of our candidate." The Evenement, on the same subject, says : " The election of M. de Flotte is, it is said, threatened with annullation. It is hoped by that to draw to the Place de I'Hotel do Ville a certain number of workmen, and to obtain the emeute which is wished for. In the name of liberty, we conjure the workmen to avoid any assemblages tc-morrow on the Place do I'Hotel de Ville." The National announces, and the Ministerial morning journals confirm the announcement, that there can be no doubt of the election of M. DE FLOTTE " The definitive result of the scrutiny," says the Na tional, "is known,— Carnot, Vid a l , D o F iotte. ' The proclamation which will be mad e t hi s day, F r i day, M arc h 15, will only confirm it. LET THE PEOPLE ABSTAIN FROM APPEARING O N THE PLACE OF THE HOTEL BE VILLE. This warn i ng, which is gi ven t o th em b y t h e unan i m ous voice of the whole of the independent press, is not lightly given. They must not expose themsel v es to the chance of changing into a sanguinary conflict a pacific victory." In the same journal we find the following address lt - TO THE PEOPLE. "The Democratic Socialist Committee, informed that the enemies of the Republic have determined to en deavour this day , (Friday) t o b r i ng about a collision at the Place de lHotel de Ville, earnestly invite all citizens to abstain from being present at the procla mation of the new representatives." These warnings produced the desired effect, and, thanks to the vigilance of the journalists and of the committee, and to the exemplary prudence of the people, the re-actionaries were baulked of their intended coup cretat ; the para. pretre were unable to organize, a p o liti ca l St. Bar tholomew's. The ace de l Hotel de Ville was yes terday a desert, and in the presence of the authorities, and of the authorities only, the following official pro clamation of the poll took place at twelve o'clock : Carnot . Vidal De Flotte .• 126,982 Foy . 125,643 La Ilitte Bonjean M. VIDAL, having been elected in one of the depart ments, will resign his seat for Paris. lt is said that the Democrats have determined to start M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN to fill the vacancy. Several of the journals mention rum ours o f an intended change or modification of the Ministry, b u t they are of a very contradictory character as t o th e persons who are to go out, and those who are to c ome in. The Courrier Francais gives the following not as a rumour, but as being founded on information of its own :—" General DE LAIIITT E and M. FERDIN AND BARROT have given in their resignation. Th e portfolio of Foreign Affairs and the presidentship of the council were offered on Wednesday evening to M. MOLE. In case of refusal, it is M. DE FLAIIAUT who is to replace M. DE LAIIITTE. M. PISCA TORY had been thought of forthe Ministry of the Interior, but it is General DUMAS, ex-director o f Arab affairs in Algeria, who is appointed in the place of M. FERDINAND BARROT." "It is confidently stated," says the Ordre," that the Government mill this day present to the Assem bly two important Bills on the press, and on which it will demand urgency." The Patrie says—" The defenders of society must promptly assume the offensive against the Red party. In revolution, the status quo conspires in favour of anarchy; the victory always belongs to the offensive. Grave measures ought to be proposed and voted d'ur genee. There are two which the party of order have a right to demand at once from the Government and the Assembly. The first is a seriously repressive law on the press ; a n d th e second, theinterdiction of electoral meetin gs . livery one comprehends the ne cessity of an efficient repression of the excesses of the demagogical.press. As to electoral meetings, the ex perience which we have just had of them is a living lesson. M. VIDAL has been elected in the Bas-Rhin, and according to the engagement which he entered into before the Socialist conclave he will decide to sit for that department. We shall have consequently a new election for the Seine. The Reds will seize on that occasion to open their clubs. But they must not be permitted to do so. It is neither moral, nor sure, to allow to a part of the population of Paris the spectacle of these demagogic orgies." The Courrier Francais says—" All journals, what ever may be their size, are, it is said, to be subjected to a stamp-duty, as well as all political pamphlets of less than 15 leaves. The caution money on journals is to be considerably augmented." Among other rumours in circulation is one that MM. MOLE and TIMES will enter the Ministry ; that M. LEON FAUCHER will be again appointed Mi nister of the Interior, and that a law for the restric tion of the suffrage will be presented to the Assembly. It is said that M. DUPIN has declared that should any such law be presented he will refuse to put it from the chair. The police are proceeding actively with their in vestigation into the Legitimatist plot recently dis covered at Caen. Within the last few days they have made domiciliary visits at Havre in connexion with it, have arrested M. PERIER DE LA PELLETRIE of that town, and seized in his house some documents of a suspicious character. The Moniteur du Soir announces the result of 28 out of the 30 elections, including those of Paris. It gives II in favour of the Government, and the rest as having returned Socialist candidates. The 11 al luded to comprise four departments hitherto re markable for their extreme Republican opinions. AY yet, however, the Government has published no official account of these returns. In the Assembly yesterday the debate on the education law was resumed and again adjourned. M. CREMIEUX has given notice of an amendment for adjourning the execution of the law on Public Instruction until the year 185'2. AI. LAMARTINE has expressed his intention to support this resolution. The Committe on the Bill for opening the electric telegraph to the public has approved its principle. The Committee is yet of opinion that it may give rise to a great abuse, unless the use of the telegraph be accompanied by some restrictive measures. PARIS BOURSE, MARCH 15.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents. 92f. 20c.; Three per Cents. 57f.; Bank Actions, 2,275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE L9I , IDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCII 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 3 4—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzcn), 12%—Luxembourg, I%—Paris and Orleans, 291—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th inst. have arrived. There were rumours of an impending Ministerial crisis, but they did not obtain much credit. The whole of the Spanish troops, composing the Roman Expedition have landed at Barcelona. The Bolsa was closed on the 11th. GERMAN Y. The following appears in the Of cial Gazette of Stuttgart of the 11th :—" The convention of Munich has been approved of by the Saxon Government. The plenipotentiaries of the three kingdoms consequently assembled the 7th of March at Munich, and signed the final protocol. They severally declared that their governments had approved of the convention of the 27th February, and that they would transmit to the governments of Austria and Prussia the propositions contained therein for the revision of the Germanic Constitution, and also give notice to the Federal Com mission of Frankfort." D'putatious of the two Chambers of the Grand Duchy of BADEN presented on the 12th addresses to the Grand Duke, in reply to the speech from the throne ; that of the First Chamber contained a para graph in favour of German unity. The budget of the Duchy of Nassau fur 1850 pre sents a deficit of 1,331,082 flurins, which it is pro posed to cover by new taxes. A Vienna letter of the 9th announces that 18 Hungarian ctfi2ers have just been condemned by the court-martial at Arad-12 of them to be shot. The Gazette of the Empire of Vienna, of the 10th, publishes a letter from liermanstadt, charging Mr. COLQUHOUN, English Consul-General at Bucharest, and his secretary, Mr. GRANT, with having encou raged the insurrectionary movements in Wallachia and Transylvania, and with having been in corres pondence with General BEM. GREECE. The French Government has received official in formation, that at the date of the 24th ult. Admiral PARKER had desisted front making any further seizures of Greek vessels, in consequence of the friendly offices of France having been accepted. On the Ist March he gave orders that the blockade should be entirely suspended, and allowed the free ingress and egress of the Greek ports. ITALY. We read in a letter from Naples of the 6th :—" A secret consistory was held yesterday at Portici to de cide finally the period at which the POPE is to return to Rome. After a long and animated discussion the majority decided in favour of the return, and it was definitively fixed for Ap r il 2. Thi s has been already semi-officially intimated to the diplomatic corps, and in some days the official announcement will appear in the Atoniteur." The Constituzionale of Florence of the Bth states that there has been a serious disturbance at Pisa, in which several persons had been wounded. It men tions neithex date nor circumstances. The Duchess of BERRY passed through Bologna on the 7th, on her way to Florence. Letters from Turin of the 11 th inst. state that the Count DE HOHENTHAL had arrived in that capital, charged on the part of the King of SAXONY with an extraordinary mission, having for its object to nego tiate the marriage of the granddaughter of the KING, the Princess MARIA ELIZABETH, with the Duke of GENOA. The Piedmontese Ministry have introduced a Bill into the Senate for the reform of the National Guard. The King of NAPLES has directed that the Con sultative Committee, created for Sicily, shall cease its functions. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WaleF, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, visited the new Palace at Westminster yesterday afternoon. The royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty and the Prince, with the royal party, viewed the frescoF, and then proceeded to the upper waiting hal!. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness also inspected the new House of Commons, the centre hall, St. Stephen's hall, and the Peers' library. The august party afterwards returned to Bucking-- ham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess (f Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Prin cess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their usual exercise yesterday in the garden of Bucking ham Palace. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Jocelyn, and the Right Hon. William S. Lascelles. The Queen's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse left the residence of the Duke and Duches of Cam bridge at Kew, yesterday, for the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left Kew yesterday morning for town, and proceeded by the London and North-Western Railway on a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. The Earl of Suffolk had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. Divett, M.P., had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Foreign Office. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) We are sorry to say that a return of the Lord Chan cellor's indisposition prevented his Lordohip from sitting to-day in the Court of Chancery. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat to-day in his Court in the Roll's-yard, Chancery-lane. His Lordship was occupied the whole of the morning with consent petitions and short causes. VICE-CIELANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied his Honour the whole day. (Before t'le Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BR UCE.) Causes and bankrupt petitions of no interest, except to the parties concerned, occupied tho Court the whole morning, (Before the Vice• Chancellor WicnAm.) Ills Honour having disposed of the short causes and petitions on his paper proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part-heard case of Dobson v. Lund, which occupied the remainder of the morning. MANSION HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) Walter Watts. the lessee of the Uyrnpic Theatre, was brought up, on remand, charged with having defrauded Messrs Glyn, Halifax, land Co., bankers, of 1,400/., but by consent of both parties, the inquiry was adjourned till Monday week. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon, at two ciclock, at the Foreign- office. There were present the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle. Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John C. Hobhouse, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Fox Maule. It is not, we believe, intended at present to fill up the vacancy in the Cabinet caused by the resignation of Lord Campbell, the new Lord Chief Justice, his Lordship's late seals of office being held by the Earl of Carlisle in commendam with those of First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotten Market the sales yesterday were small, and the total for the week is but 25.770 bales. Prices have ruled heave.—Shares also were dull at the outport. The Bank cf England return of liabilities and assets male up to the 9th inst. gives evidence of the abundance of money, and the balances both to the credit of the public and private depo:itor are increasing. This sets in turn upon the circulation, which is lessened, notwithstanding the increas9 in the other securities, and in the in em ployed notes. It cannot indeed be expected that the cirenhition will now increase until the dividends are paid. The precious metals show a slight increase. Com pared with the previous ‘seEk, the return presents the following changes : Notes Issual De3rease Rest ... 30,347,380 ... 28,780 ... 3,595.631 ... 2,697 ... 8,160,205 ... 321,997 - 10,1E5,000 ... 303,101 ... 1,095,104 Increase Public Deposits .. Increase ... Other Deposits Increase ... Seven Day and other Bills Dtcrease Government Securities, no alteration Other Securities ... .. 10,863 797 Increase ... 438 ,767 ... 11,519,435 ... 151.550 ... 17,133,356 :7,496 Notes ~, Increase ... Bullion Increase ... Act' - 1,202 _ctive Circulation ... 18,827,945 Decrease ... 180 '330 The foreign Exchanges were yesterday quoted fer hills at 90 days at a slight decline upon some of the Con tinental cities. Italy, however, was an exception, 'Trieste being 11 48 to 52. Paris was negotiated at 25f. 671 e. to 721; llamburgh at 13 121 to 13i; Amsterdam at 12 2-4 to 1, and Frankfort at 1211 1. Ihe state of the coffee market both here and in Hol land seems to bear out ne views of those who predicted a decline, and it remains to be seen, now tha Chancellor if the Exchequer has stated his plans, whether there will be more activity. Messrs. Franks and ?Allard write to us as fonows We stat-d when native Ceylon was at 655. that it was unsafe to hold above 455., since which it has touched 555. per cwt., with the strong fact that thirteen vessels have actually sailed from Ceylon with coffee, equal to 70,000 cwt. or 35,578 bags, 5,239 casks. In about another week we may also expect further accounts of a similar extensive quantity having left the island, and with large parcels ready for shipment. For the purr - se of ascertaining the real state and opinion on the Conti nent relative to the coffee trade, we specially sent a patty to the leading markets, and the result appears to be that there was an impression in some quarters that crops would be rather deficient, but no real fact could be adduced to carry out the idea. Opinion is even more unfavourable than heretofore, and which is not surpris ing, when we state that production in Java and in the Brazils is larger than what was calculated upon a few months back, whilst of Ceylon there will be a yield equal to the last three seasons, and in other coffee producing countries it is now beyond a doubt there wilt be large crops. The consumption on the Continent continues to he much interfered with by high prices and other causes; there is also a further di minution in this country, owing to similar instances. Stocks continue to accumulate, and are greater than at this time last year by nearly 40,000 cwt. of Ceylon at this port alone, whilst there is at the Dutch ports a greater quantity of Coffee than in March last year by upwards of 90,000 bags. Deliveries here have already fallen off to the extent of about 16,000 cwt. for home consump tion, and 6,000 for exportation, compared with 1849, up to this time; whilst there is every prospect of even a greater deficiency. The result of the Dutch Company's sale has produced disappointment here, as rates declined 2to 3 cents. compared with the valuations. Prices ruled from 321 to 391, or at an average of 33 cents. far good yellow Java, equal to 545. 9d., which, allowing for quality would mike the value of native Ceylon 515. to 52a; so that at this rate the export price here is not above 50s. per cwt. The present value of r ative Ceylon is artificial, and it is evident that the time is not far distant when there will be a further reduction. The downward tendency will be much assisted by the trade operating in the came cautious manner as for the last ten weeks, and refraining from placing any reliance upon reports circulated by interested parties." The financial plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer appear to have been very correctly foreshadowed in the rumours that were yes terday circulated in the City. About half the surplus is to be applied to the reduction of tax ation, and the other half to the redemption of debt. Of course this course has its advocates and opponents. There is nothing bold or original in it, and as in all in stances of " trimming," no one will be thoroughly satis fied. The sticklers for the reduction of debt wished the whole surplus to be applied according to their way of thinking; the financial reformers that the uttermost far thing should be surrendered to the people, as the surest means of compelling further retrenchment, acrd not, as is speciously alleged, from any desire to damage the na tional credit. A surplus left with Government is a pre mium on the maintena co of sinecures and extravagance, and applying three quarters of a million sterling to the debt will not take the amount entirely from Government control in future years. The accounts from the manufacturing districts notice a dull state of things generally, but trade is in a whole some slate nevertheless. The exports of the precious metals direct from London this week have Eeen about 118,000 ounces of silver, and 3,788 ounces of gold, all to the continent. The Funds opened a shade lower, and upon a sale by an influential broker, they gave way suddenly, Consols drop ping from 96 and 96k to 95 They have since rallied to 95i and 96 for Transfer and to 96 and 96i for Ac count. The Reduced Three per Cents. have been done at 96i with the dividend. Exchequer-bills have realised 595. to 615., and India Bonds 85s. to 88s. premium, being very firm. Some of the speculators appear to be disappointed that the whole of the surplus revenue is not to be applied to the redemption of the debt. The Foreign Securities are not so good. Russian Scrip has been as low as 4 premium, and Dutch Two and-a-Ilalf per Cents. have declined to 541. The Am sterdam Bourse on Thursday was lower. Peruvian Deferred have had a tumble from 29 to 261, and the Ac tive have been 71 to 72i-. Equador stock is at 3i. Buenos Ayres Bonds are 51 to 52; Spanish Five per Cents. have been 161 to 17. In Railway Shares very little is doing, and prices are rather heavier. ONE cll,osl G P.:it:E6 *AP ~R ITISII VUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. per Cent. Reduced /inns . 96% 96% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 957 i 96 95!, 2 ' 954 fudia Bonds, 1,000/ B5 tsB p 88 p Ditto under 1,0001.. ....... __ BB p Consols for Account _ , A , 96 96 , A i 951% 95 - ..xchcquor 131113.- I%d. & 2a 1,000?. June 59 61 p' 61 p 500/. June Snudl. June 59 61 p 61 p PRICES OF FOR,ERII4 YII/ii DB. OWE CLOSIz, f. O'CLOCK. PRICES F.S. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent • Ditto, Account 5l 52 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .....• — Do., 3 per cent . .., CO Equador Bonds .. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..,..„ — Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portaguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto. Account .. ... . . — 31 Russian Bonds ... Ditto Scrip I IA 0 p % P Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto. Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4 1 / 2 per Cent. .. .... iftuten 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 54 1 / 2 5412 Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates —86 A PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOD IN RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRItE A kberdeen firming, Wolverh'ton, and T uiley, Calls duly pd. or with guarantee 15 Caledonian Ditto, New le/. Pref... 10 CliKster and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... .. Eastern Comities— ..... 20 ...... 7% .......•..... Do, New Prif.rerce, I, por Cent...... lO ...... 11 1 /4 ......... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l Cl. 13s. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % P East Lancashire ....... - 25 East Lincolns'nirc, guar. 6 per Cent. . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 G r eat Northern D0.,',, A Deferred ... 12 1 ,4...... 2% 2% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 / 2 ...... 10N.% Great Western 100 ...... 58 57 .. ...... ... 57 Ditto. 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...... 29 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... CO 814 29A 35A 211,E 11 6';'i 11% P 1 / 2 p 9 _ Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... „ ....,_ Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Ditto. ditto . lOO ..... ...... .....—. 40 Do. Quarters 23 14 B% ... Bl4 D. Fifths London, Brighton, and South C0a5t....... 100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 .133 135 Landon and N Western 100 ~ ..104% v t 3A Ditto, New Quarters 12 ...... 11 %.......... Ditto.FifthY l2 —..— ..... ..... ... 1 9 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C 1 ... . .. 1 g... ....... ... London &S.Wrstram ICO ... . 63 NI tnchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 .... 7% Midland .. ...110 Do., 501. Shares 5 ..... ... ...... North Staffordshire 17 1 ... L A Royston and Hitchir . t ;„, 6 6 ,(.. .• 21 , ;; 3 53 1 1 , C 3 7% 38 3 4 47 op. ....achin ... 4 %..... Shrewsbury and Birm... 13%. B% di5...... .;. 8 1 /i dis Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 South Staffordshire South Eastern 94li, 1 6 1% 16 x.d .., 15y, x.d Do., No. 3 .-.... ...... 30 Dn.. Registered No. 410 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua- • raraeed 5 per cent. ... 18% — York. Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .... ..... s. 25 Do. Newcastle Exten. '2O Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... ..- 7g 1 York and North Midle.nd 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 17,77 ~,....... FOREIGN RALL WA YS. 65a Boulogno and Amiens... 20 ..... 6% 5 / 8 Central of Franca (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 .. ..- Luxembourg/'. .• ........ 8 ...... 1% "'Ditto 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 2 % 7 ...... -••- " 21 Paris and Rouen 2O ...... ..• - ........ 6 1 / 4 Paris and Strasbourg 13 Rouen and Havre .„.. 94 ... sanal,re and Meuse ... 20 ... . 2 1 / 4 Tours and Nantes l3 . FINES. Brazilian Imperial Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... ..- ..... ..... ... JOINT S I'OCI.C. BA /7 K. 1.1. 25 1 / 4 London & We , tulinster. 20 42 Provincial of IrJaml ... 25 .... _ ......•• LLOYD'S SHIPPIiN THIS DA V ') LONDON, MARCH 16,—Wi n d t hi s d ay at noon NY' S" mo lerate brec ze . DEAL, MARCH 15.—Wind E.N.E., fresb.—Arrat fr °°3 the River and sld. Boyne, Adela4:e, South Austral'il; Merchant, Buenos Ayres. bld. Amaranth, Gretti cia ' Celebes, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Wind E. to Sherbrooke, Acapulco; Damascus, Baltimore; Norroll: New York; Middlesex, Boston ; Silac, Leonard, ditto; Dolphin, Newfoundl an d. Off port, C olum b us, Perna° . buco; Plymouth, Ro c k, E mpress, an d Nymph. this SHIELDS, MARCH 15.—Th e Edward sloop, -f $ port, grounded on t h e b ar l ast n i ght, and has complete wreck, having broken up. HULL, MAncitls.2Wind N.E.—Sid.Argo,Grrnl a PILL, MARCH 14.—Th e B etsey, o f Aber thaw, drcl ° the Ness Sands, be came l ea k y, an d san k with s„11 0 , board. The Eli za b e th, o f an d f rom Swansea to to g cester, hai been assi s t e d i n t o Ab erthaw l ea ky, ha the been on the No :3 S an d same d ay, has since sto pped leak and sailed for Gloucester. MARE ET NEWS.-(THIS DAY') • COVEN'INGAIZDEN i The demand for v ege t a bl es was in .a very in tli It; state to-day, at bar e ly th e quotat i ons o f l a st we e- d, while in fruit very little business was trang 96 ., e 9 o English Fruits—Pi ne A pp l es, 6s to 8s; not- 13 °,m ni Grapes, Its to 15 3 p er lb ; P ears, 20s to 30s; 85!..-- Apples, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half-sieve; Apples for coolo,libt 2s to 4s 6d per b us h e l ; Filb erts, 7 0s to 75s per 1,°2119; Foreign Fruits—Black Llamburgh Grapes, 9d to Portugal ditto, 8d to is per lb; Spanish Nuts, ' 3 6i; ss; Brazil ditto, 3 s t o 4 3 ; B arce l ona d i tto, 5s t°-65 t Almonds, Sc to Gs ; an d S pan i s h Ch esnuts , 3s n-10 per peck; Lem ons , Sc to 10 s ; an d Oranges, 3a per 100 ; Spanish O n i ons, 14 s to 2 0s od per i ° e s' Vegetables—Cape B roco li, 6 s t o 9 s per d ozen btio' - i; Turnips, Is 3d to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greeelhom to is 6d; Leaks, 10d to Is 4d; Parsley, 2s Od to 33 , i b, and Sage, 2s 3d to 3 s p er d ozen b unc h es ; ti or se•reu r : e i Is 6d to 3s per bundle; Onions. 23 Od to 3 5 (i ., ; fot bushel ; Savoy Cabbages, Gd to 8d; and Rod wi e ' s 2s Od to 3s 03 ; Red Beet, Is to Is 6d; and ra rf ' ° Ze: 4d to 6d per dozen ; Endive, is 3d to is 61 per sc ,; r ts, Mushrooms, Os 9d to is Od per pottle; Brussels SP r l et s Is Od to is 6d; Spinach, is Od to is GJ; Jerasa 3 ,1 Artichokes, Is to Is 6d; and Common Salad, 64 to Is 6d per half-sieve ; Small Salad, 2s Od to E S es, per dozen pun ne t s; Sh a ll o t s, 3d to 4d per lb; r°" t - i i - e l; 75s to 1001 per t on; di t t o , 3 3 Od to 4 s Od p e r bog 6 s Sea Dail, I s Od t o i s 6d per punnet; Asparagus, 310; to 5s per 100 ; Rh u b ar b , 5 s to Cs per dozen bu n "do; Cornwall White Brocoli, 9d to is 3d per dozen 1 3 e! l ot Celery, 93 to is per bundle ; Cucumbers, 68,t, o ' ne ll per brace ; T urn ip G reens, 3d to 6 d per b us h e l ; x re " Beans, 3s 6d per 100; Radishes, is per punnet. NEWGATE AND X.MADENBAI.D.,-,,, Turkeys, 4s 6d t o 8 s 6d ; G eese, 4 s to C s 6d 2s to 2s 8d ; T ame R a bbit s , I s 2d t o i s 9d; Will', -1 7 0 8d to is Id; Pig e on s , 6d t o 8d ; R oast i ng Pigs, 43 to ss; each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to le; Barn-door Fowle, 3s to 69; Capons, 4s to is per col, to Fresh Butt .r, 8d to is 2d per lb. ; English Eggs , ,: to Ss 3d; French, 6 s t o 7s 6,4 psr hundred; flares ! :" 333 d etch; Wild lluels, is 6d to 2s 33 pee coOPIC* NEWPORT, „.6cll Beef, from 2s 63 to 3s 4d ; IVlutton, 2 s IN to .)' Lamb, 53 2d to 6. ; V ea l, 3 s 2d t o 3 s 10d ; and °- 3s 2d to 4s per 81ba. WEs. sal Beef from 2s 6d to 3 ITMCEIAPEI s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3 ' 1 , Lamb, 4s 10d to 5 s 10d ; V ea l, 3 s t o 3 ; 10d ; and P°l 3s to 4s per Sibs. mLLIENGSGATE. sll, Turbots, 3s 6J t, 14s ; Brills, 2s to as ; Cod 113i1 3s to 7s 6(1; Whitings, 4d to 63 ; L o b s t er s, 10d to 2 1 b.; each; Soles, 6d to 2s Gd per pair; Eels, 4d to is P er r 11addocks,4c.: to 8d each ; Fresh Herrings, 10d to Oro dozen; Oysters, lOs to 45s per bushel ; Flounders, gd to Is; Smelts, Is to is 6.1; and Bloaters, 10d to 18 is per dozen; Mackerel, 4d to 6d each; and Salo on, 4d to is 9d per lb. ae The prices of Whea t e n Bread in the Metropo li s r from 6d to N; of household ditto, 4d to sid p er 4 loaf. HIDE IYZAILILET. b t ° Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to Ild; ditto, 6 - 4 I wo ; 721 b, lid to 114; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 21d; “a, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 2fid; ditto, 8816 to 961 b, 3 d to lb, ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 3id; ditto, 1041 b to 1 1 1. 0 11 aid to 4d. Calf Skins, light 23 3d to 3s Od; ditt° b e eps 53 Oil to 5s 6,1; Horn Hides, 63 6d to Os ; polled S2d; 5s 6d to 7s 2d ; Kents and Half-breds, 4s 4d to 53 Downs, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Shearlings, 6cl to 7d. ILB.IT IZATMETS. SNIITIIFIELD.—Meadow h a y, 2110 s t o 31 l2s; . v - 0 0 1 t Jitto, 31 Os to 4/ 15s ; a n d S traw , 1/ 2 s t o 11 V A " load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish donan'°yer CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3115 s (31 per ditto, 31 03 to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 1 1 101 load. Supply tolerably gooti, and trade dull. ql 11 1 WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, L2l lOs to v ot Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 15s; and Straw,l/ 2s tol l loacl. Trade dull, at our quotations. Sir William Clay had a n i n t erv i e w with -La ip John Russell yesterday at his official residence Downing •street. vs oil NEW WORK BY THE A UTHOR OF " T H E C g i t -C c i bi AND THE CROSS."—Gre a t i nterest h as b een eXc',... fi t to the announcement that M r . Eli ot W ar b ur t o n is a'j ci- o ce‘ make his appearance as a writer ef historical rolstiao The pen which produced the vivid and pieta rc h s .' e vo " Crescent and the C ross " can h ar dl y f a il te ac-lorit equal success in this dissimilar sphere. His new y is bears the titl e o f " R eg i nald Hastings, " and ' 8 „', 13 1 an' understood, a t a l e o f t h e c i vil wars, abound i ng in r—arlt' tic interest, and pourtraying some of the most which restirringable incidents of t h at stirring time, the Cana' Tiers and Pci Y uritans bear a n c nalprominent said Almost all the celebrated personages of the ago are to figure in its pages. • ths The odour from the flower-bed, wafted to Us 11 ; / ) , is casual gust, is sur e t o pl ease , b ut t h e fl o wer wil t be pressed too hard, er held too near, will smell stalk.—Eliza Cook's Journal ;t , ent THE FOR EIGN S HAWL TRADE.—Much exn••,--ril t he has arisen in this trade from the course pursued e forto executors of a d,ceast d pat trer of the we ll-know l3 t . the of Holmes and Co., o f R egen t. street. The gi st m ina' alleged grievance app ears to cons i st i n the deter.---ro tion of there representatives to realise, is the sh,°,ooo possible period, the whole of a very large and g er t;l o property, consisting of various oriental and other tesoot treasures, at prices which, it is said, they eon,„ have left their ori g i na l l ooms — t h at t hi s w ill ma terianY t he feet the mat kete, and for thi s season , at least,;ini urg deat retail dealer. Such mattore, however, are d o P e " e ne• upon individual caprice, but while the benefit the ,t, for ral community, and the sale it se lf i s distinguisk u T u pon its bone fide character, it must be in justice look" of A as much in the light of a public boon as in that private inconvenience. —Morning Post. who After hypocrites, the greatest dupes are those 01 exhaust an anxious exist ence i n t h e di sa ppointmen t:3 o lf vexatious of business, a n d li ve m i se rably and 11e a j, only to die magnificently rich.—Eliza Cook's Jour° SOUTH-EASTERN AND CONTINENTAL ST S co ar PAIKET Couraxv.— The half-yearly meeting of th ' s gr../' pang was held at the Bridge-house Hotel y es terday; gr og Macgregor in the chair. The report stated that the es' rec,ipts fur the half-year were 15,3601. The werkilbipf pensos and the cost of repairs on all the eight stear o,o 7s/ , belonging to the company (without insurance) wer e o f the leaving a balance in hand of 5,285/. at the disPosa, to o shareholders. The number of passengers conveyed b e a ding Folkestone and Boulogne during the half-year - ot lieg e January 31, Isso, was 22,765, and at the corresV eag of period of the preceding year 20,662, showing an in cl. beep 2,103 passengers. A daily tital service h.a, s by performed throughout the half-year, assole-voil a contribution from the Northern of France Do py; way Company and the South-Eastern Railway is C as t s si e 'e: the former paying one-third, and the thirds of the amount. This service conveyed 2,4 57 P B to r gers from Dover, and 8,455 passengers from Calaia;of the tiler, 5,912. In th e last half-year the steam-sh i P s company navigated 21,596 m il es without an accident„or , a nd chance of any ki n d ; w hi c h i s attr ib ute d t o the tid ell " intelligence of all the officers employed in the service' an d capital account showed that 109,24 9 /. had been received,raoy 121,054/. expended; leaving a balance against the 0 7 0 14 of 11,812/. The revenue account for the half-Ye ar elu ding lan. 31 sh owe d that 15,330/. had been received, o ic e a nd 2,7604, as per agreement from the North of Fran ice be- South-Eastern Railway Companies for the daily servviog tween Dover t.nd Calais, and 10,0751. expended, le i videe d balance of 5,285/. The report was adopted, and 3 ° via 11 of 4s. per share was declared, free of inceme-tax: les balance of 2,9961. t o b e a dd e d t o t h e rese rve fund. On the 13th inst.; f tbe 11°11. i n s ß i o f a ß n T e if . 5 .5. treet, the rife 0 _, 0 ,00, a Si s r oo C nn h ta r hn i e s a tt ld ) 2 p a l tu t h e g r ihn ß tset a r. w ., Rawlinson, Chief Justice of Aladras, v" rne of l a daughter. n eer, at Market Drayton, Mrs. 'le— r : On the 13th inst., in Great George-street WeisttEril Mrs. Webster, Sudburypriory, Harrow, of a dang v - e i . i r t ' s , tb° . On the 12th inst., at Elm-lodge, MahnesburY, .• wife of T. 11. Chubb, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. t G AIIY On the 12th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Ernes not. rnell, of Portlethen, Scotland, son of the late Lieu t i f e late General Gammell, to Rosa Ann, eldest daughter la ce , t C. Bertram, Er q., of Beaumont-street, Portland - p On the 13th inst., at St. George's, sen it, Esq., of Glasgow, to Emily, second daughter a Dlr. ---- Granger, of London Southwark, Johrlacorge DIED. 1,00 On the 10th inst., aged 51, Captain Parker Plc " - Bingham, RN., of Park-walk, CLouis ahelsea. On the llth inst., at Margate, Ellen, second d 716, ter of the late Captain Frederick Darby, H.E.I.C.S , age late On the 11th inst., at Eton, Charlotte, widow of tile W. Vavasour, Esq. 5 Nic" - On the I.ith inst., at Sbooter's-bill, sent, aged o las Cheminant, Es(' , late of St. Nicholas, Deptford. On the lath inst., in Bernard-street,' Russell-str Sophia, the wife of T. B. Young, Esq., aged 30. London: Printed and Published by MURDO 11 1, , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °Me , t y Strand, in the Precinct e,. the Savoy, ill the Ow"' iddlesor, Saturday, March 16, 18W.