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-- port a direct Yeovil or Exeter line, he addition to the coast and Wilts and Somerset lines, the preference given to the latter would not have been conclusive against the sanction of the former; but it appears to us to be perfectly well established that neither the local or through-traffic are at present of sufficient amount to enable the two schemes to exist in conjunction, and therefore, as a consequence of the opinion we have expressed, that the Great Western scheme affords, on the whole, decidedly greater pte,lic advantages, it follows that we must equally express an opinion un. favourable to the line from Salisbury to Yeovil. It may, perhaps, be objected that the effect of the rejection of the Salisbury and Yeovil line will be to create a monopoly of the whole traffic of the west of England in the hands of the Great Western Company. This objection, however, could only be obviated by sanctionieg a great length of otherwise unproductive line for the sake of competition, and by so doing defeating a scheme greatly preferable both in respect of local accommodation and of na tional advantage. Nor does it appear to us that any monopoly beyond what at present exists would be thus created, since if at any time hereafter circumstances should so change, either by the in creasing importance of the through-traffic or by any possible abuse of their powers on the part of the Great Western Company, as to justify and require the construction of a shorter or competing line to Exeter, there would be nothing in the present settiment to prevent such line from being brought forward, either by the South-Western Company, or by other parties. The Heck Pit Deviation, by which the angle at Bishopstoke of the Salisbury line, sanctioned last year, is proposed to be cut off, and the distance from Salisbury to London shortened, might be highly desirable. if the South-Western scheme of a central line to the west of Salisbury were adopted. But if this scheme be re. jected, there hardly appears a sufficient case for proposing a new line to alter one so recently sanctioned, and which is not yet com pleted, more especially as it may be questionable whether, if it be a sufficient object for the South-Western Company to. shorten their line to Salisbury as much as possible, that object might not be better attained by a line from Basingstoke by way of Andover, which would at the same time accommodate a district now un provided with railway communication. We have thus stated the grounds on which we should have been induced to express a preference in favour of the lines of the Great Western scheme over the competing lines of the South-Western scheme, had both been brought forward for the sanction of Parlia ment. The latter scheme has, however, as we have already stated, been withdrawn by its promoters. An arrangement has also been entered into, by which the coast line from Southampton to Dor chester, which, although connected with the Great Western scheme, is promoted by an independent Company, is proposed, with the consent of the different parties interested, to be leased to the South-Western instead of to the Great Western Company. This arrangement appears to us advantageous for the public, in. asmuch as from the position of the line in question, terminating at Southampton, and having the South. Western Railway for the outlet of all its metropolitan traffic, it may be worked more con veniently in connexion with the South-Western than with the Great Western Company. A consequence of the former con. nexion also is, that the narrow instead of the wide gauge will be carried westward from Southampton to Dorchester; and although this will be an inconvenience for all traffic from the westward of Dorchester to Southampton, and places short of it, it will be a great advantage for all traffic passing beyond Southampton to Lon don, and, by the continuation of the coast line, towards Ports mouth and Brighton, In order to obviate as far as possible the inevitable inconve nienees arising from the meeting of the two different gauges, it may be well to insert clauses into the Bills of both Companies enabling some public authority to enforce hereafter, at the request of either Cetnpatry, the laying down of additional rails over por tions, of the other line, or such other provisions as may appear practicable and desirable, sut ject to equitable conditions. For instance, between Weymouth and Dorchester it may be very de sirable that additional rails should be laid down if practicable, so as to allow narrow.gauge marriages, &c., to run on to London and Southampton without interruption. Some similar provision might be required at the meeting of the two gauges at Salisbury ; and there also it is essential that pro vision should be made to ensure a proper junction of the two lines, which is not shown on the plans. !übject to these points, and to other provisions of detail, it ap pears to us that the system of lines, and the arrangements above described, and which are now brought forward without opposition, as far as the different railway interests are concerned, are well cal culated to promote public convenience and to provide fir the ac commodation of the district. In conclusion, we be beg to draw attention to the passage 'of the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of lad year, in which it is stated, in recommending that reports should be made to Parliament by this department upon railway schemes, " That no such report should be held to prejudice the claims of private persons, the ex amination of which should be altogether reserved to the Houses of the Legislature." In submitting to Parliament, in conformity with the recommen. datlons of that Committee, the results at which we have arrived, with a view to the information and assistance of Parliament in forming a judgment upon the schemes in question, in so far as our report may be available for that purpose, we are anxious that it should be distinctly understood that we have arrived at these re sults solely upon public grounds, and to the exclusion of all consi derations how far such results might require to be modified by a due r. Bard for private rights and interests. D ALIT OUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. TUESDAY, Mancit 4. Standing Orders Committe,—Resolutions reported ; " That, in the case of the Thames and Medway Canal Pe. tition. the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 2 . " That, in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Raiiway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 3. "That, in the case of the Glasgow Junction Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 4. " That, in the case of the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railwav Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :-That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 5. " That, in the case of the York and North Midland (Goole Branch) Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought ...:4 hs.srucn3 OM, iv-, on the plan." . . G. "That, in the case of the Cambridge and Lincoln Rail way Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, upon a memorandum of the radii of the two curves re ported on, not exceeding one mile in length, being forthwith noted on the plans." " That the 'Committees on this and the preceding Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such order has been com plied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill." The second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth resolutions agreed to. Report to lie on the table. Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be , brought in by Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Fitz william, and Mr. Eliott Yorke. The following Mils were read a first time The Newcastle and Berwick Railway. The Scottish Central Railway. The Belfast and Ballymena Railway. The Lynn and Ely Railway. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The following Bills were read a second time, and coin. mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Whitby and Piekering Railway. Leeds and Third: Railway. Barnsley Junction Railway. Eastern Counties Railway (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation). Blackburn, Burnloy,Accrington, and Colne Extension Railway. Manchester, Billy, and Rossendale Railway (Heywood Branch ). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE, M.tncii 4. Scottish Central Railway,—Second reading, Monday, March 10. Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway, —Committee on petition, postponed from Thursday, 6th, till Friday, ith March. Southport and Euston Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. West Cornwall llailway-,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Pendarves and Mr. Ed mund Turner. Ulster Railway Extension,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Viscount Castlereagh and the Earl of Ilillsborough. Oxford and Rugby Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Charles Russell and Mr. Hayter. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway,—Petition for bill reported; report referred to the Select Committee on Stand ing Orders. Clydesdale Junction Railway,--Petition for Bill reported; report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Northumberland Railway,—Petition for Bill; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. York and North Midland Railway (Goole Braneh),--Be port from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir John Lowther, Mr. Stuart Wortiy, and Mr. Beckett. Edinburgh and Northern Railway,—Petition for Bill; re ferr.:d to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. So3thrrt and Euxton Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri vate Bills MONEY MARIT and CITY NEWS FROM THE AIORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on geld at Paris is 151- per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s.10i(L per ounce fu: standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 54; and th e exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 75, it follows that gold is 0.82 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10k ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 12k, it follows that gold is 0.79 per cent. clearer in London than in Hamburgh. SUN.— Stocks closed firmly. Consols, 99i- to par for Money, and 100 I to 4 for Account. Exchequer bills have been 625. to 643. premium, and the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. were 104 to _ The Foreign Bonds were quoted, 283 4 for Spanish Fire per Cents., 40i fur the Three per Cents, 90i for Dani,h, 62 for Portugese Converted, and 63-3 for batch Two-and-a-halt' per Cents. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have Iwo' these :---Brighton Lr.wes, and Hastings were ; (, iledvni ' n, ; Cambridge ' and Lincoln, ; Chiches tt.,r and Brighton, l i t ; Churnet , Valley, 3 4 4 to 4 ; Corn wall, ; E:stern Counties, 3 4 - ; Ely and Bedford, ; Great, S.mthern and W es ' ten , Guil.lf.,r:l an:l Portsmoutl , , 9 (Ire' imp Extension, 4k • Lancaster . an - d 1 ail' Hull ; Hu and 37 ditto, Half, 15 ; Brighton, ; Croyd-n, 5 ; York, 54 ; I.ynn and Ely, 24 , London and S""th WEsti i531%19 ; ! 28 ; Rugby and Tring, ; Shrewsbury and . Birmingham, " South Devon, 1 2 ; South Eastern 9t ; Richmond, ;South Wale., 3 ; ater - ford a a m n e d s Kil kenny, 2 to 14 1 ; West Cornwall, 3 ; S e lby, 45 i ; Buu loane and Amiens, 8 and ; Bordeaux and C ette , ; Dien , s and Paris, ; Great Northern of France, 21 •• L y g, - , and Avignon, 1 ; Orleans and Bordeaux , 7 1 ; I.'ari Lyons, 1 ; Paris and Rouen, 241 ; ROue:l and Havre, 17 ; and Tours and Nantes, la premium. Blackwall have been 9, and Strasburg and Bale, 1 discount. The Foreign Exchanges generally were ve r y fi r m t h i s afternoon. The following is the official return of the exports of Bullion from the Port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver coin to Hong-Kong, 4,000 oz. Lord Ellenborough has subscribed 100/. towards a public monument to the late Sir William Nott, at Carmar then. THE WEATIIEIL--SuN OFFICE, MARCH 5. fIiERMONETER, Lowest, 23 ; Highest, 30 ; Noon, 29. BAIIONETER, 30.08: WIND, E. NOTL—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the I hermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Tuesday) Evening contained—. The Latest Prices of Shares from the Official List. The Spirit of the Public Journals. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. 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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully Informed that this THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, MARCH 8, When will be produced (first time in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERN ANI. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall, Ernani, Signor Moriani ; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fernasar Carle Quinto, Signor Botelli ; and Elvira, Madame Rita Borio. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADS. The Music; by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall In which will appear 'Mddle. Luella Gratin, Mdlle. Louise'i r ireiss, Mdlle. Ferdinand, Mdlle. Deaneliese, Mdlle. Casson, Mdlle. Moneelet, &e. M. Toussaint, M. Gosselin, 31. Di Matta, M. Bertrand, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Baife's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdlni ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. liarrLson ; Catarina Corner°, Miss Poole. To conclude with the celebrated ballet of LA GISELLE, in which Mdlle. Maria, Monsieur and Madame Finart, ate., will appear. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Boxes, au& Tickets may be had on application to Mr. Johnyarsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repectted a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. ST. Farrell, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Huinby, Mies Julia Bennett, &c. In the course of the Evening Mr. John Parry will give his De scriptive Scene, " Chiderelia." Atter which, SPEED THE PLOUGH. air Abel Handy, Mr. W. Farrell ; Bub Handy, Mr. 11. Noll ; Sir Philip Blandbrd, Mr. Stuart ; Farmer Ashfleld, Mr. Webster; Miss Blandkud, Miss Julia Bennett ; Susan Ashheld Mrs. Edwin Yarld ; Lady Handy, Mrs. W. Cht;- ford ; Dame Ashfleld, no Mrs. Glover. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and i laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-ailltv, tom Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NIAD.A.MB cEmins. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson; Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidr, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yate. ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliana ; Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD AllE DOING WELL. To be followed by a New Dramatie Anecdote, entitled THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rorke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Beaupre, Miss Forteseue. PIIINCRSS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. RANSFORD. , r - ,PillIff11:1,, tit. auver Jack, Mr. Walter Lacy; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling; Polly Briggs, Mrs. Brougham. After which, A GRAND CONCERT. To be followed by the " Mazurka," by Mr. and Miss Marshall. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. FRENCH PLATS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed L'HOTEL GARNI. To be followed by DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Don CreTa de Munn, Monsieur F. Lenmitre ; Charles IL, Rol D'Espagne, Mon sieur Oudinot ; Lazarille, Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot ; La Maritana, Mdlle Clarisse. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. iiIiDER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KBELSY. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed TILE PRISONER OF WAR. Captain Chan nel], Mr. Emery ; Pallmall, Mr. Keeley ; Clarina, Mies Walcott ; Polly Palhr.all, Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea lows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother. To conclude with YALZNTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kikloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woellidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. KEELEY, And Last Night of the Season. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, . . Will be performed MIRTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. It. Younie ; Mr. Pensniff, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Sairey (lamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening Mrs. Keeley will speak AN ADDRESS on the CLOSE of the SEASON. After which, the Polka from the " Forty Thieves" will be danced by Miss Fairbrother and Miss James. Mr. Distin and his Four Sons will play some of their mast popular Pieces. To be followed by the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Frank Matthews. and Meadows, Mite Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSDN. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, with New Scenery and splendid Appolutruents, entitled MIDNIGHT ; or, the Sentinel and the Hour. A Legend of St. Paul's. In which the entire Company will perform. After which, a New Farce, entitled GALVANIC RING. Cha racters by Messrs. lleslop, Seaman, Core, Miss Martin, Mrs. H. Hughes, a d Mrs, W. Daly. To be followed by REBECCA. ; or, The Carbonari and the Jew's Daughter. Rebecca, Mrs. Henry Vining. To conclude with BATTLE ; SLAVERY AND SHIPWRECK ; or, The Poor Little Child of a Tar. _ _ Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning g-1 minutes after 11 ETeulng 0 minutes after 0. 44-.1, .% 3„t-,.. ~.. ~,,..r4t,.. „-; .... 1.- -, .' N - -v.. ~ li , , f , 4 1 I' . . f t..l l ' '' " Ctj?'""L: 4.1 ' 0? ,J h ' k . i'.' ' 4 ;;:r 4 :-;.,s, z - p0 , ,,,, , ,‘ , 5_,,. („,...... 4,:. 4,r i , - (3 , 44 , - - - • - Ali - ;or-qv . - 4 '' -,.i --- Acc ar v0,;,,..4 , ;: , ... 4,- .4.-_.., ~.. t; ~ lip, SECOND EDITION: etionim nit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. The presentation of a petition by Lord ASHBURTON, praying for a repeal of the law of last session, abolish ing imprisonment for small debts, gave occasion to a lengthened conversation, in the course of which Lord BROUGHAM, while admitting that the law required amendment, stated that, on the whole, it had worked well ; and Lord CAIIPBSLL said that, while he would be happy to support a measure fur remedying the grievance, he could not consent to repeal the Act and restore to creditors the power of imprisonment. The Marquis of NORMAN BY postponed his motion on the subject of the Irish constabulary force until Friday, and gave notice that at the same time he should move for a return of all the outrages com mitted in Ireland during the period to which the other return referred. Lord DEN MAN, in presenting a petition from a person who had been in prison for three years, because he refused, in consequence of conscientious scruples, to take an oath which he had been required to take under a Commission of Bankruptcy, said that with regard to the Act last session, abolishing impri sonment for small debts, the effects of it were not as yet fully evident. lie believed, when we had full experience of its influence, the Act would be found beneficial to all parties. The ill effects that were at present experienced ought decidedly not to be charged to this measure. The Earl of DALHOUSIE presented several Railway Reports. T ELE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1845. In answer to Lord CAMPBZLL, the LORD CHAN- the impassable limits of cubical capacity and superfi cial area to new contributions, week after week, of human corpses, could be carried no further, except by the burning of old coffins and the removal of forgotten bones to make room for new corners. . Jesuits, for the clergy of his canton were enlightened, and opposed to the charlatanism of that order. lie stated that his instructions were voted by three-fourths of the Grand Council, supported by 7,000 petitioners, whereas, for the acceptation of the constitution of the cantc,n, there were only 6,000 petitioners. This fact, he thought, would show the state of public feeling on the question of the Jesuits in Soleure." After hearing the Deputies oF Glaris and Outer Appenzell, who agreed with the De puty for Berne, the Diet adjourned until the following day. The Zurich Gazette states that when Mr. MORIER, the British Minister, presented to the President of the Diet the dispatch of the Earl of ABERDEEN, he ex pressed warm sympathy for the Helvetic Confederation, and declared that the British Government approved in its whole extent the circular addressed by the Vorort to the States. !ELLOR said that it was not his intention to intro- duce any measure on the subject of the Ecclesiastical Courts this session. Their Lordship then adjourned. The House of Commons met at Twelve. Various amendments were agreed to in the Com panies Clauses Consolidation Bill, which was read a It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader of :hat similar receptacle (of a few square yards) in Cannon-street, and the swarms of noisome insects and flesh-flies that it supplied for the annoyance of the children of a neighbouring national or parochial third time and passed. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill. Considerable opposition, however, arose to the 20th clause, and ultimately Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET consented to postpone the further con sideration of it until Thursday, en the morning of which day, the Railway Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Bill, and the Land Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Bill, are also to be considered. The House then adjourned, and afterwards assembled at Five o'clock. school. The story of tliat gravedigger in the church yard of St. Anu's, Soho, to whom an incident oc curred,—in the way of his profession,—which the English • • • • • • Irish .. Foreign . • • 1 7 estniinster Review declared might, in point of over- whelming horror, have suited the terrible fancy of EURIPIDES or XSCHYLUS,—may form a good exem- plification of the hideous casualties attaching to the system of parochial interment which we are still con tent to tolerate. One of the several gravediggers whose evidence was taken —a wretched man in the last stage of a wasting disease, external and internal, brought on by the fearful necessities of his calling, which had constantly subjected him to the mephitic gases and noxious putrescenees of decomposing bodies —described the chopping and breaking-up operations by which coffins and the bodies within them had been habitually disposed of, to accommodate the current demands for new sepultures. A colleague of It will be seen from the following proceedings of the French Steck Market, that great fluctuations bad taken pace, with a considerable decline both in the Five and Three per Cents. THE BOURSE--MONDAY, MARCH 3. After several private Bills had been forwarded a stage, and several petitions presented, Lord GRANVILLII SOMERSHT rose to propose the re solutions which the General Committee on Railways had recommended to the House for the regulation of the railway business of the session. One of these re- !first Hteaest Lowest Last Price. P'rlce. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.• •• 120 70 120 70 .. 120 40 121 40 Three per Cents 85 20 .. 85 20 .. 85 5 . r 5 5 Bank of France. .••• 3223 —3221 3223 .. 3223 Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Sharea • lO9O —lO9O .. 1085 —lOB5 Bolgian Fives, 1840 .• ••.. •• 104% •. 104% .. 104 .. 104% 1842 •• 106% •• 100% solutions went to the exclusion of Members locally in Two-and-a-hialf. • • • 62 30 . • 62 30 .. 62:0 . • 62 30 Spanish Threw. ...... 40% .. 40% .. 40% • . 40% Active .... • • • ..... 38 • . 38 38 .. 38 Passive . .. 6% .. 6% .. 6% Homo Debt • • Portuguese Five per Ceuta • • 61 1 4 61 1 , .. 61 .. 61% . •. 105% .. 105!4 .. 105% .. 105;(a terested from serving on Railway Committees. Mr. CHIUSTOPUBB moved the omission of the resolution. the mattock had probably been specially employed in these clandestine operations without his knowledge, for he seems to have had no expectation of such an evidence to what bad been going on as he was pre- A lengthened conversation ensued, and the gallery was cleared for a division ; but, ultimately, Mr. CHRISTOPHER'S amendment was negatived without a division, and the resolution was agreed to. On the seventh resolution being put, Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET stated, in answer to Mr. GISBORICH, that no railway Bills of consequence would be committed before Easter. sently to meet. On the occasion referred to, the wit ness was digging a deep grave, several feet below the first one, which ke had dug through, very near the surface. Whilst in the progress of his excavations the loosened soil from the end of a coffin not long before submitted to the curtailing violations we have described fell down, and a female corpse, in a shroud, still fresh and undiscoloured, fell int) his arms; and his first shock was succeeded by one of still greater intensity on discovering that it was—headless ! But, to the best of our recolleetion, no churchyard in Lon don or Westminster was described as being more disgustingly crowded, more horribly desecrated by the wholesale lopping and disturbance and carting away of coffins and bones—more alarmingly dan gerous to the health of its very densely-populated neighbourhood, from the putrescent exhalations pro ceeding from it, especially on occasions of opening what is called the " Rector's Pew," than that of St. Clement's Danes, in the Strand. Now, it is notorious that, for some months past, the average mortality of the metropolis has in many weeks exceeded that of the corresponding period last year. Will any man venture to say that the in creased aggregate of fatal disease in the metropolis has had no connexion with the continuance of the abominable abuses of interment, which have been already so strongly reported upon to the Legislature ? It is net above half a year ago since a feeling of in dignation was excited in the public mind by a scene in the Portugal-street burying-ground—if we are correct in our remembrance of the fact—by its being found impossible to bury a coffin, over which the service had been already performed, and which was left tc, stand on end, about a foot deep in the ground, till the remonstrances of an agonised relative induced the interference of the minister, or some other autho rity, to procure a grave of adequate capacity to be dug, in which it was finally interred. The excuse of gravedigger and sexton was, that the ground was so full the corpse could not be buried deeper than in the hole they would have committed it to. Now we earnestly invite the attention of Members of Parliament to facts like these —to the weekly exhibition of graves newly opened, and bodies newly buried in the over-gorged and reeking church yard of St. Clement Danes, and other metropolitan receptacles of the kind, already denounced by the highest professional authority as saturated with human corruption, and giving out, daily and hourly, the principles of infectious disease and death. The nuisance has really become as flagrant as it is in tolerable; and whether its existence arise from the avarice of interested incumbents, or of interested paro chial authorities, or from the carelessness and apathy of the incompetent supervision in other quarters, tinptdrb Ine - Legislature to interpose the most strin gent measures of prohibition and penalty, which may seem best adapted for its entire suppression. Mr. HAWES expressed his dissatisfaction with the present constitution of the Railway Committee of the Board of Trade, and suggested the propriety of making it an open tribunal. Sir R. PEEL deprecated any attempt at altering the constitution of the Board as far as the present year was concerned. He knew nothing of their pro ceedings except from their published reports, and looking to them he thought they had elicited infor mation on the subject of railway matters, which never could have been elicited before a Committee of the House. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY thought the constitution of the Board could not be altered for the better, and suggested the propriety of postponing the further consideration of the subject until a later period of the session. Mr. HORSMAN thought the present a very inoppor tune time for discussing the question. Mr. CURTEIS complained of the shortness of the time allowed fur the inspection of plans of proposed railways, and of the exorbitant charge made for such inspection. The resolution was agreed to, as were several. others ; but a resolution being proposed, making the attendance of Members on Committees compulsory, Mr. BERNAL rose and opposed the resolution on the ground of the hardship and inconvenience it would inflict on Members. He thought a tribunal ought specially to be appointed to adjudicate upon railway matters. Mr. WARBUETON and Sir R. Ram. both considered the appointment of any such tribunal would be an abdication by the House of its powers, and could not but operate prejudicially on their character with the country. A desultory conversation ensued on the neglect by Members of their duties as Committee-men, and ultimately the resolution was agreed to. On the 19th resolution, which is to the effect, That parties promoting railway projects which have been grouped together by the Classification Com mittee, shall be permitted to appear before the Com mittee on any railway belonging to that group, and to offer evidence either against the Bills immediately under the consideration of the Committee, or in sup port of their own project," being put, Mr. Barium again urged the propriety of appoint ing Members possessed of local knowledge to serve on these Committees. A long discussion ensued, but ultimately the reso lution was agreed to. The following resolution was then proposed : evidence has been given, it shall be within the com petency of a Committee to adjourn their proceedings until the Bill or Bills for such other project shall be before them, care being taken by the Committee of Selection that in all such cases the I3ills for the so op posing projects shall be referred to the Committee by which the first Bill or Bills had been considered," which after a short discussion was agreed to. Various motions standing on the paper were post poned, and the public business of the House com menced at a late hour by Mr. COWPER moving for leave to bring in a Bill authorising and regulating the granting of garden allotments to the poor. Mr. Muss seconded the motion which, after a short discussion, was agreed to, and the House Adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock. Madrid journals of the 25th ult. have been received. According to some of them circulars have been sent to all the Captains-General of the provinces, nct to carry in future into execution the sentences of death pro• nounced by courts-martial, without first referring to the Governments. A letter from Vittoria states that the regiments of Santander and Palencia, which, in conse quence of the late arrests, have been deprived of a part of their officers and sergeants, had been sent, the first to Villareal-d'Alava, and the second to Toloen. Before they set out fifteen of the officers had keen discharged and ordered to return home. Much business was done on the Madrid Bourse on the 25th. The closing prices were —Three per Cents., 331 cash, 34i at 60 days ; Five per Cents., 25k, at GO days ; Passive Debt, 25i at 60 days. The House of Commons is about to record, on the motion of an Honourable Member, its deliberate opinion on the expediency or impropriety of allowing the prac tice of interring human bodies in churches and burial grounds within the boundaries of large towns and cities. Since the appearance of the last two reports of the Select Committee on the Health of Towns, we have, on more than one occasion, endeavoured to direct public attention to the immense importance of the statistics therein developed of disease and mor tality in the most crowded seats of our population. The Committee had before them the evidence and reports of many intelligent witnesses, speaking from continuous series of observations long and assiduously journalised. From the more recent results, arrived at by their personal investigations and inquiries, conducted under every discouragement to the re volting and disgusting exhibitions and exposure to the influences necessary to be encountered of malignant and revolting maladies; from their own expe riences, therefore, as well as the testimony of others, the Committee in qatestion accumulated and classified some of the most appalling facts that were ever brought forward to illustrate that great feature in any scheme of the domestic economy of a populous nation —its system for the disposal of its dead. If there ever existed, since the first civilisation of organised society, one city of the world in which the dispos'al of the dead must necessarily affect, and almost govern, the health of the living, it is to be found in the re dundantly peopled London, with its present popula tion of about 3,000,000. Notwithstanding all the vast improvements already affected, or in course of execution, in the drainage, sewerage, and ventilation of particular districts comprised within the extensive area it occupies—the widening of the thoroughfares and the removal:of obstructions, and the cleansing and purification of many among the most confined and filthy quarters to be fbund in it within these twenty years—the surface over which this march of improvement has, as yet, been effected, is necessarily of very contracted dimensions compared with that which still remains unvisited by it. And in these latter there still subsists, in its widest extent, its most uncontrolled and unmitigated notion, and its most hideous aspects, that productive source of typhoid and malignant fevers, ulcerated sore throats, habitual nausea terminating in paralysis and death, which the Committee, concurring in the strong opinions of Mr. Wenrena and other medical authorities whom they had examined, reported to the Legislature as the moat active causes of what may be called the local mortality of certain districts carefully indicated by them. It will be seen that we allude to the crowded state of our metropolitan churchyards, and the continued practice of interring in them. In many of our more populous borough and manufacturing towns the same evil prevails in a degree more or less miti gated. But we hope that from the notice which the matter is about to receive in the House of Commons, it will first be dealt with effectually at present, and permanently for the future—in London and its su burbs. We have no intention, ou this occasion, to dwell upon the horrors which have been several times so prominently brought before the public; on the noxious exhalations from the burial-ground in Por tugal-street, which swept out, like the besom of des tiny, the entire of the inmates, saving one, of a house with windows that opened upon the reeking and cor rupting Golgotha beneath ; or the Wych-street Cha pel, with its burial cellar and yard beneath and behind it, wherein, year after year, bodies were received and buried, till they reached within a few inches of the surface and the flooring, and the process of adapting The intelligence in the Paris papers relates chiefly to the conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock and the pro ceedings of the Swiss Diet. Most of the journals are favourable to the measure, and blame the Finance Mi nister for postponing an important financial operation, and thereby prolonging fluctuation in the funds and agi tation in the public mind. " Were ever more wretched measures tried," the Constitstionnel asks, " to escape from a measure which the public interest has been de manding for ten years, and which was approved by M. LACAVE LAPLAGNB himself in 1836 ? It will be easy in every successive year to find reasons like those which have been advanced for adjourning the conversion. The fear of a rise or fall in the Three per Cents. must always exist—the danger of jobbing must continue the same; in a word, it can never be difficult to imagine grave circum stances to warrant an adjournment." The Journal des De bats takes a different view of the question, strangely argues against the injustice of the measure, and absurdly for.. bodes generally confusion by robbing one party to serve another. "To some up our remarks in a single phrase,'' it says, " the clearest effect of the conversion, will be to destroy the class of stockholders; there will be nothing left but stockjobbers! There is no opportune time for injustice, and that is the reason why, whilst we raider homage to the honour of the Minister of Finance, and the sincerity of the sentiments which he expressed be fore the Committee on the Budget, we have considered it necessary to protest against the groundwork of his opinion. M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE has proved very clearly that the operation would be inopportune this year ; we shall be prepared to show that it will be bad at any time." The Committee on the Budget, however, have taken a very different view. On Monday they took the proposition of the Minister into consideration, and, with ono exception only, the Members requested the Government to present a Bill this session for the conversion of the stock. The discussions on the Jesuits, which commenced in the Extraordinary Diet at Zurich on the 27th ult., pos. sess considerable interest. At the opening of the meeting, the Chancellor of the Diet laid before the Deputies the petitions praying for the expulsion of the Jesuits, which are,signed by 120,000 parsons. M. NEu- HAUS, Deputy for Berne, and one of the most distin guished of the Liberal party, began the debate. The question, he said, was not whether the Diet had a right to take steps against the Jesuits, but whether the Jesuits had compromised and were compromising the safety of Switzerland. The Jesuits were dangerous, " first, because with their morals they teach a people to commit tranquilly the most culpable acts ; secondly, because they profit by their ecclesiastical eharacter to introduce trouble and division into families ; thirdly, because the order of Jesuits inculcates blin d and p assive submission, and thus bays prostrate the human mind ; fourthly, because, having neither family nor social rela tions, the Jesuits can no longer be good citizens ; fifthly, because they are constantly aiming at power without compunction as to the means ; and, sixthly, because, as regards Switzerland, the principal object of the order is the extirpation of Protestantism." 'ibis admirable sum mary of the qualities of the sect was followed by a speech from M. SIEGWART, Deputy from Lu cerne, who said the Jesuits were not the cause of the existing agitation, and ascribed it to the irritation produced in the minds of the Catholics by the suppression of the convents. He declared in the name of his canton, that it would not subscribe to any of the chimerical ideas about the influence of the Jesuits, and would not revoke the decree which had been issued in their favour. The Deputies of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwald, Zug, and Fribourg defended the Jesuits, and asserted that all that had been said against them was mere ca lumny. The Deputy for Soleure, M. MUNZINOER, said " that he represented a Catholic canton, but he was ne vertheless instructed to demand the expulsion of the MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAN GE-WEDNESDAY We had a fair average quantity of English Wheat. Se lected qualities sold steadily; other kinds slowly, at about stationary prices. Free Foreign Wheat was held firmly, at full currencies ; but in corn, under lock, we have no sales to report. Barley and Malt were held at fully Monday's quo tations. Although the show of Oats was good, that descrip tion of Grain moved off steadily, at previous rates. Beans, Peas, and Flour without alteration. , ARRIVALS. . Wheat. -- liar ley — . Oalts. Flour. 5,060 qrs. 1,440 qrs. 5,470 5,290 1,430 ---- M t, 6,520 qrs. vnstrank Prime Mutton and Pork sold freely, at full prices. In other kinds of Meat very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 33 Gd; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, Sc 10d to ss; and Perk. 2s 10d to 4s 4d per Sibs, by the carcass. LATEST MANCH STER BETTING. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. CUP. 2.► to 1 agst Strathspey—ta. 20 to 1 ag,st Winesour ,30to 1 agst Yheoman ac 1 Khuck ;-Allen—taken 1 - 30 to 1 agst Miss Whip c.—t 40 to 1 agst Fitz• Allen—ta, CHESTER 11 to 1 art Cataract L 3 to 1 agst Semiseria 15 to 1 agst Tha Era 18 to 1 agst ObscuriLty—ta 40 to 1 agst Fitz. DER] L 0 to 1 agst Alarm—taken 16 to 1 agst Kedger—taken DREADFUL EXPLOSION. LOSS OF FOUR LIVES, AND MANY OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.—(THIS DAY.) This morning, shortly after ten o'clock, a dreadful catas trophe olcurred,- which has already occasioned the sacrifice of four lives, besides, in all human probability, a much greater loss. The scene of this disaster was the immense factory of Messrs. Samuda Brothers, and Co., the engineers of Blackwall, at Bow-creek. It appears, from the particulars which our reporter gleaned on the spot, but which must necessarily be inadequate in description, in consequence of the universal confusion which prevailed, both at the factory and the immediate neighbourhood, on the occurrence of such a catastrophe, that at the above hour a number of workmen were employed in the engine building-room, testing a boiler of the engine which had been taken out of the steam-boat Waterman No. 11. The men employed were endeavouring to get up the steam for the purpose of driving the engine, when it suddenly exploded, the violence attending which completely blew off the whole of the roof of the engine -house, besides breaking nearly all the windows of a large glass factory which adjoins, and minor dwelling-houses in, the neighbourhood. The force of the con cussion was so great, that a number of men who were employed in various parts of the premises were thrown down. Immediately after the evaporation of the steam, and the consequent confusion had somewhat subsided, a search was instituted, for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the injury and loss of life which such a circumstance must necessarily entail, when it was found that four men were actually dead, their bodies being frightfully mutilated, and many others being more or less injured. Several medical gentleman resident in the neighbourhood were promptly on the spot and rendered every assistance in their power to alleviate the dreadful sufferings of those unfor tunate individuals in whom life was still in existence. A light spring van was procured, in which a quantity of straw was placed, and six individuals put therein, covered with blankets, were removed to the London Hospital ; they were immediately attended by the senior surgeons of the establishment, but in the majority of the cases, it is feared, that little or no hopes are entertained of their recovery, they being mutilated in a most frightful manner. The tremendous nature of the explosion may be antici pated from the fact, that the bode of one poor fellow was picked up on the opposite side of Bow-creek, a distance from the factory of at least 120 yards. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that on the 12th of November last, Mr. Joseph Samuda, and nine other indi viduals; lost their lives on board the Gipsy Queen steamer, at Blackwall, close to their factory, by the explosion of a steam-pipe, on the return of the vessel from an experimental trip. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT—FROM AN EYE-WITNESS.) A dreadful accident took place this morning, at ten o'clock, at the factory of Messrs. S'muda, at Poplar, by the explosion of a steam-boiler, by which three men were killed and seven dangerously hurt. The boiler had been recently fixed outside the engine-room on the premises, and con nected with the engine which was used for the purpose of working lathes and various other machinery employed for the construction of pipes, &c., for an atmospheric railroad. The scene just after the explosion took place, of which the writer was an eye-witness, was most heartrending—the screams of women, the groans of the wounded and the dying, and the sudden change in the appearance of the place. The engine-room, a building of considerable size, was levelled with the ground, and part of the turnery and the roof blown up in the air ; and nearly the whole of the windows on the premises were shivered to atoms. Part of the boiler was carried over the house tops into the street, a distance of 200 yards, and of the rest s&rcely two plates we - e left together. A man named Grimes, a labourer, one of the deceased, was standing on the top of the boiler, and was blown over the top of a building and over the Lea river, a distance of about 600 feet. Mr. Lowe, the superintendent, was standing by, giving directions to the workmen, and was struck on the head by a piece of the boiler; he was taken to his own house insen sible, and bleeding profusely. They were at the time getting up the steam in order to try the boiler. Perhaps it would be premature to give a statement as to the precise cause of the accident ; but the boiler, although it had never before been in use, was, nevertheless, totally unfit to stand the pressure, as it had been lying out in the open air for a great lenifth of time, by which, it became injured, by the weather. _L....L.__ snora Wrig}t t and Grimes; the third was so mutilated that he could not be identified. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, ,MARCH 2.—The King presided to-day in a Council of Ministers. The receipts of the Custom-house at Antwerp in the month of February amounted to 403,705 f. _ . We still have to remark on the anomaly which exists in the price of flour and bread at Paris and Brussels. Wheat is still dearer at Paris than at Brussels, while bread is dearer at Brussels than at Paris. The thaw during the day from the heat of the sun, and the severe frosts in the nights, have done very great injury to the rapeseed, and there is reason to fear that in many places it will be quite destroyed. On the other hand, we are glad to learn from the farmers that wheat and other plants have not yet suffered by these vicissitudes of moisture, thaw, and intense cold. We are assured that the Minister of the Interior wi shortly bring forward a measure relative to the game-laws. MASTERS IN THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm,—l hope and trust those gallant members who so ably advocated the claims of the masters last year, will renew their efforts again on the bringing up the navy estimates. I am in no way connected with the navy, but, having been frequently a passenger in a man-of-war, have had an oppor tunity of witnessing the important duty the master had to perform ; and in my opinion they have been most shamefully treated. The zeal and intelligence of this class of officers equals any in the service, and their nautical abilities far sur pass any other that has come under my observation ; every person who has been a passenger in a man-of-war will, I am sure, agree with me. _ I have been frequently told the very men who have con stantly opposed the masters claims, are those who most re quire their services when employed, but I will forbear to name them on the present occasion. I see, by the " navy list," every other class has a retired list; why, then, is this boon withheld from the master? I am happy to find a little has been done for the juniors, and, trust, ( to use the first sea-Lord's own words) "the time is at hand " for doing justice to the senior masters. I am, Sir, yours truly, A LOOKER-ON. Falmouth. TROTTING MATCH FOE 101. A- SlDB.—Yesterday the match between Hobson's pony and INl‘Clue's mare to trot in harness ten miles, came off over two miles.of road at Tot tenham. The quadruped competitors having been harnessed to light carts, the race was commenced at good speed, and both performing the first mile in three minutes and twenty two seconds. The mare turned the second mile abont thirty yards a-head ; and, at the conclusion of five miles, which was completed in eighteen minutes, both horses were together; they were pulled in ; and, limn the state of the road, the vehicles ran very easy; and the horses had scarcely turned a hair, and in two minutes they resumed their work, and covered the next two miles in seven minutes; at the ninth tnik they were well together, and trotting fresh. When within half-a-mile of the goal, the struggle ensued, both horses being pressed by their drivers, when the mare broke, and was pulled in and turned; this enabled the pony to take advantage, and he trotted in an easy winner, accomplishing the ten miles in thirty-eight minutes and four seconds. The spectators were numerous, and the betting large. FORMER CHARACTER. OF THOMAS - HOCKER.—The fpsivich Express observes, in reference to the late murder at Hampstead :—" We have understood that Thomas Henry Hockey, the individual now in custody on the charge of mur dering Mr. James Delarue, was, some five or six years since, a resident at the Rev. J. B. Williamson's, of Holbrook, in this county. During his stay there (which was stated to be for the purpose of recruiting ais health) he employed himself in the work of tuition at the school, and was, from his musical talents, as well as the amiability of his demean our, much respected by several influential families." Tu. BISHOP or ELY.—We are happy to state that the inflammatory attack on the chest under which the Bishop of Ely has recently laboured has abated, but we deeply regret to add, that his Lordship remains in a very weak state.—Cambridge Advertiser. MATRIMONIAL MONOPOLISTS--Eight widows hay ing got married in Leeds in five days, the spinsters of that town are getting up a requisition for a public meeting to adopt the famous Pogmoor resolutions, and " put down" the infamous monopoly in marriage. To such an extent has this monopoly grown, that in 1842 the number of widowers and widows who got married in England was no less than 26,198 —Liverpool Albion. LLYN VI IRON WORKS.—We are happy in being able to state that the directors of these works have an nounced their intention to advance their workmen's wages five per cent., to take place the first Saturday after the Bth of March. This has been done unasked for by the men. Although not a very extensive rise, still it is a prelude to the long looked for better times. The directors are also about to erect a large and commodious school-room for the accom modation of the children of the workmen. There cannot be too much praise given to those gentlemen who reside at the works, for their uniform kindness towards their poorer neigh bours.—Cambrian. BREAD MONOPOLY.—On Mondy evening upwards of 150 master bakers met at the Green Dragon, Fleet-street, for the purpose of inducing millers or flour factors not to sup ply any baker with flour, who sells his bread under a stipu lated trade price, and pledged themselves, individually and collectively, not to support or deal with any miller so trans gressing. A committee was appointed to see their resolutions carried into effect, and delegates elected to communicate to the various millers in the environs of the metropolis the pur port of their meeting. SERIOUS ILLNESS CF HER SERENE HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS OF SAXE WF.L3LtR.—We regret to learn that information has been received from Germany of the dangerous illness of the Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, which has caused the most painful alarm to her family. The Grand Duchess is sister to the Emperor of Russia. MR. CHARLES KEMBLE.—SO exceedingly popular. and successful have been the recent Shaksperian readings of this eminent man at Manchester, that we learn he has been solicited to give a fourth course in that spirited town. — Liverpool Times. ----.---...._..--...............---- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW, 0. CITY, QUARTER 70 THRII,2';„ There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool 11l '. day. Sales 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speeul a " - ;; I d There was a great demand for French Railway St l2l '" ~.,1 other Shares were also in request. Prices geuerally ...PT,: an upward tendency. Birmingham and Derby , 1 / 1 1 : Bristol and Gloucester, 59 1 4 ; Caledonian 7%,, 7- gli Chester and Birkenhead, 38 1 % •, Chester and 11,01Yheau,Z. 8%; Dublin and DroghedaM 81 ; Churuet Valley, 61 4,.° 7 ',a Glasgow and Dumfries, 17 ; Grand Junction. 2 24 ; ,11 :7 0 , Jemetion, Halves, 112 ; Great Southern and Wes4 o ; Extension, 7 ; Great Western, Half Shares, „„' 1 4. Hull and Selby, Half, 16 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, u° on Liverpool and Manchester, 206 ; Ditto, New, 37%; U n tui d and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 29 1 4 ; L° 11(1°I/ or VA Brighton, 65 1 ; London and York, 7 ; Cambridge and.ro, cola, 3% %; Manchester and Birmingham, C o up. 66%4 cheater and Leeds, 147 ; Ditto, Half, 63,4 • Midland _d ties, 120% 128 1 A ; Ditto,4ol. Shares, Preto tosonlgili; Wyre, 26 1 A ; She ffi eld and Manchester, Eastern, - 43 1 4 ; Ditto, No. 2, 12% • Trent V lll _ 4 l' F oil Lyons and Avignon, 2% • Paris and 'Lyons, 3 1 ,4 '79; o rs, and Rouen, 44 ; Paris and Strasburg, 3 ; Orleans, 0 and Bordeaux, 9% ; Northern of France, 6% 7 ; 13,10(4. and Amiens, 12% 11%; Bordeaux and Cette,2l. 17s- °ti n t. There are no ship arrivals from any quarter to-daY,"- ing later intelligence. i, if The produce markets are materially affected by t--e o f cisiou respecting the sugar question; but this settled, 1 active trade is looked for. val We can scarcely follow the unusual numbe r et •--,_ vo g schemes from time to time appearing, many of than bible some claimor other to consideration, although it is inin e ly but that the investment of so much capital must ultiOriter bring about a decided pressure for money. Every supactoa to a new scheme, trusts, however, snore to his 014 t jer l his resources, in not being " caught," and hence it is 00 subscriptions are nominally filled, almost before °polle d ; a nd, French lines are particularly favoured in this resPec loi3 however stringent may be the conditions which o je- Phillippe's Government will impose, the English fa I b o uri. termined that they wiil give railways to their nelibt fro In a pecuniary point of view, some of these, no deu' , ar id the better direction of the linen, the cheaper construelly'in 110 other facilities, the result of our dear-bought experience, w t g o doubt yield a handsome return to the shareholders, 1 * o f $ have always our apprehensions as to the consequeli ce !froal war. There is a prospectus now before us for a linu Ad a Marseilles to Toulon, with docks at the latter; both 07, 00 a large population, and offering a good opening for toP. de s, accommodation, and we presume that, as in most other - 0e there will be a struggle by competing companies to g e g oinl concession. As far as we can judge—and we d ecline further—the successful company will do well. bat the The Funds are very firm again to-day T here is log transfer books being closed for several Stacks', here ..„fe r, doing. Consols have been 99% to par for present ur r , p er 1004 to % for Account. The New Three-and-a-Q °9l `&o 4. Cents. have been 103% to 104% ; and the Three Pe r . „ E pt l 100% to 3 4. Bank Stock for Account has been "• 213%; and India Stock 282. be l l ! The Foreign have been very firm, and there hit s _...257 moderate business doing. Spanish Five per Cents., l _763 to 3 / 4 ; the Three per Cents. 41. Portuguese Con ver ted % ; and Mexican 36%. Dutch Two •and-a-Half P er have been 63% to %. ; R l9/4 An extensive business has again been doing -a . r essA Shares, and at buoyant prices generally. Brighten ."- 10 so good, however. IA SI " C , f itS , ONE 0701 PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 1,4 3 per Cent. Reduced .... 100%% 1 1 N,/ 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents. 103%, 10 44 12, Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 — 2, India Stock - India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... . -•••• es 70 .-•,„ South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Bank Stock for Account.... ..... Consols for Account..... . India Stock, for Account 283 PIP' ..' 65 Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 Ad 64 62 pin 65 Ditto. 5001. . Ditto Small — 64 Ditto Advertised 59 58 6 0 pipso- 41 ',- 0 -I s riti 9 04 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 0 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — 9 11. ° Colombian Bonds, ex Venezuela — .••• Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — 5 6 % Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...'. .. Ditto. Account..... ... ..... Ditto, Deferred Stock. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 65% 64 Ditto, Account % . q. 'PI Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. 4l Ditto, Account 4l ...-, Belgian Scrip, 4% per Cent Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent' . Ditto Account 1 s st/ 9 Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certffic 9- 70 - .0 Ditto Bonds 9B " • CV : ht , PRICES OF _ , ___, PAID. AT ONE O'CL°Cg. ri'i' RAILWAY SHARES - - Birming. and Gloucesterloo .— '. .. ............ Ditto New li% 33:4 •• ..... '' s e a r stings 10 3 3 Xi ......... ... . ..••• 70 Bristolßß r r DittoDii t ototnl, and al ,I)4Nn edw S Ee h sx a , r eH e t ew Gloucester 3O —8 5 65 9 8 1 1 8 i4 i5(12.4. .......... 7 :1 . 1 .:. .. Caledonian rCambridgeaniFftdeahHaarmsn Sharesi n no d ,i ys mboh, Lincoln oad. ( 14 4 0 1/ ,‘ .......... .. Cheste Chichpopr and Brighton 5 Clitanet Valley .... 2 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 2 4 .. ... 6 1 4 . Direct Northern ..... Dublin and a c n o d u G nt a i l e w s ay ........ .... 2%...... 3 ........... .... Eastern Union 141. 165....... 18 ..... .. ...... 10 .. ... 191 ........ .. Ditto Extension 44 3/s • .. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 . ....... ...''' Ditto New Quarters.. 2% - . '. •••••• Elyand Bedford Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo Ditto New .... Ditto New 80 177 .............. 50 20 LLHGH London Guildford, LancasterrtuDDDenli a dld iii i i t t t ioattat t nnon:oonVNda and „ e ; 2Q S S da e n l ß b d y i C nn ar in l Pr is g : l u h r e gth m .. ll" s:l t - - 338258121..381: 8 ''... 7 .:15: eudwaßrTtihirds (155t0ck)...231 232..••••'•' 2 42 1 .- ........ 1 . .1. e a r c s kwall. 161. 2 1.38 4d. 30 7 e ......... . 6.5)6 '. LondonL o Ditton d o n Consolidatedaa n n dd Croydon, B ....... ... ... London and Greenwich t.111. 1 3. 2 1 1 .5°1 1 61 5 5 :4 : d .9 1 :1 . : 6 1 1 04:5 4)i5 ".61 .• .• ................. Ditto Preference 18117 s 2d 24 14 .......... . London ar dS. Western 41/6s 10d 79 1 )4•-•"" ....... Ditto New T 1 2 1A% 12 London and York Lynn and Ely ..... A ...... .. Manchester and Leeds... 73 147% ........ . Ditto 1 4 Shares 2 ...... ......... ..:::• Ditto Sixteenths 74 ...... ..g . .... Manchester and Birmin. 40 Ditto Quarters 4 - ........ Midland 100 Ditto New Midland, Birm., Derby 100 Newcastle and Darling- •....... ton Junction 24 ...... 48 47 3 4 • .... Do. New Brandling lO - ...... ... N , w , .as,li and Berwick 1% ....• • 15 t4 ............ Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 North British .. 10 - . Ditto, New......... .. 1 2 192%751012..9. ................ 3N 3 %%•"'"'" . .. ... Northern and Eastern... 45 .. Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., ...„.• Dudley, and Binn 2%. .... 55 4%' ,„.• South Devon lO ...... 16% ............. South Eastern & Dover 33l 2s 4d... 43 4214,4 ' ... Ditto, No. 2. 2 ...... 12 11J/4 ••• .••• Ditto, No. 3 2% ...... 8 3 ‘4% ...... ... South Wales Trent• Valley 2%...... 5‘14 ....... ,„. 2 fork and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Ditto Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS' .. . Boulog-ne , and Amiens... 2 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux,.Toulouse and ... • " Cette ..... .... . ... ..... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ... r'aris and Lyons . , Paris and 0r1ean5.......... 20 Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre l4 - ........ Tours and Nantes 1 British North JOlNTAmerican 25 25 • 141 A ........... '., London & Westminster. 20 ean SSOTOP..K 84A5N1,41(..5..... .. .......... 'ri. National of Ireland 17% ...... 16 1 / 2 ... ........... ..,. Provincial of Ireland Union of London. MANCHESTER STOOK l E o xc; business has been done at improved prices. 791 4, et : 41 4 f Preston,_ 15 ; London and South-Western.,s:',ZlA. I_l,:oeu Ditto, New Shares, 12 ; Manchester and Lee a a n ,l. r ; ir iiis,t o "ter , u.,.5..GE12,1,44;tc..g..i.a.4c.k...brix ,;;;lit:6, Ditto. Sixteenth Shares, 7 __; Manchester, ",.:"Alsoclsreht 67,ex div.; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 12% l i c, T a ' f, ' 4 0i,. ? e re , Bury, and Rossendale, 1354 ; Midland lia lw 14;proton Sod a,„;'tir 9 • North British, New Shares, 3 - is r ~,a 0, 4 15; con 26 . %. ;Sheffield and Manchester, Quarte F l u_,,. loper,,i fo r Birkea . t . ,Tl , ,, , so di; l 6" Eastern, 43 ; Ditto, No. 3, 95 ; and Cheshire Junction, 8, 8 1 ; Bolton, ..i:rvaix•-•..,, 6 4 si ito. pool, 7% 8 ; Caledonian,7 l 4 ; Ch . urn q 11 7..),V L e l •Mi Huddersfield and Sheffielid unction, . 3 .1 ,„ a *dingsJunction, u_ T AW' , Thirsk, 4 1 4 ; Leeds and West Ri I, 6 7.16; L 0 1,, ;,s verpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 33 1,0 - ndon and Its. sIA Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 3% ; g a. ; shroc t all Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 23a 5 1:i • Soute por Wolverhampton and Dudlof, 8,0 . 1 rAisio, land ;cottfi Euxton, 21 ; Boulogne and Amiens ( 1 b 2 d % eau ; x GarnedatTNouolrotuhseer,n2o3l 1,:. (En hlisster Fire an ,- and Lyons (English), 3 9plate Mane e . surance,ll% 1 4 ; Union. a nit I 'l Tlll i- - 0- ra ß n o c r e d e a u x 6, ' . Toulouse' nis.el,6r4r;i orisl.. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( __ eze an d fillet LONDON, MARCH s.—Wind N., freBli f b t r l ' :e ra° rr lthe la very cold; it snowed in the early part 0.1 taro o _ __, o g DOVER, MAncti 4.—A small part of t 4 V:...„,.,,, dao.• nacia, wrecked near here, has been saved I , ' ' ''. 000 0, state.thic i ` CO' Tr moderate; ler* DEAL, MARCH 4.—Wind 85..., ~ Dor —Arrd. Nelson, of Glasgow, Bombay. SI. , 1 41 AI 1, o A s cutta ; Edward M'Lean, .Fernando Po. er f rd,fr °lll , b 0 ". COWES, MARCH 4.—The Dove, of Wat U eaterday 00.6.1 to London, got ashore on the Sand's Heads) ithou l `la '0 O hl got off this morning, and brow ht in here ;" i f__ . 10 ;00 fro CORK, MARCH 2.—Wind Isi.W. Amazon, Malta. _A t** lll l,oo 4 p Ilia' m ,° t o '- SCARBOROUGH, MARCH 3..-The ..050, ~0 . , Grimsby, for Filey, drove ashore on Filey Boub lug, and is expected to become a wreck. --Sid. her 1 6 1 1 , 4 'O4 1 01 ~ 44 AL 117 , 59; 1 41 16 1 91 4 10 it 5? , ;. 0 4 /' 15 s' 49 44, RAILWAY SIIA St. Germain •• •••• •.......1175 ..1175 ..1175 ..1175 Yersailles,R.B..• •• •• 562 50 .. 562 50 .. 5G2 50 .. 562 50 L.E. • .. 380 •. 380 .. 377 50 .. 377 50 Rouen •.. .. ....... 1150 —ll5O ..1147 50 —1147 50 Rouen to Havre 970 .. 970 .. 970 .. 970 Orleans ..• •• • • —1265 —1240 ..1265 Strasburg to Bale.• 230 .. 330 .. 335 •• 325 Avignon is Marseilles.. 1087 50 "1087 50 —lOBO —lOB7 5i Moutpellicr to Cette Bordeztax to Teste • • • • .... 250 .. 265 .. 240 .. 245 THIS DAY'S NEWS CHANCERYTHIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day. In consequence of his Lordship's sitting in the House of Lords yesterday, the Court took appeal motions. His Lordship, having disposed of oae or two cases totally devoid of interest, rose shortly after one o'clock, to attend her Majesty's levee. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY. The Vice-Chancellor of England lioard causes today, and at an early hour rose to attend the levee at St. James's Palace. SECOND ARIES'.-(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) NICHOMON V. WATT. In this cause, George Nicholson, a seaman, late of the brig Jane, of Newcastle, brought an action against Mr. Walter Watt, the master of the said brig, for wages due, to the amount of 3/. 10s. Mr. Medina appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Wild for the defence. It was stated on behalf of the plaintiff, that he had been engaged in October last to perform a voyage from London to Shields and back, for which two separate contracts were entered into, at the rate of 11. 18s. 9d. for each way, or 31. 17s. 6d. in the whole. The plaintiff completed this voyage, but, with the exception of a few shillings, he had never re ceived his wages. 3/. 10s. was still due, for the recovery of which the present proceedings were instituted. In answer to this, it was contended that the plaintiff when first engaged at London was only engaged for what is called a "run" from the Thames to Shields, and that when at the 'latter place, he was paid for this, and a fresh agreement entered into for a new voyage to London and hack again. This the plaintiff only partially fulfilled, having left the ship at Gravesend on its way back, thus vio lating the articles he had signed for the whole voyage. The ship was totally wrecked the voyage immediately following that on which the plaintiff left, and in it the articles of agree ment were lost, but the terms of the agreement were proved by the verbal evidence of the mate. The jury immediately returned a verdict 11. Os. 9d. being wages due for one way, an allowance having been made for 18s. which it was proved the plaintiff had received on ac count at various times. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BuLuwK.) • BURGLARY.—Thomas Jones was indicted for burglariously entering and taking from the house of Mr. Thomas Walton, a corn-dealer, fourteen sovereigns. The offence was proved, and the prisoner sentenced to imprisonment, with hard labour, for twelve months in the house of Correction. (Before Mr. Justice PArrEsox and Mr. Justice Wim.r.i.ms ) Two men, Richard Elliot and Richard Vincent, omnibus drivers, remanded from the last session, were indicted—the former for breaking into the house of Thomas Cox, a clerical robe maker, Southampton-street, Covent-garden, and stealing therefrom 460 yards of silk and 461 yards of linen ; the latter with receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen. Mr. Allen attended to prosecute ; Mr. Balleatine was en gaged for Elliot, and Mr. Clarkson on the part of the pri soner Vincent. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that Mr. Cox had left town for Tunbridge Wells, and that on his return he missed the above property. The shopman stated that he had left the shop shut up safely on the night of the 24th De cember, but when he came to open it next morning, he dis : not yield to the key, and he lost no time in consequence iu sending for a smith to pick it. On entering he discovered that the silk and linen had been abstracted. Information was given to the police, and soon after the prisoners were taken into custody by Inspector Shackell, of the detective force, part of the goods having been found in their possession. The jury were addressed by the Learned Counsel for their respective clients. Mr. Justice PArrasox summed up, and the jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of Guilty against Elliot, and they acquitted Vincent. Elliot was then sentenced to be trans ported for 15 years. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT and AldermanTluallEs.) A HEARTLESS ROBI3RRY.—DanieI Henry Donney, aged 24, described in the calendar as a glass-cutter, was convicted of stealing a box, and some wearing apparel, the property of Mary Beckworth, a simple-looking country girl: The prisoner became acquainted with the prosecutrix through a cabman, who was in the habit of driving out her mistress on Sundays. She was induced to go into a public house by this person and the prisoner, and after partaking of some liquor, which she believed to have been drugged, she became insensible. On recovering, she found herself un dressed, and in bed with the prisoner, at No. 3, Little Ex mouth-street, Hampstead-road, where he had taken a fur nished room. The girl lived with the prisoner fora fortnight, he representing her as his wife, and she, acting under his advice, represented him as her husband to her parents, who are honest and industrious working-people living at Richmond. However, at the expiration of that period he forsook her, and carried away the little property which she possessed, consisting of trifling articles of female apparel, a portion of which he pledged, and the rest was found in his possession when taken into custody. A few days after she met him, and on her threatening to give him into custody he swore he would blow out her brains with a pistol and stab her with a sword, articles which she knew he possessed. However, she carried her threat into execution. He was also convicted of stealing three shirts and other articles, value 155., the property of John Brite ; five pair of stockings, value 35., the property of Catherine Fair; and two towels, value 25., the property of Ann Fair, from a house in which be had lodged last year. He had also been frequently convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment in that Court and elsewhere, for offences of a similar nature. . . The prisoner conducted his own case, and sharply interro gated every witness that was examined. • On being asked in the usual manner what he had to say why the sentence of the Court should not be passed upon him aecording to law, he handed in a paper which was read by the Common-Sergeant. It set forth that he was sincerely penitent for the offences he had committed, and earnestly called upon the Court to pass a lenient sentence upon him, as he would henceforth adopt a new course of life, and subsist by industry. In the event of the Court passing a lenient sentence, he would promise to join one of the Indian armies, in one of which he had formerly served. The document concluded by stating that he had a young wife who was in the greatest distress, and implored mercy on her behalf. The COMMON-SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said—A more atrocious case never came before that Court. It was not the intention of the Court to pass any sentence upon him for the second offence, but solely on the first. A worse case than that could not be conceived. He not only used every mode towards the unfortunate girl which the most depraved mind could have used for the basest of purposes, but threatened to shoot her when she said she would give him into custody on the charge. It was also his belief that he obtained his living by robbing the public. He was seldom called upon to pass the sentence he was about to pronounce, but the case before the Court was one or that nature which called for such a sentence—which was that he be transported for fifteen years. The prisoner, who is a tall, well-made young man, and rather good looking, then bowed politely to the Court and left the dock. The COMMON-SERGEANT directed the constable who had the management of the case to see that Mary Beckwith, who stated that she was not enceinte, was conveyed to her parents free of expense to herself. MARLBOROUGH-STREET (THIS DAY.) John Green, a shabbily-dressed man, between 30 and 40 years of ag,a, was charged with burglariously breaking the Amp- window of Mr. Charles Wright, of No. 11, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, watch and clock-maker, and steeling there from a case containing three gold watches and seven silver I watches, of the value of between 501. and 601. The prosecutor stated that about a quarter to eight o'clock last evening, as he was sitting in his shop, he heard one of the panes of glass in the - window break, and saw a man's hand inside, amongst the watches displayed for sale. He instantly rushed to the shop-door, but could not get out, as it had been tied by some twisted string to the soraper. The case of watches produced he had seen safe in his shop-window but about a minute before. Police-constable, No. 163 of the C division, stated that as he was on duty in Bear-street, Leicester-square, he saw the prisoner come running in the direction from Lisle-street, follo'sred by a neighbour of the prosecutor, who had seen him thrust his hand through the window, calling "Stop thief." Witness joined in the pursuit, and, as the prisoner was pass ing a hoarding on the east side of the square, inclosing the site where Julien's Hotel formerly stood, he saw him throw something into the excavations there. He continued in pursuit of the prisoner until he was stopped by some gentle men in Green -street. His right hand was found to be cut very severely. Police -constables 165 and 81 of the C division proved finding the cases and watches on the spot where the prisoner was seen to throw something from him. The prisoner, who is a well-known thief, was fully committed. BURGLARY AT PRESTON, LANCASHIRE.—On Sun day, while all the family and household of Mr. Clark, who is described as a punctiliously religious man, were at church, his house was broken into, thirteen drawers picked and rifled, all his plate, a gold watch, and other valuable effects, to the amount of 2001., were carried off, and no clue left to the thieves. Some suspicion attaches to parties who on the same day, at two o'clock, left Preston by the train for London. A telegraph on the line might have led to the exa mination of these parties, and to the detection of the thieves. ~.._,, ~~ LAN E A D D 4 1) " t "l 4 Ith pt , th % 4 41 , 1 11 4 y ta - t't 11 41 4 , 1 % k3l' l 4 ` ,zt i tt ), D, I .4,' P iA l totl