The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-27 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMP TON, AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A meeting of Shareholders in the above railway was held yesterday at No. 12, Argyll-street, Regent-street, and attended by many gentlemen representing collec tively a large amount of shares in the undertaking. The meeting was summoned in consequence of pro ceedings on the part of the Committee of Management, which have already acquired no little notoriety, and whose consequence has been to induce a very general impression that the Directors should be called on to render to their Shareholders an account of their ad ministration. Several members addressed the meeting, enforcing the necessity of convening a general meeting of the Share • holders, and dwelling on the singular conduct and obsti nate silence of the Board of M a nagement, whose failures and negligence had been such as to forfeit all confidence on the part of the subscribers, but who had never laid before them either an explanation of the causes of the defeat their plans had sustained, nor oven the slightest statement of the amounts which they had already ex- Fended from the capital deposited. Even this morn ing a brief announcement had appeared from the secre tary, stating that Mr. Stephenson was re-surveying the line in preparation for the next session; so that it would appear that the whole expense had to be incurred over again, all the doings of the past months being of not the slightest use, and meanwhile the Board were maintaining the official staff, legal officers, and multitudinous ex penses of a company in action, while the undertaking would, in fact, be lying in abeyance fur many months to come. Various resolutions, which appear in our adver tising columns, were passed unanimously; and the general meeting of Shareholders, when the subject will undergo further consideration, appointed for an early day. DEVON AND CORN WALL WRESTLING. The natives, on Tuesday, of the above counties, resumed their play again, at the Brecknock Tavern, Camden Town. The attendance was not so good as on the pre ceding days, but the play far superior ; some of the best men of the two counties playing during the afternoon, but in consequence of the unfavourable weather, the prizes were not played off, the ground being so slippery, the men could not stand. The principal bouts came off as follows :—G. Good man, a Cornish man (of the Blues), and Snell of Devon (being two good wrestlers, and played a match a few months back, which Snell won), had a very hard trial, but no back ; " time" being called Snell holding the ring. J. Dyer, of Cornwall, then entered against Snell, and after a fall, time being up, Snell was " half-standard," and another man entered against Dyer ; George Snell, who played together well, but no back. Two young men entered the ring, Hooper, of Devon, and Francis, of Cornwall; both playing well, and after a severe struggle, Francis threw his man by the " hang-heel." Philip Pile (an old wrestler of Devon, and one who has carried off good prizes) opposed Francis; when throwing and play was made on both sides, but the Devon man was too old a practitioner; he caught his opponent in the forelock, and threw him, amidst loud applause, a fair back; and he played his time out with another, the old man being too much for his opponent. George Snell and Goodman were the two next worthy of notice, and a very severe bout it was, Snell falling, but no back. Goodman's play was admired by all, but his opponent was too heavy for him, and the men slipping in consequence of the rain, it was deemed advisable to defer the playing for the prizes till this day, if the weather should prove favourable. A:RUNAWAY STEAM-ENGINE.—On Thursday af ternoon, the enginemar. of a locomotive at the terminus of the Ardrossan Railway, having to leave his engine for a minute, did so inadvertently when it was on half-cock. To his horror and amazement, he had scarcely turned his back upon it, when it started off towards Kilwinning at a speed which he could not overtake. The gate keeper at Stevenston, thinking it was a special train, made way for it, although surprised that the customary signal of the whistle was omitted to be given ; and away it sped at a giant pace towards the main line ; upon this it got with out delay or obstruction, and turning towards Glasgow, did not stop till it reached the junction at the Kilmar nock branch, when want of steam, happily, compelled it to pause. Had it met with a train or other obstruction, the consequences might have been disastrous. Fortu nately, however, no worse consequence resulted than a temporary delay in forwarding the Fleetwood steamer's passengers from Ardrossan.—Glasgow Saturday Post. HER ➢iAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that A GRAND MUSICAL FETE, Comprising the unpublished manuscripts of the celebrated FELICIEN DAVID, Will be executed, for the first time in this country, THIS EVENING With the original Melodies and Choruses. Grand Descriptive Symphonic Ode of THE DESERT, produced for the first time with the most enthusiastic success at the Conservatoire Royal, Paris. LE DESERT. Ode, Symphonic, Orientale—divided in three parts with grand orchestra. The orchestra and chorus will include upwards of 200 per /timers. The whole under the Direction of Signor Costa. Solos by Sigs. Moriani and Corelli. PROGRAMME. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Glorification of Allah ; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert— Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part IL—Night. The Evening Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night : air sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia--The Dance of the Wnes—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra— Illirening reverie : melody sung by Signor Mohan], with chorus and orchestral accompaniments—Sleep ! Part lll.—Sun-rise. Call of the linezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey —The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Introductory Part-Ist. Fragment of Grand Symphony in E flat-2d. Melodie imitative a Grand Orchestre : Les Hirondelles, sung by Signor Moriani-3d. Melodic Orientate : Le Chibouque 4th. Soiree du Printemps Fragment tire des quartre Saissons de Felicien David, executed by all the string instruments. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. Applications for Boxes, Stalls; and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Eight o'clock ; to commence at Half-past Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed ROBERT THE DEVIL. Robert, Mr. W. Har rison ; Bertram, Mr. Stretton ; Raimbaut, Mr. D. W. King ; Isabella, Miss Rainforth ; Alice, Miss Romer. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : Pas de Deux, by Mdiles. Adele and Louise. Pits de Deux, by Mdlle. O'Bryan and Mr. A. Webster. Grand Pas de Caractere, by Mdllc. Polin and M. Gasperini. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Esmeralda, by Mdlle. Polin, and A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ is engaged here for Twelve Nights only, and will shortly make his appearance in his cele brated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, in Donizetti's popular Opera, TIIE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, for the Performance of which, ft,i Engagement has also been ex pressly entered into with Mdlle. EUGENIE GARCIA. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, :hid Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF TIIE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING _ Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES; er, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Se , by ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. Atter which, will be repeated a New Grand Epercal Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Suugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Telford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescite. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Graham; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, Mr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. IVallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations ! forming ene of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Old Martin Cfluzzlewit, Mr. R. Younge; Mr. Pecsniff, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Stn. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LO WTiIER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND lIIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. Emery, F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrothor, and Mies Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) WI'U THIS EVENING be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Colonel Mereville, Mr. H Mellon ; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson, Mr. Marble; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. ,After which, THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSIA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and 3idme. Demos, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclade with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. • DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY GREAT ATTRACTION FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING peated a New Drama, called MARGARET CATCH -0114S1) \Jilt: rted by Messrs. H. llughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. k . , , , Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and ki n. w IRISH TUTOR, in which the Infant Power, , . ~`rfreort. uda:vprit Pl3 T e H ar E MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hicks, 4 / e Z' " . :C. Ma, Frei• , Lewis, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, and Mrs. H. tit' _ 4 Initig:#lll perform. ta...* atic - Placeit and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Ros e,' - 41. from Vlrren to Four. 4g... - ___ ~,,, _ * ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. 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The fault rests en tirely with the News-agent who serves them, and who thereby not only injures the paper, but does injustice to his customer. This injustice is still further aggravated by an extra charge of a halfpenny (the Post ogice fee) being made for NOT supplying the latest or Third Edition. This Edition contains the Latest News : Parliamentary Debates up to a Quarter to Seven--The " Gazettes" on Tuesday and Friday, together with the " Prices Current" of all the Markets, as well as Officia Prices of Shares in Railways, &c. &c.—The Betting at Tattersall's on Monday and Thursday—The latest (closing) Prices of the Funds — The Proceedings in Railway Committeee up to the close—and all other news arriving in London after three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Second or Evening Edition goes to press. In distant parts of the country, the Third Edition contains news TWELVE nouns IN ADVANCE, a matter of importance to those who want early intelligence. In those places where the evening mail arrives in the middle of the night, the " MORNING SUN," containing Au. the Debates, &c. &c., will answer best, and Subscribers can suit themselves accordingly. Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper ; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1845. of union to them, yet we cannot but feel a deep interest in seeing the States meet their public liabilties, and pay off their j ust debts, at the earliest practical period. That they will do so, as soon as it can be done without im posing too heavy burdens on their citizens, there is no reason to doubt. The sound, moral and honourable feeling of the people of the indebted States, cannot be questioned ; and we are happy to perceive a settled dis position on their part, as their ability returns after a sea son of unexampled pecuniary embarrassment, to pay off all just demands, and to acquiesce in any reasonable measures to accomplish that object. " One of the difficulties which we had to encounter in the practical administration of the Government, consists in the adjustment of our revenue laws, and the levy of the taxes necessary for the support of Government. In the general proposition that no more money shall be col lected than the necessities of an economical administra tion shall require, all parties seem to acquiesce. Nor does there seem to be any material difference of opinion as to the absence of right in the Government to tax one section of country, or one class of citizens, or one occu pation, for the mere profit of another. Justice and sound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interest of one portion to the injury of another portion of cur common country. I have heretofore declared to my fellow citizens that, in my judgment, it is the duty of the Government to extend, as far as it may be prac ticable to do so, by its revenue laws, and all other means within its power, fair and just protection to all the great interests of the whole Union, embracing agriculture, manufactures, the mechanic arts, commerce, and naviga tion.' I have also declared my opinion to be in favour of a tariff for revenue,' and that, in adjusting the de tails of such a tariff, I have sanctioned such moderate discriminating duties as would produce the amount of revenue needed, and, at the same time, afford reasonable incidental protection to our home indastry,' and that I was opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not ER revenue.' " The power to lay and collect taxes, duties, im posts, and excises,' was an indispensable one to be con ferred on the Federal Government, which, with)ut it, would possess no means of providing for its own sup port. In executing this power, by levying a tariff of duties for the support of Government, the raising of re venue should be the object, and protection the incident. To reverse this principle, and make protection the object, and revenue the incident, would be to inflict manifest injustice upon all other than the protected interests. In levying duties for revenue, it is doubtless proper to make such discriminations within the revenue principle, - - as will afford incidental protection to our home interests. Within the revenue limit, there is a discretion to discri minate ; beyond that limit, the rightful exercise of the power is not conceded. The incidental protection afforded to our home interests by discrimina tions within the revenue range, it is believed will be ample. In making discriminations, all our home in terests should, as far as practicable, be equally protected. The largest portion of our people are agriculturists. Others are employed in manufactures, commerce, navi gation, and the mechanical arts, engaged in their re spective pursuits, and their joint labours constitute the national or home industry. To tax one branch of this home industry for the benefit of another would be un just. No one of these interests can rightfully claim an advantage over the others, or be enriched by impoverish ing the others. All are equally entitled to the fostering care and protection of the Government. In exercising a sound discretion in levying discriminating duties within the limit prescribed, care should be taken that it be done in a manner not to benefit the wealthy few, at the expense of the toiling millions, by taxing lowest the luxuries of life, or articles of superior quality and high price, which can only be consumed by the wealthy ; and highest the necessaries of life, or articles of coarse quality and low price, which the poor and great mass of our people must consume. The burdens of government should, as far as practicable, be distributed justly and equally among all classes of our population. These general views, long entertained on this subject, I have deemed it proper to reiterate. It is a subject upon which conflicting interests of sections and occupations are sup posed to exist, and a spirit of mutual concession and compromise in adjusting its details should be cherished by every part of our wide-spread country, as the only means of preserving harmony and a cheerful acquies cence of all in the operation of our revenue laws. Our patriotic citizens in every part of the Union will readily submit to the payment of such taxes as shall be needed for the support of their Government, whether in peace or in war, if they are so levied as to distribute the burdens as equally as possible among them. " The Republic of Texas has made known her desire to come into our Union, to form a part of our confede racy, and enjoy with us the blessings of liberty secured and guaranteed by our Constitution. Texas was once a part of our country—was unwisely ceded away to a foreign Power—is now independent, and possesses an undoubted right to dispose of a part or the whole of her territory, and to merge her sovereignty, as a separate and independent State, in ours. I congratulate my country that, by an Act of the late Congress of the United States, the assent of this Government has been given to the re-union ; and it only remains for the two countries to agree upon the terns, to consummate an object so important to both. " I regard the question of annexation as belonging ex clusively to the United States and Texas. They are in dependent Powers, competent to contract ; and foreign nations have no right to interfere with them, or to take exceptions to their re-union. Foreign Powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our Govern ment. Our Union is a confederation of independent States, whose policy is peace with each other and all the world. To enlarge its limits, is to extend the dominion of peace over additional territories and increasing mil lions. The world has nothing to fear from military n Powers should,eur r e de r n e s , and look ok am bition in our Government. While th e c hi e f mag i strate and the popular branch of Congres s are e l ecte d f or short terms by the suffrages of thos e m illi ons who must, miseries of war, our Government cannot b e otherwise their pacific. o of Texas t o th e United States, Foreign bear all therefore, h burdens thanoi nntheannexation not as the conquest of a nation seeking to extend her dominions by arms and violence, but as the peaceful acquisition of a territory once her own, by add ing another member to our confederation, with the con sent of that member—thereby diminishing the chances of war, and opening to them new and ever-increasing markets fur their products. " To Texas the re-union i s i mportant ; because the strong protecting arm of our Government would be ex tended over her, and the vast resources of her fertile soil and genial climate would be speedily developed ; while the safety of New Orleans an d of our whole south western frontier, against hostile aggression, as well as the interests of the whole Union, would be promoted by it. " In the earlier stages of our na ti ona l ex i s t ence, t h e opinion prevailed with some, that our system of confederated States could not operate suc cessfully over an extended territory, and serious ob jections have, at different times, been made to the enlargement of our boundaries. These objections were earnestly urged when we acquired Louisiana. Experience has sh own th a t th ey were not well founded. The title of numerous Indian tribes to vast tracts of country has been extinguished. New States have been admitted into the U n i on ; new terr i tor i es h ave been created, and jurisdiction and laws extended over them. As our population has expanded, the Union has been cemented and strengthened ; as our boundaries have been enlarged, and our agricultural population has been spread over a large surface, our f e d era ti ve system has acquired additional strength a n d secur ity. I t may well be doubted whether it would not b e i n greater . danger of overthrow, our present population were con. fined to the comparatively narrow limits of the original thirteen States, than it is now that they are sparsely settled over a more expanded territory. It is confidently believed that our system nay be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits ; and that, as it shall be extended, the bonds of our Union, so far from being weakened, will become stronger. " None cau fail to see the danger to our safety and future peace, if Texas remains as independent State, or becomes an ally or dependency of some foreign nation herself. not pr efe r ls p t e h r e p r e e t u o a n l one peat©amo n g withou r citizens TTexas, x more a s , p tooww occasional powerful a u s l wi oo t nu h al a il n wars, which so often occur between bordering independent nations ? Is there one who would not prefer free intercourse with her, to high duties on all our products and manufactures which enter her ports or cross her frontiers? Is there one who would not prefer an unrestricted communication with her citi zens, to the frontier obstructions which must occur if she remains out of the Union ? Whatever is good or evil in the local institutions of Texas, will re main her own, whether annexed to the United States or not. None of the present States will be responsible for them, any more than they are for the local institutions of each other. They have confederated together for certain specified objects. Upon the same principle that they would refuse to form a perpetual union with Tex as , b ecause o f her local institutions, our forefathers would have been prevented from forming our present Union. Perceiving no valid objection to the measure, and many reasons for its adoption, vitally affecting the peace, the safety, and the prosperity of both countries, I shall, on the broad principle which formed the basis and produced the adoption of our con stitution, and not in any narrow spirit of sectional policy, endeavour, by all constitutional, honourable, and appropriate means, to consummate the expressed will of the people and government of the United States, by the re-annexation of Texas to our Union at the earliest practicable period. " Nor will it become in a less degree my duty to assert and maintain, by all constitutional means, the right of the United States to that portion of our territory which lies beyond the Rocky Mountains. Our title to the country of the Oregon is clear and unquestionable;' and already are our people preparing to perfect that title by occupying it with their wives and children. But eighty years ago our population was confined on the west by the ridge of the Alleghenies. Within that period —within the life-time, I might say, of some of my hearers —our people, increasing to many millions, have filled the eastern valley of the Mississippi ; adventurously etr,ended the Missouri to its head springs ; and are already engaged in establishing the blessings of self-government in valleys, of which the rivers flow to the Pacific. The world beholds the peaceful triumphs of the industry of our emigrants. To us belongs the duty of protecting them adequately, wherever they may be upon our soil. The jurisdiction of our laws, and the benefits of our Republican institutions, should be extended over them in the distant regions which they have selected for their homes. The in creasing facilities of intercourse will easily bring the States, of which the formation in that part of our ter ritory cannot be long delayed, within the sphere of our Federative Union. In the meantime, every obligation imposed by treaty or conventional stipulations should be sacredly respected. "In the management of our foreign relations, it will be my aim to observe a careful respect for the rights of other nations , while our own will be the sub ject of con. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter headed The League at Manchester," was received, but we could not find room for it. We have received many letters relative to the unfortu nate convict Tawell, which, notwithstanding press of other matter we would have willingly published, had we seen any benefit to be produced by them. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 52; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND, N.W. Nonc.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ➢lorning .. 59 minutes after 3 I Evening • . 19 minutes after 4. arre - Ins 70r6 Akatt. • 5 ' QUI•104, IV' re t‘ (S r tit -4 al ';• Allk -4' 1410i3,3arn0 one. in °Milt t *UAL LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1845. IMPORTANT FROM AMERICA. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ) ONE O'CLOCK. The packet ship George Washington, Captain Bennet, has just arrived at our port from New York, whence she sailed on the 6th inst. The papers which she brings are five days later than those received last night by the Indiana, and the most prominent item in the news which they contain is the new President's Message—a lengthy, and, as the American journals state, a " tastefully written and patriotic document." Mr. Polk expresses himself decidedly in favour of the annexation of Texas, and the occupation of the Ore gon territory ; but it is thought that he will not, in pursuing these objects, use any violent or imprudent measures. He is in favour of a tariff framed gene rally with regard merely to revenue, though he thinks that incidental protection may be afforded to all interests. The Message is decidedly unfavourable to a Na tional Bank. The Bill for the annexation of Texas as it passed the*Senate on the 27th ult., was recog nised by the House of Representatives, and received the President's signature on the following day. An express started immediately for the Mexican Govern ment, and it was expected that Signor Altamonte, would offer a protest, and take his departure. A war with Mexico was quite expected. The Senate passed a Bill on the 3d instant, allow ing a drawback on goods re-exported to the Canadas from the United States. This measure had given, much satisfaction. On the Ist instant, the Senate confirmed the rote of the House, for the admission into the Union of lowa and Florida, as States, each to return two Members. Slavery is not to be allowed in lowa, but Florida remains in that respect as heretofore. The report that the United States Government j had laid before Congress, in secret session, papers I found on the person of Santa Anna, showing that he had been negotiating with Great Britain for the cession of California, was fully believed. The reported intended resignation of Sir Charles Metcalfe is flatly contradicted by the Montr(al Gazette. (From the New York Herald of March 5.) THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Yesterday, at noon, James K. Polk, the newly elected President of the United States, was inaugurated, and took the oath of office in the presence of congregated thousands. All the party leaders—all the officers of State—all the representatives of the people—multitudes of the fairest women in the land—and crowds upon crowds of the citizens of the United States, were there, and the whole scene presented one of the most imposing displays of Republican pomp, splendour, enthusiasm, and triumph, ever witnessed in the capital. The day opened with the noise of cannon, the ringing of bells, the display of the American flag from the Capitol, the Navy Yard, the public edifices, hotels, and many of the private dwellings of the citizens of Wash ington. About eight o'clock, early as was the hour, the entire avenue from the President's house to the Capitol, was thronged with men, women, and children, from all sections of the country. It was rumoured in the morning that. General Jackson had arrived, and such a bursting forth of shouts from point to point, as this report caught and spread among the multitude, the ears of mortal man have seldom heard. It is scarcely necessary, however, to say, that " Old Hickory" was present only in spirit. Our corrrspondence from the capital is of the greatest possible interest and importance. The intelligence re lative to the formation of the new Cabinet will produce great excitement in this region. Washington is in a state of unprecedented ferment. Discontent—doubt— astonishment—indignation—hope—fear —rejoicing—all the varied and strong passions of the political arena appear to be let loose in Washington, and no one knows what the next hour may bring forth. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. "Fellow Citizens :—Without solicitation on my part, I have been chosen by the free and voluntary suffrages of my countrymen to the most honourable and most re sponsible office on earth. I am deeply impressed with gratitude for the confidence reposed in me. Honoured with this distinguished consideration at an earlier period of life than any of my predecessors, I cannot disguise the diffidence with which I am about to enter on the dis charge of my official duties. " If the more aged and experienced men who have filled the office of President of the United States, even in the infancy of the Republic, distrusted their ability to discharge the duties of that exalted station, what ought not to be the apprehensions of one so much younger and less endowed, now that our domain extends from ocean to ocean, that our people have so greatly increased in numbers, and at a time when so great a diversity of opinion prevails in regard to the principles and policy which should characterise the administration of our Go vernment? Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble, when incurring reponsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and, in some degree, the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. " In assuming responsibilities so vast, I fervently in voke the aid of that Almighty Ruler of the Universe, in whose hands are the destinies of nations and of men, to guard this heaven-favored land against the mischief's which, without His guidance, might arise from an unwise public policy. With a firm reliance upon the wisdom of Omnipotence to sustain and direct me in the path of duty which I am appointed to pursue, I stand in the pre sence of this assembled multitude of my countrymen, to take upon myself the solemn obligation, ' to the best of my ability, to preserve, protect, and defend the constitu tion of the United States.' "A concise enumeration of the principles which will guide me in the administrative policy of the Govern ment, is not only in accordance with the examples set me by all my predecessors, but is eminently befitting the occasion. _ _ " The constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safe-guard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the bonds of peace and union this great and increasing fa'mily of free and independent States, will be the chart by which I shall be directed. "It will be my first care to administer the Govern ment in the true spirit of that instrument, and to assume no power not expressly granted or clearly implied in its terms. The government of the United States is one of delegated and limited powers ; and it is by a strict adherence to the clearly granted powers, and by abstain ing from the exercise of doubtful or unauthorised im plied powers, that we have the only sure guarantee against the recurrence of those unfortunate collisions be tween the Federal and State authorities, which have occasionally so much disturbed the harmony of our sys tem, and even threatened the perpetuity of our glorious Union. _ "To the States respectively, or to the people, have been reserved the powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States.' Each State is a complete sovereignty within the sphere of its reserved powers. The government of the Union, acting within the sphere of its delegated autho rity, is also a complete sovereignty. While the general Government should abstain from the exercise of autho rity not clearly delegated to it, the States should be equally careful that, in the maintenance of their rights, they do not overstep the limits of powers reserved to them. One of the most distinguished of my predecessors attached deserved importance to the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most com petent administration for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwark against anti-republican tendencies ;' and to the preservation of the general Government in its whole constitutional vigour. as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad.' "To the Government of the,United States has been in trusted the exclusive management of our foreign affairs. Beyond that, it wields a few general enumerated powers. It does not force reform on the States. It leaves indi viduals, over whom it casts its protecting influence, en tirely free to improve their own condition by the legiti mate exercise of all their mental and physical powers. It is a common protector of each and all the States, of every man who lives upon our soil, whether of native or foreign birth ; of every religious sect, in their worship of the Almighty according to the dictates of their own con science ; of every shade of opinion, and the most free in quiry ; of every art, trade, and occupation, consistent with the laws of the States. And we rejoice in the gene ral happiness, prosperity, and advancement of our coun try, which have been the offspring of freedom, and not of power. " This most admirable and wisest system of well regulated self-government among men, ever devised by human minds, has been tested by its successful opera tion for more than half a century, and, if preserved from the usurpations of the Federal Government oa the one hand, and the exercise by the States of powers not reserved to them on the other, will, I fervently hope and believe, endure for ages to come, and dispense the bles sings of civil and religious liberty to distant generations. To effect objects so dear to every patriot, I shall devote myself with anxious solicitude. It will be my desire to guard against that most fruitful source of danger to the harmonious action of our system, which consists in substituting the mere discretion and caprice of the executive, or of majorities in the legislative department of the Government, for powers which have been withheld from the Federal Government by the constitution. By the theory a our Go vernment, majorities rule, but this right is not an arbi trary or unlimited one. It is a right to be exercised in subordination to the constitution and in conformity to it. One great object of the constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities, or encroaching upon their just rights. Minorities have a right to appeal to the constitution as a shield against such oppression. " That the blessings of liberty which our constitution secures may be enjoyed alike by minorities and majorities, the executive has been wisely invested with a qualified veto upon the acts of the Legislature. It is a negative power, and is conservative in its character. It arrests for the time hasty, inconsiderate, or unconstitutional legislation, invites reconsideration, and transfers ques tions at issue between the legislative and executive departments to the tribunal of the people. Like all other powers, it is subject to be abused. When judiciously and properly exercised, the constitution itself may be saved from infraction, and the rights of all preserved and protected. " The inestimable value of our federal Union is fe: and acknowledged by all. By this system of united and confederated States, our people are permitted, collec tively and individually, to seek their own happiness in their own way ; and the consequences have been most auspicious.--Since the Union was formed, the number of the States has increased from thirteen to twenty-eight; two of these have taken their position as members of the confederacy within the last week. Our population has increased from three to twenty millions. New com munities and States are seeking protection under its aegis, and multitudes from the Old World are flocking to our shores to participate in its blessings. Beneath its benign sway, peace and prosperity prevail. Freed from the burdens and miseries of war, our trade and intercourse have extended throughout the world. Mind, no longer tasked in devising means to ac complish or resist schemes of ambition, usurpation, or conquest, is devoting itself to man's true interests, in de veloping his faculties and powers, and the capacity of nature to minister to his enjoyments. Genius is free to announce its inventions -and discoveries ; and the hand is free to accomplish whatever the head conceives, not incompatible with the rights of a fellow- being. All dis tinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection. No union exists between Church and State, and perfect free dom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds. " These are some of the blessings secured to our happy land by our Federal Union. To perpetuate them, it is our sacred duty to preserve it. Who shall assign limits to the achievements of free minds and free hands, under the protection of this glorious Union ? No treason to mankind, since the organisation of society, would be equal in atrocity to that of him who would lift his hand to destroy it. He would overthrow the noblest structure of human wisdom, which protects himself and his fellow-man. He would stop the progress of free Government, and involve his country either in anarchy or despotism. He would extinguish the fire of liberty which warms and animates the hearts of happy millions, and invites all the nations of the earth to imitate our example. If he say that error and wrong are com mitted in the administration of the Government, let him remember that nothing human can be perfect ; and that under no other system of Government revealed by heaven, or devised by man, has reason been allowed so free and broad a scope to combat error. Has the sword of despots proved to be a safer or surer instrument of reform in government than enlightened reason ? Does he expect to find among the ruins of this Union a happier abode for our swarming millions than they now have under it ? Every lover of his country must shudder at the thought of the possibility of its dis solution, and will be ready to adopt the patriotic senti ment, 'Our Federal Union—it must be preserved.' To preserve it, the compromises which alone enabled our fathers to form a common constitution for the govern ment and protection of so many States, and distinct com munities, of such diversified habits, interests, and do mestie institution, must be sacredly and religiously ob served. Any attempt to disturb or destroy these com promises, being terms of the compact of Union, can lead to none other than the most ruinous and disastrous consequences. " IL is a source of deep regret that, in some sections of our country, misguided persons have occasionally in dulged in schemes and agitations, whose object is the destruction of domestic institutions existing in other sections—institutions which existed at the adoption of the constitution, and were recognised and protected by it. All must see that if it were possible for them to be successful in attaining their object, the dissolution of the Union, and the consequent destruction of our happy form of Government must speedily follow. " I am happy to believe that at every period of our existence as a nation, there has existed, and continues to exist, among the great mass of our people, a devotion to the Union of the States, which will shield and protect it against the moral treason of any who would seriously contemplate its destruction. To secure a continuance of that devotion, the compromises of the constitution must not only be preserved, but sectional jealousies and heart-burnings must be discountenanced ; and all should remember that they are members of the same political family, having a common destiny. To increase the at tachment of our people to the Union, our laws should be just. Any policy which shall tend to favor monopo lies, or the peculiar interests of sections or classes, must operate to the prejudice of the interests of their fellow citizens, and should be avoided. If the compromises of the Constitution be preserved—if sectional jealousies and heart-burnings be discountenanced—if our laws be just and the government be practically administered strictly within the limits of power prescribed to it—we may dis card all apprehensions for the safety of the Union. " With these views of the nature, character, and objects of the Government, and the value of the Union, I shall steadily oppose the creation of those institutions and sys tems which, in their nature, tend to pervert it from its legitimate purposes, and make it the instrument of sec tions, classes, and individuals. We need no national banks, or other extraneous institutions, planted around the Government to control or strengthen it in opposition to the will of its authors. Experience has taught us how unnecessary they are as auxiliaries of the public authori ties, how impotent for good, and how powerful for mischief. " Ours was intended to be a plain and frugal Govern ment and I shall regard it to be my duty to recommend to Congress, and, as far as the Executive is concerned, to enforce by all the means within my power, the strictest economy in the expenditure of the public money, which may be compatible with the public interests. " A national debt has beoome almost an institution of European monarchies. It is viewed, in some of them, as an essential prop to existing Governments. Melan choly is the condition of that people whose Government can be sustained only by a system which periodically transfers large amounts from the labour of the many to the coffers of the few. Such a system is incompatible with the end for which our Republican Government was instituted. Under a wise policy, the debts contracted in our revolution, and during the war of 1812, have been happily extinguished. By a judicious application of the revenues not required for other necessary purposes, it is not doubted that the debt, which has grown out of the circumstances of the last few years, may be speedily paid off. " I congratulate my fellow-citizens on the entire restoration of the credit of the general Government of the Union, and that of many of the States. Happy would it be for indebted States, if they were freed from their liabilities, many of which were incautiously contracted. Although the Government of the Union is neither in a legal nor a moral sense bound for the debt of the States, and it would be a violation of our compact •tart watchfulness. Equal and exact justice should characterise all our intercourse with foreign countries. All alliances having a tendency to jeopard the welfare and honour of our country, or sacrifice any one of the national interests, will be studiously avoided, and yet no opportunity will be lost to cultivate a favourable un derstanding with foreign Governments, by which our navigation and commerce may be extended, and the ample products of our fertile soil, as well as the ;mum factures of our skilful artisans, find a ready market and remunerating prices in fru cign countries. "In taking care that the laws be faithfully ex ecuted,' strict performance of duty will be exacted from all public officers. From those officers, especially, who Ire charged with the collection and disbursement of the public revenue, will prompt and rigid accountability be re quired. Any culpable failure or delay on their part to account for the moneys intrusted to them, at the times and in the manner reqaired by law, will, in every in stance, terminate the official connexion of such default ing officer with the government. " Although, in our country, the chief magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party, and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet, in his official action, he should not be the President of a part only, but of the whole people of the United States. While he ex ecutes the laws with an impartial hand, shrinks from no proper responsibility, and faithfully carries out in the Executive department of the Government the principles and policy of those who have chosen him, he should not be unmindful that our fellow• citizens who have differed with him in opinion are entitled to the full and free ex ercise of their opinions and judgments, and that the rights of all are entitled to respect and regard. " Confidently relying upon the aid and assistance of the co-ordinate departments of the Government in con ducting our public affairs, I enter upon the discharge of the high duties which have been assigned me by the people, again humbly supplicating that Divine Being who has watched over and protected our beloved country from its infancy to the present hour, to continue kits gracious benedictions upon us, that we may continue to be a prosperous and happy people." NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, MARCH 5. $5OO New York City Sevens 's3 113 8,000 Ohio Sixes 'so 98i _ _.. 5,000 Kentucky Sixes 5,000 Illinois Sixes 101 . '7O 40i 5,000 Pennsylvania Fives 74 80 Shares National Bank 983 50 Vicksburg Bank 50 Morris Canal 25 Canton Co. 50 Farmers' Tr 100 E Boston Co. 70 Erie ER 10 Aub and Rorth 33 54 3 41:4 30 106 50 L Island RR 801 25 Mohawk RR 65 50 Stonington RR 43i 700 Nor and Wore 73 200 Reading RR 49 The Senate of the United States, as will be seen from the intelligence from Washington, published in another part of the paper, had adopted resolutions for the annexation of Texas to that Republic by a ma jority of 2, there being 27 in favour of the measure, and 25 against it. This consummation is only what might have been anticipated from the moment that emigrants began to occupy land in that extensive dis trict. It has been the policy of the Government, as well as the wish of the people, to extend their territory by purchase as well as by affiliation of neighbouring states, and with such a weak and contemptible Government as Mexico, Texas could not long be an exception to the general law. But the Americans will not stop there. The pressure from within will only increase with the increase of population, and unless some strong causes inter vene, whether from the interference of other Powers, or the opposition of the Northern States, Mexico itself will soon be swallowed up by this unscrupulous and enterprising people. The bigoted, priest-ridden, and indolent descendants of the Spaniards have no chance with the active, in dustrious, and warlike Saxon race. The accession of power given to the Southern States by this event is not at all welcome to those of the North, and may yet lead to important consequences. Madrid journals of the 18th inst. state that the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on the Church Property Restoration Bill had been brought to a close on the 17th, and that the Bill had passed by a majority of 126 to 16. Previous to the conclusion of the debate NARVAEZ, as well as the Minister of Jus tice, assured the Chamber that the Government guaranteed to the present owners their rights to the property already sold, and that on no consideration should these rights be interfered with. The present measure was necessary, not only as an act of justice towards the clergy, but also to satisfy the Court of Rome. With these views the suspension of the sales had been resolved on, and the restitution only post poned till the proper time. On the 18th a courier was dispatched to Rome with the intelligence. The capital was quite tranquil, and preparations were in progress for celebrating the Easter festival with unusual splendour. The Court, it was understood, would go to Aranjuez about the middle of April. On the 18th the Three per Cents. left off at 35 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 251 for cash, and 26 at 60 days; the Coupons at 28i for the 16th of April; and the Debt without Interest at 7i at 59 days. The intelligence from Zurich is to the 21st inst. The resolution of the Diet relative to the suppression of free corps, which we gave yesterday, had been adopted by thirteen and two half states, and conse quently became a federal law. The President, M. Moussox, announced that the Austrian Charge d'Affaires had delivered to him a copy of a dispatch, addressed to him by Prince METTERNICH, which he would communicate to the different cantons, as he had not received it in time to deliver to the Diet. He then closed the session in the following terms : " Our deliberations are terminated. Some of you will retire dissatisfied. A similar disposition will manifest itself among a portion of the Swiss people. It is consequently a duty the more imperious for you to exert yourselves to maintain public order and tranquillity, and not allow the interests of the corn , monwealth to be sacrificed to party spirit. I must remind Lucerne that it depends upon its Government not to increase the existing irritation, and to effect a reconciliation by making a sacrifice to the country. May Switzerland be ready to provide against events, and strong enough to uphold her honour and liberty under every circumstance. She would re pent too late, if her authority and power were aban doned to the mercy of party interests." We here subjoin the note of Prince METTERNICH, referred to by the President ; but we cannot agree with our Conservative Contemporary, the Herald, which pub lishes the document, that " it is directly threatening." In our opinion, the threatening part contains mui;h good sense, and points out to the different cantons what course they should adopt to preserve the friend ship of the Great Powers. The following paragraph would apply with equal force to the Government of the United States, which would not, or could not, prevent the lawless citizens from robbing and mur dering their inoffensive neighbours :—" A Govern ment not possessing sufficient power to master its subjects, to prevent them carrying, with arms in hand, murder and pillage into the territory of an in offensive neighbour, such a Government would not deserve that name." " Vienna, March 13, 1845. " A MONSIEUR DE PHILLIPSBERG, A ZURICH. " Monsieur,—Yon have acquainted us with the mani festations addressed successively by the Courts of Lon don and Paris to the Federal Directory, in order to show the Confederation the impression produced upon those Cabinets by the events of which Switaerland has for some months been the theatre. " The principles professed by the Emperor, our august master, and the sentiments with which his Majesty is animated towards the Helvetic Confederation, are known to you, Monsieur; and you have recently been autho rised to be their interpreter to the Government of Zurich, upon the occasion of its entry upon its directorial func tions. I do not, besides, doubt but that upon all occa sions, when during the present Diet you have had to express the intentions of your Court, you have acquitted yourself of your task according to the spirit of your general instructions, and which have had for basis, upon the one part, the warm friendship that his Imperial Ma jesty feels for the neighbouring State, and, upon the other, the respect that the Emperor entertains for treaties and laws imposed by international jurisprudence, as well as his desire to see other States, especially those which, in consequence of their geographical position, are in most frequent relations with his monarchy, main tain themselves in such wise as that they may be in the condition of exercising reciprocity in regard to Austria. " His Majesty, moreover, feels satisfied that, according to the tenor of the communications conveyed by England and France to the Confederation, his judgment of the general position of Switzerland is shared by these two powers. " If the Cabinet of St. James, in his dispatch to M. Morier, of the 11th Febrbary, takes pains to present to the eyes of Switzerland a picture of the fatal conse quences which would be entailed upon her by the anni hilation of the act by which she is constituted into a political body, recognised by Europe, you will recal to mind that the same subject has been developed by our Cabinet in more than one of the dispatches addressed by me during the course of late years to our legation in Switzerland, especially in that of the 27th February, 1841, and you will feel that late events, so far from changing or modifying the opinion that we ever entertained, have but served to confirm it. In fact, the greater the chances of seeing nullified the Act of 1815, and accord ing as they multiply, the more does it become evident to all sound minds that the cessation of the Act of Union between the 22 sovereign cantons of Switzerland will be in the interior of the Confederation the signal of civil war, of anarchy and oppression ; while, as regards fo reign relations, it will break those titles tinder which these 22 states occupy their actual position in the great European family. The domestic misfortunes, the suspi cions, and the political dangers which for Switzerland would follow such a state of things, are but too evident not to be felt by the true friends of this country, while, at the same time, it inspires them with the desire that, by the wisdom and rectitude of the men called to direct her destinies, such mighty perils may be averted. " We, with the English Cabinet, agree with that of the Tuileries, relative to the reprobation which, in the dispatches transmitted to the Count de Pontois, the latter pronounces upon the enterprises and the existence of the free corps. A Government not possessing sufficient power to master its subjects, to prevent them carrying, with arms in hand, murder and pillage into the territory of an inoffensive neighbour, such a Government would not deserve that name. It would be worthy of being put to the ban of the opinion of civilised Europe, if, to the tole ration of such misdeeds, it should add acts of connivance. In a confederation of Status, united one with another for the sake of aid and mutual assistance, the odium of such enterprises would be further augmented by the weight of those sentiments that are always naturally ex cited by the violation of sworn faith. Such a disorder mast be put an end to, and extirpated by the root. It must cease to be possible that a canton, besieged by armed bands encamped along its frontiers, shall for months to gether be kept under arms, and obliged to exhaust the means and patience of its population, if Switzerland de sires to preserve in the eyes of foreign nations the cha rac!er of a Confederation of States (to quote the words of the declaration of Vienna, of the 20th of March, 1815), in the integrity in which they existed as a poli tical body at the period of the Convention of the 29th of October, 1813, the same being recognised as the basis of the Helvetic system. " The unanimity of all the powers, which cannot fail to be demonstrated at present to the eyes of Switzerland, upon the fundamental principles which govern the question, and the friendly explanations which all have shown themselves desirous of entering upon with her must have proved two things—the one, that all the powers, without exception, are animated with the same sentiments of friendship for, and interest in, the Con federation; the other, that, looking at her present posi tion, all upon the same point of view, the powers have claim to the presumption of believing themselves in the right, " It now remains to be seen how far the delegates of the Swiss people will know how to secure their country from the incalculable evils that the unchecked liberty allowed to the wicked and destructive passions of the day must inevitably prepare for hen—Receive, &c., " METTERNICH." Easter Monday was observed as a close holiday by most of the Paris journals. The Chamber of De puties, nevertheless, met as usual, and entered on the discussion cf the Customs Bill. The Deputies were to assemble in Committees on Tuesday, to appoint Commissioners for examining the Bills for railways between Paris and Lyons and Lyons and Avignon. No result of importance to the public was expected from the Customs Bill. In fact, prohibition or oppressively heavy duties must be submitted to by the French people yet for years, but it is gratifying to learn, that at least one of the journals is alive to the evil, and points out the vast mischief caused, not only by restricting foreign commerce, but even the domestic intercourse between different departments. " Matters," says the Democratie Pacifique, " have been so arranged amongst us, that every treaty of reciprocity, whether a treaty relating to manufac ture, agriculture, or maritime affairs, would in the present state of things cause a grave injury to any of these three branches. Our great governmental capacities have reduced France to a complete state of paralysis. If this system be only persisted in a little longer, nothing else will remain to be done but to sur round the frontiers with walls, and to rot in the isola tion established in some degree as the condition of the existence of the country. And it is not alone in our rela tions with foreign Powers that our legislation produces this shameful immobility, but at home our fiscal system is organised in such a way that each province is in a manner obliged to consume in part the productions of the locality. Potable liquors and corn could give occupation to an immense coasting trade, if zitupid and barbarous taxes did not force them to be con sumed on the place where they were produced. It is on account of these duties that corn is seen to occupy in the South the place of vines, which could produce excellent wines, and that the wines of Argenteuil and Suresne are drunk at Paris." THE BOURSE—MONDAY, MARCH 24. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. I'rice. French Five per Cents. •... 117 75 117 75 .. 117 60 • • 117 60 Three per Cents •. •. 85 55 .. 85 65 • • 85 55 .. 85 60 Bank of France • - • • • • • • • • 3220 ..3220 ..3220 ..3220 Belgian Bank . •• • • .• •••• • • 660 • • 667 59 •• 660 • • 667 50 Belgian Fives, 1840.....•.. 105% .. 1053 .. 105% .. 105% 1842........ 107 .. 107 107 .. 107 Four-and-a-Half ... 1013 .. 103% •• 103% .. 103% Two-and-a-lalf. •• 62 6) .. 62 0 .. 62 - 60 .. Spanish Active••••••••••••• 39 .. 397, .. 39 1 4 •• 39% Threes•••••••••••• 41 .. 4114 .. 41 .. 41 Passive .•• • ..... 7 •• 7 •• 7 .. 7 New Deferred l7 Portuguese Five per Cents 69 - 17 .. 69 •• 17 •• 69 - 17 .. 69 Neapolitan• Romrian ..• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • •• 106 •• 106 .. 106 .. 106 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain •••• •••• .•1190 Versailles, R.B•• •• •• •• •• •• 635 L.B ••••• 400 R0uen.....• •.....1150 Rouen to Havre.• .• 975 Orleans ...... ..1190 ..1190 ..1190 .. 637 50 .. 635 .. 637 50 . 405 .. 400 .. 405 • 1150 ..1147 50 ..1147 50 .. 975 975 ..1322 50 ..1310 975 ..1320 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 343 75 .. 343 75 .. 343 75 343 75 Avignon to Marseilles.. •.1120 ..1120 ..1120 . 1120 Bordeaux to Teste •• •. •• •• 230 .. 231 25 .. 230 .. 230 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, APRIL 3. St. Germain ........1136 25 ..1187 50 ..1186 26 ..1187 50 Versailles, R. B •. ... .. 635 . • 637 50 .• 630 • • 637 50 L. 8..........•• 400 .. 410 .. 400 .. 410 Rouen•••• •• .. •...........1145 ..1155 ..1145 •• 1155 Roucn to Havre . •. .... 980 Orleans. .. •• ............1310 ~ 980 ..1325 .. 978 75 .. 980 ..1310 ..1320 Strasburg to Bale.. • • • • .... 345 Avignon to Marseilles.. •• 1120 Bordeaux to Teste .••• • • • • 230 •• 345 ••1140 •• 230 .. 342 SO 345 -11.5 ..1135 .. 230 .. 230 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A fall of 1 / 2 per Cent. occurred in Consols this afternoon, owing to the accounts from New York, 'dative to the vote on Texas. The price for Money fell to 99% 3/t, and left off at 99% %. For Time, the decline was to 99 , %, the latest bargains being at 99 3 4 %. he feature in the Foreign Market was a fall in Mexican stock of 1 per Cent., viz., from 36 3 / to 35 3 / 4 ; Spanish Actives were 28% to 30 1 . The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—The Birmingham and Gloucester, 32 1 / 2 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 28 ; Caledonian, 4 3 % ; Cambrdge and Lincoln, 5 1 / 2 ; Chester and Holyhead, 3 1 / 2 4 ; Dublin and Belfast, 4 1 ,4 ; Dublin and Galway, % to ; Eastern Counties, 7% ; Eastern Union Extension, 2Y B ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland-) Extension, ; Great Western, Halt, 51 ; Fifths, 20 1 / 2 ; Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth, 21/2 ; Harwich, 114.; Hull and Selby, Half, 20 ; Quarter, 8%; London and Birmingham, Thirds, 42%; Brighton, 12%; South-Western, New, 9 3 / 4 ; London and York, % to 1; Lynn and Ely, 4 ; Midland Birmingham and Derby, 9 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 23 ; North British, New, 3 1 % 1 / 2 ; Armagh and Portrush, j 4 ; Direct Northern, 21% to %; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2 ; South Wales, 3 1 / 2 ; Trent Valley, 15 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, New, 7% ; York and North Midland, 49 ; Half, 24 1 ,6 ; Selby, Exten sion,, 12%; Boulogne and Amiens, 7 1 / 2 ; Great Northern of France, 2 ; Paris and Rotten, 244 ; and Paris and Stras burg, 3 / 4 premium ; Blackwall, ; Strasburg and Bale, 4 ; and Kentish Coast, % discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yester day, with little or no alteration in prices. Sales, 2,500 bales -all to the trade.-French Railway Shares were not quite so good, but other stocks were in request, and firm. Aberdeen, 31. 6s. 6d. ; Barnsley Junction, ex New, 7 5 ,E ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9 1 / 2 4 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, ex div., 132 1 A 132 ; Ditto, IS ew Shares, 3%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 10% 1 /, ; Caledonian, 9% 91. 16s. 3d. ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% 'A ; ; Chester and Birkenhead, ex div., 46 1 / 3 / 4 ' • Ditto, Hilf Shares, at 5 dis., ex div., 23 1 % ; Ditto, New Shares, at 33 discount, ex dividend, 371% ; Chester and Holyhead, 81.8 s. 9d. ; Chester and Preston Brook, 5% I ,l t ; Churnet Valley, 7 1 / s ; Direct Northern, 4% % ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 21. 18s. 9d. ; Eastern Counties, ex div., 21% ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex div„ 61 1 / Ditto, New Shares, 5% ; Glasgow, Dumfries, an d Carlisle, 1/. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18% ; Ditto, Preference Shares, 2/. 2s. ; Grand Junction, ex. div., 225 ; Ditto, Half Shares, ex div., 112 1 / ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18 3 / 4 ; Great Western, London to Bristol, ex div., 181 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 35 1 %; Limerick and 'Waterford, 4 1 % 4/. 9s. ; Leeds and West Riding, 6% ; Liverpool and Manchester, ex. div., 207 ; Liverpool, 01 rmskirk, and Preston, 3 3 4 31.135. 6d.; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 31% ; Manchester and Birmingham, ex div , 65 65% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, ex div., 11% ; Ditto New Quarter Shares, 51/, ; Manchester and Leeds, ex div., 145 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, % 19; Midland Stock, ex div., 141; Ditto, 401. Shares, 14 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Birmingham and Derby, ex div., 109 ; Newark and Sheffield, 4% ; North British, ex new, 17%; Ditto, New Shares, 4/. 4s. ; North Union, Stock A, ex div., 146 148 ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 5 ; North Wales, 2% ' • Oxford, Worcester, and Rugby, 41. Is. 6d. 4/. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 365. 6d. ; Scottish Central, 5% ; St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap, Preference Shares, 30% ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/. 4s. ; Sheffield and Manchester, ex int., 112 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, ex int , 13% ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5 3 / 5% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 3% 4 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 5 1 4 ; South- Eastern, ex new, 43 1 A 43 1 1 ; Ditto, New Shares, 16 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 8 1 % ; South Wales, 64 •, Wexford and Carlow, 2% ; York and North Midland, Half Shares, New, 15 ; Jamaica, 30; Boulogne and Amiens (English), 11. 18s. 9d. 12/. ; Northern of France (English), 6% ' • Northern of France (French), 5% ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 11 11%; Paris and Lyons (English), 5 4%; Ditto, New Shares, 31.21. 18s. 6d. ; bitto (Ganneron's), 21. I ls. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 51 ; Paris and Rouen, 45 ; Paris and Stilts burgh (English), 2 3 / 4 ; Sambre and Meuse, 5%; Strasburgh and Basle, 13% ; Toulouse and Bordeaux, 2 3 / 4 ; Sar- dinian, Bs. prem. A large amount of business has this morning, as well as yesterday, been transacted in the commercial market, the clearances under the new scale of duties (so far as at pre sent in operation) having been very considerable. Much in terest among the Sugar trade is taken as to the re sult of the sales of the Java sugar properly certified as the produce of free labour, imported by the Messrs. Thornton and West, as the values realised must to a certain extent show how the cur rent of public feeling may go among those who may be anxious to be purchasers hereafter. There are accounts from the Mauritius this morning, but they are not of any public importance. The state of the; culation of the colony was a matter of serious consi ders From the Cape of Good Hope we have advices to-elko they later hi point of date than those before receivid• natives and the settlers on the frontiers are said to Ii " to an understanding. 0 1 - lc hi. , • bur' !ss was vey Ider In the Corn- maiket is mornin busine— The amount of the failu th to alluded to on Monday, under' head, is not yet accurately known. b; l4. Intelligence of an important character was brag special express from Liverpool to the Hall of Com m morning. According to this the United States Sens,..„o agreed upon the annexation of jexas, and there Ti o to only the assent of the President, which is expecte d $0 given, to give the vote the force of law. The date from York is the let inst. 1 06 At present the English Securities are firm at 1 00 to fr for Consols for Money, and 100% 4 for the Account• chequer-bills are 575. to 58s. premium. The Foreign Bonds are supported. Portuguese, 1 0113 : r eti have not improved upon the news from Lisbon. _,T l Sioor 674. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 30% to 30 A ; bian are 14% to 15. In Shares a very fair business is doing. The Fre nch however, have drooped a little. CO ONE O PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 10 9 93 3 per Cent. Consols Dank Stock for Account 215 99, Consols for Account..... ...... ....... 10014 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d 58 "57 PM' Si Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ... 56 58 PM' ... Ditto Advertised — PM_ ~.g• Vig ONE Cw .. ..teti, O'CLOCK. ri"9ill PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15 14'Ki Danish, 3 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account ..... ... - ..- Ditto, Deferred 17 % 1/4 3 7 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 32% 33% .., Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 6 7 1% 61 Ditto, Account — 11 1 Russian Bonds 3 O, Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto Account Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99% C 0 01 5 0 PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK . Oa ,l BA.ILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Birming. and Gloucesterloo Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester... 30 .. — .............. Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 6% 7 1 %.......• . Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Junc. 2 1 A 634 74 ...... Dublin and Galway 214...... 3 ... ......... ..• Eastern Counties 25 ...... 21%%% ...... Ditto Perpetual, ' Cent, No. 1—.4/. 13s. 4d I IA ............ Eastern union lO .. • • ..... • • • Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo Ditto New Great Western BO ...... 180 181 ........ ..•• ~,, Ditto 1 / Shares Ditto Fifths _ Guildford, Farn'in,Ports. 21 ,4 ......... . ..... Harwich 19 6 1 01 ,/,,, Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares 12% — ............... Do. Half Shares Kentish Coast 1%...... IN% ......... Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birminghm (Stock) 234 ............... Do. New Thirds .. ............. Do. Quarters London and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d 7%•.•..•......... London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 1 7 3/ .. 1 . 8 .. ........... : London and S. Western 41/ 6; 10d 79 1 A 80 ......... Do. New London and York 2% 3l % ...... • ..... Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 147 145... ........ Do. 1 Shares Midland 100 143 141% .• •• . %I' .•• / ...... Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby 100 lO Bl ............... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 24 ...... 47% ............... Newcastle and I3erwick 1% l 4l • 5 / s .. .......... Newark and Sheffield ... 4l ............... North British ...... 10 Do. New North ales Norwich and Brandon... 10 .. . ••••• ••• Do., New ..... 1 Richmond and West End Junction - • Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland l l /2 2 3 / 4...•..•.......' Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%. .... 4% 5 1 4 ..... South Devon. South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 43 423 /4 . . ....... Do., No. 1 8 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond 1 1 ... ............ South Wales 2% Vi t .•••••••• Trent Valley 2 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 West Cornwall ...... PA... .. 4 A ............• Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New 8 York and North Midland 50 lOO 10 1 991 .. Ditto % Shares 25 ...... .............. Ditto Scarboro' Branch c s3 i 9 9 , 7 h 49 67% ............ Do. Selby 2O Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, otalouse, and Cet te ..... .... . ... ..... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 4 , I Lyons and Avignon 2 -, .............. •'' Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's *) Pans and Lyons, Gan- .., neron's, Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 ......... ...,d Sambre and Meuse .... 2 ...... 6 3 4% 7 ...... ••• 1 37 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes, Mac- ~ kenzie's Ditto, ditto, Levevres... 2 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 25."" -. A .. O a ,/ are :—Eastern Counties, 21 3 4 ; Mancheste and Lee:',o4' ex div. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 57 1 4 eE q". 1 div. ; Ditto; Quarter Shares, 9 3 4 ex new and ex di y, _ New Quarters, 5 1 ,f, prem. ; Midland Railway C ° liq ,k ii Shares, 14 1 4 ; North Union (A), 147 1 / 2 ; PresWn '''l 3 7l, 34 33 1 / 2 , ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Sh i *olin, South-Eastern, 43 ; Barnsley Junction, 7%i WirA., Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9 3 / ; arby and Liverpool, 10% ; Caledocian, ; Caul-Grim/td Bolton! . V', Lincoln, 6 3 4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 20s. ; Gre,, c lies,3 and Sheffield Junction, 3%; Huddersfield and 1‘ 1 ,,,,t - R , P'j Railway and Canal, 5 1 / 2 7-16 ; Liverpool, Orlns''''u e n . - N1 WO II Preston. 3% ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 ; , --e o d -p, Sheffield, 4 1 / s ; Scottish Central, 5N ; Sheffield opto, colnshire Junction, 255. ; Shrewsbury, IVolverikoriltr,_ Dudley, &c., 4 3 4 ; Trent Valley, 17 ex new; Great eroOr of France (English), 6 1 4 ; Paris and Lyons (Ga lill 10 prem. . tbe • The following notices appeared on Tuesdlll: 2t , i/b o of General Post-office, St. Martin's-le Grand :--", m) „obli c ,l wand of the Postmaster General.—Notice to ttle ii r and instructions to all postmasters, sub-postins st i e 6 - 2:., letter-receivers.—General Post-office, March, 1811 ib ",,, it appears that some misapprehension exists Vol spect to the additional rates of postage autil° ffis itey be levied by instructions No. 3, 1845, r s " -- a b and letter-receivers are hereby informed that or i ditional rates are not to be taken on any 18 ; t0 " newspapers addressed to places within the ter r hi - 0 the East India Company, nor upon such as li aoefr ) dressed to Ceylon ; but only upon those letters g° e pte"g papers addressed to places beyond India (Ceylon e3t",.,folte" which are intended to be forwarded to India 11 either via Southampton, or via Marseilles, for re' r mission from India by sea to their destinatilfolt° L. Maberly, Secretary."—" The next mails for 500 0 . ; Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India &c., / o rtli3 ampton, will be dispatched from hence on the to , tv; of the 3d of April —Her Majesty's steamer gwv - o f tb .h ; the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., the M oils f o r morning of the 3d April next.—Montros e, ,ho o 4 Peninsular mails of the morning of 27th inst. din, efid mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylo n, 111 1 , -- ce .- China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched froni the evening of 7th April.—Her Majesty's brig tbs e will take out for Madeira, Brazil, and Bueno s eat r O mails of the Ist April. The Dee for the V,iejoe mails of the morning of the 2d April.—The ApP,I; for the American mails of the evening of the,3"-, OP' The Graham for the Sydney (New South ViralBB/ of the evening of the 31st instant." sOg h SIR C. NAFIER.—The Earl of Ellenboreilg-A,stre!,s commissioned Messrs. Hunt and Roskill, of BO; to manufacture the handle of a sword which he si d e to present to Sir C. Napier, G.C.8., Governor 0,00 th e as a testimony of the high respect in which he cr ieb e ., character of that gallant officer, his Lordship otot have been carried out by those eminent goldstal,bl;ieor; his own immediate direction, and a most spiendied of t j is the result. The blade, which is straight , 811 „,ditigg finest Damascus steel, is doable-edged, and extit .Ws , sharp. The handle and hilt are of gold, wra l t,.. o re, devices and legends. The legends are thus- sitio ward, Earl of Ellenborough, to Major-GenerrrobOlf, Napier, Governor of Stude."—"Meanee—ffiu e i o 0 ,1; The motto of the Major-General also apP esrs The fi lr . bossed characters, '"Ready, aye ready : Toser i weapon resembles the swords of the Knights •ders e The sheath and belt, &c., are crimson erel op gold, and ornamented with stars, resembling thoseooip gates of Somnauth, of which the public are good deal. There is a similar star on the hall" - o rd• t together this is a most elaborate and splendid sylipeepsl3 FATAL CART ACCIDENT.—Last ev ening Joseo was held at St. Thomas's Hospital before oll' oo tto, j,, Payne, on the body of Samuel Smith, aged 40, le en iftv,,i in the employ of Mr. Tyler, gardener, of Gr c e a tar!„: Charles Woolley, a waggoner, said, that on ro t es:, last he was driving his waggon up Maze-bilb o prr m with, when he heard a cart coming at afu in in i Se down the hill. When the cart passed the b e ' no road, witness saw the deceased fall off, an d _, O Z to Siti wheels ran over his head. He received iminew.. o .o s tance, and having first been attended by a s ll r j j, the neighbourhood, he was taken to the 11 . 0 5 1 L died from the effects of the injuries in less than' fter his admission. Vordiot--" Accidental a'"' ~ .„/, , • ~., SUN