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of proprietors in overbearing all opposition, and their doings were not detected till a very late period of the business. Judging from the conduct of the shareholders themselves, we must needs suppose that in all those qualities which com mand and retain confidence the directors of the Caledonian Railway were decidedly above average a pecimens. Their transactions, too, appear to he of a character which it might have been thought impos sible to conceal, and yet the proprietary knew so little of their real position, thE..t they were actually led to sanction the most extravagant and unproductive out lays at a moment when they had not wherewithal to meet the liabilities of the current week. Such ex amples must surely demonstrate beyong dispute that no vigilance on the part of the shareholders can be securely counted on to check the possible fully, pro fusion, or malversation of those entrusted with the absolute control of their affairs. It is plain that, in this case, even the promptings of self-interest cannot bring about, in an ill-informed and scattered body of proprietors, the co-operation requisite to neutralize the influence of a compact and wary board of manage ment, starting with the confidence of their consti tuents, enjoying exclusive information upon the affairs of the concern, and possessing no inconsiderable amount of patronage and power. A Government audit doubtless has its disadvantage?, but what are they when compared to such liabilities as those ex posed this morning ? R - K S N E w The LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the DUKE of KENT By the Rev. Erskine Neale. (Rector of Kirton.) Author of "Clos ing Scenes," &c., &c. 14s. t ; or, the FILL OFRO3IE. By W. Wilkie Collins, 3 vols. . _ Dr. JOHNSON; his RELIGIOUS LIFE and DEATH. By the Author of " Dr. Ilookwell," " The Primitive Church," &c. Bvo. 12s, IV. The CITIES and WILDS of ANDALUCI 4. By the Hon. R. Dundas Murray. Second Edition. 2 vols. post tvo. 218. The Seventh Volume of PRESCOTT'S HISTORICAL WORKS, containing the First Volume of "The Conquest of Peru." Crown 8 vo., neatly bound. ts. N.B. Prescott's Historical Works will be completed nest month. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. TO TIIE THE XTRICAL PUBLIC. -riE ERA NEWSPAPER of March 30 and 31 will contain a verbatim report of the Interesting Speeches delivered by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Charles Dickens. T. P. Cooke, J. B. Bucketone, Sheriff Nicol, &c., at the Annual Dinner of the General Theatrical Fund last Monday. " Touchstone's" probable Winners for Northampton Races will Moo appear in this well-known. Family and Sporting Journal, of 10,000 weekly sale—Price 6d. • On payment of U. 6s. Subscribers will be supplied with THE ERA regularly for twelve months, anti in addition be presented gratis with a Ticket In THE ERA Gifts. Post-oftice orders of 265. to be made payab'e to Mr. Frederic Ledger, Era Office, 3, Catherine-street, Strand. • F RENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. AIIitANGP:MENT3 AFTER BASTER. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the THEATRE will be RKi-OPENEI) during the Easter Week, for the performance of 1 - 2ornedie and Vaudeville, and begs to submit the following arrange ments Engageriaente--M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris), his first appearance, Madlle. Denain (of the. Theatre Francais), M. Regnier (of . the Theatre Francais), Madlle. !cattlelie (of the Theatre Francais), and M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes). The first Oroduetion after Easter will be Scribe's popular Comedy of" Bertrand et.Ratton ;" Le Comte Bertrand de lianteau (Premier )iinistre), taiasen, as performed by him in Paris. Subsequent performances will .be selected from the following :—" L'Ecole des Irefilards," "-Un Veuvage," and " Ma Femme et Ma Place," new Comedies by M. Samson ; " La Marquis de Senneterre ;" the two admired PrOverbs of Alfred de liusset, "I 1 ne Faut Jurer de Rlen," afid ".11 Fent qu'une Porte soft Ouverte ou Fermee ;" " Les De moiselles de St-Cyr," " La Paix a Tout Prix," " Un Chateau de Cartes'," "Le Mari a la Campinge," and the new Play by Emile Angler; " Gabrielle," now performing In Paris with unsurpassed sit- CeS., :and In which Madlle Regnier ant Madlle. Nathalia will sus tain their original characters. Mr. Mitchell feels, particular 'gratification also in annonneing that, In the production of Scribe's celebrated Comedy of " La Camarade rie," estimated amongst tho chef d'oeuvres of the modern stage, the principal characters will,be sustalue I by four members of the Theatre Francais; Paris—U. Samson, in the character of Do Miremont ; all e. Denain, in that of Cesarine; M. Regnier in that of De M. rptlncar : and Madlle. Nathalie, in that of Roe; presenting a *int binatiern.of ta'ent nit to be witnessed at any other theatre in Europe, the arrange)ncnts for which have teen most generously accelerated by the administration or the Theatre Francais, Paris. In addition to the present Company, and the foregoing engage melts, are the following-:.--,Madlle. -Avenel (of the Theiire de 1 'Odeon) ; 13rassine (of the Theatre du Palais no:Tel); 9[a ille: Renaud (ot the Tl4ltre do Vaudeville); Madams Octave (of the TheAtre du Taudevil:e) ; Madlle. Constance (of the ThMtre des Varietes), &c. • The-flrst performance of the eminent tragedienne, Madlle. Rachel, Is definitively arranged for Monday, July 15t. Subscriptions for the remainder of the season may be arranged at r. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend street. . • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Combining the talents of Madame Sontag, 51,7if0rl Lablache. Belletti, Lorenzo, Calzolari, Slins Itceyes, . ' }teaks. Parcxll. Carlotta ;risi, ktaria Taglioni, and Amelia Ferraris. The NobElty", Subscribers to the Opera, and the Publle are respee fully informed that A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT Witi take place On THURSDAY, April 4, When will be presented Donizetti's celebrated Open% of DON PASQUALE. Norina• • .. .... Madame Sontag. rnesto • • • • .. •.........Signor Calzolari. Doctor Malatesta • Signor Belletti. and Don Signor LahMelte. After which, A DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Amalia Ferrari, will appear. To be fdllewed by a Selection from A FAVOURITE OPERA, Combining the talents of Ma,the. Parodi, Signor Lorenzo, and Shot I:eeres. To conciado with an entirely new and original grand Ballet, by M. ?awl Taglioni,,entitled I.F.S IIET.A. MOR ?HOS EA. The Mask Composed by Sivior ; the Scenery (entirely law) by Mr. Marshall : the limointments by Mr. lir dwell : the Coe. tames by Miss iiradley and Mr. CA:n;:es, sindzr the superintendence of Madame Cepere. The Sprite (under the forms of I, a Page —2, a Rustle Connette-3, Will-of-the-Wisp-4, A Folic —5, a Domino-4i, a Cavalier), Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Karl (a Student), M. Paul Taglieni ; Ida (his be trothed), Madlle. Rosa ; Tomas, M. Charles ; ]Sires, Madlles. Rosa, AnAandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, E. Paseales, and F. Pa/wales. Applications for , xes. 4talis, and I lekets to be male at the 0? era Re s-ofllee, Colonnade, Haymarket. iItE,ATRE ligrAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Les?.ee. and Manager, Old Brampton. Great Itt - action for the Holidays. On EISTEn. MOKI)AT Will he perfbretel MUCH ADO A.llOL"r N ITIIIrG. Benedlek, r. C. Kean; Beatrice, Mrs. C. Kean. Te conclude with a grand new and orTginal SPY,CTICITLAR ESQUE. T he Boa-office is under the direction of Sir. I. T. Archer. TLIEITRE ROYAL, DEL-NIL L'n , ler th• direction of Madarnq Celeste. On EASTER DIONDAT Will be performed a new dome%tic l)ra.tna, called Tat MOTTIZR'S D E AM. Principal characters py Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed o rd , 0. Smith, MedameCekste, and Miss E. Chaplin. To he followed by - a - VAndlitstorlcal Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PL 1 1 11.1-E1 -)PLB,-S.V. I'I9I4LE ; or, Pollow any Leader. rtn , Mi* 'att EC ((Xis BETSY Ch erecters. by Messrs. right, Bedford, '.Vqtr,ol; Miss Harding; and Mrs. F. Matthews. TQ;c 4 4 l, o l 4 2 lf:t„wit4 TOM, .NOI)DV:i SECRET. . . ASTLEI"S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. • Fnorradits Attraction for P,ission Week. • • New Grand. Spectacle. • ,Mr. 4; ITTlf•has much pleasure in announcing to the rtiblie that hr.,bas engaged dot extraordinary artist. YOUNG HERNANDEZ, the IS 4 Qathir of ,tile wlz, w,ll have the honour of appearing Ono more Nlitlits daring,. Passion Week, viX. • • • • TiltS EVENING . • whoa the Entertainments commence at Seven o'clock, and eon prise Equestrian and . Gyiatastic rerformances,only. activepreparafton for Easter, a new grand romantic Spectacle by Fitz6all, with other novelties, due notice of which will be glvea. Ladle% ant aetitlemen taught the polite art of riding. Horses broke for road or field, by Mr. Tt.'Smith. BOY-eince open from Eleven tin Four. HIG4 WATER AT 'LONDON BRIDGE. TNT, Mmning 7 min. after;,2 I Evening 28 min. after 2 To-Mogitovr --Morning , 47 min. after 2 Evening 6 min. after 2 THE IVEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SlA.ncu 29. TEIERMqMETEI4 Lowest, 22; Iligkest, 40; Noon, 38 , BAROMETER, 30.1. Wrirfr ,N,W.- 7 -e'i - dd'breezfl, and fine sunshiny weather. t t IN 6 itee sl, 7-, k; ., pe fs 1T- I ' W A , ,e,,,,W, Aw.,,,,..,,e1 ; n -o-s, lt,/ ko''' .. 'iv , "V t, >-5 ' ' N - I; ,%). • . , f'' ' 3. _;. \ t 1l il e ;., .- 'LC/- 4 1, - .N. /6 4 1.0.. ~ , ....,- --3 8 ,, ,, • ... a oI - ~. '(4 4 O,V ",- #3lTraing LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1850. Mr. ‘lritrouovn COOKE, after his late brilliant ad venture as a Parliamentary candidate, should be a name respected by the Liberal inhabitants of Col chester. , If his effort to seize the prize carried off by his Protectionist opponent was altogether unsuccess ful, his political circular, addressed to his supporters after the excitement of the election had subsided, has gope 'far 'to show the Reformers among that consti tuency-the real amount of their culpability. Of course, like every prudent aspirant for the, suffrages of the-multitude, he has administered this wholesome corrective in very sugary and palatable language. His bolus of accusation is carefully gilded over witit::,iilpliment. - Those who would inevitably hay.e ahu(ldered at the bitterness of his house: ; , tiuths,, had they been imparted to them undisguised by any assuaging blandness of man ner, will !Ong since this have smacked their lips with indescribable relish over the saccharine suavity of his adulation. Without expressing other sentiments than those of repugnance to the eulogistic epithets in clifged in by Mr. CooKE, when speaking to his sup pofters, at the recent contest, a style of phraseology which is unfortunalely'but too often adopted by other canklidatea similarly situated, we can nevertheless coam6nd. mast- earnestly, and with all encomiastic emphusia; to t,he . attentiop of the voters of o,lehester, theiiirvilar transmitted to them individually within the last felV•days by the hand of their united Mentor and pan( gyrist. We can smile, for example, with a sort of 'pitying forgivencess at his designating the 389 electors, who inscribed :their names in the polling. boekviu fa our of himself, Mr. WINGROVE COORS, as a " ,caprilb'natl." But, at the same time, we can ap plaud-'the wisdom, the point, and the shrewdness of that felicitous metaphor by which he warns the cone conStittiailcy figaitut -.their dread of theiz wealthier political opponents—saying, " Depend upon it that this (their) INTIMIDATION is a nettle that stings those only who dally with it, and is harmless to those who grasp it." Happy would it be for all sections of the community if the smaller tradesmen and tenant-farmers and artisans could recognise the truth of this inimitable sentence. Then, but only then, might the necessity for the Bal lot, as a preservative alike from intimidation and cor ruption, be removed. Then, but only then, might we witness that bold, and manly, and right English system of open voting when every elector might register his vote at noonday with a defiance of all threats alike, whether coming from landlord, from ma nufacturer, or from affluent customer. As human nature, however, is at present constituted, and especi ally in these days of mercantile competition, we can not dream of any such fortunate concurrence of cir cumstance. Alas ! for the day—there are plenty of gaps and chastns in the forum, but not a Cuerius to jump into 'em ! Therefore it is, knowing the age, beholding the characteristics of our generation, and perceiving the necessity for improvement, we are re solute, clamorous, and importunate in our demand for the Ballot. Without the Ballot to shelter the 239 timorous voters who abstained at the last Colchester election from exercising their rights and powers of the fran chise, Mr. WINGROVB Cools was defeated, his Pro tectionist antagonist coming off victorious. Fear of the consequences kept aloof from the contest all the Liberal possessors of the suffrage in that borough, ex cepting the "sacred band" of 389! Eheu, for the political gallantry of the traders of Colchester ! Ai, for the somewhat Quixotic, because wholly ineffectual adventure of the Free-trade candidate I But how in effectual ? Because of the absence of the Ballot, and the presence of intimidation. Saith Mr. Coors upon this particular:— " There were two hundred and thirty-nine electors who did not vote. Can any one point out a real Tory among all that number? What! could a hearty Tory look on and see his man winning, his cause triumphant, and not run shouting to the polling-booth to share in the victory I—No, there are no Tories among this 239. They are weak brethren—men who lore their wives and children enough not to vote their bread directly out of their mouths, but who satisfy their consciences by saying I will do you no harm.' Give me an enemy rather than such a man ! Let me at least have to do with men whom I can respect! And lam told, that among these are some, who, in times of peace, pretend to guide the sentiments of others—ardent Reformers, who are fcigh•ened at a poll-booth—would•be leaders, whose full•blown princi ples shed all their blossoms under the frown of a far mer's wife—sturdy enemies of power, whose public virtue oozes out at the finger-ends as the shadow of a Tory customer falls upon their door. And such men as these would assume to lead—to lead my 389 1 Be you sure, my dear Sir, the poll-book is the best test of public virtue. Let the man who does not Tote shelter himself behind what crotchet he pleases—' it is of no use'— there is no chatsce'—self fulfilling prophecies, that mean only lam afraid'—believe him not. Treat him as soldiers would treat a comrade, who, a'ter being a braggart in barracks, is found a runagate in the field." An excoriating but deserved flagellation of the backs of these said 239 political recusants. At them! Mr. Cools, " with a will" and with a vengeance. They have only themselves to thank for the castigation— their pitiful dereliction of their first duty as citizens having called down upon them this well-merited punishment. By reason of their pusillanimity at the polling booths comes the drum-head court martial of Mr. WINGROVB COORS'S com memorative circular, with his literary cat, and his political triangle ! Out upon them as electoral defaulters, they have the sole responsibility of their poltroonery—let them alone be answerable for the moral assault they have provoked. Having vented his ire against these 239 " weak brethren" who turned out in the late contest to be " nowhere," and, in doing this, having exposed to their own comprehension the miserable culpability of their weakness, Mr. Coors very explicitly points out to them the fully of their having abandoned the 389 staunch Free-trade Reformers, and thereby secured the triumph to the Protectionists. " I hare," says he, " the official returns of exports and imports for the year ending the sth of January, now before me, and I entreat your attention to a few of the facts they disclose. We have had imported into England during that one year, in addition to live flacks and herds that would stock and devastate an English county—in addition to a million and half hundred weights of potatoes—in addition to upwards of a million hundred-weights (1,070,638) of beef and pork—in ad dition to five millions of quarters of barley, oats, and Jodian corn—in addition to all this mighty mountain of huma-i !ood, we hr.ve ►our millions and a half of quar ters f wheat (4,509 626), and nearly four million hun dred- weights (3,937,219) of flour." His statements having proceeded so far, he then undertakes to explain the meaning of the figures, and by so doing to simplify their application in his argument. Reducing the wheat to flour, and the flour to " what we can all comprehend—QUAßT/3RX LOAVES"—he demonstrates, with a due deduction of one-twelfth for offal, that we have imported in the shape of wheat and flour, during the year last past, no less than " twentip.seven extra quartern loaves for every man, woman, and child, throughout the British islands"—altogether 699,760,304, or within a fraction of SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION QUARTERN LOAVES. Yet these pitiful 239 (who could have given the majority sweepingly in favour of the Free-trade candidate), standing in awe of their . landlOrds and wealthy customers, kept aloof and thereby abandoned the victory to the Pre'ectionists. As Free-traders, we thank Mr. IVIEGROTE COOKE for the production of a circular which renders these things so glaringly conspicuous. As upholders of the Ballot, we thank him again— satisfied that contests and commemorative addresses, such as his, must tend ultimately to improve, not only individual constituencies like that of Colchester, but in like manner also, the rest of the electoral population. The chief, if not the only, objection to the measure brought in by the Solicitor-General, for the purpose of providing " more simple and effectual securities for advances to purchasers of encumbered estates in Ireland," is, that it will act as a practical prohibition to the sale cf any properties in that country, save through the agency of the Commissioners. The pru dent proprietor, who has hitherto kept himself free from debt, or who, at least, has managed to avoid charging his lands to one-half their actual value, will be unable to dispose of any portion thereof, without submitting to a sacrifice of three or four years' purchase on the rental. The advantages already conferred on the pur chasers of estates at the " new auction mart, in Hen rietta-street, Dublin," are sufficiently tempting to induce all capitalists to look almost exclusively to that quarter for investments. There they will receive a clear and unquestionable title free from doubt or difficulty. No time will be consumed, or money ex pended, in its investigation ; there will be no prolix and verbose recitals contained in the deed of con veyance, which, as Baron RICHARDS jocosely re marked, " may be kept in a small box ;" but, above all, a new sort cf title will be constituted, which in any future dealing with the property will dispense with the necessity of all retro spective deductions of title, and of all searches and inquiries, which are so vexatious and annoying to vendors or borrowers. These are points that will not be overlooked or lost sight of by persons desirous of acquiring real property ; and while estates possessing suc h incidents are in the market no others will be sought after or bid fur except at a considerable reduc tion in price. Th• inducement to look for such properties will, however, be greatly increased by the provisions of the present Bill. The purchaser will obtain facilities for raising money that will be altogether wanting to the owners of other estates. He may grant mortgagee to half the value of his new estate without incurring one shilling expense either for stamp duty, investigation of title, or deed of conveyance, and these mortgages may be made for sums so small that they will freely pass from hand to hand like bank-notes. A person may send out a 51. debenture, charged upon a large estate in the neighbourhood, and baring interest at four or five per cent. per annum, to his butcher or grocer, for the purchase of a le . g of mutton or a pound of tea, and it will be readily accepted by the tradesman, who will know that it will fructify and increase while locked up in his strong box, and that at any moment he can dispose of it without loss or inconvenience to any of. his neighbours. It will, in fact, possess all the attri butes of a well-regulated and judiciously-devised currency. The fortunate purchaser of an " encum bered estate" will thus be enabled to act as a banker, issuing his own notes to the community, without LOND ON, being compelled to redeem them in gold at a mo ment's notice in case of a run on his establishment. We do not Consider this great privilege as calcu lated to injure the community. On the contrary, we believe that nothing more beneficial or conducive to the best interests of society could be enacted. It would, so far as Ireland was concerned, completely remove the sting from the unwise and iniqui tous monetary code by which the country has been reduced to the verge of ruin. The encumbered estates already in• the market cannot at the lowest computation be less than the value of 13,000,0001. or 14,000,0001. sterling. If we take the smaller sum, there will at once be an addition of 6,500,0001 to the circulating medium of the country, or rather more than the fixed issues of all the Irish banks, which in the aggregate amount to 6,354,4941. We assume that the privilege would be exercised to the fullest extent. for it could not be supposed that any pur chaser, however ample his wealth and bound less his resources, would despise or dis regard an advantage so great as that above referred to. Although able to pay the full purchase money without difficulty or inconvenience, he would still issue the debentures, although they might be vested in trustees, fur his own use and benefit. This inestimable benefit would indeed lead to the social regeneration of the sister kingdom and the full development of all her natural capabilities. Then would Ireland be rendered really prosperous and happy—a source of strength and power to the British empire, in place of being the chief difficulty of every Cabinet, the stumbling-block of every Ministry. But why, we ask, should a monopoly be given to the purchasers of encumbered estates ? Why should not the present owners be enabled to avail themselves of similar privileges in order to preserve the properties that have been enjoyed by their ancestors, generation after! generation, ;through successive ages ? Why should not the owners of other estates, although un mortgaged and unembarrassed, not be permitted to issue similar securities, if desirable, either for the permanent and lasting improvement of their lands, or for any other purposes which they might deem expedient ? If these interrogations be answered in the affirmative, and we cannot conceive a different response, then we ask why should Ireland alone pwsess so great, so in valuable a privilege, which was denied to England and Scotland? Why should the Celtic race be more highly favoured than the Saxons or Piots ? The measure, then, is admirable, so far as it goes, but it must be extended to every description of real property, and to all parts of the United Kingdom. This extension must lead to the great desideratum, a cir culating medium adequate to the wants and exigen cies of the nation, and as a natural consequence --when there was a seasonable supply of the very " life blood of industry"—full and remunerative em ployment for every man able and willing to work throughout the British dominions. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It appears that at the close of the sitting of the Assembly M. DE LAROCHNJAQUELIN did lay on the table the extraordinary propo sition that an appeal should be made to the country on the question of Monarchy and Re public, which war, however, disposed of without dis cussion, by the Assembly unanimously voting the previous question. The following is a report of the proceedings on this occasion : At the close of the discussion on the Budget, M. Dupin, the President, who appeared excited and em harassed rose and said—Our regulations have not placed any limit to the rights of the representatives to present propositions : as to form, that right is absolute. Nevertheless, it is possible to have a proposition presented, which by its eccentric character, and its illegality, might implicate the responsibility of the President of the Assembly, in case he should deliver it over to the discussion of a committee, and should permit it to be printed without first consulting the Assembly.—(Sensation.) If the author of the proposition wishes to withdraw it, the question will be at an end.—(Exclamations on the Left.) In the contrary case, what has been his object in ma king it ?_ _ _ _ A Voice on the Left—ls it unconstitutional ? The President—For my own part I declare it to be unconstitutional both in form and import. General Bedeau—lf it is unconstitutional, do not read it. Oa the Left—Yes, yes, read it ! M. Cremieux--I demand permission to speak! Dahirel—l formally oppose there being any discussion. 31. Cremieux ascended the tribune., and th• greatest confusion prevailed in the Chamber. On the Left—Allow the proposition to be read ! The President—The adjournment has been pro posed: Numerous Voices—No, no, yes, yes.--(Great confusion.) The Minister of Public Instruction, who ap peared to have made himself acquainted with the nature of the proposition, ascended the tribune, M. Cremieux giving way. M. de Parieu (the. Minister of Public Instruction) —Gentlemen, the President of the Assembly has called fur a manifestation of the sentiments of the Assembly by informing it that there lies before him an unconstitutional proposition, and has asked for per mission not to make its contents known. In presence of the difficulty already existing in matters of busi ness, and considering that from what the President has just said, the proposition appears of a nature to trouble public tranquillity, we apply to you, in the interest of the country itself, to decide that. the propo sition must be considered as not presented.—(On the Left, " No, no ;" on the Right, " The previous ques tion, the previous question.") M. Cremieux again appeared in the tribune amidst cries of " No, no." The Hon. Gentleman, however, persisted, and said—The sentiment which animates the President of the Assembly— Several Voices.—On what have you a right to speak ? The previous question. M. Cremieux went on—The sentiment which ani mates the President of the Assembly and the Minister of Public Instruction is assuredly an excellent one, but the question cannot be so decided. One of our colleagues has presented a proposition which is known to a great number of our colleagues. Several Voices—Every one knows it! Cremieux—ln that case, why should it not be read ? It would really seem, from what is now pass ing here, that the destiny of France is at the mercy of any one that may choose to compromise it. But who could exercise influence over the destinies of France 2—(Noise on the Left.) I move that the pro position be read, and then, afterwards, we can see what we shall have to do. The President—l proceed to consult the Assembly. Numerous Voices—No, no ! the previous question the previous question ! The President—lcannot take upon myself the re sponsibility of reading this proposition. I must take the opinion of the Assembly on that point. The Assembly being consulted, decided, by a very small majority, that the proposition should be read. The whole of the Left, and part of the Right, rose in favour of that course. , The President—.-The proposition has been pre sented by M. de Larochejaquelin. It runs thus : " Art. 1. The nation shall t3e consulted on the form of Government which it will definitively constitute.— (Agitation.) For that purpose on tte first Sunday of a ballot shall be opened, similar to that which took place on the election of the President of the Republic, taking, however, into account the changes effected in the elector al circumscriptions. "Art. 2. Each elector shall mark down on his bul letin one of these two words :—REPUBLIC or MONARCHY, "Art. 3. If the Republic shall obtain the majority, the result shall be proclaimed from the tribune of the National Assembly by the President of the Republic. " Art. 4. If the Monarchy shall obtain the majority, the result shall be proclaimed—" , A Voice—By henry V. The President continuing—" By the President of the Legislative Assembly.—(Great laughter.) In this latter case, a Constituent Assembly shall be elected 03 the Ist of July, 1850, by universal suffrage, to regulate the forms of the new Government. The President of the Republic shall continue in office until the Constituent Assembly shall have met." A V oice—The proposition ought to be brought forward on the Ist of April ! From all sides—The previous question The President—The previous question is applied for.—(Yes, yes I) M. Leo de Laborde hurried towards the tribune. At that moment the Assembly, being consulted by the President, rose en masse in favour of the previous question. M. Leo de Laborde turned back to his seat. Oa the counter-vote, not one Representative stood up against the previous question. From the Mountain rose, the moment after, a cry of " Vive la Republique!" M. Dui in then tore the paper, and the Assembly separated. that carrying mos t acute out a no argument rg u m logicians, ent t to its ho t ult e e m Mv e n v ; ai t BP .x e h x ßr d i ;:e l n k7 p t i Hfr vp l i e o regardl ess of ye s terday, s of te r r e d s a u y l , t s o , n thus the conduct comments in f the Assembly :-- "Tee Legitimatist representative only presented to Parliamentand pending di g in a since alreadyioMarch. raa jotl. se d byli eras a the i fhe journals,e would ssy to the Royalists, Yon deny the legitimacy of that which exists—you do not desire the actual institu tions. You cry every day through your public writers that the Republic had be en brought about by a shameful piece of jugglery, and that it ought to to put an •nd to, even by a coup (fetal—you have, in floe, defied the Re publicans to accept an appeal to the people. You cannot shrink back. The majority must play out the game. The opposition, in joining the majority for a suppression of the proposition, by voting the previous ques tion, and shouting Vive la Republique, did not exhibit sound judgment. But if the Left displayed want of tact, the majority hai acted cowardly. Here was a magnificent opportunity presented for exhibiting openly their avowed contempt for the Republic and the consti tution, and to make a display of monarchist sentiments in all their splendour. They had the greater number with them—they command the force of Parliament— they enjoy the favour of the Government—they pretend that the country is with them. Yet they shrink from the public expression of their secret thoughts. With hatred for the Republic in their hearts, they vote for the Republic! Are they not bereft of courage? Let their journals now talk no more of royalty. The Royalists themselves feel that the Republic needs not to be pat to the vote." In the course of the discussion on the budget, on Wednesday, the Minister of Public Works intimated his intention of bringing on the discussion on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill on Thursday, and M. FOULD, the Finance Minister, reiterated his as surances that he should riot want a loan. 'When these declarations became known on the Bourse the funds rose. The Committee on the Bill for suppres sing electoral meetings has appointed M. BERTER President, and M. Dusiowrieft Secretary. A letter from Toulon of the 231 inst., states that the ship of the line Volney, b ear i ng th e flag of Ad miral DUBORDIEU, was obliged to return to that port, having sprung one of her yards. PARIS BOURSE, MARCH 27.--Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 89f. 95c.; Three per Cents., 55f. 50a.; Bank Actions, 2,180 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOOK - EXCHANGE. MARcif 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 %—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon ), 12 Namur and Liege, 6 3 4—Northern of France, 12 5 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 5 4—Paris and Orleans, 28% —Paris and Rouen, 193 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 6—Rouen and Havre, 8%. THE SUN, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1850 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived. The amount of taxes paid into the Treasury during the month of February, 1850, exceeds the amount paid in during February, 1849, by sixty millions of reals. Surely, under these circumstances, the Go ♦ernment should do something fur the unfortunate national creditor. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 22.—Three per Cents. 28f paper; Five per Cents., 12k for account. Ex change on London, 50 25. GERMANY. The Second Chamber of Baden has adopted'the Government proposition for sending the Baden troops to Prussia. The Pesther Zeitung of the 12th inst. publishes an Imperial decree, releasing all the Hungarian Na tional Guards from military service, whether enrolled or not ; and also an order that all the Honveds found unfit for service, all who have attained their 38th year (unless seriously compromised), all married men who have more than two children, or who have aged parents, or helpless brothers or sisters to support, and all priests of all confessions, shall be discharged from the Honved regiments. The Chamber of the People of the German Par liament of Erfurt proceeded on the 23d to verify the elections of its members, and 143 having been declared valid, it was able to proceed with its delibe rations. In the sitting of the Lower House of the 26,h inst. Baron RADOWITZ informed the members in a lengthy speech of the present stage and the next bear ings of the German question. He refuted with great ability the late atta c k s o f th e a d ve r sar i es o f t h e Prus sian League, paying a special attention to the oration of the King of WUNTEMBERG, and the system of policy of those German Princes who at one time leagued with NAPOLEON for the overthrow of Ger many, and whom that Emperor, as a reward for their services against their country, promoted to the rank of Kings (Rheinbuncia-Konige). He protested that the new Wurtemberg-Bavarian scheme could not in any way affect the duties and rights of the Erfurt Parliament. The Duchess D ' ORLEANS arrived at Schwerin on the 21st, from a visit to her family at Ludwiglust and ahe was about to leave for England with her two sons. The Post Gazette of Frankfort announces that the Bavarian Government had been invited by the Federal Commission at Frankfort to place its federal contin gent on a war footing. The official Gazette of Berlin of the 224 announces, the recal of the Prussian Minister at Stuttgart, and of the members of his legation, in consequence of the speech from the throne of the King of WUR TEMBURG. A Berlin letter of the 23d says that Baron DE HUGAL, Minister of Wurtem burg in Berlin, had demanded and received his paisports and left Berlin. The Colosoae Gazette states that th e note addressed by the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Baron, announcing the rupture of diplomatic rela tions, declared that Prussia considered it beneath her dignity to reply to the insults and calumnies of the King of WURTEMBERG in his speech from the throne, and to maintain diplomatic relations with his Govern ment. The law on the budget of Prussia for 1850 has just been promulgated by the Government. The receipts are estimated at 91.338,448 thalers; the ordinary expenses at 90,974,393; and the extraordinary ex penses at 4,925,213 thalere. RUSSIA. The Breslaw Gazette states, on authority of letters from St. Petershurgh, that the C ZAR h as au th or i se d the Polish and Russian political refugees t o r e t urn t o their country, with the exc e pti on o f 24 persons concerned in a conspiracy against his dynasty in 1831. BOSNIA. The Austrian Lloyd's states from Bosnia, that the insurrection in Krauts is daily gaining ground, and that the Turkish commander, not haring sufficient force to resist, had collected his troops at Travrik. ITALY, The prisons of Rome are crowded and arrests are daily taking place. The 331 French infantry have embarked at Civita Vecchia for France. The return of the Porn in April is looked on as certain. The approaching marriage of the Duke of GENOA, brother of the King of SARDINIA, with a Saxon Princess, was officially announced to the Chambers at Turin on the 22d. We learn from the Giornale di Roma that Mon signor BEDINI, Pontifical Commissary Extraordinary of the Four Legations, has issued a circular prohibit ing functionaries of any class from expressing their political opinions against the Government, and direct. ing that strangers shall not be admitted into the public offices to converse with the officials, unless upon public business. The accounts from Naples mention that the decree of the KING for the suppression of the constitution was ready, and that it would be published with an other, granting an almost general amnesty. The Parma Gazette publishes a Ducal decree of the 19th, which, after reciting in the preamble that certain landed proprietors and farmers frequently give notice to quit to their labourers or tenants on account of the attachment the latter display for their legiti mate sovereign, and that the persons thus dismissed are rarely accepted by other landholders, either be cause the latter are ill-disposed towards the legiti mate Government, or because they are afraid of ex citing enmity against themselves, direct that th e pretors shall, within their respective ju r i s di ct i ons, judge all cases of notice to quit between landlord and tenant ; and that all such notices given since Martin's day, 1849, shall be void, un less confirmed in the following month of April by the pretors. Any pretor who shall have judged unjustly in favour of the landed proprietor is to be immediately dismissed. This said Duke of PARMA was in England last year, and is a great pet of onr Protectionist landed aristocracy. What would the Duke of RICHMOND and his clique say to the adoption of the "Parmesan" law of landlord and tenant in England. Under such a law the Marquis of ExisTiot would scarcely return two Members for St am f or d, nor would the seats of the Duke of RIC HMOND ' s nominess for Sussex be safe. We regret to bear that the Adjutant-General, Sir John Macdonald, died this morning. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, arrived here this rporning, with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, in charge of Lieutenant Hancock, R.N. Her dates are, Alex andria, March 10th ; Malta, 15th ; Gibraltar 21st. She brings a large cargo and specie value 3,000 r. sterling. Th ere are 116 passengers, amongst whom is Lord Gifford, eldest son of the Marquis of Tweeddale, late Governor of Madras. Her accounts from Gibraltar on the 21st mention the arrival there of the transport ship Bombay, from Cork, in 12 days, with the 26th Regiment on board. The screw steamer Hel lespont had arrived from Liverpool in seven days, and her Majesty's steamer Rosamond in six days from Malta. Ex change on London at 90 days, 50/ ; Spanish pillared dollars, 11 per cent. prem. NAUNDAT THURSDAY.—To day being Maunday Thursday, her Majesty's bounty money, &c., was distributed to a number of poor men and women, at the Royal Chapel, Whitehall, according to annual custom. The prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. EXPECTED VISIT OP LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO MaNcmEsTER.--We understand . that the Premier is ex pected to pay a visit to this town and neighbourhood for two or three days next week. His Lordship is to be the guest of our respected neighbour Sir Benjamin Heywood, at Clare mont; and we are informed that his visit is to be striCtrr private. His Lordship's object is understood to be to see for himself the aspect of things in this great manufacturing dis trict, and the vast improvement and social progress made of late years by Manchester and that congeries of manufacturing towns and places of which it is the centre and metropolis. 'We believe the invitation was given last year, in Scotland, and that his Lordship has been for some time desirous to see the chief seat of that great staple manufacture which forms so essential an element in the prosperity of the country which now recognises in this eminent statesman the head of its Go vernment and the present ruler of its destiLks. We under stand that this will be the first opportunity which Lord John Russell has had of seeing Manchester, and we can hardly suppose, however anxious his Lordship may be to make his visit private, that the Prime Minister of this country will be permitted to visit one of its chiefest cities without an effort being made, by the authorities or otherwise, to pay him some more or less public mark of respect.-211anchester Guardian. THE TASTE OF SLAVE ►SUGAR; It is Curious that the British palate—in some respects sensitive to squeamish ness—should not revolt at the smack of the whip perceptible in slave-grown sugar.—Punch. NEW REGULATIONS RESPECTING METROPOLITAN PUBLIC CARRIAGES.—The new Act of Parliament respecting metropolitan public carriages, which will come into opera tion in & few days, was yesterday issued. By this Act the office of registrar of metropolitan public carriages is abo lished, and a saving of 1,4001. a year will be effected. The Commissioners of Police are to discharge the duties hitherto performed by the registrar without any additional salary. There is power given to pay retired allowances to officers whose situations may be abolished, " or superseded" under the provisions of this Act. The Commissioners of Police may appoint standings for hackney carriages and make regula tions respecting the same, as also to enforce order at every standing. This Act, which is to commence and take effect from the sth of April next, is to be construed as one with the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 85, for regulating hackney and stage carriages, and all the provisions of that Act are extended to the present law. One of the Police Commis sioners may act. The licences respecting metropolitan car riages, drivers, conductors, and others expire on the sth April. PANORAMA OF THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE, 309, RIMENT-STREET.—This novel and highly interesting exhi bition has lately received an addition to its already pie. turesque scenes. This picture is also painted by Mr. J. Allen, and is a very charming production. It consists of a view taken from the road near Capel Curig of Snowdon. This is perhaps the finest approach to the mountains as it here bursts with all its grandeur and beauty at once in full view, raising its pointed summits far above the clouds, and its top being surrounded by hills of lesser note; lakes, meadows, and a few scattered houses giving the only indication of life in this dreary tract. This illustration is shown previous to the views of the Britannia Bridge. THE SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a general . court of the governors of this institution, established for the . relief of poor and infirm natives of Scotland, resident in r London, was held in the hall of the hospital, Crane -court, Fleet-street; Dr. J. Webster, F.R S., in the chair. The minutes of the previous court having been confirmed, the report was read for the last quarter, which stated that in January last 386 persons were relieved, the amount distri buted among them being 2101. Os. 6d. In February 399 ' persons were relieved, and 2211.95. 6d. distributed amongst the recepients. In March 398 persons were relieved, and 102/. 19S. 6d. expended upon them. The receipts for the last quarter were 1,1641. 2s. 4d., and the expenditure lls. 5d., leaving a balance of 1611. lls. Ild. Other business in connexion with the charity, but of no public im portance, having been transacted, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. . SHOCKING SUICIDE BY A SURGEON.--CHELTEN HAM.—This town has been much excited by a melincholy case of suicide, committed by Dr. Bell, who had been for a short time an inmate of Sandywell Park Lunatic Asylum, kept by Mr. Hitch. The deceased was seized nine months ago with symptoms of suicidal lunacy, and had been placed in the above named asylum, but was occasionally in so ra tional a mood that his doctor permitted him to pay a weekly visit to his wife and relations at Cheltenham. He had been fetched from the asylum in a carriage by Mrs. Bell, and had spent the day at his own house when the dreadful event took place. Mrs. Bell had gone up stairs for the purpose of dress ink, in order to accompany her husband back to Sandywell Park, and the deceased was left in the drawing-room with a young gentleman named Trail!, a pupil at the Cheltenham Proprietary College. This young gentleman was in the act of taking coffee when he observed Dr. Bell walk up and down the room and suddenly stop opposite a looking-glass. He then heard a noise as of scratching, and looking round ob served the deceased in the very act of cutting his throat with a table knife, the blood streaming from the wound. The youth endeavoured to wrest the weapon from his hand, but the deceased resisted and pushed him away, upon which he went in search of some of the servants, and returning found him lying on the floor in a complete pool of blood and quite dead. Two surgeons were examined on the inquest, and it was proved that the wound which the deceased had inflicted upon his throat was seven inches in length and four in depth, he having in fact cut down to the spinal vertebrae. The co roner's jury returned a verdict that the deceased had com mitted the set while labouring under temporary insanity. LLOYD'S —RESIGNATION OF MR. R. ROBINSON, M.P.—The half-yearly general meeting of the subscribers was held yesterday in the room of the establishment; Mr. W. F. Sadler in the chair. After the disposal of the ordinary business, a letter from Mr. R. Robinson, M.P., tendering his resignation of the chairmanship, on account of illness, together with the reply of the committee, and the resolu tion passed thereon, was read. The resolution regretted the retirement of Mr. R. Robinson, and wished him many years of comfort and happiness. After the reading of thcse docu ments Mr. Chapman, chairman of Lloyd's Register, on the part of the general body of the subscribers, addressed the meeting, and after paying a very handsome tribute to the merits of Mr. Robinson, and eulogising his services in the capacity of chairman, proposed the following resolution That the cordial thanks of the members of Lloyd's, in general meeting assembled, be presented to him for the va luable services rendered by him during a period of sixteen years, whilst fulfilling the important duties of chairman of Lloyd's, for the ability and eourtesy which he uniformly dis played M presiding over the general meetings, for the unre mitting zeal with which he watched over their interests in his place in Parliament, and for the anxious desire which he at all times evinced to promote their welfare and prosperity." This resolution having been seconded by Mr. G. Fenning, in a speech of correspondent spirit, was put in the usual man ner and carried unanimously. In the course of the business of the day allusion was made to the Mercantile Marine Bill, now before Parliament, and the opinion of the meeting taken as to the propriety of memorializing the Legislature on the subject of ttie frequent collisions at sea, and on the clause in policies of insurance known as the " running down clause." KENTISH TOWN LITERARY INSTITUTION.—Last evening the choral class of this institution gave their second concert, consisting of flandel's celebrated oratoria, " Judas Maccabasus." The solos were sung by Mrs. Temple, Mrs. Dixon, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Collett, and Mr. Wilkins ; and the band and chorus amounted to upwards of sixty performers. Notwithstanding the difficult character of the oratorio for a class performance, the whole was very creditably executed, and elicited applause throught. The conductor (Mr. Edward Noyce) and, the members of the class ire each entitled to praise for the decided progress which they have made since their first entertainment. The favourite solo was " Sound an alarm," sung by Mr. Stevens, and which was encored. The bass air, Arm, arm, ye brave," was also sung with effect by Mr. Collett ; and Mrs. Temple was much applauded after singing " From mighty kings," Wise men flattering," and other pieces. Mrs. Dixon pleased much with " So rapid thy course is," and " Father of heaven." The duette and trios were also received with approbation, and several of the choruses deserved the favour able reception they met with, especially those of " And grant a leader," " Hear us, 0 Lord," and the fine chorus " Sing unto God." We are glad to find that this institution is making very satisfactory progress. The spring lectures are now in course of delivery, and in addition to these, the committee have engaged Miss Clara Seyton to give her Hun garian entertainment ou next Monday week. The greater importance we attach to our opinions, the greater our intolerance, which is wrong, even when we are right, and doubly so when we are in error, as that per secution for opinion's: sake can never be justiciable.—Etess Cooler Journal. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.--The Chancellor of the University of London has lately received a royal warrant appointing the following noblemen and gentlemen fellows of that University :—Right Hon. Lord Monteagle ; Right Hon. Lerd Overstone • Right Hon. Sir Jam es R. G. Graham, Bart., M.P. ' • Right don. T. B. Ma cau l a y G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq., 1.P.3 ; Henry llallam, Esq.; George Grote, Esq. CURRIERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Yesterday the second anniversary dinner of this institution took place at the Piazza Tavern, Covent-garden, Mr. Thomas De 'Wear in the chair. It appeared from the 'report of the. committee that the funds of the institution amounted to 347/. Ss., and that the progress of the society had far exceeded the expectations of its most sanguine promoters. It was further stated that" many misters and others have laboured under the mistaken notion that none but journeymen would be eligible to become recipients, whereas all members, being curriers by trade, whether they have been foremen, or having been masters for a number of }ears, and afterwards becoming disabled, or, from the infirmities of old age, not able to work and thereby earn their daily bread, either themselves or their widows will be alike entitled to the benefits of this society, as if they had been journeymen curriers." The chairman, in proposing " Prosperity to the Curriera' Benevolent Institution," stated that the society was commenced four years ago, for the purpose of raising a fund to assist aged and infirm curriers and their widows, and also to erect an asylum for the reception of those who were unable to work. This society having been formed, they na• turally looked up to the master curriers for some support, and an appeal having been made to them during the last summer, the result was that the funds of the institution were increased to the amount of 1501. From that period their prospects had continued to improve, and he (the chairman) was quite sure it was only necessary for him to remind the present company of the benefits to be derived from the institution to induce them to lend all the assistance in their power towards the promotion of the object in view. An announcement was made by the secretary that a sum of 211. had been contri buted by the journeymen curriers, and that the total amount of subscriptions on this occasion amounted to 601. Several of the most influential persons in the trade were present. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.—The Count and Countess de Rossi arrived in London on Tuesday evening. Madame Sontag returns laden with the laurels which have been so affluently bestowed by the dilletante of the capital of France. She will make her appearance on Thursday, con jointly with Lablache, in the opera of DoniPasquctk. Scow S•roam.=On Friday and Saturday last the trains of the North. Western and Midland Railways were de layed several hours past their time, on account of the heavy falls of snow during the night.—Boston 'Jerald. 1850. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing:— . FOR GOVERNORS. Henry James Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Alfred Latham, Esq. Jame Malcolmson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Warde Norman. Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Pellv, Bart. William Thompson, Lsq. Ald. Thomas Tooke, jun. EN. *Robert Wigrain Crawford, Esq, l*Bergamin Buck Greene, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grentell, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. N.B.—The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed, are new candidates for the direction. The election for Governor znd Deputy-Government will be held at the Bank, on Tutaday the 9th April, and for Directors on Wed nesday the 10th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 0 THREE. The Cotton Market at Li►erpool yesterday elosi.d very heavi►y, but wirhout altera•ion in prices. The sake were about 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export, and 500 o❑ sp.culation.—liailway Shares continued very dull, and prices were on the de cline. The sales of Wheat in the markets, which regulate the average prices, were last week 71,658 quarters, and the six weeks' average price is 38e. ld. In the Colonial produce markets, business will be suspended this evening until after the holidays, and it is presumed that there will then be greater animation. The demand for Sugar has been moderate this week, and im porters have evinced some firmness. The stocks on hand are small as regards free labour kinds, but of slave grown there is a full quantity, and the accounts from the colonies being favourable, a full supply is expected, conkequently we look for no particular change in prices, and certainly no advance. Coffee, on the other hand, may have seen its lowest point, and on this point we will quote :Messrs. Franks and Millard, who have shown themselves competent judges. They state .‘ That from the time good ord Ceylon coffee was selling at 655. nearly all the tea and coffee-dealers throughout the kingdom have abstained from buying, and have great reason to tha❑k those who boldly put such st itements before them as could not be misunderstood, except by speekilators and those inter ested in high prices. " The thanks of the trade, generally, are due t) the Morning Advertiser, The Sun. and other journals fur correct commercial information during ono of the most extraordinary epochs in the coff'•e trade, but we are sorry to say that where we should hare expect.d the most correct information through the press, we have been disappointed. The provincial and foreign journals who take an interest in commerce hare, we find, been very correct in their report•. " Now, the prices of coffee are altered, and we think are at reasonable rates, looking at the circumstances such as the wholesale and retail trade being bare of stock, the Dutch East India Company withdrawing a considerable portion of their last sales, and giving a guarantee that the coffees should not be put up again until September next, coupled with our shipping time arriving, and our prices under those of the Continent, with the increase of consumption which is sure to follow the reduction in price. " Middling calory Coffee has been sold at 525. to 545. This is nearly as low as ever they were, and we all know that at such prices a good rrofit is left to the retailer." We shall merely observe upon the subject of coffee, that our remarks upon the extraordinary advance in coffee were in the same spirit as they would have been if directed to any other article, and that see are always specially careful not to be biassed by either sraculators or dealers,who must inevitably have an interest one way or the other. We receive all statements, however conflict ing, weigh them to the best of our judgment, and where possible, seek facts rather than opinions. Facts were offered us upon the Occasion in questiOn, and they have guided us to a right conclusion, and been the means of promoting the interests of the trade. The firm which has assisted us in the matter is entitled to our thanks, despite the opposition excited when we first took up the case. Our readers, nevertheless, must give us credit for having resisted equally the attempt to force up cotton, which has since partially receded. We close our week's report with the following con cerning Tea. It is stated that at the five chief ports in the United Kingdom duty has been paid this year on 8,137,8371b5., and to the same time last on 8,239,8841b5., thus showing a decrease of 102,0471b5. Exports from China from the Ist of July, 1849. to the 29th of Ja nuary, 1850, were 32,939,9781b5., and from July the Ist, 1848, to January the 29tb, 1849, they were 28,741,2001b5. ; it must be taken into consideration the trade are well supplied, and there is every prospect that many parcels of the better kinds of Green will be received during the year from America. The ship and continental arrivals bring us no intern. gence of interest, but the letters by the latter are f ra ther a more favourable tone, and accordingly they ex. anise some influence here. To-morrow, being Good Friday, will be a strict holi day in the City. - There is a decided rally in Public Securities, and the dealings are in favour of further ad vanced prices next week. No doubt large sales have recently been made in expectation of fresh disturbances or serious complications abroad, and these not-having come off; there may be a scramble to buy back, although intermediate fluctuations will, as usual, favour both the Bulls and Bears. Consols have been 95i to 96 for transfer, now realising 95i to 96, and 95i to 96i for time, the latest bargains being at 95i- to 96. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 645. to 665.; and on India Bonds, 86s. In the Foreign Market there is very little doing. Owing to the tempestuous weather, the Thames steamer does not bring the regular mail from the city of Mexico, but the private letters from Vera Cruz of less recent date state that it was expected the Legislature would appropriate four millions of dollars of the American In demnity money for the arrears of dividends, and give a 3 instead of a3i per cent. stock. The original proposal was a 3i per cent: stock, and an indemnity of three mil lions. Mexican Bonds are 29i , Peruvian 72k; and Brazilian 89i and 89. Spanish Five per Cents. are 163 4. Shares are flat. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day in round figures are as under:— 1850. North-Western £40,659 South-Western 8 468 1849. ... 37,140 ... 8,454 ... 20,383 Midland 20,106 To 24th March. Caledonian North Staffordshire To 17th March. 4,806 CLOSING ONE PRIQES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. 3 poi' cent. Gon.wis ..... 95%:A 1 A % lodia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto ander ................... 86 p 86 p Consols for Account • achequer Bills. 1 1 4 a. Si zo 1,0001. June 64 66 p ONE FAKES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. razilian tSuilels Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 49 - - Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip. Equador Bonds .. Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 29 , 4 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account gr,-Ditto Deferred PRICES, 96 66 p CLOSING PRICES. 29 1 4 29 1 4 72 1 4, 7216 27 34 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto. 4 per Cent. — Ditto. Account - 32 Russian Bonds ... Ditto Scrip _ 14, p Sppowsh 5 per Uent. 1840 1 6 5, 16 1 % . Ditto. Account: Ditto, Passive — 3 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ..... .. ...... Dividends on Ow above payable in Lonacyz French Re rtes, 5 per Cent —90 f. 50c, Exchange Beligan,4% per Cent i /uteri 2 1 4 per Gent.. 12 Guild. .. 581 Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificate F 86 3 /4 86 3 4 PRICES cr PAID. ;BUSINESS DONE CI4O , 'Nu RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. FRIA. ES . berdecn 5O — Do. Preference Bl ...... dis 1 dis ember. Nott., Boeten, and Eastern Junction 7 I pli ...... kyrshire and Galloway.. 7 4 — 'ielfast & County Down 30 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 tiirraingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or witha gnzran. 20 - Do, without guarantcs 20 Wolverh'ton, and r udley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 ... Do. without guarantee 15 Birtning.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s .. . Birkenhead, Lancashire, 35N and Cheshire June.— . 23 - 00000000 ••••••• ...r Bristol and Exeter 100 ... .. Ditto, Thirds ...... 000 33 nuckinghamshire ...... 17 1 ,E Caledonian Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 Di tto,Clydeadale Junc 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference ls Direct London & Ports mouth - Dublin and Bel fast June. 40 Dundalli & Enniskillen 30 .s.st Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18 . - ..... D3.,31. i 03., Pref... .............. Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 'T astern Counties........ 20 Do, New Prrf.recce, 6 per Cent........... 10 ••••—"""'' _ 71 Ditto,Extension, 5 per P Cent., No.l 6l. 135.4 d.... 7 P Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 1 / 2 P % P Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 5 0 ..... ...... -- ••• •• ........ ..... Do. New ............ ... 43 Eastern Union, Class A - ..... •••• ....... l • ...... Ditto,(latecEla.ssUA. , S d b i t ax . .. 2_:_ Do., Class B& C ..... g - . uaders 6 1 4 _ .. EasDto.LSacßrl(h6irpeer cent.) 25 .... .. .. .. ............::: .... .. . E Ditto New Q ._ 6 ne p e er cl C u e a n rt t er7: 6A - ... ..... ..... -- Do fe ' re East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 26 26 Ditto. Half Shares ... 25 ...... ....... Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 „..., Ditto, Newp0rt.......,, 15 .. .. ... ..... Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 A , • .. Exeter and Exmo u th... 21 s. Glasgow, Dumfries, a n d Carlisle 81.65. 8d.... .—. —. Glasgow,Kilm ar ., & A yr 50 ..... . Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester &DeanForust 12% Great Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 1214...... Do., %B 6 per Cent.— 9 1 4. — ••• - Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%. 1 0 34 ... ...`....:;:`•-• - Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto, Eighths 1? " 1, ..... ..... • 7 1 4 10:!.i G: sat North of England .100 ...... - Ditto, New, 40/ 4O - Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O - ........ ........ - Ditto. New.ls/. - i;reat Western 100 ...... 56 b 5% Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171... ..... 5 ... - - Hull and Selby .. .......50 ...... - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... - - Do. Quarter Shares... 12% - •• - Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds - Laricantire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Quarters - ..... 23% - ... . Do. 1 ifths... ..... ..-.. 10 Do. Thirds ... .. lB - .... ....... -.. Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 - Ditto (Huddersfield and Shetf.) 50 - .. .. Do. (W. Riding ijnion) 11 1 4 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leads and Think ...... 50 ...... - ....... - Do., Prefer., 6 per et. 3% - •••••• ..... Nilo -die. Do., do. No. 2 10 - •••..• ......... ... Do.. do No 3 5 - ... ........ .. - Do., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport lO - L intim Sr Blaokwall...ll/. 6& 3d... ~ .. ... .. MOM L melon, Brighton, and South Coast-. .....100 •••••• 80 .. Do., New, guaranteed 6 tier Cent . ...100 - ••• .... Do.Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 ...... - ..... - Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - .. - Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .• ... - ... - London and Greenwich 1 2115 s 4d... - .. ... ..... - Ditto. Pref , , - ence...... 20 - - L , ndon and N We•tern 100 ...,.105 104 1 %.• 104% i)itto. N.,iit Quarters 12 Ditto,Fift;.• Do. 401. Shares(L. M.) 40 - Do. 101. ( 51. & B.) C. 1 London it S.Wr.sitern -160 ... Do, New 501. . ....... 42% - - Do. New 401. .. 34 Do.. New Pre'e ence. 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 - ....•.. ....... •-• Do. 1 / Shares ,. 5 - ........ ... 41... ..., Londonderry and &nue killen Do. 4 Shares ... 6 1 4 - Lowestoff. guar. 4 per ct 20 - - Ditto (6 per et.) - ••••••••••••••• .... Ittaucheater,Burton,and Matlock 5 - --- • Ifianchsster. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - .......... ..... .... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... 85 'A gal 2 i Ditto ditto (NO. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 1 4 — Do. New 101. Pref lO ....... Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . .... --. Do., Grimsby Dock. 25 - _ _... ...... . ... Do. Blanchester and Lincoln Uni0n...... 4L 2s. - dis — (Ils Blidllnd ...... .'. .. .......tCO ...... 38% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., 50/. Shares Do. Birm.. and Derby 1( 0 Do. Consolid. Bristol and Birin(ng., s . pe_r ct.... 100 - -- ••• ...I. MIS Ditto,Brist. BiGloctitr. 42 ...... ........... --, Ditto ditto ........... 221. 75...... ... — Do.,ErewashVal„Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.ils Swaa- ex. nin gton , 8 per et. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar." Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ~.... Do. Quarters - Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford . 6 •••••• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ..... ...... ..... ....100 Do. New 201. . Dn. Extension ... Do. Guaranteed 5 •", pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... .... North British ...•....... 25 •••• •-X1 • •••••••• ••• 8% IA Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. . 8i —..— ... Ditto Preference North-Western . 13% — ..., ..., North Staffordshire ... 17;1 7 14504 0 Kf , .rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5O 74 ••• •••••• ...... Preston ex Wyre D 0 . 1,4 Shares(A) lO ...... heading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... 15 x.i Royston and Hitchin ... 4 1 4..... - .. - Do. Shepreth Eaten . % — ••• Scottish Central - Scottish Midland - .., ... • • ••••• .. --. , Ditto New 22t4 — ........ ...... ..... .... _ Shrewsbury and Birtp... 1314 di5........... die Ditto ditto, Class B. 9 . 2% ...•...... 2 1 A Ditto, NewGuaraiiteed $ Shrewsbury and lierefd. 5 ...... Shrewsbury & Cheater -- (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves - Ditto Oswastry ... .. 186 — . —. Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union - South Devon Do. Preference ... - •••• •••• ...• •—• So 411 Staffordshire B% — ...„. ...„. ..oath Eratern '),,., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ...•......... 30 ••..•• Do., Registered No. 4. Di Sluth Al ales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l3 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% - ... ..... - .J Do. do (Sim. Div.) ••• 5 -- .«... N....... -- S wans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stin. C0a1.... 3 110011 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 - ... .......... - Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 1 ,4 - Vale of Neath ... .. lO - Waterford and Kilkenny 20 -• •• - Waterford and Limerick 47% •-•• .... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... - .... Do. do. d 0.... 25 Do. do. d 0.... 15 ..... - ..... West Cornwall ..... .. PA.- - -- • Whitelaaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 ...... - ....... -• Wilts,Somerset,es Wey mouth ' IO - •.• York. Neweairle, and Berwick-- • 25 ...... - Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 •••••• 8 ...•.•........ Do. G.N.E.Preter,nce S ..... - • i.. 0. Hartlepool Dock ana Railway 100 ...... - .. ......... ... York and North Midland 51) Dit,.., rrefercnc ....„ 10 FOREIGN RAIL WA Yt.N.. Ang Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 1 4'...... - i_:outogne and Amiens... 20 ...... - - Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 - •••...... ..... •-• Demerara - Dutch Rhonish .. 8 ••• •• - .....• East Indian - ••• - Ditto ...... ..... ...,. 2O - .. -- Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... - Do. ' D 0.... ..1 • •••• I ...... - - Louvain ila :.Fambre ... 71,4 - Luxembourg Ditto .- Madrid and Valentin... 2 - Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France.-- 16 - ....... ...... .. .- Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - ..... ....... 2% Paris and Orleans - ••.. ...... .. ••- Paris and Rouen 2O ••••••• -:::. ..• .. ........ .... Paris and Strasbourg - ....... ...•.... -- Rouen and Havre 7,..... 20 - ••••• ......... Sambre and Meu s e 2O .4i... - Strasbourg and Basle - Tours and Nante5........ 13 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan dau' and Hasselt ..... 20 - .............. West Flanders B% •-• .• ... - ............... -• JOINT STOCK BA-N KS_ A mtralasia ~.... - x.d •.. D. •• ••• ...... z. British North American 50 - ... .... ....•• •-• Colonial 25 •••••• ••••• ....... •••••••• =Mb Commercial of London 20 - ..... -- ........ . London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 „,„„. -• ational Prov. England. 35 - Ditto New._.. .... .... ..... 10 National of Ireland 22%...... -- .... ....... .... -.... Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ..• .. ..... 10 ___ ••••• Santiago de C u b a ... lO INES. United Mexican 23% 3"' 16% 2,1 1 'TN; LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 28.—Wind at noon N., light airs and frosty, with fog. L aAL, MARCH 27.—Arrd. Frederioo, Amendgert Buenos Ayrt.s, !or Hamburgh; Swedish brig, Brand, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the River, Medora, Jam aica ' Arrd. from the River and aid., Blenheim, Hobar t Town. Sid. Mary Sh e ph er d, B om b ay; Medors, Jamaica. LIVERPO OL , MARCH 27.—Wind variabli.—Arrd. Robert Br a dford, Gl oag , C a l cu tt a; Fanny. D a kk er . St. D om i ngo; Hannah and WIRY; Winifred, Christy, ditto; Queen of the Isles, Evans, New Y or k ; J o h n D a l ton , Calcutta; Mersey, Buenos Western World, Wears, Ayres ; Marchioness of Breadalbane, Jamaica; Challen ger, St. Domingo; Mary Hall, Robins, New Orleans. Sld. Edmond, Port Philip; Columbia, Aden; Paragon San Francisco; Globe, Lima; Carleton; Rio Janeiro; Williams, Maracaibo; Brazil packet, Trinidad; Alex ander Grant, New Orleans; Niagara, New York; Amy Ann, Montrtal ; Berths, Newfoundland. Off Port Georgiana, Bonny, Alyth, Eliza Morrison, Highlander, S tvannah, Persian, C. Columbus, Rochester, Anna Hen derson, Ensign, Albert Edward, Mary Muir, and a ship supposed to be the Cambridge. OFF BONCHURCH.—Cotton Planter, Pratt, New York for Antwerp. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 27.—Wind N.W.—Sid. James Bailis, Quebec; William Garland, Boston, America; Eleanor, ditto; Escape, ditto. FALMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind N.N.E.,frosh.--Arrd. Zampa, Maas, Pernambuco; Catarina Minds, Thomson. Fon- au-Prince ; Elleu Lock, lloclurar i fa the Clyde.