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INTERESTING NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, 255. bound, MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALPOLE, And his DISTINGUISHED CONTEMPORARIES. Including numerous Original Letters, chiefly from Strawberry Hill. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Author of " The Crescent and the Cross," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE The Public is respectfully ihfornied that a New and Ori gin,' Comedy, in Five Acts, by Dion Eourcicault, Esq., entitled LOVE IN A MAZE, will be produced on THURSDAY, 6th inst. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, A. Wigan, Harley, Addison, Ale.tdows, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To-Day being Ash-Wednesday, the Theatres will be Closed, THEATRE ROYAL,DRITRY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James And son. TO-MORROW Will be presented by her Majesty's Se vantil KATHERINE and PETRUCH[O. Petruchio, Mr. J. Anderson ; Katherine, Mrs. Nisbett. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ tEL, VIE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhotf ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amencphis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter ; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining ; Note, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lla, Madile. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, LNCIDENTS, &e. ACT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN I', Opening at the Back to the Dlitant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Glit—Departaue of Azad with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. Acz The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of ALmees• Grand Pas de Fascination by Madile. V ictorine Le g rai n. :ae ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Palser, Julie, and . Coryphees. The Gamester—False Diee--Azael's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgle. Grand Pas de Poignaids by the Coryphecs. Autel recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azaol surprised in the Sacred Temple—the "Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT 111. TENT of NEMIIOUD, the Camel Driver. A val of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Laellourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearanee of the Spirit of the Desert. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE r. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, 01 d Brompton. TO-MORROW Will be performed the Play of THE WIFE. Julian St. Pierre, Mr. J. Wallaek. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montagne, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. TIOLaTRE ROYAL, ADELrlil. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. TO-MORROW Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled BELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK ; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. 31erryrRan, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilt, Miss Woolgar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Freeborn ; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. C. Sea* and Mr. Kce".ef. TO-MORROW Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew-- TO-MORROW Will be performed USED rr. Alter which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Honacastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. . , To conclude with AN APPEAL TO TILE PUBLIC. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. TO-MORROW • Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. After which THE SOLDIER of 102. To conclude with a new Ballet, in which Madlle. Adele and To] Mathews will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal liighttea Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extra,,rdinary series of attractive novelties. TO-MORROW _ _ Tire grand new Spectacle of JOIN OF ARC ; or the Mail of Or. leas, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with JONATHAN; or, The Man of Two Masters. gox-ettice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGG WATER AI LONDON BRIDGE Tao DAY —Morning 31 min. after 3 Evening 45 min. after 3 To-Moaaow—Morning 0 min. after 4 Evening 16 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.— SUN OFFICR, MARCH 5. THERMOMETER, IN TILE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETEV., 29 .7. WIND S. W.—light breeze, with drizzling rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged i❑ order of latitude. EINGsTows ( DUBLIN) —Wind E.S. E., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., calm—partially cloudy. Pootx—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Poaxsmon - rx—Wind S.W., gently breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind E.. gentle breeze—overcast. Has-mrGs—Wind 'S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SourxAmyro:l—Wind N., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, SwL.NDoN—Wind W. light airs—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—Wind W., calm—partially , cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LYNN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CONWAY—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LtvEltrooL—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless. WHITBY—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. BERWICK—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind N., light breeze—cloudy. LIMERICK—Wind S., calm—c!oudy. Ceatow—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. POOLE—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTINGS—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —overcast. FETERBOP.OUGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CRIWE— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LEEDS—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YORK —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind W.. calm—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—Wind W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. At the Royal Wservatory, Greenwich, the mean daily height of the barometer was above 30 inches on the last four days of the week; and the mean of the week was 29.981 inches. On each day of the week the mean temperature was below the average of the same day in ten years, ex ce pt on Tuesday, when it very sligh‘ly exceeded it. On the prece ding day it had been only 34°.1, the lowest daily mean of the week, and 6'.4 below the average. On Friday and Saturday it was about :-=.6°, and b3tween 4° and 8° lower than the average. The mean of the week was 37°.G. The wind first blew from the east, and afterwards turned towards the north. z, U 44• P : e . .'* .'( ,- -1 4 ._, ~ ,-- i'.: --:. i . .4J •-...ii , ' 1 , . . 4.- --- ~ ~., '..,,,z , ---- ---, v- , - _.-,,,..- - --.47- • :--, - , _ , • ~.,./!4 ,_ ,L A' Q3Alrelll3lll Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1851. I❑ the House of Lords, last night, Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition on the subject of the transportation of convicts to Van Dieraan's Land. Earl GREY regretted the necessity which had com pelled the Government to transport so many convicts to that colony, and expressed a hope and expectation that ere long the colonists in Northern Australia would ask to have supplies of convict labour. He agreed that it was highly improper to send convicts to Sydney and large towns, but he thought that in the sheep-rearing districts of North Australia they might be advantage ously employed as shepherds. Their Lordships thou adjourned. The Commons did not meet. In one particular at least the O verland intelligence must be regarded asinteresting t o the m a j or i ty o f people in the "United Kingdom. The portio n of the ne%is from Hindostan relating to the withdrawal of Sir CHARLES NAprnt from the supreme military command of the forces in India possesses an attraction paramount to all others, whether considering the irn_ portance of the position vacated, or the greatness of the illu s t r i ous warr i or ' s repu t a ti o n. Anything which tends to elucidate, even in the most trivial manner, the feelings whi c h h ave led to t hi s remar k a bl e resignation, cannot fail to be regarded by all parties with an earnest and unwinking scrutiny. During the course of the progress made by the cx- Commander-in-Chief from the interior to the seashore for the purpose of taking ship to England, he has occasionally given utterance to his sentiments upon the subject of his retirement, more or less explicit, according to the inducements of each opportunity. But in no in stance has he been more plaia•spok en th an i n hi s remarks uttered when bidding farewell to his o ld companions in arms at Kurrachee and Bombay. There, to use a homely expression, he fairly let the cat dttkof the bag, attributing his abandonment of authority to his indignation at certain interferences with 14,4cialTiciwz`kand prerogatives. " When I was first 'isirte Co ''l der-in-Chief," said he, "1 thougb I was to be Co lihder-in-Chief in truth, % s latitlbogp, found out that I w s ,not to be Commander in- Chief at all, but only a sort of monster adjutant." He intimated, in addition to this, that he had more than once been dictated to on military matters by " boy politicals," who knew nothing whatever of military science. If this has actually been the case—and Sir CHARLES NAPIER is not the man to utter anything but words of the most scrupulous veracity—we marvel not that his heroic nature re volted from a situation of affairs so ill according with his, supposed supremacy in matters of a military character. Our only astonishment is that sooner than this he did not most indignantly tender his resigna tion. The conqueror and ex-governor of the gigantic province of Scinde is surely not the personage to be unnecessarily degraded from the exercise of the mili tary jurisdiction properly appertaining to his office, and to be reduced to a mere subaltern by individuals who should in reality have appeared, when compared with himself, in a merely subordininate capacity. No wonder, we say, that a captain so distinguished as the victor of Aimee and Hyderabad revolted from a position, so anamolous and, in a word, so contrary to all decency ; and that, venting at last his long suppressed disgust at the ill-treatment, he flung down his sword and prepared to quit for ever the scenes of his many splendid achievements. Annoying as these occurrences have naturally proved to Sir CHARLES NAPIER, we have the satisfaction, at any rate, of thinking that they must ultimately tend to prevent the possibility of their recurrence. What has been_shown to be so excessively reprehensible in his instance can never again be tolerated in regard to any one of his future successors. The office of Com mander-in-Chief must henceforth, we conceive, be placed upon a positive and satisfactory footing, and no longer remain liable to those intermittent and most impolitic encroachments. Otherwise the Administration of both civil and military affairs through Hindostan must be perpetually involved in confusion. From the resolution recently shown upon this point by Sir CHARLES NAPIER we are sanguine that be may prove in this instance, as in so many others, the author of very considerable improvement. To him have been attributable some of the most estimable changes that have taken place in the organization of the armies of the east. His interference might consequently be regarded as the most appropriate for the due regula tion of the supreme authority in military affairs throughout the whole of our Oriental possessions. The reformer of the soldiery, the hero of Scinde, may be thus enabled to prove himself an equally welcome reformer in reference to the chief leader of that soldiery in theAsiatie dominions of Greatßritain. That he possesses the moral audacity requisite for the carrying out of these peculiar views we may rest assured. It is consequently with feelings of eager expectation that we await his arrival amongst us as the man destined to reduce existing anomalies in the administration of affairs in Hindostan to some sort, at least, of partial order and regularity. Sir CHARLES NAPIER has de monstrated by his conduct, by his language, by his resignation, the bitterness with which he has felt the weight of these anomalies. We may therefore remain hopeful that he may be incited by a remembrance of his own chagrin and discomfort to demand, both by word of mouth and by the more widely-extending voice of the pamphleteer, the revision of the system as , at present existing in Hindostan. Alarmists, of all people in the country, are, to our hinking, the most appropriate objects of ridicule. Nevertheless, we are by no means blind to the neces sities of vigilance in regard to the defences of a nation, no matter how tranquil soever may be the aspect of surrounding Governments. While, there• fore, we are very far indeed from desiring to attach any undue importance to the recent lucubrations on this subject, penned by Sir FRANCIS HEAD, and almost simultaneously by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, we are solicitous that proper attention should be paid to the arguments put forward by those intelligent ob servers. The inquiry itself, which they have under•• taken in their respective volumes to prosecute,has been proclaimed a most legitimate and commendable one by one no less than the first subject of the Crown, his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. We are disposed, moreover, to watch the progress of the investigation just now with a peculiar feeling of corn placen cy—vicwing,the reasons advanced in its behalf as a wholesome counterpoise to those put forward rather unnecessarily by the sticklers for wholesale retrenchment. Granted, beyond all contradiction, that the annual amount of the national expenditure exceeds by a vast deal the sum which might reasonably be expected to support our various establishments ; granted, that the need of economy is obvious and even glaring ; granted, that the present distribution of our resources is characterised less by judgment than by ex travagance. Yet, in the very teeth of these considerations, we maintai❑ that no necessity what ever exists for a large decrease of either our land or £34 forces; but that, on the contrary, it were most advisable to re-organize upon a broad and comprehen sive system both our military and maritime arrange ments. The peace of Europe is no valid cause for a display of parsimony in these particulars. Si vis pacent, Para bellum , is one of those memorable and oracular truths we can never tire of repeating; more especially whenever we liste❑ to the fallacious reason ing employed in periods of tranquillity against the advisability of maintaining a sufficient number of armed forces. Not that we are anxious to observe any lavish expenditure in reference to army or navy—not that we would con tinue either upon anything like a war footing—but that we would most indisputably insist upon the ad vantages accruing to a great power from a proper regard being had at all times, and under all circum stances, to the magnitude and efficiency of its de fences. In no instance, again, is this more pecu liarly requisite than in regard to an insular power like England. Exposed on all sides to the possibility of assault, it would be nothing short of the most reckless and unjustifiable imprudence to repose an overweening confidence in its own ill -regulated and unsupported prowess. History consists in the main of narratives of the downfall of the most puissant and gigantic races. Upon its tablets we can trace the record of those calamities ; and in every instance we may detect the seeds of rui❑ in the rise of national arrogance. It behoves conse quently the mightiest empire upon earth to look well to the efficiency of its naval and military armaments, what though surrounding nations may regard its power with awe, and though the epoch may to all appearance be one of the most serene international alliance. Now-a-d ays re f orm, as a principle, has entered into the bosom of almost every class and of almost every establishment. People have discovered in the spread of intelligence among the masses the absolute and imperative necessity for setting their houses in order. The surrediance of a press that has come at last to be regarded as little less than actually übiquitous may have done much, we are willing to believe, in the way of rousing the sluggish to activity. With the majority, however, the reason of this general aptitude for innovation is unquestionably the universal a n d perpetually increasing spread of enlightenment. What ever may be the mediate or immediate means of the change, the fact of its manifestation amongst us is altogether incontrovertible. Even the Univer- cities are being driven, like the rest of the world, to use the Poet Laureate's noble simile — "Down the ringing grooves of change!" As in politics, as in education, as in reference to taxa tion and to diplomacy, so also in regard to maritime and military regulations, the influences of improve ment are every day becoming more perceptible, The Royal N avy writings of severa l di st i ngu i shed ornaments of the have demonstrated beyond all contradic tion the nature of the alterations required in that service. Other advocates of innovation have insisted upon the want of equivalent modifications in the sister profession, the armies of the United Kingdom. A mo ng these few have displayed more intelligence than the writer of a pamphlet* recently published, and dedicated by its author very significantly to the body o f T ax payers. In th e argument here most ably putforwardthe pamphleteer explain s a very rat i onal which 7,9001. mi g ht b e saved upon - s than 248,000/. upon infantry cavalry, and no le. arrangement b y organization—making a total of 255,9001. by way of THE SUN, LO*Dol4l' WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARC retrenchment. Out of this aggregate amount he suggests that 192,0001. might be dedicated to the embodiment and clothing in the course of two years of 77,000 militia men. He would ap • propriate the 7,9001. saved by the cavalry consolida• tion to the furnishing of seventy-six extra horses for the line, and two hundred and sixty. one additional ones for the household brigade. " The equipment," he observes, "of one hundred and twenty guns in lieu of eighty will require 9,000/. more of that surplus, and I propose that 15,0001. should be assigned for augmenting the corps of enrolled veterans ; con sequently there would be an ultimate balance of 32,000/., upon the completion of this scheme." A quarter of the balance specified he would see added to the 4,0001. already allowed for lodging mar ried men out of barracks, while the residue, " after procuring medical attendance fur the pensioners and their families, would," according to his estimate, " ade quately provide the extra allowances for rifle corps, and the extra sergeants required for depeiti." Without coinciding entirely in the views expressed throughout the pamphlet, we must observe that we have recognized in them sufficient merit to justify our commendation of them to the attention of all those who are in any way interested in the cause of military improvement. number of votes of Bavaria both in the re stricted Council and the Plenum ; also to have the participation of Bavaria ixA the ex - Ettzti7e military Government. Prusnia eau scarcely accept this latter condition," TBE SHARE MARKETS. ERZ TISZ RAILWAYS. We find in the Borsenhalle a letter from Vienna, of the 27th ult., which says t--" niriiie his return here, Prince Pr, SZEIWARTZENBERG has had several conferences with the ambassadors of the foreign powers, to whom he has given explanations relative to the de. sign of Austria to enter with all her states into the Ger manic Confederation. The report is current that the Ambassadors of France, Spain, and Portugal have strongly insisted on the necessity of efl".ecting a ge• neral revision of the treaties of 1815 ; they desire this to be done by a European congress, to which the claims of Austria should also be submitted. Prince DE SCHWARTZENDERG replied, that he had no objection to make the convocation of a congress, and that it even appeared to him a desirable step ; but that such a body could not be, of any value in giving an opinion relative to the prj'ct of Austria, inasmuch as that concerned the German Confederation only." P.ailways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Am bergate, Nottingham. Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 53/. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest & Birkenhd., 801. iZ,./Dl. Colo°Mated Do., do., 2u/. •• Bristol and Exeter • • ••1 Caledonian •• • • •• , Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstow•n.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • •. Do (181. E. & H.) •• Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C sharers East Lanca3bire Do. New quarters •• Edinburgh an4l Glasgow' Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth ..1 Giaagaw• and South- West, Do. do. G. D. &C.stock Great Northern •• • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. • • * " The Army Reform Wanted—Maximum of De. fence with Minimum of Expense." Bvo., pp. 28. Lon. don: J. and D. A. Darling. 1851. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Do. New, 171. Lancaster and Carlisle . Do. thirds • • • • • We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Assembly on Monday rejected the proposition of M. Ducoux for the establishment of an exchange for workmen, to which employers in want of labour and workmen in want of employment might equally resort. At the conclusion of the discussion the Assembly adjourned to Saturday. The discussion on M. CRETON'S motion for the re peal of the law of exile against the Bourbons has had the effect of rendering the differences between the Legitinaatists and the Orleanists for the present irreconcileable. There is no probability of any fusion taking place at present. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN has laid on the table of the Assembly the following proposition:— " Henceforward are abolished all exceptional laws by which a penalty, afflictive et infamante, or any other penalty which it belongs alone to the judicial power to pronounce, shall have been directly applied by the legis lative power, in violation of Art. 19 of the Constitution, which declares the separation of powers the first condi tion of a free Government." The intention of this proposition is thus explained by the Presee The object of this proposition is to rectify distorted principles, and to put an end to the deplorable confusion which so many events, revolutions, usurpations, and dictatorships have introduced into ideas, habits, and laws. Its object is to subject parties, in turn con querors and conquered, to the same rule of jus tice. Its object is to destroy that instrument of political vengeance which the revolutions of the past have forged for the future. Its object is, in a word, the abolition of the Convention. The Constitu tion of 1848 has recognized most positively the prin ciple of absolute justice, by gradually raising the power of law above political power. There are the common jury for isolated offences by private individuals, and the extraordinary jury for crimes and plots affecting the public safety. The law is paramount over all positions, powers, and responsibilities, and cannot be over-ruled, braved, or eluded by any. Why then should we have, we, exceptional justice? Why proscriptions? Why should not the Count of Chambord or the Prince of Joinville be subject to a power that is superior to all danger, to the power of common right? There is no necessity for proscribing them; the laws of the country are quite strong enough to suppress revolt, and punish their am , 'oition. No convention! such is the cry of liberty and equity. We repeat it as a protestation against the past and a hope for the future. M. de Girardin has given a more extended bearing to M. Criton'a proposi tion. It now aims at more than the rehabilitation of two princely families; it aims at rehabilitating a right and a principle; at preventing now usurpations by re probating old ones. In a word, its aim is to abolish the convention, and to raise between reaction and revo lution the only barrier which can resist them, and pre vent the terrible shock of their vengeance, and that bar rier is justice." The election of presidents and secretaries for the . bureaux of the Assembly for the month of March took place on Monday. In the 13th bureau M. LEPELLETIEX D'AULNAY was elected president, in opposition to General CHANGARNIER. The bureaux were on Monday occupied with the Bill for granting to the Government a credit of 6,800,000 f. for the continuance of the works for the defence of the port and roadstead of Cherbourg. Nu merous objections to the measure were raised, par ticularly on account of the form in which the Bill has been submitted to the Assembly. Sereral mem bers expressed a wish that the Government had car ried this credit to the budget of 1852, when it would have been examined with other sums demanded for different works. Some were in favour of post poning the Bill until the finances of the country should be in a more prosperous state. MM. MATS HAT and COLLAS, members of the Naval Commission, warmly defended the Bill, and, in support of the ne cessity of the works proposed, alluded to the works which the English were now carrying on, and which were at a distance of little more than five leagues from the coast of France. Admiral CECILLE pointed out the immense advantage which it would be to the navy to place Cherbourg beyond the danger of an attack frcan an enemy. He was of opinion, however, that the land defences might safely be delayed until a more favourable moment, as, by means of railways, troops could be readily sent for the defence of the town, in case of need. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • . Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirak • • Liverpooi, Crosby, and • Southport . . __. • • .. London and Blackwall . Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 10/. sh., M.& IS (c) London and S.-11 o.stern Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. •• Londonderry & Coleraine Do. hail shares Londonderry and Ennis killen. •• ••j Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, St, Lincolnshire .•• Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Midland •. • . •• • • Do. consolidated pref. De. 50/. shares . • • • Do. Miming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. N ewmarket • . .. ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. Newry and Enniskillen .. ewry, W arrenpoint, & Roitrevor ••- .. .. Norfolk • • • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares • • Northern Counties Union North British.. North Staffordshire • . North-Western North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. ticotash Midland .. Do. new .. Sarewsbury & Binning. Clas3 A.. • • .. Do. Class Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Do. ital.:es Do. Oswestry Do. New.. :. .. • • Shropshire Union .. .• Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon South-Eastern .. •• , south Wales.. .. • • South Yerksh. ancljtiver Shell., Roth., and Geole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool 6wansea & Loughor, Caw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck anti Railway .. • • Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London Wlnteliayen and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber- 1 wick .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • • . York and North Midland An unsuccessful attempt at escape has been made by the Socialist prisoners confined in Belle Isle. The procession of the Bceuf Gras, yesterday, passed off quietly. By an arrival at Bordeaux, accounts have been received from Guadeloupe and Martinique to the Ist ult. The most perfect tranquillity reigned in these islands, and the minds of the people had been re stored to a state of satisfactory calm. A fire had taken place at Basse Terre, which was supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, the police hav ing discovered a box of chemical matches among a pile of straw. The Bourae was nearly thserted, the majority of the ha bitual specculators being, it was said, confined by the prevailing kfluenza. The Five per Cents. opened at 96f. 60c., and closed at 96f. 75c.; the Three per Cnts. closed at 58f. sc. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 877 f. 50c.; Rouen, 647 f. 50c.; Havre, 272 F. 50c.; Great Northern, 4751.; Avignon, 190 f. ; Vierzon, 413 f. 75c.; Basle, 158 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 366 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 2551. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAucH 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—East Indian, 15 1 A—Luxe mbourg, 2 1 / 2 —Namur and Liege, 8 1 A—Northern of France, 15 —Paris and Rouen, 23%—Paris and Strasbourg, 10%--. Tours and Nantes, 5%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived. The committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Bill for the regulation of the Debt had again assem bled, and M. LLORENTE, one of its members, moved that the discussion should not take place until after all the documents required should have been pro duced by the Government; but the majority of the members did not concur in this proposition. The report of the committee on the Bill for the regulation of the Treasury Debt was presented to the Chamber on the 27th ult.; it expressed approbation of the principal basis of the regulation proposed by the Bill, but recommended some modifications. The other pro ceedings of the Chamber up to the hour of post were of no general interest. In answer to a question put to him, the President of the Council said that the ec clesiastical authorities had requested that the ball of mid-Lent and a burlesque ceremony which usually takes place on that occasion should be suppressed, but that the Government had refused. The Espana says that it is intended to suppress the ambassadorships at different Courts, and have only ministers-plenipoten tiary. M. A. A. GALIANO has been appointed Minister at Lisbon, and the Marquis DR BRNALUA at Berlin. A letter says that the Government, though displeased with the Duke DE SOTOXIATOR, Ambassa dor in Paris; for having given a grand reception to General NARVAEZ, has not decided on recalliog him, as was rumoured. MADRID BOLSA, FEE. 27.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34i r for time; the Four per Cents. at 14; the Five per Cents. at 15; Debt without Interest at si; and the Coupons at Bi. GERMANY. A plenary sitting of the Conference was held at Dresden on the 28th ult., which lasted four hours. The Frankfurter Journal contains a letter from Dresden, of Feb. 25, which says :—" The Second Chamber of the States accorded to-day to the Mi nister of the Interior a.most marked v o t e o f its confi dence, t nc mae having resolved almost unanimou s ly t o com m at once the discussion on th e . El ectoral Law. I be remembered that not lo ng s i nce the majo ey rity of the First Chamber had formally refused to ac cede to such a coure,"_ The Borsenhatle of HamhuFgh has the following from Berlin, of the let :—" It is believed that the ne gotiations, which are to take place between Austria and Prussia, for the regulation of the German ques tion, will not arrive at any satisfactory result, inasmuch as if Austria were disposed to accept the propositions of Prussia on the question of parity, she would exact as an equiva lent, not only the admission into the Confedera tion of all her States, but an increase of the I DENMARK. --- Denmark proposes to enter into the Austrian Cug toms Union, abolish the constitution of M irch, 1848, and adopt a representative system of estates. In return, Denmark receives a guarantee for all her provinces. In the case of an extinction of the male line of the royal house, the crown will revert to the Duke of OLDENBURG. DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK BY " THE NASSAU BALLOON" FOR GERMANY. Yesterday, one of the most peculiar feats in aerostation toek place from the gardens of " The Royal Property"' Vauxhall, by the departure of his Highness the Duke of Brunswick, accompanied by Mr. Charles Green, the well known aeronaut, in his balloon. Preparations being made on the Waterloo-ground, on Sunday evening a number of men were employed, under the direction of Mr. Lumm, the prin cipal engineer of the London Gas Company, in laying clown a 9-inch pipe from the works to inflate the machine, and at seven o'clock yesterday morning everything was in readi ness for the inflation, and by eleven o'clock the balloon was in a fit state for the ascent. The Duke of Brunswick, accom panied by a few friends, arrived on the ground with a large quantity of provisions and viands necessary for a lengthened voyage, consisting of hams, fowls, pheasants, partridges, breadstuffs, chocolate, coffee, &c., with Soyer's apparatus Er cooking. The ascent being strictly private, the event was a surprise to the inhabitants of the vicinity. Thirteen tried carrier pigeons belonging to Mr. Henry Evans, of Kenning ton-lane, were placed in the car for the purpose of commu nicating with those interested in the feat; and precisely at twelve o'clock his Highness, accompanied by Mr. Charles Green, stepped into the car. Mr. Green pulled the liberat ing-iron, and the machine arose. At the time of the ascent the wind was blowing from N. W, by W. The ballast car ried was 13 cwt., with air vessels, water-drags, and gutta percha lines. The balloon, on arriving at a sufficient alti tude, took a south-easterly direction, passing over the coun ties of Surrey and Kent in the direction of the Continent. There were many ladies and gentlemen present on the occa sion, amongst whom we recognised the H on . M em b er f or Finsbury, Thomas S. Duncombe. Esq. [Latest Particulars.] —We have just received information that the balloon, with its voyagers, descended safely at Gravesend about two hours after leaving Vauxhall-gardens, the Royal Duke having found the wind suddenly become adverse to the particular course which, in his aerial journey, he meant to take. He is, however, still determined to carry out his intention, and will ascend again as soon as the wind becomes favourable.l BETTING AT MANCHESTER--TUESDAY. CHESTER Cur.-12 to 1 agst Rhesus (0-20 to 1 azst Haricot (t)-20 to 1 agst Italian-25 to 1 agst Flying Gout-25 to 1 agst Wallflower-27 to 1 agst Leidy Evelyn-35 to 1 agst Seaman (t)-50 to 1 agst Lady Eden (taken to 601.) LERBY.—The prices the same as at Tattersall's on Monday. CABINET COUNCIL (fins DAY).—A Cabinet Council, the first since the recall or reconstruction of the Cabinet, was held at the Foreign-office this afternoon at one o'clock. There were present, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Grey, Viscount Pal merston, Sir George Grey, Lord Broughton de Gyfford, the Earl of Minto, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis T. Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Ministers were expected to hold a protracted sitting. DEATH OF LOED DE LISLE AND DUDLET.—We have received intelligence of the premature demise of this nobleman. His Lordship expired yesterday afternoon, at his family seat, Penshuret, near Tunbridge, after an attack of bilious fever of some - days' duration. Lord de L'lsle was the only son of the late Sir John Shelley-Sydney of Pens , hurst-place, Bart. He was born in 1800, and married, in 1825, Lady Sophia Fitzclarence, eldest and favourite daughter of King William IV. by Mrs. Jordan. Her Ladyship died in 1837, leaving two sons and two daughters. The eldest son, now Lord de L'lsle and Dudley, married last year Miss Foulis, only daughter and heiress of the late Sir William Foulis, Bart., whose name he assumed. The de ceased peer was surveyor-general of the Duchy of Cornwall, G.C.H. and D.C.L. In political life, Lord de L'lsle was distinguished for honourable and undeviating consistency, and an unflinching supporter of the Conservative party in the state. His loss will be deplored by many to whom, in pri vate society, he was endeared by those sterling qualities which add lustre to the highest rank. NOBLB PANEGYRIC ON A SOLDIER.—In the fare well speech addressed to the officers of the Bombay army by Sir Charles Napier, the illustrious veteran pronounced the following noble and beautiful eulogium on a soldier who had risen from the ranks by his merit :—" I am seventy years of age, and I am, perhaps, growing a little prosy—(No, no) — hut I mu,t say in this Bombay Presidency•, that you are a too much inclined to high birth and such things. There is among you now a brave man, a elori, us soldier—(l ant among the breakers, but I am a pilot, and will steer clear out again)—there is a brave and glorious soldier at this table, who rose from the ranks by his own good merit; and I love that man—(Cheering) —yes, I do love him, because he was the man who first planted the colours of his nation on the breach at Moultan.—(Cheers.) But regulation— that curse of honourable and honest feeling, which should be broken when found inconsistent—prohibits that glorious soldier from partaking, with his brother officers, of the bene fits of that fund which, if he were to die, would give his wi dow and children the support due to the husband's and father's rank and standing. If be die to-morrow his widow and children would lose everything due to the rank and station to which his valour and bravery raised him. I know I am speaking to your feelings, and I know that your feel ings respond too. This regulation should be broken in Bombay. That glorious soldier led to the breach—to vic tory, and he is a brave and good man, and deserves all that can be heaped upon him, although he did rise from the ranks—and a glorious foundation, too, fur a man to come from.—(Cheers.)" During the past year 193 gold, 1,295 silver, and 2,057 copper coins, making a total of 3,525, were added to the collection in the British Museum, partly by gift and partly by purchase. DUNSTRIL—A HORSE FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.-- As James Wake, a carrier, was returning from Exeter on the 19th inst., the nois e o f th e w hi st l e at t h e star ti ng o f th e train from the railway station so terrified the horse in his van that it started, ran a few yards, and fell down dead.— Somerset County Gazette. CITY COURT OF SavvEas.--Yesterday the mem bers assembled numerously at G u ildh a ll. It was the first meeting under tho new commission. Mr. Deputy Peacock was elected chairman ; Mr. Simon was elected medical officer of health, and the other officers were duly appcinted. There was no business of the least public interest transacted. PLYMOUTH, MA RCH 3.—L e tt ers h ave been re ceived here stating that the Pandora (6), Commander Drury, which left this port on the 20th ult. for the Cape of Good Hope and Sydney, nearly arrived at Madeira, when she en countered very severe weather, in which she lost her rudder, wheel, jibboom, and mainsail, and, in fact, nearly all her rigging. The signalman and a boy were drowned. They were driven back to Queen's Town, where they are now lying, and, are expected to sail again in a few days. THE BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER. AT WINDSOR.—The prisoner Ash, one of the parties charged with the burglary and murderous assault upon Mr. Tucker and Mrs. Whittaker, was examined yesterday before the magistrates, at the resid ence o f M r. Tucker in Clarence street. Both Mr. Tucker and Mrs. Whittaker were exa mined, and they repeated their descriptions of the attack upon them. At th e c l ose o f t h e ev i dence t h e pr i s oner denied all knowledge of the outrage, end said that during the time it was committed he was with a woman of the town. He was fully committed to the county gaol at Reading, to take his trial on the charge of burglary and attempt to murder. The supposed accomplice, for whose apprehension a reward of 701. has been offered, has not yet been taken. It has been ascertained that he was an itinerant tinker, and it is very pro bable that he may be found among the gipsies. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY.—Tbe annual general court of the directors and proprietors in this undertaking was held yesterday morning at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Mr. Benjamin Hall, sen., in the chair. The report, which was read b y t h e secretary, s h o wed a progres sive increase in the amount o f to ll s rece ived. The tolls in 1848 were 3,796/. Bs. 3d. ; in 1849, they were 3,480/. 128.3 d.; and in 1850, they amounted to 3,962/. 19s. 4d. ; showing that the receipts of the past year had exceeded those of 1848 by 161/. 11s. ld. ; and those of 1849 by 482/. Gs. 2d. The amount paid to the Government, in 1849, in respect of their debt, was 6511. Os, 3d. ; a n d, i n 1850, 1,227 1 . 11 s. Ild., giving a payment nearly double that of the year preceding. This was caused not only by the increase of tolls, but by a more economical management of the gas, and other matters. In 1847, the tunnel h a d on l y 129 burners, which consumed 69,000 cubic feet per week; while, in 1850, the number was never less than 148, with a consumption of only 51,000 cubic feet, a little more th an t wo f eet pe r hour. The lighting of the tunnel was also greatl y improved. The cost of the un dertaking, up to 1843, was 443,4271. 6s. 6d., and the capital due to the Government was 323,000/. The average number of passengers amounted to 18,000 per week. The total re ceipts for the year amounted to 5,502/. 14s. Id., of which 4121. 2s. Bd. was derived from the rent of archways in the tunnel, and 510/. Bs. 9d. from houses belonging to tho com pany. After the payment of expenses hitherto, there re mained a balance of . 532/. 14s. 2d. This report was agreed to ; and having given a vote of thanks to the directors and chairman, the meeting separated. THE FAST or LENT.—A document, issued by Cardinal Wiseman, was read on Sunday in all the Roman Catholic churches and chapels in the kingdom, directing the due observance of the fast of Lent, which commences this day (Ash-Wednesday), and continues until Easter-Sunday. The regulations are, as usual, very strict and exacting in their character, and allow of no reserve .excepting by special permission from the immediate clergy, on the ground o f ill health, or other sufficient r e ason, in which case is enjoined au extra amount of religious exercises and devotions, and above all, alms to the poor to the full extent of the individuals' ability and means, in lieu of the test. Contemporaneously pith this document is issued another, detailing a full account of the sermons, retreats, benedictions, and other religious cele brations, which are to be held at the - several Roman Catholic churches and chapels throughout the season of Lent. Th e Cardinal is announced to preach every Sunday after the ves pers' service, during Lent, at the church hi St. George's. road, Southwark. MACICEREL.—Large quantities of this des cr i pt i on of fish have been taken off this coast during the past week, in the course of which about 70 tons have been forwarded by rail to the metropolitan and other markets. —Devonport in dependent. LINES LEAS; Is to 15% 4% 4 die. xd 10% - M( 84 —B6 xd 12i 12% 22X, 23% .. .. 23 21 dis. ad 3% -3% - 6% -7% 6 -6% 4 - 16 - lu% 23( - 31% -3:)% 7 - 8 i - 34 18% -187 i 6% - 6 % 12% - 12% 43 -'44 92 92 2 1 dis. - . 79 Sys —9% p• 29 —3l p 59 —6O 10% —lO dls, 7% —6% clis, 6 —5% Ws. 16 16}t. . • . • 7% —8% ad 951 -99 131% —l32' ad 64,-6%p.xd 5 —64 p. xd 3 —34 p. ad 90 —9l xd 54 - 4 % xd 33 dis.xd 3% —3% dis. 35% - 36% 3M —23 i 65M 653 id 1374 —13 U 32 —3i zd OA —6% xn 53( - 54 •• .. 22 —24 14 —l3 dia. 9yi 9 8 4 6 6 dis. .. - .. %- % P 18% - 19 18 , 4 - 18% 9 - 10% 5 &is 44i —3% dis 3 2 14 —l7 8 8g 12 —l3 1 dis 3 —2% dim. 17 - 18 27 3 i - 27% , - 36 3 1 dir. •• - •, 8W • 7' - IIIB. 4 a d. 5 6 15% 16 .. -- .. 8 -7% 22 - 22% 3 —2% dis. 13 —1% ills. 25 25% ad raxED NC IV Leasing Business Railways. Companies. Paid. Closing Prices. I done. Berks:and Hants Ex. 5 pfr Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 —1 p. 614 Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .• .. 20 2834 2934 Do., without a guarantee .. De .. 20 27 —2B firm., Wol., & Dud.,calls uly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .. 15 834 934 pxd Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • .. 15 7 8p x d Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 1734 17% 17% E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 31% 32% 32% % Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 1031 xd Do. 14 Shares Do .. 25 50 —5l ad x.d Do. 14 Shares Do .. 123¢ 2234 23% xd 23 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. 50 96% 9736 97 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern 12 15 4 11% —1 % Do., Pref. .. Do 20 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk .. 20 14 —l5 Id 15 N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 xd 5535 x.d Do. New .. Do • • • . 43 4 6 pad Preston and 1 L. & N.W. Wyre $ &La.& Y. 5 25 4234 4354 D 0.34 Shares ADo .. • • 1034 8 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. 20 21% —22 22 34 Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 8 1 ,4 x.l Do. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 2% 1% I%p. xi South Staffords. Mr. li`Clean 934 33( dia. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 Id Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 44 —45 'IZZIMIt: INC SHAREI. 5, 1851. =INES. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business de to-day. Anglo-Mesican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. Asturian ............ • l5 .. Australian .. . • 4 34 —2% Barossa Range I 13 0 Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 • • Bolanos Scrip ....... •• • • • " • • British Iron.. • ...... 13 5 • • —• • Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% —• • Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey 15 14% 13% Cobre Copper 40 32% 34% Copia po ........... • • . 14 6 General.... 20 13% 14 Real Del Monte, Uureg. 4 Do. Black Debentures. • • —-• • Do. Red Debentures —•— • • Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ... 7 10% —ll United Mexican-- ...•••128 28% 6M —5l JOINT STOCJ BAN3LS Australasia British North America 5O 424 —43 Colonial • • Commercial of London •2O 25 25% London Joint Stock London and Westminster 20 27% 27% National Provincial Eng. 35 Do. New National of Ireland 22% 17% —lB Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 —43 Do. New ........ 10 15% —l5 Union of Australia ...• 25 34% —34 Do. New ............ 2% 3 Union of London •• 10 12% —l3 14 Union of &twirl( 40 .. - MISCELLANEOUS. Canada •••••••••• •• •• 32% 12% —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 27% Perin. & Oriental Steam. 50 68% 72% Royal NI ail Steam .. • 60 73 —69 Gen. Steam Navigation & Oriental Steam Royal NI ail Steam ..... r We cannot be answer: will not be influenced by able for tli interestec ,ANEOUS. 46 26% 27% 64A —7t% 73 —69 to errors of the Official Lists, ano correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TIVO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, comprising 4,000 American, 300 Surat, at 4d. to 51d.; 500 Egyptian at lid. to fid.- ' and 30 Sea Mend at Is. 6d. per lb. Th o mar k e t was firm, and prices of all kinds were fully maintained.—Railway Shares were in good demand, with very little change in prices. The Corn trade is dull, as there are large arrivals off Falmouth, not leas than 300,000 quarters, it is said. As it is now presumed that Sir Charles Wood's Budget will be thrown overboard, a strenuous attempt is to be made to press on the Government the neces sity of preventing the adulteration of Coffee, in the same way as that of Spices and Tobacco is checked ; viz., by suing for penalties. A meeting is to be held upon the subject, and Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., has consented to preside. The zealous agent at Madrid of the Spanish Bond holders, M. Weisweiller, has not suffered the extraor dinary refusal of M. Bravo Murillo to amend his plan for the settlement of the foreign debt, to pass without immediate remonstrance, and deserves credit so far for having anticipated what we doubt not are the views of the chairman of the committee in London, Mr. James Cape!. No one can fail to observe the shallowness of M. Marillu's pretext that the country has not the means of offering better terms, because the small addition asked by the bondholders involves rather a principle than an amount. Another satisfactory circumstance is the inten tion of the French and Prussian ambassadors at Madrid, acting under the orders of their respective Governments, to co-operate strenuously with Lord How den in pressing for a speedy compromise. Spain will see that the time has ar rived when she is believed by competent judges to possess the means, if she has but the will, to meet the claims upon her, and what private appeals have failed to accomplish, diplomatic representations may possibly bring about. The following are the interesting letters forwarded to Mr. Capel:— " Madrid, Feb. 24, 1851. " Monsieur le President,—Referring to my letter of yesterday, I have now the pleasure of for warding you a copy of the translation of my answer to the letter of his Excellency Senor Bravo Murillo. " Believe me, Monsieur le President, &c., " DANIEL WIESWEILLER. " To the President of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders London." (Translation.) " THE DELEGATION OF THE ENGLISH COMMITTEE OF SPANISH BONDHOLDERS. " Excellent Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving the esteemed letters of your Excellency of the 21st, in which, in answer to mine of the 19th, and to that of the President of the English Committee of Spanish Bondholders of the 11th of this mon►h, your Excel lency informs me that you cannot present the amend meet solicited in favour of the coupons overdue and not paid, the project of law for the settlement of the debt having bE en already submitted to the exa mination and for the deliberation of the Chambers, who would resolve upon what they should judge to be most suitable according to the result of the discussion. The Constitution itself stipulating that the public debt is under the special protection of the nation, to no lutt,-r body than the national representatives, to its great wis dom and enlightened judgment, could the creditors trust the sanctity of its cause, as it cannot fail to find a host of defenders when it is the question of a credit so sacred as the interests of the public debt, owing and nut paid, during eleven consecutive years. "Your Excellency deigns to tell me that the question ought not to rest upon the application of the principles of equity and justice, but on the fact of the possibility of payment, concerning which your Excellency app-ale to the experience that I have been able to acquire of the resources of the country during my long residence in Spain. I thank your Excellency for the honour you do me; yet I cannot but avow that after the con siderable concessions consented to by the creditors, and all the difference between the possibility and the impos sibility being reduced to the sum of 100,0001. during the first five years, since .no payment is offered for the current year, which sum progressively increases 25,0001. every two years, arriving after nineteen years at the maximum of 300,0001., I cannot persuade myself that, though the actual state of the 'treasury is not as dis engaged as might be desired, the abovementioned sum could form seriously the object of an insurmountaLle difficulty that a nation great and honest like Spain should terminate with one accord a definite settlement with its creditors of a question so highly important as that which I have the honour to recommend to the superior con sideration of the Government. " God preserve your Excellency, ac. " The Delegate of the English Committee of Spanish Bondholders, "DANIEL WEISWEILLER." Madrid, Feb. 26, 1851. "My dear Sir,—Referring to my letters of yesterday, communicating to you the dispatches to and from the Spanish Government, I beg to inform you that I have just been apprized by Lord Howden of his having received a dispatch from Lord Palmerston, informing him that the French and Prussian Governments have sent instructions to their representatives here to give his Lordship every assistance in his negotiations % ith the Spanish Government for the settlement of the foreign debt. " I remain, my dear air, yours most faithfully, " D. WEISWEILLEIL " James Capel, Esq,, Chairman of the Committee of Splnish Bondholders, London." The quotations for Bills of Exchange yesterday afternoon were well supported upon all the principal Continental cities, and there appears to be a strong opinion that this will continue. The dividends upon various Foreign Securities fall due this month. In this list we may include Russian, French, and Danish Stocks, and Cuba and Chilian Bonds. No; the slightezt alteration has occurred in the quota. tions for the English Funds, and business is slack. Consols have been quoted 96f for Transfer and Ac count. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents, have been Hi to 99, and the Three per Cents. 97i to B an k Stock has been steady at 2151. Exchequer-bills have been at 515., and India Bonds at 575. premium. L ong Annuities have been quuted 7i to 11-16. Foreign Stocks are as dull as the English Funds. Spanish Five per Cents. have been l9i f, and the Three per Cents 38. Buenos Ayres Bonds a,•e 54 to Mexi can Stock is worth 34f to 34f Peruvian Four-and-a Half per Cents. have been at 82i, and the Deferred at 37. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, are 97k. Belgium Four-and-a. Half per Cents. are 911. R a il wa y Shares are rather flatter, but no serious change has occurred. Aberdeen, Great Northern, South- Western, Oxford and Wolverhatnton, and Suuth-Eastern are merely the turn lower ; Midland, however, have receded to some extent, and also South Wales, being most susceptible, owing to the previsus considerable rise. Brighton are cheaper. Boulogne and Amiens have advanced QUAIITEII TO THIN ... 96 k 96f Console Ditto Account ' ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. BAnk btoct, 3 c. , Cent. Reduced Anne. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities-. - New 3/A per Cent. Anne- .... 983 99 99 1 ,j s Long Anne. to expirc J an. 1860 ..... -7% 7 11-16 7% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 7 1 / 2 India Bonds, 1,0004 .. . .. 5 7 p 57 p Ditto under 1,000/.- Consols for Account 96% . 1 /2 96E /2 w.xchequer Bills. i li t u. & 2d 1.0001. June Smell. June ~ ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 61 p brazilitu; Ditto, Small Buemi Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. .. Do., 5 per cent Equader Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds Ditto, 414 per Cent, 97%.% S 2 anieh 5 per Cont. 1840 ......... Di*, &Milt ••.16.1111 .. . 19Y2% 45p CLOiING PRICES. 93 51 101 ex d 3%4 34% - 97% 19% Do., Coupons... .. ...... 9 , itt o. ~ .1,,,1 v , . atto. 3 [ - : , :r Cent Ditto Account ..... 7.; 4, ;0::n--,,; 1 on the above ' ...... y..A.n L o . n. Belgian, 4 1 ; 4 per Cent. to gian 5 per Cent ...... 103 i3(,Bin do D ::.:., :,:...,, pt., :A•1:1,., 12 Guild. ... -- :.titto, 4 per. Cent. Clertitt,;ates.., -- COURSE Of Am3terdam .......... 11 16% three mouths 11 17% '.otterdam 11 17% 1ntwerp.............. 25 30 Brussels— .• •• 25 30 liambargh .... • • M.B. 13 ti Paris, 3 days'sight . 25 71-6 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 32% Marseilles ........,... 25 32% 80urdean5......... • Frankforton 119 Vienna, effec. 13 2 Trieste, ditt0......... 13 3 Petersburgh, $ll. Rble „ 37 115 dad........... . • 493 ; Cadiz .. „ 50 py BAr , plmta •• •• •. . • .• . •• •• 914 los bs 3 / 4 91% EXCHANGE. Gibraltar ...• •• •• •• 30 6 6 f.eehorn •• •• ••••••••*" 2 5 e2A ieaoa .. • • • • • • •• • • :clan.. • • • • •• • • • • • • -- Venice.. •••••• • • • • • • 41% N . apies .• •• •• •• " , 2 6 Nalernio, peroz • • • • •• •• Mcesina .. ••....• • • • •• 0 34 •• •• •• • • " • 53% Oporto ••.•••...• •• •• •• 2 0 Kb) Janeiro •••••• •• •• liaenos Ayres •••• •• .• New York.6o dayesight Philadelphia •• •• •• •• O s. rairiss nur,LioN• To, 9 . F Geld, in bars •• 0 0 P or t ug al Gold Coin •• 0 Span i s h Doubloons• 0 0 0 0 0 ••ieNs• D o llars •• •• • n 0 0 Silver bars •• - - LL( YD'S 1-11PPING.---( THI S DA J Y jgb 4 g 1 LONDO +2 MARCH s.—`Vied at noon b- breez •, with dr zz'iri,g rain. b YARMOUTH, MARCH 4.—WindTbe Ma hon rig, of Bideford, Newport to Southampton, wen t nlie yesterday i at Chilton. but came off with assistance. bore argaret, Newport to Southampton, which W" t 58 "00 dap ult. on the sand bank, came off at high wat er "The and proceeded, without apparent danisge• i . e • Dantzic, of Shields, and Lydia, ot. Sunderland, b oo ill ceivt d some damage, having been in contacts b u/ w proceed. o• CARDIFF, MARCH 4.—The Blair, from Whi teb lb has rseeivfd some slight damage from collision other vessels, and makes water. 1 r Dutch b° °l ‘,, e : PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—The Tang. Vlttarneugen to Lisoon, was in contact 23d ult e tier • vessel supposed to be an En g lish brig, isud s °°l ' $ wards sank; crew saved. DUBLIN, MARCH 3.—Wind W.N.W,--Arru A • - e rara, Demerara. - Art (l. DEAL, MARCH 4.—Wind N.W. to WS. Bonaparte, Mogadore. Arrd. from the River', 00 Shqrp, St. Kitt's. Th e M a dge schooner was -°°s ad.,r - g e Bay on the sth ult. d LiNuftrooL. MARC, 4.—Wind variable an-, 11 , 0 .,• Arrd. Gertrudio Magna, Manilia; Saxon,'Ne w uri‘ stils Sunbeam, ditto; Sarah and Lou . M b .l Vangu• et c New York; Harmony, St. John's, Ne l ° B ruti jesse• Slel. Brothers, Calcutta ) Pasha, Rio Ja neiro ui OW Thomas, Pernambuco; Renshaw, ditto; M al, 000r e i Orleans; Chaos, Philadelphia. Off Por t :. Demerara; Uni',n, Bulkan, John Harro cith Philadelphia, and Sarah. gma WHITBY, MARCH 4.—The Saxon Maid , from Bordeaux, struck on the rocks this foOrol.s' pro' on the mane, fills with the tide, and 0 0 ,4 b i ab n l ow become a wreck; crew and rt of I " res .rsid el The Y Samuel and Sarah, of thisport, and tbe °l had Kent, were in contact at nine P.N., when t he A auss her starboard bow stove, and received other ‘• 6 and the latt.r lost foremast and bowsprit. 4. ....SO' PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind S. to — VI ' Vesurgers, Valparaiso. ilen rieS t* NEWPORT, MARCH 4.—Wind N.E.---Sid'' Rio Jaweiro. BELFAST, MARCH 3.—Wind sla* citro Charleston. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS Pi ° .1 n A Y. CORN EXC HAN GE—WEDNE°m-orY Notwithstanding that our market to-daI...WS% 00 scantily supplied with all kinds of English vv b. e t, r icet b demand l for that article ruled very inactive, ; a rtotll equal to • those obtained on Monday , a l t. - cis are clearance was not effe cted. The arrival of tlP",h r bsa 200 000 quarters of foreign Wheat off Fa lre cics rendered millers cauti ous i n th e ir operations• f ors' ports ie of Wheat from abroad here are 3,43 0 cic li enc y; dry qualities were held at full rates of 611 1 3 0.111, but e luw parcels 11,,d a downward tendency. r f irl ,t e ing a eu doisldtilisitnegadsiolyrt,satlast commanded currency; bot_g r ., lll . l- 2.1 01V . very little attentio.f, the supply of which was moderate—sold 81 ° 1 ' rie 4s r w a e t . e e s. In Oats very few sales took Pla ce ' .g lei' supported. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn. 5 0d • were very dull. __ —"Tr- et—• PALS THI Wheat. Barley. Malt. QrS• Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 680 English 560 1,130 9,740 ' Irish ........ Foreign •• •• •• 2,430 WE: Our market, to day, Beef, from 23 4d to 3s I to 4s 2d; Pork, 2s 8d 1.3 00 3,00 I 1,720 :ITECILI has rulec Id; Mutt to 4s per - 5 01 0 ' ittb° 1,0 9 PSIL „ 'steady, a t full pr icoe ,on, 2s 8 to 43; v et 8110 by t he CIITCOO. SECONDARIES'. 'THIS DA" (Before Mr. Secondary POTTSIt.) GOODALL V. THOMPSON. A .,. cSSe 4 1 FALSE T IMPRISONMENT.—The plaintiff in ' , i ll 0 00 - i %oa a p ch manufacturer , . in liishopsgate-street, 00"„„'brotigh t " to recover damages for assault and false inirl'suffertne damages were laid at 3001, and defers t's ° - i judgment to go by default. . a srti g : L nppeAred by the evidence that the plain — ; oe - on business in partnership with a Mr. Wigh t° 01 t p l o ie rt t i c o h n a u n f t. .x l to n ns jivaenoparreythilsaesst defendantof an order to remelt some soap, and during the 1, 0 into the a'..l,tit of the latt,r and his partner, we nt and stan)ped the soap i n ca..te and . tf",. e ipg d on his own portion of the premises, and p lain" 11-ofig. itpatisfied at this, as ho had not which defend s g avi.e pnoitgiiestlico! went and took it back. The defendant 'nil ; policeman, - arse said he should give the Pia l os 0 charge a for Stealing the soap, and although he i tie ° oruhally taken in charge, the plaintiff, at the s i tigg i 0 6 0 0 officer, went to the station, where deletion° 0 folr the t char o, and wished to have Mr. Wighttnah S e ~i II tfecthtedn HiehlelSwfif°f illo refused inspector' to serious charge to make with. , ut good gionodll' gill!. e dantsig n the cautioning h oi:dvd.o7 c arge-sheet, an go ch Tharge. A the e e jury retired for about half as hour , so d a verdict for 201, _ 4,. ire) CRIMINAL COURT—(TH I S ~ ~. OLD COURT. gay P iaci (Before the Right Hon. the Lon]) MAYOR, M r' , i mig . ERLE. and Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALIPZ,iIcv,,,/, SINGULAR CASE OF ARSON.—A strange, w oo l ~ e' d, ing man, with stern and haggard features r: 00 0 0 , ward Smith, was charged with arson; but vi - hr . to plead he remained quite mute. „, 0 are t be The Clerk of the Arraigns said to bit o 4 I; 1 00 t ., ii'of ysSnahoer answer. wood, are you guilty for setting fire to a rick of oats, value y or - insane, nTl property ala:inhreee.i, tpohrei o sm f guilty? es ifr I eigning insanity. sor lit n fOt IP ' pr,Aslc'ere.deildontourc'tiaOliNe,vwidleion w id he i t t h w er ou th ld e pberisnoeuceesfsffo res,4, The jury having been accordingly tivi°r purpose 104 issue. sto Mr. G. risbOf i M'Murdo, the f the P- - • o. surgeon 0 joss pa servingrecently the conduct of the prisoner and fro° I , 3 „ l itig i te was decidedly of opinion that be was 0 0 ,. 3 ?, - $O 4- hs pity. Wh en Justiceo jury neuFrereErr3:ymßut LocaEi made er he asked • him several questions but the.na l l: ll Sin ea t he the prisoner was first brougb' w f isle ar be yardcould Pamongstgetrese from re d other andi l: aog *geads prisoners, st ihli:n'c‘e‘ h :D e a n°dn Don't lik played e _ ll:° ,, vit 1 , 11 ::1 6e ni his 9 , E tt ie . : I attics, and persisted in- carrying a pea ue",:a thst when Mr. Cope, the. Governor of Newgate, st a l o t ion f , e- f r the prisoner was first brought into the ga` dto 6 P - bill rationally enough, but subsequently he refus e it vis a se any questions, and had not spoken ever sia t a 7 o osn e .,%bat' decided opinion that the prisoner was n°" - d o ubt . had watched himself closely, and he had n. of of the ever that his manner was "put On." s Pe rt This was all the evidence adduced in -11 ; t O. issue touching the prisoner's insanity. „ tii. t h ; pri' Mr. Justice ERLE, therefore, told the jai l er t." t hat for them to decide upon this evidence i ll r o pitti a , ll , l oder soner was insane or not. It they were 0 . be piy , - r det he was not of sound mind, then he wool" n or °Lill medical care, but if not, the Court had P - f n ot D him to be placed on his trial, and a Ple a 0 Pa °• ent..real on the ressird. I , a tioes. The jury, alter a few minutes' con an. " , O f I til leg li 0 1 that the prisoner Was not insane." cirent ° so . f Mr. Jusiice ERLE said, under these an ve • o the exercise of the discretion which the him, he should direct the trial to go O u ' s not guilty to be indorsed on the iudictmen"' tre This having been done, lt° P & be secutor was a farmer, residing Mr. RonlNeoN stated the case to the jury w here at Bed, fi ti t hie 9 ' n av Staines road intersects his property. 011 " „• - o tion• r iri distance from the road was the rick in % jo b th a , ao ro prisoner was seen to leave the field in 1. 6000 3 ,1; . was some sew minutes before, and from tha'. ek ce P• ieo it was inferred that it was he who set the ri. ste d be i 0 t Mr. Francis Sherwood, the prosecutor. !Des roa r a field on the right-hand side of the St al] NIA 0 1 BedfOnt some few yards from this gate were four st ri o vo • 00 0 1 7 0 ; . A gate led from this field into t _ b i e sks. tfil)-e -oats, and two of beans. On Friday, the 31 „ , c lock ili d on ve ar 'cluck in some boys came and told him, about fi __ fi re , 0, 0 01 evening, that one of the oat ricks was 0 _" ..00 d be il o h going in the direction of the field Dear thv r oad bo y that this information was correct. It 11 3 near t he .. , e , and it was evident it had been set fire t 7 1:a vail ',,, torn. Th-inu a wirdy night, the rick wa b s,..,, ' ,ea ' strop d ; and they had to save the other' "7 __,,b go 01 ‘ moving thorn to a distance. . b 0 00d the this witness any questions? 4. uestioo4 The Jun43E—Prisoner at the bar, do you V " The prisoner pal no attention to the q evidence was therefore proceeded with. John Appleton, a labourer, residing a be saw . , l 0 uary that on the evening of the 31st of Jan_ . and ago prisoner going in the direction of the g als ~1 1 fire. , o t, . residingwas v ...._to quarter of an hour afterwards the r ut • William Thrown, another labourer, bean ab holt ° also identified the prisoner as having the fi v e : . 6 ,0 quarter of a mile off the field after ~ , tle he out. He asked the prisoner what was Mot ' it v iten ' ho did not know. He asked him if be so w sal f t he passed, and he replied that he oid• tad t hs befOr e A boy, named Thomas Hibbert, eta _i.,uses the prisoner come out of the gate a few Pui* t lied foot , Bt_ititilecio . 06 Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done ck a 1 to-day. . 1 --- :d. Aberdeen .. .. —B6 s % dis.— par par 34 die. ;d. Caledonian lel. •• 10 5% 6 5% Chester and llolyhead .. 15 16% 17 3( 17 16% e - East Anglian (3/. 10s.) 7, 6 per cent. . 334 1% 2 od Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. n- Do. (71. 175.) 7p. c.:Pref. 2 • • —• • er, Eastern Counties Eaten., ' 5 per cent. No. 1 .. 613 4 % % P p er Do. No. 2 .. .. .. 613 4 par —U p % ey Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% —ll lon g. Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. 20 17% 183( Do. 10/. Deben. Shares . 10 .• —•• LT East Lancashire, 6 per ed cent. quarter shares .. 63( '. —'' ~. Glasgow & S.-W. Consol 100 • • Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. 1234 13% 13% 13* ale Great South. & Western e- (Ireland) eighths .. .. 234 li Ip. a- Lancashire and York- Ac shire, F. 201. .. .. .. 6 1% —1% die. 'd Do. 6 per cent. Stock •. 100 le Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .. 9 1% —l% pad 10 D0.',6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 • • —• • X. 41 to Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 5 • • —• • Ir. Do. qu a rt ers , 1848 9 34 % P of London, Brighton, and 00 South Coast guar. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds 100 ). •... Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 125 8 1 Do. cenv. 5 per ct. 1852 50 37 —6O Is Do. new guar.. 6 per et. 100 135 1 33 13634 London &S.-W., new .. 5 2% 234 p. xd l t, Londonderry and Ennhi te killers, half shares •. 10 .. , 1- Manch., Sheffield, and n Line , quer. shrs., No. I 25 1334 1434 xd 14% x.d . Do. new, 101. .. .. 10 11% 11% x 4 11% 74 12 ' Do., 61. •••• • • • 2 % p g blidlaud Con. 6p • c. sto c k 100 129% 13034 130 8 Do. Consel. Bristol & e Binning., 6 per cent... 100 .. x .. Do. Bristol & Glo uces. 48 .. .. p . Do. do. do. •.33 10 6 .. . •• 1 ° Do. Erewash Talley . 50 ' Do. Leic. & Swanning. . •• e 8 per cent. guar. • • 100 .- —•• is Norfolk Extension 20 17 —lB i Do. guar. 534 per cent. 5 4% 53( 8 Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 —•• North British .. 5 5 51( 534 i Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. 8 10 1034 Shrews, and Ches. (Nor. 1 W. Bin.) 8 per cent. 10 1434 —l5 1434 r South Devon .. .. 25 13 —l4 . South-Eastern, 434 p. ct. 10 •• . , Waterford fir Kilkenny,sl. 1 .. —.. WestLondon,lst Cl. (10/.) 10 .. —.. Do. 2d Class do. (par) 20 .. -... _ ' York, Newc., and Berw., 17 • Gt. N.of E. Pur. .. 16 —l7 4% —4% York and North Midland H. and S. rurch' .. 10 13( 1 dls. 9 POREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. 20 8/i 9 9% %34 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. 20 16% 16 % Demerara .. .. .. 17% • • —• • Dutch Rhenish .. .. 8 5 —4% dis. East Indian .. ., 14 1 1 3[ p. 153( Do. do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula.• 5 %—34 P• Ditto ditto •., • • 234 16 —.O P• Louvain ala Sambre .. 7% • —.. Luxembourg • . -- •• 8 1 1 3( Ditto .. .. .. .. 10 2 3( — 2 % Madrid and Valenta Maria Antonia • • • • 25 • • —• • Ditto, New • • • • 734 • • —• • 8 — B % Pe % Namur and Liege .. • • so Northern of France •• 16 1474 —l5 153 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 8 43f 4 die. 336 Paris and Orleans • • • • 20 34 —36 Paris and Rouen • • • • 20 2534 —26 15 5% --5% diS. 10% % x.d Paris and Strasbourg • • Rouen and Havre .. • 20 10% —ll Sambre and Meuse .. 20 3 —3% Tours and Nantes .. 15 9% —9% dia. 5% Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, and Masson .. 20 .. —.. West Flanders .. .. 8% 1X =IX 13 14 0 17% 100 ) 1 0 50 8 6 8 25 12% 12X, 11 13 4 47% 100 II 6 3 I% 100 42% 4 2 0 ICO 100 100 47% 100 50 25 25 2234 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 1 6% .A.T Business done to-day. 156, IS li 4% x 12% % 234, 23 34 , 7 GN 7 16% 16 36 [1.514 1634 36 % 18 % % % 6% 12% 43% 4 94 91X X 92 15% 15 693( 69 58% 4% % 16)4 16 8 h t x.l 98 1 4 % 132 1311 i 34 23 xd 184 3.0 x.d 904 90 34 34 [x..l 1% yi % 3 5 % 3i X 66 1 4 64 [65% x.d 21% Yi 6% % an li % 9 % li 11% U, % 19% 18% 18% 10 9% 7,4 dla dia. 3% li 2 7/it% 3f 34 N 3334 34N 22 17% % 17 IN 8 73( 25504304 x.d lIVT.III.S. of e *hi ro k i hisder, 'te r lIP I ile O rb. tpd P 4 iit %, to b, ip t 4 Ide al Cit y . kat h , " 40 4 `' ll ol lit‘ ve hotel 4 1 4. • 0 , b een I tiki I 114,11 Z 's. t 404 Piled 4 0 1 W Iti