The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-19 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, SU; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 30.24.- 7 —WIND, IsT.E. Nth-R.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All lhe other observations are made at noon. excited universal attention. Adorned with all the do qu.ence of language, and " fresh with the brightness of youth," they spoke to the heart, yet convinced the un derstanding. Lord J. MANNERS, as a stedfaat son or the Church of England, declared his intention of sup porting the Irish Church, not with the narrow aim of making converts, but in the hope of hastening the glorious day when the hearts of all should be attuned with brotherly love, to worship their common FATTIER, concluding with a truly poetic description of the blessings of a united empire. While the eloquent Member for Canterbury seemed, to use his own words on a former occasion, "to come forward in the spirit of a younger and freer age" to explode the narrow views of too many politicians. Bringing the experience of past history to enlighten the deeds of the present, appealing not to established rules, but to the principle of reason inherent in the heart, his conclusions were unanswerable, his arguments decisive. Amid the weary monotony and never-ending repetitions which pervade so many modern debates, there is a charm in natural eloquence, in the unstudied expression of an ardent enthusiasm; but in the speech in question there is something more than eloquence—something higher than expression—there is originality ofthought, the indication ofa mind eager in the pursuit of truth, and able to comprehend it—above all breathing the Christian spirit of toleration, which he has so beautifully described in his recent work—" Ever think good of others—Truth is not mine, but multiform, and Benevolence is the discipline of Truth." After such discourses we cannot doubt, if we ever doubted, that the House of Commons will prove, by their division, that they are superior alike to prejudice and party, animated only by the welfare of their country. Sir JAMES GRAHAM declared on Thursday that " the mea sure of conciliation was not full," that this was " only a step, though an important one, in a system of govern. ment towards Ireland, which will be far more effi ctual than state trials or imprisonments. The Tory system his been tried too long. It has brought Ireland to the brink of rebellion, and the Conservatives, as well as the Whigs, find that till they place that country on the same footing with Great Britain, end remove all real grievances, there can neither be peace nor security. This change of policy, we learn with unexpressible de light, was announced on Thursday by one of the Ministers of the Crown, and we accept it as the voice of the Cabinet. " But allow roe," said Sir J. GRAHAM, "to tell the lion. and Learned Recorder for Dublin, that if he thinks the day when Protestant ascendancy could be maintained in Ireland is not yet passed, he is mistaken. The day is passed, and I will not be one to attempt to govern Ireland upon his principles." The Established Church—the great incubus of that country—must undergo a complete revision. Lord STANLEY has already tried his hand at the work, but he is too bigoted to his High Church principles to do justice to such a crying evil. Time, however, which has effected so many wonders, will also destroy this anomaly, and we shall no longer hear of " a Church without a people, and * people without a Church." The Home Secre tary also `made ample amends for a most uncalled for and most injurious expression some years since, and we have, therefore, great satisfaction in quoting his ex- pressions of contrite repentance. "The Member for Ceifast," said he, " in common with many other Hon. Gentlemen who have addressed the House in the tours of this debate, has referred to a particular exprese :ion I used in my place in Parliament—not when in opposition, but since I have assumed office. It was used by me in 1842, during the discussion on the Arms' Bill, alai certainly upon that occasion I did make use of the expression which has been attributed to me, but really I do not think it altogether fair that I should be taunted now with having used it, seeing that it was sufficiently explained in this House soon after it escaped my lips. The expression I used was ' that concession towards Ireland had already reached its utmost limits.' I have said that the expression was explained. I will do more, I admit that expression, and I regret having used it. I say more, that where the feelings and interests of a nation are con cerned an intemperate or ungarded' expression on the part of a Minister is a serious offence. I say lam sorry for having used it. I deeply regret it, and I can only say that upon my conscience, and from the bottom of my heart, my attachment to Ireland was better than my word." If the Members of the House should hesitate, under fear of their consti tuents, they will find their mistake—those very consti tuents will be the first to turn against them. Eng lishmen may be swayed for a moment by cunning repre sentations, but in their hearts they applaud every act of principle and justice. The absorbing interest of the debate on the Dlaynooth Grant has probably operated; to withdraw, for a time, the attention of the public from other topics of domestic interest, to which it might be well that the most vigi lant attention should be incessantly directed. Among these, the intended descent of the Premier on the small note circulation of bcotland, the enormous extent of scrip transactions, or in other words, gambling specula tions in shares of British and Foreign railway projects, but more especially the latter ;—and the inter esting but fearful relation in which both these matters stand to the condition and tendencies of our monetary system, as this is controlled by the Act of last session—are among the most important. Gambling speculations in shares are a species of chronic malady to which the moral habit of JoHN Bum. appears peculiarly susceptible. It is said that there is a pleasure in madness which none but mad men know. JOHN BULL seems to have detected a gratification in the 1 process of being fleeced, which one should think victims could never feel, were it not that the operation is abso lutely courted by them in every successive year, in every month of each year, every week of each month, and every day of each week. The history:of our money market, not less than that of a certain class of our light literature, is the history of bubbles. There is no end to he " Bubbles of the Day ;" but those in Middlesex and Lancashire are of a much less salutary kind than those which invigorate the constitution at Brunnens or in Nassau. Share bubbles, from the date of their first grand burst in the shape of the South Sea project, in 1721, to the scarcely less colossal aggregate of their periodical ex plosions of the present day, though this be formed ofan infi nite number of smaller globules, seem to be an irresietable fascination for English gullibility. Neither the expe rience of the last century, nor its memorable renewal, so recently as in 1825—neither the follies of 1837, nor the rashness of 1 83 8, which accepted the bonds of Pennsyl vania, or Maine, or Massachussetts, for bond fide secu rities, and dealt with American backwood railroads, canal duck and bank shares, as if they were obligations issued by honest men with honest in tentions, as well as means of discharging them ; are supposed to have any application in 1845. Twenty years ago Englishmen, after lavishing millions in irre trievable loans to newly-constituted States, in South America and elsewhere, sunk a capital, in mining pro jects and speculations in Mexico, Brazils, &c., more than equal to the purchase of the fee-simple of those mines, had they been in full and productive working, even ac cording to the estimated returns, instead of their golden returns and yield of silver, existing only in the romance of highly-coloured prospectuses and headings of moon shine, but showy, share lists. The Royal Exchange at London is a locality where the disasters and catastro phea of those fatal years will long be recalled without the aid of any City Remembrancer. And yet so true is the old adage which declares to :be nobody's business that which is everybody's, that for any practical pur poses of warning or restraint those memorable years are of no more note than the red letter reminiscences of an old almanack. To our judgment, however, there are " signs of the times " now manifesting themselves which cannot be mistaken. The convulsion of 1825 must soon be felt: again if men will abandon them selves to the same fever of delirious specula tion now which produced them then. From the doors of the Board of Trade, at Whitehall, to the por tals of the Royal Exchange, and the Exchanges of Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, and every other manufacturing or commercial emporium in the United Kingdom, the fluctuations, the hopes and fears the operations for . rises and for falls, are communicated with the rapidity and certainty of the instructions from station to station, in our great railroads, by galvanic telegraph. Endless dealings, of boundless-extent, in the scrip" of new railway undertakings, have hitherto pro • ceeded without any notable check, owing to the favour in which these investments at present stand with the public, and because the lines, not being yet in work, have shown nothing in the shape of appalling contrast between the anticipated and realised returns. But when we find that the readiness with which share lists of projected foreign lines can be filled up in Lcndon alone even, and the promptitude with which the stipu lated deposits are paid up (to any direction or proprie tary, or any representative of them, accredited or not, without any previous investigation into the responsibility and character of the parties appearing on the list of their directors, much less into the feasibility and merits of the schemes themselves)—when we find that these circumstances, far from putting a stop to this mania, tend to encourage it, we cannot help directing attention to them ie t v a i l ta a b t l a e ge co o n f sequences of that re-action which o i m m e m s ed oo ja n t e e r ly or later. Between the abandonment of some lines that never will be matured into the first or must othersc ' raudPecitcyatoef and ability after practical tical it . a u t d h e t hu failure ban bank ruptcy consideration a third iil 'd andlarger knowledge, L e a l a:: commenceddge o r scientific without en gineering i or unsupported by the capricious THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss I'. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. llumby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPLII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING _ _ Will _ be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN 13 -SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, M r . Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliara ; 111adame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messr.s, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woo) Jar, Miss Bra , . , ks, and 3lis.s E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. siitw9hy, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEJSEE, KR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Wili be verfrined Sheridan Knowlea' Play of THE HUNCH BACK. Master Waiter, Mr. Wallack ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. W. Lacy ; Modus, Mr. Compton ; Julia, Miss Cushman ; ilelen, Mrs. Stirling. Mr. SA NDSand his INFANT BROT LIE it MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To be collowcd by a New Farce, called WHO'S THE PAPA ? To conclude with GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swallington, Mr. Waiter Lacey. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled .ueceas of the New Grand Burlesque—lrreststible Fun in " On Duty." TIIIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to he called ON DUTY. Principal Characters lay Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and 3llss Grove. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Collier, and Turner ; Its Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costtunes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange menta—to be called. WHITTINGTON" AND HIS CAT I Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Maley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dfii.ert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbroilicr, and Mies Grove. •ro coneinde w:th the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows, Mrs. WoolUdge, stud Fairbrother will perform. The Wax-office la open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan !coin Ten till Four. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1845. governments, or overwhelmed by the bad faith of the private capitalists, whose promised sanction and support have floated them int. acceptance and credit with the Bri tish public ; what will be, in all probability, the event of the investments now so prodigally, recklessly, arld mischievously making by subjects of this country, in half a hundred crude, visionary, or abortive railway projects for Spain, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Italy, and Sardinia ? Let us imagine, if we can, the desolation and dismay that the panic of these out-posts of our railway speculators, when any of them are beaten in by partial or absolute failures, and extinctions, will roll back upon the main body of rail way undertakers here ! Like the defeated van of an army, its retreat will demoralise the centre, and a total discomfiture must ensue. Loss of capital to a specific and vast extent, in worthless enterprises, will be fol lowed by its partial withdrawal from th¢ most substantial ones, and a general decay of confidence more expensive and terrible in the ruin it will generate than the abso lute sacrifice of the money investments thrice told. This convulsion in one large branch of our money ap propriations will have for its sequence a crisis pervading every other, and shaking all banking and mercantile stability throughout the land to its very centre. We talk now, coinplacently, of the inexhaustible capacity of capital:to reproduce itself ; but at least it is essential to this character that it should have a representative. Now, when iu addition to the demands for gold, occasioned by domestic share or dividend holders, bent on realising,at all hazards, before they incur yet greater sacrifices by the fall of their scrip or shares in the market, we have to meet the drain of all the foreign lines for deposits, calls, wages, 843., WHERE will be their representative of capi tal ? Let Sir RunEnT PEEL, the Currency doctors, and Echo—answer " where." A hundred millions to be met—the securities to meet them depreciated 50 per cent., and the standard currency in which even that de preciated value is to be realised diminished 50 per cent. by" a rush for gold l" Will not such prospects as these teach our railway gamesters to be abstinent in time ? They have incurred liabilities gigantic enough already. Every onward step is taken in madness, and must lead to ruin. Madrid journals of the 10th have been received. On that day the budget of the Minister of Foreign Affairs was adopted, when MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA took that opportunity of stating that a treaty bad been entered into with Venezuela, and another with Chili was in pro gress. He also stated that an agent was to be sent to Fernando Po, and two others to Sierra Leone, and that the frigate La Perla, and a smaller ship of war, are to proceed to the River Plate, in order to protect the Spa nish subjects in that quarter. . 'down to the lowest principality of Italy, all rush into the English market to claim our assistance, and to relieve us of our gold. And who can doubt after the success of a Spanish scheme, but that all others brought into the market will as readily find dupes willing to exchange their sterling gold for foreign promissory notes, equally as valuable as. foreign bonds. At the best no Continental railway can yield a tithe of that security offered by our own, for the first outbreak, whenever it occurs, the railways will be entirely broken up, or otherwise British sub jects will be violently dispossessed of their property in them. Let the people but know the value of this mode of convey ance for troops, and they will soon put a stop to it. We par take largely in the benefits of many of these railways, but unless some limitation is put to it, we fear we shall be paying much too dear for the whistle." We may add to these remarks our own opinion—viz., that no foreign railway should be touched unless having as its promoters the names of leading men. Where we find the Masterman's, Laffitte's, Gladstone's, Salomen's, or Patterson's, there can be no danger of an honourable discharge of the interest confided by Shareholders to their Directors, and we are only sorry to find the public so "gullible," for no other term conies so " home," in conveying the extent of their folly, as to give high premiums for new foreign lines, where a disrepotable system of partial and enormous allot ments to a few " friends at court," render the shares scarce in the market for a time, just to put money, in the shape of premiums, into the pockets of a few schemers and projectors. Sonic of the most bond fide and promising French Railways have been brought out in direct contrast to this nefarious system, and the most liberal allotments have been made. From this cause, until the Government conces sion is obtained, they may not rule at very high premiums, btit the reward of patience is ultimately obtained, and there is the satisfaction of all having been fairly and openly con ducted. The Funds have been firm again to-day, and there is a moderate business doing. Consols have been 99% % for Money, and 99%. buyers and sellers alternately, fir the Account. Exchequer-bills are firmer, at 58s. to 60s. pre mium. Bank Stock has been firm at 209% to 210 1 / 2 . The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 101% to 101y 3 , and the Three per Cents., 9 8 4 to 98%. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have been up to 31 and 31 , A ; and the Three per Cents. have been called 41 to 1 4. Mexican have touched 37% and 38. Portuguese Converted are 66% to 67%. Dutch Two• and-a-Half per Cents. have been 63%. In Shares an extensive business continues to be done. London and York are higher, and Direct Northern lower. In French Shares there is a good deal doing. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock ..... ... BOURSE, APRIL 10.- Three per Cents., 35i at sixty days ; Five per Cents., 25 11-16 cash, 26 3-1 G at sixty days ; Passive Debt, 8i cash, 9 at sixty days ; Exchange on London, 37i. _ 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents IOIAVA , 101 'V , s Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 7-16 1 / 2 1 1 1 %2 ; Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,000/. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities , Consols for Account .... Exchequer Bills, 1,00 W., I%d. Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... GO 58 pm. 58 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 43 1 4 1 iColumbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 16 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 37% 38 38% Ditto. Deferred 17% 18% 17% 18 1 / 2 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 6 6 3/ 67% 67% Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 674% 67 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 314, 314 Ditto, Coupons — 28% Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred iB% 18% Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. — Ditto Account i :Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 101% Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 7 3/i ;'4 l 973 Ditto Bonds — 97 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. CLOSING The French Chamber of Deputies is still engaged in the discussion of the Savings' Banks Bill. Two amend ments had been proposed—one by M. DE LANGUNAIS, to reduce the interest from four to throe and a half per cent., and the other by M. GARNIER PAGES, fixing at four per cent. the interest on sums not exceeding 1,5001'., and three per cent. for larger deposits. The Minister of Finance objected to both propositions, as they went too far. A reduction was required, but not to such an ex tent. This proposition, he considered, calculated for present circumstances, and in accordance also with the policy pursued by England. In that country, it was even more important than in France to favour the extension of savings' banks, for it was altogether the part of the Government to interest the working classes in habits of order, and in the defence of the principles of Conserva tism. Yet, notwithstanding the necessity which thus ex isted, so strong was the feeling in England of the inconve niences that might arise to the State from the development of the institution, that the Government had not only lowered the interest, but had fixed the amount of annual deposit at a sum inferior to that proposed by the amendment, as well as had established delays for re payment infinitely greater than what the Bill under dis cussion enacted. M. DE LAIVARTINE thought it a strange proposition of the Hon. Member (M. G. PAGES) to re duce the interest on the property of the poorer classes to 3 per cent. when, in the very same week, the Cham ber was about to vote 41 1 per cent. to the rich. That was, in his opinion, an extraordinary anomaly and a most unjust one. He considered that the poor ought to be treated at least as well as the rich. Both amend ments were rejected. The Chamber of Peers adopted without discussion the Bill for granting an extraordinary sum of 1,235,315 f. for the completion of several public buildings ; that for calling out 80,000 men from the class of 1845 ; the Bill demanding a sup plementary credit of 600,000 f. for the payment of the military pensions in 1845 ; and eleven local Bills. On Wednesday the President read six ordonnances, naming the six following gentlemen to the dignity of Peers of France :—M. EERTIN DE Vaux, formerly a Deputy; M. MARTELL, formerly a Deputy ; the Duke DE TREVISO, member of the Council-General of the Seine ; Count DE MORNAY, Minister Plenipotentiary ; Baron General A CHARD ; and M. VICToR Huco. The accounts from Zurich are to the 13th inst. On the 12th the Diet adopted the following resolution on the question of the amnesty, against which the Deputy for Lucerne protested : Aberdeea Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 3 2'7 8 3 1 % 3l/ Birmin and Gloucester. 100 Ditto 1 4 Shares Bristol and Exeter Do. New ... . 2 . .. 8 1 / a 8 9 Caledonian % Cambridge and Lincoln 1% Holyhead. 5 13% 14% . 13: 1/2 Chester and Holyhead 4 ...... - /4 Cliurnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Coventry and Leicester 1% 34% Cornwall Direct Northern I)ublin and Belfast June 2 21 2 ll 1 / 8 10 3 / 4 11 1 4 11 1 4 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway 2 l / 2.— 5 %4 ...... ... 5 1 4 Eastern Counties 25 .... 21 1 4 21 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51. 13s. 4d Ditto ditto, N 0.2. l3s. 4d... Eastern Union l5 ..... Ditto Extension r 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England-100 203 201 202% Ditto New Ditto New 2 2 4 1 /2 24 2 5 14 Great Western BO ......189% Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O 105% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2% ... .. 6 3 4 ~e Harwich - 1 ...... 2%% Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 , 221 /g Do. Half Shares London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...237 2370 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d B % l / 2 34 ... ...... 8% London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 17% l7 11/i3 London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 441... _ _ "The Helvetic Diet, wishing to take all necessary measures for the re-establishment of tranquillity in the country, and to prevent new troubles, and considering that it will be the more easy to attain this object in proportion as the high state of Lucerne may, after the civil war which has cost the lives of so many citizens, exercise with moderation its right of punishment, after having heard the report and the proposi tions of the Committee, decrees as follows i—lst. The high state of Lucerne is earnestly requested, as regards the events of December, 1844, and April, 1845, to grant an amnesty, and in the event of condemnation to death having been pro nounced, not to carry them into execution. 2. The Federal Commissioners shall communicate the present decree to the authorities of the canton of Lucerne, and personally urge its execution." London and S. Western 41/6210d 81 3 4 82 Do. New London and York Lynn and Denham 1 Lynn and Ely 2l( _ 7% Manchester and Leeds... 73 l5O 147 — Midland 100 .15 8 1/ 159 158... 159 Do. New - 1 9 1 Midland,Birm.,Derby 100 -118 . Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 ...... 51 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / — Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 2 Newark and SW - field ... 111,4...... 61i% ...... 6li %. • .... •.• •• • 6 6 North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent North Wales Norwich and. Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Richmond and West End junction Rugby, Worstr, & Mug 1 Scottish Central 2 7% .'.. sottish Midland l l,x ... 4% 5 5 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 IA. . . 5 4 3 / 1 ... South Devon l5 4% 27:1i 42!4 10 1 8 4 20 ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. The Performances will THIS EVENING commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitl e d THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The SPanish Entire Change of the Scenea the Circle. M. and Mdme. Demos, S. Bridges, &c. An arrangement has been made with Mr. NVlllte (the celebrated Li on Tanlery, who will appear T HIS EVENING, and exhibit his Wondernil Panth Feats with his unrivalled co ll ection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, ers, To conclude with art Admired Farce. lIAVIDGL'S ROYAL 81.THRE.'Y In co„,equenee of the Immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Caudell, the American Samson, he will re➢eat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING W:11 be perforrn2cl TILE ITALIAN WIFE. 'Duke of Florence, ; Geralcli Fazio, Mr. H. Hughes ; Bartolo, Mr. R. Homier ; 31rs. R. Lionr.er. m te r wti ca, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson HArdlizal, Mr. Marble. To be :oilowed by the Extraordinary Feat 3 of the American Sari sou. To c:.;nlakie with TOM, JERRY, AND LOGIC. Corinthian Torn, ]Sr, N. T Hicks ; Jerry Hawthorn, Mr. R. Bonner ; Bob Logic, Mr. S. Cowell ; Corinthian Kate, Miss Martin. Places and Private Bozos to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to tour. RUYAL vicroßlA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MAIISARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. ()pegs and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Stanchozd ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, LOCIIINVAIt ; or, The Bride of Netherby. Loclain var, Mr. H. noward ; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johuson ; Lord Netherby, Mr. Dale ; Mysie, Miss E. Terry. To conclude with 081 ; or, Three Fingered Jack. Three Fingered Tack, Mr. Cony; Captain Orford, Mr. Blanchard; Quashee, Mr. Searle ; ROSa, Mrs. G. Lee. DEATH ON THE RlVER.—Thursday an inquest was held, before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, at the Duke's Head, Lower Fore-street, Lambeth, on the body of Robert Golding, aged 32, the man who was drowned off Lambeth, by the upsetting of a boat, on Monday last. The jury re turned a verdict of Accidental Death ; and the Coroner called Mr. Gilbert, the owner of the boat, and pointed out what consequences ensued from these " excursions." Mr. Gilbert said he was so hurt at the result of the " trip," that as soon as he got home be would break the boat in pieces, and never have another. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 51 minutes after 11 I Evening .. 0 minutes after 0. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last {-Friday) Evening contained The Latest Prices of Shares, from the Official List. The Spirit of the Public Journals. Newmarket Races, received by Express. The authenticated Contradiction of the Report of the Indisposition of the Duke of Wellington. The Weekly Return of the Circulation of the Bank of England, from the London Gazette. The Course of Exchange. The List of Appointment 3, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The Latest Market Intelligence. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the proceedings in both Houses of Parliament, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. NEW WORK BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ. Just ready, in 3 rots post Bvo, AT A N S T 0 E; ; 1 J Or, the Family of Little Page. By J. FEN IMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of " The Pilot," " The Rad Rover," " The Deer-slayer," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now ready at all the Libraries. E L F. By the Author of CECIL. L In 3 vols. post Bvo. " Pat gall in thy Ink, though thou write with a goosequill." —Shtikspeare. Henry Go!burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., 218. bound, P ENIN - S'ULAR SKETCHES; BY ACTORS ON THE SCENE. Edited by W. H. MAXWELL, Eig. Author of " iitories of Waterloo," " the Life of the Duke of Wellington," &c. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, tireat Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., I% A I A IDS OF HONOUR; A TALE OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I. " Besides the celebrated beauties who give a title to the work, the author introduces us to their most distinguished female contempora ries. Among them we find the stately old Duchess of Marlborough, the wife of the Great Duke ; the humorous Irish Duchess of Bolton, of whom qo many good stories have been told ; the fascinating Lady Mary Wortley Aloutagu, whose name and writings must be familiar to every reader ; and the equally charming Mrs. Howard, who re commends herself so strongly to us hi the Suffolk Correspondence. Then we have the Hanoverian King, his hopeful son the Prince of Wales, and that amiable blue stocking the Princess Caroline, so fa incua in history as the Consort of George IL—the celebrated Earl of Chesterfield—the ultra-exquisite Lord John Hervey (the Lord Fanny of Pope's satire)—the heroic madcap, the Earl of Peterborough—those gay Lotharios, the Dukes of Wharton, Kingston, Somerset, and Buck ingham—Colonel, afterwards Duke of Argyle—and the King's Minis ters, Sir Robert Walpole, Townsend, and Stanhope—together with Viscount Bolingbroke, and Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, At Court we are taken to the Levee, to the State Ball, to the King's musical parties, to his Majesty's curious interviews with his foreign favourites, to the King's Cabinet, to the private apartments of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and to behold various other glimpses of Palace life at St. James's, Leicester House, and Hampton Court. Moreover, we are present at all the assignations, elopements, abduc tions, duels, conferences, and confidences, in which the Maids of Honour are concerned, and are thus enabled to enjoy as varied a dish of gallantry, sentiment, and humour, as ever was presented to the reader in the shape of three volumes."—New Monthly Magazine. • Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, entitled SE MIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Madame 014;17 Arsace,lle Brambilla; Assar, Sig. Foraasari ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. Lablache. Between the Acts of the Opera a DIVER CISSE3IENT, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. The Danseuses Viennoisea (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. To conclude with the highly successful Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Fugal, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies. The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Welts. Kay-a, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Fragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, 3f. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-ofEce, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is reipecifully announeed that the celebrated SYMPHONIE ODE of the DESER2, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated en MONDAT NEXT, APRIL 21, Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous, Vocal, Orchestral, and Choral Selection from the most classical Composers, including Mozart, Weber, Mendlessohn, Gluck, Beethoven, &c., and supported by nearly all the Di.stinguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Clictusses will include upwards of 200 Por aziners, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on appli cation at the Box-otlice, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public ara rospectiblly 1 friaed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the utseription), OS THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 24, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Cris!; Bertha, Millie. Benin'; 11 Conte d'Alinaviya, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Dansenses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. With Other Entertainments, in which the most distinguished Artistes of the Establishment will appear. in the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dona Manuelea Perea, known as La Pena, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the Na tional Pa 3 of Spain. With the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaya, Millie. Lucille Gratin ; Knud, M. Perrot. And other Entertainments, in which will appear all the Artlstea of the Ballet. Ipplications for Boxes, Stalls, and 'rickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. ON MONDAY, APRIL 21, Will be performed TILE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by Dupre: ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond, Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr. IL Horneastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : -- Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Millie. Polio and M. Gasperiut. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by Mdlle. ?Olin. A .MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polio and M. Gasperini. The Box.ofilee is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six Site Evening, where Private and Family Boxes Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Mr. JOHN PARSONS (Box-book-keeper) most respectfully an nounces that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, MAY eat, when will be performed a POPULAR OPERA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT, and a Variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, full particulars of which will be speedily published. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 56 ; Pit, 3 ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. nteititiltft Ant LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1845.- The House of Lords met at Five. Among the petitions presented were several against the Maynooth Bill. Among them one was presented by the Bishop of DURHAM, who stated that he did not agree with the petitioners, but on the contrary thought that great merit was due to the Government for introducing the measure. In answer to Earl Pow's the Duke of WELLINGTON stated that Ministers had not received her MAJESTY'S permission to consent to the progress of the Bill for pre venting the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor ; and Earl Powzs gave notice that he would, on Monday, state the course he intended to pursue. Lord BROUGHAM moved that the standing orders re specting railways, which he had brought under the con sideration of the House, should be printed. ' Lord CLANRICARDE brought in a Bill for extending the elective franchise to persons paying the income tax, which was read a first time. The Bastardy Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord MONTEAGLE moved fur a return of all grants for religious purposes to the colonies, which was agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four. Lord G. SOMERSET moved a resolution to deprive Counsel before Railway Committees of the privilege of summing up. Finding, however, that his proposition was opposed, the Noble Lord withdrew his motion. Mr. 11LTUE gave notice that he should not bring for ward his motion on the subject of the recal of Lord EL LENBOROUGH, until the Government should be freed from the annoyance of the opposition to the Maynooth grant. In answer to Lord HOWICH, it was stated by Lord G SOMERSET that no order had been made on the subject of laying the Reports of the Board of Trade before the Committees on the various Railway Bills which meet on Monday. A short conversation ensued, in the course of which several Hon. Members animadverted in severe terms oil the carelessness which had characterised the proceedings of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade from first to last. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he intended, on Mon day, to state the terms of the motion which he intended to bring forward, on the Ist of May, on the condition of the labouring classes. Sir R. PEEL stated, that in the event of the discus sion on the Maynooth Bill closing to-night, he intended to move, on Monday, that the House do go into Com mittee for the purpose of taking the money vote on the Bill. The adjourned debate on the Maynooth Bill was then resumed by Mr. S. CRAWFORD, who, although he gave full credit to the Government for propJsing the measure with the kindest disposition towards Ireland, yet felt compelled to oppose it, as it was contrary to the volun tary principle. Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON supported the motion. Mr. MUNTZ was opposed to all State endowments, and therefore he could not support the motion. Mr. NEVILLE and Mr. BELLEW supported the measure. Mr. COBDEN considered the question not as a theo logical, but as an educational one, and on that ground he supported the measure. Mr. FERRAND denounced the Ministry as having violated every pledge which they bad given at the last election, and opposed the measure as pregnant with danger to the established religion of the country. Mr. SHEIL said that the inevitable consequence of not granting the measure would be the increase of the repeal agitation. He was glad that the Queen had been alluded to in the course of the debate, because it gave him the opportu nity of stating that the Queen was personally at tached to Ireland. She had expressed to Mr. O'Cox- NELL her gratification at his elevation to municipal office. She had expressed to Earl DE GREY her desire that the Administration should be one of conciliation to Ireland, and he hoped the day would never come when a majority of the House of Commons would step in between the loyalty of the Irish people and the affection of the Sovereign towards them. In Canada, where justice had been done to the Catholic clergy, their loyalty had been a principal means of preserving the allegiance of that colony to the mother country. Let them pursue the same course towards the Catholic Clergy of Ireland, and the innate loyalty of the Irish nation would manifest its de voted loyalty to the SOVEREIGN, whom they loved for her virtues and for the affection which she had ever manifested towards her Irish subjects. Mr. LAW, in a very vehement speech, which was lis tened to with great impatience, opposed the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE defended the course which had been pursued by the Protestant Dissenters with regard to this question, and felt bound, as an advocate of the voluntary principle, to oppose the motion. Lord J. RUSSELL would have been content to have given a silent vote on this question, had it not been out of revect to the numerous petitions which had been pre sented on this subject. Irish questions had always been a source of weakness to this country, and, therefore, he considered it of the utmost importance that every oppor tunity should be taken of settling them. Ile regretted the intolerance and bigotry which had been displayed in relation to this question ; but believing the measure pro posed by the Government to be for the good of the nation, he felt bound to support it. Sir R. Nous said that the measure of the Go vernment was against the policy of all those who had endeavoureti to make Protestantism the religion of the United Kingdom, and as a conscientious Pro• testant he felt bound to oppose it. Sir R. PEEL, in a brilliant speech, replied at great length to all the arguments which had been adduced against the measure. The House then divided, when there appeared for the amendment, 176; against it, 323; majority for the second reading, 147. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then zaoved that the House do resolve itself into a Com mittee on the Bill on Monday, which was op posed by Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS, Mr. SHAW, Mr. PLUMPTRE, and Mr. DUNCOMBE, who divided the House, when there appeared for the motion, 61; against it, 25; majority in favour of going into the Committee on Monday, 36. The House adjourned at half-past Three o'clock. The Maynooth question still occupies the attention of the House. Few debates have been more interesting, either as regards the importance of the principle at issue, the eloquence of the speakers, or the very peculiar posi tion in which most Members are placed. This ques tion, like a political earthquake, has shaken the very foundations of party, uprooting the careful structures of the past, and destroying the combina tions and alliances of ages. Friends and brothers find themselves suddenly separated by a yawning gulf, while bitter foes cling together for support. The Tories feel bound to assist the men themselves have chosen, while the measures are diametrically opposed to their desires—on the other hand the Whigs cannot refuse their support to their own cherished principles though dis played in the acts of an enemy. Such a situation is most embarrassing, indeed every one confesses his perplexity; the only true course is to follow the dictates of conscience, uninfluenced by friend or foe. We were agreeably surprised to find the speeches of all parties comparatively free from personal allusions and angry recriminations ; the whole debate is characterised by a tone of moderation hardly to be expected under the circumstances. Unhappily this tolerant spirit seems confined to the walls of St. Stephen's; the erroneous views of the dark ages are re vived throughout the country in a way with which m be u p s e t r tr m ce e i d ve by th p a r t o t m h o e t i n g d u t t h y e the House can no t sympathise. The House of Commons t° r re t a h l ei i r n t c e enss t,uneonttbsyisreto. presenting their prejudices. Many Members have boldl y declared their intention of resigning their seats in the House rather than desert the post of duty , • while some, like Lord LINCOLN, have nobly withstood the persuasion of family and friends, and resolved to act by their own convictions in spite of; every obstacle. Such sentimentsoa do honour to themselves, an o d add another interest to a debate already graced by every species of oratory. We may here admire the calm, convincing arguments of Mr. GLADSTONE, the eloquent declamation of the Right Hon. Member for Edinburgh, the cutting sar casms of Mr. D'IsRAELI, or the unaffected piety of the venerable " Father of the House." Mingled with the wise experience of older politicians, the speeches of the Hon. Members for Canterbury and Newark • A 41-Z. k t• ts -00vP40 • s • .ft7Fllltaalk • ''orelt:o z • , c; • . 4 103:113r 1, 0 • x'•, Itart THE BOURSE-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. -- - - First Hiv hest Lowest Last 9550 .. 1 10 17 7 50 Price. Price. P r i ce. Pfiee. French .. 110167 50 95 .... 117 107 25n . ... 1017 Three per Cents•• •• 88 85 •• 88 8 5 •• 85 75 .. 85 80 Luau ............. 3220 —3220 ..3220 .. 3220 86 40 .. 86 40 .. 86 40 .. 86 40 Bank of France ....... F F o iv u e s p .. re . . Cents...... . ...... Gatlin Bank, I,ooof Shares • . 1110 • • 1110 ~1110 ..1110 ... Belgian Bank. •••• •• •• ••• 637 , 80 .. 637 50 •• 637 50 .. 637 50 • Belgian Fives, 1842.... •••• 10.)s .. 10 . 5 •• 1053, 1 , .. 105% T wo - an d- a -Half .•• 6 2 30 .. 62 30 .. 62 30 .. 62 30 •• .. Spanish Threes.• •• •••• •• '• 42 42 .. 42 42 10 4 2 ) •••• 140°23(' .. 140'23 Passive .•• •••••••• 7 % '• 7 % •• 7% .. 7% Neapolitan.• .• •• •• •• •• • '• Active.......... .• 1004 •• 106;4 .. 106)4 .. 10634 Roman .........•• •••• •• ••.. 1402034 RAILWAY SIIAJ Es. ... 942 50 -. 942 50 .. 942 50 .. 942 50 Versailles, ll. 13•••• •••• •••• 565 565 •• 555 560 370 • 370 355 . 365 — 1 12 13 4 1 7 : 5 0 • .. 1 12 1 4 3 7 1 : 5 0 . •• .1 1 2 1 3 25 5 . .. •1 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 Orieaiis —1065 .. 220 323 73 :: 317 218 7 50 5 :•. : 21 1 8 7 50 75 Rouen to Havre•••• •.. 10G0 . 1065 tr vi as o b ,o u t r i g to to ii ß tar al s e eill •• es ••• • • :::: 120 3 26 2 00 3 75 Bordeaux to Teite •• •• •• •• RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, APRIL IG. 5t.Germatn...........••••1137 50 —1137 50 ..1100 ..1120 Versailles, R. 8...... ..... 570 .. 570 .. 5c,5 .. 560 L. 8.. ••••• • • • • • 065 •• 3 " • • 365 365 1132 50 ..1132 50 ..1110 ..1125 Rouen to 11avre........... 940 945 .. 927 .. 945 '250 —1250 ..1230 —1230 Strasburg to Bale.. •• •• 327 50 .• 316 25 .. 318 75 318 75 Avignon to Marseilles.. • . —lO,O ..1090 .•1052 50 _lO6O Paris to Seeaux 660 660 .. 660 .. 660 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was flat, and there was a greater choice. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales, comprising 300 Surat at 2%d., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to 7 1 4 d., 150 Pernam at 5 3 / 4 d. to 7d., and the rest American at 31/ 2 d. to sd. per lb.—Shares were scarcely so active. Aberdeen Railway, 54 ; Armagh and Portrush, 3 ; Barnsley Junction, 9% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 4 1 4 ; Birken head, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10 1 / 2 10 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 1 / 2 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac crington, 9% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% % ; Belfast and Ballymena, 5% • Bolton, and Liverpool, 14 1 / 4 %; Caledonian, 13% 5 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 911 . Chester and Birkenhead, 49 i s 52 ; Ditto, New Shares, 45 1 ; ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24% 25% Chester and Holyhead, 13 %; Chester and Preston Brook, 234 ; Churnet Valley, 9% Bs. 9d. ; Clitheroe Junction, 4% ; Cork and Bandon, 5% ; Cork and Waterford, 3% 4 ; Dereham and Norwich, 38s. Gd. ; Dublin and Belfast Junction ' 10 1 4 10 ; Dublin and Galway, ' 5% - Dublin, Mullimiar, and Athlone, 4 ; Dundalk and En niskillen, 965. 6d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 3 / 4 •, Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 4s. IL ss. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 19 ; Grand Junction, 227 •, Ditto, Half Shares, 113%; Ditto, Quarters, 56 1 Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19% ; Great Southern and Western, 17 ; Ditto Extension, 15 % ; Great Western, Fifth Shares, 42 ; Goole and Doncaster, 30s. 295. • Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 5 Is. 3d. ; Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 23 24 ; Inverness and Elgin, 40s. ; Kentish Coast, 1% ; Kilkenny Junction, 21s. ; Limerick and Waterford, 7%; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 101 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 32% 3 / 4 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3% ; London and South-Western, 81% London and York, 4t,44 ; Direct ; Northern, 813. 80s. Leeds and Dewsbury, 4 1 / 2 ; Leds and Thirsk, 4% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7% 3 / 4 ; Lynn and Dereham, 2% 3 1 / s ' • Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarter Shares, 6 1 / g ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossen dale, 18 1 4 ; Midland Railway, 159% 158 3 / i ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 20 19% ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3; 7 , 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6% ; North British, Half Shares, 6 ; North Western, 925. 51. 2s. ; North Wal es , 3% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 5% %; Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton, 395. 38s. ; Preston and Wyre, 32%; Ditto, New Preference (5 per cent. and div.) 51 1 / ; Runcorn Gap, 32% ; Sheffield and Manchester, Qua r t er Shares, 16 1 4 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 5 ; Shrewsburv,;Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% ; South-Eastern and hover, New Shares, No. 3, 8%; sottish Central, 7% ; South Wales, 7 1 4 ; Trent Valley, 20 ; Ditto, Extension, 6% ; West Yorkshire, 5 5 ' ; Whitehaven and Furness, 31 /s ; Boulogne and Amiens (English), 11% ; Central of France, 17%; Northern of France (English), 5 3 %; Ditto, Rosamel's, (English), 21. 11s. 6d ; Paris and Lyons, (Ganneron's), 2%; Ditto (Calou's), 2/. Is. 6d. Anything concerning railroads is just now an object of in terest, not to hundreds but to thousands of readers, and we give the following from" Franks and Millard's Circular :" " The real danger to this country to be apprehended by the present railwayfuror lies in the unguarded and somewhat reckless introduction of foreign schemes, for foreigners are undoubtedly as mad as ourselves on the subject--but there is more method in their madness; their inability to plan or execute, or to pay for executing, these magnificent un dertakings stands confessed, and, as if our prevailing principle governed all alike, from la grande nation, South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales ..... .. 2 1 / e 6%, Trent Valley 2 ... 2T 20 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..,... 4 s .. West Cornwall PA ... 4A . 4 1 A Vork and North Midland 50 lO5 104 lO 4 l/2 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Extension ll4 174 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 Great North. of France.. 4 - ft , d's) 2 2 t.,5 8 %, ".tO/., Do. do. (Rosamers, . ..... -A? s Louvain and Jemeppe 2 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 12 3 4 q l2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte'a 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, ... ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. 2O — Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ~... 2 ...... 8% B l,i Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's . 2 - 314 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 17.—The sales are :—Chester and Holyhead, 13%; Eastern Counties, 21 ; London and Brighton, 64% ; Manchester and Birmingham, 59%; Ditto, Quarter Shat es, 10% ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5% prem. ; Midland Railway Cons o l s , 1,591/2/ . Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 3 / 4 ; North British, New Shares, 5% ; South Eastern, N 0.3, 8%; Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 5%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 10 3 / 4 10; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, ; Caledonian, 14 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9 1 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 4 1 4 prem. ; Coventry and Leicester, 3 3 / 4 ; Churnet Valley, 10 1 A 934 ; Direct Northern, 4 1 % 4; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% 5-16 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 7 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 3 / % ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3%; London and Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 5 3 / 4 5 ; London and Y or k, 4% ; Lynn and Dere ham, 3 1 A ; Manchester and Buxton, 5A 11-16 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland J unc ti on , 10% ; Newark and Sheffield, 6% ; North Wale', 3% ; North Western, 925. 51.45. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 3 4% prem.; Scottish Central, 7% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 28s. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4%; Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, Dudley, &c., 4%; Southport and Euxton, 234 ; Trent Valley, 20; West Yorkshire, 6 1 / 2 ' • Whitehaven and Furness, 3 11 % ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 234 ; Great Northern of France (English), 5% ; Ditto (Rosamers), ; Paris and Lyons (English), 3 3-16; Ditto (Ganneron's), 2 13-16 ' • Manchester Fire and Life Assurance , 11 %. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTEtwAI.) Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Leghorn ...... ...... ... 31 Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp 26 15 Milan ...... Hamburgla ...... 14 0 Venice...—. ..... Altona — Naples ........ ....... 391 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Palermo, pa*: 0z...... 1181 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Lisbon s2i Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 Rio Janeiro..... 23i Frankfort on Maine 123 Bahia ....... Petersburgh, 3 Us... Buenos Ayms Berlin NewYork dysaight Vienna, effee. fl. 3M. 10 2 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid 36% Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao — New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 Barcelona I New Dollars 0 4 _9i Seville I Silver in Was 0 4 10i Lord Newport paired off in favour of the grant to Maynooth with Captain Merwyn Arohdall. SUMMARY OF HEWS AND •I;lubitt *pluton. " 1 , 17i0 runs may read." FOREIGN. A letter from Eu announcss the arrival of the King at that place on Monday evening. His Majesty was received by the authorities of the town and department. The funeral of the Princess de *aim took place on Tuesday at Pere la Chaise. A considerable number of literary men were present, amongst whom were MM. de Pongerville and Viennet, Baron de Humboldt, and M. Jombard. The following paragraph relative to the Oregon dispute, which is worthy of Punch, appears in Galignani's Messenger. —"Those who have not yet visited General Tom Thumb are advised to take the earliest possible opportunity, as we learn, not without souse alarm as well as regret, that the new Pre sident of the United States has signified to the General that his services will be required at home, in case of a rupture with England," Nine convicts stood on the pillory on Tuesday in the Place du Palais de Justice. Several of them are condemned to im prisonment with hard labour for life. The returns of the receipts of the indirect taxes for the first quarter of the year, published in the Moniteur, show the amount to have been 8,839,000 E, giving an increase of 642,000 E on the corresponding quarter of 1844, and of 1,649,000 f. on that of 1843. Viewing the different branches, the present receipt presents some remarkable variations. The duties on registries and mortgages, which for many years have been on an ascending scale, have fallen from 52,954,000 f. to 50,322,800 f. The stamp and custom duties have also fallen, the first 585,000 f., and the second by 597,000 f. But almost all the other branches of the revenue have increased—as potable liquors by 1,290,000 f. ; salt, 984,000 E ; colonial sugars, 764,000 f. ; home-made sugars, 538,000 E ; tobaccos, 579,000 E ; postages, 219,0001. The price of bread in Paris for the second fortnight of the present month is fixed at 29 centimes per kilogramme for the first quality, and 22 centimes the second quality. As the kilogramme is nearly 12 per cent. heavier than two pounds English, the price d the best bread in Paris remains at much less than three sous the English pound. The consumption of charcoal in Paris during the year 1844 amounted to 2,967,594 hectolitres. The hectolitre is within a trifle of 3 bushels. A sum of 7,5001. in bank notes was found last week in the box at the door of the Hotel-Dieu (Hospital) at Toulouse. This munificent gift was accompanied by an anonymous letter, saying that it was to be expended in founding an additional bed in the room set apart for incurable cases. Accounts from Meissen, in Saxony, represent that town to have suffered severely from inundations. The lower part of the town had been under water for a week. Seventeen houses were almost entirely destroyed, and 77 more or less damaged. Accounts have been received from Otaheite to the 27th of October, at which date there had been no change in the relative positions of the French and the natives at Papeiti. There was some alarm in the camps at the departure of the English steamer Salamander, the natives being hppre hensive that they would then be attacked, but nothing of the kind had occurred. 2.4131137 £I7:D vezaine. The Central Criminal Court has adjourned to Monday, the 12th day of May next, when by iota the following Judges will preside, viz., Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman. At Marlborough-street, the Earl of Devon preferred a charge against two persons who gave the names of Philip Henry Musgrove and Charles Jarratt, of having attempted to obtain charitable contributions from him by false and fraudulent pretences. After a short investigation the pri soners were remanded. . _ Mary Florry, a servant at the Weavers' Arms, London wall, was brought before Sir Chapman Marshall, at Guildhall, for final examination, charged with stealing a gold watch and several brooches and rings, of the value of 301., and Joseph Everson, her sweetheart, was charged with receiving the same. The latter prisoner was discharged, and the female committed for trial. _ _ At the Thames Police-court, Simon Hill, glass-blower, was brought before Mr. Ballantine for final examination, on a charge of killing and slaying Jane Thrussle, a Yorkshire girl, in a lodging- house kept by Julia Sheen, at No. 5, Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane, and committed. COUIVT-FILSIIIONABLE. _ _ _ The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch with their company, at dinner, on Thursday, at Montagu House. The Duchess of Kent was also of the party. Her Royal Highness has a grand dinner and evening party to-night, at Clarence House. Her ➢iajesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert are expected to honour the Royal Duchess with their company on the occasion. Thursday evening, Lord Monteagle received at dinner, in Brook-street, the Duke de Broglie, the Prince Albert de Broglie, the Count St. Aulaire, the Marquis of Laudowne, M. Dedel, the Chevalier Bunsen, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Clare, Lord Glenelg, Lord John Manners, Col. Fox, Mr. Monekton Milnes, and Mr. Spring Rice. Sir Robert and Lady Peel have issued cards of invitation or a grand dinner to night, at their mansion in Whitehall gardens. The members of the Scots Fusilier Guards Club gave their first dinner for the season on Thursday, at the Clarendon Hotel. There were present Major-General Clitherow, Lieut.- General Clitherow, Lieut.-Colonel Micklewaite, Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Guise, the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Montagu, Lieut.-Colonel Colville, Lieut.-Colonel Robinson, Colonel Knollys, Lieut.-Colonel Hall, Captain Charles Seymour, Captain Ridley, Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, the Hon. Lieut.- Colonel Charles B. Phipps, Captain Loftus, Captain F. Ro milly, Mr. Boyce, &c. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton entertained a select party at dinner, at the Clarendon Hotel s on Wednesday evening. The mansion formerly occupied by the late Viscountess Powerscourt, in Dover-street, has been taken by Lady Mary Lambton. The Earl of Durham is pursuing his studies in Leicestershire. Viscount OssuLston has arrived in town, after having passed the Easter recess in Paris. The Baroness le Despencer has arrived on a visit to Miss Stapleton, Gray's Court, Henley-on-Thames. Lord and Lady Blantyre, who are still at Erskine House, Renfrewshire, are not expected in town until next month, for the season. _ Lord Maidstone, R. Lumley, Esq., W. Wills, Esq., and R. Bromley, Esq., and party, have arrived at Malta in the yacht the Flower of Yarrow , from a tour in the Levant. 2V/ISCEIMANZOITS. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has presented a splendid portrait of William IV. to the Royal Naval School, New Goss. Tho portrait has been copied by Mr. Lane, at the express command of Queen Adelaide, from a painting by the late Sir Thomas Lawrence. It is a full-length of his late Majesty in the uniform of Lord High Admiral, and is placed in the dining hall of the pupils, by whom, on its inaugura tion, it was received with tremendous cheers. A dinner was:on Thursday given at the Albion Tavern, Al dersgate street (Alderman Moon in the chair), to M. Aloux, the French artist, by the members of the corporation of the city of London, who are to form part of the great picture which M. Aloux has been directed by his Majesty the King of the French to prepare, representing " The Presentation of the Address of the City of London to his Majesty Louis Phi lippe, during his recent v i s it t o thi s country." About forty gentlemen, including Alderman Sir C. Marshall, Sir P. Laurie, Sir W. Magnay, E. Tennent, M.P., &c., sat down to a most excellent dinner. _ _ Great alterations and improvements are in contemplation at the St. Katherine Docks. The Company have obtained the sanction of the Treasury to extend the privileges of the wharf outside the dock gates facing the river to the two wharfs, called the Upper and Lower Irongate Wharfs, be tween the Tower Stairs and their present waterside premises, known as the St. Katherine Steam -packet Wharf. It is, we believe, intended to erect a large warehouse in connexion with these new premises, and to form a communication from them with the warehouse in the docks on the opposite side of the street, by making an iron bridge run across the street from warehouse to warehouse, in order that the goods landed from the foreign steamers, and intendod to be bonded, may be moved with facility for the purpose of being housed, or ex amined for delivery. It is expected than a great increase will take place in the traffic of these convenient waterside premises in the course of the ensuing season, an additional number of steam-ships having already been placed on the station • and that when the arrangements are completed , one half of the whole waterside premises will be devoted to the foreign, and the other half to the coasting trade. It is stated that the Bishop of London has decided upon the case of the Rev. Mr. Monckton upon the report made by the Commissioners, but the result ,has not been officially or publicly made known. His Majesty the King of the French has become a member of the Royal Western Yacht Club. The gratifying announce ment was made at a recent meeting of the members, held at Plymouth. MARKET NEWS. (YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCRAGNE During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat have been only moderate, though of fair average quality, The show of samples was scanty, while the demand for the finest qualities was steady at fully Monday's prices. All other kinds had a slow sale at late rates. In fine Foreign Wheat a limited business was doing, yet we can notice no al teration in prices. The sale for Barley and Malt was exces sively dull, and, in some instances, lower rates were sub mitted to. From Ireland the arrivals of Oats are on the in crease; hence the Oat trade was inactive, at stationary figures. Beans, Peas, and Flour dull. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 5,210 qrs. 3,260 qrs. 1,860 1,970 28,320 3,670 English ...... Irish Foreign -f 8,750 Malt, 2,280 qrs. Although the supply of Beasts on sale was extensive for the time of year, ' nearly 600 Scots coming to hand by steamers from Scotland, and 40 Oxen and Cows from Rotter dam, all in good condition , the Beef trade was steady, and Monday's advanced prices were mostly supported. The numbers of Sheep were good, yet the inquiry for them was firm, at fully previous rates. From the Isle of Wight 60 Lambs mere received per railway, with fair average arrivals from other parts. The sale was rather active, at full quota tions. Calves were in good supply, and heavy demand, at a decline of 2d per Sibs. In Pigs very little was doing. Mach Cows sold heavily, at from 16/ to 191 each. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. U. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 6 210 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 2 Prime large Oxen— 3 6 310 Southdown Wethers 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots Large coarse CalVes 3 6 4 0 • Large Hogs .... •• 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves, ,18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. 1,113 I 7,460 219 321 At per stone, by the Carcase. NEWGILTE AND 1 473/I.I37:2IWHALL. We had rather an inactive demand, at barely previous rates. s. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. to s. U. Beef, inferior.— 2 4 2 6 i Mutton, inferior •• 2 8 210 middling ••• • 2 8 210 I middling.. 3 0 3 4 ---prime large .• 210 3 2 prime .• •• 3 6 a l O prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 6 Veal• •••••••• • • • • • 3 4 4 4' - small ........ . Lamb, 4s 8(1 to 6s. 3 8 4 0 BOVLOUGEI 807. 351614.72.X.MT. The announcement of the failure of an eminent brewer has cast a great gloom over this market : neverth e l ess, a fair amount of business is doing in most descriptions of Hops, a t prices about equal to those quoted in our last report.—Fine Sussex pockets, 71 to 81 8s ; Choice ditto., 81 12s to 10e; Kent, 71 103 to 9/; superfine mid Kents, 9/ 98 to 13/; superfine East ditto., 9/. 103 to 13/; Yearlings, 71 to 8/ 10s. 430 360rtmet.i... SUGAR.—West India has been in good request this week at full rates, and with rather an upward tendency. Sales to last evening inclusive about 2,500 hhds and trcs ; 150 hhds Barbadoes at auction having realised 548 to 56s for fine yel low, and 44s 6d to 46s 6d for low. EAST INDIA.--7,476 bags 121 cases Bengal have been sold by auction, mid white at 49 8 t o 5 1s, good and fine at 52s to 58s, and low at 45s to 46s 6d per cwt. and at 33s to 36s 6d for brown. DlAtimiws.-8,291 bags nearly all sold, but likely the ..... ........mme....+ +-- 3 „ Bengal rather in favour of buyers ; fine yellow 50s to 56 0 n low to mid 41s to 44s 6d, good and fine brown 37s 6d t , :i . ' , ' per cwt. Madras, 596 bags brought 41s to 448 6d3 3 et for FOREIGN. — Porto Rico has been taken in at 2 ' .., yellow ; Cuba Muscovado at 235 t o 23s 6d for fi n e yello w and yellow Havannah at 20s 6d to 25s for low to fine. ,Ort , COFFEE. —British Plantation has bsen dull. Jamaica been realise full prices however where taken. - Ceylon has blic rather cheaper ; 4,343 bags have been put Pu and competition ; good ord pale native sold at 438 to 43s 6d, ... some at lower prices according to quality. PeaberrYl7,. lised 61s to 86s 6d p cwt, the ter o quot at i o n being coloury ; fin in l e u t i e ord 56s er 6d per cwt lat M . cha has Inain ta ha 9 about previous rates ; mid yellow is 60s. Dominica been sold at 50s for fine ord. C OCOA . —St. Lucia has been taken in at 41s to .43 P er CAA ; Trinidad is 40s to has cwt. 1 , t o SALTPETRE.—BengaI been sold at 26s 6d for 274: 4 per cent. refraction. d the RlCE—There have: been large sales of Bengal , and 64 demand has been brisk at full prices; low to m.d white We to Ils ; and good mid Ils 6d to 12s per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has been in request at 3d to 3 1 4 (1 . 1) : r lb., being full rates. Black Pepper has been firmer . • matra, 2 1 / i d to 2 1 ,4 2 d ; and. Malabar 2d to 3d; Cassia Lg ° has risen Is to 29 per cwt. • ts s t urTats.—The inquiry is not lively, as the re celP t re the American ports were large up to the da te of the ows cent accounts. this INDIGO.—The quarterly sales have been in progfehsse old week.• The quantity amounts to 5,374 chests. ';', a nd room was pretty well attended at the comtnencernGT,' vi. the biddings were marked by neither. briskness nor 'lot nest, and continued steady throughout. On the i cs DP ' day 1,696 chests were gone through , viz , D".- 13cfrom from 3s to 5s 4d per pound. 209 hests Madras ~i n 2s 4d to 3s 6d; 189 chests of Kurpah and Pondicherry, ,r°bt 2s 4d to 3s 5d per lb., of which about 136 chests were h° l f o f in. bidders, 155 chests ord Bengal withdrawn for "oluthe making the total quantity sold 805 chests. -' 1 t he second day about 960 chests were sold of 1,065 offered, chests b hidings being rather brisker ; and yester da y 1,20° passed. TEA. ~T l— t er ..Y. market is a shade lower. , mi the C. is quiet at 38s to 38 s 3 d per aw- -- spot, and Town at 38s to 395. COAL MARKET. With Prices per ton at the close of the marketl—Aualril.rtlef, 15s Gd ; Buddle's West Hartley, 163 6d ; Carr's ;ipii 16s 6d ; Chester Main, 15s 9d ; East Tanfield , 143; 03—Ive5; llartley, 16s 6d ; Holywell Wain, 15s 6d; :I‘.;els °ll . ~ 140 Hartley-, 16s; Old Pontop, 13s 6d; Puntop wi n Gso , i6s; Smith's • Pontop, 13s 6d ; Taylor's West Townley, 15s ; Tanfield Moor, 17s Gd ; West Hart West Wylam, 15s 9d; Wvlam, 15s; Wall's-end, 11,,t105, worth, 16s3d ; Newmarch, - 15s 6d ; East Hettun, lis ; 17s; 20s ; Hytton, 16s ; Lambton, 19s 9,1; Peinberlon,',, 6d; Caradoc, 20s ; Heselden, 16s 6d ; Leasingthorne, le: ip; Adelaide, 18s 6d ; Eden Hartlepool, 17s •, Cowndon S o uth Richardson' s Tees, 153 6d ; Seymour Tees, 17 9 fi cl ,' Durham, 17s 3d ; Tees, 18s 6d ; Tees Hetton, 15 5 6 u ; 16 ,; Hetton, 16s 6d ; Brynddy, hand picked, 20s 6d ; ar tleY ' 16• 4 ' Hartley,,:o; Powell's Duffryn Steam, 22s • West Hartley Nethettoll, Ships arrived, 10. 18.) (From the London New Price Current of APr' . ., t „ tbe SUGAR.-The total purchases for the week Wilma sloe° large quantity of 2,860 hhds and tierces, and the Wa r very firmly for all sorts of raw Sugar. w ady .-- REFINED.-To-day Refined Sugar met with a r ies er for home consumption, and a further advance 113 Pd curred, brown lumps fetching 66s 6d, and standar ile sd . 67s 6d to 68s per cwt ; the market is bare of goods. v r t i s to Crushed Sugar is much wanted, and 36s to 3fs Pe r c value of the first quality. MAURITIITS.-This afternoon 10,941 bags public sale were all sold at an advance of Is to 2 5 P er ; to the biddings were animated; fine yellow brought 5 45s id good 47s to 49, good middling 46s 6d, middling 44e Zed,'' low 41s 6d to 438 6d, ordinary brown 34s 6d to Su t - 04 33 38s to 395, good to fine 40s to 41s 6d, syrupy 3 83 6d o se and washed 37s 6d to 47s per cwt : the rise was rent on inferior and brown sorts. „ a s On EAST INDIA.-This afternoon brown Benge", te treti r inquired atter, and some parcels were taken by by rsfiners, and exporters at 32s to 34s per cwt• the to 1, 240 cawsestoto sorts were in good demand, and in some ease. the weep= were rather above those of the early part 0f airy FOREIGN.-To-day there was a considerable pier ( all kinds, but business was checked in consequenc,!beses', chants insisting upon further advanced rates. I, 2 , ° _,‘' ne jeale?, old yellow Havannah, of an indirect import, eni i .," ; l ", 2 `" at 24s per cwt, and a floating cargo of Porto per cwt. west 11fr MOLASSES.-Prices have made a stand for the Pri 9 o ld and there has been a m uc h b e tter demand; s - eterbarK et operations are 600 pun s , A n ti gaa a t 18s, and -- paid 17s per cwt. Of Bengal T re a c l e 71 barrels data l ItY public sale at 16s per cwt. 0 5 of .., COFFEE.-This afternoon there was no public t ale SP' kind of Coffee, and by private treaty there was ness ness transacted in anysort, but in prices there is to notice. e, Tee' TEA. -To-day there wa s more b us i nes s transacted 1-ali but not at better prices, low Congou was sold at fair to good common 9d to Iod ; Hyson ordinary Y - a r ate 2s 5d ; Twankay, fair useful, Is 2d to Is 2idf 41/ reed brightishleaf is aid to is 4d per lb. COCOA.-Prices cannot be lower for West India a the supply being small, but there are few Pure b .ls at 4 i 3 113 bags of St. Lucia at auction were only partly ""v o seig l ii to 42s for middling Red, being the former worth. b een wanted, but there is not much to be had; Bahia 1 10 - privately at 38s per cwt. the r FRUIT. -This market continues dull, and prices ° ,'" a „ to ,t ; ‘ , dine ; Zan te and Cephalonia Currants 465, Petrie " es ' 4:3 ` i4 Red Smyrna and Chesme Raisins 39s to 423, P c 45s ; Turkey Pulled Figs 35s to 45s ; Sultanas u7.3e5.,, Smyrnas 27s ; Valentias 43s to 445, Denies in bsek, t e "'her SPICES.-Cassia Lignea is much wanted, and a ,fr at 633 Li Bd ello lll .. esi et vance in the value has taken place ; good thin VII 10 0 ,11 , 1 ,, to 645, good middling 635, middling 60s to 62s 8 " , 0 1 - coarse 58s to 58s 6d, g ood ord 56s 6d to 573, 1 1 - p n 5 13 ` broken ends 52s to 55s 6d, mouldy 54s to 575, bre" - ue s, " eg 525. loose and broken 50s. Pimento has been in b rill' o te,, 944 bags at auction were sold, mid at ned to *ll n et l" . 3d 0 3 l id, good ord,3id, and sea damaged 2Ssl to 21" ,7 r,s 38 ' Black Pepper held with firmness, and at former ra; veral pareels have been taken privately. At ' c i -c9 l eight bags of sea damaged Sumatra fetch' and sixty bags of sound fair brownish Malabs'atio° per lb ; white has further declined in value, 50 bags a t a c iorcl!' were sold, Penang ordinary at 3icl to 33d, Batavia ga t " e 0 3 '; nary 4+l per lb. In East and West India Ginger ri l i r doe3 ness done privately at stiffer rates; 80 bags of Bart a slit' public sale were taken in at 44s per cwt for middling ( 1 0 / 1 3 ' but 162 brls 60 casks of Jamaica were sold at 3/ 3s `° fling ° In Cinnaenct little doing. For Nutmegs holders unw,,,,'lllorait take lower rates ; at auction 8 packages of ordinaiJ e d Cape and Singapore were withdrawn. Mace purcheest sor t caution, although offered at low prices, and 11 case s ., &I nd . !, tion were taken in at 2s 2d for dull rather worm" facew,' 2s 3d to 2s 6d per lb for Singapore. Cloves more Ifl oo tee,', and in former rates a fair business has been t„ r A i lYeee v ' Bourbon fetching 9d to 10d, Amboyna is 2d to IS o '." and Bencoleen is 8d to 2s 4d per lb. J ir -tiers °f Ruse BRANDY, AND HOLLANDs.-There are a es;;;, vs . ,re - t o maica upon further reduced terms, but only few have been disposed of; 10 to 20 per cent. over pr oo :,, ss,e„ t s 2slod, 30 to 40 ditto 3s to 3s 7d, better quality 33 8" seew i `e fine 4s 2d to 4s 10d per gallon. Demerara of s trong sitsl:, commands full rates ; 100 puns baring been sold a‘t strong so% 2s lid for 35 to 39 per cent. over proof, but in lnl r t i o to ' el little has been done, and 2s to 2s 3d is the value 0 very, os, per cent. over proof. In Calcutta there has be en business transacted, and proof with certifleategslle; be -purchased at is 6d to Is Buyers . of Leewards operate more freely, redo- 15 re having been taken, and 150 puns sold a u t pr e O r o proof strength. Brandy met little attention, and ti' t - ereh o a sellers upon the following terms, viz.:-Cognac , b ride etin of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; bhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 43 „' ( 1 ,4, 4s Id; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 3d, puns 4s '" 1842, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d; ditto 184.3, bh,"„oa l 'A'j, 7d per es ripo puns 3s 8d ; ditto 1844, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 75 1 ,,; to 33 and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8 " f gek n f low 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 7d Pewee:, Geneva not much wanted, and is 9d to Is 10d is the i odr common export sort; fine for home use is 2s 4d to 2 5 gallon. English Corn Spirits are in good deman d ' „ttenti RICE -This afternoon Bengal Rice met with - a tes; a cl and 850 bags at auction were all sold at full re fer fetched Ils ed to 12s for good white, Ils to lls 6a „:dy sjj middling, and lOs to lls 6 for sea damaged first, Th e third class. le. se INDicio.-To-day 865 chests have passed the saTtops biddings were languid, especially for Madras and s'h.be which go off heavily at about 2d under the pr ices of des , r sale. Good and fine Bengals are to be had - a s hade 10 te eth'. ot ComnstEm.-There has been a good business trans tho se „A private treaty, and the rates paid are rather above to 53 this day week ; low to good silvers fetching 4s 10d per lb. 0 11 i .10 1 Ou..s a .-This afternoon at public sale 40 tuns -0 Elephant Oil were sold at 281 to 29/ 15s ; 136 cask s o " at 23s 9d to 27s peaftr wt. 0 11 TALLOW-This c ernoon ;,here were several Public o of Tallow, and the following are the results i-- 332 „,100:, New South Wales went at 33s 9d to 383.; ric% South American 34s 3d to 375; 26 casks North A k `' . :44 37s 9d ; 34 packages Cape 38s 6d to 20s 9d ; 5 8 c f:56 3 ,4 India 39s to 40s 6d ; 185 Petersburgh Yellow Cannode' to 39s 6d; 18 casks Soap ditto 34s 3d, and 80 cask s° at 37s 6d per cwt. BIRTHS. WI °I On the 11th inst., at Kirby, Isle of Man, the -- ot Attorney-General of that island, of a son. 10 1 On the Ilth inst., at the Nash, near Worcester , the • Richard Temple, E s q., of a daughte r . On the 13th inst., at Coleshill-street, Eaton-squ at P. lads- of Judge Downie, of Demerara, of a son. o f a lO . On the 14th inst., at Glasgow, Mrs. F. G. Perman , , .otO r- ' On the 14th inst., at Paris, the lady of ~i , Sir Al e ' * Young Spearman, Bart., of a so n. • ° tea' On the 15th" inst., at Southampton, the wife of Lie Philip Ilast, R.N., of a son. Mar i° ,- :,iv ..-- On the 15th inst., at Frittenden Rectory, I, ‘'"' Moore, of a daughter. MARR TED. BC 4I I On the 10th inst., at Raehil's Sir Graham Graham bter • gomerv, of Stanhope, Bart., to Alice, youngest da l, A John James Hope Johnstone, of Annandale, Esq.' . !"-pregit l ; On the 15th inst., at Lewisham, Kent, Bieh arc Yris illi e Prichard, Esq., of Mill an d H ouse , S uss ex, to 319 „/ daughter of E. D. Colville, Esq., Senior Registrar .0 111 Court of Chancery. A wile , te On the 15th inst., at Hurley Chur c h, Henry .= .l-- -nocirt o tt son of Henry Charles Ho are , of W aven d on House, Augusta Frances, second daughter of Sir East George , East, Bait, of Hall-place, Berks. r;oleb este ; On the 15th inst., at St. James's Church, . c ittl, h e 0 ./,'gustus Montague C oo p er , Li eu t enan t o f the 52d P o f 4 ' of Madras Native Inf a nt r y, to Eli z ab e th, daugh ter late Major-General Borthwick, Royal Artillery. ocidlo On the 16th inst., at St. George's Church, Blanover. o f t ie . the Hon. William H. H. White Hedges, second e° l 'cbari Earl of Bantry, to Jane, youngest daughter of thel 3te John Herbert, Esq , of Muckross, Killarney, I°_ ;to IS On the 16th inst , aged 48, Mr. James Patchett' Lion Inn, Hebden-bridge. On the 2d inst., at Naples, Admiral Sir Henderson Calderwood Durham, G C. 8., aged S 3• On the sth inst., Mr. J. Whaley, of Kingsletle t et, City' On the 11th inst., Mr. J. Bromley, of Alfred-st re Ile road, aged 63. On the 13th inst., Jane, the wife of Mr. J. ShirleY, street, Marylebone. On the 14th inst., in Henrietta -street, Cavend— t Lady Stepney, widow of the late Sir T. Stepnevd 33l. : o 4 On the 15th inst., James Cotherell, Esq., of Alee tbe Kensington. On the 15th inst., in Lamb's Conduit-street,. Itrosbe° Foundling Hospital, Mary, the widow of CstP la t 4 Mulock. R.N., aged 92. LP - - - London: Printed and Published by MUTWO so• 11 No. 112, Ftrand, Printer f , ..! The Siw Oftice , ,,,o l / Strand, in the. eraeine7 of the Savai. in the ' 1 " Middlesex, Saturday Aolil 19 1%45, 1