The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-16 00:00:00

ASTLE \"S ROYAL AltridITIll.:ATRI. P-coriefor, Cdr. W. Batty An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Continued success of the Dames of the Fox-hunting Chase, by Eight principal Equestrian Ladies of the Fstablishment. Madlles. Gardoni and Amine on the Dcuble Tight Ropes in a petite Ballet entitled The Hungarian Wood-cutters. THIS EVENING The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of TIIE CORSE DE LEON ; or, the Brigand of Savoy. To be tollowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes .of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with TIIE DESERTED MILL ; or, The Soldier's Widow. Box-office open from Eleven till Form. k i wATE:ft AT LONDON mitimE. TRI3 DAY — Mond-nig , 31 min, alter 3 I ZI F 4 R II2 B. 40 min. after 3 To-Moscow — Morning , 4 min. alter 4 I Evening, 21 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAnca 16. THEIIMOXETER, Lowest, 24; Highest, 41; Noon, 44, BAROMETER, 30•23. WIND N.N.E.—dull weather; a slight frill of rain. 4.7, ,1\: 4,4 4 - , t- ---4 ,T . c r. ~,, .1 ,. ' ' A', '4?! . ; " c-- " - ':.; , i'r . • J, ‘ ••-• , *(N:2: ,, .. - 7 • ~... : 0 , 6 ?„-3, 1 . ~,,,.....5 . ~; .r • ~ ~ ,F .. ..E 24., .: , :, . .t , „,k , 7 6 . 7. ....,„....,, ... I) ; v. , 4, 2-..,_,,,--.,.., 7 4:(.„, , ;•t• - ,.. :::,,: .;;; . .1-..k ; ,-* , - Ire ~„. ;‘, l or. , • :,,, 4., , . p,ao/T vt.,L ._ :.;. --- Ps -- _„,....-O . Z 4,' Now ready at all the Libraries, 3 vols.. T TE NEW OVEL, PRIDE AND IRRESOLUTION. By the Author of " Ths Discipline of Lilo," " The publication of the New Work el Lady Emily Ponsonby, "Pride and Irresolution," promises to establish the Author as one of the most successful novelists of the day. In the school of Miss Edgeworth, Miss Austin, and Miss Ferrier (says the "Britannia") has the noble and talented author of these volumes studied with profit ; and we cordially commend and recommend these new scenes in the discipline of life for their truthfulness, their nature, their accurate delineations of character, and their delicate fashion ing:, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE.-THE N EW EDITION OF BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE. FOR 185 0. _ Will be ready on Saturday next, March REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGHOUT TO THE PRE. SENT TIME, from the personal communications of the No. Witty, &C. In 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c., 335. bound. N.B. These who desire copies on the day of publication are re. quested to send their orders immediately to their booksellers. Henry Colburn, Pub:isher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIFE -ERUPTION by Mte. VESCE'CEUVIUS ; with COAL-PIT DEATH EXPLOSIONS—TO OUR RIVER SPAWN of FISH. Memo. for J. BIRD, (charred-black, alas, unaided), at Wigan, &c.—Keep up the isolation of the bony-fabric thro' inhalation of the pure white flame air left ye'—refilling hourly the nostril air-vase exhaust cylinder vacuum, for Lungs' heart-beat expulsion to the sulphurous fire-damp gas—from the skin-vescicles, for regeneration of fleshy covering underneath. This Vesce'ceuvelan life-giving system by " Captain," ACKERLEY has providentially resuscitated eight (including " the man with his dog"), of the miners "blown" with gas and charred by the late disastrous colliery explosions near Stourbridge, Chowbent, and Wigan, as metesrized in February, on the 9th to 13th inst. Thus proving (as instanced in '49 at Hadleigh, Dudley Port, and St. Giles's) that practical utility belies—the Goveronient-talking drones-his im prison-ers ; and that his usefulness, thro' God's gift,' altho' at self-expense [See the Captain's,." Savoy Chanabrlayn facts, 'Brks., R.F."), verifies the old adage,. that " Where there's a will there's a way"t for alleviating this dire calamity of the working classes— found, dying like dogs. A.M. "Wit hath wonder, that reason cannot scan The model's M ald ; how 'God, is eQuod-i-man."l PM ' To the New Exchange Com.-masters, &c.', under Queen Eleanor of Savoy's (niece of Esx., Peter Earl of Richmond, of Susx., in `Ncew College, IMagnm Aulm,' Oxford) : now vacovvmed in St. Katherine's Dock and East Smithfield Charity, A.D. 1273, to 1399, & 1849—" till `magna' posterity requires them for the Common-weal." * Exodus 3, L'ebrew prmtext future for hope in " I am that shalbe" against Woolwich-mrsh. firing, and Windsor-explode, 'scattering of the salmon•fry from Thames fishermen, for Scotch ",l'ark" uses. t On " th'e Quorum" Certifiatte, each sufferer is entitled on loss in life or limb to a state pension or smart from the Greenwich Chest " Consolidated Fund," (inverted, alike the 'L, bevel and ',L,sqr. justice, by lineal Standard with 10 hrs' bill"),—as these Acts ordain for the encouragement of Trade, Navigation, and Naval strength. Edw. Izabeke:de Gal. de l' Imp. Rom. 79' ii Ed'eLionlne 7....(C.Mortimr3lont'agueAtkinat Ric, ii ft. Joanne of Ed. i: HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that THIS EVENING will be repeated Mayer's celebrated Opera of MEDEA. Principal characters by Mille. Paro 11, Madame Giuliani, Signor Calzolari, Signor Michelli (his 2d appearance), and Signor Ile letti; After which will be pieseated an entirely new and original Grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES 31ETAMORFHOSES. The Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. Marshall : the Appointments by Mr. BrAwell ; the Cos. tumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. ecombes, znthr the superintendence of Madame Copere. The Sprite (under the forms of 1, a Page —2, a Rustic Coquette-3, Will-of-the-Wisp-4, a Folie —5, a Domino-6, a Cavalier), Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Karl (a Student), M. Paul Taglioni ; Ida (his be trothed), Madlle. Rosa ; Momus, M. Charles ; Elves, Madlles. Rosa, Ausandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, E. Pascales, and F. Pascales. In the course of the Bullet Madlle. Maria Taglioni will make her s tappearauce this season. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Bet-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The First Appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves, The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that A GRAND EXTRANIGHT Will take place On THURSDAY NEXT, March 21, It being the Dist Night but One before Easter, on which occasion - MR. SIMS REEVES Will make his first appearance in Verdi's Opera, ERN AN I. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, ( OVENT-GAIIDEN. The Directors of the Royal Italian Cpera beg most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public that the Season of 1850 will commence THIS EVENING, With Weber's Grand Opera of DER inEisC fIUTZ, Which will be produced with entirely new Seencrv, Costameg, and Appointments Agata, Madame Castel'an(her first appearance these two years) ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera (her fi at appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Una Paraninfa, Mdlle. Cotti ; Giulio, Signor Enrico Maralti (his first appearance In England) ; Chillaro, Mons. Massol ; Cuno, Signor Rommi ; ITgo, Signor Luigi Mei ; Eremita, Signor Gregorio (his first appearance at the Royal Itplian Opera) ; Zamiel, M. Mier hag (his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera); Gaspar, ll= Furores (his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera). Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve and Telbin : 'the Dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Mine. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Rte mire; the Machinery by Mr. Allen; the Spectacle arranged by Mr. A. Harris. The Boors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be taken for the night or season. N.B. Subscribers for the Season will have the option of paying their Subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by monthly in italmeate. The terns may be obtained at the Box-of ee of the Theatre (cor ger of Hart-street and Bow-street), which is open from Eteyea till l'iyo o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUItY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. •rills EVENING. Wlll be presented, by her Majesty's Servants. The Comedy of TIIE ELDER BROTHER Love at First fight. Lord Lewis, Mr. Diddear ; Miramount, Mr. Emery : Brisac, Mr. Dayidge ; Charles, Mr. James Anderson ; Eustace, Mr. Mon tague ; Angelina, Miss V andenhoff ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lonsclide. To be followed by FAMILY JAMB. To conclude with THY LOTTEIY TICKET. Private boxes, 21. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and It. Is Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit • - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 I Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Ralf-price to Upper Gallery. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. I'ovey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, St,to Loasee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING. Will be performed LAYATER, THE PHYSIOGNOMIST. After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; Neil Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop. Mrs. Stanley. To be followed by a new Farce called THE THREE CUCKOOS. To conclude with THE ROUGH DIAMOND. The Box-offize is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL Under tlie thrention o( Madame CaWow. THIS EVENING, _ Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called TILE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. ughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell ; Miss Harding., and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCII PLAYS AND OPERA COSHQUE. Last Night but Two of the Op:Tate Performances. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence On MONDAY EVENING, at Half-mist Seven, precisely, with LA 3IAIPKESSE AU LOGIS. After which LA DAME BLANCHE. To conclude with Auber's Opera, entitled LE MACON. ger, 11. Lac ; Irma, Madlle. Charton. Thu Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. s treet. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Leseee and Manager. Will be performed DON TIIIS GIOVANNI. EVENING, Atter which HOT AND COLD. To be followed by the Ballet. of TI ! T HREE STATUES. To conclude with MT WIFE SI ACT. ROYAL LYCIUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Vestris. 8010 Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES TIIE TWELFTH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxer, an. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, U.y No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for ?theta Boxes mast be made to Mr. Aileron, 15 New Bond-street. i_ii' brieninit •,iipt. --,-.‘,--*. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1850. The Commons met yesterday at Four o'clock. After the transaction cf soir e preliminary businesw, the House resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, when The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose for the purpose of making the financial statement for the year. After bespeaking the indulgence of the House on account of the illness under which he was evidently labouring, the Right Honourable Gentleman said, that whatever advantages might attend the bringing forward of the financial statement at an early period of the session, yet it was attended with this disadvantage, that it was impossible to make so accurate an estimate of the expected income and expenditure as it would be at a later period of the session, and, there fore, he hoped Hon. Members would bear this in mind while he made his statement. He had, however, received the budget from a gentleman (Mr. Brooksbank) well known and greatly respected by all, and of whose untimely death he had, to his great regret, heard that morning. The income of the country up to the sth of April next would be, he estimated, 52,785,5004, the expenditure 50,533,3511., leaving a surplus of about two millions and a quarter. As a proof that they had not been unmindful of their pledge to observe a judicious economy, he would remark that the actual expenditure had been less than the estimated expenditure by 1,625,000/. He did not estimate the income for 1850 at so large an amount as the income cf 1849. He anticipated a di minution in the receipts from the sugar duties. He also anticipated a reduction in the amount of Cus toms duties received from brandy, as a large increase in the amount of duty paid for brandy had taken place last year in consequence of the prevalence of cholera. He also anticipated a considerable decrease in the amount of duty paid on the importation of foreign core. In conse quence of the diminished importation in the months of January and February, 1850, a considerable decrease ap peared as compared with the corresponding months of 1849. He estimated the probable receipts from Customs next year at 19,750,000/. Exclusive of beer duties, he estimated the Excise at 6,800,0001. ; the assessed taxes at 4,320,000/. ; the property-tax at 5,080,000/. ; the Post-office revenue at 820,0004 ; Crown lands revenue at 161,0001., the miscellaneous at 270,0001., the old stores at 410,0001. He estimated the total revenue at 52,285,0001. He estimated the expen diture for the payment of the national debt, funded and unfunded, at 28,105,0001., for the navy at 7,613,7594, for the army at 6,625,3411.; for the ordnance at 2,234417/. He estimated the total expenditure at 50,613,586/. He, however, intended to propose an increased expenditure of 150,0001. for the New Houses of Parliament, and if that wore agreed to, it would leave a surplus of 1,471,0001. Various propositions had been made for re ductions of taxation. It had been suggested that the tea duly should be reduced, that the window duty should be abolished, that the timber duty should be abolished, that the malt-tax should be repealed, but it would be impossible to repeal any of these taxes without providing some substitute. It had been proposed by an Hon. Gentleman, whom he was very sorry not to see present in the House, that a great portion of the local taxation of the country should be thrown upon the Consolidated Fund. He was sorry to find that that proposition had received such support as it had done, because he con ceived the adoption of it would be the final step towards the reversal of the system cf commercial policy which had been adopted for the last 20 years, and which went to reduce the duties on all articles of general consump tion, and thus to relieve the industrial classes, by trans ferring the burden of taxation from the poor to the rich. Upwards of 8,000,0001. had been actually re moved from articles of consumption, but these figures showed but a very small portion of the benefit which the industrious classes had derived from the re moval of duties from articles .of consumption, because, independently of the advantages which they had actually derived from a diminution in price, they had also derived a great benefit from the increase of employment consequent upon the increase of consumption. As a proof of the accu mulating wealth and capital of the country he would ob serve that no less a sum than 148,000,0001. had been invested in railways ; but, with all this wealth, the condition of the poorer classic was most wretched, and yet, in the face of this a proposition for relieving property from taxation, and transferring it to the shoulders of the poor had received the support of a large number of Members of that House. He believed that if the Hoe. Members who supported that proposition had considered its etfect, they would have paused before they had supported it He believed that the agricultural interest was suffering from a merely temporary depression, from which it would speedily recover by the reaction upon them of the prosperity of every other interest. He admitted that the price of corn had been lower than he had anticipated, but at the same time he believed that such a depression of price would not be permanent; neither did he attribute it entirely to free trade, because in France, Be'gium, and Holland, where a rigid protective system was in full force, the price of corn had fallen even lower than it had ever been in this country. The fact was, in all these coun tries there had been an unusually prolific harvest, and to that, and not to importation alone, was to be attributed the fall in price of corn. He believed that the skill and energy cf the agriculturists would surmount all the difficulties under which they were labouring, but he would not deny but that many might sink beneath the pressure, but no great improvement could take place without injury to many persons. Look to the railroads— would they abolish railroads because innkeepers, coach-masters, and turnpike shareholders bad been in many instances ruined ? Having referred to the various proposals which had been made for the disposal of the surplus of 1,500,0004, he would state his own views. The first idea that had struck him was that some reduction should be made in our debt. Since 1833 there had been borrowed 35,000,0001., while all the money that had been applied to the reduction of the debt had been 8,000,0001., being a surplus of debt of 27,000,0001. He had hoped, seeieg the House had re fused to increase the taxation in 1848, and had forced him to borrow, they would not, when there was a siiiplus, insist upon a decrease of taxation. The rule seemed to be, when there is a deficiency to borrow, but when there is a surplus do not reduce your debt. It was of the utmost importance that a high state of public credit should be maintained both to the public and to individuals, because the higher the state of public credit the lower was the interest of money in the market. Nevertheless he was not prepared to say that he would devote the whole of the surplus to the purpose of the diminution of the debt. He proposed for the purpose or rcliQving the landed interest to make a considerable re duction on stamp duties upon the transfer of real pro perty up to 1,000/., and to equalise the duties after large amount; and he proposed to adopt the same prin ciple with regard to the stamp duties on mortgages. He proposed also to reduce the stamp duty upon leases— he proposed that si here the stamp duty now payable upon a lease was 1/., it should be reduced to 2s. ad., and so on in proportion. He also proposed, for the purpose of improving the dwellings of the labouring classes, to accede to a total repeal of the duty on bricks.—(This announcement created a great sensation in the House, and was received with loud cheers.) He thought that the repeal of this duty would not only conduce to the improvement of the dwellings of the labouring classes, but would also conduce to the improvement of agriculture, and to the advantage of the owners of laud. The amount of losses be anticipated in the revenue were, upon stamps a little under 300,0001, upon bricks to a little over 450,000/., making a total of 750,0001., being half the surplus. The other half he proposed to devote to the reduction of the debt. He also intended to propose an advance of 2,000,0001. to England and Scotland, and of 1,000,0001. to Ireland, for drainage and improvement ; of this latter sum he should insist upon 800,000/. being appropriated to arte rial drainage. These sums could be advanced without adding to the debt, and on their repayment they would be available for its reduction. With regard to the re duction of the national debt, he proposed to devote 250,000/. to the extinction of one portion of it by dis charging the " Equivalent Fund" in Scotland, and to re tan in the Exchequer the remaining surplus of 500,0004 The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a vote of 9,200,000/. to be raised by Exchequer-bills. After a long and somewhat desultory discussion the vote was agreed to and reported. Distinction has fallen on the Whigs, and honour of a peculiar bind descended on the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, through that most wonderful finan cial statement which was last evening submitted to the House of Commons by the Right Honourable Baronet in the glorified form of a BRICK-DUST BUDGET! Often as we have heard the old proverbial saying of the mountebank throwing dust in the eyes of the gullible for the purpose of rendering it difficult for the public to detect his quackeries, we certainly never dreamt of seeing the adage realised by the oration of an English CHANCELLOR of the Excal- QuER. Yet so it has come to Pass—th e G overnment of England having officially deputed the Financial Minister to try the experiment upon the community. Conscious of the responsibilities devolving upon him in such a very hazardous undertaking, Sir CHARLES WOOD yes terday brought forward his annual state ment with an apparent sense of his temerity, sprink ling very Lavishly in the eyes of the population the dust of the sophistries arising from the trituration of an argum , ?.nt on Bricks ! Never, we are bold to say, were the financial confessions of any previous CHANCELLOR of the Excumas characterised by such an accumulation of littlenesses and evasions, a uch insolent defiance of the People, such abject cringing to the Opposition, such treason to the cause , with which the Administration bad been previously - identified, or such a deplorable mixture of timidity z,nd audacity in one glaring act of Ministerial tergiversatio.-i. Debased as they have long been in the national estimation, never before had the Whigs fallen so low as in the grand evidence of politi cal apostasy afforded by themselves in their Brick-dust Budget. In it they have consummated their labours a.l the Renegades of Statesmanship. By the Brick-dust Budget they have demonstrated with the precision of a mathematical truth the accuracy of the belief that "A Whig in Office is a Slave in Place." Henceforth it will be remembered, as proven in the Brick-dust Budget of 1850, that the opinions of the Whig faction are subject to alternations according to the locality of their position in Parliament, rendering them—Ultra-Radicals on the_Benches of the Opposi tion, and Ultra-Conservatives on the Benches of the Treasury. To epitomise the character of this Brick dust Budget, this financial bantling of the Whig Cabinet, dandled with so much shameless com• placency before the House of Commons last evening by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, it is only necessary to observe that it consists of three con spicuous acts of baseness, constituting a monstrous and almost unparalleled violation of the laws cf legislative morality. Briefly then : through the lips of Sir CHARLES WOOD the Free Trade, Liberal Government has obsequiously kissed the hem of the garment of the Agricultural Opposition. In no other way can we designate with a sufficiently contemptuous emphasis the truckling of the RUSSELL Ministry to their more noble, because more bold and plain-spoken, antagonists. After the financial state ment of last evening, the partizans of the Honourable Gentleman] the Knight Representative of Bucking hamshire, have ample reason to congratulate him as leader of the,Country Party on the fulfilment of some of his dearest aspirations by the pitiful compliance of the Government. Even the Honourable Member for West Surrey is driven into the necessity of pronouncing a kind of grateful panegyric on the Cabinet—a pane gyric on the Whig Cabinet from the mouth of an arrant Conservative ! " 0 day and night, but this is wondrous strange !" Yet the marvel ceases on an examination of the financial statement of the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. After blowing a whole orchestra of trumpets in the way of vaunting the great measure of proposed amelioration, the Minis terial mountain, with the throes of a political earth quake, gives forth its boon to the country—a wretched little sop to the agriculturists—the remission of the Duty on Bricks ! For the purpose, it is intimated, of facilitating agricultural drainage, and with a view to enable farmers more readily to erect cottages and other bucolic specimens of domestic architecture—her MAJESTY'S advisers—are prepared —after due consideration—to—remit the Duty on Bricks ! What a grand thing it would have been if Sir CHARLES WOOD, in making that . announcement, could have assumed for the moment that majestic and consequential " roll in the voice," which among the many agreeable characteristics of our old friend, Mr. WILKINS MICAWBER ! As a priceless benefaction to the agriculturists, and to the community at large, the Government will consent to remit the Duty on Bricks ! Not a word about the remission or even the reduction of the window-tax— out an inkling of any intention to remove the imposts upon the light of GOD'S day and the air of GoD's heaven ! But bricks are to be taxless. Build away then, ye agriculturists, your windowless and unventilated tenements thanking PROVIDENCE and the Whigs that bricks are cheaper than fresh air, grateful that advantages are conferred upon the briclikiln which are not permitted to penetrate the workshop of the glazier. True, again, the Cabinet through its Chancellor of the Exchequer re pudiates all intention to remit the grievous imposts upon knowledge. But then remember the ineffable boon assured to us by the Brick-dust Budget. Our rulers appear to entertain somewhat similar views in regard to education as those expressed the other evening by the gallant and eccentric Member for Lincoln—" Where," they appear to say with him, " where is the use of reading ? Who cares about books " So, the duty on bricks being remitted, the tax on paper and advertisements will be retained. Is not this, we ask, an awful travestie of the Holy Volume? "They asked you for bread, and you gave them a stone." So has it been with the people hungering after that food of intellect, that bread of life, knowledge. So might we say to the Government—" They asked you for bread (the bread of life), and you gave them a brick !" But the problem, cruelly inexplicable as it may appear, is capable of a solution the remission of the tax on Bricks is a sop to:quiet one enemy, one formidable power, and the maintenance of the duty on Paper is a sop to quiet another. In this manner the timorous and cringing Government of the Whigs, endeavouring to stay off danger by yielding first in this direction and next in that, even though it be at the risk of selling one by one the glorious dogmas of their poli tical belief, are buying the permission to remain in office even with the dereliction of their duties, the abandonment of their ambition, and the rejection of all their venerable and long-cherished principles. Yet the Whig Government withal must needs pretend to claim the possession of a con science. While bribing the agriculturists, and truck ling to Conservatism, and deceiving the people, they must needs have the audacity to assume in their Brick-dust Budget a sort of a conscientious sentiment. We must presume from this that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has been somehow infected by those mysterious halves of five and ten pound notes sent to him in the shape of conscience money from time to time by all the letters of the alphabet. However this may be, certain it is that the Whig Cabinet pretends to have a conscience. It talks—as we intimated yesterday that it would—about appro.. priating some portion of the surplus revenues of the empire to the liquidation of the National Debt of 800,000,0001.! Fortunately that stern and inexorable feeling which is prevalent throughout theyountry, and to which feeling we gave voice yesterday, has induced the Government to hesitate in the appropriation of more than 750,000/. out of the 2,000,0001. surplus to this object of liquida tion. Yet even so far as this our fears have been realised; 750,0001. being set aside for the diminution of the ca pital of 800,000,0001., while light, and air, and know ledge are still laden down with taxation. Simultaneously with the exposure of so much po ical turpitude on the part of the Government, the cause, the bloated and plethoric cause of .he moneyocracy is advanced by our Whig states- While trampling down the noblest aspira ions of the people, these consistent Liberals are raising the Golden Calf on a loftier pedestal. Representatives of the Bunking Interest under their auspices are introduced in batches into the House of Lords—the most recent accessions to the peerage being as everybody well knows Lords OVERSTOINE and LONDESBOBOUGH. Thus under the men. Whig Administration the money-makers are clothed n the ermine and the coronet, while the vast masses of the people are abandoned to their wretched cellars and garrets, shut out from the daylight, deprived of wholesome ventilation, and doomed to re main in the moral darkness and mental squalor of their ignorance. Hence we would say to these Whig statesmen—now, while the patents of nobility bestowed on Lord LONDESBOROUGR and Lord OVER- STONE are still crisp and fresh from the hand of the heraldic stationer—we would say to the Members of this Gold-honouring Government, in the words of a great poet— " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wido the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land." With the warning implied in those noble couplets of OLIVER GOLDSMITH -we would here associate the indignation with which the people of England will inevitably receive the intelligence of the Brick dust Budget brought forward in the Commons last evening by the Financial Minister of the Whig Government. The intended abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland has, as might have been anticipated, created some degree of excitement at the other side of •t. George's Channel. Some of the Dublin journals are, of course, indignant at the contemplated change, but the provincial press exhibit an almost unparalleled unanimity in favour of the new Ministerial policy. The corruption and intrigue, the jobbing and abuses, to which the existence o f t he mock Co urt gave rise were,and partiesunhappily,agreed but too nm eo ade notorious ; all classes condemning n g the ex isting abuses, abuses, however, which were inseparable from the system. It would, therefore, hare been mopstrous,_that a few Dµhlin tradesmen, who considered that they had a vtsted in terest in the expenditure cf the Viceregal salary, should be permitted to perpetuate the nuisance for their own private and personal objects. Far better would it be for the community in general to give compensation to those interested par ties. But, as no person could be found with suffi cient hardihood to bring forward a proposition so monstrous, these high-minded, and disinterested par ties are endeavouring to get up a petty excitement, and to induce others, who are ever but too happy to catchl at "a grievance," to fight their battle, and to agitate the question. Some; few of the Re peelers have fallen into the.trap. Mr. Join; O'Coe rim. and the Freeman's Journal, who formerly were loud in condemnation of the back-stairs' in fluence, are now, it appears, determined to " break a lance" in its support. But Conciliation Hall no longer possesses the power it wielded in days of yore, during the lifetime of the Liberator, and even the Freeman's Journal, deservedly popular as it is, cannot so far lead the public opinion as to induce any considerable portion of the community to struggle for the perpetuation of the Irish Viceroyalty. We have already shown that Ireland can never become what she ought to be—an integral portion of Great Britain, so long as a separate Executive is maintained. During its existence there will ever be a temptation to demand a separate and independent Legislature. In deed, if the former be conceded, we cannot under stand upon what grounds the latter can be de nied. A spirit of pseudo-nationality was kept alive by the office ; it showed that Ireland was considered a province, and that she was treated as one of the more distant colonies. It may well be doubted whether the bloodless insur rection, which was so happily suppressed by the Earl of CLARENDON, would ever have broken out but for the system carried on within the precints of the Castle, and the gross abuses that were thus brought under the immediate cognizance of the people. The above was not, however, the greatest of the mischiefs to which the tinsel and pageantry of the Irish Court gave origin. It exercised a malignant and enervating influence upon the wealthier classes that was produc tive of the most fatal results to the national pros perity ; it fostered a spirit of paltry pride that led but too many into expenses far beyond their ability to maintain ; many of the mortgages and embarrassments now weighing down the Irish gentry are ascribable to the passion for at tending levees and drawing-rooms that some time since prevailed to so great an extent. The En cumbered Estates Act might not have been ne cessary had this Viceroyalty been abolished half a century ago, when the treaty of Union was agreed upon. It also taught the Irish to despise the pursuits cf honest and honour able industry, and to struggle after a spurious aristo cracy, which they had not themseoannssintowshuicphpotrhte. Younger s ons were se nt to p great majority could never hope to realise an inde pendence, in place of entering upon mercantile or manufacturing pursuits. was true that they were in consequence obliged to endure many privations, and to incur debts which they could never liqui date, but they were admissible to the " Castle." They could hope to fish out snug situations under the Government, and these question able advantages were regarded as more than equivalent to the innumerable evils and annoyance s incidental to the position. Every man possessed of any resources endeavoured to make one, at least, of his sons a barrister or a doctor, and hence these pro fessions were greatly overstocked, and the reasonable expectations of the working men were disappointed. All this will now be remedied, and we have no doubt that the beneficial results of the change will speedily be perceptible. We rejoice to find that this important measure is not to be procrastinated or delayed. The Premier last night stated, in answer to a question by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that " a Bill for the purpose was in course of prepa ration." There is, therefore, every reason to hope, that it may be introduced immediately after Easter, and that it will be accompanied by what may be con sidered an essential adjunct—a measure for the full and perfect amalgamation of the English and Irish Bsrs, and the removal of the disabilities by which the legal practitioners of either country are now restricted or impeded. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Patrie of Thursday evening contains the fol lowing paragraph : " Citizen oe Flotte, after the Examination of the votes made up to this evening, has only a majority of 341 over M. Ferdinand Foy, the candidate of the Electoral Union. The examination of the votes of the Gender metie Mobile may modify this result in favour of our candidate." The Evenement, on the same subject, says : " The election at M. de Flotte is, it is said, threatened with annullation. It is hoped by that to draw to the Place de l'Hotel de Ville a certain number of workmen, and to obtain the enteute which is wished for. In the ncme of liberty, we conjure the workmen to avoid any assemblage; to-morrow on the Place de i'Hotel de Ville. The National announces, and the Ministerial morning journals confirm the announcement, that there can be no doubt of the election of N. DE FLOTTE :--- " The definitive result of the scrutiny," says the Na tional, "is known,—Carnot, Vidal, De Flotte. The proclamation which will be made this day, Friday, March 15, will only confirm it. LET TUE PEOPLE ABSTAIN FROM APPEARING ON THE PLACE OF TIIE HOTEL DE VILLE. This warning, which is given to them by the unanimous voice of the whole of the independent press, is not lightly given. They must not expose themselves to the chance of changing into a sanguinary conflict a pacific victory. In the same journal we find the following address 46 PEOPLE. "The Democratic Soci a li s t Committee, informed that li e enemies of the To o e T p ile Republic hav e determined to en deavour this day (Friday) to bring about a collision at the Place de l'Hotel de Ville, earnestly invite all citizens to abstain from being present at the procla mation of the new representati ves ." These warnings produced the desired effect, and, thanks to the vigilance of the journalists and of the committee, and to the exemplary prudence of the people, t h e re - act i onar i es were b au lked of their intended coup d'etat ; the parti pretre were unable to organize a political St. Bar tholomew's. The "lace de l'Hotel de Vile was yes terday a desert, and in the pr esence o f t h e aut h or i t i es, and of the authorities only, the following official pro clamation of the poll took place at twelve o'clock : Carnot , , Vidal De Platte ... 126,982 Foy . 125,643 La Hitte Bonjean M. VIDAL, having been elected in one of the depart ments, will resign his seat for Paris. It is said that the Democrats have determined to start M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN to fill the vacancy. Several of the journals mention rum ours o f an intended change or modification of th e Mi n i stry, b ut they are of a very contradictory character as to the persons who are to go out, and thos e w h o are to come in. The C'ourrier Francais. gives the foll ow i ng no t as a rumour, but as being founded on information of its own :—" General DE L AHITT E and M. FERDIN AND BARROT have given in their resignati on . T he portfolio of Foreign Affairs and the presidentship of the council were offered on Wednesday even i ng to M. MOLE. In c a se of refusal, it is M. DE FLAIIAUT who is to replace M. DE LAHITTE. M. PIScA TORY had been thought of fur the Ministry of the Interior, but it is General DUMAS, ex-di rec t or o f Arab affairs in Algeria, who is appointed in the pl ace of M. FERDINAND .BARILOT. „ i "It is confidently stated, ,, says the Ordre, " that the Government will this day present to the Assem bly two important Bills on the press, and on which it will demand urgency." The Pairie says—" 1 he defenders of society must promptly assume the offensive against the Red party. In revolution, the status quo conspires in favour of anarchy; the victory always belongs to the offensive. Grave measures ought to be proposed and voted d'ur gence. There are two which the party of order have a right to demand at once from the Government and the Assembly. The first is a seriously repressive law on the press ; and the second, the interdiction of electoral meetings. Every one comprehends the ne cessity of an efficient repression of the excesses of the demagogical press. As to electoral meetings, the ex perience which we have just had of them is a living lesson. M. VIDAL has been elected in the Bas-Rhin, and according to the engagement which he entered into before the Socialist conclave he will decide to sit for that department. We shall have consequently a new election for the Seine. The Reds will seize on that occasion to open their clubs. But they muA not be permitted to do so. It is neither moral, nor sure, to allow to a part of the population of Paris the spectacle of these demagogic orgies." The Courrier Franvais says—" All journals, what ever may be their size, are, it is said, to be subjected to a stamp-duty, as well as all political pamphlets of less than 15 leaves. The caution money on journals is to be considerably augmented." Among other rumours in circulation is one that MM. I.IIoLE and THIERs will enter the Ministry ; that M. LEON FAUCIIER will be again appointed Mi nister of the Interior, and that a law for the restric tion of the suffrage will be presented to the Assembly. It is said that M. DUPIN has declared that should any such law be presented he will refuse to put it from the chair. The police are proceeding actively with their in vestigation into the Legitimatist plot recently dis covered at Caen. Within the last few days they have made domiciliary visits at Havre in connexion with it, have arrested M. PERIER DE LA PELLETRIE Of that town, and seized in his house some documents of a suspicious character. The Illoniteur du Soir announces the result of 28 out of the 30 elections, including those of Paris. It gives 11 in favour of the Government, and the rest as having returned Socialist candidates. The 11 al luded to comprise four departments hitherto re marhable for their extreme Republican opinions. As yet, however, the Government has published no official accolint of these returns. In the Assembly yesterday the debate on the education law was resumed and again adjourned. M. CREMIEUX has given notice of an amendment for adjourning the execution of the law on Public Instruction until the year 18572. AI. LAMARTINE has expressed his intention to support this resolution. The Committe on the Bill for opening the electric telegraph to the public has approved its principle. The Committee is yet of opinion that it may give rise to a great abuse, unless the use of the telegraph be accompanied by some restrictive measure?. PARIS BOURSE, MARCH 15.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents. 92f. 20c.; Three per Cents. 57f.; Bank Actions, 2,275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCEL 15. ' Boulogne and Amiens, 6 3 / 4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), I2,4—Luxembourg, 13( s —Paris and Orleans, 291 1 —Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the 10th inst. have arrived. There were rumours of an impending Ministerial crisis, but they did not obtain much credit. The whole of the Spanish troops, composing the Roman Expedition have landed at Barcelona. The Bolsa was closed on the 11th. GERMANY. The following appears in the Official Gazette of Stuttgart of the 1 lth :--‘• The convention of Munich has been approved of by the Saxon Government. The plenipotentiaries of the three kingdoms consequently assembled the 7th of March at Munich, and signed the final protocol. They severally declared that their governments had approved of the convention of the 27th February, and that they would tranArnit to the governments of Austria and Prussia the propositions contained therein for the revision of the Germanic Constitution, and also give notice to the Federal Com mission of Frankfort." Deputations of the two Chambers cf the Grand Duchy of BADEN presented on the 12th addresses to the Grand Duke, in reply to the speech from the throne ; that of the First Chamber contained a para graph in favour of German unity. Tile budget of the Duchy of Nassau for 1850 pre sents a deficit of 1,331,082 florins, which it is pro posed to cover by new taxes. A Vienna letter of the 9th announces that 18 Hungarian officers have just been condemned by the court-martial at Arad-12 of them to be shot. The Gazette of the Empire of Vienna, of the 10th, publishes a letter from flermanstadt, charging Mr. COLQUIIOUN, English Consul-General at Bucharest, and his secretary, Mr. GRANT, with having encou raged the insurrectionary movements in Wallachia and Transylvania, and with having been in corres pondence with General BEM. GREECE. The French Government has received official in formation, that at the date of the 24th ult. Admiral PARKER had desisted front making any further seizures of Greek vessels, in consequence of the friendly offices of France having been accepted. On the Ist March he gave orders that the blockade should be entirely suspended, and allowed the free ingress and egress of the Greek ports. ITALY. We read in a letter from Naples of the 6th :—" A secret consistory was held yesterday at Portici to de cide finally the period at which the POPE IS to return to Rome. After a long and animated discussion the majority decided in favour of the return, and it was definitively fixed for April 2. This has been already semi-officially intimated to the diplomatic corps, and in some days the official announcement will appear in the Itionitezur." The Constituzionale of Florence of the Bth states that there has been a serious disturbance at Pisa, in which several persons had been wounded. It men tions neither date nor circumstances. Toe Duchess of BERRY passed through Bologna on the 7th, on her way to Florence. Letters from Turin of the 11th inst. state that the Count DE HOHENTHAL had arrived in that capital, charged on the part of the King cf . SAXONY with an extraordinary mission, having for its object to nego tiate the marriage of the granddaughter of the KING, the Princess MARIA ELIZABETH, with the Duke of GENOA. The Piedmontese Ministry have introduced a Bill into the Senate for the reform cf the National Guard. The King of NAPLES has directed that the Con sultative Committee, created for Sicily, shall cease its functions. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, visited the new Palace at Westminster yesterday afternoon. The royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty and the Prince, with the royal party, viewed the frescos, and then proceeded to the upper waiting hall. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness also inspected the new House of Commons, the centre hall, St. Stephen's hall, and the Peers' library. The august party afterwards returned to Bucking ham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Prin cess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their usual exercise yesterday in the garden of Bucking ham Palace. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Jocelyn, and the Right Hon. William S. Lascelles. The Queen's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse left the residence of the Duke and Ouches of Cam bridge at Kew, yesterday, for the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left Kew yesterday morning fbr town, and proceeded by the London and North-Western Railway on a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. The Earl of Suffolk had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. Divett, M.P., had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Foreign Office. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) We are sorry to say that a return of the Lord Chan cellor's indisposition prevented his Lordship from sittin g tc-lay in the Court of Chancery. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS I)AY.) The Master of the R )11s sat to-day in his Court in the Roll's-yard, Chancery-lane. His Lordship was occupied the whole of the morning with consent petitions and short causes. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied his Honour the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) Causes and bankrupt petitions of no interest, except to the patties concerned, occupied the Court the whole morning. (afore the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAIII.) His Honour having disposed of the short causes and petitions on his paper procce led to hear the further arguments on the part•heard case of Dobson v. Lund, which occupied the remainder of the morning. MANSION HOUSE.—(TAIS DAY.) Walter Watts, the lessee cf the Olympic Theatre, was brought up, on remand, charged with having defrauded Messrs Glyn, Halifax, land Co., bankers, of 1,400/., but by consent of b:.th parties, the inquiry was adjourned till Monday week. ABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon, at two o'clock, at the Foreign- office. There were present the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John C. Hobhouse, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Fox Maule. It is not, we believe, intended at present to fill up the vacancy in the Cabinet caused by the resignation of Lord Campbell, the new Lord Chief Justice, his Lordship's late seals of office being held by the Earl of Carlisle in commendam with those of First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, In, UM, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW,! 4 '. CITY. QUA.IITER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton Market the sales yesterday were small, and the total for the week is but 25 770 bales. Prices have ruled heavy.—Shares also were dull at the outport. The 13a, k if England return of liabilities and assets made up to ihe 9th inst. gives evidence of the abundance of money, and the balances both to the credit of the public and private chpo,itor are increasing. This acts in turn upon the circulation, which is lessened, notwithstanding the increase in the other securities, and in the urem ployed notes. It cannot indeed be expected that the circulation will now increase until the dividends are paid. The precious metals show a slight increase. Com pared with the previous week, the return presolts the following changes : Notes Issued 1.; crease Rest ... 30,347.380 ... 28,780 ... 3,595 631 ... 2,697 ... 8,160.205 ... 321,997 ... 10,165,C00 ... 303,101 ... 1,095,104 ...• 1,202 Inci ease Public Deposits Increase ... Other Deposits ... Increase Seven Day and other Bills De crease Government securities, no alteration Other Securities 10,833 797 Inerease —. 438,767 Notes 1.1,519,435 Incrien e 151,550 Bullion ... 17,133,356 Increase L 7,496 Active Circulation ... 18,827,945 Decrease ... 180 330 The foreign Exchanges were yesterday quoted far bills at 90 days at a slight &cline upon some of the Con tinental cities. Italy, however, was an exception, Trieate being 11 48 to 52. Paris was negotiated at 25f. 674-e. to 72k; Harnburgh at 13 124 to 13i; Amsterdam at 12 24 to 1, and Frankfort at 1211 4. The state of the coffee market both here and in Hol land seems to bear out the views of those who predicted a decline, and it remains to be seen, now the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated his plans, whether there will be more activity. Messrs. Franks and I\ :illard write to us as fol:ovvs : " We stated when native Ceylon was at 65e. that it was unsafe to hold above 455., since which it has touched 555, per cat., with the strong fact that thirteen vessels have actually sailed from Ceylon with coffee, equal to 70,000 cwt. or 35,578 bags, 5,239 casks. In about another week we may also expect further accounts of a similar extensive quantity having left the island, and with large pat cele ready for shipment. For the purpose of ascertaining the real state and opinion on the Conti nent relative to t'le coffee trade, we specially sent a par ty to the leading markets, and the result appears to be that there was an impression in some quarters that crops would be rathpr deficient, but no real Net could be adduced to carry out the idea. Opinion is even more unfavourable than heretofore, and which is not surpris ing, when we state that production in Java and in the Brazils is larger than what was calculated upon a few months back, whilst of Ceylon there will be a yield equal to the last three seasons, and in other coffee producing countries it is now beyond a doubt there will be large crops. The consumption on the Continent continues to be much interfered with by high prices and other causes; there is also a further di minution in this country, owing to similar instances. Stocks continue to accumulate, and are greater than at this time last year by nearly 40,000 cwt. of Ceylon at this port alone, s hilst there is at the Dutch ports a greater quantity of Coffee than in March last year by upwards of 90.000 huge. Deliveries here have already fallen off to the extent of about 16,000 cwt. for home consump tion, and 6,000 for exportation, compared with 1849, up to this time; whilst there is every prospect of even a greater deficiency. The result of the Dutch Compeny's sale has produced disappointment here, as rates declined 2to 3 cents. compared with the valuations. Prices rule 1 from 321 to 391, or at an average of 33 cents. fur good yellow Java, equal to 54F. 9/1., which, allowing for quality would make the value of native Ceylon 51s. to 52-.; so that at this rate tl,e export price here is not above 50s. per cat. The present value of aeive Ceylon is artificial, and it is evident that the time is not far distant weee there will be a further reduction. The downward tendency will be meal assistel by the trade operating in the tame cautious manner as for tae lest ten weeks, and refraining from placing any reliance upon reports circulated by interested parties." The financial plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer appear to have been very correctly foreshadowed in the rumours that were yes terday circulated in the City. About half the surplus is to be applied to the reduction of tax ation, and the other half to the redemption of debt. Of course this course has its advocates and opponents. There is nothing bold or original in it, and as in all in stances of " trimming," no one will be thoroughly satis fied. The sticklers for the reduction of debt wished the whole surplus to be applied according to their way of thinking; the financial reformers that the uttermost far thing should be surrendered to the people, as the surest means of compelling further retrenchment, and not, as is speciously alleged, from any desire to damage the na tional credit. A surplus left with Government is a pre mium on the maintena• co of sinecures arid extravagance, and applying three- quarters of a million sterling to the debt will not take the amount entirely from Government control in future years. The accounts from the manufacturing districts notice a dull stater f things generally, but trade is in a whole some state nevertheless. The exports of the precious metals direct from London this week have Leen about 118,000 ounces of silver, and 3,788 ounces of gold, all to the continent. The Funds opened a shade lower, and upon a sale by an influential broker, they gave way suddenlj , Consols drop ping from 96 and 964- to 951 1. They have since rallied to 95i and 96 for Transfer and to 96 and 96* for Ac count. The Reduced Three per Cents. have been done at 96'1 with the dividend. Exchequer-bills have realised 595. to 61r., and India Bonds 85s. to 88s. premium, being very firm. Some of the speculators appear to be disappointed that the whole of the surplus revenue is not to be applied to the redemption of the debt. The Foreign Securities are not so good. Russian Scrip has been as low as 4 premium, Red Dutch Twc and-a-Half per Cents. have declinod to 541. The Am sterdam Bourse on Thursday was lower. Peruvian Deferred have had a tumble from 29 to 261, and the Ac tive have been 71 to 72k. Equador stock is at 31. Buenos Ayres Bonds are 51 to 52; Spanish Five per Cents. have been 10,- to 17. In Railway Shares very Hale is doing, and prices are rather heavier. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON.E O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) _ per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96X 3 per Cent. Consols Ann.s India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I 'Ad. 2d. March. June. 1,0601. 5001 ••• -- 59 61 p Small — 59 61 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... Ditto Account . Chilianßonds,6 per Cent ...... .. — Ditto 3 per Cent Equador Bonds ....... ........... Mexican ti0n45,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto for theAcc•unt. . Ditto Deferred ... Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent — Ditto Scrip 11; 0 34 p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... .. 16 3 / Ditto for the Account .......... 17 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 2 par Cent. ' B B I,E Dutch 2 1 A i per Cent., 12 Guild RKSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PIM SHARE. 'aledonian Eastern Counties Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. p to Do., do N 0.2,6/. 133.4 d... 1 / 2 p... to East Lancashire ... Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern 22 - to D 0 . 1,4 A Deferred ........ 12 1 % 2 Great Western ..................100 Ditto,llal f Shares Lancashire and Yorkshire...loo ..... Ditto Quarters...,., 2314....... 8 1 ,4 to Loud., Bright..34SouthCoastlo9 —... 79;4 to Do., New U., gua. 6pr - CLIO° .133 .... . to 133 London Ss North Western.....loo 10 4 1,4 M.'s to Do. New Quarters. _ . Do. 101.... Pd. and B. (C.) 1 Loudon and S. Western ... ...100 ..... 63 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ...... Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 7 1 A to Midiztd...... -, .... ....... ...100 Ditto. :9/. Shares ..... ...... 30 ..... . 5 North Wester' ...... 13 3 % ..... 6 1 4. ..... to 6 !=hrewsbury and I;rialin gk am 13! 4 ...... 8 A r ', to Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... 9% South Staffordshire ............ 8% 4%....•• to South Eastern Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Y ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Aliniens 2O ..... 6 3 / 4 %... to Strasburg and Bale l4 ...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster... 20 Union of Madrid , 4O ...... to COURSE OF Amsterdam ...... •• .• 12 2% Ditto, at sight • ..... 12 1 Rotterdam .... • • .... 12 2 2 .4, Antwerp • • .... 25 75 Hainburgh .... • • 31.8 . 13 13 1 A Paris, 3 days'sight • 25 52% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 75 arseillos •• •• •• 25 77% . 25 72% Frankfort on Mains.... 121% Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37;4 Berlin .. Vienna, effec. 11 5; Trieste, ditto.. 11 65 Madrid .... 49 5, Cadiz .. .• Bilbao.. •••• Rareeloza .• Sevillo ' EXCHANGE. Gibraltar• • •• „ •• •• •• •• .. Leghorn 80 35 Genoa •• •• •••••• •• •• 26 0 Venice• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Naples .. .... • • • . 40% Palermo, peroz ........ 124 Messina .............. 122% Lisbon.• ••••••• • • • • • •• 63U Oporto • • 53% Rio Janeiro ••••„ • „ • • . Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days'slght Philadelphia .......... riucts or BULLION, PER 08. Fore!gn Gold in bars...i3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloon■ 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 1 4 Silver iu bars ........ 0 4 1 I 913 SHIELDS, bleacu 15.—WindE.N.E.--Id. Alexander Hall, Valparaiso ; Forager, New Yotk. I~ TA) YD'S ST-lIPPTNG—(TIIIS LONDON, MARCH 16. WiLd this day at noon 1 45 moderate breeze . DEAL, MARCH 15.—Wind E.N.E., fresh.—Arrd, the River and sld. Boyne, Adelaide, South A us rk Merchant, Buenos Ayres. Sid. Amaranth, GreP" Celebes, llavannah. T . l . 0 LITERPoOL, MARCH 15.—Wind E. to Sherbrooke, Ac•:pulco; Damascus, Baltimo re ; Ner o New York; Middlesex, Boston ; Silas, Leonard , s o Dolphin, Newfoundland. Off port, Cilumbus, P e° buco; Plymouth, Rock, Empress, and Nymph. f SHIELDS, MARCIE 15.—The Edward slo o p , port, grounded on the bar last night, and has bete comlete wra ck, having broken E. ran , 0 0 CO p WES, MARCH 15.—Wind E.—Arrd. Antwerp. trom llavannah, with damage fr om On ssith a brig. supposed English, off .Dungenessa Be" PILL, MAncle 15.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Hong-Kona , . 0 NEWPOOT, MARCH 14. Wind N.E., stra.' Meta, Havannah. sjOr SWANSEA, MARCH 15.—W 15.—`Wind E.—Arrd. Ellen son. Coileir, Cuba. Hum., MARCH 15.—Wind N.E.—Shl.Argoauire;oo! STRANGFORD. —The Eliza. of Bideford, Neath, struck on 0 e Bird Island, near the So u 'i7 o 00 b lighthouse, end remains, but may be gut off if t"- ther remains moderate. A r DUNGENESS, MARCH 14.—The Anna ElizsbetV sterdara to the Clyde, came on shore here this El) ofi during a thick Jig, gut off andproceeded without rent damage. re d PILL, MARCH 14.—The Betsey, of Aberthavir, u 0 the Ness Sands, became leaky and sank w ith 6 61 , board. The Elizabeth, of and from Swansea toboof costes, tan been assisted ihto Aberthaw leakYP been on the Naas Sand same day, has since esuPi" leak and sailed for Gloucester. ') MARE ET NEWS.—(THIS DAY • 0 0 COVENT-GIL/MEN. The demand for vegetables was in A v er l is irl ifej state to-day, at barely the quotations of ~;t s serd while in fruit very little business was ',7„ ll •bct i English Fruits—Pine Apples, 6s to 8s; •"" l itiv: Grapes, 12s to 15s per lb; Pears, 20s to 3131; 0 01( 1 °1 1 Apples, 2: 61 to 3s 6d per half-si e ve ; Apples fo r 2s to 4s Gd per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 75s P e n r A I , o l ' Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes. 4i ~.r Portugal ditto, 8d to is per lb ; Spanish to i ss; Brazil ditto, 3s to 4s ; Bar c el o na ditto , m v " Almonds, 5s to Gs; and Spanish ChesnutS• 5 "'ply; per peck; Lemons, 5 a to 10 5 ; an d O ra nges, 911 4 bv, per 100 ; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s Od P 0 1 0: Vegetables—Cape Brocoli, Gs to 95 per doZell,.," a pifi: Turnips, Is 3d to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; _ u f f sg °I" to is 6d; Leeks, 10d to Is 4d; Parsley, 2s O, e f 'r . 0 1 5 and Sage, 2s 3d to 3s per dozen bunches ; 11°r ,, — , ' 0 4 a r la 6d to 3s per bundle; Onions. 2s oa to" d c ot , bushel ; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d; and l e pos lo ,l 2s Od to 3s Od ; lied Beet, Is to is 6d; 1113 , " Lf O r d 4 d to Gd per dozen ; Endive, is 3d to is Or, Spiti Mushrooms, Os 9d to la Od per pottle; Brusse' Tor iod . Is Od to Is 6d; Spinach, is Od to is 6d; Artichokes, is to is 6d; and Common to Is Gd per half-sieve ; Small Salad, 2 9 0j rio;4 per dozen punnets; Shalots, 3d to 4d per l b ; :0 51)P A I 75s to 100, per ton; ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od pe Sea Bail, is Od to is 6d per punnet; Aspar a g'h Od 1 ;; to 5s per 100; Rhubarb, 5s to Gs per doy en be s t Cornwall White Brocoli, 9d to i s 3d per do 63 Celery, 93 to Is per bundle ; C u cumbers , i v' per per brace; Turnip Greens, 3d to 6d p e r 1)0 11 V Beans, 3s 6(1 per 100; Radishes, I s per puppe t ' s vi NEIXTGATE .A.ND o: Turkeys, 4s 6d to Si 6d; Geese, 4s to 63 .; 1A 2s to 2s 8d; Tame Rab'uits, Is 2d to Is 9J; l i Sri '4s l °; - 8d to Is Id; Pigeons, 6d to 8d; Roasting rig 9 ' 4 9o;:: each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to 9s; ditto Chicken s ' - , 0 01 7 , Barn-door Fowle, 3s t.) 6s; Capons, 4s to 79 P.,.?c'fg tt Fresh Butter, 8d to la 2d per lo. ; English Ss 3d; French, 6s to 7s 6d per hundred; 1111/ , e o le , 3s 3d each; Wild Duck-, is 6d to 2s 3d per C O "' 641 i NEWPOILT , 3J t, Beef, from 25 6d to 3s 4d ; Mutt on,. 2s 1 0 ° )°' V dss 2d 6,; ea l , 2d to 3s 10 ;ao 3s 2d to 4s per 81bs. tid; to gj ria 25 6d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2 3 °" n a x°' Lamb, 4s 1041 t , ) 5i 10J; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; 3s t) 4s per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. co d 51 1 Turbots, 3s 6d 14s ; Brilk, to 85; t o gi b , 3s to 7s 6d; Whiting, 4d t o 64 ; L o b s ters, 17 v er ," ? ; f each; Soles, 6d to 2s Gd per p a i r; Eels, 4d to ' isr4 Haddocks, 4d to 8d each ; F res h Herrings, iod o de o, dozen; Oysters, lOs to 45s per bushel ; li to Is; Smelts, is to Is 6,1 ; and Bl oa ters, 10d 1 400 per dozen; Mackerel, 4d to 6tl eic h ; and „ 4d to is 9d per lb. 0 BREAD. 0 115 l) The prices of Wheat en B rea d in the Metrl v er 4 from 6d to 7d ; of h ouse h o ld di t t o , 4d to 5r ' loaf. il b HIDE MARKET. 6 tol Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; d itt° :ii 721 b, lid to 1/(1; ditto, 721 b t o 801 b, 2d to lad t0 3 .7 1 1 i ) : 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, (10 ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid to 3141; ditto, 1041bditt° 3id to 4d. Calf Skins, li g ht 2s 3d to 3s Od:, d ad; 5s Od to 5s 63; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Poll ed 53 6d to 7s 2d ; Bents and Half-breds, 4s 4d t.'" Downs, 4s Od to 4s led; Shearlings, 6d to 7d. of er HAT lIICALZIMETS. og , 0 4 SmxTuFrELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 1,- i i ditto, 3/ Os to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s W,`,ooref load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish o ' e 01 01 CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s, co 31 15 ,1 ; 11:0 r ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 12s ; and Straw, 11 3s to P • load. Supply tokrubly good, and trade dull. s i WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 t 0 1 193 r Clover ditto, 3l Os to 4/ 15s; and Straw, It 29 to load. Trade dull, at cur quotations. • Sir William Clay had an interview w, lth A ,p cs John Russell yesterday at his offisial res' Ps Downing •street. C ited NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR Or " Tll O t o AND THE CROss."—Great interest has been r ti boO ce , the announcement that M r . Eli o t W ar burton 5 0 0 0 , 1 0 make his appearan ce as a wr i ter c f hi s toriee lr tu reA f e The pen which pr o d uce d t h e v i v id and P ic o e/i i° r s e " q C u r a e l s s c u e e n c t e a ss od i then this C di r s o s s i s a : l can hardly ii i hr il is i An ° ol , bears the title ofH sp as h t e in re g . s,, , 001,1 1 100 ,, v " Reginald iar ha u t benclrdese interest,rsto incidentso d ru a ar ni t ot a daf l n e pstoh o u f abrt t et h ars a e rt iyr c ira i ni v tign i l gse iV otqm a i wars , ot abounding n ,09 i t - b r e e ls 4:: fe : figure e a l i l n th i i t e s celebrated pe rson u si ma g el e i s yin ot P ' wr th hineiciPs7;t6rse;lii . tbs 5 In The odour from the flower-bed, wafted to 11 . 4,0 1 h,, casualpresse d gust , too hard,is s to held t please, co n b e u a t r, the stalk.—Eliza C oo k' s Journal. [De ° THE FOREIGN SHAWL TRADE.—Moe" vi 6fo has arisen in this trade from the coarse purs,.. ll- nv in executors of a deceased partrer of the well's%t of: fi r be of Holmes and Co., of Regent- street. Th e tteri li ' t esi alleged grievance appears to consist in the ,"" k aor' o o tion of these representatives to realise, in tu A e eorg e- iile possible period, the whole of a very large il e ," l ,:r' ",,1 property, consisting of various oriental and ow - 0 treasures, at prices wtlch, it is said, th e Y have left their original 9/ems—that this will 1335 :„ - jare„ - 0 1 feet the markets, and for this season, at letiets., l ": o o:r e • retail dealer. Such matt ?rs, however, ar e 4 ,"6o efor upon individual caprice, but while the behe"". b o bl e o s nil community, and the sale itself is distiD°ol' d sP its bona fide character, it must be in justic e loothat of as much in the light of a public boon as private incoriverdence. —Morning Post. tb° se s" After hypocrites, the greatest dupes are m ato ' i v exhaust . an anxious existence in the disapri ll3l 7l U 1 0i vexations of business, and live miserably an t „ ii rsa", only to die magnificently rich.—Eliza Cook' s S/ SOUTH-EASTERN AND CONTINENTA.-, tbiS_; PASEET COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting • • x r ' o fo pany was held at the Bridge-house Hotel yesterell;e g r olacgregor in the chair. The report stated 01 r uieg rectipts fur the half-year were 15,3601. The w, O O- 1) 75 , i P e penses and the cost of repairs on all the eight 5 `,, 10, q m belonging to the company (without insurance),r,,e'oessl e ett leaving a balance in hand of 5,2851 . at the u 1 8, - befr A ilig shareholders. The number of passengers conveY`: gr Folkestone and Boulogne during the half - Y r ; p0 . , 4 5 "" of January 31, 1850, was 22,765, and at the C O period of the preceding year 20,662, showing 5 ' bas , 2,103 passengers. A daily tital service..,•steeviil, performed throughout the half-year , .„7, 1 1 ce r ri - v a contribution from the Northern of e- coloP si o ;o : way Company and the South-Eastern ROW'S tter t the former paying one-third, and the, „, - : 5 7 pass e e , thirds of the amount. This service conV f e r y oni e o clta i i n s: o r gers from Dover, and 3,455 passengers ther, 5,912. In the last half-year the steep:l o F t or 0/ ,',1 company navigated 21,596 miles without an a C , CI fi delity chance of any kind; which is attributed to iu e dce. ap d iutelligence of all the officers employed in the ee l. ' viverls capital account showed that 109,242/. had rece co ps, 01111 121,051/. expended ; leaving a balance agbafenirtb,e; of 11,812!. The revenue account ' for the half-diptl , Jan. 31 showed that 15,3601. had been recelv t e i rs oce ' D r 2,760/., as per agreement from the North e' s ervi ce ntt South-Eastern Railway Companies for the dailY, je oiao,,d tween Dover and Calais, and 10,0751. exPen de .s u ' a div ide 'S balance of 5,285/. The report was adopted, et"! l e ocis 6 of 4s. per share was declared, free of income-ta; balance of 2,9961. to be added to the reserve Ne e ' 1, ' BIRTHS. of t-e If On the 13th inst., in Sloane-street, the a af Sir Christopher Rawlinson, Chief Justice of M aur' o f $ a son and daughter. gape" On the 12th inst., at Market Drayton, M rs. - tef ► t° daughter. I tp: b s l t 3 e t r h , S i n u s d t b " u r i yp G r i n r 3, -Harro ws , -s c f pf re a et ds W a tir te ii r t . Wi 9, t he On !he 12th inst., at Elm-lodge, MalmesburYs ' o r ea , tGeor wife of C. H. Chubb, Esq., of a son. -_____ v „ ta sl „ iir I:IAERIED. On the 12th icat , at St. Marylebone Church , •P i rr es „teus - f ; mall, of Portlethea, Scotland, son of the late 1 1 - t he li i. General Gammell, to Rosa Ann, eldest daught er ° c a. 4 13 C. Bertram, Esq., of Beaumont - street , Portland-,1/ scet, On the 13th inst., at St. George's , Southwark, Je' g, Gg erg Dlr. Esq., of Glasgow, to Emily, second daug hter of Granger, of London. rth DIED two- On the 10th inst., aged li 1, Captain Parka Due' Bingham, R.N., of Park-walk, Chsea. „d 6 d A tiS t ir 4. On the 11th inst., at Margate, Louisa ,Ellen,Se e g - g ged,',; ter of the late Captain Frederick Darby 1-I.E.l•G'''' "ibe On the 11th inst., at Eton, Charlotte, widow of W. Vavasour, Esq. , On the 12th inst., at Shooter's -hill, Kent, aged 95 11 c r ,•1i las Cheminant, Esq, late of St. Nicholas, Deptfod. ore, Vassal -9(1 On the 13th inst., in Bernard - stree t, ophia, the wife of T. B. Young, Esq., age d 30° - rsrbh London: Printed and Published by MURDO 10. 0I No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Mt Sun Offic e ' Strand, is the Precinct of the Savoy, in the w" iddleaex ; Saturday, March 16, 1850: ~~