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°f vicars-apostolic, thereby making the nation more inde pendent of Rome. The Right Honourable Gentleman did not always hold these sentiments; for on referring to a Wiltshire paper, he (Sir G. Grey) found an account of a e sseeting held on the 6th of December last, at which the laoht Hon. Gentleman had proposed a motion which was sectsnded by the Dean of Salisbury, and its tenor was of a very different nature from the sentiments recently professed Gentleman. The Right Hon. Baronet by the Right Hon, here proceeded to read the resolution to which he referred, and whicis commenced by saying that that meeting viewed with indignsttion the attempt made by the Court of Rome, and considered the assumption by a foreign potentate to im pose a Roman Catholic hierarchy upon this country was an unwarrantable assumption of the Royal prerogative, and a gross insult to the nation.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Such was the resolution proposed by the Right Hon. Gentle man.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman cheered bi n s (Sir G. Grey) as if he still entertained the same opinions. He could only say, if the Right Hon. Gentleman did so, he had very imperfectly expressed them in that Souse.—(Hear, and laughter.) In pursuance of the reso lutions passed at that Meeting, an address to the Queen had been also moved, with a portion only of which he would trespass on the House. Mr. S. HERBERT—Iethe Right Hon. Baronet will allow me I will save him sonic trouble. I distinctly refused to sign the address because I did not concur with it.—(Hear.) Sir G. GREY said the part which he was about reading agreed wonderfully with the resolution to which he bad al ready alluded.— (Hear and laughter.) It had been moved by Mr. Sotheron that a petition should be presented to the Houses of Lords and Commons, and that petition had been equally condemnatory of the assumption of the Pope. Now, if the Right Hon. Gentleman disi ented from those docu ments there was no record of his dissent in the report of the proceedings before him.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore he (Sir G. Grey) did not think the Right Hon. Gentleman was the safest possible guide in that matter.— (Hear and laughter.) He came then to the Right Hon. Baronet the - Member for Ripon (Sir James Graham) who had spoken of the act and the language of the Pope as arrogant and assuming in the ex treme, and had said that it was such a matter as the Go vernment could not pass over unnoticed. Bat though the Right Hon. Baronet had expatiated at great length upon the subject, he had never told them the course which he, occupy ing the distinguished position which he did, would advise the House to pursue.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Abingdon, indeed, recommended the revival of the old statutes of premunire ; but that was a proceeding which the law officers of the Government did not feel disposed to re commend or to adopt, although they believed the introduc tion of that Papal brief was a violation of the statute law of the land. The Hon. Gentleman who last addressed the House had recommended diplomatic agency, with a distinct intima tion that war was not to be the result ; but even if they had a diplomatic agent at Rome, all he could do would be to re commend the withdrawal of the brief a matter which the Roman Catholic Members had told them was impossible. The Hon. Member for Plymouth, in the course of his speech, passed by several essential differences which he ought to recollect. The organization of which he spoke did not pro ceed from a foreign Power. But yet, on that occasion it did 'proceed from a foreign Power, and that, toe, without any communication with, or the approval of, the sovereign of the realm. It had been characterised by a mix ture of a temporal and spiritual jurisdiction. An other point was the claim of universal dominion which distinguised the Papal authority from that of all other bodies of religionists. He would ask any man who read the documents, whether there was not a claim to exercise a temporal and a civil jurisdiction as well as a spiritual one?—(Hear.) It was impossible to reject that consideration It was because that was the act of a foreign power, parcelling out this country into certain divisions, without the authority or consent of the Sovereign—it was that which had roused the spirit of the people of this coun try, and which induced them, like our ancestors, to take mea sures to guard the independence of this nation against the aggression of any foreign power. In no country in Europe did the interference of the Pope take place without being in accordance with the State, or in virtue of some direct municipal law authorising such interference. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford ( Mr. Gladstone) had cited various periods of history in which vicars-apostolic had been requested to be changed, but such had never taken place without the sanction and interference of the British Government. That project had neen entertained for a long time, but it had never been agreed to without the imposition of such conditions as would prevent the encroachments or assumptions of the see of Rome. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon had said that on a former occasion Sir J. Hippesley, being in communication with the Government and Roman Catholics • in this country, bad applied to the Pope to substitute bishops for vicars-apostolic, which had been refused at the time. The facts of the case were incorrectiy stated, unintentionally, he had no doubt, by the Right Hon. Baronet. But even had it been as described, that would have been no precedent for what had been done. In the records of the year 1812 he could find no trace of the matter referred to. But he believed he had found upon what the Right Hen. Baronet's statement had been based. In a speech which Sir J. Hip pesley made in 1812 upon a motion of Hr. Grattan's for a Committee of the whole House on the Catholic claims, he had entered into a detail of a communication which he had had some years before with Rome ; but in thoss negotiations there had been strict conditions attached ; and they had been carried on on the principle of perfect do mestic security from all foreign encroachment. Sir J. Hip peeley had always pointed to a veto as indispensable in any arrangemeuts which might be made. But were they now to ba told that the Pope was justified in adopting only that part of the proposition which might suit his own view, without any reference to the conditions which had been originally attached to it.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the position of the Roman Catholic Church, it should never be forgotten that that Church, unlike the Wesleyan Conference and the various Dissenting bodies in this country, claimed dominion over every baptised person. It was nothing to say that that was an empty claim. The time might come when, under favourable circnmstances with the Church of Rome, unchanging and unchangeable, they might yet see a Marian persecution. In pressing forward that measure they were acting in strict conformity with the Act of 1829, which extended full religious equality to our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, while it did not leave them exempt from all restraint in their connexion with the see of Rome. lie was sure that the distinguished men who had mainly contributed to the attainment of Roman Catholic emancipation, had never thought of debarring themselves from the tight of asserting the independ ence of this nation against the encroachments of Papal power, as it had been asserted in every period of our history.—(Hear, hear.) Ile said that that was a Bill opposed to the principle of religious freedom, and one tending to coerce Roman Catholics. It had been said that the Go vernment would be bound to vote against the first clause of that Bill, because in Ireland the adoption of the first clause would have the same effect as if the two other clauses had been retained in the measure. Now, he said that that was a statement unsupported by proof, and in any case he believed that the Roman Catholics in Ireland had very little reason to feel thankful to the Hon. and Learned Member for Athlone (Mr. Keogh) for the ingenuity he had displayed in attempt ing to show that they were fettered by a clause in the Eman cipation Act in a manner which had not been previously ima gined. It had been frequently said in the course of these debates that that was a quarrel originating in the jealousy entertained by the prelates of the Established Church towards the - newly-created Catholic hierarchy. But the petitions to that House, and the addresses to the Crown, which had been presented rom laymen in every part of the country, clearly showed that the feeling which existed upon the subject was one of a national character, and that both Churchmen and Dissenters had felt that aggression, not in their merely reli gious capacities, but as Ense,fishmen, animated by the same spirit which had induced their forefathers to impose barriers against the encroachments of the see of Rome.— (Hear, hear, and cries for a division.) The Right Hon. Gentleman op posite (Mr. Gladstone) had taunted his Noble Friend at the bead ot the Government with having deserted upon that oc casion the liberal sentiments he had enunciated on the hust ings of the city of London. But let him tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that the citizens of London had, in their ad dress to the Throne, clearly expressed their views upon that question, and that while av,wing their uncompromising ad herence to the principles of civil and religious liberty, they had asked, in the name of that very liberty that some measure should be adopted for the purpose of putting a restraint on the exercise of a foreign authority in these realms.—(He r, hear, and cries for a division.) In conclusion he should say that these territorial titles, which were said to be but empty names, were the badges and symbols of a jurisdiction claimed to be exercised by the sole and undivided authority of the Court of Rome. What her Majesty's Government asked them to do was to place the brand of illegality on these badges and symbols. They might reject that Bill in accord ance with the recommendation and the hopes cf his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Ripon and ot those who acted with him, without any alternative measure having been offered to them. They might encourage the Court of Rome to fresh acts of aggression, and lead to the belief, as asserted by Cardinal Wiseman and others, that the feeling of the country upon the subject was only a temporary and popular effervescence. They might create what he felt convinced would be a false impression—that the Commons of England were indifferent to the honour of the Crown and the inde pendence of the nation. But in pursuing that course they might excite throughout the country that great religious war which the Hou. Member for Liverpool seemed so eager to rush into, but which he (Sir G. Grey) for one most ear nestly deprecated. They might reject that measure, and by that means contributed to the introduction of a new Bill, with far more stringent provisions ; but he sincerely trusted that they would, on the contrary, maintain en that occasion the character handed down to them by their ancestors, and manife.t a legitimate jealousy of foreign interference in the affairs of this country. He believed that by passing that Bill by a large and decisive majority, they would best consult the honour of the Sovereign, the independence of the country, and the sacred cause of civil and religious liberty.- - (Cheers, and cries for a division, mingled with calls for Mr. atchell, followed by come laughter.) The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY here rose, but was informed by The S PEAKER that he had not then a right to address the House, ast he had already spoken in moving the amend ment. Mr. S. HEI MERT said he wished to saga few words upon a matter which related to himself personally, and which hay been refarred to by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department. The Right Hon. Baronet had read two documents for which he had held him (Mr. S. re sponsible. Now he hadobjected Herbert) he had to the first of these documents, and d never even he ird of the other until it had been read bye he ßight Hon oura bl e B arone t , i t having, as he supposed, en adopted after he hai left the meeting. What he had done was_to have moved the reso lution which the Right Hon. oo2darbonet had read.— (Loud cries of " Hear, bear.') He 3. t Outyt that resolution; but he had also endeavoured to point House, that meeting, as he had endeavoured to point out to . . that a spiritual aggression ought to be met by spiritual means, and not by Acts of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. P. HOWARD rose, amidst loud groans, aea cries for red him unable to a diviAion, which for some time rendered to reply ad. dress the House. He said that he did not mean of three-Ri at that moment at any length to the observ. tion e s Ri g h t Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the flew Department. against the But he slionid at once protest most indignantly. ter imputation that the C a th t lics of England and the sister ._ country claimed by the institution of a hierarchy any tem poral authority. And still more in.; ignantly should he pro test against the statement of the Right Hun. Baronet, that he was about to place a brand upon one-third of the inhabi tants of the British empire.—(Hear, hear, and cries for a division•) With that notice of what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet, he should for the moment be satisfied. On the motion for going into Committee on the Bill he should probably take the liberty of expressing at length his opinions upon the whole question.—( Renewed cries for a vision.) Sir G. GREY said that his Hon. Friend had misunder stood him. He had not said anything about branding one third of his fellevr-subjects. But he h a d sa id t h at t h ose titles were t o badges and symbols of 'jurisdiction claimed LO be exerciaed by virtue of the pole and undivided authority HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Trans DAT —Morning 35 rain. after 8 { Evening 19 rein. after 9 To-Moanow—Morning 2 rain. after 10 1 Evening 41 min. after 10 cause he believed the Roman Catholic religion to be so utterly opposed to the liberties of mankind that he would do nothing that should render him even indirectly ob noxious to the charge of countenancing it. Mr. Scum.v and Mr. IlumE opposed the Bill. Sir F. THEsIGER would vote for the second reading of the measure, because he thought some legislation on the subject necessary; but he considered the Bill totally inadequate to meet the necessities of the case. In Com mittee, however, an opportunity would be afforded them of amending it so as to make it a really efficient measure. After a few words in explanation from Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. GLADSTONE admitted that the language used by Cardinal WISE3IAN was offensive, yet he had done nothing but what was perfectly legal. There fore he was opposed to any legislation on the subject. He considered that if we felt ourselves aggrieved by any act of the POPE, the proper course to have pursued would have been to have dispatched a diplomatic agent to Rome. This appointment of a hierarchy was a spi ritual matter, with which Parliament had no right to interfere, and was calculated rather to diminish the power of the POPE than to increase it. Mr. DISRAELI denied that the POPE was so powerless as had been represented; he possessed an army of a million priests, always ready to obey his commands. He considered that if synodal action was permitted to the Church of Rome it should also be permitted to the Church of England. He should vote for the second reading of the Bill, but would not pledge himself to support the third reading unless the measure should be rendered much more stringent in Committee. Sir G. GREY replied, and after a few words from Mr. P. HOWARD the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... ... 438 Against it ... 95 Majority in favour of the Bill ... —343 The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The House adjourned to Thursday. At length the weary debate on the motion for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Bill has been brought to a conclusion, and at three o'clock this morning the representatives of the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, determined, by a majority of 438 votes to 95, that they would not tamely permit their SOVEREIGN to be insulted or their country to be oppressed by the partizans of absolutism and obscurantism, the agents of Austria and of Rome. The tone of the debate last evening was of a much more manly, much more energetic, and much more sa tisfactory character than has been that of any debate preceding. The speeches of Sir F. THESIGER and of Mr. DISRAELI were almost all that could be desired, and contrasted most favourably with the Jesuitical special pleading of Mr. GLADSTONE, and the almost trimming speech of Sir GEORGE GREY. Entirely do we concur with Sir FREDERICK THESIGER in opinion, that this is but the first of a series of encroachments, and that if we do not now stand in the breach we shall entail a fearful struggle on our posterity, and heartily do we reiterate his exhortation to grasp the nettle danger boldly if we would pluck from it the flower safety. As to the threat of a rebellion in Ireland, which seems to have frightened Sir JAMES GRAHAM from his propriety, we treat that absurdity even as Mr. DISRAELI treated it last night, and can assure the Netherby Baronet that the people of England will never consider as "the pilot to weather the storm" a lubber who strikes his colours to a set of mutineers. But while Mr. DISRAELI administered a well-merited castigation to Sir JAMES GRAHAM and those who op posed all legislation on this subject, he did not spare the Government. As he justly remarked, the mea sure had been introduced by a speech which had pro duced a considerable effect. But the proposition was not equal to the proem, and unless Lord JOHN RUSSELL is prepared in committee to introduce such alterations into the measure as shall make it equal to the proem, he must, at whatever sacrifice, be driven from office to make way for those who will. This is a grave, a serious, a national mat ter, in comparison with which all other considerations sink into insignificance; it must not be treated after the usual Whig unenergetic and nullifying fashion. As in the days of MILTON, the ques tion is— " To save free Gospel from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose conscience is their maw." Lord Jowl t”sELL, the other day, declared his concurrence with LocKE and MILTON, and HAMPDEN and PYM. Will he, casting aside all other considerations, be in this nine teenth century what HAMPDEN, and PYM, and MILTON, and LOCKE were in the sixteenth century ? Wia he be the leader of the great Pro testant movement ? If he will, the Protestant people of these realms will follow him to e " the last gasp with truth and loyalty," but if he hesitate, they will at once cast him off, for in this controversy we all feel that he " who is not for us is against us." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the National Assembly, the motion of M. CHAUFFOUR, for the re-organization of the National Guard of Strasburg, was rejected by a majority of 445 to 223, after a very animated discussion. The Presse says— We have reason to believe that the projected Minis terial combination, of which M. Odilon Barrot was to be the centre, has completely failed, owing to that gentle man's refusing to have M. Baroche for colleague. The most probable combination at present is the return of the late Ministry, minus M. Bonjean, replaced in the Minis try of Agriculture and Commerce by M. Quentin-Bau chard, and M. Magne retaining the Public Works in the place of M. Bineau." The Committee has recommended the Assembly not to take into consideration the proposition of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN for the return of the BOURBONS and of the transported of June. We find the following in the Evenement:— . "A report was current to•day at the Assembly, that the Minister of the Interior bad received by telegraph an account of disturbances et Grenoble. A manifesta tion is said to have been made in favour of M. F. Tau lier, who had been recently suspended by the Prefect from his functions as mayor.• These disturbances are said to have been followed by several arrests." There was scarcely any business transacted at the Bourse. The Five per Cents. opened at 941. 40c., and closed at 94f. 25c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 90c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8951.; Rouen, 6601.; Great Northern, 481 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 207 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 447 f.; Basle, 158 f. 75e.; Bordeaux, 4061. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3751.; Tours and Nantes, 2761. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 10—Luxembourg, I%—Ditto, 2% —Maria Antonia, 7 Ditto, New, 2 3 4—Namur and Liege, 8 1 4—Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% —Paris and Rouen, 26 1 ,6—Paris and Strasburg, 10X — Rouen and Havre, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 64—West Flanderv, 24. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 20.—Three per Cents. 35i ; Five per Cents., 174. Exchange on London, 50 70 paper. CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF NOVA SCOTIA. —The ceremony of the consecration of Dr. Binney, of Wor cester Col age, Oxford, to the bishopric of Nova Scotia and its dependencies, was performed yesterday morning in the chapel of Lambeth Palace. The service was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Chi chester, and Oxford ; the Rev. Dr. Binney (father of the new bishop), the Rev. Dr. Gonldburn, and the Rsv. Mr. Thomas, chaplain to the Archbishop. The whole of it was conducted in the most simple manner, no chanting or singing, but every part read—very different from the "histrionic" manner, as it has been called, of performing the services of the Church in other places. The chapel was pretty well filled with visitors, among whom were many clergymen. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER.- About three o'clock yesterday afternoon a boiler burst in Riga-street, Manchester, which has caused, there is reason to fear, a serious loss of life. The building was a factory, rented by Mr. W. C. Williamson from Mr. Hardman, who sublet it, with steam power supplied by a 30-horse boiler, working a 25-horse power steam-engine. The building wah applied to various purposes, and about 50 persons were em ployed in the whole by the several tenants. As we have stated, the explosion took place about three o'clock, and at the time our parcel left the whole neighbourhood was a scene of the utmost alarm and confusion, and it was impos sible to obtain in time any very clear or connected account of the accident. One man had bees taken out dead, and the persons employed in searching the ruins had just dis covered a second man frightfully mutilated. Four persons had been conveyed to the Infirmary badly wounded, and two of them, it was feared, could scarcely survive the in juries they had sustained. At the time this report left it was not accurately known how many people were among the ruins. The engineer escaped and was seen to creep through a window of the lower story soon after the explo sion. The boiler was upon the high pressure principle, and at the time it burst the engine had been stopped to repair a strap. SHORT SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.—Among the new rules which have been established for the conduct of the business of the New Brunswick House of Assembly, is one which limits the duration of each member's speech, on any Particular citielti9Dl t 9 half a hour. THE SUN, LONDON, of the see of Rome; and he had asked the House to place the brand of illegallity on those badges and symbols. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the second reading .. ... 438 Against it ... .. 95 Majority ..--343 The' announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheers. In answer to a question from Mr. ROCHE, Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that he would fix the Committee on Monday next, but that it should not be on the first day after Easter. He begged to move that the House at its rising should adjourn till Thursday. Agreed to. Mr. HUME asked when the Budget would come on? Lord J. RUSSELL would state the day on Friday next, when the Noble Lord was understood to say the army esti mates would be taken. The other orders were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at a Quarter-past Three o'clock. Second Edition, Now ready, price 3s. 6d., THE NUPTIALS OF BARCELONA A Tale of Priestly Frailty and Spanish Tyranny. By H. N. li-UNBAIt. " This work is powerfully written. Beauty, pathos, and great powers of description are exhibited in every page. In short, it is well calculated to give the author a place among the most eminent writers of the day."—Sunday Times. "Considering the temper excited by the recent Popish movement, it is not surprising that this work has reached a second edition." — Weekly Chronicle. Saunders and Otley, Publishers, Conduit-street. HER ?lAJESTY'S THEATRE. 'Madlle. CARLOTTA GRISI. It Is respectfully announced that Maxine. CARLOTTA GRISI will make her First Appearance this Season, on SATURDAY next, March 29, in the Ball Scene of GUSTAVE III.; ou, Le Bal Masque. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The First Night of GUSTAVE 111. It is respectfully announced that on SATURDAY, March 29, will be produced Auber's celebrated Opera of GUSTAVE HI. ; ou, Le Bal Masque. Amelie (Countess of Ankastrom), Madame Fiorentini (her first appearance this season) ; Arvedson, Madlle Feller (her first appear ance) ; Oscar (Page of the King), Madile. Caroline Duprez ; Ankas trom, Signor Lorenzo ; Dehorn, Signor F. Lablache ; Ribbing, Mons. Poultier (of the Academie Royale, Paris, his first appearance ; ex pressly engaged, in order to give effect to the production of the Opera) ; Gustavus 111., Signor Calzolari. In the Ball-room scene, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi will make her first appearance this season in a Grand Pas, supported by Madlles. Ans sandon, and Dantoine ; Pas de Charactere, by Madiles. Kolenberg, Soto, Soldansky, and Emma ; Grand Monstre Galop by the entire Ballet Company. To be followed by a new and original Ballet, a la Watteau, entitled VILE DES AMOURS. Composed by M. Paul Tagtioni, the Musts by M. Nadaud, the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris will appear. Fleurette (Bergere). Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. Colin (son Fiancé), M. Charles. Gregoire (Pere de Colin), M. di Mattia. Blaise (Amoureux de Fleurette), M. Ehrick. Le Governeur de I'lle des Amours, M. Gosselin. Mdlle. de Follanges (Grand Dame), Mme. Petit Stephan. Ire Chef des Amours, Mdlle. Tedeschi, 2me Chet des Amours, Mdlle. Aussandon. Un Maitre de Ceremonies, M. Venafra. Astrologues (Conseiller do Gouverneur), M. Gouriet. First Tableau, La Loi Impossible. "Les Fiances," dense pasto rale. "Le Jeu de la Rose," pas de deux, par Mdlle. Amalia Fer raris and M. Charles. Le Governeur Amoureas. Sa Deception. Vengeance. La Proclamation. Second Tableau, La Paysanne ala Cour. " Jadis et Aujourd'hul," Lutte de la Dance Roccoca et Moderne, scene executee par Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mme. Petit Stephan. et M. Gosselin. Third Tableau, Lea Amours Vengeurs. Dance du Chef des Amours, Mdlle. Tedeschi. " Les Bergeres captivees par les Amours," Balla bille, par Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mdlle. Tedeschi, et les Dames du Corps de Ballet. "Les Bergers Delaisses," final, par Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mdlle. Tedeschi, M. Charles, et Corps de Ballet. Fourth Tableau, La Chasse aux Amours. " Le Pas du Trebuchet," executee par Mdlle. Tedeschi, Mdlle. Aussandon, and M. Ehrick. La Course aux Amours. Comme on se 'algae prendre dans ses filets. La Proclamation Abolie. Le Pardon. Divertissement. Grand Pas de Deux, par Mdlle. Amalie. Ferraris sad M. Charles, accompagnes par Mdllea. Soto, Emma, La'vinia, Soldansky, Vanhollen, et Beale. Final General et Apothem des Amours. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to com mence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING Will he presented by her Majesty's Servants A petite Comedy, entitled A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J. Anderson and Mrs. Nisbett will appear. After whieh, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ AEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jepbtele, Miss F. Vining; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lia, 11 edlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will nuke her appearance every evening. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. THEATRE ROYAL, HAIMARK.E.I. Sir. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HAMLET. hamlet, Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Ger trude, Miss L. Addison : Ophelia, Miss P. Horton. After which a new and original Farce called MAKE THE BEST OF IT. I:II6ATItE ROYAL, ADELPI - 11. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE DIS OWNED; or Helen of the Hurst. Characters 'by s , fessrs. Cullen ford, Boyce, Hughes, Emery, Wright, P. Bedford, Worrell, Honey, C. J. Smith, Sanders ; Madame Celeste, Miss E. llarding, Miss Laura Honey, Miss Turner, Mrs. Woolidge, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Fsrce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain /Meyer. Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Freeborn; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new Melodrama, entitlel PAULINE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles s.thews. THIS EVENING. Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. - Attu* which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, Ilorncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Ifonner; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with _ THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be nerfor - ned CHARLES KING. To ba followed by SIXTUS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. And a Ballet Divertissement. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITREATRE. trader UlfaPitml;a; of her Ma j esty and his Royal Highnees Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary aeries of attractive novelties. Engagement of Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams who will appear in one of their favourite afterpieces. THIS EVENING, Cke Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC; or the Mail of Or- leaps, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the laughable Farce of THE ARTFUL DODGB, In which Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Boa-office open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, MARCH 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.46. WIND S. W. —Leavy rain all the morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Knias.rovs (DunLn4)—Wind S.S. E., gentle breeze—heavy rain. PLvmount—Wind S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. Voammount—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE —Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. G RE EN W ICll—Calm—overcast. SWINDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LEtairroN—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. But3mlGHA3t—Wind S.W., calm—overcast. PETERBOROUGH — Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CREWE—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. ColewAy—Wind S. W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.g.E., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—Wind S., calm—foggy. WHlTBY—Calm—foggy. Baawicx—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state Of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock:— CORK—Wind N,, light breeze—partially clear. LIMERICK—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CARLOW—Wind N.E., hard wind—cloudless. bluumeGAß—Wind N., gentle breeze—principally cloudy. LEIGHTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YORK—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LrvErtrooL—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. WHITEHAvEzt—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BERWICK—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer decreased to 28.842 inches on Sa turday. The mean of the week was 29'351 inches. The mean daily temperature was generally above the average, and on Thursday and Friday exceeded it by about 6 degrees. The mean of the week was 41 0 -9. The wind was generally is the south-west. Rain fell in the week to the depth of I'l3 inches. 1 4 1 1 iTellillil -1‘1111". LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1851. The Lords met petitions, evening, and, after the presenta tion o f several adjourned to Thursday. In the Com mons A mns the adjourned debate on the Eccle siastical Mr. il ou t il l oun ssumption Bill was resumed. any insult h ad yo,pbaOpenpoedpsneodsed the measure. He denied that offered to the QUEEN, declaimed eulogisedthe the Tractarians. against infidelity, Mr. PORTAL i tx l : lo ill t , he an s d tat d e en f i o e r d pr th ot t e lt a t i h on e Church had any right to of l vindicated th e conduct of the agmainrs.t J. e o eF e g o r N es N s z io: Jesuits in Switzerland, and defen ded the nomination of Dr. CULLEN to the Irish Primacy. Mr. LAWLESS opposed the Bill. Mr. Airrtaz would Tote in favour of the - measure, b.. Jl - - t. ?-,- .. r . , 1r . fi le. \ • ... e. , . 0 ,TCN1 . 04,4( . ~ , ~., 11. 'to Ki11...a.- , . . ` e - . 1‘ \.. 1e j -TT . g\y t t,, v " . ? 4 ' ' etE-11... . ,•• .r, ' 'lb , 3 - ...%. •,. - .- , •,, 4 . •,, ~,,,,,„44 , , , : • 1 „„ ~ ...,..;, ~...• z r . ~, , . g , i • m.O „ . _ oil ..., vs., ; -._ L u ~, 0.. ~ , ,,,,, 0 1 - :.,,,,,v , .. - 4 7,,, , ... ‘,-,- WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, ME SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railway& Aberdeen.. •• • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Birming., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley .. Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. 6s. lid .. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. .. Bristol and Exeter.. . Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • .. Do. (let. E. & II.) .. Zastern Counties .. taratern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. .. 90. do., B & C shares ELM Lancashire •. ..1 Do. New quarters .. Ednburgh and Glasgow Beth., Perth, and Dundee Et). Newport .. Exe.er and Exmouth .. Glasfew and South-West, De. do. G. 1). & C. stack Grea. Northern • • • • Do.halves, A, deferred Do.halves, B, 6 per ct. Great • Southern andi Wesern, Ireland • . Groat Yestern .. .. Do. Xaw. 171. Lancaser and Carlisle .. Do. Wits • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashre and Yorkshire Do. qiarter shares .. Do. lithe .. . •• I Do. Wtst Riding Union Leeds ant Think Livorpook Crosby, and Southp.rt London ant Blackwall Do., Tiltriry Ext. Scrip London, Irighton, and South Gast • • • • London aid N.-Western Do. do. kew q u a rt ers Do. fifth Do. 101.1 h., M. &I% (c) London ant 8.-Weatera Do. new 40/. Do. new tol. Londonderrr, & Coleraine Do. half Blares .. .. Londonderry and Danis- killers. •• •• •• •• Manchester, Bruton, and Matlock Manchester, Mel:Mild, & Lincolnshin Do. Manclester and Lincoln Won •• ' Midland .• • • •• •• Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shales • • • • De. Binning & Derby Midland Gt. Vest. (Ire.) Newcastle andCarlisle • • De. quarter bares • Newmarket .. Newport, Abegavenny, and llereford .• Newry and BOWBen.. Newry, Warrekpoint, & Rostrevor . Norfolk .. . Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Countess Ualon North British.., North Stafforthuire • • North-Western North & Sth.- - Wtst..Tunc. Oxford, Worcater and Wolverhamptus.. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. new . Shrewsbury & lirming. Class A. .. Do. Class 8.. Shrews. & llerefird., Old Do., do., Nev I Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. `V. Do. Salves • • .. • • Do. Oswestry Do. New.... .. • • Shropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, fhlly paid up at per cent • • South Deven .. South-Eastern , South Wales.. .. • . South Yerksh. ant River Dun Mat., Roth., and Heroic, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool tiwasisea & Lougher, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. • • Vale of Neath • • Waterford and Kilzenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Vick. and Dublin ~ West Cornwall •• West London .. Whitehaven and Furness York, _Newcastle, &Ber wick Ditto and Newoutle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference . • .. , York and North Mandl Btudneea done to-day. Nombuil Prices. 16 to 1614( S —3% dia. .. ._ • • 10% -- 11% .. awe 0 • 82 -84 15 - 24 -25 is!) =IB dts , _ • • 414 - -3f 7% - 7 6 - 654 4% 4% 17)4 18 86 3 —37 x.d 8 9 14- % 18U - 16% 6% -6% 12% - 19% 43 —44 i.d 18% 89% • 2 dls. 83 —B5 x.d 10 —l2 p.z.d 29 —3l p x.d 62. —63 x.d 9% 9 1 ‘d.zd 7 - db. • 5)4 dad 18% 123 i 8%•• 8% xd % P 95 -96 130 —130% 6 % p. 6 % P. 3%p. 38% MI% 6 5 tat 5 4 dlt 3; —3U d.xd Zs —37 —2% di.. 63% 64 13 11% dia. 36 —3B . • • • 9 - 934 4% Ms, 3)fi dIL 26 211 la —l2 dia. 2 .dls. 10 —1054 _ _ 6% Gips. 11% —lO Cs. 1 —1% p 18% - 18% 17 -18 10% - 11% 734 -834 4% 33 dls. 3% 3 % db. 2 19 —2l 10% 14% —12 s % % Sts. 3 —2% die 18 —2O 27% 28% x.di N -37 1% % dis.x.d 3- - 10 . •• 7' dla 2)4 334 4 5 d, 5)4 6)4 19% —17% 6 7% • • •• 21% 22 x.d 3 dls.x.d —l5 di/ x.d 27% 28 du. 33 % dia. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti. mated at 3,00 u bales, all to the trade, comprising 2,400 Ame rican, 100 Egyptian, at 7 1 / 2 d. to 9%d., and 300 Surat, at 4 1 , 4 (d. to sy g d. per lb. The market was steady, and prices %d. higher than on Friday last.—Railway shares were flat. The letters by the Avon steamer from the West Indies were delivered yesterday afternoon. The question of meeting the liabilities of the colony had been much discussed in the Legislature, and there was obviously an imperative necessity for taxation. A local journalist remarks:— " It seems to us quite certain that there is no way of avoid ing increased taxation if the affairs of the island are to be put into a satisfactory condition, and the only question is as to the kind of taxation which ought to be resorted to. There would appear, nevertheless, to be a disposition in some members to reduce rather than to increase the revenue of the island. Thus, for example, a notice has been given for instruction to the Committee on the Rum Rill to fix the duty on that article at ls. 6d. per gallon instead of 2s. as at present. The latter duty was imposed in consequence of the deficiency in the revenue. In the report which has been submitted to the House by the committee, of which Mr. Smith was chairman, it is recommended not only that any augmentation of past evils by any future annual expenditure being pe - - mitted to be in excess of revenue should be guarded against, but that some immediate and comprehensive means of putting the ascertained liabilities of the island 'on a satisfactory footing should be devised with a view to the gradual and ultimate liquidation of the entire debt. In order to this, a sinking fund of 10,2751. per annum has been declared necessary, and this fond, notwi h standing that the principal was recognised in the Loan Act, it is now thought by some members might be dispensed with. The committee also assumed that if the arrears of in terest are paid up, and satisfactory provision made for this charge in future, her Majesty's Goverrment will not object to the amount due to them'being included in the general ar rangement." A schooner was running between New Grenada and King ston, and it was hoped would be sufficiently supported to keep up a regular communication with the Spanish Main. On the whole, the weather in the colonies was favourable. Accounts from Havannah state that not more than two thirds of the sugar estates pay enough, beyond the hire of the negroes employed, to yield more than interest on the other capital invested, and the taxation upon imports and exports deprived the planter of the advantages which he otherwise would enjoy. It is stated that of late the Government have increased the tax on the sugar exported, without any diminution of duties on the imports received in exchange. The export duty on sugar wns formerly 37i cents. per box—the new imposition is of an additional 50 cents. This new duty has been farmed out for 750,000 dolls. per annum, bythe Government. The official returns for 1850 will show about 1,200,000 boxes exported. At the rate imposed, this new duty would yield the Govern ment about 600,000 dolls. The contractor who pays 750,000 dolls. for the privilege of collecting it well knows that the actual amount exported will be nearer 2,500,0 t boxes than 1,200,000. The contractor and the exporters have, it will readily be seen, a joint interest in defrauding the Government. No, it is not considered as a fraud here, inasmuch as the Government has openly made its bargain, relinquishing the chances of getting even less than it has re ceivea from him, knowing well that its heavy impositions of duties make it the interest of all parties to cheat Govern ment when it attempts to collect those impositions itself. " The contractor wishes the amount returned officially as exported, to be less than it actually is, in order that Govern ment and others may not know his profits by the contract. The exporter wishes to be relieved from a portion of hie burden of duties to pay. For an exportation of 3,000 boxes he will perhaps enter 2,000. For the 1,000 he com promises with the contractor, by paying half rates. The Customs official is perhaps silenced by a douceur, which is clear profit to him. "So is it with importations; a portion is entered, say one-half. The officer is verbally informed of the pre sence of the remaining portion of the merchandise. This, of course, is open to arrangement. That arrangement has become a settled matter. Of the duty on that portion one-third is withheld by the consignee, one-third is paid over by him to the Customs officer, and one-third is retained by the Custom-house broker, through whose hands all this business of entering goods is done, as it is, to a great extent, in New York. "It is no uncommon thing to see these Custcm-house in spectors and Custom-house brokers, living in a style involving an expenditure of 5,000 or 6,000 dollars a year, while inspec tor's salaries are less than one thousand, and the brokers' regular commissions certainly not much more." In the Amsterdam Market, on the 24th instant, Dutch Stock was more in request at 57h for Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. Spanish Fire per Cents. are higher. Mexi can Bonds are firm. There has been an exceedingly dull market for Public Securities, and the wet ,weather, combined with the slow progress of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, has restricted business even more than must under any circum stances have been the ease, while the transfer books are shut. Consols have realized 96i to 96i for Money, and 96% for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 51s. to 545. premium. The market now is a little flatter, upon a report that bad news has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, but the date is old, we believe. The Foreign Market has been quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. are 21 1 / 8 to 21%, and the Three per Cents. 38%. Mexican Bonds have realized 33% to 33%. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents.. are 58%. Railway Shares have not moved to any extent this morn ing. Arrangements are being made for carrying over, as to morrow is settling day, and prices are generally flatter, the French lines suffering most. QUARTER TO THREE. Console ... SOS O. 96i Ditto Account ... 96i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Consols Anna India 80nd5under1,0001........ ....... — 6 l p Cone*la for Account 96 India Stock for Account 263 1 ,4 Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001.... 5l 54 p 5001. .— 51 54 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada, 1 1 ,E per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 80nde,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B5 85L/ 2 1 A Portuguese Bonds , 5 per Cent Ditto 4 ner Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 21 % 14 Ditto Passive Bonds 5% 6% Bpanish Itonds,3 per Cent,l840 Dividetvis on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild COURSE OF EXCH , Amsterdam 11 15% Ditto, three months.. 11 17 Rotterdam .... ••.. •• 11 17 Antwerp • • 25 22% Brussels • • • • ••••••• 25 22% Elamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 7 Altona.• •••••••• • • • • •• Paris, 3 days'aight 25 2% Ditto. 3 months .. 25 20 Marseilles • • .. 25 22% Bourdeaux .• ... • ITriuiltforton Maine.... 1194 Vienna, °free. 13 20 Trieste, ditto.... •• . .• 13 20 Petereburgh, 211. EWA.. 37 Madzid ••.. • ..... .... 50 Cadiz ••.••••••• •• •• •• 50% Barcelona .. .......... - 5evi11e................- klq GE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghorn .• ••.. • • 30 50 °OROS •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 50 Milan ........... . Venice•• •• •• •• • • •• •• •• Naples • •• •• 41 % Palermo,peroz........ 125 Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• 4. • 125 Lisbon• • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 53% Oporto , — •• •• .• •• •• 53% Rio janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres New York,6odays'sight Philadelphia .... PATOIS OF BULLION, PEE Of. Foreign Geld inbars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •• 0 4 11% Silver in bars .. •• .. •• 0 5 13 LLOYD'S SH IPPIN G.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 26. — Wind this day at noon S. PANAMA, FEB. 20. - The Lelia, Owen, Punta Arenas, in working into the inner anchorage, touched on the reef, but got off without damage. Lima, FEB. 4. The Chili barque Ana was stranded on the coast of Peru, between the Caletas de Lomas and Chola, on the 7th January; crew saved. BEEBICE, FEB. 26.—A shipping punt, from Plantation Balthjoik, with 11 hhds. and 2 tierces of sugar on board, in crossing the river, damaged her cargo, which has been con demned, and will be sold. POET-AU-PRINCE, FEB. 26.—The Emilie French schooner, from hence to Marseilles, was wrecked off Mole St. Nicholas, the 11th of February; the crew and 200 bags of coffee saved; the vessel, with about 1,400 to 1,500 bags of coffee, sunk coon afterwards. WEXFORD, MARCH 24.—The Queen of the Isles, from Ancona to this port, is aground on the south end of the bar here. _ FRASERBURG, MARCH 22. The David, which was stranded near Rattray Head, in October last, has been re paired on the slip, and is ready to proceed to Thurso. How. RT Towlr, DEC. 13.—The Cornelius arrived here from Liverpool, on the 30th October, with loss of mainyard, topmost, and top-gallantmast, maingaff, and trysail, having been struck by a heavy sea while lying•to in a hurricane,on the 12th October. DOVER, Mesas 2.s.—Wind W., light.—Arrd. The Vor waarts, Peterren, London. _ _ _ COWES, MARCH 2o.—Wind S.—And. The Aurora, Land seer, Matanzas, N.B. ; Huelin, Rio Janeiro. TORBAY, MARCH 25. Wind W. by S.—Arrd. The Vierge Marie, Seykeus, Cuba for Falmouth. PLYMOUTX, MARCH 25.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. The Con naught Ranger steamer, Belfast for London. OFF SWANAGE, MARCH 24. The Admiral, Batavia ; Pio Nono, Valparaiso, both for Amsterdam • Carl Edward, Havannah for Bremen ; Anna Elizabeth, ialermo for Am sterdam. KINSALE, MARCH 23.—Arrd. The Rosa, of Guernsey, Odessa for Galway and Queenstown. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 24.—Sid. The Fox, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 25.—Wind S., fresh.—Arrd. Jane Anderson, Allen, Possession Island; Elizabeth Mary Ann, Oliver, Rio Janeiro. Sld. Leonora, Demerara; Joseph Wheeler, Barbadoes; Woodstock, Adelaide, South Australia; Menzies, Shanghai; Mary Sparks, Hong-Kong; Dorcas, Bombay; Nimrod, Cape of Good Hope; Georgiana, Rio Janeiro; Swan, St. Thomas; Horatio, and Anomina, Havannah ; Whitehaven, Honduras; Hope, New ()deans; Republic, Mobile; John Cumming, Savannah; Jane H. Glidden, Philadelphia; Albert, Gallatin, and Argo, New York ; Rio Grande, Boston ; Hannah, and Prince Arthur, Halifax; Perseverance, St. John's, Newßrunswick. Albion and Eagle, Galatz, were in contact this morning in the river; the former lost bowsprit, and latter also received damage. Off port, Hamlet, Mauritius ; Lord Elgin, Callao ; Agnes, Rio Grande; Marion, Demerara; Home, Charleston; Gipsy, Bordeaux; Daring, Robert Preston, Marchioness Clydes dale, Genova steamer. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W.—Acrd. Sea Queen,: Shaw, Callao; Rachael, Florence; Carril, Sir Robert Campbell, Flukes, Liverpool for Newfoundland, with los s of bulwarks, stanchions, &c. Sld. Britannia, New Yor k; Pero, Boston ; Cluney, St. John's, N. B. DEAL, MAucu 24.—Wind W., moderate and tine ; W. S.W. ditto and cloudy to S.S.W.—SkI. Jane Green, Por k t . Natal ; Black River packet, Jamaica, and has since p ICue t b_ac ndian Te d a; side, St. John's, N.B. ; Creamore, St. John's , Fanny, ditto, and both since put back; Marg are t Pru Milne, Countess of Seefield, Raja of Sarawak , Ganges. Put back ilne 25th, G. Dean, Cape Coast Castle. THE CONTRIBUTION THAT WILL WIN THE PRIZE. —lt is rumoured that Government intends sending to the Crystal Palace copies of all the measures that have been passed this year, as its contribu'ion to the World's Exhibi tion of Industry ! Punch. _ We understand that the Rev. Mr. Bennett formally completed his resignation of the incumbency of St. Paul and St. Barnabas yesterday. The Clothworkerb' Company of London, of which the Lord Mayor is a member, has offered to give 15 acres of building land, near the town of Coleraine, as a site for th e erection of the proposed "Magee College," and also a dons,. g oo o fvocri, in aid of the food for building and end 9wme at. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market since Mon day having been exceedingly small, the show of samples of that grain here to-day was very limited ; and, owing to the prevailing damp weather, greatly out of condition. Holders generally were firm; but of necessity the amount of business doing was trifling at almost nominal currencies. From abroad 4,750 quarters of Wheat have come fresh to hand. Really fine qualities changel hands at full prices, whilst the value of the middling and inferior kinds was well supported. Harley and Malt, the supplies of which were small, sold steadily at fully last week's quotations. We had a firmer market for Oats, and in some instances, rather more money was paid for sound heavy corn. Beans and Peas dull, but Indian Corn and Flour met an improved inquiry, although the imports of the latter from France are larger, viz., upwards of 5,0.0 sacks. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Flour. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Qrs. 100 Qrs. Qrs. 670 530 English •• •• • • [rich ...• .... Foreign ...... 4,750 Oats. sacks 280 970 1 5,370 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although our market is flat, no change has taken place in prices. 177'HITECRAPEL. Prime Beef and Mutton sold at full prices. In other kinds of Meat very little was doing. Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s ad to 4s; Veal, 3s to 4s; Pork 2s Gd to as 10d per 81bs by the carcase. WESTMINSTER.--(THIS DAY.) Sarah White was charged with being concerned in steal ing nineteen bottles of wine, the prope.ty of James Palmer, under the following circumstances : On; the 19th of last month, the prisoner, with several others, went to the tap-room f the prosecutor, and after stopping several hours, and only having three pints of beer, they, to the surprise of landlord, became tipsy.. The next morning the landlord's attention was drawn to one of the boards in the tap-room, which was so loose that it could be lifted without any force being used. On going down stairs to the wine-cellar he found that nineteen bottles of sherry wine had been stolen. The wine was stacked close to the boards which had been lifted up. He then gave information to the police, who apprehended two men, who were remanded; and the prisoner was yesterday taken. The prisoner having nothing to say in defence, The MAGISTRATE remanded the case until Thursday next. MR. BATTY'S HIPPODROME, KENSINGTON We paid a visit this morning to this establishment, now in the course of erection, and were astonished to see the rapidity with which the various works are progressing, which, taking into consideration the short time since it was begun, and the continual wet weather, appears hardly possible for so much to have been done under such disadvantages. While there we had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Barr, who has of late been exhi biting the sport of hawking in various provincial towns, and with whom, we are Oven to understand, Mr. Batty has made an engagement, in:order to give due effect in reviving the an cient sports of our ancestors, which were so popular at the old baronial halls of England in the last century. Mr. Barr had half-a-dozen trained hawks with him, all " hooded and belled," and during our stay let fly one in pursuit of a pigeon. The power Mr. Barr exercises over his birds, by arresting their flight and recalling them to him, shows a skill in the art of falconry which can only have been at tained by a large amount of perseverance on his part. This attraction, with the assistance of Mr. Batty's unequalled stud, and the company dressed in characteristic costume, will enable him to portray to his visitors those ancient Eng lish sports so frequently described by Sir Walter Scott and other novelists, and which, with the Games of the Curricu lum and other Olympic exploits, cannot fail to make this the most popular place of resort to the pleasure seekers of London during the forthcoming most extraordinary season. RESIGNATION OF LORD LANGDALE. In the Rolls' Court yesterday, after the hearing of some unopposed petitions, Mr. TURNER rose, and addressing Lord Langdale, said—ln consequence of his ordship's intended resignation he was de sired publicly to express to his Lordship the anxious hopes of the bar that many years might be spared to him of happi ness in the bosom of his family. The bar and the whole profession were deeply indebted to his Lordship for the exertions he had made to simplify the proce-s and practice of the court, and to lessen delay. He (Mr. Turner) ab stained from entering into particulars, but those exertions had already led to many beneficial consequences, and would lead to more. Lord LANGDALE said, he confessed he was overpowered and deeply felt the kind expressions that had been made use of. If he could flatter himself that he merited what was so kindly attributed to him, it would be his highest reward, but that might not be. He was sensible of shortcomi , gs. At. a cooler moment a more rigid scrutiny would be made of his judieial character. The r .ports would show what he had done and what he had not done, and at the same time would show how greatly he had been assisted by the learning, the industry, and the integrity of the bar. Little did people who only looked upon the surface know bow very little could be done by a judge without the honest co-operation of those most useful assistants, a learned and honourable bar. He had to express his gratitude for the greatest assistance from a bar of that character, and he retired with the strongest feeling of gratitude and respect. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. UTTOXETER STEEPLECHASES.—TUESDAY. Ile Uttoxeter Handicap. Tallyho ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Lord Th Geore ... e Gr g and North Staffordshire Steeplechase Stakes. British Yeoman, lOst 12Ib Sir John, llst 91b Maria Day, lOst 7lb The Selling Steeplechase Stakes. Creeping Jane Bt ewer.. ... 2 ... 3 NORTHAMPTON RACES. ... 2 NORTHAMPTON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. --The follow ing is a list of the arrivals up to four o'clock:— WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes—Peep-o'-day Boy, The Swede, b g by Orlando, and Recruit. The Northampton Triennial Stakes—Convulsion, Ambrose, Frantic., France, and Hirsute. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes—St. Rosalie, Leger detnain, Clothworker, Zadoc, Tophana, Selina, Nutmeg, Valentine, The Ban, and Pandemus. The Open Stakes Vesta, Nutmeg, and Harp. The Maiden Plate—Combatant, Abdallah, Valet tine, and ch f by Epirus, out of Blanche of Devon. THURSDAY. The Delapre Stakes—The Swede, Musician, b g by Or. lando, and Britannia. Earl Spencer's Plate—The Pilot, Sir Robert, Equiria, Visite, Recruit. Forlorn Hole, Souffee, and The Incurable. The Althorpe Park Stakes—Frantic, Hampton, Creeper, The Old Lad, Ambrose, France, Miss Conyngham, Hirsute, ch fby Hetman Pie' off, Sophistry, and Sister to Hatherton. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 AOVF. each—Retail, Cloth worker, Tophana, Abdallah, and Ellah. . . The Northamptonshire Cup Stakez—Panope, Nutmeg, Pandemus, and b g by Orlando. The races commence at halt-past one. TUESDAY NIGHT. Entries for the Queen's Plate:—Priestess, Peep-o'•day Boy, Aristos, British Boy, Borneo, Unity, Jack, Musician. Clothworker, Selina. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES —4 to 1 agst t. Rosalia (t), 5 to 1 agst The Ban (t), 7 to 1 agst Legerdemain, 12 to 1 spit Tophana (t), 12 to 1 agst Paudemus (t), 15 to 1 agst Cottager (0, /5 to 1 agst Leap Year. ALTHORPE PARK STAIKS.— 3 to 1 agst Greek (t), 5 to 1 agst Miss Conynghatn (t), b to 1 agst Hetman Platoff filly (t), 8 to 1 agst Old Lad (t). : . :(4 .. ttrb Übttton NORTHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Trial Stakes. AT LINES LEAS: FIXED 3R.= ~szs. Business Railways. Paid. Closing Prices . enrilpiee. done. Barks:and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western 6 % 1 P• Bir. and Oxford Junc.,cailsduly paid, or with a guarantee •. Do 20 28% 7934 Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. 90 97 —2 B Birm., Wol. & Dud.,calls duly paid, or witk a guarantee •• Do .. 15 83f 934 p Do., without a guarantee • • Do 13 7 X p Buckinghamsh. Lon.&N.W. 17% 1734 17% E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern 25 32% 32 4 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103 Do. 3& Shares Do .. 25 50 —5l Do. % Shares Do .. 12% 23 Leeds and Brad. Midland .• 50 9734 904 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern 12 18 4 11 1 4 11% Do., Pref. .• .. 20 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk .. 20 15 —l6 N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Coattles . 50 54 —56 Do. New •• Do ••• 43 4 6 p Preston and L. & Wyre •• •• y . } 95 41 —43 x.d Do. 34 Shares ADo 10% 734 834p.x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. 20 21 2134 x.d x.d Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 71% 8 o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 3 3 1% I%p. South Staffords. Mr. WClean 334 die. x.d Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 45 —46 INC 'REIMR: SEAZZI. Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. 8U511295e dose to-day. Aberdeen •• •• ••8 6 r % dis par % dis. Caledonian 101. .• 10 6% —6% Chester and Holyhead .. 15 17 17% 17 East Anglian (31. 105.) 6 per cent. 334 2% 276 2% Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. 6 • • —•• Do. (71. 175.) 7 p. c.;Pref. 2 • • Eastern Counties Exton., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. 613 4 par - p 56 T M Do. No. 2 • • •• •• 6la 4 par —Si p , Pm Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% —ll Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. 20 16% 1734 16% Do. 101. Deben. Shares. 10 East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. •• • • Glasgow & S.-W. Cones!. 100 • • •••• •• Gt. Northern. 5 per cent. 12% 13% 13% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 234 % •-• 1 P. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .. • • .. 6 134 die. 2.41 Do. 6 per cent. Stock *. 100 •• •• Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 .• .. 9 .. —• • P Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 .• —• • Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 11 • • —• • Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 2 P London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 ••• •• De. pref., I p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 130 Do. cony. 5 per et. 1852 60 67 —6O Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 136 139 London &S.-W.. new •• 11 2 36 P. Londonderry and Ennis killen,flhalf shares .. 10 .. —• • Manch., Sheffield, and Line., quer. *hrs., No. 1 95 14 1 11 15 14% Do. new, 101. •• •• 10 11% 12% Do., 61. •• .. 3 34 - P Midland Con. 6p. a. stock 100 132 •••• 134 Do. Cense. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... 100 •• •• Do. Bristol & Glencoe. 48 •• Do. do. do. 33 10 6 „. •• Do. Erewash Valley . 50 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. 100 Norfolk Extension .. 20 17 —lB Do. guar. 5% per cent 5 4% 4% Do. Waveney Valley 2 • North British .• 5 5% —5% 6% Shrewsbury. and Birm. New Guaranteed 6 1134 11 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. 10 15% 15% x.d 15 South Devon • • .. •• 35 13 —l 5 South-Eastern. 4 34 P. et. 10 Waterford & Kilkenny, 5L I • • —• ' W est London,l st Cl. (101.) 10 • • " Do. 2d Class do. (par) 20 • • —•• York, Newc., end Beres., 17 Gt. N.of E. Fur. 16 —l7 456 5 York and North Midland 11. and 8. Ptuch. 10 1% 1 di& 8% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15/., 6 per cent., 3%. TOILIBIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .• 90 ,10 10% 10% Central of France (Or.. leans and Vierzon) 20 17% 13 36 Demerara .. .. • . 17% • • —' • Dutch Rhenish • • .. g 43( dis. East Indian • • .. „, 14 136 —l% p. Do. do. do. .. 30 Great Indian Peninsula.. b 34 P. Ditto ditto .. 2% %—% P. Louvain ala Sambre .. 754 . —• • Luxembourg • • .. 1 — 13 Q Ditto •• •• 10 2 —2% Madrid and Valenti* .. • Maria Antonia • • 25 6 8 Ditto, New .. 7% 2 4 Namur and Liege .. 20 8 834 11% Northern of France •• 16 1534 -- 16% Orleans arid Bordeaux .. 8 3% —3% dis. Paris and Orleans • • .. 30 36 —3B Paris and Rouen • • •• 20 26 —27 36 IA Paris and Strasbourg 16 5% 5 dis. 10 Rouen and Havre 20 11% 12 Sambre and Mean •• 20 —3% 3 % % Tours and Nantes .. 15 9 —g% dis. 6% Tourney, Jurbise, Lan don, and /Smelt .. ••• • • Woot •• 9% 1 = 2 % 914 13 14 0 18% % 6% 12% 89 1 4 CM $9 14% 62! % 19 16% 95% x 130 22% 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 25 12% 12% II ►3 4 47%. 100 11 6 3 1%, 4 2 0 100 100 101 A % 1 I k 163( 3' 13 5 3' 9 12 paid np paid up IN 27% 26 16% % Orlando gelding The Swede . Frantic ... France ... ... ••• The Great Northamptonshire Stakes. Valentine Pandemus Selina ... ••• ••• ••• ••• Nine ran• Won by a length. ... 2 ... 3 PRESENTATION 0------1r PLATE TO THE R EV . H. C. CRESWELL.— On Thurs day last the n on - comm i ss i oned e o c n e onf which plate, they richly h.ed ment is about to le officers and privates leave e th tt e s g ß a o a y r a te l r S s c i o n ts c G an r t e e y r s b , u w ry hi f c or h r D eg er t handsome ' , Rev. H. C. Cresswell, in testimony of m eve a ry nd the estima p t i i as chaplain during the time Th presentation was made in the;riding they were his clerical services e chasedc theirh e s te r r e l s e P p a r e p e e o s t e t teapot, fortteu.'s presented h a i presence of the regiment, by the Sergeant- Major,accompanied by an appropriate address, to which G e ntleman returned an answer expressive his Rev.the a c t h ° Canterbury n: h thanks and his regards towards th e men w h o h a d b een un d er his pastoral care. ExPERI mENTs WITH MUSKETS.—Captain William Henry March, of the Woolwi c h di v i s i on o f R oya l M ar i nes , has been nominated one of the committee for testing the small-arms at the butt in the Royal Arsenal. One sergeant and two privates of the Rifles have joined the firing party of the Foot Guard,. Mr. Sears's patent needle-gun, for loading at the breech, is to be tried again this season by the firing party at the proof-butt in the Royal Arsenal. The trial last year with that gun was made in the marshes, and it then answered very efficiently. It will be seen how it answers when used by the soldiers of her Majesty's service. NATIONAL DISINFESTED AND DRY MANURE COM ra.NY.—On Monday MasterFarrer confirmed the call of 21. per share on all the contributories of this company. The official manager, Mr. Harding, ststed that he did not expect the call would produce more than 1,200/. ; but a great number of the creditors had consented to take 13s. 4d. in the pound. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the court of examiners on the 21st inst. :—Messrs. James Strange Biggs, Devizes, Wiltshire; Charles Nairne, Lambeth ; Moses Morgan, Banbury, Oxfordshire ; Charles William Goodall, Normanton-on-the-Woulds, Nottingham shire;tinghainh George sire; William Pettinger, Sutton-upon-Trent, Not- Constantine Holman, Hurtspierpoint Sussex; William Henry Gatty, Market Harborough, Leicestershire ; George Earle, Beverley, Yorkshire; William Andrews Rogers, Stanmore, Middlesex; Thomas Fuller, Brighton, Sussex ; and Edward Robert Bickersteth, Liverpool. At the same meeting of the court Mr. Henry Wellings passed his examination for naval surgeon. This gentleman had pre viously been admitted a member of the college, his diploma bearing date August 8, 1846. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Lucia di Lammermoor was repeated last night, and Mdlle. Caroline Duprez more than confirmed the opinion which the public had, upon Saturday night, formed of her talent. Better acquainted with her audience, the artist sang and acted—we can hardly say with additional success, after Saturday's triumph—but with additional confidence. The applause she drew down was continuous and enthusiastic, and she was summoned before the curtain after each act, three times at the termination of her own part, and again at the fall of the curtain. Gustavus 111. will be produced on Saturday, when Madame Fiorentini will make her first ap pearance this season, in the part of Madame Ankarstrom; the charming riile of Oscar, the page, being taken for the first time by Mdlle. Duprez. A über's opera has never hitherte been performed in this country in anything IP proaching a complete form. Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals honour ing the performances with their presence were the follow ing Grace the Duke of Wellington, his Highness the Prince Pemidotl, the Prince Tobolski, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, the M ar q uis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Ailesbu r l and e the lion. Mrs. Anson, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Malm ,, sliry, the tarl Alountcharles, the Earl f Abovne, the Earl of Fahnouth, the Earl of Euston, the Comte D'Amassi, the Comtesse Bathyeen Madame de Moyese, the Viscount Anson, the Viscount Mar — daunt, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Ward, Lady Dormer, Lord Adolphus Vane, the Hon. A. D Willoughby, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, the Hon. R. C. Neville, the Hon. Colonel Upton, the lion. Mrs, )udley Ward, the lion. Major Needham, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Lady Meux, Sir George Armitage, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bert., Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Leonard, Colonel Molyneux Williams, Mr. Magan, Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., the Russian Cowl! Mr. W. Bagge, M.P., Captain Gardner, Captain bleynel.l, Captain Lord, Mr. Braderip, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, Mr., Mrs., and Miss de Burgh, Captain Stirling, Miss Ca awnro line Bellew, Mr. 0. Morgan, M.P., Mr. Brereton Trely, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. Rickards, M P., Mr. S. Baring, Mr. 13. Lindo, Mr. Camp bell, Mr. Cullen, &c. HAYMARKET rHEATRE. The English playgoing public had last night for theeeinfiedrsite time an opportunity of judging what the haute of the French stage really is. The chef d'cestere o f Moliere, the immortal Tartuffe was represented for the first t i me n itS entirety before an English audience claguerrotyped.vr _taZ than translated, by Mr. John Oxenford, who has au his version all the freshness and freedom of an original , preserving at the same time the most scrupulous introduced • nt There is not a line, a thought, or a sentiment is a line, a which is not to be found in the original, neither d save in one thought, a sentiment of the original omitted, Dorine have instance, in which two lines from the part .while been most judiciously omitted, th might have been dangerous. The aPlotthoefir essen is taken from that of Tartuffe ; but the treatmentcharac tially different. We have not in the Tart uffe h ag - t the ter analogous to the farcical Mawworm, ientkiro_ypeducet!toine "' od d of NU- Hypocrite the character of Dorine, that brettes, is entirely omitted; besides, there le_ . t and en of coarseness pervading the whole play of the lielvcr"" which contrasts most unfavourably with the refinem _ elegance of the chef d'ceuvre of Moliere. The com d edY w" performed precisely as it would have been perforrne fi t a _ tti ! Theatre Francais, the whole action took placed 0 rovuue; elegantly furnished room, and the drop a ceh t s h e di fell ; a few bars of music alone marking cast - : _ s vision of the acts. The following was th V e lerZ, Dlr. Orgon, Mr. Lambert; namis, Mr. Davenport; - Webster;a Howe; Cleante, Mr. Rogers ; Tartuffe, Mr. 13 ' s a loe M. Loyal, Mr. Charles Selby ; Officer, Mr. Braid; ~,,i s Pernelle, Mrs. Stanley ; Elmire, Miss Reynolds; Ma o ri s e, o .` %Vehicle. L. Adddison ; Dorine, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Flipete, ea" Every character was admirably sustained , but the grelt A hits of the evening were the Tartuffe of Mr. Web the the Dorine of Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Mr. Webst er has r h i s himself upon the best French models, eau, t h e Tartuffe was as perfect a re production on „ „, r _ best acting of the French stage as She version e., A,. Oxenford is of the best of French comedies . Inde doubt whether, since the death of Perlet, and the all p_1 11 4; tirement of Samson, there is any comedian o n the k__rrsd. stage who could render the oily, insidious, but self-cone alia:l7red ing and not ill-bred Tartuffe, so well as it was rf sitrr is. by Mr. Webster last evening. The Dorine of Mrs. r Hitherto ham is, to our thinking, the best of her characters . vs, /le pro she has been great in melodrama or farce; her Don that she can be equally great in legitimate comedy. The bits could exceed the piquant smartness of her acting• by at the hypocrisy of the Jesuit Tartuffe were all taken uP ° e l ision the audience and applauded'to the echo, and at the con__ Mr. V eloter the comedy was announced for repetition by • amidst enthusiastic applause. (From the Times.) t this A very novel experiment was last night made at house—the production of an English version of Mone rit4 Nothing Tartuffe, not lowered into the condition of the 1/0" but closely following the original, blank verse being f en. stituted for the French Alexandrine. So literal is madeels.o dering that, with the exception of a short speech ' ot heighten the " exit" of Damis in the third act, I "J: we . believe there is a single line not to be found in wa'ne The manager, in putting the piece on the stage, has gone to work in the right way—transferring to the ilaymaredets, boards the usages of the Theatre Frangais. The drop Ice did not descend between the acts, but a few bars of iraar alone indicated the division ; the one room in which the whole action takes place is fitted up with characteristic ele gance, an imitation of an oak floor being one of the leading features, and the costumes were of the most rec herc he kin We have had " Nights wi' Burns." This was really evening with Moliere. (From the Herald.) The Tartuffe was brought out at this theatre last night, in precisely the same shape as it was written by Moliere. The production is professedly a translation, which task lise been undertaken by Mr. John Oxenford, who, while adhering with scrupulous fidelity to the self - impe seu rule of literalness, has not lost sight of elegance. As a lite" rary exercise irrespective of any histrionic object , this version of the chef d'auvre of the great French dramatist is entitled to no ordinary praise. The motive which Moliere had in composing this admirable comedy is well knee n through the medium of Bicker staffe's Hypocrite, which, although immediately borrowed from Cibbec's _Non Juror, owes its real origin to the Tartuffe. There is in reality very little difference between Moliere's play and the Hypocrite of our stage. The former is mere, elevated in its tune, and simply belongs to a better rank a' composition, the English comedy wearing certain lineaments of vulgarity assuredly not obtained from the original piece. The Tartuffe attacked the affected piety of the reign of Louis the Fourteenth with a politer air than that whic h suffuses its well-known English offspring. The polished ease whish prevails throughout Meliere's comedy is, ho Y _ I ; ever, well demonstrated in the unalt e r e d version perform last night, in which its precise sentiment is closely and vividly reflected. The acting was excellent in most cases. Mr. Webster personated the Tartuffe with great ability, his fawning obsequiousness of deportment and pretended Ra tience under obloquy presenting a consistent portrait of the insidious villain who exercises a fatal influence over the credulous Orgon by hi s ph araaa i ca l ar t s . He produce d A graphic and powerful effect in the closing seen?: when the knave, unmasked by the device of E! mire, throws off all disguise and lays bare hIS natural depravity and ingratitude of heart. Organ' the Sir John Lambert of the Hypocrite, was ens tamed by Mr. Lambert, and Dorine, the shrewd sprightly servant of Mariane, a character whose impor ance hardly merited the entire obliteration whi ch it expo: rienced both in Cibber and Bickerstaffe's play, was perfo rtsld with invaluable point and smartness by Mrs. Fitelfillistn; The sensible and dispassionate Cldante, the inlecta°ll_ Damis, and the timid and obedient Mariane (con verted the Hypocrite into a lively coquette, and forming ifre_ part of Mrs. Woffington and Mrs. Abingdon), were Bey: Z aura . sustained by Mr. Rogers , Mr. Davenport, and Miss o f Addison; and Mi , s Reynolds was the representativ. floe Elmire. The audience showed no signs of issp•a ti during the sententious speeches of Orgon's brother -in %w but applauded the strokes of worldly wis dom which they uicic heard, as well as those enunciated by o; h e rs, with a perce ption of their worth. The collision of the hypocrite w ith Orgon in the fourth act, a capital dramatic surprise, produced the strongest possible sensation, and the applause was long and general. The action, we may add, takes place in an elaborate Louis Quatorze a partment, with which the costumes of the dramatis personce carefully coincide; and the French rule of not dropeing the curtain between the acts is observed. The success of the comedy was complete; and Mr. Webster announced it for repetition, amid acclamations front all parts of the house. (From the Daily News.) Moliere's Tartuffe, not an English play, like the NYPO - founded on the Tartuffe, but the Tartuffe itself, was brought on the stage of this theatre last evening. Ev er y scene, every phrase, is almost literally translated; all th e characters preserve their original names; and the perform ance is a close imitation of the style of the Theatre Francais. The scene never changes, and the drop-curtain does not descend between the acts, the divisions being marked merely by a very brief interval of time filled up by action. The success of this novel ex p er im e nt has exceeded our expectation, for we confess we thought it a. very do ubtful one. Moliere's comedy, admirable as it Is, contains , l ike all the French productions of the regular classical school, more speech and less action than is generally agreeable tell an English audience. It has, moreover, lost its point and_ application as a satire, and is to us merely a pictiLtait obsolete manners in a foreign country. In its no velty was a crushing exposure of one of the grea t es t s ocial and of the day, the ascendancy of religious hYP!c ea r e lsY Lonis cant, which had risen to such a height the Fourteenth, with all his power, was unable t . o . w;i ee th e s i t , i r i e n d d . its influence. The piece was extremely a estate to Tar currences. Orgon's deed of gift of his whole Some passages were applied by the audience to passing oc f God and the from interested motives, but for the glory o _ tuffe, and the hypocrite's declaration that he accepted it, not good of his neighbour, drew forth marked applause._ The curtain fell amid loud demonstrations of favour; Webster announced that the piece would be repeated several times a week. We understand that his Royal Highness Prin ce Albert, with his usual appreciation of what is truly benevo lent and humane, has condescended to become one of the patrons of that old and valuable society , t he Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. Upwards of eighty Peers, and upwards of 200 Members of the House of Commons have signed the reqant ui sition to Lord Stanley, inviting him t o dine at Merch Tailors' Hall on the 2d of April.— Herald. THE DUTCH NAVIGATION LAWS. ---A letter, dated Batavia, January 27, has the following: --"Now that the Dutch navigation laws are abolished this will be a good loading port for English ships. Vessels of 300 to 500 tons are most suitable. Good charters are generally to be hai about the months of May and June hence to China, cid Singapore, and back, the vessels retur ning lbion. a bout the best time to get homeward cargoes."—Live pool The Northampton Triennial Stakes. ft ••• ,••• 1 4 , ... 2 ••• ... 2 ••• 1 BIRTHS. OF A SOX. H a mpshire, the lady of On the 23d inst., at Hursley-park , Sir Wiliam Heatheote, Bart. On the 22d inst., at Reading , the l a dy of D. G. Jebb, Esq., late Captain 3d Light Dragoons. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 24th inst., at St. Olave's Rectory, Southwark, the wife of the Rev. L. M. Humbert. DIED On the 17th inst., at T e ignmouth , aged 16, Htnri etta Elizabeth Agnes, only daughter of the late Hon. Abbott, of Lincoln's Inn. On the 22d inst., Robert Napier Raikes, vicar of Long Hope and Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, aged 66. com mons, Eliza, the wife of J. P. Buckland, aged 49 . On the 23d inst., W. Bovill, Esq Upper of Tooting. On the in Little Knigbtrider .street, DOCtOrs'. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG:3I No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7%4 sun Office, DT°•.,:; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the colav - Middlesex, Wedueoclay, March 26, 1861. Acc hel Lu..aon, on Tear ofthe Irefarid Resolve lamented di their strong di!partert bri - -they reve Cill!f Magni. .1 4. 414 n4 lce gen — e h m is t A throp y , 81 4cmlike s forded whei ICCannot r , Plrte In he el:apiary in 'ull►plicity ELM avuun's Ha IN. at Eigb R. : Arid the me • 47 r4rt, Esq :nets, ILA. eause. Th, ~ , ,OrYoutig in( tagerred for ...uarlutat ; maces, 31 °IS The Dire iteittexion __gtation , at t wtatmea's Parties de digs, and be bn Monday [ Station. These Wo ' , vs made for The Tend TR coati h of the 7 : I 30 ,000 86 will be r dent Sos kited the s • It„iltiel Wbl Esd . Laurel '' ol 4l liaegr Laults Rey • onms not ' , .! 1 • 1 11) Penry ti :Abireaml ,uonlas W Surrey. 'Ql4slstviz 4 SO tiktLTING NI / AXIOM ' S ,7",RETARy- Tba *Wee Guth, of the me' and at trdent s: , • they "wen% dud 1.111 1 , fatal. L •Oki'er pay '.!• o lllstined t h i t the Act n fillareho; I .4l)licath Allreadn .. I "'lctinforn day la ' OTE N Ttil '"Khor.of • • T kIE t urn. l to lO n lt Orke befor 4 gition of tl 0/UM the 111)4 a~ Be. ARG! 04. Lem ore ope all to k rot I.P.I I I I ITr . I , P . l ps, and Lnualo- F.& A 'DE • pep ~eaely-o yom "Men o %ton Oran !NU, p, "%MI N 14 rem b tittc ba2 Li e Th b4 tlly '3 %,„ 14 418 t /14 11 " W %kg it - Josep Own Paid. 17% 100 100 42% 100 4754 100 5% 5 8t 34 36 34 9% % 71( 97A 6 Um