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ROFESS lON A L IFE ASSURANCE COM L PANY. 11 Chief Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. Notice is hereby given, that the FOURTH. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Corporation will be holden at the offices of the Company, 76, Cheapside, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of March inst., at Twelve fl): One o'clock 'precisely, for the re ception of the Annual Report clt rtrectors of the said Compa, for the declaration of a Dividend, tt 3 ElecLion and Re-election of Directors and Auditors for the , sail Company, and for any other General Business usually transacted a t an annual general meeting f the said EDWARD Company'. BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. March 15, 1551. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, admitting on equal terms Persons of every class sad degree to all its bet:tents and advantages. Capital, 260,000/. Chairman—Major HENRY STONES. Deputy Chairman—JAMES ANDREW DURHAM, Esq. With upwards of 1,400 Shareholders. There are two important clauses in the eed of Settlement, by w hich the Directors have power to appropriate one-tenth of the en tire profits of the Company 1. For the relief of aged and distressed parties assured for life, who have paid rive years premiums, their widows and orphans. 2. For the relief of aged and distressed original proprietors, assured or not, their widows and orphans, together with five per cent. per annum on the capital originally invested by them. All lolicies indisputable and free of stamp duty. Rata of premium extremely moderate. No extra uharzo for going to or residing at (in time of peace) Aus- Iralasia, Bermuda, Madeira , Cape of Good lope, and the British North American Colonies. Medical men in all cases remunerated for their report. Assurances granted against paralysis, blindness, accidents, insanity, and every other affliction, bodily and mental, at moderate rates. A liberal commission allowed to agents. Annual Premium for Assuring 100/. namely, Age-20 .. .£1 10 9 A ge -40 .. £2 13 G 6 30 . • 1 19 6 I 18 50 .. 3 Prospectuses, with tables and fullest inibrmat ion, may be had al the Offices of the Company, or any of their agonts. Application for agencies requested. EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On SATURDAY, next, March `..`9, will be produced _tuber'scelebrated Opera of GUSTAVE ; o u, Le Bal Masque. Madame An keratrom, Iladame Fiorentini (her first appearance) ; Oscar, Madlle. Caroline Duprez ; Gustavus, Signor Calzolari. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Seeond Appearance of Madlle. CAROLINE DUPREZ. The - Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING will be repeated Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA. DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, • • Mattile. Caroline Duproz • Signor Lorenzo. Bidebent • • • • • • • • Signor Bianchi. Arturo— .•.. • • .. —Signor Romagnoll. Normando ...... • —Signor Dai Fiori. Edgardo • • • • •. • • Signor Caizolari. So be followed by a new and original Ballet, A la Watteau, entitled L'ILE DES AMOURS. Composed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by M. Nadaud, the Scenery by air. C. Marshall, in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris will appear. Fleurctte (Bergere), Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris. Colin (son Fiance), M. Charles. Gregoire (Pere de Colin), M. di Mettle. Blaise (Amoureux de Fleurette), M. Ehrlck. Le Go verneur de Pile des Amours, M. Gosselin. Mdlle. de Follanges (Grand Dame), Mme. Petit Stephan. Ire Chef des Amours, Mdlle. Tedeschi, 2me Chet des Amours, 3ldUe. Aussandon. Un Maitre de Ceremonies, M. Venafra. Astrologues (Conseiller duo Gouverneur), M. Gouriet. First Tableau, La Lot Impossible. " Les Fiances," dense pasto rale. "Le Jeu de la Rose," pas de deux, par Mdlle. Amelia Fer raris and M. Charles. Le GOTernellr Amoureux. Sa Deception. Vengeance. La Proclamation. Second Tableau, La Paysarme ala Cour. " Twilit et Anjourd'hul," Latta de la Dance Itoecoca et Moderne, scene executes par Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris, Mme. Petit Stephan, et M. Gosselia. Third Tableau, Les Amours Vengeurs. Dense du Chef des Amour., Mdlle. Tedeschi. " Les Bergeres captivees par les Amours," Balla- Mlle, par Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris, Mdlle. Tedeschi, et les Dames du Corps de Ballet. "Les Bergers Delaisses," final, par Mdlle. Arr-alla Ferraris, Mdlle. Tedeschi, M. Charles, et Corps de Ballet. Fourth Tableau, La Chasse aux Amours. " Le Pas du Trebuchet," mcecutee par Mdlle. Tedeschi, Mdlle. Aussandon, and M. illarick. La Course aux Amours. Comore on se laisse prendre dans see filets. La Proclamation Abolie. Le Pardon. Divertissement. Grand Pas de Deux, par Mdlle. Amalie. Ferraris aed M. Charles, accompagnes par Mdlles. Soto, Emma, Lavinia, Soldansky, Vanhollen, et Beale. Final General et Apotheose des Armours. 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 And ason. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's S)rvanta A. petite Comedy, entitled A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J. Anderson and Mrs. Nisbett will appear. After which, • new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, 3sr. J. Ander sen ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Y Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her Appearance every evening. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessev and Manager, Old Bromptell. THIS EVENING, win be performed the Tragody of MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. Rogers ; Macbeth. Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Howe ; Mac duff, Mr..T. Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Miss L. Addison; Hecate, Miss P. Horton. To be followed by a new ana original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitawililam. To conclude with tIIE ROUGH DIAMOND. THEATItt; teOIAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drams, called THE DIS OWNED ; or Helen of the Hurst. Cha.racte.s by Messrs. Cullen ford, Boyce, Hughes, Emery, Wright, I'. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss E. Harding, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Freeborn Mr. Panels; Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL FRLNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keele/. THIS EVENIN 4 I, Will be perforated a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, llarley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new Melodrama, entitled PAULINE, in Which Mr. and Mrs. Clarice Kean will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THE:4TE. Under the Management of Madame Ve Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathevr. THIS EVENING, Will be perfumed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Attcr which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING , or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, Honacastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Mrs. Frani,: Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE ItINGDOVES, 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, be perfor med SIXTUS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. Alter which PERFECTION. To - conclude with the Pantomime of DON JUAN. Scaramoucli Mr. Tom Matthews. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITUEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Illghnen Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Witraerdinary series of attractive novelties. Engagement of Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams who will appear in one of their favourite afterpieces. THIS EVENING, The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Mail of Or leans, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the laughable Farce of THE ARTFUL DODGE, in which Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. lIIGII WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE This DAY —sl<rning 31 min. after 6 1 Evening 56 min. after 6 To-lioszow—ltoming 22 min. ate! 7 1 Evening 54 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, MAEcii 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—Wzhest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BAROMETEU, 28.62; rose to 29.15. WIND S.W. to W.—lt blew a hurricane last night, with rain, and moderated this morning—cloudy, with occasional rain. The equinoctial gales are now on. MONDAY, MARCIL 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. C; —highest since noon yesterday. 38— lowest this morning and during the night. 48—ttis day, at noon. - _ BAROMETER, 29.6. WIND S. W.--Morning, dull; Afternoon, slight rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (D UB Lis ) —Wind S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., gale—rain. BRIGHTON—Wind 5.W., strong breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S. h ar d wind—rain. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W ! ., strong breeze—overcast. TwennupGE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. BASIN STOKE—Wind S., hard wind—rain. GREENWICH—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. SeempoN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LanaFtroN—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. C ' D 'elize'rEa—Wind S.W. hard wind—overcast. cETititaopopott—Wind s trong breeze—overcast. ,-. A23wat Tli—Wind S., strong breeze — partial l y cloud3. ed itzwe—w• fresh breeze—overcast. CoNwAY—w -Ind S.W., gentle breeze — partially c l o ud y . HOLYHEAD...,,w in _ d S gentle breeze—partially cloudy. S.E. gentle breeze—cloudy. Lsittee—Win S.E., cairn—rain. , d S., TosK — W ind gentle breeze— overcast. LANCASTIR—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—principally clear. gentl e breeze—overcast. WHITBY—Wind 5.E.,. RLINGTON---W Ind S., gentle breeze—overcast. SPAP—Wind S. , g entle breeze partially cloudy. WHITZHAVEN _Wind S.W, gentle breeze—overcast. BKATTOCK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially BzpwicK—Wind S.E., ge ntle b reeze —cloudless. The returns from the following _p l aces indicate the state of the wind and weathe r on riday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S.W., strong breeze —cloudy. LLINGSR—Wind S.E., strong breeze—Principally cloudy, oudpally y, DUNDALK—Wind E.S.E., gentle breeze — clear. LEEDS — Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLDIGTON—Wind E.S.E., gentle b reeze —rain. SHAP—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. BEArrocx—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. - - -- Tna THAMES TUNNEL.—On Saturday, and in the conned the week, extensive preparations have been made,by the erecti on ut s t a ll s and other means, for the Fancy Fair," which annually takes place in the _Thames Tunnel Illuminations throughout the entire area, and a ball-room of 150 feet long, are to form part of the promised attractions. Tna FRIMLET MURDER.—The commission of as ire for the county of Surrey will be opened on Wednesday next, a t Kingston, ()afore Lord Chief Justice Campbell and Mr. Baron Parke. The most important case for trial at these assizes will be that of the five men who stand committed for the marder of the Rev. Mr. Holiest, at Frimley-green, and it is expected that the trial will take place on Thursday or Friday.. The grand jury of Cambridge h ave f oun d a t rue bill against Mr. Winteringham, a student of Corpus Christi College, for having attempted to violate a young girl in the name town. Mr. wi n t e riogham was arraigned, pleaded not guilty; and-trwtereed hie trial till the next Assizes. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, ~.!'4:. brtlling .', lilt LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1851. The protracted and apparently interminable debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill has been agreeably diversified by the episode of Miss AUGUSTA TALBOT. That young lady, whose misfortune it is to be entitled to a handsome fortune of some 70,0001. or 80,0001. sterling, has been made the subject of a peti tion to, and a rather animated discussion in, the House of Commons, has occasioned a lamentable de gree of "epistolary imprudence" on the part of one of the new hierarchy, for whose appointment " all true Catholics ought to be profoundly grateful to the Sovereign PONTIFF," and finally has had two petitions presented in her name to the Court of Chancery by two different persons, each claiming to be the next friend of the wealthy ward. It is fortunate, indeed, for the youthful subject of these multifarious proceedings that the public attention has been so strongly directed to her case as to pre vent the possibility of the project, which, it appears, was more than contemplated (the very disposition of her property having been manifestly considered by the Right Rev. Gentleman, who, strange to say, had no " authentic information" as to its amount, " hav ing never made any inquiry on the subject"), from being carried into execution. If Miss AUGUSTA TALBOT is now to become a nun, renouncing the pomps and vanities of the world, it must be of her own free will and accord, the result of her own calm and deliberate determination, and not occa sioned by the acts of those, :who in sending her to a convent, without the permission and even without the knowledge of the LORD CHANCELLOR, thus abusing the authority confided to their hands, were guilty of a high contempt of court, which might subject them to very unpleasant consequences, had the young lady actually assumed the veil. The history of the case is instructive, and a brief summary of the facts cannot prove uninteresting to our readers. It appears that under the will of CHARLES late Earl of SHREWSBURY, Miss TALBOT and her brother, the children of the Honourable GEORGE HENRY TALBOT, the brother and heir-presumptive of the present Earl, would, on attaining their respective majorities, become entitled to 30,0001. each, with all savings that might accrue during their minorities. There was a clause of survivorship, by which the young lady, on the death of her brother under age, be came entitled to both sums, with all accumulations. Mr. TALBOT died in 1839,and his widow subsequently intermarried with the llon. CRAVEN FITZHARDINGS BERKELEY. The minors, who had been made wards of Court, continued to reside with their mother until her death in 1841. From that time Miss TALBOT re sided with her uncle, the present Earl of SHREWS BURY and his Countess, except during the intervals when she was sent to reside at a convent called " The Lodge," near Taunton. We believe that during the earlier period of her sojourn in that establishment she was there for the pur pose of receiving instruction. The place of education was selected, however, without the assent or knowledge of the Court. The order made in 1843 granted the custody of the young lady to the Earl and Countess of SHREMBURY, with a view to her going abroad with them, but in place of taking her in pursuance thereof, she was left behind, at " The Lodge." Such a change in the destination of the infant should only hare been made by leave of the Court, first duly had and obtained ; but it seems that the ordinary rules respecting wards of Court were totally disregarded all through this extraordinary case. Last year it appears that there were some proposals respecting a marriage, which was not approved of by the LORD CHANCEL LOR, and, we believe, not agreeable to the young lady herself. It was after the termination of that negotiation that Miss TALBOT was again sent to the convent in September, 1850 ; and on that occasion it would seem that there could be no doubt that the intention was to make her a professed sister, by which her large fortune would be devoted "to ckritdble and religious purposes"—a praise w orthy pur pose, according to Dr. HENDREN, when he considers that " Me Catholic Church in England 28 very poorly provided," that " everywhere we (i. e. the Doctor and his party) want churches and chapels, and schools and hospitals, and orphanages, 6-c , and cannot find the means for erecting them, still less for endowing them." But, however desirable the acquisition of so large a sum as 70,000/. or 80,0001. sterling, it cannot be ob tained in England by illegal or unjustifiable means, by coercing or enticing a ward of Chancery, at the very time when she is under the protection of the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR ever takes the most stringent precautions against a female infant under his juris diction being persuaded to take any irrevocable step affecting her person or property without the most searching inquiry and the full sanction of the Court being given, or its being found to be for " the benefit of the minor." In every order fixing a scheme of residence, the party to whose care she is entrusted is particularly enjoined to take care that she forms no matrimonial connexion, or takes any steps that may lead to such a connexion at a future time. If any undue intimacy is encouraged that may lead to a violation of the order, all parties implicated will be treated with the utmost severity, and the fortune of the ward will be so settled as to defeat any sordid designs that may have been entertained with respect thereto. Now, we confess that we cannot perceive any real difference between entrapping a female ward into a clandestine marriage and inducing her to become a nun, and thus contract a spiritual nuptials, the sanc tion of the Court being totally disregarded. Why should ❑ot the fortune of the victim be taken equal care of in either case, and the sordid designs of the speculators disappointed ? Miss TALBOT was not in formed, as appears by her petition, that rshe was con sidered as a postulant, neither had she any notion that she was going through the course that would end in her becoming a nun, "if found qualified for the conventual life." The veracious Dr. HENDREN, however, asserts, that " the LORD CHAN• CELLOS, decided that she should return as a boarder to the convent where she had been educated, if they would receive her" (this statement being totally contradicted by Lord Tauuo), and again that on being refused, " because at that convent no boarders were received, Miss TALBOT proposed to beg admission as a postulant, that is, as one intended to become, in due time, a nun, if considered to be pro perly qualified, and accordingly she wrote a most supplicating letter to that effect." This second statement being conflicting with that of the young lady herself, we now leave the final decision of this extraordinary case in the hands of Lord TRURO, satisfied that he will pro nounce such an order as will preserve Miss TALBOT and her property from being devoted, to any purpose, however laudable, to which she herself cannot yield a cordial assent, and at the same time that will prevent the possibility of any other female wards being sent into religious establishments of any denominations without the leave of the Court for that purpose being first duly had and obtained on a clear and explicit statement of facts, and, possibly, a personal interview being had with the minor herself, that her own feel ings and wishes may be clearly ascertained. Compel any man to be virtuous merely by Act of Parliament, and he loses all merit in living according to the benign and admirable principles of Christianity. Obvious as the truth of this consideration is, there are yet those who would proceed in direct defiance of it, and would tra nsform ofhu a divine religion into a mere arbitrary code ranke a fdo n rcteh r d egulations. Among the e H th o e nou s r u a n b d le ay Ge l nt r l a e d m in a g n number di through blnleeaday a o tbshelicdso intolerableo reading. e nd casi twwheehohfoalvyen Preventio noof very l laws ws s frequentl yim i similar t on to o measure insist interference, that it requires a really large share of patience to deal calmly with the representative o f Lambeth in controverti n g his obsole t e and thread bare arguments. It was rather unlucky, by the way, for Mr. WILLIAms to adduce as a justification of his present proceeding the course pursued in this matter by the House of Commons during the reign of King CHARLES IL When he maintained that the Bill now before Parliament was no innovation whatever, but merely the carrying out of the principle of legis lation established under the regime of the Merry Mo narch, he assuredly lost sight of the inappositeness of that circumstance as an enforcement of the advisa bility of the measure. Much good did the enactment under CHARLES 11. effect in diffusing morality and sobriety among the papulation! Here was a proof of the good results of prohibiting Sunday trading, with a vengeance I The godliness of the land under the sway of the licentious Prince whose habitual associates were ETHEREGE and ROCHESTER, was truly entitled to be taken as a model for religious observance 1 If we are to fall back upon the legislative system of any reign prior to that of our good QueenVicToaxA, in Heaven's . name let it be one more calculated to inspire respect, and to arouse a decent emulation, than the profligate age which fol lowed immediately upon the downfall of the Common wealth. Nothing, we are fain to believe, could have induced the representatives of the people to consent to the second reading of the measure here particularised, but the two concessions made by Mr. WILLIAMS to his very energetic opponents. First he consented that the Bill, if allowed to proceed so far, should be referred to a Select Committee up stairs ; and, se condly, that this Committee should have full power to examine witnesses according to its pleasure. Now, in all this, we only recognize a little quibbling way of thrusting labour upon the attention of our legisla tors at a time when more important subjects should be engrossing their mind, and upon a matter that really and actually admits, in no way whatever, of le gislation. But for the stipulation of these two things, as securities that the Bill as, it is at present drawn up should S not be forced upon the notice of the [louse, " with all its imperfections on its head," so dragging down upon Members the penalty of an interminable series of amendments, and upon each amendment an interminable se ries of discussions—the measure for the pre vention of Sunday trading would, we scarcely doubt, have been burked offhand, and not reserved for the grand slaughter of enactments in embryo, known familiarly as the Massacre of the Innocents. Even then, however, we should not have been secure from the horrors of a revival ; we should have re mained still liable to intermittent efforts on the part of the over-zealous religionists to force sobriety by means of the policeman's staff down the throats of an unbelieving generation. So long as there shall sur vive upon the face of the globe the emulators of the Pharisee mentioned in the parable, who prayed aloud in the Temple, with his eyes cast upwards, in the confidence of an acceptable adoration, rejoicing that he was unlike his neighbour the Publican—so long will the children of the earth be troubled by the sticklers of a rigid and sanctimonious observance of the Sabbath, in submission, not to the persuasive ut terances of the Gospel, but of the mundane force of an Act of Parliament. Nevertheless, it must not he imagined that we are in the smallest degree inimical to the tranquil and orderly observance of the Sunday. We have too frequently before now pronounced eulogiums on this day of rest as a religious institution to leave our ideas upon the subject matter of doubt with the majority of our readers, much less of anything like misappre hension. It was said in a mood of preternatural daring by ROBESPIERRE, that if GOD did Rot already exist it would be necessary to invent Illm—meaning thereby that the world could not roll on with its inhabitants even for a comparatively small interval in tranquillity without the aid of that belief. Almost in the same way, we might say of the Sunday, that if it had not been ordained by religion it would have been neces sary to assert it otherwise. For, as a means of car rying on the toils of every-day.life more satisfactorily, as a means of bringing about a thirst for social im provement, as a means of maintaining a state of po litical quiescence, of reconciling all classes to their position in regard to society, of ameliorating in par ticular the condition of the working members of the community, the Sunday is altogether beyond the reach of exaggerated panegyric. It is to the social economy what sleep is to the animal economy—the period of repose during which the powers ac quire to themselves new energies for the resumption of those efforts which must otherwise exhaust all ordinary capabilities for exertion. The merchant from his counting .house, the clerk from his desk, the trader from his shop, the huckster from his stall, the pedlar from his pack—all relieved for a time from the pressure of their occupations, and from the weight of their responsibilities, find in the first day of each week leisure for recruiting their strength, and for nerving themselves for a continuance of their several avocations. Were it not for this, they must groan under the toil of business as under an intolerable incu bus. The Sunday enables them to count up the successive weeks of the year with a feeling of genuine satisfaction ; and, therefore, it is that, socially speaking, we regard that day of rest with a peculiar, and even affectionate, reverence. But it is something more than all this—it is a law of religion—a command of the Church—a mark of Christianity. As such it is of course entitled to the respect of all men, and to the homage and obedience of those who regard that sublime creed as an emana tion from the Divinity. Yet for this very reason it is that we conceive anything approaching to legisla tion upon the subject as little short of being abso lutely blasphemous. It is as if the Word of GOD re quired the ail of man for its enforcement! As if re ligion was to be degraded into a bundle of statutes ! As if virtues were to be extorted by threats of penalty coming from the will of a Par liament and exercised by the authority of a magistrate ! Than this we can concieve nothing more derogatory to the dignity of the Scriptures. Surely, allow the poorest man amongst us to perform his acts of religiou3 obedience according to the dic tates of his own conscience, and not in servile sub mission to the thraldom of a legislative enactment. You maintain that it is needless to allow these articles of food to be sold on the Sunday morning, be cause the labouring man can buy his dinner for the day of rest on the evening of Saturday. If this he really the case, then let him, by so employing his wages betimes, evidence voluntarily his obedience to the commands of religion. You say he must not go into the barber's on Sunday morning for the purpose of being shared. But assuredly you cannot presume to insinuate here tkat he can get shaved over-night on the Saturday. As well tell him to eat his breakfast at the same unseasonable time and to dispense with that meal on the so-called Sabbath ! And pray you—you, Dives, with your damasked razor, inlaid with a mother-•o'-pearl handle, or a case of tortoiseshell, with your gold or silver toilet service, and your other appurtenances of luxury—do you never shave on the Sunday morning ? Do you never go smugly and cleanly shorn to display the binding of your morocco prayer-book to the rest of the congregation in that respectable chapel of ease in May-fair ? Do you evince this wholesome love of neatness and propriety on what you call the LORD'S Day (but which, as far as the poor are concerned, you would transform into a Day of Dirt), or do you pass with bristles on your chin and mud on your boots, and hair uncombed and coat un brushed, int* your pew, to the horror of the verger and the dismay of the beadle ? And yet, what you do for yourself, you will not let others do for your poorer neighbours. What you let others do for you, you will not permit your poorer neighbour to do for himself! " And so the world wags." So repulsive, however, is this pseudo-sanctity to us, that we recoil from it upon all occasions, and shall ever show our selves eager to hunt it down to general derision. Hence it is that we have alluded thus pointedly to the second reading of the Sunday Trading Preven tion Bill, and for a like reason we shall continue to follow it in precisely the same spirit into "Private Committee up-stairs," or back again into the House of Commons, or any where, in short, until such time as it has been contumeliously rejected by the Legis lature. INCORPORATED SOCIETY or MERCHANT VEN TURERS, BRISTOL.—On Saturday the freedom of the Society of Merchant Venturers was given to Mr. P. W. S. Miles, one of ..the Members tor the city of Bristol, in consideration of his services to the mercantile body in Parliament, and in the evening be was invited to a banquet in the society's magni ficent hall. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The committee on the Departmental and Mun icipal Organization Bill has determined to recommend that a special electoral law shall be framed to regulate the communal elections. Should this be carried, the communal elections will most probably be by universal suffrage, and that would establish a precedent for the election of the PRESIDENT of the Republic by universal suffrage also, In the Legislative Assembly, M. RAUDOT asked some explanations from the Minister of War relative to the expedition which, ac cording to report, the Government was about to commence against Kabylia. General RAUDOT replied that it was not a war that was intended, but an expedition of six or seven thousand men, for the purpose of keeping open the communications. M. It UDOT hoped that the Assembly would not allow of any such expedition without its authority. A de bate arose on the question, which was adjourned till Monday. M. ODILON BARILOT has, it is said, refused to form a Cabinet, The Fiie per Cents. closed at 94f. 25c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 85c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,180 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS Al THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 51.tRof 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 1012—Dutch Ithenish, 3 1 h— East Indian, 15%,Luxembourg, 1 —Ditto, 2 5 ,4—Maria Anto nia, 7%—Ditto, New, 3—Namur and Liege, B%—lierthern of France, 15L1—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4%—Paris and Strasbourg, 11. 7 -Sambre and Meuse, 4 1 A 1 —Toura and Nantes, 6k—`Vest Fianderß, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. In the last meeting of the Committee on the regula tion of the National Debt, the President of the Coun cil delivered himself to the following effect : "He declared that the Government, from delicacy, could not themselves modify the project, but that the Cortes were at liberty to modify it in all non-essential points, to ' , Lich the Ministry would not object. He added that when once the project was ap proved all dividends on our securities should be paid, and in case the national resources should be found insufficient to cover the liabilities of the Trea sury the Government would not hesitate to give the priority over all other obligations to the obligation which it regarded as supreme—that of paying the debt." MADRID BoLM, MARCEL 18.—Three per Cents., 35-1-; Five per Cent% 17k. Exchange on London, 50 70 paper. dif 4, 0 " 1-- • ',lt • 'T."' ,4 r • ;,to s ` - 3 a. 047 - '` .4 DII GERMANY. Accounts front Berlin of the 211 t, state that Prussia will probably give way to Austria on the question of the Presidency of the Germanic Confederation. RUSSIA. Advices from Bessarabia state that 70,000 Russian troops have entered that province. TURKEY. Accounts from Bosnia state that the insurgents bad been defeated with great loss by the Turkish troops at Kraina. SPORTING NOTES; ,• No. XXIII. COMMENCEMENT OF THE LEGITIMATE RACING SEASON OF 1851. "Now, 10E4 says the worId?"—SHAKSPERE. EDITOR OF T. SlR,—The illegitimate compound of steeplechasing, hurdle and flat racing, was brought to a conclusion at Warwick on Friday, and with the present week commences the legiti mate campaign of 1851, which, from present appearances (barring the ratheramall acceptance for the spring handi caps), from the unparalleled number of horses in training, bids fair to be worthy of the " exhibition year," the most brilliant on record. The railways enable trainers to take their horses to the scene of action so late, that up to nine o'clock this morning but few had arrived at Northampton ; in consequence of this, my " standing orders" of the final description must 'Stand over until to-morrow. I may observe, however, - that they do not concern the principal race, the Northamptonshire Stakes, for which I can discover nothing, with the exception of the John o . Gau3t colt and Nutmeg, that stands a chance of beating m? selection of Friday, Legerdemain and St. Rosalia, without the ground, which was very heavy this morning, by dint of a fierce sun and strong wind should be come much drier before the racy is run; not among the probabilities I fancy. In the interim I have dotted down the latest moves OR tie board. Peep•o'-day Boy is in im mense force for the Vial Stakes, having been backed against the field this morning ; Sotterley, Nancy, and Recruit have also been inquired after. Convulsion and Frantic are in force for the Iriennial; 3to 1 taken about each. Sir Robert commands all the attention for Lord Spencer's Time, 3 to 1 being the hi4hesl , offer against him. The Greek by a great number of the confiding public is booked a certainty for the Althorpe Park Stakes,7 to 2 being his highest price; I think, the result will tell a different tale. The filly by Hetman Platoff, dam by Sircinle, has also been supported for a larg stake at 5 to 1; Ambrose ' Miss Conyngham, and The Flirt, stand next in demand, 6to 1 being the average figure of each. Frantic is said to be a doubtful stater. To-morrow I will lay before you s,me more decisive information. I am, Sir, yours, Sc.., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. TO TEL HE SUN March 24, 1831. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAAIPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES. The ground, notwithstanding the weather, is in excel lent order. ARRIVALS UP TO SUNDAY EVENING.—RetaiI, Cloth worker, Souf Hamann, Combatant, and Vesta. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Cambridgeshire hds. will meet Fri., at Milton- 1 0?;!. Mr. Brand's hds., Wed., at Warden Hill; Fri., at Datch worth —101.:, The Puckeridge hds., Wed., at Manuden ; Sat., a', Chip ping-10%. The F. B. lids.,;to-morrow, at Stonemasons'.Arms ; Fri., at Tresilliam-bridge-10 1 ,x. Mr. Morgan's hds., Thurs., at Long Cross-10 1 . The Tiverton hds., to-morrow, at Winsford ; Fri., at Hunts ham Castle —IO I A. Sir Henry Seale's hds,, Wed., at Dart-bridge; Sat., at Marley. Furse's hds., Fri., at R o the r n-bridge. par. Mr. Trelawny's hds., to-morrow, at Bullen Arms, Dean; Fri., at Holne Chase -101,x. The North Devon Ws., on Thursday, at Heathercombe. Mr. Selby - k)wnde's lids., Wed., at Nash Common; Sat., at Sheep-lane, on the Leighton-road to Woburn-11. Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Fri., Tring Wharf; Sat. (fox lids.) Dancer'a End-11. Heythrop lids., Wed., at Eyford ; Fri., Tangley, 101. Mr. Drakes hds., to - morrow, at Statton Audley ; Thurs., at Horton Common; Sat., at Warkworth Village-10%. Old Berk hire lids., Wed., at the Kennels; Fri., at Cox well Wood-10%. The V. W. 11. hds., to-morrow, at Day House, near Swin don ; Thurs., at Frampton Manse! ; Sat. at Muserdine Park. Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., to-morrow, at Penley Hill ; Thurs., at Lea Bridge; Fri., at Acton Reynald —lO y lk . Union h:s., Thurs., at Abinger Crossways; Sat. at Kennel —lO%. Crawley and Horsham —, Wed., at Slinfold ; Sat., at Nor folk Arms, Worth-103i. York and Ainsty to-morrow, at Markington -101 ,1. Captain H. Lewis's hr rs ., to-morrow, ll ar lsey-hall ; Thurs., Nom hallerton ; Sat., Newton-bridge-11. The Bedale hds., Wed., Halfpenny-house , Barden-moor— 1 @,4. The Cleveland hds.,Thura., Newton ---101/2. The Ludlow hds., to-morrow, Three Horse-shoes, Brown Clee Hill ; Fri., Dinchope-10. The Sinnington hds., to-morrow, at Abbot llagg ; Fri., Rical-bridge-10. The Pvtchley hds., to-morrow, Badby-wood; F i., Cottes brook ; Sat., Fox-hall-10%. Lord Southampton's hds., to-morrow, llorton Inn; Fri., Syreshom-hatch ; Sat., Salcey-law-1 1 . The Oakley hds., Fri., Deer-park, Yardley-chase; Sat., Colworth—lo%. The Atherstone lids., Wed., Crickets' Inn; Fri, Hoare park; Sat., Coombe-10%. DEATH OF GENERAL THE HON. SIR ALEXANDER DUFF, G.C.H.—We are sorry to announce the demise of this distinguished officer, who expired on Friday, at his suburban residence, Percy Cross, near Fulham. 'I. ho deceased was second son of the third Earl of Fife, and brother of the pre sent peer,_to whom he was heir presumptive. The gallant general had seen some active service during his career, hav ing entered the army as ensign in the 66 th Foot, in 1793. Sir Alexander served exclusively at Gibraltar, in Flanders, the East Indies, and in Egypt with the expedition under Sir David Baird. In 1806 he commanded the centre column in the attack upon Buenos Ayres. In 1816 the officers of the 88th, or Connaught Rangers, presented him with a most valuable sword in testimony of their respct and regard. In 1837 Sir Alexander received the colonelcy of the 37th Foot, now vacant, and in 1838 he was advanced to the rank of general. Sir Alexander was a deputy lieutenant of the county of Banff. ILLNESS OF THE LORD BISHOP OF DERRY.—Very unfavourable accounts have been received of the state of health of Dr. Ponsonby, Lord Bishop of Derry. THE REP. MR. BENNETT.--The Rev. W. J. E. Bennett preached two farewell sermons yesterday in the Church of St. Barnabas. The congregations at both morn ing and evening service were very great. Mr. Bennutt's discourse in the morning was from John vii., verse 53 "And every man went into his own house." And that in the evening from John ix., verse 4—" I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day ; the night cometh, when no man can work." The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Liddell, who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Bennett, will read himself in at St. Paul's next Sunday morning. During the next three or four weeks St. Barnabas will be closed, with a view, it is understood, to the removal of the screen and other portions of the beautiful and richly decorated chancel. Mr. Bennett gives in his formal resignation to morrow. ALARMING FIRES.—In the course of Saturday morning the Brigade engines were called out to two serious fires, one in the neighbourhood of St. John's-street-road, and the other in Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street-within. The former orig*nated in the premises of Mr. Hunt, clothier and outfitter. When discovered, the whole of the front and back shops were on fire. Some time elapsed before it was got under, consequently considerable damage took place. The other fire broke out shortly after three o'clock in the morning in the premises of Mr. Thompson, baker, No. 64, Sun-street. During its ravages vast damage was done to the premise.. The lower part was gutted, and the remainder seriously injured. The occupier was insured in the Star Fire-office. _ - We are very sorry to learn that the Duchess of Somerset has been confined to her room during the past week by a severe attack of the prevailing epidemic. The Devizes Gazette states, that the lambing sea son has been very unfavourable in many instances in the northern division of Wiltshire. In some cases the loss of ewes has been immense. TliE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH It A. I lAVATS Railways. Aberdeen.. •• •• Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Birming., Worverhamp., and Stour Valley •• Eirkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. 84.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201... .. • . Bristol and Exeter • • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chatter and Ilolyhead Direct Lond. and rortam. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. andl. & D.) • • •• Do, (181. E. & IL) •• Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh ani Glasgow Ed in., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C. steckl Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great :Southern end Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. •• Do. Now, 171. .. • Lancaster and Carlisle . Do. thirds • • - • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • •• Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk • . • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. • • • London and Blackwall . • Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .• Do. 101. sh., M. & B (c) London and S.-Western Do. new 50/. Do. new 401. .. .• Londonderry & Coleraine. Do. half shares .. Londonderry and Eanis-1 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. •• Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • .. . • • . Do. consolidated pref. I Do. 50/. shares • • •• I Do. Blrming & Derby, Midland Gt. West. (Ire.), Newcastle and Carlisle.• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • • • • • Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford • • • • Newry and Enniskillen . • Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • • • • Norfolk • • • • • • • • Do. New 201. shares•• Northern Counties Union North British.. • • • • North Staffordshire • • North-Western •• North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. • • Scottish Midland .. Do. new . • • • • Shrewsbury 80 Birming. Class A.. • • •• • • Do. Class 8.. • • ..1 Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New • • Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • .. Do. Halves •. •• •• Do. Oswestry •• Do. New .. .. • • Shropshire Union . ••• Do., A, E., C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Devon • • .• • • South-I.:astern .. • • South Wales.. •• • • South Yerksh. and.Rlver Dun Shell., Roth., and Goole, South DivLsiol Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea Sr. Loughor, lice, raw Vale EXteRMOII .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway • . • • • • Vale of Neath .• • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wax., Wick. and Dublin .. • • West Cornwall .• • • West London .. • • Whitenayen and Furness York, Newcastle, & Bet 'kick .• • • • • Ditto and Nowcastie Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • .• York and North Midland 'ES LEAS: A allways. lierks: and Hants Ex. 5 pe r Cent. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee • • Do., without a guarantee .. Birm., Wol., & Dud „calls duly paid, or with a guttrantt e • • Do., without a guarantee • • Buakinghamsh. E. Lill., Guar. 6 per Cent. • • Hull and Selby Do. yf i Shares Do. Shares Leeds and Brad. Lon. and Green. Do., Pref. .. Lowe,toft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • N. & East, 5 per Cent. • • Do. New . • Preston and/ Wyre • • •• 5 Do. Shares A Read., Guild., and Reigate .. Roy. & Ititchin Do. Shep. Ex.. South. Staffords. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • • Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. 'REFER: SHARES. Business done to-day. IE% 16 4 % a ,4% lb 1001 2 4 % % 7 % Gay 4% 17% }i % 18% U 6 % % 88% 89 84% i.d 62 61% I.d lb% 4% 1N 11% 19 "A% 96%95U 130 ►4 139% 22% [l3O 89 8834 IX 2 Cs. 63 63% 63%% 9 % % % % 2714 38 1014 14 K% 11% % N 1% 2 18% %, 17% 10* 3% 4% 4 die. 1 % die. ,s 10 14% 111, 3% % 1 19 '27X IS 27XS $7 Nei:girl ?Mem. 1634 to 17 9 x at,. [O% - t 1 . iI•M. • • 82 - 114 - 24% •• •• 20 —lB 41s. •• ...• •• 4%-5 3 1 4 -3% 7% -8 634 - 7 4%-- 5 17% 18 3% 44 36 —37 x.d 8 % —9% • • -- • • 18% - 16% 6%- 6 % 12% - 12% 43 —44 id 59 —9O 2% 2 Cs. 80 —B5 x.d 10 —l2 p.x.d 29 —Bl p x.d 61 —63 x.d i 10 9%d.xd l 7 —6% dIA. I 5% —sl4i d.xd i 18% 19% —8% id 9514 -96y4 130 -131 . 5 % P. 5% 6 p. 2% 356 P• 88% 89% 6 5 dii. 5 4 Ms. •• •••• •• 3% —3% .I.xd 3' -38 3% —2% di,. 63% 63% 13 12% dli. 36 —3B 8% - 9X 4% 4 die, 434 3)4 dia. 26 —23 13 —l2 dl.. 2% —2% dis , 10% 11 6 dis. 10% 10 die. % I P 18% 185( 17% 184 10% 1154 834 34t —3% Es. 3!,( 3 dia. 2 —1% 19 -21 9} - 10% 14 -15 %~•i -2% Mi. 18 —2O 27N 28% x.d 37 —3B 1.4( X dis.x.d 34 4% 9% 10 7 6 its. 3 —3% 4 3 d. -6% 19% 17% $ -- 7)4 21% —92% x.d I N —2% dis.x.d t% dicx.d 27% 211% rizED RE: closing Frices. LeAging Companies. lot. Western Do •• •• Do •• •• Do .. .. Do - • • • Lon. & N. W. G. Nor them Yk. & N. M. Do • • • • Midland • • S. Eastern . Norfolk • • E. Counties . (.:& N. W.l & La.& Y. Do A. Eastern .• G. Northern M'Clesui IStock.& Dar. at. Western ENC. Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Aberdeen • • •• • • 8 6 1< % dim —% p par Caledonian 101. •• .• 10 6% —6% 6% Chester and Holyhead .. 15 17 1754 17 East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. •• a% 2 % — 2 % Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. b% Do. (7 L 175.) 7 p. c." Pref. 2 —2% Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 613 4 par p I l i TM Do. No. 2 .. .• .. 613 4 par p par Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% —ll lox, 11 Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 percent. • • 20 17 17% 17% % Do. 101. Debon. shares . 10 • • East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. 6 " —• • Glasgow & S.- W. Consol. 100 .. Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. 12% 13% 13% 13% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 1 p. Lancashire and York shire, 1. 201... • • • • 6 I%— 134 dls. Do. 6 per cent. Stock 100 .. Leeds and Think, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • • • 9 .. •• p Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 • • Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 5 • Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 1% —2 • p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. De. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 50/. share. E 100 114 120 Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 50 57 —6O Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 136 139 136% 137 London &S.-W.. new • • 5 254 p • Londonderry and Ennis killen.lhalf shares • • 10 .. •. Manch., Sheffield, and Line., quer. shrs., No. 1 25 14} 1 ; 1534 15 Do. new, 101. .. • • 10 12 12% Do., 6/. • • • • .. 3 % p Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 131 133 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent... 100 .. Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 Do. do. do. ••33 10 6 Do. Erewash Palley .. 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 .. .. 554 5 1 4 Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. 3 II 11% 11% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. 10 15% 15% s.d South Devon .. 25 13 —l5 13% South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 • • —•• Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. 1 WestLondon,lst Cl. (10/.) 10 .. •• Do. 2d Class do. (par) 20 —.• York, Newc., and Berw., 17 Gt. N•of E. Pur. 16 —l7 Do. g 4 34 5 York and North Midland 11. mid S. Purch. .. 10 1 die. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 536 per cent., 4%. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 151., 6 per cent., 2%. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen, 654. Boulogne and Amiens •• Central of France (Or leans and Vlerzon) Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian Do. do. do. .. Greatiudian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto .. Louvain a la Sambre .. Luxembourg •• •• Ditto • • Madrid and Valenta .. Maria Antonia • • • POZEIGN. 20 110% - 10% 10% us 18% 177 i 17% - 184 .. oy —l . die. Pi 134 P. U - % P• yi - % P. .1 - 1 14 2q - 2s Ditto, New • • • • Namur and Liege .. •• Northern of France •• Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • • Paris and Rouen -• •• Paris and Strasbourg • • Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse •• Tours and Nantes • • •• Tournay. Jurbise. Lea den, and 'Janet •• West Damien 1 4 0adon p 6 8 2 --4 • —Bii 15 , 4 ms; • 3 Ws. 36 26 • —4y"; 11% 12 4 4 87y 1) 13 di'. id Weila -3% I 4* Ps44 PS! 1 8 % X % N 4% 10% nyi li 44 % 6X MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. • The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were esti mated at 1,200 bales, of which 4,500 American, 200 Egyp tian, and 1,000 Surat wore taken on speculation. The sales comprised 9,000 American, 800 Fernam and Maranham at 7 3 / 4 d. to 8 1 / 2 d., 500 Bahia at 7 3 / 4 d. to 8'4 3 d., 150 Egyptian at 7 3 / 4 d. to 8 1 %d., and 1,f,00 Surat at 4%d. to 5%d. per lb. American uner 7 1 / t d. hare advanced 4d., and other kinds %d. per lb., caused by advices from New York of an advance of one cent. per lb., in consequence of smaller estimates of the crop from the south.—Rsilway Shares were very flat. The committee of the Stock Exchange hare given notice that they require that every person who receives a ticket " after two o'clock," or " after three o'clock," on the name day, shall notify the same on the back of the ticket (by drawing a line or otherwise), in order to facilitate the trac ing when shares are sold out, and any person neglecting to do so will be held responsible for any loss that may be in curred. Every member dividing a ticket shall retain the ori ginal ticket, that access may be had to it, should any portion of the shares be sold out. •The above rules take effect on and after Thursday, the 27th instant. A case of importance has recently been ,adjudicated upon in reference to the liability of partners in a company, and it serves as another illustration of the paramount necessity for a new law upon the subject, corresponding with the principle of ‘. commandite" that is in force on the Continent. It ap pears, from the explanations given in the Alining Journal, that the Edinburgh and Glasgow. Bank sought to recover from David Ewan and others, partners in the Royal Bank of Australia, paynient for debentures held by them. It ap peared that the Royal Bank of Australia watt established in 1540; it was not incorporated; nor had it a registered officer, in whose name it could sue and be stied. The action was brought in 1849 again s t a ll th e shareholders, and the defence set up was that the action was incompetent, because the debt sued for had not been constituted against the company—that all• parties interested had not been summoned, and that the action was not laid with sufficient distinctness and precision. Lord Ivory, in December last, gave judgment, dismissing the plaintiff's case with costs; and on appeal to the Inner House, a case for counsel's opinion as to the English law on the subject was submitted to Messrs. G. J. Turner, of the Chancery bar, and Hugh Hill, of the common law, who have given the fol lowing opinion :—That an action could not be brought in the courts in England against the company under the title of the Royal Bankuf Australia, it being awell-established rule that, unless the mode of proceeding be regulated by charter or statute, the action must be brought against individual part ners by their proper Christian and surnames—that those parties only are liable who were partners at the time the debts were incurred, and each partner is liable for the whole amount of the debts. If judgment be obtained against any individual partners, the partnership property can only be taken in execution to an amount equal to the proportion of shares held by such defendant. If all the partners are de fendants, and judgment be obtained against them, the part nership property may be taken in execution, under a writ against the partners. The partners may appear voluntarily, but cannot be compelled, the only course being outlawry against those who areout of jurisdiction. The Court eventu ally rejected the preliminary defences, the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor was remitted. and the case was to be proceeded further with as might be considered just, reserving the plain tiffs claim for costs for future decision. The Corn Market is steady, and - fine sorts are a shade higher. The reports from the Continental markets are not of much interest. At Hamburgh Coffee was exceedingly dull on Friday, owing to the large supplies advised as coming for ward from Rio, At Amsterdam not much was doing in Dutch Stock, but Spanish was brisk on Saturday. The accounts from the United States by the steamer Europa, are to the 11th inst. With regard to trade they are of a satisfactory tenor. The imports of dry goods were 3,400,000 dollars larger during January and February last than in the corresponding period of 1849. Upon financial affairs it is stated : " We have no apprehensions of any immediate unfavourable change of consequence in the Money Market. Recent failures have made the banks cautious, and business paper is more closely scanned ; but we do not learn that any contraction is contemplated, or that the usual facilities are not afforded. California continues to supply us with large amounts of gold and gold dust. About one million and a halt has been re ceived within the past week, and from the accounts, we should judge that a corresponding amou . t would be received within the next thirty days. ' There undoubtedly will be, for sometime to come, moderate contractions in the money market, the result of temporary speculative movements, but we do not look for any serious stringency in the market for several mouths. In the common course of financial and commercial 'events, we must expect a collapse before the lapse of many months, that will add largely to the list of bankrupts, and show that all that glitters is not gold. We do not look for any great speculation in stocks of any kind, but we have no doubt there will be fluctuations sufficient to give all classes of oper ators profits en: ugh to pay their expenses to Saratoga and Newport during the.approaching summer. " We perceive, by our intelligence, that enterprising per sons are taking immense droves of sheep to California, and that the speculation promises to pay well. There is nothing to prevent California from becoming one of the greatest wool producing States in the Union. The soil and cli mate are well adapted to the raising or sheep and cattle of all kinds. On the whole, the news from Cali fornia is good. Gold is constantly arriving from there in large quantities, and although the amount is not so large as to cause any apprehensions respecting an im mediate great change in the value of that precious metal, such additions as are received by every arrival here, and what is sent to other countries in the ordinary course of trade, in exchange for merchandise, must produce such a change ; for between the Russian mines and those of Cali fornia it is impossible for gold to maintain its present value. The decrease in value, however, will be gradual and natural. A fate step, however—a season of inflation or over specula tion may produce a financial crisis, whose consequences would be disastrous." The accounts of the Nicaragua Canal and the progress making are very favourable. A point has been selected for it, but further consideration will be given to the matter be fore a decision is come to. In regard to the transit route, the land portion of it will commence at Virgin Bay, on Lake Nicaragua, and end at San Juan Harbour, on the Pacific, the distance between the two points being twelve miles and thirty chains, almost a straight line, and through a remarkably healthy cow try. The whole route will be as follows :—From New York to San Juan by steamship, thence to the Castillian rapids on the San Juan river by steam-boat; from this point to the river above those rapids, a distance of one hundred yards or so, by land; thence by the river San Juan and the Lake of Nicaragua to Virgin Bay.; thence to San Juan harbour on the Pacific, a distance of twelve miles by land ; thence to San Francisco by steam-ship. Making liberal allowances for delays, &c., this will bring San Francisoo within twenty days of is. ew York, being many days shorter than the connexion can be made by any other route.. From Jamaica we are apprized that the Legislature had resumed its sittings, and the Tariff Bill was under considera tion. Fresh taxation seemed inevitable, as the island was much in debt. Immigration from America was about to be vigorously promoted. Peruvian advices of February 9th, state that freights were very low and arrivals numerous. An extraordinary Congress would meet in March to elect a President. The New Grenada gold mines are stated to be yi'lding two and three ounces per diem to each of the parties en gaged. Chilian advices of Jan. 24 state that the Custom-house receipts last year increased considerably. There is a dull but fiim market for Public Securities, the transactions having been as nearly as possible at Saturday's rates. Consols have been quoted 96% for Transfer, and 96% % for Account. Exchequer-bills, the small, have been at 525. to 558. prem., and India Bonds at 575. to 60s. prem. In the Foreign Market, prices are well maintained gene rally, although the transactions are not important. Spanish Bonds have been 20% to 21 1 / Q , and the Passive 5%. Mexican Stock has realized 33 1 ,% to M, and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 84%. Portuguese Five per Cents have been quoted 87 1 ,4. Russian Bonds are 97 1 ,E for the Four and-a-Half per Cents. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 5a 1 ,6. Railway Shares have been fluctuating, and there is no uniform movement either towards an advance or decline. On the whole, the market is not so good for several lines. Ambergate have gone back considerably, Caledonian are flatter, South Eastern steady, and Midland, North Western, and Great Western are cheaper. Eastern Counties are supporte 1. QUARTER TO 7'HREIi. •• sea ••• 9 6 1 96i ONE CLOSING s. PRICES OF BRITIsII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRI 9 CE 6 ti. 2 3 per Cent. Coneole 963 A l ie Gong Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o — Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 7 5/s India Bondr,, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001.—. . . ..•57 P 9 6 Consols for Account 1 d , te 2d Exchequer Bills. Small, June ........ 05N2 E 55 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Orazilian Bonds ................. ..... Console Ditto Account ........................ Lordorl° Ditto, Small ............. — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Per Cent. Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... 9, F Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — Ditto, 3 per Cent... — Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. — Do., 5 per cent — Pdsznian, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-. Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .....-. Ditto, Account 33%.14 Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent Ditto, Account 84% Portuguese per Cents. • 87 1 , Russian Bonds .................. Ditto, 4% r Cent 292 : 20% P D a ni Ditto.ti t s ()h, raAccountse Cent. . 1 . 8 - 4 0 . ..... Ditto. 3 per Cent. ............. 5 l /2 Venesupei l v a i li de o n n d d s s o , n 2l A t i le pe cia r bui C ovi eit .p . v . ..; . itch 24 Pt!' Cent., 12 Di t to, 4 per Cent. Certifies* es.„, ". 581% _ 91% 7% 60 p 57 p 96% . 55 p CLOSINt, PRICES. 99 54:5i - G 614 1007 i ex (I. 33% 8434 8 7 1 ,4 97 20 7 4 5% 38 1 1 1 32 IA 58% 92 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) L'ONDON, MAncx 24.—Wind this day at noon,- W. DEAL. MARCEL 22.—Wind S.S. W., strong and squally ; 23 e W.S.Iy., very str ong and squally.—Arrd. Marie, Ton eLbristiansar d for South ampton; S c i ndian, Crimmell, l a sd, Calcutta ; Blanche, Willis, Cadiz; Rachel, Brown, Bombay ; Gurle, Janssen, Bahia for Bremen ; Diana, Welder, ditto for liarnburgh ; Merlin, Webber, St. Michael's; Cas, Con stantinople ; Bernamino, Salucci, Ancona ; F ann y Hill, for Newport. Ganges, Deas, put back for China. 23d. During yesterday it blew strong from S.S.W., attended with squalls, and last night a severe gale from S. to S. S.W., with terrill squalls. The Bremen, from Bremen for the lirivannah, lost an anchor and chain, and has been supplied. The Creamore and Fairy, both from London, for Newfoundland, and the Margaret Milne, from London to Lima, lost anchors and chains, and have been supplied from hence. The Baund With Within (Dutch ship) l os t an anc h or and chain, and is being supplied. A French barque was blown out of the Downs during the gale last night. Cow's, MAncii 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Elbe, Carter, Rio Janeiro. ----- OFF MARGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., blowing strong.—Merlands Indie, Haacks, Amsterdam fur Batavia ; Warrior, Thomas, Jamaica. 1/..vER, 111Ancif 23.—Wind S.W. to W., strong.—Arril. Pauline, Schreynberg, Ostend for the westward; Hermann*, Wilmink, Rotterdam for Newry; Elizabeth Rose, Lawrence, Newcastle fur Gtilatz ; Eenchactb, Ileckstra, Eusden for St. Übes. TORBAY, MAncii 23.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrd. Pyrenees, Eagles, London and Portsmouth frt. Swan River; Manga lore, Taylor, ditto for Cape and Madras. FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind S.E. to N.W., strong; 23, N.W., fresh and equally. Arrd. Oscar, Dillon. Wallis. Del - 01244e steamer, Loadop, lift for PO- Ur, and put back on the 23d; Ajax steamer, ditto, and left fo , , Queenstown. PILL, MARCH 23.-Wind .W.N.W.-Arrd. Saghalien, '''. King. Manilla; Catharine, Swanson, Barbrdoes; Ann; Kant St. Michael's. ' • HOLYHEAD, MARCH 22.-The Don Juan, schooner, ft : 0 1 , ‘ i Liverpool to Newfoundland, baviig taken fire, was ran, . • ashore outside our harbour, and has burnt to the wat er's .edgo.. C AST LETOWN, I. M., Mattos 2 -.- The. Eclair, of 'Ciniti•' gan, from Glasgow to Genoa (with pig iron), gunk if her, ~ anchors in Derbyhaven Bay, in about 12 feet, at low tldoi I last evening. DUNDEE, MARCH 22.-The Maria, of and from Dram, for Leith, drove from her anchors yesterday afternoon in' Andrew's Bay, on , to the Main, and went to pieces; crew saved by the life boat; the principal part of the cargo and, , . stores are expected to be saved. NxwroaT, MARCH 22.-Wind S.W.-Arrd. Deodator" Gloucester for New York; Mary Campbell, Pradgee, Belfast, for Apalachicola; Hilda, Queenstovrii for Malaga; ley, Gloucester for Quebc. Sid. Lydia, Jamaica; ' Josephhio • . New York. A • i. . PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.-Wind W.N.W., strong . --Art'" ' Asia, WelchConstantinople. , LivEarooL, MARRH 22.-Wind` S.S.E., fresh; 23 °!,:: f Pet, Lead.:-.. N.N.W., light.-Arrd. Crisis. Gibson, China; Harold', Mith..,.. Calcutta ; Hebrides, Countess of Lawde, and Junior,'Bornbak; Manuelita, Cuthbertson, Callao; San Gunes. Hav allr e ; Columbus, Jansen, Laguna, Lotus, Watson'. ..-`.° ll ,•., Orleans; Seringapatam, . Morris,_ , Mob le ; Pratt:lWO, and Augustus, Savanilla ; Europe, Harris, ,P bil ,!: . delphia ; Samoset, Tucker, Charleston ; . BaßlP 9 4 ,77'''. ; ', Wright, St. John's, New Brunswick i Railway, Treroa n, '„72; Michael's ; Victoria, Drummond, Lake Aquillon4 .ChaP it "'‘• '' Irving, Ceylon ; Lea, - M•Kay, Callao; Wasp, Page, Wilmington ; Mary, Mediterranean, ,5 • 44-.- '. John Mitchell, Farquhar, Calcutta; Mersey, _Rio Janeiro; Nina, ditto ; Marcia, Hull ; St. Martha,- JeSsie, Sheridan, Maranham ; America,NeW York; Beck With; ditto; Bucke•:, Ellerslie,- Laguna' port, ditto ; Ticonderags, ditto . B o yle, ditto ;_Baltic steat it r , r ditto; Erin-go-Bragh, ditto; 'Juo S. de Wolf, Bradsbro St. John's, I' ow Brunswick; Don Ju an, Boag,.Nestfaund- :i- land; Victoria, Omens,. Galatz. The Maris, sailed . fro* Kingston, Jamaica,.for this port, on the 19th Oct.'. li ld • h *" 3'r not since -, CLYDE, been MAncit 22. -Wind S.E.--Slil. Clifford, St.,lg ll°l- Li-. mas ; nudson, New York; Sophia, St. John'S,No. if 11 7 n 4 wick ; Ottawa, Montreal ; - Erromangal ditto.. -_,.., _„.,,...• ri" ,. .11 DUBLIN, MARCH 22.-W ind Zephff'DF l r° 7 ' ir Jenny, Odessa. - - ....: I, ' I,, c idetvloi BELFAST, MARCH `22.-Wind S.E.- Arrd.' . 1-11 g --7-- ; ri rj a Martin, Calcutta; Dispatch, St. Michael's. - YOUGHAL, MARCH 2 !.. ' Wind N:- Arrd. Mari', Jonk-010 )6 orpcco ; Delecia, Rio Grande for Liverpool. - SLIGO, MARCH 22.-Wind S. W.-Arr d. Anns, ., , .• Duzinax, Mar.cri 22.- Wind S.E.- Sid. Czar,,Miratincbt. QuEBNSWN, MARCH . -Wind - W.S,W., verkeetwronit „. and squally ; TO 22d, AN. W. 2 - Arrd. Prince Gorg, e ' Th . Vic Moulmein ; Elisabeth, Lord Elgin, and Aug usto ' le t , ~,,ba- • ' toria, Rowlands, Valparaiso ; Commodore, Mime', Plot; Leg- Ayres ; Vincenzo, Premuda, Alexandria; Flora, _ ... horn ; Talyho, Wilson, Port Lagos, leaky , and cargo 51113. " i Cinderella, Ibrail ; Aristides, Syra.. - PORTLAND ROADS.-Arrd. Favante, Barbadoes; Mariner, Maypee, Newcastle, for Villann ri er o, CHARNIEL.-Arrd. Edward, De Winter', rata -- - Havannah, for Hamburgh. 4 A 11; • odall. VI LONDONDEB.RY, MARCH 19.-•-..Tru....ACOTCLO, • . • Avon, Salonica. Parker,. London,' for • _ MARKET NEW DA E MONDA ) * CORN EXCHANGE_( soutf ,.4 Letters from most of the provincial markets held 0 day _state that ,-Wheat—both English and :foreign- of improved request, at an advance in , the quotations„oduced per quarter. Barley and Oats for seed purpose" and rather more money ; and the inquiry for Indian uo"L Flour ruled firm. In Beans and Peas very little buiirlela " transacted. t ' We have advises from New York to the ll2th ms t. of shippers bad been entirely ic'grn:ls to the dull accounts from England. In France } leek vanced Ito 2 franca per sack; whilst in the Baltic a ,_ for suspended, o.eilagaci: Sea ports holders of Wheat are fi rmer in the deraano spring shipment. I t Wor k The arrivals of English grain up to our markets •as. r, of.. were small. From ate oad we received 19,47 5 ( 1 13 ,, a n r laree. Wheat, 2,397 Barley, 10,124 Oats, 1,930 Beans, 24 ° 6 , 571 3,298 Linseed, 867 Rape Seed, 97 Sundt?, Seeds, sind sacks of Flour—the latter wholly from }ranee. to : The quantity of English Wheat received fresh uP c reme, morning's market coastwise was slightly e n the in especially from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk. By land olurct:,i, the supply from Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Am.,. was t th e and in very middling condition. Notwithstanding ~t7f ro o t , attendance of both town and country buyers was Is ho od extensive, the demand for all descriptions of Whoa 0f 1 ., produce was steady. In some few instances , selected Plr!e:f of white changed hands at an advance in the quotationain; Is per quarter ; and a gOOd clearance of other kind s effected, at fully late currencies. ship Numerous orders came to hand from the east coast ta Wheat during the months of April and May, but the Tt s . demanded were mostly too high to admit of =Pah 5s lion ; hence very few sales took place. - Vita s- There were very few really fine samples of Foreign irs . on offer, but the supply , of inferior parcels WWI arge. the former there was more doing, but we have no I m p v e ry meat to notice in the quotations. Damp qualities; were v"' dull, at late rates. the The aggregate supply of Barley, even ineluding foreign receipts, was limited. Malting parcels, as those fit for seed purposes, moved off freely, at eltrein prices, whilst those of all other kinds were well supported. Although the supply of Malt ready for delivery Was " I li what on the increase, that article moved off steadily, and were firm in every instance. t of well We lied a fair show of Irish Oat samples, but h a w hole, English, Scotch, and foreign, was trifling. n the the Oat trade ruled firm, and the quotations were quite se high as last week. In Beans very little business was trasacted, at late rate& White Peas were steady. In other kinds next to nothing doing. Floating cargoes of Indian Corn were freely offered. The Flour trade may be considered steady, at last weal • prices. The nominal top price of English was 40s per 280110. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.• •• • • 525 to bba Red, New.... 35s to 42s Oats— Yorkshire and 133 Ditto,White, New 38s 50, Lincoinsh., Feed. lbo Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... 171 211 coin, Red. •• .. 33s 42s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • .. 36s 4 2 s Black ..••• •• I" -- lea Irish, Red •• •• —5 —s Cork, White. •• .. 15 1 • Ditto,Wiaite•• •• •• —s ,ns 94s s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 2 9. aye—Old •• •• • • .. 23s 25s Beans—Tick .•••••• • • 241 311. ..........24sNew... 24s 26s Pigeons .•• .•• •• •• ssl Barley—Grinding ....• 18s 22s Peas—Grey ..•• •• •• •• a .r„ Malting . 23s 25s Map1e........... T le o r wn s .. m .•; d •;• . :: 2 3.4 6 : 3 ' 4: Chevalier 27e 291 White........... 241 . 0 , Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk ............ 43e 485 Flour ß — oi Brown •• • . 40s 42s Suffolk •••••• • • •• 335 *Norfolk 981 Kingston and Ware 471 Ms SE Very large supplies of foreiL in the past week. To-day, th extensive; nevertheless, a ful was transacted in it at extre and lower to purchase. All very dull. Turalp,White, per bush. 105 to 125 Red and Green.... lis 12s Mustard, 8r0wn...... Os 12s White, new • .....6s Od SaUd fares, Winter ..4s Od 4s 6d Old • • .... 33 Od 40 Od Canary, per quarter .. 40s 44s Rye grass ••-•. • • • ... 243 305 Clover, Red Enb (cwt.) 44s 603 White •• • • ...... 415 56s Foreign Red.. •• .. 40s 60:1 White.... 33s 575 Trefoil .. •• .• •....... 17s 223 i t h e port A full average supply of F o reign Sock arrived lu '- of London last weds, viz., 2,124 head. Dun g the 9 1,9 44 ; ponding period in 1850, we received 1,920 ; in 181 1 and in 1848, 898 head. LALFOUTS INTO LONDON Di THE FAST vans. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pie' Nieu Diep .. 17 Dordt 36 ... 115 ... Harlingen 322 ... 151 2.. Antwerp Rotterdam Ostend... . . 405 ... Calais t ••• 4 Tot al corre Th© y early comparison of the weekly imports is 0 under:— Stockta &Nora. iDS. a Clover Seed have reached us to quantity offering was Ye/ 1 average amount of business :me quotations. Canary dull. other Seeds, as Well aa Cake* Carraway ••••• • • • .. • gls Coriander .• •• • • .... 161 I" Ilempseed, per quarter 3is 3 56 .. Linseed, Eng•Aolf11111•• 6" 4N Au Crushing •• 421 45, 4" , Baltic „ „ •• Od e ssa •• • • .• .• 443 Linseed Cake,pr. ton-- 7 !ids English •,7/ Os • Foreign, per ton 64 be 11 01 Rape Cakes, pr ton 4100 41401 Rapeseed, ew• pr ist 2610 s 21101 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calve& F i S i. 1 8 8 5 4 8 0 . ... ..... 4 35 2 57 4 91 ... ... ... 1 ' 3 9 % 36 3 36 .. ~.. 13 '' * :I 'l l 'h i e 9 outport arrivals were only 300 head. By " a ' fr i c ;: moderatelylreland, suppliedrece N - ed 35 w it P h middling condition. The supplyigs ~.A , i ti eery . Foreignout home-fed r nt a o r ec k ..k e f e, t de t o nb - ei d e: a s . 3 ;s : w o i n i of f was again somewhat on the decrease as to number, whilst' __ quality was not to say fir s t-rate. The attendance of buyer , a s light f e r n o t m in nu t m he ero ß us ee ; f n tr e a v d e e rt . hete n ss, so t m he e r e : s o . _ btained ' fencer; the i w m a n s ro l v .a,r m primest Scots, &c., sold at an advance in the prices.on being on Monday last of 2d per 81b5, the extreme quotatioo. ee 10d per Blbs ; but we have no improvement t i of m ar ket the value of other breeds. Prior to the close 7 .i f. ol Cs u tfolk. a good clearance had been effected. From N ° s e to Short- Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2, 3 9 0 ° 35 ' 0 of va horns, Herefords,from other parts of Eng rious breeds ; and from Scotland, 24u lorned I 'Dial!, were in Sheep, the supply of which was comparative y week's currency improved request, at an improvement in lest wool,sold at from of 2d per Blbs. Prime old Downs, in the o ,be. no 4s 6d to 4s 8d ; cut of the wool, 35 10d to 4 ere , realized 5 to 64 5 few Lambs in the market, chiefly Dorsets, as ve7 Moe per Sibs. Although the supply of Calves w . or Pig' 8-pd polled Scum rate, the Veal trade ruled inactive at late rttesan. go Ito no we had a very slow inquiry, but we have no.ch tice iu their value. Per 81be. to siakthe OW. 2. d. to 0 . s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-- 2 6 2 8 Inferior Shea, •• •• „ 10 4 I Second quality • •• —2 10 3 0 Second qual. Sheep , 4 6 Prime large Oxen •• 3 2 3 6 CArse-vroolleddittol 4 8 Prime Scots ......3 8 3le southdown Wether 4 ; 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 Ditto out of Um wool 0 _ . Vrimesnuall ditto .• 310 4 0 Large WV " iucklina, , Calves •• 18 0 24 0 Small Porkers •• • •.,,, 0 91 Lambs •••••• • • •• 0 0 0 0 Quartzr old Pigs •• Iv TOTAL SUPPLY AT bLARICET. pigs Roasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 1 310 3,692 I 18,270 I 119 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I PBO. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. ..... : 6 : 3 .; . -- 385 I 1,110 I 61 NEVITGATE AND LEADZINOALID .ritots About 1,600 carcases of Meat arrived up to thole " I— lies last week from various parts of the country. The 1341 P x P te n.. on sale slaughtered in the metropolis are not to ate of ~e sive ' nevertheless, owing to the changeable state the ~,r. weather, ' the demand is in a very sluggish state, on th 10 lowing terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. I. d. to s . d• a. Gdto . s. d eef,inferior•••••• 2 2 2 4 . i i Diutton,laferlor .. 2 4 21 - -- middling •• .• 2 6 2 8 1 ----- atithiling.. a o 3 10 --- primelarge .. 219 3 0 ......---- prime .• •• 3 8 o prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Fork, 1arge........ 2 6 0% 0 Veal • • 30 4 0 ---- ama11........ 3 8 3 , 1107017011 1101? MARRET. Oar market is but mod erately supplied uith really fln, , e, Hops, for which the dem and is hteady, at full prices. In oi other kinds, only a limited business is doing, but we have n o decline to notice in - th eir value. Factors' prices, Via. , rea Y money—East Kent P ockets, 41 to 6/ io, ; ditto bags, 315 , 8 to Si; Mid Kent p ockets, Al 8s to Si lOs ; ditto bags, x‘ to 416 s ; Weald of Kent pockets, 31 6s to 41 4s ; ditto b3g6, 21 to 3/ 10s; Sussex pockets, 8/ 4s to 4/ per cwt. 8073.017GH .eIND SPITALPISLDS . Since Monday last nearly 3,000 tons of Potatoes have arrived for these markets coastwise and by land carriage an d scarcely any of which have shown any s i gn s of disease; i n deed, it is a general observation that Potatoe s have _nev e : t o com e to hand in better condition or in greater ab-tlac l 2 /3 1 , C ;„ / jit# t h an during the last four months. The quantit3Kgr e l" ;.----' es Year"'" th 9 foreigq iraPorta Iwo been tziLiPg ua w° 13 14 0 all 17% 100 5% 45 100 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 25 12% 12% 11 13 4 47% 100 11 6 3 1( too 42% 34 4 2 0 100 100 100 47% 100 50 25 95 22% 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 1 6% AT Paid. 6 I 3i - i p. 90 128%{ - 29% 27 -28 6 3i - r 7 - A p 1754 - 18 37 -39% 101 - 103 50 -51 22 -234 97 -92 11 1 4 - 11% 24 -25 15 -16 54 -56 -6 p 41 —43 x.d 734 —8% p.x.d 21 —21% x.d lie— 11% 14 IN p. 3 Ni —2% die. 24 -24 45 -46 12 l 41 1851. 6M % [21% 21.% 2 1% x.d 74 x.d 271000 i z.d 'T2LX.I3. Ilusineas done. 1434 % 21% x.l ~_ con§, en -oz wu ,. Yotkith. ge B r , c f4ch Re f C a i, Li tteo l u ? hg e I] TlL!4idch W ` 4 cPin. St %k c al, ar 1 :" 4 .0a lig ;re 1,282 !/rt,PhiliE lamel4 4acted, trora the t 4.4 at tts .tigh Fat ' 4 RS ratb itc'e j:t4ig dA b L I Vi C foal litat 4F2r. 111 Jt li tt ls ua, <ltts j t t 1 : 44 r Tow ;.r: ~ Pdd. 8% 9 I% %