The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

bo ; t's th e eni es tha t idePt nnw.... -~ i-+r•. - llew ::ttr.cl: on the ci:Lttt (7°14E1 , 2, for that is no long. r, thongh the happ . y in,. t.tio I ot M. any tlitt:t but - a r.( tello,ll, nril (toe can s;•arcety ven ture to srealt of it ev(n in nweliery. But what appears to Hs graver is the t reel w Lich liob•rt word* I produce at A titers. There Sir E. Ly Gns 11 " set him.,elf up as the letter and active enemy of the French Legation, of the Colletti Ministry-, of the Greek King evt n. All that it is possible to do to thwart • Piseatury to overturn tie Mi , iistry or deprtetnte Kin . Odin.- (Ives w ithot.t liesitati“n, moat pers( verino arid vigort;usly. \\ - hat will be said at Athens, when it is known that Sir 11. Peel approves of ail that ? It is, it cannot be dissembled, a serious en,barrassment for the Ministry, and a grave difficulty f,r M. Piscatory. I f we are well informed, Sir E. 1)( el is less satisfied winh Sir E. Lyons than Inc says. But in Englansl all Cabi nets, Tory or Whiir, hold it a principle not to abandon their agents, even when in fau:t, except at the very hot extremity. This principle, when carried to excess, has its in conveniences. It must be allowed. however, that the eentrary urinciple has still more. Sir E. Lyons, if he beloneed to M. Guizot, would have been long since re called'. Admiral Dupetit Thouars, had he depended on Sir It Pc el, would never have been disavowed." The following paragraph, which has been copied i nto most of the Paris journals, appeared first in the official evening paper, the Messager of Friday : "In 1841 the Ville de Bordeaux, French trading „, t ,ssel, was seized by the Customs in New South Wales. hoard vessel was at the time on the point of taking on sheep for the ialund of Bourbon ; but whilst wait ing for her cargo she had been carrying on a coasting tr ade in several parts of the. colony. These operations Were considered illegal by the Customs of Port Adelaide, I nd a Prosecution was instituted. The captain of the vir de Bordeaux was acquitted on two charges of the indictment, but was condemned on the third, Ind the seizure was declared good. M. Joubert, `[° owner of the vessel, then addressed a com plaint to the French Government. Thanks to the active steps of the King's ambassador in - ""radon, the affair was laid before the Lords of tho z l‘r eaiiiry, and upon their decision the Governor of New ` 3° Uth Wales was ordered to restore the captured vessel t o her owner. Th e mere res ti tu ti on was no t accep t e d L Y 111. Joubert as a sufficient reparation. The vessel, `ung exposed to the destructive action of the climate, was u nfit for sea, and the sale of her would have produced I. erY little. These observations having been made to t he Lords of the Treasury by the Count de Saint Aulair e the justice of them was acknowledged, and, by 1 , 4 decision of the 28th ult., it was recommended that • Joubert should receive an indemnity of 4,000/. "00.0000, and this has been granted." • This indemnity, however, by no means satisfies t he National and the Courrier Francais, and strangely r ouses their hostility to England. Galignuni's lessenger, in reply to their attacks, makes the fop ' Lowing just remarks their comments on these paragraphs we have 7eether instance of the want of liberality, not, -to say in justice, of what are called the anti-English journals, in th eir n ot i ce o f t h e con d uc t o f th e English G ove rnment. 1 ,, th‘.re be a deed done or a word said that can be con in an unfavourable sense as to the disposition of England towards that country, there is no end of the i l f it erY about English ambition, tyranny, and into!erance. the other hard, there is a disposition on the part .' , ngland to make concessions, if anything like a spirit TJUstice and generosity be displayed, we are sure to o the fact underrated or the motive depreciated. " they do not give any credit to England fur the eeisions of her Government in the affair of indent btY for the capture of the Ville do Bourdeaux, and N pension of the man who was accidently shot at I :wroundland ; but, on the contrary, make the an 4Ciancement a new occasion for attacking both the Eng ' and French Governments. The Courrier Francais t iserves Tine French Ministry is so accustomed to °fl l'eaN to England, that when, compelled by the force stice, toe English consent to grant to France the ghtest reparation, the French Ministry celebrate the ihl t nr.e with songs of triumph.' The National regards e Pension granted to the widow of the man killed off eoewfoundland as a miserable affair, compared with the E ne ession made by the French Government in favour of r •rritchard, and supposes that the reparation made by 4Fland is a trick to induce the French to believe that it Wile result o f th e exertions of the Duke de Broglie. The S ea of attributing the decisions in favour of the owner of a Ville de Bordeaux and the widow of the mar. who ti killed to the influence of the Duke de Broglie in his l o s it to London is absurd. The decisions were come to fl g bef ore the Duke had left Paris." THE BOURSE--SATURDAY, MARCH 22 First Highest Lowest Last NW, Price. Price. Price. Price. Flue pereents•• •• 117 60 .. 117 65 117 60 .. 117 65 Three per Cents.•• •• ! , 5 60 85 60 85 50 .• 85 50 ~533 / 4 New Loan ........ 86 35 .. 86 35 .. 86 35 .. 86 35 mow CI trance .. 2205 ..2205 .•5205 ..2205 ht,i!ttanti, I,ooof. Shares..lo9o —lO9O —lOB5 ..1085 Bank... ...... 655 .. 660 •• 652 50 .. 660 Fives, 1840 .• • • 105 1 A .. •• 105 1 i •. 10514 .1842 •••••• 107 - .. 107 " - 107 1(7 Four-and-a-Half, 103 N •• 103 .. 103 N .. 103.1 Two-and-a•lialf.• 62 50 .. 62 50 .. 62 50 .. 62 50 -h Active ••• .. • 39;, 7 a •• 39 1 v •• 39 % .6 : 19 % Threes.... •• •• 41 .• 41 .• 41 .. 41 l'Orb,„.._ Passive." •• .. 7 • • 7 .. 7 •• 7 %% eB5 Five per Cents.. 69 .. 69 69 .. 69 -"`••• •••••• ..... .... 106 .. 106 .. 106 .. 1 - 6 Ve tkin„. RAILWAY SHARES 666. R.8.............657 50 • • 657 50 .. 640 .. 640 t tOto ti , L.B ...... 400 .. 405 .. 400 .. 405 zue h :••••• .... — ll6O —ll6O ..1145 ..1150 "114• 0 Havre— ..... 975 .. 975 . • 971 25 .. 971 25 •• •• •• —1325 —1325 ..1312 50 ..1320 elel b ,"`g to Bale. ••• •• 346 25 .. 346 25 .. 34 5 .. 346 25 014, to alirseilles— •• 1125 • • 1130 ..1125 ..1130 4. 41.41 ,3 t fic: t au •k c este ........ 705 '232 7 50 2 0 3' 5 2 50 230 5 7 2 0 3 5 1 25 1, 14 .14 t1n RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Aron. 3. (!s ..1195 ..1190 • 660 GGO 640 . . 640 ik et, 405 .. 405 .. 400 • 402 50 •••.. Zet i1i t°1 1avre............90 .. 980 .• 975 . 975 •..... -.....1325 ..1325 .•1310 ..1317 50 021 0 7; 1, , Bale.• •• •• 348 .. 348 •• 345 . 345 14%11,..L ' Marseilles •• • —1145 ..1145 ..1122 50 ..1125 Tem.........232 50 .. 232 50 • • 230 • • 230 lI'S DAY'S NEWS. I t EXECUTION Or JAMES TAPPING.—(THIS DAY.) r ts The unfortunate criminal who this day expiated in haft of the prison of Newgate the crime of which he b een• convicted, namely, the mur der o f E 'ite re at Bethnal-green, had all a long, we are happy te, 4 %Paid th e u t mos t a tte n tion to t he adm onitions of the he ete nd chaplain, Mr. Davis; but up to the last moment t i rop s j e nnously denied that he was guilty of the deed tf, ; ` e d to him, and insisted, with every appearance lk,;: l eerity, that the unfortunate girl had herself, in a 11 4, 1 of jealousy, cut a termination to her existence. %iii m id th e visits of his relatives elicit anything like a l, ''ssi en , from him; for, though suLdued to a childlike ) I ' 4 E ,.,, lie ss he still maintained his inno . cence. To no t i h r e . N 'l. ,,' 4ll3 tin who unceasingly attended him he ack !h i t , that his carter had been a vicious one, but kr e ,7 l that Gcd would forgive him, a s he himself freely lire all min , Ills relations att ribute the melan I t)e,Y l t atastrophe to the pernicious itAs contained in ''tle; tl "Yreous letters which were sent both to the pri tiNb;,and the deceased by some cowardly and malicious '`Nt -tlr els ; but the unfortunate man himself traces his ,rror to the circumstance of his fr equenting what tNl4,l)uPularly called "night concert-roo ms." . It will be 'l` ll 2 l3 ered by our readers that it was in rturning from 4 11 e t°: these places that the quarrel occurred which re 11," In the death of the girl. ,nti it e Prisoner as fully aware that his sentence was t . 511 '"IY to be a n any degree commuted, and had in I ta l Zi l ltlice made up his mind to meet h is fate with ) tlo, - 1 111 6 the last morning of his life, he rose about five - ;,_" 3 and, havings dressed, passed.the hours till . seven Nl 44 eat devotion. He then . took breakfast with, as 4 4d %self sa id , a good appetite," eating a buttered roll t h r iti 4 41 6 of toast, and drinking two cup s of tea, waited on )I,6‘l4ntaber of cups , of coffee. He was then . Sheriff Sidney and the Under-Sheriffs, in the IttOried cell, where he gave a letter of thanks into the lit ) 11,i 01* the Under-Sheriffs, and another letter, un- I nto the hands of the Chaplain, to be gi v en to his ,1 - 1 11 ,, a • We subjoin both of these:— Ote r Zes Tapping returns his grateful thanks to the e r, the Chaplain, and Sheriffs, to his friends, and e "l3 of the gaol, for t heir very kind attention, it i meets with the Governor's approbation, hisreceive " JAMES TAPPING, March 23, 1845 ." "e questconveyed in this note will, of course , be 41kireplied r. C with by Mope. The other letter kileltaYr B r o thers and Sisters,—Receire the last of Your unfortunate brother, and God grant you in all yourfeelshe h opes to be forgiven. undertakings. o not think him rea'tiani Forgiv e r situation, lk, ttp Y G Y od o r you him a ation, but I hope and trust that will give you all su ffi cient strength to la the sincere - wiih of your unfortunate brothe r, , " JAMES TAPPING.' j'N(111 Ta pping, previously to the procession being 1114tle to the scaffold, was asked by Mr. Sheriff h e y j oh l !ile wished to say any thing, as some gentle r44*---neeted wi th the daily press were present ? but th''e ja y 'wered " 1 and added, "what I have got to say () , 11 t fle N a o field. l)on't refuse me this, as it is 4 1 1;p 3t iri; ee l t les The unfortunate man's arms having niiurned, ;he Governor, Mr. Cope, moved from the n y ,T v ed by the Under Sheriffs, by Mr. Sher N411'111" p r i soner, Chaplain reading the service for the dead tift alid t v e ' so ner, who, with his ey es . directed to the %Nil ',rod with as firm a step as if he were the least teere. The Deputy-Governor and the rest of t t k 11:Z)113 Present brought up the rear. On arriving d k L e a " s e of the scaffold, the prisoner shook . han s a n d th p, ,--rwot to thos e near ' him; and then, with a firm Ltil en ded the la dder, attended by the Chaplain and ' l bh p,"Sherilf The crowd, which could have I,Ar 4i , - `kt no less than 6,000 persons, greeted the ap- i iPitli tt e , r e , lo l the criminal with cheers, waxing of hats % % Ilea t r i ' n iera, and other demonstrations, which .151 1 1 ‘ le v erY be t ofpossible arguments against ,1. . s all 'city f th.• ed • 0 these executions. The untortunate man 1.;"!' ) tls Wit h the mo s t r perfect calmness the aw f u l p epa tlallred ; and after a few brief words, the Under-Sheriffs th, ik . 4l 4 a . nd y. h .e Was left with the Chaplain and the exe c, - u.is last expressions were :—" I acknowledge t ga. sti es 0 1 my sentence and hope to be forgiven, as I t l 'eho r i : r aen ." and in another moment he was h it eternity. t1 1 : (1 l d that the younger members of the family, who t(4 'a ll e p w on be th ilY e p ar ..D i p th or . ted by the prisoner, will now be Pabe Duke a ------ t 4 k 4 g t he recZci Duchess of Buccleuch and family are rtha w ,,, " Broughton House, his Grace's feat elm:44lre. .16 MONEY anti COMMERCIAL NEWS. cif V (•2U 0 T I , '_7 E. There wmi tio chang in tit • prices f Cotton at Liver pool on SAtirdav, when only 3,000 bales were sold, the demand beit.g litt,i;ess closed quietly. The Stock Exchange wai to re, open to day. Among the trutny proposals for facilitating the great objects or comme roe, there is one which has 'been long talks c•f . mc,st ; hut. which, owing to various obstacles, bas Tint been so matured as to lead to a probabilit3 of its completion. We allude to op en i ng a cotninunication through the I thmus of Panama. Much has be n said and written upon this subject, and scarcely a dissentient voice for years past has been heard among the mercantile interests as to its utility. But somehow or another tLere have been conflicting in terests to consult. We understand now that all preli minary diflkulties have been overcome, and that ere long the works will be commenced and supported by a body of influential individuals, who have the means at their command for carrying out this long•desired and most important undertaking. The private advices received by the West India mail, per Severn, are very satisfactory. It is alleged that the prospect of the crops are so cheering that they were expected to yield in Jamaica, Demerara, and Antigua, a third, or, according to some accounts, a quarter more than has been realised since the new system came into operation. To use a homely phrase, the planters have set " their wits to work," fearing the competition of foreign produce in our markets, to improve as much as possible the cultivation of the land, and various inno vations (at least the old stagers tali them so), had been introduced in working the soil and improving the pro cess of manufacturing sugar. In the present accounts we do not find so many complaints of the measures of Government as were prevalent at the date of the pre vious advices. There are not any arrivals from Mexico or Vera Cruz by the present opportunity. We learn with rears t that a most heavy failure has occurred this morning in Mark-lane, said to be for from 40,0001. to 50,0001. Operations two or three years since was said to be the cause of the event, which has caused a strong sensation to-day in the corn-market. We for bear mentioning the name at present, as it might do harm, and certainly not any good. There were advices from Graham's Town to-day to the 19th December, and from the Cape of Good Hope to the 12th January. We do not find that any information of importance is brought by this arrival. Affairs were not in a settled state at Natal. There has been a firm market to-day for those of the British Securities now open. Consols for transfer to morrow have advanced to 100 k, and for the Account to 1004. Exchequer-bills are on the decline, realising but 58s. The New South Sea Annuities have just been quoted at 99+. In the Foreign Stock Market a good deal of business has been done. Spanish Five per Cents, have been sold freely at 30, and the Passive Stock at 74- Brazilian Bonds are on the advance, being quoted at 92, and the New Stock at 89. The Portuguese Converted Bonds are firm at 67; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 99i i; and Colombian ac a rise from 14H to 15. In the English ai well as in the foreign Railway Shares a good deal of business has been transacted this morning. The variations in prices are shown by the an nexed list: BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIt.. (From the Official List.) 100 99% 1001/s 3 per Cent. Consols Aims South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 d. 1 1 ,4 d. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT oNr, O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 92 Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 89 Ditto, 1844 8 7 1% 88 1 / 2 Columbian Bonds. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 36A Ditto Deferred Stock 17% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 33 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 3O Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 74% Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE Aberdeen ............... ........ 2% 2% to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, New... Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Caledonian Cambridge arid Lincoln ... 1% Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Diss, Beetles, and Yarmouth 1 1 4_ 2% %... to Virect Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 6 1A...... to 6 Dublin and Galway 21,4 3 ...... to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3% l ys to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... 62 _ ...... to 61% Gnat Grimsby and Sheffield 2y 4 3%,4 ... to Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Extension Great North of England ..... .100 192 ...... to Ditto New Ditto New Great Western Guildford, Farnham, Portms. 2% 5 Hull and Selbv .. ... 50 Ditto Half Shares Kentish Coast Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 15 ...... 35 1 _ to Lincoln, Yo:k, and Leeds l% l% to -•-• London and Birmingham ...100 234 ...... to Ditto Quarters London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Croydon - to .... Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 4 London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference London and South Western.. 41%...... 80 Ditto New 2% 12 % 14... to Landon and York... ..... ...... 2%.„ Maneheiim and Leeds 73 .. —147% to Ditto Half Shares - 32 Ditto 14 Shares Midland lOO ...141 140 V 141% to 140 Ditto New 2 ... 14%0/ 1 4 to Midland, Birm. and Derby lOO lOB Newcastle & Darlington ;iunc. 24 ...... 47 3 % Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick Newark and Sheffield l% ..... 3%....., to 4% North British Ditto New 1 .. ... 4 1 4 ...... to Northern and Eastern North Wales l4 2% to Norwich and Branden lO ..... 17 to 16 3 j% Preston and Wyre Rugby, Worcester. and Mug 1 Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Rim. 2% _4 1 % to 5 . . South Devon lO South Eastern and Dover ... 33% to Ditto New, No " 2 . 12 South Wales 20 Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 31A%... to West Cornwall l l4, 4 3 /4 to fork and North Midland ... 50 ......102 Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2 Great Northern of France ... 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ...... 11 1 4 to Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 2 1 Paris and Orleans ... 20 Paris and Strasburg... 2 ...... 2%% to Sambre and Meuse Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 24.—Wind Westerly, fresh breeze and fine clear weather; it rained hard last night. DRAT, MAncit 22.—Wind W.S.W., strong breezes. 23, Ditto, ditto.—Arrd. Emma White and Bilton, Starks, Cal cutta ' • Duchess of Buccleuch, China. 23. Pacific, South Sea ; Alexander Baring, Hale, ; Margaretha, Bauer, Batavia; George Lund, Bailey, for Copenhagen. SHEERNESS, MARCH 23.—The Thompson, of and for Sun derland, which was on the Grain Spit on the 21st instant, was assisted off last night without damage, and has pro ceeded. OFF MARGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Asrd. Ro bert Stride, Calcutta. RAMSGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., fresh breeze.—The John Knox, Cleland, from Bombay to London, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sand this morning ; crew and part of cargo saved. DEAL, MARCH 23.—The Union, Middleton, from Mauritius to London, ran ashore en the Main, near Dover, early this morning, in very thick weather, with loss of anchors and rudder, and making eighteen inches water per hour, and brought up in the Downs. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Wind W.N.W., light.—And. Uruguay, Kelso, China, left St. Helena Jan. 27 ; Beethoven, Taylor, Paragon, Coleman, and Zulieka, Montgomery, Cal cutta. - CARNARVON, MARCH 22.—The Ann and Catharine, Hughes, from Liverpool to this port, came ashore on the north bank of the Bar yesterday afternoon ; crew saved. Two sloops, name unknown, are also ashore on the north bank. It blew very hard last night from S.S.W. HOLYHEAD, 111Ancir 23.—The Oakland, Barry, from New Orleans to this port, got ashore this morning eleven miles to the southward, and is a complete wreck; about 100 bales of cotton saved ; two men drowned. MARYPORT, MARCh 22.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night at S.S.W., during which the Albion, and the Nancy, Prat, from Dublin, in running for the harbour, got ashore behind the North Pier. The latter has since been got off and brought into the harbour; the former is expected off to night's tide. The Cottager, Bean, got within the Pier, but backed out, and is supposed to have gone to Carsthorn. PETERHEAD, MARCH 20.—The Gleaner, Johnson, of this port, hence 9th inst. for Greenland, has put back for the northward of Shetland, leaky, and has gone to Aberdeen to be put in the patent slip. YAnmovrn, 111Anorr 23.—The Alexander, Dean, of Aber deen, for Valparaiso, was lost on Haisborough Sand en the nightof the 20th inst. ; crew saved. The Barnesby, of Goole, and the Sea Adventure, of Boston, have been assisted in hereafter being ashore at Lowestoft, the former with loss of rudder. DEATH OF LADY LESLIE.—We have to notice the demise of Lady Leslie, widow of the late Hon. Sir Charles Leslie, Bart., brother of the Countess of Devon, and the lion. and Rev. Sir Henry Leslie, Bart., Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen and Prebendary of Exeter. Her Ladyship had survived her husband twelve years. DEATH OF REGINA MARIA RocHE.—On Monday morning, at her residence, on the Mall, the above named lady, authoress of the " Children of the Abbey," and other works, died at the advanced age of eighty-one. Waterford Chronicle. .z SON, LONDON, MONDA Y EVENING, MARCH 24, 1845. MARKET NEW S.-(Til LS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-(MONDAY.) Since Monday last the arrivals of ErOish Wheat, Barley, Malt, and Oats, have been only limited,; but those of Scotch and Irish Oats have somewhat increased. Of all other kinds of Grain the receipts have been small. Fresh up from Essex, Kent, Lineoinsiiire, and Cam bridgeshire, very little Wheat came to hand, and the show of simiple.s was, comparatively speaking, small. Owing, h(lveyrr, to the announcemt nt of a large failure in the Flour trade—the amount of liabilities being esti mated at very little short of 50,0001, 30,0001. being on this market—considerable effect was thereby produced upon the Wheat trade, which ruled extremely inactive; indeed, fencer sales took place than for many weeks past, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported. At the close of the trade a clearance was note fleeted. The quantity of tine Foreign Wheat on offer was by no means large ; yet it was more than adequate to meet the wants of the buyers. Holders were firm, and, in the few sales concluded, obtained full prices, particularly for selected qualities. Of English Barley the show was small ; but that of Foreign, tree of duty, proved tolera bly g‘ od. Makin.. parcels mostly sold at full curren cies. In other kinds, next to nothing was doing, yet their value) was supported. The show of Malt was rw.her limited, yet the trade with that article was in a very de pressed state, at barely last week's figures. The supply of Oats being on the increase, we have to report a dull inquiry for them. The best Potato samples were quite as dear. Other kinds were the turn lower. Beans, Peas, and Flour very inactive, at barely late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 64s to 65s Red . .. •• • . 46s to 52s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto, White...... 488 568 Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 23s Norfolk and Lin- Potatoc 23s 24s coin, Red..... 38s 43s Youghall and Cork, Ditto, White 4os 47s Black . •• . 20s 225 Irish, Red .... .. • Ditto, White.... • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. •. • . 22s 23s Rye Old New. ••• • • • 35s 36s Pigeons 3BB 39s Barley—Grinding .• • 27s 30s Pease—Grey. .. Malting 138 35s Maple Chevalier .. .. •• • • 365 —s White . Malt—Sutlolk and Nor- Boilers •• • 368 38s folk. Brown s6s GOs Suffolk 33s 35s Kingston and Ware 60s —s Stocktll & Norfolk 33s 35s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic • • 35s to 36s , BeanS Ilamburgh Barley 20s 24s Flour--American .•• • • 198 —s Oats —New l7s 18s Baltic Feed Since this day se'nnight the importations of live stock from abroad fur our market have not exceeded fifty Oxen and Cows, together with thirty-two Sheep, all from Holland. To day we had on offer twenty-seven Beasts and twenty Sheep. Although a slight comparative improvement was noticed in their quality, it was far from first-rate; but there was no appearance of the epi demic amongst either :he Beasts or blacep. The former spld heavily at from 141. to 191., the latter 11. Bs. to 1/. 17s. per head. The weather having become much milder here, as well as in Holland, l arger im ports may be shortly expected, as we learn that great numbers of stock are no ,v ready in most of the shipping ports .in that country, espe cially at Rotterdam, waiting a conveyance to England. The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our various grazing counties were somewhat extensive, for the time of year, as to number ; but their general quality was inferior. We much regret to observe, that at least a fourth of them were suffering severely from disease ; indeed, on no previous market-day of the present year have we no ticed so large a portion of the stock thus affected. T o show its extent, is e may state that upwards of 100 Beasts and 300 Sheep were left on the roads, it being impossible, from their lameness, to convey them to the metropolis ; while from 20 to 30 Beasts and 60 Sheep were carted out of the market to day alive and slaugh tered, from the same cause : hence, of course, great losses have been sustained by the graziers. Many of the Beasts left unsold must, we fear, undergo the same fate. As we have befOre remarked, the supply of Beasts was good, owing to which the dead markets being heavily stocked, and the unwillingness of the butchers to pur chase largely during the season of Lent, the Beef trade was again exceedingly heavy, and Friday's depression in the currencies of 2d p.,-r Sibs was barely supported, the very highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 3s 10d per 81bs. The primest Beasts were nearly all dis posed of, but numbers of the inferior breeds left the market unsold. Fortunately for most parties, the number of Sheep were rather limited, which caused the Mutton trade to rule tolerably steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last; the best old Downs selling without much difficulty at 4s 6d per Blbs. No Lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight, while from other quarters that description of stock, arising, no doubt, from the -low currencies obtained on Friday last, were rather limited. Down qualities sold slowly, at from 5s 10d to 6s; other breeds, from 5s to 5s 8:1 per 81bs, being about stationary figures. With Calves we were but moderately supplied, yet the demand for them, espe cially the middling and inferior qualities of Veal, was in a very sluggish state, at barely, in some instances, a trifle beneath last week's quotations. Frain Ireland we received 120 Pigs, while from our neighbouring counties the supplies were moderate. Neat small Porkers sold steadily; other kinds of Pigs slowly, at late rates. The Bullock droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridge comprised about 1,900 Scots and Home-breds, while from the northern districts we received 250 Short horns; from the western and midland counties, 350 He refords, Devons, Runts &c.; from other parts of Eng land, 400 of various Creeds ; and from Scotland, 130 Horned and Polled Scots. Per 81bs. to a a. d. a. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts .. • . 2 6 210 Second quality ditto 3 8 310 Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 2 Coarge-w0011,..d ditto 4 0 4 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Southdowu Wethers 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots ••• • 3 8 310 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 310 4 8 Large Hogs •. . • 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 410 5 0 Small Porkers •.3 10 4 4 Suckling Calves, .18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep • ••2 10 3 6 Lambs ...... • ... _5 0 6 0 SUPPLY Al MARKET. ISheep. I Cal ve s, I ri gs . 20,300 44 315 [llk the offal. Beasts. 3,004 NEWOATE AND LEADZNUAIL. Considering the season of Lent, full average supplies of country-killed Meat have been received up to these markets, since this day se'nnight, in good condition. Of Lambs about 600 have come to hand, being of course in addition to the receipts given in our tabular statement below. The supply of Meat slaughtered in the metropolis is good. Prime Mutton and Lamb are in steady request, at full prices ; otherwise the trade is inactive, and the quotations are with difficulty supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior•• •••• 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 2 4 middling .••• 2 10 3 0 middling.. 3 2 3 4 prime large •• 3 0 3 2 prime.... 3 6 3 8 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 1 Pork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 8 Veal. •••• • • • • . 310 410 small ..... 310 4 4 Lamb, ss. to 6s. ARRIVALS DURING TILE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves rigs. 15 400 500 22 500 700 8 100 120 5 90 50 20 120 100 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 , 0 190 00 200 40 30 30 100 30 150 25 200 100 200 Scotland Yorkshire • • • Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Essex Surrey Devonshire •• • 'Wiltshire .... . Other parts ... Tcaal ........ Previous week's arrival 163 2,070 .420 2,240 328 2,250 600 2,130 Difference since our last .. 65 180 180 110 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELD3. Very few Potatoes hare arrived at the water side during the last ten days, yet the supplies offering in these markets are seasonably extensive. Prime parcels command a steady trade at full prices ; but in other kinds only a moderate business is doing. 3302.017 GS SOP MARZET. We have to report a very limited business passing in all kinds of Hops, yet prices are, generally speaking, supported. WOOL MARKET. The imports of Wool in the past week have been xtremely small, yet the quantities cf both English and Foreign, as well as Colonial, offering privately, are some what extensive. The demand, however, is active, and prices are steadily supported. HIGHLAND SOCIETY of LONDON. This convivial Society held, on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, their anniversary festival in commemoration oe the victory of Alexandria, in which so many Highlanders had distinguished themselves on the 21st of March, 1801. Good Friday having this year fallen on that day, the gathering took place on the 22d. It is usual for the Society to invite all the officers who had been present with the army in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercremby, but the hand of time has made sad havoc, amongst those brave men, and the present long and severe winter has been the means of confining several of them to their homes by indisposition, so that only a few of these veterans were present, viz., Col. Sir John M. Wilson, Col. Elwin, Capt. Kelly, R.N., and Capt. F ee d, R.N. The Gallant President of the Society, Lord Saltoun, was prevented from attending in consequence of the death, on the previous day, of his brother, the lion. Wm. Frazer. The chair was, however, very ably filled by The Chisholm. Amongst the general com pany present we observed Major-General Duncan M'Leod, Major-General Briggs, Colonel Sir John M'Ra, James Matheson, Esq., of Achany, M.P. who wore a magnificent Highland dres s , L or d Reidhaven, Colonel and Major Burns, sons of the poet; Captain Maitland, R.N.; Captain Rigmaiden, R.N.; Captain Lamont, R.N. ; Captain Kelly, R.N. ; Captain Innes, R.N.; Captain Charles Forbes, Captain Kincaid, Dr. Power, Captain Tulloch, W. Sprott Boyd, Dr. Stewart Chisholm, R.A. ; Robert Coates, Esq.; W. W. Scrimgeour, Esq.; Thomas Lawrence, Esq.; D. C. Guthrie, Esq.; J. Gordon Duff, Esq.; J. Tul loch, Esq.; J. Masterman, Esq. ; Geo. Bain, Esq.; John Burnie, Esq. ; John 11l'Gregor Esq. ; Hugh J. Cameron ; W. Judd, E sq . ; T. Archer, Esq. Before dinner the Society held a general Court, at which the proceedings of the Society, and other matters of business connected therewith, were brought before the Court by Mr. G. Bain, the Honorary Secretary, after which the company proceeded to the banquet in the magnificent hall of the Freemason's Tavern, preceded by her Majesty's piper, Mr. Angus Mackay, and his brother Donald, the Society's piper, formerly in the service of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. About one hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, the majority of whom were attired in full Highland costume. This gave a most picturesque appearance to the gathering. It looked like a tableau vivant from Sir Walter Scott. The gallery was occupied by ladies. During the dinner, which was an excel lent one, and which included most of the national dishes of Scotland, in addition to the most recherché of the products of the cuisine of France, and the solid roast and boiled of Old England, the band of the Scots Fusilier Guards played several popular airs. At the conclusion of the dinner, the pipers paraded the room, playing a Highland national air, which was received by the company with shouts of enthusiasm. Grace having been said, the cloth was withdrawn, the toast master Toole, the Took, proclaimed silence for The CHISHOLM, who in proposing the first toast, briefly alluded to the circumstances under which he had been unexpectedly called upon to assume the chair. Their President, Lord Saltoun, was un avoidably absent in consequence of the death of his brother, the Hon. W. Frazer, and in alluding to that melancholy event, he could not forbear paying a passing tribute to his memory.—(Cheers.) They had not only to regret the loss of his valuable ser vices to that Society, but to the world.—(Cheers.) In consequence of that unexpected calamity he had been called upon to fill the chair. He would not ask their indulgence on the occasion, as that might imply a Fresumption on his part, on the one hand, that any exertions of his might contribute to the hilarity of the evening, or on the other that his short-comings might damp it—(Cheers)--but he would ask them all cordially to unite in assisting to pass the evening with true Highland feeling, and true Highland enthusiasm.—(Cheers.) He had now to propose a toast, dear to them as British subjects, most dear to them as Highlanders—" The Queen." Drunk with all the honours. " God save the Queen,"—By the band. The Cuisuome, in proposing the health of the Queen Dowager, alluded to the well-known benevolence of that respected lady, and stated that on being recently applied to for her patronage for a benevolent institu tion at Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, her Majesty had not only granted her patronage, but had also sent a liberal subscription. The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHISHOLM then rose to propose the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family.—(Cheers.) Ile proposed that toast under peculiar circumstances. He could not but recollect that this was the year '4s.—(Cheers.) A. hundred years ago the ancestors of some of those present would have told a different tale.—(Cheers.) But what brought them out in '46 ? in what character did they appear? They appeared as the gallant subjects of their Sovereign. It was their loyalty that made them take the field.— (Loud cheers.) It was to support that Prince who was the lineal representative of the heir to the British Crown that their ancestors went to the battle-field— (Cheers) —and that same feeling of loyalty would induce them now to stand up as firmly and un dauntedly in support of those who now occupied the throne.—(Cheers.) They were now, in 1845, sur rounded by English officers, but he could not forget that their ancestors, in 1745, met them on other terms at Preston Pans.—(Cheers and laughter.) So far from forgetting it, the remembrance of it should excite in them the spirit of emulation as to who should best serve their Sovereign and their country.—(Loud cheers. As the descendant of one of those clans which had been out in '4s—(Loud cheers)—he would not be ashamed to do or afraid to suffer in the cause . of his Sovereign anything that his ancestors had done or suffered for the sake of the Stuarts. He called upon them heartily to respond to the toast of " The Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk enthusiastically. The Cnisnoem next proposed " The Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chief of the Highland Society."—(Loud cheers.) From all that they had heard and seen, it was evident that true High land feeling reigned paramount at present in high places.—(Loud cheers.) He proposed the toast should be drunk with Highland honours. The toast having been drunk, each man placed his left foot on his chair, and his right foot on the table, and waving his plumed bonnet, gave that enthusiastic and inspiriting shout which is so often heard on the battle-field, when the clans " Like reapers descend to the harvest of death." The appearance of the Hall at this moment was most picturesque. The magnificent costume of the high landers, the animation of their features beaming with delight as they cheered, the enthusiasm with which the sound of the bagpipes which immediately struck up was greeted until impelled, as it were, by an irre sistible force, they rushed to the dance, and began a Highland reel, contrasted forcibly with the tame, dull matter-of-fact manner in which the business of the evening is usually gone through at English dinners. The Cllisnoem then proposed " The Army and Navy," a toast never omitted at any public festivity, but one which was more peculiarly appropriated to the present military festivity, inasmuch as the highlands had devoted so many of her gallant sons to the de fence of their country in both services. Drunk with three times three; Sir J. Melte, on the part of the army, returned thanks in Gaelic. Captain KELLY, in returning thanks on the part of the navy said, that he was proud to believe, from the manner in which the toast was always received, that the services of the members of his profession had met with the approbation of their countrymen in the effort which they had made to protect this sacred is land from the invading foe.—(Loud cheers.) All the attempts of the French, who at that time had extended their tyrannous grasp over the whole of Europe, had been ineffectual.—(Cheers.) This sa cred isle had by the efforts of the navy been pre served from violation by the foe.—(Loud cheers.) And if an enemy should again be induced to make the attempt, that same patriotic feeling which now slumbered in their breasts would be again aroused, and again would the navy deserve the approbation of the country.—(Loud cheers.) He thought that those now growing up would find, if necessity should re quire it, that the navy would protect them against any inroads which an enemy might be daring enough to attempt.—(Cheers.) He believed that those who came after us would be as well protected by the navy as those who went before us had been.—(Renewed cheering.) He returned his grateful thanks to the Highland Society of London and to the Highlanders of Scotland, of whom they were the representatives, for the manner in which the toast had been re ceived.—(Loud cheers.) The CHISHOLM said, that the last toast which they had drunk was, " The British Army and Navy," but there was another army which comprised in it many British soldiers and officers, whose services had of late years been no less remarkable than the services of the Queen's regiments.—llear, hear.) Ile was proud to see among them that evening, two general officers of that service. —(Cheers.) They had all heard of the glorious deeds which that branch of the service had performed.—(Loud cheers.) They had all read of the sufferings of the Highland regiments at Kurrachee. He therefore proposed, and he was sure they would drink the toast with enthusiasm, —" The British and Native Soldiers of the Indian Army." The toast having been drunk with three times three, Major General lePLeop returned thanks. The Cnisimem, in alluding to the enthusiasm with which the last toast had been received, said, that the one which he was about to `pro pose was calculated to excite somewhat different feelings. It was emphatically the toast of the evening—" The Memory of Sir Ralph Aber crombie and the Heroes who fell with him at Alex • andria." The Highland Society had. selected the anniversary of that battle for their annual meeting because they considered that on that day their coun- TALLOW. We have no alteratiOrTiupiiCe; to notice this week : the market is steady. For the autumn delivery there is but very little inclination to do business ; the price is 39s for the last three months, seller. Town Tallow is 39s to 40s 6d net cash. • GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) Two young men, named Henry Cummings and Joseph Bradley, were placed at the bar upon the charge of steal.. ing a quantity of sheeting and other articles, the pro perty of Thomas Howard. It appeared that the prosecutor resided in Cow-cross street, where he carried on business as a general dealer, and the prisoners lived in a narrow court up by the side of his yard. On the morning of last Thurs day, the buck door of his premises was forced open and the articles named taken away. The police eventually succeeded in tracing a portion of the property, and found that it had been sold by the prisoners. The prisoners were remanded, in order to afford time for the discovery of the remainder of the property. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MARCH 23.-SHIPWRECK.-A foreign vessel, said to be a Dutch galliot, laden with fruit, was driven on shore at Black Gang Chine about four o'clock this morning. The only particular at present known is. that the crew are saved, which, at such a dreadful ;lace, on such a night, is quite a miracle. It is blowing very hard dead on the shore, and very thick. The weather in the Isle of Wight has been unusually severe —more so than ever before remembered. Severe frosts continued up to the morning of the 21st instant, which have been ruinous to the farmer. The turnips are nearly all exhausted ; and such inroads have been made in the stock of hay, that there is hardly any to be obtained for money. What last spring would not pro duce 50s. pi r ton, would now bring 6/., and is expected to be worth 71. Not a blade of grass is to be seen in the fields; indeed, everything like herbage has disappeared, and the sheep and cattle are, in many places, starving. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mademoiselle Polin, one of the most eminent of the dancers of the French school, and the principal one at the Grand Opera of Berlin, has arrived in London, and will make her first appearance, together with Monsieur Gasperini, in the new ballet of Robot tt Bel trend to-night. The Holy . Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ad ministered yesterday (Sunday) morning at St. Peter's Church, De Beauvoir-town, West Hackney, by the Hon. and Rev. Frederick S. Monckton, after a sermon preached by him, from the four first verses of the 6th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Tphere were about 24 communicants picsent, including the Dowager Coun: ogs of Galway, the mother of the Rev. Gentleman. SAY OF NEWS AN 1) Publtt @Wilton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Thursday the King of the French, attended by General Ayinard, the Count de Strada, and two orderly officers, left the Palace of the Tuileries for Versailles, stopping in his way at the Chapelle St. Ferdinand and St. Cloud. At six o'clock his Majesty returned to the Tuilerit s. M. Gautier, Peer of France, has been appointed Pre sident of the Read Commission of the Invalides, in place of Baron Portal. Another vacancy as member of the Commission has been filled up by the appointment of Count Beugnot, Peer of France. The Imaum of Muscat has presented to the King of the French four magnificent Arab stallions of the purest blood and of great value. The King, in order to keep up the breed in France, immediately ordered four mares of the same breed and value to be purchased for him on the spot, and brought to France at the same time. In structions to this effect were transmitted to the French Consul at Zanzibar. A camp of 30,000 men is to assemble next summer in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. The Duke d'Aumale will take the command. The Duke de Nemours will re view the troops, and some other members of the Royal Family will be present to see the evolutions. The spectators at the promenade of Longchamps on Friday, says one of the Paris journals, were most numer ous, as the weather was mild and the sun at length made his appearance ; but the equipages worth looking at were very few, the new fashions by no means remark able, and the crowd would have had nothing to see had not General Tom Thumb condescended to honour with his tiny presence and proportionate vehicle the avenue of the Champs-Elyse e s ; the hero of the day was es corted by a detachment of Horse Municipal Guardv. Mr. Walker and his confederates have appealed to the Court of Cassation against the judgment pronounced against them by the Cour Royale upon the charge of cheating at cards. The Swiss Diet assembled on the 18th inst. to discuss the reports of the Committee on the three projects submitted to it on the sth. Contrary to the general expectation, the Diet could not come to any final resolu• tion, for there was not a sufficient majority present for either of the three propositions. The Russian Government, says the Consaaionnel, has banished from Georgia all the Italian Capucine monks, because they refused to admit the supremacy of the Pa triarch. The Akbar of Algiers, of the 13th inst., states that the clearing of the ruins of the late disastrous explosion was still going on. On the 11th, the labourers in this sad duty discovered a party of mine soldiers, who were crushed while playing at carols. Some of them still held the cards in their hands. Lord Seymour sailed from Malta early in the present month, for Syracuse. Lady Seymour is malting a tour .n the south of France. A company, formed under very high patronage, has obtained from the Spanish Government the concession of a railroad between Cordova and Cadiz, by Seville, with 8, branch to Merida, towards the frontier of Portugal. Z.O.W ATTE) POLICYZ. At Exeter, Mary Hayes was indicted for setting fire to a dwelling-house, the property of John Pyke. The prisoner, it appeared, was the servant of a person named Lushbrooke, who rented the house in question. Pyke refused to do some repairs, and Mrs. Lushbrooke told the prisoner to set fire to the house, who immediately obeyed her mistress's orders. She was found guilty. Mr. Justice Erie, however, took time to consider what sentence he should pass. Samuel Haydon, indicted at the same assizes for the wilful murder of his infant daughter, by administering to her hartshorn, was acquitted, as it appeared that he had given it medicinally, and not for the purpose of poi soning. Mr. Justice Patteson, at Norwich, sentenced James Williams and Samuel Wilson to fifteen years' transpor tation for highway robbery. In passing sentence, the Learned Judge observed that he understood that Wilson had been committed to gaol on various charges no less than 34 times. C OURT-PAS H.ION.&1I LE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will en tertain the Directors of Concerts of Ancient Music at Cambridge House, on Wednesday, April 2. The Duke of Rutland has, during the last fortnight, entertained a succession of distinguished guests at Bel voir Castle. The Noble Duke will receive a numerous party at the Castle the week after next, during the Crox ton Park races. The Right Hom. the Speaker of the House of Com mons and family have left Eaton-square for Heckfield place, near Hartford-bridge, for the Parliamentary recess. Viscount Melbourne is entertaining a select circle at Brockett Hall, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, and Lord and Lady Beauvale, are among his Lordship's guests. Sir Thomas Fremantle, chief Secretary for Ireland, is expected to return to Eaton-place at the close of the en suing week from Dublin Castle. The Earl of Devon has quitted town for Powderham Castle, Devonshire, for the recess. Lord Courtenay, M.P., has also arrived at the family seat for the holidays. '.I he Earl and Countess of Seafield are expected at Cast!e Grant, Inverness-shire, from Ireland, in the course of the ensuing month, where the Noble Earl and Countess purpose remaining for some time, and then pro ceed to their seat, Cullen House, Banffshire. The Countess of Chesterfield left Chesterfield House on Friday for Bretby Ptlrk, near Ashby-de la-Zouche, for the holidays.._ The Noble E ►rl remains in town. MISCELLANEOUS. The weather is now completely changed, and spring at last has made its appearance in earnest. For two days we have had uncommonly mild weather for the season, but what is most unusual—thoukh the barometer stands very high, and on Saturday and Sunday continued at 30. 6, nearly the highest point which it reaches in this country—it has rained almost without intermission. This day is very fine, with sunshine and a gentle west erly breeze, and holds oat a favourable prospect for the holidays. A numerous deputation of the occupiers of land in East Sussex having waited on Sir Charles Lamb, to ex press the opinions and wishes of the yeomanry on the subject of the repeal of the malt duty, and also having urged the necessity of convening a public meeting for the further expression of their sentiments, Sir Charles Lamb has courteously consented to take the chair, at a meeting to be holden at the George Inn, Battle, at one o'clock precisely, on Friday, the 28th inst. On Saturday a Parliamentary paper was issued, show ing the number of certificates annually taken out by attorneys and solicitors practising in England and Wales from Easter Term, 1833, to the present time, and the I gross annual amount of stamp duties paid during the period upon certificates. In Easter Term, 1834, there were 9,450 certificates taken out, which produced a revenue of 81,1881. The certificates taken out to the Bth of March instant numbered 10,120, and the sum realised the efrom was 89,2221. Owing to the inclement state of the weather during the whole of yesterday, the various steam-boats plying between London, Gravesend, and Greena ieh, as also the Chelsea and Putney boats, were wholly deserted, notwithstanding it was Easter Sunday, a day looked for ward to at these places as a general harvest ; the few passengers that were carried being only those whose business compelled them to proceed, there being a total absence of holiday visitors. The amount of damage clewed by the late fire at the Apothecaries' Hall, Liverpool, is not likely to exceed 12,0001., instead of 50,0001. as has been stated. On Saturday afternoon, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire broke out in one of the offices attached to the Admiralty, Somerset-house, which at one time threat • erred to prove of serious consequences. By the prompt exertions of the officials connected with the building it was extinguished without doing any serious damage fur ther than what was caused by the water. Several en gines were quickly upon the spot, but their services were not requieed. Overheating one of the flues, it is believed, was the cause of the accident. The grocers in the poorer districts of the metropolis are competing to give the public the fullest benefit in the re duction of the price of sugar. In most shops in Drury-lane and Clare-market moist sugar is sold as low as a id. and 4d. per lb., and refined sugar at 7d. A similar reduction has taken place in the eastern districts of town. The New Customs Bill, repealing the duties on a large number of articles which have previously been sub ject to duty, and reducing the duties on several others, came into operation on Saturday morning at the Custom house, in pursuance of instructions issued to the several departments on the previous Thursday. A great num ber of free entries were passed in consequence for goods which have for a considerable time been housed in the bonded warehouses, but which are now free of duty, and the officers of the warehousing department will no doubt be very-busy for a time, until the goods on hand, now declared to be free of duty, are all delivered, when it is expected that the bulk of the free goods imported from the present time will be delivered direct from the quay at the side of the importing vessel, thus doing away with the necessity of placing them at all in the bonded ware houses!. and thereby relieving the warehousing depart ment of a great portion of the duty which at present de volves upon it, though of course adding in proportion to the landing department. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE UXBRIDGE. ROAD.—On Saturday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, a serious gig accident occurred to Mr. James Hibbert, a gentleman residing near Ealing. It appears that Mr. llibbert was proceeding to London in his gig, acccm panied by his groom ; on arriving at a short distance from Acton, the horse suddenly became restive and un manageable, occasioned by a butcher driving a horse and cart at a furious gallop past Mr..llibbereshorse. Every endeavour was used by that gentleman and the groom to arrest the progress of the animal, but without effect. Mr. Hibbert, to avoid being thrown out of the gig, leaped from it, falling upon his back, and severely injured his spine. The groom, after a short time, succeeded in stopping the horse without further mischief. Mr. Bib bert was conveyed to his residence. The Hon. William Fraser died on Friday morning, , at Lord Saltoun's town residence, in Great Cumberland street. The deceased was second son of Alexander, 15th Lord Saltoun, and , the present Dowager Lady Saltoun. Be was born the 12th Oct. 1791, and married, the 9th April, 1818, Miss. Elizabeth Graham Grant, second daughter of Mr. David M'Dowall Grant, by whom he leaves issue a family of 11 Children. The deceased was only brother and heir presumptive of the Gallant Major- General Lord Saltoun. ' Mr. Alexander Fraser, eldest son of the deceased, now in his 25th year, becomes by his father's death heir presumptive to that ancient Scotch barony. , . , , /77f f e" e -4%," trymen had gained more than usual honour.—(Hear.) He saw among the members present some who had shared in the glories of that battle, and they doubtless knew of the act of bravery and cool courage exhibited in that battle by a Highland regiment, which he was about to relate—an act which, however much it might be admired, could never be properly appreciated by civilians. During the battle of Alexandria a thick fog enveloped both the Highland regiments. The British troops were drawn up in two lines. A French regiment advanced under cover of the fog, and passed into the interval between the two regiments, so as to occupy the rear of the front line and the front of the second line. That front line consisted of a Highland regiment, which was thus engaged in front and rear at the same time.— (Cheers.) They beat their opponents both in front and rear.—(Cheers.) Now he appealed to the officers present if that was not an instance of cool courage almost unparalelled ?—(Loud cheers.) It was that coolness in the hour of danger that made the British Highland soldier the glory of his country.—(Cheers.) But while they thus rejoiced in the glory acquired by their native troops, it behoved them to remember the dear price which they had been called upon to pay for it.—(Hear, hear.) They should recollect the many heroes which on that occasion had been lost to • the service. Abercromby fell covered with laurels in the arms of victory.—(Cheers.) He fell gloriously. Many of his companions, who had exhibited equal prowess, and were an equal honour to the ser vice, had lived to reap the reward of their services ; and although they might feel that they had received the full reward that they were entitled to, yet it was some satisfaction to them to know that their countrymen appreciated their services and were willing to do them justice.—(Loud cheers.) They equally appreciated the services of those who had fallen in the defence of their country.—(Loud cheers.) "For them e'en banquets fond regrets supply, In the red cup that crowns their memory.' (Loud cheers.) lie called upon them, therefore, with that solemn feeling of respect which was befitting the occasion, to drink the memory of Sir Ralph Aber cromby and his brave companions in arms, who fell With him in 1801, on the day of which that was the anniversary, at the battle of Alexandria. The toast was then drunk in solemn silence, after which the bagpipes played a lament. The CursnoLar said it had been usual on these oc casions to invite every officer who had been present at the battle of Alexandria. He now craved the atten tion of the company for Col. Elwyn, who would ex plain how it happened that so many Egyptians were absent on the present occasion. Colonel ELwYN spoke as follows :—Mr. President, on looking around me, I regret much to see so small a portion of my military colnpanion3 assembled to do justice to the occasion that has called us here together. It may probably be accounted for, simply, for two reasons—several members, especially of the United Service Club (all old Egyptians), being, at this time, out of town, and many more having, of late, been called to that .bourne from which no traveller re- turns.' These may be, perhaps, deemed the best excuses that can be odered fur the smallness of the numbers met this day to commemorate the battle and victory of Alexandria, under our gallant chief and veteran commander, Sir Ralph Abercrombie. I feel happy, however, still, in noticing the full meeting of the gentlemen composing the old established institu tion of " the Highland Society of London," and most sincerely do I hope that on every future occasion, and so long as an anniversary of this day is continued, that they may assemble with the same elasticity of spirits and good health as on the present occasion, and also without any apparent diminution of their numbers. I have no apology to offer for the absence of naval Egyptians, they have all received a summons which will, ere long, call us all from the festive pleasures of the Highland hospitality." Song, Air. " The Old Highland Gentleman." The CHISHOLM trusted that all had filled bumpers to do honour to the toast which he was about to pro pose. It was the health of a brave and noble High land British soldier, who from the time he had en tered the service up to the hour when he had quitted China, had been always found whenever his country required his services, and had always acted es a true hearted British soldier.—(Hear, and cheers.) That Society was under peculiar obligations to him, for he was among the best, if he was not the very best Pre sident they had ever had.—(Cheers.) Ile gave the health and long life to Lord Saltoun.—(lmmense cheering.) DruLk with the Highland honours. This toast was followed by a reel. The CiiisHoLm said the next toast was one which he would rather had been proposed by any other in dividualas it was the health of a near and dear rela- tive of his own.—(Cheers.) He would not, however, shrink from the performance of his duty, but would propose the " Health of the President of the past year."—(Cheers.) His defence of Hougoumont would never be forgotten.—(Cheers.) At a late period of the day General Macde,nell had received a wound from a splinter, which had for a moment stunned him, and he fell. The word was passed round, " Macdonell has fallen, the command devolves upon Saltoun." But the blood of the Glengarry rallied— (Cheers) —and with far more energy than politeness, when he heard, " the command devolves upon Sal toun," he exclaimed, " No, I'll be d—d if it does." When on a subsequent occasion the great Captain of the age drank to Lord Saltoun, as the defender of Hougoumont—Lord Saltoun got up, and with the spirit of a true British soldier replied, "No ; I had only the honour to belong to the regiment, and to obey the orders of my superior officer, General Macdonell.—(Loud cheers.) He proposed " Health and long life, to their past President, Sir James Macdonell."—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with Highland honours. Mr. GuniniE rose to propose " The Health of the Chisholm."—(Loud cheers.) They deeply regretted the absence of their President, and they n.ore deeply regretted the melancholy event which had occasioned that absence— (Cheers)—but they had seen that night how admirably their President's place had been sup plied by the Chisholm.—(Cheers.) He was a soldier by profession, and had a soldier's feelings, and the name of the Chisholm roused feelings of enthusiasm in the breast of every Highlander.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with Highland honours. The Ciiisnoizr, in returning thanks, said that be had taken the position he had held that evening, not as of right, not altogether from their election, but Le cause it was understood by every British soldier that he was not to shrink from his duty—(Cheers)—and from the simple feeling that if the front-rank man was removed hy any circumstances, it was the duty of the rear-rank man to step forward and supply his place.—(Loud cheers.) He had, in the beghthing of the evening, asked them for their assistance—that had been cordially granted him.— (Cheers.) He thanked them from his heart for the cordial manner in which they had drunk his health.—(Cheers.) Song—Mr. Moody. The — CuisnoLm then proposed " The Patriarchal system of Chiefs and Clans."—(Cheers.) That sys tem, which had descended to them from their fore fathers, was altogether different from the feudal sys tem. The clansmen were bound together by bonds of affection, and not by those of vassalage and servi tude.—(Cheers.) They drew their claymores for the service of their chief—but if their chief engaged in a cause with which in their• hearts they did not agree—they deposed that chief, and elected another, as they had done at Killiecrankie.— (Cheers.) That system bound the clans to the chief and the chief to the clans by the bonds of mutual affection, and it was the early nurture he received in that system, the early training to obedience which made the Highland soldier the most distinguished among his fellow British soldiers. It was this that made him the most cool in the hour of danger, and in the most imminent peril the most subordinate to his officers.—(Cheers.) He therefore proposed " The Chiefs and Clans." The toast was drunk with loud cheers, and followed by the Lillie-Callum, a sword-dance, which was beautifully performed by Mr. James Davidson. Colonel Burns and Major Burns, the sons of the poet, were then proposed members of the Society, and elected by acclamation. In putting the question, the Chisholm shortly paid a tribute of respect to the memory of Scotia's immortal bard. The manner in which the Chisholm put the question as to the election of mem bers was excellent. He put it negatively in the first instance, and, of course, if there was no opposition to the question, it was carried, thus saving the trouble of putting it twice. Mr. APGREGOR had to propose as a toast the me mory of one, the mention of whose name was suffi cient to inspire in every breast those feelings which were the support of mankind under every difficulty and in every danger. He proposed the memory of Robert Burns--(Cheers)—and he rejoiced that they were that night honoured by the presence of two of the sons of their great poet —(Cheers.) The toast was then drunk in solemn silence. Colonel Burns returned thanks for the manner in which the memory of his father had been drunk. lle was proud to be the son of such a man.—(Cheers.) He had himself long desired to be a member of the Highland Society, and he thanked them for the honour they had conferred on him in electing him that evening..—(Cheers.) Burns' , lrautiful lyric " Of a ' the aids the wind can blaw, waA then most sweetly and tastefully:sung by the poet's son, Major Burns. The song, the singer, and the exquisite simplicity of the melody, excited a feeling which probably could have been produced no where else than in such a meeting. Lord Reid haven, the son of the Earl of Seafield, who will one day be chief of the clan of the Grants, was unanimously elected a member of the society, as were the undermentioned gentlemen :—Captain James Lamont, R.N., Hugh Innes Cameron, John Irvine Glennie, James Currie, James Davidson, Captain Kincaide, Henry Collingwood Ibbetson. ~~ ~~.~ The CHISHOLNI then proposed the health of the Visitors to the Society, which was a , :knowledged by Major-General Briggs. In proposing the Branch Societies, The CritsnoLai mentioned the fact that there were several branch societies established in Canada, and anticipated the greatest possible benefit to the Society from their loyal exertions in that country. . The next toast was "The Caledonian Asylum," which was drunk enthusiastically. " The Emerald Isle" was acknowledged in a brief speech by Dr. POWER. The Cuisnorm then rose to propose one toast more —a toast which his friend near him would give in Gaelic, and which would best explain the mystic feeling which prevailed among Highlanders. It was " Highlanders shoulder to shoulder." Sir J. WRA then gave the toast in Gaelic, which was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. The Pipers then struck up. and MtLeod stepped out for a reel, in which he was joined by Mr. Alexander Macdonald and Mr. James Da vidson and his brother, and this party danced the concluding reel of the evening, at the close of which the Chisholm vacated the chair, and, preceded by the Pipers, left the room in procession. Several other reels were danced during the even ing. One attracted especial applause, in which the dancers were Lord Reidhaven, the Messrs. Davidson, and Mr. G. Bain, the Honorary Secretary. It was " the wee short hour ayont the twal" before the company separated. The dinner and wines were excellent. IRELAND. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. DUBLIN, MARCH 20.—A case of the above nature was tried at the Cork Assizes, before Mr. Justice Ball, on Wednesday and Thursday last, which, of course, excited no small share of interest in the locality. The plaintiff was a young lady, aged 18 years, the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Forrest, a beneficed clergyman of the Established Church ; and the defendant, Captain O'Brien, of the 72d Highlanders, which regiment was stationed at Mitchelstown, in the county of Cork, last autumn. An acquaintance sprung up between the par ties, and, after a brief courtship, the Gallant Officer pro posed marriage, was at once accepted, and the day all but fixed for the nuptial ceremony. Subsequently, however, the defendant, who has reached the ma ture age of forty years, slackened in his attentions, and finally broke off on bis corps being ordered for foreign service. The main ground relied upon for the defence was, that the evidence for the plaintiff, documentary or otherwise, failed in furnishing positive proof .of an actual promise of marriage. Colonel Sir Gaspard Le Marchant was examined with the view of showing, from his military experience, that the pay of a captain of infantry was of itself totally inadequate to maintain a wife in respectability ; and, in answer to a question by the plaintiff's counsel, as to whether there was any additional accommodation provided for an officer when he married and brought his wife home to quarters, the witness replied in the negative, adding, amidst shouts of laughter, that the Commander-in-Chief did not recognise the ladies at all. The jury, after twenty minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 250/, damages and 6d. costs, the foreman adding, that if there was any proof that the defendant had any property beyond his pay, they would award much larger damages. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - - OXFORD, MARCH 22.—Congregations will be held for the purpose of granting graces and conferring degrees on the following days in the ensuing Term, viz.:—April, Wednesday, 2 • April, Thursday, 10 ; April, Thur s d a y, 24 ; May, Friday, 2 ; May, Saturday, 10. No person will, on any account, be admitted as a can didate for the degree of B.A. or M.A., or for those of B.C.L. or B.M. (without proceeding through Arts), whose name is not entered in the book kept -for that purpose at the Vice-Chancellor's house on or before the day preceding the day of congregation. P. 13. SYMONS, Vice-Chancellor. Wadham College, March 20. Oriel College election takes place next Friday. PREFERMENTS. Annesley, Rev. Francis, M.A., to the rectory of Clif 'cord Chambers. Cullinson, Rcv. 11. K., incumbent of Trinity Church, Stockton, to the vicarage of Stannington, near Morpeth. Groom, Rev. J. A. M., at present curate of Padiham, has been appointed to the curacy of St. John's, Liver pool. Holmes, Rev. William, rector of Thelveton, Norfolk, to the rectory of Scole, in the same county, by dispety. sation from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. Kennicott, Rev. R. D., incumbent of Horton, near Blyth, to Trinity Church, Stockton. Rees, Rev. Charles Davies, of Park, Carmarthen shire, to the vicarage of Llanwerthol, in the county of Brecon, with the Endowed Grammar School at the same place. Rhodes, Thomas Jackson, late scholar of *St. John's College, Cambridge, to the second mastership of King Edward's Grammar School, at Macclesfield. We regret to have to announce the death of Gene ral Robert Browne Clayton, in his 74th year, of Adling ual Hall, Lancashire, and of Carrickbourne, county Wexford, Ireland. He was Colonel in the 12th Light Dragoons and served in that regim en t i n P or t uga l, Egypt, and the Roman States. He married the heiress of Sir Richard Clayton, Bart. His extensive and nume rous estates devolve on his only son, Richard Browne Clayton, Esq. Died, on Sunday, the IGth inst., in the 31st year of his age, Captain Brunswick Smyth, only son of Major General George Stracy Smyth. Major-General Smyth was Governor of New Brunswick, and Equerry to his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, his brother, the lute Rev. John George Smyth, having been for more than 20 years chaplain to his Royal Highness, DEATH OF THE HON. ALFRED LASCELLES,--OR Friday, the Hon. Alfred Lascelles, fifth son of the Earl and Countess of Harewood, died at Harewood House, Yorkshire, aged 16. He had-recently arrived in York shire from Eton, for the holidays. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF PORTMORX.—We have to notice the death of the above Countess, who, on Thursday last, died, at her residence at Bath, after a short illness. The deceased Countess was in her 69th year, and was second wife of the late Earl of Portmore, a title now extinct. The Countess was youngest daughter of the late Mr. William Murrell, and married the Earl of Portmore the 6th of September, 1828 ; but by whom the Countess did not have any family. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR C. WALE, K.C.B.—The death of this officer took place at his seat, Little Shel ford, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday last, in the 81st year of his age. The deceased officer at his death was Colonel of the 33d (or Ist Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot, which has now become vacant. Ile was born in 1763, of very ancient family, that came to this country at the period of the Conquest. For his services at Guadaloupe, where he was wounded in storming the heights, he re ceived the distinction of a medal. He also served with distinction at Gibraltar, and in the campaign of 1779, in Holland, when he was present at most of the several contests that took place there, and was after wards appointed Governor of Martinique. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS POTTER, K.B.—We have to record the death of Sir Thomas Potter,K.B.,who expired at his seat, Bride Hall, near Manchester, on Thursday last, in his 71st year. Sir Thomas was son of J. Potter, Esq., of 'radcaster, Yorkshire, by the daughter of S. Hartley, Esq., and elder brother of the late IL Pot ter, Esq., of Broughton House, Manchester, who contested the borough of Wigan, Lancazddre, in July, 1830, and was elected M.P. for that place in 1832, 1835, and 1837. The deceased married, firstly, in 1808, a daughter of S. Palmer, Esq., of York, and, secondly, in 1812, a'daughter of Thomas Bayley, of Manchester. Sir Thomas was the first and second Mayor of Manchester, after a charter have been granted to that borough. He was a ma gistrate of Lancashire, and much respected on the judi cial bench. REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD POULTON.—This vene rable naval officer died on Sunday, the 16th instant, at Richmond Villa, Clifton Wells, after an illness of some duration. He was in his 80th year, and was on the list of retired rear-admirals on half-pay. . ROYAL ARTILLERY.—GENERAL ORDER, MARCH 17.—Field-Marshal the Commander-in-Chief having laid before the Queen the revised procc. dings of the General Court-martial, held at Montreal, Canada East, on the 19th of July, 1844, and continued by . adjournments to the 30th of the same month, for the trial of Assistant- Surgeon Benjamin George Calder, medical department, together with the decision of the Court on its re-assembly on the 20th of December, by which he (Assistant-Sur geon Calder) was sentenced to be dismissed her Ma jesty's service ; his Grace has signified that her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the revised sentence and finding of the Court, which the Master General de sires may be promulgated in general orders to the Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Signed, H. D. Ross, Deputy Ad j u tan t- General. PRINCE ALBERT AND THE DUKE OF ROTHESAY.--• It may not be generally known that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is Duke of Rothesay, as well as Duke of Cornwall, and which it would appear from the following incident which has recently occurred, was either unknown to or forgotten by his royal father. One morning a card was presented at Buckingham Palace to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, upon which was en graved " The Duke of Rothesay," and an audience so licited. Ilis Royal Highness seemed puzzled and re peated the name several times, saying he did not recol lect ever liming heard of such a nobleman, but he con sented to give the r( quired audience and ordered the Duke of Rothesay to be shown in, when he was agree ably surprised by the entrance of the heir apparent, at tired in fall Highland costume, attended by her Majesty's piper. The above amusing incident was productive of comiderable entertainment to the royal circle. DARING STREET ROBBERY.-011 Saturday after noon the police received information that a lady named Bryant, residing at Lambeth, was robbed in Crawford street, Portman-square. of nearly 501., under the follow ing circumstances :—Mrs. Bryant left her home between eleven and twelve o'clock, and got into an omnibus to proceed to Crawford-street. At the corner of Baker street and Crawford streershe was put down and paid her fare, having just before quitting the omnibus taken the money out of her purse, which she immediately re turned to her pocket. On her arrival at the house of a gentleman named Dent, in Crawford-street, she missed t:er purse, which was a green leather one, containing a 40/. Bank of England note, six sovereigns, and some 'silver, w hen she recollected . that two young men, who had with them a lad, and who sat opposite to her, had watched her while opening her purse ; and it has since been ascertained that the same parties left the omnibus immediately after Mrs. Bryant, and walked down Craw ford-street behind her, when there is no doubt they picked her pocket of the purse, ,All three can be identified, I