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NOTICE. 3 , 1 R. DISRAEL I'S CHAR LES. I. The New and Revised Edition of THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I. By I. DISRAELI. • Edited by his Son, B. DISRAELI, M.P. IS NOW READY, in 2 vols. Svo., 283. bound. " Mr. Disraeli has conceived that the republication of his father's Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles I.' is peculiarly well.timed at the present moment, and he indicates the well-known chapters on the genius of the Papacy, and the critical relations of Protestant sovereigns with Roman Catholic subjects as reflecting, mirror-lile, the events, thoughts, passions, and perplexities of the present agitated epoch.' No apology was needed for re-introducing to the world so instructive and original a work."—Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. H ES, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. MASSOL. It is respectfully announced that in addition to the talent already announced, an Engag,ment has been made with M. MASSOL, who has arrived, and will shortly appear. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, Uniting the talents of Madlle. Caroline Duprez, Madame Florentini, Signor Calzolari, M. Ponlifer, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, and Madlle. Amalie. Ferraris. It•is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, April 3, when will be presented Auber's celebrated Opera, entitled GUSTAVE III.; ou, Le Bal Masque. Arnelie, Madame Fiorentini ; Arvedson, Madlle. Feller; Oscar (page of the King), Madlle. Caroline Enprez ; Ankastrom, Signor Lorenzo ; Dehern, Signor F. Lablache ; Ribbing, M. Poultier ; Gus tav! 111., Signor Calzolari. In the Ball-room Scene 3ladlle. Carlotta Grisi will appear in a ;rand Pas, assisted by Mcsdlles. Aussandon and Dantuine ; with va . ions Entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which Madlle. Cailotta Grisi, Mesdiles. Aussandon, Tedeschi, Soldansky, Dantoine, Madlle. Amalie Ferraris, MM. Ehrick, Gosselin, Venefra, Gouriet, Di Matta, and Charles will appear. To be followed by a new and original Ballet, :I la Watteau, entitled L'ILE DES AMOURS. Composed by M. Paul Taglion% the Musla by M. Nadaud, the scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris will appear. Fleurette (Bergere), 2.1d11e. Amalia Ferraris. Colin (son Fiance). M. Charles. Gregoire (Pere de Colin), 31. di 3lattia. Blaise (Amoureux de Fleurette), M. Ehriek, Le Governeur de des Amours, 3f. Gosselin. Mdlle. de FolLaiiges (Grand Dame), Mine. Petit Stephan. ire Chef des Amours, Mille. Tedeschi, 2me Chet des Amours, Mdlle. Aussandon. Un Maitre de Ceremor'es, M. Venafra. Astro'agues (Cornierller du Gouverneur), M. Gourlet pasto rale. Tableau, La Lot Impossible. "Les Fiances," dam s° " Le Jen de la Rose," pas de dens, par se Alcille. Amaliaion. ads . and 31. Charles. Le Goverme nt . Amoura,,x• Sa Deception. Vengeance. La Proclamation. Jadis et Anjourd'hui," Second Tableau, La Paysanne a la Cour. Lstte de la Dance Roccoca et Modern, scene executes par et M. Gosselin. Amalia Ferraris, Mine. Petit S ~..t:Phan.e du Chef des Amours, Third Tableau, Les Amours Vence.-- Pape a les Amours," Balla -314i1e. Tedeschi. " Les Be eyes cuptlvees bine, par Aldlle. Amalia Fe—rr-aris, 3idlle Tedeschi, et les Dames du final, par Mdlle. Corps de Ballet. "Les Berger.... el ' a isses ' " C P . Charles. et Corps de Ballet. Arnalla Ferraris, 3fdlle. Tedeschi, Lnours. " Le Pas da Trebuchet," Fourth Tableau, La Chasse au executie par Mdlle. Tedesci, Mdlle. Aussandon, and M. & ours. Comme on se laisse Ehrfck. La Course aui' prendre dans sea filets. a Proclamation Abolie. Le Pardon. Divertissement. Gran d Pal' de Deux, par 3 1 dile. Amalia Ferraris arid M. Charles, ac e° • m pagnes par Mdlles. Soto, Emma, Lavinia, Soldansky, Vanhotlen, et Beale. Final General et Apotheose des Armours. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of the The atre. 1) rs opened at Seven, the Opera to corn mance at na lf. t uiat Sevenooo'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. I•essee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Slrvanta T H E QUEEN OF SPADES. Prince of Moskau, Mr. W. Lacy; Ivan, Mr. J. Anderson ; Kopeck, Mr. Barrett; Katinka Nelldorf, Xiss F. Vining; Olga, Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ XEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Mr. J. Ander- Don ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, idlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera do Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. Mr. JAMES ANDERSON has the honour to announce to his Friends and the Patrons of the Drama generally, that his BENEFIT is fixed for SATURDAY, April 12, being the Last Night of perform ing before Easter, on which occasion will be presented Schiller's magnificent romantic Play of THE ROBBERS (adapted to the English Stage by Mr. James Anderson), and other Entertainments, particulars of which will be duly anncunced. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Air. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Moil:Ws Comedy of TARTUFFE. Oregon, Mr. Lambert ; Damis, Mr. Davenport ; Valere, Mr. Howe ; Cleante, Mr. Rogers ; Turtuffe, Mr. B. Webster ; 31. Loyal, Mr. Selby ; El mire, Miss Reynolds ; Marione, Miss L. Addison ; Dorine, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which THE SERIOUS FAMILY. To conclude with a new and original Farce called MAKE TIIE BEST OF IT. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WILLOW COPSE. To be followed by JACK IN THE GREEN. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, AddisoN, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Airs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new Melodrama, entitled PAULINE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrit. Bole Lessee, Mr Charles M.theom- Last Week but One of King Charming, previous to the Easter Holidays THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Atter 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, Horncastle, Suter, Betlingbam, and Henna ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with USED UP. ROYAL OLYIIYIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. MIS Er Nr TG. Will be performed THE REWRING FAVOURITE, After which CHARLES KING. To conclude wizli FRIEND WAGGLES. ROYAL AMPRITHEATIZE. Usider the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. • Nxtra , rtlinary series of attractive novelties. Last sights preparatory to Easter. Decided hit of Torn Thumb The Great. Last Week of Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams who will appear in one of their favourite afterpieces. THIS lIVENI.NI4, The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF AltC; or the Mali of Or- leans, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the laughable Farce of PORK CHOPS ; or a Dream at limae, :n which Mr. Cieor; , 3 Wild and Miss Fanny Wil liams will appear. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. MOH WATER AI LONDON BRIDGE Tins DAY 17 3tiornig - Inaln;tift;r 3 I Evening 16 min. after 3 14,-)foasow —Morning 32 min. after Evening 4 ran. after 3 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICR, APRIL 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning atul during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, SO .OS. WIND N.N•E•—hazy weather, with occasional sunshine. D AILY WEATHER TABLE. - State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLyatcyurn—Wind W., gentle breeze—rain. PORTSIIOUTII—W in d W., strong breeze—overcast. niticaToti—Wind S.W.,_ gentle breeze—overcast. Seternamp-rox—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudy. FOLKESTONE—wi n d S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. l'lninnapc.n—Wind NV., gentle breeze —overcast. BASINGSTOKE—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICEI—Wind S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. SWINDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Lkicarrox—Wirral S.W., gentle breeze—rain. Co LCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CAmitttn)Ga—Wind S.W. gentle breeze—rain. BuouNcaust —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudy • Wurn3Y—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. B'lllWlCK—Wind W., gentle breeze partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday ramming— at nine o'clock : L ENBRi cg—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CARLOW—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. MuLIANGAB.—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. PooLE—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LgIGHTON—Wind N.V., gentle breeze—overcast. BIRMINGHAM —Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. FISTERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CREWE—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudy. Lonsa poor,-,Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. y OKK _Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. WHITEVAVEN - Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.) .... , ~.,;.., 0, / CAI. • VI, , : te a '-- - 4 • • .' - . 1- tieiza, •., ' ' . /._. l'''s 4 - -,- 4 ; • , idi.lo.- . - .. , •'•'•eXio• ' ' f '''''''' ** ''- -,•• 0, '• c•' , 4* . - vi. • ;3/Li:l' • $. 0 A 1.. ", - 42: , -.1 . •- • ' ' ' 4 'i; ...,;: ' • '7. meice.:' , ' P. . , ...... ..0;(111mx,110 LONDON, TIIURsDAir, APRIL 3, 1851. The House of Commons sa t Yester day at Twelve. The Compound Household ers ' B ill went through Committee. Mr. LOCKE KING moved the second reading of the Bill for the Extension of the Franchise in Counties. Mr. HUME and Mr. P. llowA.ao supported the Bill. Mr. Fox MAIILE did not object to the principle of the measure, but considered the present moment inop portune for bringing it forward. Sir B. HALL, Sir DE LACY EVANS, Col. T Mr. BENAL O SI IoRNE, Mr. HEADLAN, Mr. rmPSC'N' ic R M. CLAY, and Colonel RostiLLY, all recommended th:;! i ' th r : dra.wal of the Bill for the. present. Mr. BRIGHT, though hopeless of succeeding, wished it to go on, as did Mr. T. DnNCOMBE and Mr. Alde rman SIDNEY. • Lord J. RUSSELL submitted that it was better to wait for a comprehensive measure until next session than snatch impatiently now at a partial one. lie reiterated his pledge to bring forward a Bill for extending the franchise at the very commerxement of the session next year, but declined from prudential reasons to specify any details. After a few words from Mr. DISRAELI and Mr. W. 0. STANLEY in opposition to the measure, and a short reply from Mr. LOCKE KING, the House divided, when there appeared— ,For the second reading ... 83 Against ••• •.. ••• •• • 299 Majority against the second reading —216 The Audit of Railway Accounts Bill was read a second time on the motion of Mr. LOCKE. The Expenses of Prosecution Bill was committed, pro forma, on the motion of Sir Q. OAST. The reports on the Mutiny and Marine Mutiny Bills were brought up and agreed to. The House then adjourned. Thirteen years ago Sir ROBERT PEEL delivered that memorable oration in Threadneedle-street which ultimately led to the foundation of a great party based upon the principles of Conservatism. A recollection of this circumstance appears to have revived during the last few days the fading hopes of the Protectionists. Hence the rather disproportioned significance associated in their minds with the enter tainment given yesterday evening by the Merchant Taylors' Company to Lord STANLEY and his political adherents. It was presumed that a similar banquet, given in the same hall, under somewhat kindred auspices, must necessarily lead to results almost identical in their character. PEEL had formerly overwhelmed the MELBOURNE Administration. STANLEY ; by adopting the like tactics, and discharg ing the artillery of his rhetoric from the same quarter, was to scatter dismay through Downing-street and as effectually to destroy the remaining forces of the RUSSELL Government. Now, to our thinking, imi tations are almost inevitably failures, or, at any rate, only so far successful as to derive an evanescent im portance from the glory cast around them by the remembrance of their prototypes. It has, there fore, been to us but little cause for astonishment to find the expected manifesto of the Stanleyites dege nerating into after-dinner eloquence, their looked-for declaration of pringiples degraded to complimentary twaddle, and their anticipated thunderclap a mere Brummagem Demonstration. We are perfectly aware that it may appear little short of high treason to mention, in language at all flavoured by derision, any proceedin gs o f tat very gifted and chivalric statesman who is regarded by many as the probable successor to the consulship. His brilliant powers as a rhetorician have been too frequently displayed by the " Rupert of Debate" to admit, according to some, of any scornful allusion being made to his latest, and his not least elaborately prepared, harangue. We are ready to acknowledge, of course, as every one gifted with the most mediocre faculties of appreciation must perforce acknowledge, that Lord STANLEY is, among all living orators, per haps one of the most scholarly, as he is unquestionably one of the most distinguished. Nevertheless, we must at once avow that in his speech of yesterday we can no where discover those lofty claims to admiration either in reference to good taste or to logical acumen. Let any unprejudiced man read that speech dispassionately, and we defy him to commend the speaker conscien tiously in either of those particulars. Let him read it without knowing beforehand whose lips it fell from, and we defy him, if he be an unprejudiced man, to peruse it without feelings very nearly approaching to absolute contempt—contempt too profound for indig nation. Why, as a mere specimen of declamation the harangue dwindles down to veritable insignificance. And as a flagrant defiance of all the proprieties of political etiquette, it stands altogether beyond the reach of comparison. Remembering only too bitterly the death of one of the greatest statesmen who has ever adorned the annals, or presided over the destinies of England, the people will listen with sorrow to the sinister reference made by Lord STANLEY to the most notable act in the life of that illustrious man ; when, disclaiming any intention to wound the memory of the departed, the Noble Lord hinted with a dark and disingenuous significance that he would " draw a veil" over that recollection. What posthumous slander is this ? Directed too against the vanished genius of one as noble in nature as the very noblest of his antagonists, as elevated in pa triotism, and as spotless i❑ reputation ! And this, moreover, from one who was formerly glad to be numbered among the ranks of his supporters, the Roland of the Lords, and the knight-errant of the Legislature ! But all this, we may be told, is allowable just for the sake of rhetorical colouring, as a prelude, a foil, and a contrast to the panegyric immediately afterwards pronounced by Lord STAN LEY upon another departed leader of the Commons House of Parliament. A panegyric on whom ? On one endowed by nature with a gallantry so conspi cuous as to be little less than Quixotic.• On a brave, out-spoken, resolute, and unflinching upholder of doctrines that might otherwise have been altogether abandoned in desperation. In a word, a panegyric on the memory of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. Some eulogistic allusions to that daring champion of the Protectionists was naturally almost demanded, if it were only out of considerations of gratitude. An encomiastic allusion to his efforts immediately before his sudden and lamented departure was about the most graceful tribute that could possi bly have been offered by Lord STANLEY. And any thing in this way we should—Free-traders though we are—have hearkened to with a respectful and sympa thising deference. But the exaggerated and prepos terous adulation indulged in by the chieftain of the Country Party when referring to the late representa tive of King's Lynn, is so nauseous from its extrava gance, that while we esteem and even admire the memory of the eulogised, we laugh to scorn the eulogiser. Why, the panegyric scarcely falls short of being an actual apotheosis. The manes of a departed demigod could hardly be propitiated with more hyper bolical flattery. The greatest hero that ever lived would look little under the trappings of such over gilded compliment. And all this is effected, more over, through the medium of claptrap sentiments ex pressed in the tritest phraseology. "To say that he had his failings," exclaimed Lord STANLEY, in a tone of magnificent concession, " and that he committed errors, is to say no more than that he was a mortal man." We fancy we have heard those words before —just once or twice. " But his failings," continued the eulogist, " were failings that lean to virtue's side' [an expression applied already some few dozen times to others besides the village parson of GoLDssirrn] ; and his errors were the too vehement ebullitions of a generous and indignant spirit, that could not curb the language which flowed to his tongue when he witnessed what he thought in- justice." A rather ungraceful reminder, this, of vi tuperations it were well poor Lord GEORGE had never indulged in—seeing that they tended to accuse wrongfully a great and pure nature of conduct the most dastardly, leading by inference even to a charge of secret assassination ! To return, however, from this sickening stab in the dark to a dead man slum bering in an honourable grave—the orator pursues his theme with an undiminished glibness of abounding platitudes and diluted commonplaces. " That n oble heart," he say s, " has lon g ceased to beat [a rather,,threadbare method of re ferring to a dissolution] ; and the untutored elo quence which flowed from those lips is now heard no more" —a remark, withal, not less hackneyed in expression, and somewhat blunderingly intro duced, seeing that it calls only too:'painfully to the remembrance of tho se who have ever listened to the departed nobleman, the distressing hesitation of his delivery, the scarcely comprehensible entangle ment of his argument, and the interrupted manner of his articulation —very nearly amounting to a positive impediment of speech. Such were among the most tawdry adornments of that classic oration in which Lord STANLEY yesterday bid for the red boxes, and the red tape, and, sweetest of all, th e red, red,gold inseparable from the prerogatives and responsibilities ' of the British Government. Most of the other speakers at the banquet last evening would seem to have been infected by the disease of flattery, with which the Noble Leader of the Protectionists was so lamentably tor mented. Among these must be especially particularised the Honourable and Learned G en _ tlernan the representative of 111idhurst. Oue al most laughs to hear the grandiloquence of his toast to a personage " equally distinguished in the camp and iu the Cabinet" —could it be the health; of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON ? No, but—" the tried friend of the agricultural interest, the Duke of R,cum„D." Were the object of the panegyric to have asked those who evidenced astonishment at the non sequitur, suredly they might have been tempted to answer, as lixsiLET anBWer s POLONIIIS----" Excellent well, you are a fishmonge r r' One honourable and almost solitary exception to this display of weakn ess or s ycophancy was visible in the Honourabl e Gentleman the Protectionist leader of the House of Commons, a popular repre sentative) according to th e appropriate express i ons o f Lord STANLEY) " whose tal en t s f or con ducting a party had been proved in many a well-foughtfield ; and whose weight, ability, and eloquence were the admiration of his friends and the terror of his enemies." The eloquent and well considered speech in which Mr. DISRAELI responded to this emphatic tribute of admiration, and to some extent also, we might even say, of gratitude, was the solitary counterpoise to the otherwise distressing and unre deemed indecorums which characterized the de monstration. For inasmuch, therefore, as his oration tended to mitigate the disgust with which the entire entertainment must have been otherwise regarded, the members of the Protectionist party have new cause for thankfulness to the repre sentative of Buckinghamshire. Actions for libels against public journalists will speedily cease to be fashionable. Thanks to consti tutional British Judges, and honest and intelligent British Juries, the liberty of the Press is at length placed on a solid foundation. While we are so fortu nate as to possess such men as the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE of England, Lord Chief Justice JERVIS, Mr. Justice ERLE, and their distinguished and able coadjutors presiding on the Bench of Justice, and impartially administering the laws of the land, but little encou ragement will be afforded to needy or vindictive plain tiffs to bring forward frivolous or unfounded com. plaints, in order to gratify their malice or cupidity at the expense of the fourth estate. Neither will specu lative attorneys be quit© so willing to carry on such suits, seeing that "a farthing damages will (no longer) carry costs." The " good old time," when 5001., or 1,0001., or 1,5001. verdicts could be obtained, when numerous suits might be instituted against every person in any way connected with a publication, for one and the same cause of action, have departed, we trust, never to return. They are buried in " the tomb of all the Capulets," and long may it before any judge or jury can be found to make any effort for their resuscitation. Since last Trinity term we have had to comment on the of such actions, two against ourselves (by the same individual and for the same alleged cause), and one each against our contemporaries the Weekly Dispatch, the Times, and the Daily .News. The results were similar in every case ; verdicts for the defendants, or for merely nominal damages were returned. The plaintiffs gained nothing, except the privilege of bear ing their own costs, and, in some instances, of defray ing those of the defendants ! Another experiment was also tried last week, but there was still no change. The plaintiff and the plaintiff's attorney re ceived but little encouragement from a special jury of the county of Norfolk, who, after hearing an admi rable and lucid charge from the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Common Pleas, returned a verdict, which was equivalent to a decision in favour of the defendant, and assessing damages (in case that decision should be set aside on a point of law, so that a new investigation should not be re quired under any circumstances) at the smallest coin of the realm, " one farthing," the usual remunera tion for parties who coma into court for the alleged purpose of vindicating their characters without clean hands. Our respected, uncompromising, and talented contemporary, the Norwich Mer cury, has thus fought the good fight on behalf of its order. It was on this occasion placed in the posi tion of champion of public journalism, which suf fered nothing in its hands, for ably and manfully it discharged the onerous and important duty, and per formed its devoir in true chivalric style. There was a considerable family resemblance be tween the cases of ABBOTT B. BACON and of `DICKS v. LAWSON, to which we directed the public attention towards the end of February. In the latter case the action was brought by a dis missed turnkey of Marlborough -street Police court, who was discharged from his situation on " suspicion " of conniving at the escape of a notorious convict. The reporter of the Times, how ever, in speaking of the transaction six months after it had occurred, unfortunately omitted the word "sus picion." The name of the plaintiff was not men tioned, and few, indeed, could have identified the party alluded to. The omission of the single word however, entitled the plaintiff to a verdict, but the jury made that a matter of but little consequence, by assessing the damages at " one farthing !" So that the only practical difference between the verdict for the plaintiff and one for the defendant was the one fourth part of a penny. We say the only practical difference, for the plaintiff having sued in forma pauperis no costs could have been obtained from him, even had there been a decision in favour of the defendant. In the other case the plaintiff was not "a dis charged turnkey," but a " resigned superintendent of police," who had been charged by the Norwich Mercury with having purloined various articles from the shop of a chemist at Derebam. There could be no doubt that this charge led to the " resignation" of the plaintiff; but the publication had nothing to do with that resignation, for it had taken place before the publication of the article complained of ; the orders of the 10th and 27th of December, 1850, pro duced in evidence, having spoken of the " resigna tion" as having been accepted, while the article only appeared on the 28th of December, after the mis chief had been done. It afforded, however, a favourable opportunity for the plaintiff to attempt the retrieval of his damaged reputation. It was much pleasanter to stand his trial for the alleged felony as a plaintiff in an action for libel than as a prisoner in the dock. In the former case, if acquitted, he would recover his costs and expenses, as well A 3 a handsome pecuniary recompense from the defendant; but if the decision should be adverse, the only injury would be a liabi lity to the defendant for the costs of the defence, a liability which, under all thecircumstances of the case, Mr. BACON may find it exceedingly difficult to enforce; whereas, had the question been tried by a criminal prosecution , in place of by a civil proceeding, he would have borne his own costs and expenses, re ceiving no pecuniary compensation in the event of an acquittal; while if there were a conviction, he would have expiated his offence by undergoing a suitable punishment. We need scarcely say which branch of the alternative was most agreeable to the gallant ex-superintendent. He selected the civil tribunal for reasons that may easily be understood, and the result is known. The jury declared him to be guilty of one of the felonies charged against him in the plea of justification, and in the event of there being anything to set aside that verdict, they assessed the damages at a farthing on the other charges which had not been sustained. The results of those various cases seem to indicate the necessity for some change in the law, restricting the power of bringing such actions for libel against public journals. GOD furbid that we should prevent any man from vindicating his cha racter if it had been unjustly assailed. But an action for damages is not the best way of retrieving an injured reputation. It is in variably considered that a criminal information,wbere the court exercises a discretionary power, before sanctioning such a mode of proceeding, and where, in order to obtain the necessary permission, a com plainant must come into court with clean hands, denying, on his own affidavit, the truth and accuracy o f t y h ing, eac cusation that has been put forward, is the proper and satisfactory method of proceeding, if he set a just value on his own character. 'We would suggest then that some such preliminary investigation should take place before one or more of the judges before an action for libel for any thing that appeared in a public journal, and that the presiding judge or judges should be enabled to refuse permis sion to bring such an action, save on the condition of the plaintiff giving full security for the defendant's costs in the event of an unfavourable verdict being returned against him. There would be no hardship in this to any person who was really aggrieved, although it would put a total stop to such actions as those brought by the " di sm i ssed turnkey " or "th e res i gne d somesuperintendent," oafndpowunods to would have P saved roPrie t t l o i r e s l o o f ss ercury. th o e Tines and of the Norwich M f LEGAL APPOINTMENTS. —Mr. G. Turner has been appointed to the new Vi ce - Chancellorship. The Mister of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Brett, of the Chancery bar, his chief secretary, and Mr. Knight his first gentleman of the chamber. Ne other changes have been made in consequence of the appointment of Sir John Romilly to the Rolls, his honour having, with a kind regard to the services of the persons holding office, declined to avail himself of his right to exercise his patronage to the full extent. —Morning Paper. THE NEW LAW OFFICERS OF THE CROWN.....SiT John Romilly, the new Master of the Rolls, and Sir Alex ander Cockburn, the new Attorney-General, were yesterday re-elected, without opposition, for Devonport and Southamp ton reepectiveln HIT EVENING, APRIL 3, 1851. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Constitutionnel states that the negotiations for the formation of a Ministry have been resumed with M. Odilon Barrot, and that the following gentlemen will in all probability be members of the Cabinet:—MM. Fould, Baroche, Rouher, Chasseloup-Laubat, De Toe queville, Gustave de Beaumont, General Aupick, and Quentin Bauchart. It was at one time reported that M. Benoit D'Azy, the Legitimatist, would join the new Cabinet. M. Thiers, General Bedeau, and General Changer flier will, it is said, oppose any Cabinet of which AIM could and Baroche shall be members. The Bourse was again dull, without any great variation in the quotations of Government stock. Railroad shares declined slightly. The Five per Cents. opened at 931.60 c., and closed at 93f. 40c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 40c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8951.; Rouen, 647 f. 50c.; Havre. 285 f.; Great Northern, 477 f. 50c.; Avignon, 206 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 4501.; Basle, 1581. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75e.; Paris and Strasburg, 371 f. 23c.; Tours and Nantes, 2781. 75c. BUSH\ ESS DOSE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2. Boulogne and Amiens, 94—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1734—Dutch Rhenish, 3%—Luxembourg, 1 —Ditto, 2%—Maria Antonia, 84—Namur and Liege, 8-- Northern of France, 1474—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 1 / 4 Paris and Strasbourg, loy, - Rouen and Havre, 11 Sambre and Meuse, 3M—Tours and Nantes, 6. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived. General MENDF:z VIGO has been appointed Captain. General of Madrid. The Committee on the Public Debt have adopted the whole of the Ministerial propositions. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 29.—The Three per Cents. were done at 351 for time; the Four per Cents, at 15; the Five per Cents. at 18; the Debt without Interest at 7i; and the Coupons at 94. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin of the 31st ult. state that it was considered impossible that the MANTEUFFEL Ministry could stand. Count ALVENSLEBEN has refused the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. The Staats-Anzeiger, for so many years the only offi cial organ of the Prtmian Government, will cease to exist after the Ist of July, and the official announce ments will thereafter appear in the Preussische Zeitung, late the Deutsche Reform. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. General VAN DER HORST and the staff of the Holstein army hare been dismissed, and the Holstein Marine Academy abolished. The Notables for Denmark and Schleswig have been nominated. ITALY. The Risorgimento of the 29th ult. states that a great number of Romans intended to visit the London Expo sition. "But," adds the correspondent of the Turin journal— "The Government will not grant passports to all those who will apply for them. I know that the Pope has dis suaded a learned prelate, who had come to take leave of him, from undertaking the journey. lam assured that the Nea politan Government will be still more severe than that of Rome with regard to delivering passports for London." LLOYD'S SHIPYIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, Arm, 3.—Wind this day at noon N.W., cloudy. HULL, APRIL I.—The Jean and Mary schooner, off Banti, from Findhorn to G oo l e , sun k near t h e S purn la s t night. of p er being in cont ac t ; crew save d . ROCHESTER, APRIL I.—Sid. Maidstone, Manilla. BRIDPORT, Arau, I.—Sld. Saucy Jack, St. John's, New foundland. QUEENSTOW N , MARCH 31.—Sid. Ella, New York. LIMERICK, MARCH 3l.—Arrd. Rambocia, Constantinople. GRANGEMOUTH, MARCO! 31. Sid. Henry Porcher, Quebec. SHIELDS, MARCH 31.—S1d. Robert Moffatt, Leghorn; Robert and Mary, Copenhagen and Quebec. CUXHAVEN, MARCH 30.—A Dutch ruff is on shore above Ottundorf. GLUCILSTADT, MARCH 29.—The Sophie Augustine, of St. Vaust, was towed in here yesterday, dismasted and aban doned, having been picked up off Bockum Reef; she is sup , posed to have been in contact with a steamer. YARMOUTH, Aram I.—A lieu'. board was washed on shore at Caister yesterday, with the name "Isabella Scott" thereon, in gilt letters. APPLEDORE, APRIL I.—A piece of timber, 57i feet in length, was washed on shore at the back of the Barrows yes terday, apparently some time in the water. DEAL, Arum W.S.W.— Kron Prins Oscar, Longwund for Falmouth ; Jan Daniel, Java, for Rotterdam ; Barbara, Hjorth, Frederickahold; Somnauth, Lawson, Bombay; Sertum, Sparks, Berbico. Sld. Susan, Collings, the Nassau; Scud, Turk's Island. Arrd. from River, Lord Dalhousie, Ferris, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 2.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Gertrude, Middlemist, Sand Island; Emily West, Porto Rico; Juno, Morn, Savannah; Chimboyayo, Nelson, Valparaiso; Hal cyon, Wade, and Geo. Baynes, Penhallow, New Orleans; Eliza Morrison, M'Culloch, Mobile; Agnes, Brown, Apala chicola. Sld. Jane Hammond, Lady Elgin, Eliza Anna, and New York, Quebec. Off port, Florist. The American Lass, from Lisbon to Newfoundland, was spoken with on the 24th March, in lat. 47 N., long. 29 W., having lost her rudder five days previously, but with another on deck ready to ship when the sea went down. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, APRIL 2.—Plantagenet, Bird, London for Madras. PORTiMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrd. Selina, Lutberg, St. Petersburgh for Boston. Sld. City of Glasgow steamer, Cape of Good Hope. PENZANCE, APRIL. I.—Arrd. Constance Margarette,Utrich sen, Longsound. Sld. Mountaineer, New York. SOUTIIAMrTON, APRIL 2.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Dee steamer, West Indies. GUERNSEY, APRIL 2. —Wind S.W.—Sld. Daring,Havannah. JERSEY, APRIL 1. —Wind N.N. W.—Sld. Brand and P.R.C., Arichat, Harnatorre, Gaspe; Sophia, Paspebiac. NEWPORT, Arial , I.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Prima Donna, Porto Rico; Caroline, St. Thomas* Bacchus, Quebec. QUEEN,TOWN, APRIL I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Duncan Rit chie, Jopp, Callao; Maid of Erin, Ibraila and Falmouth. LIMERICK, APRIL 1. —Wind N.W. - Arrd. Rambachia, Yretta, Ibraila ; Adrianople. Melfs, Alexandria. Sld. Napoleon, and Hopewell, New York. ovEn, APRIL 2.—The Glenbrenbrat, from Rio Janeiro to Bremen, put in hereyesterday with loss of bowsprit and lar board-bow stove, having been in contact with a bark, name unknown, off the Galloper, on the night of the 31st Mach. CowEs, APRIL 2.—The Vivid schooner, of and for Scilly, from Hull, was abandoned last night, five miles S.E. of St. Catherine's, after being in contact with the Atlantic (American ship) from Antwerp to New York; crew saved. ArRIL 2.—The Ashley, for New York, has put back to Bristol, making nine inches water per hour. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NZUTGATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand ruled tolerably steady to-day, at full prices. Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s to 4s; Pork 2a Ccl to 3s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 Os ocl to 416 s Od ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 8s; and Straw, 1155 to 11 10a per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. ClillißEßLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 4l 8s; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 418 s; and Straw, 1155 to 1/ 105 per load. Trade steady, at very full prices. WHITECHAPIL.—Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 41 3s; Clover ditto, 315 s to 41 lOs; and Straw, 1148 to 11 lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a steady sale. MEAT MAELILETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 2.—Our market to-day has been fairly supplied with each kind of fat stock, in which only a limited business has been transacted, at 'barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 5a 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Aran. 2.—Prime Sheep were in good request, at full prices. In other kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 38 4d to 4s; Pork, 3s to 38 8d per 81bs. LEWEB, APRIL I.—The general demand is inactive, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4a 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Neal, 33 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 27,1851, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wales por. Imperial Quarter. WUEAT. IBARLEY. 1 I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. *ICE .. I ?As Od 23s 7d I 16s 7d 1 28s 5d 1 25s 7d 121 s 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BAILEY. I I OATS. I AYE. BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Oat QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 84,729; Baziey, 48,609 ; Oats. 21,829; Uye, 59 ; Beans, 5,624; Peas, 940 quarters. PANORAMA OF TEE ROUTE TO PARIS,...A pano rama was exhibited, in connexion with a popular monologue on art by Mr. J. Clark, from the Polytechnic Institution, on Tuesday evening last, at the Southwark Literary Institution, but which differed from the panoramas of the day in the circumstance of the summer tourist being supposed to have an ulterior object in view, a desire to see the gallery of the Louvre, and to prepare the traveller for the appreciation of the works of art seen in the gallery. A monologue, called " Twenty Minutes with the Arts," was delivered by Mr. J. Clark, who, at the same time that he interested the fair por tion of his audience by his amusing anecdotes and observ.- tions on colour, afforded many hints to those who wish to be instructed in the works of the old masters. The exhibi tion was very instructive and entertaining, and the artist de serves great credit for the manner in which the illustrations were executed. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.—On Tuesday the Commissioners held their court at Guildhall. Mr. Deputy Peacock presided. A deputation of the inhabitants of Bishopsgate presented a memorial in favour of wood paving, which did not, however, produce the result desired by the memorialists, only three hands being held up i n f avour o f i t. Mr. Deputy Harrison withdrew his proposition for the amal gamation of the City of London and Great Central Gas Company. Some business of no public importance having been dispatched, a statement was made by the medical officer of the amount of deaths in the metropolis. After some discussion as to the salubrity of Smithfield-market ensued, several speakers bearing testimony to the healthiness of the place, and others testifying to its disadvantage. The Commissioners afterwards adjourned the court. GREENWICH HOSPITAL.—The extension of the metropolitan police to this institution as a permanent ar rangement commenced yesterday. An inspector, three ser geants, and fourteen constables, having been specially ap pointed for that purpose, were paraded in front of the gover nor's house (Admiral Sir Charles Adam) at half-past nine a.m., and inspected by the Gallant Admiral, who expressed himself highly pleased; with their appearance, and said that he was very glad to see them doing duty in that institution. The men received the hearty congratulations of the go vernor, lieutenant-governor, and the officers generally, as well as of the pensioners of this noble establishment. The chief duties they will be called upon to perform are at the painted hall and chapel during the Exhibition at the Chrys tal Palace. THE EDINBURGH NATIONAL GALLNitr.—The contract for building the National Gallery on the Mound has been taken by Mr. David Lind, the builder of the Scott Monument, the_Assembly Hall, and the British Linen Com• pany'd Bank• THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Paid. Noadaal Prices. Aberdeen.. .• • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham.' Boston, & E. Jancion Belfast and County Down Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley .• Birkenh., Lan., 86 Chesh Junc., late 331. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & 501. & 251. Consolidated Po., do., 201. • . Bristol and Exeter.. • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Hoiyhead Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen . East Anglian (251. L. & I E. and L. & D.) •• Do. (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, I late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire .. Do. New quarters •. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. do. G. D. &C.steeli Great Northern • . • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. Do. New, 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. &II (c) London and 8.-Western Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. Londonderry & Coleraine De. half shares Londonderry and Eanis- Manchester, Buxton, and _ Matlock •• .. •. Manchester, Sheffield, Bc, Lincolnshire i•. ..1 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •' Midland .. • • .. Do. eenselidated pref. Do. 501. shares •_• _•• De: Binning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • • • .. Newport, Abergavenny, and llereford Newry and Enniskillen .. Newry, W arrenpoint, & Roitrevor • • Norfolk • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. • • North & Sth .-West. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new . Shrewsbury & Birming. l Clam A.. .. , IXL Class 8.. • • • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New •• 1 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • .. Do. Halves .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • .. Do. New.... .. • • Shropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon • • .. South-Eastern South Wales.. South Yerksh. and River Dun .. • • .. Sheff., Roth., and Goole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool givansea is Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. • . cale of Neath .. • . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wax, Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. West London .. .. • . Whitenaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .• • • • • Ditto and Newcastle Entension Ditto G.N.E. purchase' or preference • • York and North Midland 14 to 14% 3k 3 dla. 10% - 11% •• •••• •• 81 -82 13 -13 U 21% - 22% iO =NI CB. - 5. 3 -3% 7% -7% 6.% -6% 4% -44 16% - 16% 3% - 4 34 -35 7% - 8 •• •• % - - 3i 17% - 17% 5% -5% 11% - 12 41 -43 85% 86% 2ii —2% dim 75 —BO 3 —lo p. 29 —3l p 67% 58% 103 d. 7 —65 r 6 5Y4 d. 15 —l7 73i- 8 k-3'? 94 -96 -127 4g - 5 p. 5 -5%p. 3% - 3 p. 86 -87 -6% dl. 6 4 die. .. ..., .. 3% —lli d. 32 -34 E —2% dia. b 9 b9►3 15 14% cUs. 33 —35 93- 8 4 dia. 4 3 dia. 96 -28 13 —l2 Ms. 2% 2!‘ die. 10 6% -6% Ms. 11 1054 411 s 3i — 1% 1) 17% -18{( 16 -17 934 - 1034 6)4 - 734 4% n dis. 3% —a% dis. 2 —1% 18 —2O 9 —lO 11 —l5 % % dim 33i —270.11 18 -20 26% - 26% 34 - - 35 1 3fi 34 Ms. 334 - 454 - 10 . - •• - 7 4111. 1 % — 2% 4 -- b d. 5% 5 17 —l6 • • •••• • • • 6 •-• 7% •• 21 —21% 4 ayy du. I% 1% Ws. 204 16 Bushiest done 4• 14} 15 SDAY AT LINES LEAS: FIZZD it: 'TALS. Leasinuain an Railways. Compan i es . ', es. Paid. Losing Prises. H done. Berks,and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,ealladuly paid, or with a guarantee .• Do .. • • 20 2834 2934 Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. 20 27 —23 Birm., Wol., & Dud ~calls uly paid, or with a guarantee Do 15 834 934 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do •• .. 115 7 8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 17% 173( 17% E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 32% —33 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103 Do. 34 Shares Do •• 25 50 —5l Do. % Shares Do • • .. 1234 23 --24 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. 50 973( 9534 94 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . 12 IS 4 1114 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. • . 26 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk • • 20 15 —l6 N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 DO. New .. 00 • • • • 43 4 6 p • Preston and? L. &N. W. 25 41 —43 Wyre . • S& La.& Y. Do. 34 Shares ADo .. • • 1034 734 Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern 20 21 2134 , Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 77 834 00. Shep. Ex.. Do •• •• 3% 1 36 I%p. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 die. 6 34 Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • Stock.& Dar. 25 24 24% 24 Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 4434 4534 %Erma: INC SNARES. MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business don, to-day. Anglo-Mexican(ls. Si. p.) 100 .. —•• Asturian .... ...... .... 15 .. —.. Australian .......... .. 4 3% —2% Barossa Range .. ..... 113 0 3% —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. —.. Bolanos Scrip .......... .. —.. British Iron.. •• .. • • .... 13 5 .. —.. Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24 .. —.. Do. Cocaes and Culaba 30 32% —32 De. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 15% Cobre Copper ...... .•• 40 35,4 34% Copiapo ........... •.• 14 5% 7 General.. ........ .... • • 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Unreg. % Do. Black Debentures . . • —•. Do. Red Debentures .. •• Santiago de Cuba .....• 10 7% — 6 % Tin Croft ............ • • 7 10% 11 United Mexican— ...... 28 28% 4% —5% JOINT STOCK ZANIES . Australasia ............ 40 33 32% British North America.. 50 42% —42 Colonial ......... ..... 25 11% —l2 Commercial of London.. 20 25 —25 li London Joint Stock .... is 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 27% 27% National Provincial Eng. 35 .. —.. Do. New ........ •• 10 •• —•• National of Ireland •••• 22% 17% —lB Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 43% Do. New —•• • •... 10 15% —l5 Union of Australia .. • • 25 33% 33% Do. Now ........ •• • • 2% 3 —3% Union of London.-.... 10 12% 13% Union of Madrid 40 .. —.. MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ........ ••• • . • 32% 12% —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 1 ,f, 14 26 27% Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 68)6 —7. i Mail ail Steam ...... 60 73 —7B Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam, Royal Mail Steam ..... IWe cannot be answer will not be influenced by able for Interest is errors of the Official Lists, and i correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export. The market was quiet, and closed with American a shade in favour of buyers.—Railway Shares continue very depressed. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 375. 3d. per quarter. Some interesting statistics, bearing upon the Cotton market, are furnished by Mr. IL F. Forrest, of Manchester, who states : " The feeling of uncertainty respecting the stability of prices which has prevailed for so long a period, on account of the doubtful position of the Cotton crop, and the sensitive state of the principal markets everywhere, as regards that article, continues to affect all classes of buyers, and is likely to do so until prices arrive at a point calculated to inspire confidence in their maintenance. As it is pretty generally agreed that a state of things so desirable can hardly be hoped for until the supply of the raw material is much in excess of the probable consumption, some time will doubt less elapse ere this momentous question is set at rest—mean while, as the period of its solution approaches, and until the prospect of a supply of Cotton from every quarter, where exertions have been made to increase its growth, has been ascertained sufficiently to reduce its value, within safe limits, the trade of this district must continue unsatisfactory and harassing to the spinner, and to the merchant a source of much anxiety and doubt. Another cause likely to affect the future value of Cotton, and to assist in its decline at an earlier period than might otherwise have been the case, had its consumption Leen on the usual scale, is the material reduction in the amount consumed in the United States. Very little stress appears so far to have been laid upon this cir cumstance, by a large proportion of our consumers, but they have taken into account, and very properly, a fact referred to in some previous circulars, tending to counteract a decline in prices, from other causes, namely, the very inferior qua lity of a large portion of the crop, and the relatively small proportion that is suitable for the middling and superior qualities of oar staple fabrics. For this reason it is not im probable that the prices of printers, shirtings, and other kinds of goods, as well as yarns, in the manufacture of which such a quality of Cotton can alone be used, will be better maintained than some are now disposed to admit. At all events, the moderate state of the stocks on hand do not justify the belief entertained by many, of an early decline in prices, especially if a more active demand succeeds the dull and unsatisfactory state of business since the beginning of the year. The quantity of Cotton taken for consumption at Liverpool for the twelve weeks ending the 28th ult., was 303,200 bales against 283,540 bales in 1850 to the same period. Prices are about the same as they were month ago, having recovered the decline which took place about the middle of the month. The imports this year into Liverpool are 382,741 bales against 326,130 bales to the same time in 1850, and the stock on hand 518,740 bales against 490,510 bales." Messrs. Joseph Robinson and Co. give us the following report concerning the Wool Market at Liverpool : " The Wool Market since our last monthly report has been more languid, and for the home trade an almost suspension of business is apparent; under such circumstances, pur chases are reported on easier terms. This decline arises from the absence of demand for manufactured goods for export, and is supposed to be of a temporary character, b ecause stocks on hand throughout the kingdom are light, and imports limited; besides the high prices demanded abroad, lease no margin for the importer, which must have the effect of re stric ing the supply. From different parts of the country the accounts are anything but cheering. Manufacturers are loud in their complaints that the raw material is still too high to enable them to realize a profit; this statement seems to be confirmed by some of the mills working short time; however, it is supposed that a change will in a few weeks take place, and that the current value will now be main tained. There were no public sales held last month of sound wool, and the sales are , by private treaty. For home con sumption the transactions have been chiefly in Lisbon, Oporto, good Eyptian, and Turkey ; for export, parcels of Southdown, Peruvian, and Servia have changed hands. Sales could be made of Russian Combing Fleece at a reasonable figure, but holders not inclined to meet the market. Turkey Wools, if good, are inquired for; what his been recently b roug ht h ere is below an average. Peruvian and Alpaca are not wanted at present rates, being higher in proportion than other de scriptions. East India is in request, but held for no high rates. All sorts may be now considered %d. per lb. lower, with the exception of choice combing classes; our quota tions are altered to the value obtainable. Scotch—Very little has been done for consumption; in Laid Cheviot a large quantity is recorded for speculation, but nothing to the trade ; a few transactions have occurred in laid and white cross, and laid Highland, without any decline in price; white Highland is inquired for, and there is none here; holders firm. English and Irish—The apathy existing in the combing districts has precluded the possibility of making sales either in fleece or skin; parties hers refuse to submit to the reductionwhich has taken place among the spinners, as the belief is, that when the Continental ports get open, prices will soon recover." The official accounts relating to trade and navigation have been completed for the month ending the sth inst. Taking the imports into the United Kingdom, the following are the comparisons : 1850. 1851. Oxen and bulls number Cows ••• 00000 ••• 874 Sheep ..... ....... .. ... 1,773 Coffee lbs. 2,170,493 ... .. 2,077,9-19 Wheat... ....... ..... ..... --qrs. 127,692 Flour ... ...... cwts. 208,690 Flax .. ..... 4 0 33,6 . Hemp Copper, unwrought . Bacon 45,635 12,597 12,226 48,703 4,254 3,394 JP Beef, salted .......• Pork, ditto . ? ,• 11,287 Butter .....» ..... ......... , 14,755 Silk, raw... .... ... .... Brandy • ...galls. 472,105 ..... Sugar, unrefined cwts. 529,161 ..... Tallow Tea lbs. 8,195,541 ...... 5,758 8,746 17,662 252,054 244,171 427,780 36,292 8,250,893 Wine 599,1:2 Cotton wool cwts. 416,960 Sheep's wool ..... .... These items show generally an increase in the number of live stock, the quantity of grain; hemp, tallow, and tea; but a decrease in brandy, wine, silk, cotton, wool, coffee, salt, provisions, and copper. The month's exports stand thus :- 1850. 1851. Cotton manufactures £1,643,421 Cotton yarn 534,414 Linen manufactures Iron bar, bolt, and rod Silk stuffs, handkerchiefs, and ribbons .... '28,385 Woollen manufactures ..... .—. 584, 434 The totals in these cases do not show any important change. The aggregate exports were : 1850. 4851. Month to March 5 ..... £4,801,970 ••• £4,740,278 The tonnage returns of the month are for ships engaged in in the foreign trade as follow: 1850. 1851. Inwards, tens 230,063 Outwards, tons .... The vessels of the United Kingdom and its dependencies increased largely inwards, but fell off slightly outwards. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under: 1851. 1850. Great Western £14,380 ... £14.178 North-Western South-Western ... 10,147 Brighton .. .... 7 ,536 ... 8,262 Midland .. South-Eastern North Stafford ... 4,324 Caledonian _ .. . . The English Funds have been buoyant, end a alight im provement in prices has occurred upon money purchases that have been made. Consols have realised 96% 3 40 which are the present value. Exchequer-bills have been marked 53e. to 565., and India Bonds 60s. to 635. premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Stock has been ra ther neglected, at 21 to 21% for the Five per Cents. The Three per Cents. are 39%. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 35 3 / 4 to 36 1 4. Mexican Stock has been quiet, at 33% %. and Peruvian Four-and a-Half per Cents. have been 84%, ex. div., and the De ferred 38 3 % to 39%. Equador Stock is at 3%, and Grenada Deferred at 4%. Dutch Four per Cents. are 89%. HAcyoot junNoDFtnirsoomisT 11:Ah.1:: Railway Shares have been decidedly better, and the week's traffic returns, as compared with the like date of last year, which was Easter, may be considered good. The improvement in the 100/. shares is 1/. to 2/., and i n the smaller lines in proportion. oiliDA. .e..1:i1a..i.A.4.6.t...0..).14\19869:01:4Zt.m. QUARTER TO Maw. Console ... .. ... 965 a BRITISH 8 per Cent. C ( d d e s ; 1 1 . ° ° O 0 0 0 1 /... : ......... : India Stock 60 63 p D Ditto o p u o n n Consols for Account .. 7 60 63 p ................ Exchequer Bills. Icl. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. .. ....... 56 53 p ................ . PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 76% ex d. Equador Bonds ............ . .... Grenada, 1% per Cent. ......... "' Ditto Deferred ..........•.... gizican Bonds, 1846, 6 per Cont., Coupons ---._ Ditto Ez Jo. Coupoo 33 Yo Railways. I Paid. 1 Nominal Prices. 'Business done to-day. 8 6 8 10 lb 6 13 4 6 13 4 100 Aberdeen • • • • • • Caledonian 101. • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. .. • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 175.) 7 p. c.:Pref. Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 . • Do. No. 2 • • • • • • Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. •• Do. 10/. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. Glasgow & S.- W. Coml. Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .. • • . Do. 6 per cent. Stock • Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 .. Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croyden thirds De. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. London &S.-W., new .. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. Manch., Sheffield, and Line , var. shrs., Ito. 1 Do. new, 101. .. • • Do., 61. • • • • .. . Midlaud Con. 6 p. c. stock Consul. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... & Do. Bristol Glouces. Do. do. do. • • Do. Erewash Talley .. Do. Lelc. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Norfolk Extension • • Do. guar. 534 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley .. North British Shrewsbury and Birm. % % c ll 6 6 —6% 15% 16% x.d 2-2% Par U P par 4 p 10% 11% 15% 16% •• I.• IN - 133 % - 1 p. I % 134 dis, .. -- .. p .• - • 1% -9 • p 114 - 120 57 -60 136 -139 2 % -2 % p• la% 143 11% 12 1f 1) 132 134 17 -18 4% -4% •• ••••• •• 5 —5% x.d New Guaranteed .. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon • • • • •• South-Eastern,4% p. ct. Waterford &Kilkenny, bl. West London,lst Cl. (101.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) York, Newc., and Berw., 11 - 11% 15 - 15% 14 -16 Ot. N.of E. Par. .: Do. York and North Midland 16 -17 N -4% H. and S. Purch. .. I 10 I INi - 1 dla. I Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 151., 6 per WORE:ION. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) •• Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian .. .. .. iii -:9% 17% - 17% b —43 dia. 1 1!‘ p. Do. do. do. • . Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • .. % - % P. % - % P. Ditto • • • • • • • Madrid and Valenti& .. Maria Antonia • • .. 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, Lan don, and aoloolt • • Irat Enda; 1 -1% 2% -2% • • 7 9 2 —4 75(—e 14% 15 4 —3% db. 36 —as 25 Ob. 11 —l l% aK 5 Ms. .. .• a &3 fi IC4 z.d 13 14 0 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 25 12% 12% 11 13 4 47% 100 II 6 3 4 2 0 100" 100 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 1 6% 100 48 33 10 6 100 20 is 2 5 13% % 22 % 21% 17%% % 12 % UM $7 59 58% 59% 15 4% 95 [MN 138 1273 92 dir. 60 li 20% % % 9% 1% % 9% 10% 11 (ma. 3M 4% 3% 3% 2% dn. 26 % 34 % 3t 34 16% 74 % 26% 36 64 XA 3 ent., 3%. Ditto for the Account 3 3 34 Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent Ditto Account . ...... Do. Deferred 38% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 Der Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto, Small . Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 ,E per Cent 98 % 1A Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 2l Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 6 1 4 1 /2 tipanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account Dividenla on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) THE EARL OF VERULAM AND OTHERS V. CIIAIAKTON. This was an action brought by plaintiffs, as trustees, to recover the suns of 1,241'. 9s. 8.1. for interest, under the fol lowing circumstances:— It appeared that, so far back as IS4I, the defendant pur chased a portion of an estate in Norfolk fur 4,3401., and by the conditions of sale defendant was to make a deposit of 10 per cent., and to enter into an agreement for the completion of the purchase; and that, until the completion took place, defendant undertook to pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Interest was paid for three years, but although the defendant had promised from time to time to comple e the arrangement he had not done so, and the balance due for in terest was the sum now claimed. The UNDER-SHERIFF asked whether the interest had been calculated simple or compound, as the plaintiffs could only claim the former? On being answered that it was only charged at simple in• terest, a verdict was given for the amount. A CASE JN RANgRUPTCY.-LANGBOURNE V. WELSH.. The plaintiff in this action resides near Maidenhead; .de fendant is a builder in Regent-street, Mile-end-road. The action was brought to recover the sum of 161. Is. 4d. on bill of exchange. Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted by the statute. Mr. Sm[ON, counsel for the plaintiff, said the real defence was, that the defendant had become bankrupt, and had ob tained his certificate, but he (the Learned Counsel) telt that that did not absolve the defendant from his liability, as the fiat was issued in June, and defendant gave the bill in Sep tember, at three months after date, and did not get his certi ficate till October, Defendant's attorney contended that the consideration for the bill ought to be shown, for the original debt might have • been barred by the bankruptcy, and the bill given to induce creditors to forbear opposing the certificate. The UNDER -SHERIFF said the bill was prima facie evi dence that the debt was contracted the day it bore date : at all events to have raised the question defendant should hare pleaded the want of consideration. The jury thereupon gave a verdict for plaintiff for the amount. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—(THIS DAY) AYLESBURY. At the sitting of the Committee this morning, Mr. E. JAMES proceeded to reply on the whole case on behalf of the petitioner. The room was then cleared, and after deliberating an hour and a half, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the following resolutions:— " 1. That Frederick Calvert, Esq., is not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for the borough and hun dred of Aylesbury. " 2. That the said election is not a void election for the borough and hundred of Aylesbury. "3. That Frederick Calvert, Esq., was, by his agents, '* guilty of treating during the said election. " 4. That it has not been proved that such acts of treat ing were performed with the knowledge and consent of Fre+ deficit Calvert, Esq. " 5. The Committee also Lind that a number of printed refreshment tickets, to the amount of ss. each, were issued before and after the election, and that the said practice ob tained considerable prevalence during the election; and the Committee feel it their duty to report the same to the House." ST. ALBANS. At the sitting of this Committee, Mr. Sergeant IV RANG lIAM, on behalf of the petitioners, ap plied this morning for a turther delay on the ground that he had only just learned that five out of the nine witnesses who had been abducted, as it was thought by the agents of the sitting Member, had that morning made their appearance in the gallery, and that consequently it had been impossible for him, by a previous examination, to ascertain the nature of the evidence which they would give to the Committee. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opposed the application. After a dehberatiln, the Committee announced their reso lution of adjourning until to-morrow, at II o'clock, then to proceed with the cases of bribery which might be ready to lay before them. COAL MINE EXPLOSIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As it seems to be generally admitted that the "Davy Lamp" is not an absolute preventive to explosions, I beg to offer the following suggestions for the consideration of those who are interested in mines. No doubt most explosions are attributable to rashness on' the part of the miner, who, in order to obtain a tolerable light, frequently dispenses with the protecting gauze. Bat it is more than probable that accidents also arise from strong currents of air causing small ignited portions of carbon to pass through the instertices of the wire in a condition suffici ently heated to fire the carburetted hydrogen surrounding it. Besides this, the falling in of portions of the roof may, by breaking the gauze, occasion frequent explosions. It is evident, therefore, that a light which would not, under any circumstances, cause accident by explosion is the • object to be attained. This, I submit, may be accomplished by using the electric light (and none other) in mines where explosive gases a•e generated. By this means not only would daylight be brought to the miner's aid, but as this ligh burns in vacuo and even in water, no explosion can possibly z' occur. An objection may be started on the ground of expense, but I apprehend that the advantage in favour of using the elec tric light would more than compensate for any immediate expense that might be incurred by its adoption. For, to sap nothing of the enormous expense attending an explosion, it • cannot be doubted that, with this brilliant light, mining operations would be much simplified, and consequently that considerably more work could be got through than with the pi esent light, which is rather " darkness visible." In a moral point of view, it is evident that any contriv ance to prevent explosions would be a very great advantage. One has only to think of the misery caused by the late ex plosions to become convinced of this.—l am, Sir, &c., ENGINEER. 8, Chapel-street, Clapham-road, March 31. The accounts from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets refer to the general inactivity of business. Coffee was not positively quoted at a reduction, but there was less disposition among the operators to hold out for late prices. In sugar very little had been done, aad tea, rice, and spices remained without material variation. Indigo was the only article considered to be well supported. Sir William White, Knt., of 5, Lothbury, WAS on Monday fined ten shillings, by Alderman Salomons, for assaulting Mr. E. F. Watson, a clerk in the London aad County Bank. It appeared that the clerk had presented bill made payable at the above address, and drawn in the name of J. P. White; whereupon Sir William said he knew' nothing about it; and upon the clerk serving the usual formal notice, Sir William followed him down stairs, and assaulted him. The assault was admitted, but the annoy ance to which Sir William had been subjected by partied making bills payable at his counting-house, without his au thority, was urged in excuse. At the half-yearly meeting of the Agra and United Service Bank, the report showed 31,2411. available for distribution for the six months ending the 31st of December. A dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was therefore declared, and 5,783/ was carried to the reserve fund, which now amounts to 46,556/. A new system of audit proposed by the directors has been almost unani mously approved of. The paid-up capital of the bank was stated to be 636,450/. With reference to a ridiculous advertisement in the Times of to-day, signed "a shareholder" of the London and County Bank, and calling upon the proprietary to expel two of the directors on account of their having voted against the Ministerial Bill on the Papal aggression, we are in formed that it has been traced to a person who is not a shareholder, and who was recently dismissed from the ser vice of the establishment. Times. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY BETRUIM —The overland mail brings accounts of the decease, at Te• hem, on the 19th of February, of this officer, formerly corn. mander-in- chief of the Persian army, at the solicitation of the sovereign of that country, !siahomed Shah. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—Mr. White head, of Whitecross-street, one of the committee of this in stitution, at the monthly meeting, held at the school-house, on Tuesday last, presented a handsomely -mounted pair of globes for the use of the children on the establishment. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Whitehead, by his col leagues, for his valuable present, as indicative of the kind interest evinced by him to protuote the progress of the children in their studies. We forgive the man who bores us, much more easily than the man who lets us see that we are boring him. —Eliza Cooh's Journal. THE CHIPPING SODBURY POISONING CASE...-. 011 Tuesday Daniel Gibbs Hathway was indicted at Gloucester, before Mr. Justice Talfourd, for having, on the 15th of February, poisoned his wife, Jane Hathaway, at Chipping Sudbury. The evidence was entirely circumstantial, And it appears that the purchase of arsenic was not satisfactorily brought home to the prisoner, and he was in consequence acquitted. The prisoner was discharged immediately after the verdict, and left the court; but on being recognis e d out side was jostled and in su lt ed by the mob, and followed along the streetr. He attempted to take refuge in some houses in Westgate-street, but was refused admittance. He then hastened, under the protection of a constable, down South gate-street, and after a short time returned to the Cross, fol lowed by the mob, who seemed determined to give him no respite. Mr. Henry Ro e , a goldsmith, of Liverpool, ob tained a verdict, with 50/. damages, at Chester, on Tuesday, against the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company for false imprisonment. The plaintiff had taken a ticket by an excursion train from Birkenhead to Bangor. On his return an attempt had been made by the railway officials to force him to pay 2s. 6d. additional for travelling between Bangor and Chester. He resisted this attempt and was given into custody and taken to the station-house at Cheater, where he paid 2s. 6d. under protest. In summing up, Mr. Justice Maule told the jury that the plaintiff had been imprisoned under circumstances which could not be justified. A man named Aubrey, a trainer of young thieve at the Thieves kitchen, was yesterday convicted at the Mid dlesex Sessions, together with Jane Dunham, of haying a . - tempted to commit a robbery, and was, with his companion, sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. - [ADVERTISEMENT. J—Tne Observer and GratYß stamped twenty-column Supplement; sixty folio columns for sixpence. Sunday, April 6, a full report •f and on the Budget and Income-tax; also the Quarter's Revenue Tables, further Chancery movements in Miss Talbot's case &c. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at five o'clock on Sunday mornings, in time for all the Sun day morning railways. A Monday's edition, which is the best for the country and abroad, at four Monday afternoons. CRUELTY OF TUE CENSUS.—A young maiden ]ady; aged fifty-two, who felt considerable alarm lest her age should become known in her village, was driven to the necessity, on Sunday last, to walk four miles to the village of Beeston, in dirt and rain, to sleep at the house of a friend, in order to avoid the dreadful expoaare.-2Vottingham Mr! , 17% 100 100 42 100 47% 100 BO 25 25 223 Oh % 3% 3 3% ii 6}i:%