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INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Wilion, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, butler. William Brown, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, black- smith. Richard Rawson Whitworth, Nottingham, plumber. James Cooper, Nottingham, joiner. James Jillings, Southwold, Suffolk, fishmonger. William Wyborn, Ramsgate, bootmaker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Clarkson, Leith, china merchant, to meet, March 17, and April 14, at one, within the Ship Hotel, Edin burgh. J. Taylor and W. Taylor, Cambusbarren, shawl ma nufacturers, to meet, March 18, and April 8, at one, within Gibbs's Hotel, Stirling. S. Smith, Crosshill, Renfrewshire, bricklayer, to meet, March 21, and April 11, at two, within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXC. ADVERTIFEMENTS intended for insertion are requested to be forwarded to the Publishers before Saturday, the 29th ; and BILLS not later than Monday, the 31st instant. London: Longman, Brown, and Co., 39, Paternoster-row. MADLLE. CAROLINE DUPREZ. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that this Theatre will OPEN on SALERDAY next, March 22, on which occasion Madlle. DU PREZROOS. make her first appearance in this country, as Lucia, in Donizettl's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. To be followed by a now and original Ballet, ala Watteau , entitled L'ILE DES AMOURS. • ,ed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by M. Nadand, the .y Mr. C. Marshall, in which Madlle. Amalla Ferraris will appear. The grand Opera of Gustavus is in active preparation, and will be produced on Saturday, the 29th March, in which Madame Florentini will support the part of Madame Ankerstrom. The part of Oscar by Madlle. Caroline Dnprez, and Gustavus by Signor Calzolari. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE. Lowe and manager, Mr. James Andersen. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Satvaate After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled_ AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Mr. J. Ander *On ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; &ethos. Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, miss F. Vining; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, utile. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet do Opera de Paris), whe naa been express ly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENE AcT RY, INCIDENTS, &C. I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TENT, Ope4ling at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Saud with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. AcT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Almees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Madlle. Victorine Legrain. rise ensemble by Madame Louise, Meddles. falser, Julie, and Coryphees. Ve Gamester—False Diee—Azael's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Rettben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Coryphecs. Mad recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised is the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim:' The Doom of the Prodigal. AcT TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Drit• er. Arrival of Travellers —Degradation of the Prodigal- the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BERTH. _ _ _ _ . _ The Harvest FestavSl—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK4.r. Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENING, THE TURNPIKE GATE. To be followed by a petite Comedy, entitled A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J. Anderson and Mrs. Misbett will appear. Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. Rogers ; Macbeth. Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Howe ; Mac duff, Mr. J. Wallack; Lady Macbeth, Miss L. Addison; Hecate, Miss P. Horton. To be followed by a new ana original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. ADELPIIi. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EIENING, Will be peribrmed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled BELI IiEGOK THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon,Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolitc, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster ; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madaliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitellyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Freeborn ; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wrignt ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplia ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. trader the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will b. performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean. Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new Melodrama, entitled PAIILIIiE, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrig. Solo Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, %o be called KING CHARMLNG , or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Vharacters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle , Sute r, Zeilingham, and Honner ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. O. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F -Matthews, Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES KING. After which SEXTETS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE WHITE STATUE, la which Madile. Adele, Miss Le", and Tom Mathews will appear. ASTLKY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING, 'Eke Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Maid of Or leans, with new and costly costume& Together with Fatty's Spl e ndid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with TEKELI ; or, The Siege of Montgatz. Box-office open from Eleven till Foul. !stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE T im DAT —Morning 34 min. after 1 I Evening 59 Mill. after 1 To-IlLoasow—Moraing 21 min. after 2 I Evening 43 rein. after 2 THE WEATHER.—Sust OFFICE, MARCH 16. THERMOMETER, Di THE SHADS. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'76. WIND N.W.—fine weather during the day ; rain and thunder storm in the evening near town. MONDAY, MARCU 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADY. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.68. WIND E.S.E.—foggy, with rain all the morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KulogrowN (DUBLIN) —Wind N.W.,strongbreeze—partially cloudy. PLYMOUTH —Wind N.W., calm—foggy. Poonn—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PoursmouTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTINGS—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. SouTnaewros—Wind N. W., strong breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—Wind E., gentle breeze--overcast. Tin:Duman—Wind E., calm—heavy rain. BASMISTOKE—Wind N. calm—snow. GutE ENWIC ll—Calm—heavy rain. SwL.-moN—Wind N.W., light airs—overcast. LetatorroN—Wind N., gentle breeze—rain. Cot.cuntmED—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—heavy rain. CAXBRIDGE—Wind N., gentle breeze—heavy rain. BIRMINGHAM—W ind S.E., calm—foggy. PETERBOROUGH —Wind N., gentle breeze—rain. Yanmou - rn—Wind S.E., gentle breeze--rain. CREWE—Calm —partially cloudy. CONWAY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. liotorDEAD—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—showery. LrvEna-oon--Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Deans—Wind S.W., calm—foggy. YORK—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. T-ANc-aoszcß—Wind S.E., calm—rain. WHITBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—clodless. Deaturgarox—Wind S., gentle breeze— u slight frost. s>&r—Wind S., calm— rain. WRITRHAVEN—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. tasut —Wind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. • Trocn.--Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. —Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. mturus from the following places indicate the state of 1 .7 0 c k• w 111 : and weather on Friday morning at nine LtanaracK-...wind ~ CARLow—wind s. ° ~W., calm—scud, rain. DI I:ILLINGAR W imil,,,7,gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LatiowroN—Wind, ix ? w., stiff breeze—principally cloudy. 13LmiNG , Lim _wi ed zentle breeze—partially cloudy. cloudy. PETEB,SORO UGn—Wrllti:3.entle breeze—partially e ßzw E Wind S.W., s t ren 7,l! gentle breeze—cloudless. lavEnrnoL—Wind S.E., g:,',C, ,z e - partially cloudy. pri rtially cloudy. Yoax—Wind S., gentle b reeze Te_eze—clounless. LANomaira.— Wind S., calm— Da.Rumyros—.Wiud W.S.W.,gentrbUY clear. overcast. Slur—Wind S.,gentle breeze—rain, reeze—atight showers. WHITCHAVIN - W ind S.W., gentle br eeze CARLISLE—W ind W., gentle breeze—cloudy, BEA.TTOCK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze lan __....,....._,,... cloudy. ~•te.,,, i ,g7,T,Z "14,::: ~p 4,g ', If i .q stot-1,1:1 4 A- ' , V k A o -, ..-,e'li 44-(,. 1 : r -:.-.:--.)' - .i. !.',-... *-, ' ,, tr,' - af 1 9' IL ' 7 4 N , ..,, : zi....i.i.-- ...._ 91::,_ : s.?--,,. ..„:„ , PO r A li, ' ' t 7 . ', 4 ' ', ....1e 7.A ":,t44 exTtninit LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1851. It is said that the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Inverness-shire, anxious to avoid occa sioning any additional difficulty to the already suffi ciently-embarrassed Governm en t, h as d ec l are d hi s istenon of postponing his motion respecting the affairs of Ceylon for some time, until the Ministerial • crisis has paced away. We can easily understand th e natural anxiety of Mr. BAILLIE to bring the Cey -10-n vesticrn, respecting which he has taken so deep THE an interest, under the consideration of Parliament at the earliest opportunity. The special Committee ap pointed by the House of Commons have already closely investigated the various transactions alleged t-, have taken place in that island, but they have not, we regret to say, received that assistance from the Colo nial-office or the Government to which they were entitled. It was, therefore, perfectly right that the Chairman of that Committee, the gentleman who had originally introduced the subject, and who had exhibited the greatest activity, zeal, and intelligence in his management of the entire affair, should call upon the House to support its Committee, and to act upon the report and the mass of evidence which had already been delivered. The motion was, how ever, regarded by the Premier as tantamount to a vote of censure, and he announced his intention of delaying the amended financial statement, about which the nation was so greatly excited, until the Ceylon question had been disposed of. On Saturday we pointed out the probable reasons by which the Noble Lord was influenced in adopting this extraordinary course ; he would rather sustain a defeat on any subject than on one of finance. Gladly would he get rid of the unpleasant topic until the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill had been finally disposed of, and the only obstacle to a junction with Sir JAMES GRAHAM and the more liberal section of the Peelites were completely removed, and he could rid himself of the incubus that has been more intolerable to the un fortunate Prime Minister than the old man of the sea was to the sailor SINUAD, or the abhorred hag to the merchant ABUDAH, viz., the presence of Sir CHARLES WOOD as Chancellor of the Ex chequer. If defeated on Mr. BAILLIE'S motion, the farce of " resignation " could be re-enacted ; a few more weeks might thus be got rid of. Lord STANLEY might again be sent for, but the impedi ments that already proved insuperable still exist. His followers have acquired no great experience during the few weeks that have elapsed since he deplored their deficiencies in that respect, declaring that there were " few, if any," who had the necessary knowledge of k official matters for carrying on the Government. And if he then felt that he could not safely appeal to the country or resort to a dissolution of Parliament, while the Supplies were unvoted and the annual Bills — the Mutiny Act, &c.—unsanctioned, his position has not been in any degree ameliorated since. Indeed the expiration of the income-tax on the sth of April, without any substitute :therefor, converting the anxiously-looked for surplus into a deficit, would ma terially increase his difficulties if about to assume the helm of the vessel of the State. The " Heir of Derby" would, therefore, again fail, if he should even be so rash as to undertake the responsibility for a single mo ment, and a plausible excuse would then be afforded for again resorting to the assistance of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon, and sacrificing the emasculated and mutilated Bill, the " ridiculou s mouse" produced by the parturient mountains of " Protestant feeling" and " national independence," so loudly vaunted by the Noble Lord. It would indeed be but " a trifling offering"—by no means worthy of the importance attached to it by either party—to the negotiations carried on during the Ministerial crisis, and one to which we believe the community in general are now totally indifferent. If it can be carried in its original form, well. Although that was feeble enough, it was good for something ; but we say advisedly that the abridged and at tenuated proposition now brought forward by the Government is nothing but " a mockery and delu sion," that it is in every respect worse than useless, and that it is absurd to occupy the public time on such insipid trash. The opportune withdrawal of Mr. BAILLIE'S motion, will, however, take away this excuse. The choice of weapons whereby to perish is no longer open to the disheartened Premier. THE BUDGET MUST BB BROUGHT FORWARD, and the country must be enlightened with respect to the four weeks' labours of Sir CHARLES WooD. We must know how Schedules D and E are to be disposed of. We must know whether the taxes on light and air are to be re tained in their present obnoxious form, or whether they are to be really and truly abolished, without an equally objectionable substitute being enacted in their place. Above all, we must know whether the ridi culous attempt to pay off the national debt, by main taining the most obnoxious imposts, is to be perse vered in. There is no choice, no evasion—Lord JOHN RUSSELL must either at once repudiate his imbecile colleague, and act according to his own better judg ment, or he must be prepared to meet his fate with resignation, certain that the unanimous verdict of the community on his defunct Government will lay the catastrophe to the account of Sir CHARLES WOOD. Politicians of even the most democratic order throughout France have been compelled all along to acknowledge that the election of the Prince Louis NAPOLEON to the Presidency was attributable en tirely to the devotion cherished by the people for their imperial souvenirs. Upon any other conjec ture the triumph of the previously exiled son of the ex-King of HOLLAND would have been altogether un accountable. It was manifest, to employ the expres sion of M. DE LAMARTINE, that France wished to shelter herself, after so many troubles, under the shelter of that great name which, after an interval of more than thirty years, still exercised over the imaginations of her children a kind of posthumous dictatorship. Sorely wounded by the insurrection of June, when civil war desolated the streets of her capital, and when a patricidal band of rebels smote the very vitals of the Republic, France was carried away by a profound solicitude to assure to herself, by some means, however eccentric, the chances of recruiting her strength by a period of tranquillity. Hence it name to pass in the December of 1848, that a man without any antecedents whatever as a statesman and an administrator, was chosen by the electors of the depart ments in preference to CATAIGNAC or LAMARTINE— in preference to the soldier who had crushed under his heel the bloodstained form of Rebellion, or of the poet who had, with his persuasive voice, called a regular system of Government into existence out of the chaos of a Revolution. Fortunately for the mul titude, their choice fell upon one not altogether un deserving of their confidence. Had the heir to the fortunes of the BONAPARTES been some mere adven turer, indifferent to all the laws of public morality, and resolved at all hazard to further his own interests, ir respective of every generous consideration, the Republic would have been delivered over, bound hand and foot, to the mercies of a powerful and, under the circumstances, an almost irresistible aspirant for despotism. As it was, the PRESIDENT turned out, to the surprise of his deriders, a man of honour, courage, probity, calmness, reserve, and circumspection—all qualities essential for the happiness of the country in its most embarrassing position, and absolutely requi site for its chief ruler, if he would maintain himself against his innumerable assailants. Instead of con spiring at once to transform his household into a court end to transfer his residence from the magisterial abode of the Elysee to the palatial dwelling of the Tuileries, Louis NAPOLEON showed himself from the very outset solicitous to testify his scrupulous al legiance to the Constitution. His policy was perse veringly one of conciliation, of moderation, and of amenity. All classes and parties without distinction were admitted to his assemblies. He conferred pri vately with the Legitimatist and the Communist, with the secret aspirants for a regency and the pro moters of the cause of ultra -democracy. He listened to the arguments advanced by the dreame rs of a Soci a li s t m ill enn i um , an d to the sophistries of those who would fain have brought down upon t he land the p ena lti es o f a precoc i ous r e storation. From the first moment of 'his inauguration he evinced i.readiness to listen to politicians of all colours, to the reds and the whites, to the revolutionists and the counter-r evolutionists—ready to acquire from all tquarterssecure e advice t somethi ng h k at like might a revival appearof to peace hi m calculated an d p r pros perity s perity to the population. During all those agitating and capricious months which followed • the retirement of General CA VAIGNAC from supreme power, his suc and imperceptibly acqu i r i ng en the responsibiliti es devolving upon ti c ; e q s f u o a r i ) iV ta a e s ce st w ea i d th ily an administrator. So far as th e conduct of the Ra tional affairs was c oncerned, th e lessons takenNAPOLEON provedN in this m os t b d y iffieu th it e Prince n c e au Louts the sciences most SUN, effectually beneficial. Unhappily, while looking to the advantage e the countr aL large, the PILESIDENT fell into a terrible indifference as to the proportion maintained between his income and his expenditure. Insomuch was this negligence on his part productive of embarrassment, that before long he found himself compelled to apply to the Legislative Assembly for an increase to his dotation. Doubtful as to the con sequences that might issue from a refusal of this de mand, the Assembly consented to acquiesce for the time being in its reasonableness. In consequence of which impunity for past extravagances, Louis NAPOLEON appears to have become impressed with a rather dangerous, because most erroneous notion, that he could count henceforth upon the willing grant of additional millions of francs to himself by the gene rosity of the Republican Legislature. The results of this calamitous miscalculation of the PRESIDENT are by this time pretty generally notorious throughout the length and breadth of Christendom. Louis NAPOLEON has fallen more and more into arrear with his creditors. The Legislative Assmbly has at length peremptorily objected to tolerate any such lavish disbursements as would be necessary for the liquidation of his liabilities. The two con flicting powers of the Republic have thus been brought prematurely into a state of open antagonism. An extra-Parliamentary Go— vernment, that is to say, a Cabinet composed of men selected elsewhere than among the ranks of the national representatives, has been the daring retaliation determined upon by the discomfited PRE SIDENT. Until now this Ministry of Transition has worked with unexpected success, and an interval has been afforded thereby to the belligerents for their preparation of further hostility. Meanwhile, the Prince Louis NAPOLEON has very judiciously, for his own individual interests, contrived to keep alive the popular enthusiasm in regard to all imperial recollections ; and this, moreover, without any thing at all approaching to treason against the Republican Constitution. Aware, of course, that he owes his position exclusively to the imperishable glory of the fame of his uncle the EMPEROR, he has, with a rational regard to the maintenance of his dy- nastic influence with the multitude, endeavoured to propitiate their ardour in reference to their sou venirs of NAPOLEON. To this end, and with a lau dable resolve to expiate a prolonged and unjustifiable ingratitude, be appointed the only surviving brother of his Majesty the EMPEROR and KING to the Gover norship of the Invalides—of that refuge for the veteran soldiers of France under the consecrated dome o: which repose the remains of the great Hero. Added to this, he has shown an anxiety upon all occasions to recal vividly to the remembrance of the French population the glorious achievements recorded in the history of the imperial domination. It was thus that the Moni teur only the other morning announced to France the elevation of General EXCELMANS to the rank of a Marshal of the Republic—that brilliant officer who first evidenced his heroism on the field of Wertingen, and who obtained from the hand of NAPOLEON him self the recognition of his meritorious conduct in the presence of his fellow-soldiers at Donaulwottben. In acting thus sagaciously, it would be absurd for the most fanatical among the Republicans to cast blame upon the PRESlDENT—conscious, as they must be, that in every one of his public acts he has proved himself faithful to Democracy, and that, couple with this fact, is the consideration that he owes his investi ture as chief magistrate to the influence of dynastic associations. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The review which was to have taken place on Wed nesday, but:which was put off on account of the wetness of the weather, was held on Friday. The troops assem bled at two o'clock in the Cours-la-Reine, in the Champs-Elysees. They consisted of three regiments of infantry, which are about to leave Paris—the 24th, the 39th, and the 62d—of two battalions of gend armerie mobile, of the 9th Dragoons, of ten battalions of foot Chasseurs, and of the 27th and 58th Regi ments—in all about 15,000 men. The PRESIDENT of the Republic left the Palace of the Elysee at three o'clock ; he wore the uniform of a general of the National' Guard. On his right were General ItasinoN, Minister of War, and General BARAGUAY D'Himants, Commander-in-Chief of the army of Paris; and on his left General NARTAEZ. The latter was in full uniform, and wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. Behind the PRESIDENT were the generals in command of the divisions and brigades of the army of Paris, the PRESIDENT'S orderly-officers, and two superior English officers, who were specially invited by the Prince. The cortege was preceded and followed by small bodies of lancers, and followed by a squadron of guides. The PRESIDENT first proceeded along the line of troops at full gallop. He then inspected the several regiments ; and, this having concluded, the drums beat, and the PRESIDENT distributed a number of crosses of the Legion of Honour. Some ma noeuvres then took place, and the troops after wards filed off before the PRESIDENT. General NAILVAEZ, who stood near, expressed the greatest admiration at the admirable appearance of the troops. With the exception of the 62l regiment, the troops uttered no cry ; that regiment shouted "Vive le Prdaident ! Vive NapoMon!" This was specially remarked, as it was said some time ago that the regiment had been kept at Paris on account of having uttered unconstitutional cries at the review of Satory. There was a large attendance of specta tors. Some cries of " Vive la RiTublique !" were uttered, but they were drowned by others of " Vive le President ! Vive Napoleon !" The whole pro ceedings bad terminated about four o'clock. At the sitting of the Assembly on Friday, M. DE. MOUSSEAUX DE Gsvnia ascended the tribune, and complained that the article of the regulations which forbade any petition to be brought up by the peti tioners personally to the bar of the House had been violated the day before, by the fact of a number of students coming in procession to the doors of the Assembly; the term "bar of the House" was not to be taken in its literal sense, for, in fact, no bar ex isted in the present Assembly ; but it was to be looked at solely with respect to the principle which it involved. M. LEON FAUCHER, who occupied the President's chair, replied that the petition had been presented with perfect regularity by M. VERSIGNY ; how the petition had been transmitted to that gentleman did not concern the Assembly, as long as the presenta tion of the document was in accordance with the re gulations; if an unusual concourse of students, or of other persons, had presented themselves outside the House, that circumstance concerned the Minister of the Interior, who ought not to have permitted the assemblage to take place. At the close of the sitting M. DEMOUSSEAUX DE GIVES laid a proposition on the table to prevent the recurrence of a similar incident. A new mode of settling the reimbursement of the 45c. tax was on Friday presented to the Assembly, under the form of an amendment to the proposition of M. BERRYER. The authors of this amendment, MM. REY (de la DrOme) and St. ROMME, members of the Mountain, propose that a tax of eighty-eight millions shall be levied in the years 1852 and 1853 on all capital consisting of state stocks, mortgagees, &c., &c., out of which sum the Minister of Finances will reimburse the 45c. tax. The Committee, after deliberating on the order in which the different pro. positions on this subject shall be brought before the Assembly, has decided on placing first on the list those of MM. COLFAVRU, C. LAGRANGE, and Du coux, for the restitution of the milliard paid to the emigrants ; after which will follow in succession those of M. BERRYER, bl. CHAVOIX, and MM. REY and ST. ROMME. " It is asserted,"! says the Opinion Publique," that M. BERRYER intends to withdraw his proposition relative to the 45c. tax, or at least, to materially mo dify the manner of effecting the reimbursement." In the Legislative AsseMbly on Saturday, the Bill for the postponement of the election of the officers of the National Guard was carried by a majority of 413 to 239, after an animated discussion,:in the course of which M. De LAMARTINE eloquently defended the cnnduct of the Provisional Government, and of the National Guard in March, April, and May, 1848. The Courrier Francais announces that its publica tion is suspended for the present. General CASTELLANE, commander-in-chief of the sth and 6th military divisions, has prohibited the wearing of red rosettes ' or any rallying signs in th e 6th division (that of Lyons.) The Ordre says :—" The Belgian Ambassador, M. FIRMIN ROGER, gave a diplomatic dinner yesterday, ;it which nearly all the Foreign Ministers now in Paris were present. M. DS PERBIGNY was among the guests. A secretary of embassy having e n _ nounced the arrival of dispatches from Vienna, con taining the intelligence that Austria and Prussia had arranged their difference-5, one of the guests, wh o , fi ein his position, ought to have received the earliest intelligence on the subject, appeared greatly sur prised at learning this important news in such a manner." The Funds have undergone little change. Five per Cents., for account, 94f. 20c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 85c, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, Bt_TSINESS DON E IN FOIEIGN RAILWAYM A f THE .T..ONDON STOOK YXCHANGE, MAP.CII 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 10% --- Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 18—Dutch Rhenish, 4r/ / ,—East Indian, l 5 Great Indian Peninsula, 2 3 4 —Luxembourg, 31/s—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 15 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bor deaux, 4 1 4 3 Paris and Orleans, 36 , 4—Paris and Strasbourg, IVA—Rouen and Have, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 4% — Tours and Nantes, 5% —West Flanders, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th and 11th have arrived. The Committee on the Debt has passed the first clause of the Government proposition. MADRID BOLSA, Mascx. 11.—The Three per Cents. closed at 34-a paper; the Five per Cents., 15i. Coupons, 84 ; Debi. without Interest, 5 11-16. Tiv 22A J 4 .±ll, INDIA AND CHINA. :BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE.) We have received by electric telegraph, via Trieste, advices from Bombay to the 17th of February, Cal cutta to the Bth of February, and Hong-Kong to the 29th of January. The Hindostan, with the Indian mail, arrived at Suez on the 4th of March, with about 70 passengers. The Bombay journals announce the unconditional surrender of the fort Dharoor, in the Nizam's domi nions, on the 4th of February, and give a report that a portion of the Prince's territory has been made over to the Government of the East India Company as an equivalent for the debt of 60,0001. due to it. In the Punjaub 450 miles of canals were under construction. Lord Dalhousie is occupied with edu cation in the Punjaub, in which he is ably seconded by the inhabitants. The sum of 10,0001. starling has been stolen out of :he coffers of the Oriental Bank. The Governor-General was in Rawul-Pindee on the 31st of January, en route to Peshawur. The Commander-in-Chief was at Agra on the Bth of Feb ruary. The Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of Bombay and Madras were at their respective resi dences. The Calcutta papers announce the arrival of the three Sheikh Sirdars, on their way to Singapore ; the proposed erection of houses of refuge on the Saugor Island for shipwrecked mariners; the sen tence of death upon the murderer Very ; and the arrival of the Oriental steamer on the Ist of February, with the English mails of the 24th of December. The China papers confirm the intelligence of the death of Commissioner Lin. Keying had fallen into disgrace at the Chinese Court, for showing a predi lection to Europeans. Fears were entertained of a new Chinese insurrection in the disturbed provinces. The health of the troops at Hong-Kong had im proved. A smuggling company of great extent had been discovered at Shanghae. The _North China Herald announces the discovery of an interesting race of Jews in the interior of the country, 350 miles from Pekin, by some missionaries of the London Society. Commercial affairs had improved at Bombay. The import market was brisk, but there was no increase in prices. The high prices of cotton apparently made Purchasers hold back. There was no change in other articles. The money market was somewhat improved. Freights from Bombay to Liverpool and London were sought for at from 2/. 2s. 6d. to 2/. ss. with an upward tendency. Exchange on London at six months' sight, 23 to 21 per rupee. Money was scarce at Calcutta, but prospects were better. The Bengal Bank still dis counted at 11 per cent. Indigo somewhat better; prices of opium falling. Freights improved, espe cially for sugar, for which, to London, they were at the rate of 31. 17s. 6d. per ton. Exchange, six months' sight, 2i to 2i per rupee. Commercial affairs in China were looking up gene rally. The transactions were limited. When the Austrian boat sailed, the Ripon, from England, had not arrived at Alexandria to take the passenger 3. AMERICAN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. ARRIVAL OF TILE BALTIC. The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived in the river at half•past 8 this morning, with advices from New York to the sth inst. She brings 5,0001. in specie, and upwards of GO passengers. Congress was prorogued on the 4th instant. The City of Glasgow steamer, hence, arrived at Philadelphia on the 3d inst. Thousands of Americans were preparing to visit London during the Exposi tion, and the prices of passages in the packet ships were advancing. Our advices from Ilavannah are to the 22d. Business lwas brisk. A cargo of slaves, numbering 240, are said to have been landed on the island. We have advices from the city of Mexico to the Bth ult. ; but they contain no news of importance. The Europa arrived at Boston on the 28th ult. No action had taken place in Congress relative to the tariff. €O.IINIERCIAL INTELLICZNCE. The Stock Market to-day was without marked change, but generally heavy. Government and sound State Stocks were without change, but the non-divi dend paying stocks were cheaper. The market is firm for exchange, with a good demand for the steamer. The receipts at the sub-Treasury were 27,051 dol lars. Payments, 7,523 dollars. Balance 3,812,625. Cotton—Talcott's Circular says the market, on the 25th, assumed a firm tone, and on the 26th 2,500 bales were sold on the basis of 121- for fair uplands, and 114 to 12 for good middling Orleans. On the 27th the Europa's advices of 15th ult. from Liverpool were received, per telegraph, from Halifax, of id. toll. decline, and a panic followed here. 600 bales were sold at cent. decline. On the 28th, 1,200 bales ; on the Ist, 900 ; on the 3d, 3,000 ; and to-day the sales reported ou'Change were 1,400 bales, at rates which establish a decline of 1 cent on those advised per Africa, the market closing, however, with a stronger feeling, little offering, and an anxiety on all sides to purchase. Ashes—The market is steady for pearls at 5 dolls. 62ic., with a fair demand. Pots less saleable at 5 dolls. 50c. The sales are 100 barrels. Flour and meal were in better de mand. Indian corn was dull at late rates. De mand for wheat was limited, and quota tions almost nominal. Provisions—Pork was in good demand, 1,000 barrels sold at 10 dolls. for prime ; mess beef is very firm but quiet. Bacon is scarce and wanted. 600 barrels Lard sold at Bc. to 92c. Tobacco is moderately active ; fine qualities are scarce, firm, and wanted, but common kinds are rather heavy. Sales :-100 hhds. Kentucky, at 10#c. to 121 c.; 45 hhds. Maryland, at 7 c.; 30 hhds. Ohio, at V;c.; 35 boxes Florida, at 20 c. to 25c. ; 100 bales Hav‘annah on private terms; manufactured is dull. Iron but small sales. Scotch pig out of store at 22 dolls., and 300 to 400 tons to ar rive at 21 dolls. 50c., six months. We have but to note 120 tons T. V. F. Norway, on private terms ; English bars are held at 40 dolls. Freights—Cotton was taken for Liverpool at id. ; Corn at 41-d. though Zd. was generally . asked; Flour was engaged at 18.6 d., and dead weight at 20. There was no change in London. Havre Cotton was taken at -ac. AIdEItICAN SHIPPING. Cornelius Grinnell, from London ; William .Wirt, Ashburton, Guy Mannering, Princetown, Isaac Wright, Garrick, Shannon, America, Liverpool an d W a t er l o o, from Liverpool; Connecticut and Duchess d'Orleans, from Havre ; Champion, London, and Margaret Evans, from London ; Willia m T e ll , f rom Havre ; Bestall, from Lisbon ; Clementine, from Bremen ; Marthas Vineyard, from Greenock; and Metska, from Stopham—all arrived at New York. Columbine, from Liverpool, at Apalachicola; Eu ropa steamer, Daniel Webster, and Indian Queen, from Liverpool; Robert, from Cadiz; M e d ora, f rom , Cronstadt; and Greenwich, from Havre, at Boston; Scotia, from Liverpool, at Baltimore. THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right Hon. the Speaker's first levee took place on Saturday. The following noblemen and gentlemen were present : Earl of Enniskillen, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Shaw L e f evre, t h e Rev. Mr. Repton, Lord Bernard, Mr. George C aven di s h , M r. Moody, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Mr. Mimes Gaskell, C o l one l H a ll , Mr. Currie, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Mackinnon, Sir R. William Berkeley, Mr. Bagge, Mr. Wigram, Colonel Loyd Watkins, Mr. 11. Foley, Mr. T. Greene, Sir E. Colebrook, Mr. Corballv, Mr. Char teris, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Spencer Waddington, Mr. God dard, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. George Dodd, Mr. Archi bald Hastie, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Walter, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. Blair, Mr Cubitt, Sir P. Grey Egerton, Mr. Goold, Mr. Tenison, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Clements, Sir 11. Verney, Sir F. Lewis, Lord Blandford, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Beresford, Mr. Stuart Knox, Mr. Smollett, Mr. Packe, Mr. Scrivener, Mr. Branston, Mr. Hutchens, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Parker, Lord John Manners, Mr. Plowden, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Townely, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Wrightson, Sir John Pakington, Sir James Mattheson, Sir G. Tyler, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. 0 Ricardo, Captain Duncombe, Mr. P. Wood, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Morris, Sir John Uuckworth, Mr. P. Carew, Mr. Stansfield, Sir John Buller, Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Wegg-Prosser, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Lockhart, Sir R. Gore Booth, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. William Cavendish, Lord Hallyburton, Mr. Cavendish, Sir F. Lewis, Captain Pelham, Colonel Dunne, The Right Hon. the Speaker entertained at dinner on Saturday the following Members of the House of Com mons :—Lord Charles Manners, Lord Barrington, Lord Alfred Hervey, Hon. James Lindsay, Hon. Eliot Yorke, Right Hen. .. , awson Darner, Hon. Henry Lygon, Hon. Ed ward Stanley, Sir John Trollop°, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Sir Jolliffe, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Henry Stuart, Mr. George Dundas, Mr. Henry Currie, Mr. Cochrane, Mr Floyer, M. B. Coles, Mr. M. Gaskell, Colonel Hell, Mr. Halsey, Mr. Thomas Hildyard. Mr. Moody, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Buck, and Mr. Alderman Copeland. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are th e names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, March 13, 1851:—David Pestell Thomas, Ravenstone, Leicester; John Wright Baker, Derby; Thomas I'lunket, Edinburgh ; Martin Brydou Lamb, ,Forfar county i Johnson Martin. Laaca4hire, GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin state that the celebrated LUDWIG TIECK, the translator of SHAKES,PERE, died on the afternoon of the 13th. On the 13th the Prursian, Minister received a note from the British Government against the entry of Austria with all her states into the Germanic Con federation. Lord PALueßsTorr, however, does not protest formally against the project. It is said that the note adopts in general the same views as those expressed in the note of the French Government, and and it is easy to see tiat England will not consent to Austria carrying out ller project. The Spener Gazette contains a letter from Berlin of the 12th, which says The adjournment of the conferences of Dresden h.ving expired on the 7th, all the plenipotentiaries asseribled on that day. But, we learn here, no plenery conference will take place before between Austria and Prussia u e brought to a close. The the the Germannegotiations question a, two ministers who direct them will not before then proceed to Dresden.' Another letter of the 12th arrived the Prussian Commis e day before in that states seiiotyu ,erf o t i r h u a H t ue G l s e pt n eui e ur r p a ,o l hs aeDdE of presenting a report on the present state of affairs in that duchy. He was im mediately after to return t t , hi s pos t . subsists between Prussia and Russia, übsessita,uanuddersintantdhing the recent differences between Prussia and Austria Russii has sided with Prussia. Two of the Austrian regiments took their de parture from Hamburgh N the 12th. SWEbEN. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 7.--At the opening of the Diet of Sweden the Govennent, impressed with the necessity of introducing a change in the former con stitution of the kingdom, tod in the electoral law, presented to the Chambers various projects of reform which were called for by the progress of public feeling, and which were favourably received. Two of the Ministers, in particular, warmly defended these projects of law, which were accepted by the citizens, but rejected by the nobility, clergy, and the peasantry. The majority of the Chabbers have just passed a vote of want of confidence , in the advisers of the Crown, and have decided or an address to the KING, demanding their dismissal. It is not, however, though at Stocilholm that the KING will dismiss his present Ministry, which is up held by the national opinion The KING, who was antious to return to Swe den, was still detained at Christiana, his presence being thought necessary en account of the dis turbances which had broken out there. The emeute was, however, put down, and the troops con tinued faithful to their duty, and peace has been restored. ITALY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 10th, M. Mora adchssed a question to the Minister of the Interior on the subject of the dis graceful attack upon the prriting-office of the Strega, at Genoa, of which we gave, an account a few days ago. M. MOIA complained that the Government had not displayed sufficient energy and foresight on that occasion, and moved for. a Special Committee of seven Members of the Chamber to inquire into the facts of the base. M. BROFFERIO seconded the motion, and vaguely alluded to certain rumours of reactionary tendencies imputed to the Government, which had of late been spread among the people, and which he suspected to be at the bottom of the outrage in question. The Minister of the Interior replied that this was a matter of a purely local character, that the authors of the outrage had committed it under the mistaken impression that they were aiding, and not thwarting the principles of constitutional liberty, and that, consequently, reactionary tendencies were not the cause of that event ; that the tribunals were now investigating the matter, and that any interven tion on the part of the Chamber would only weaken the efficacy of the former. The Chamber rejected the motion by voting the order of the day. From the Corriere Mercantile of Ikenos of the 10th, we learn that among the persons arrested for having taken a part in the destruction of the printing-office of the Strega, there are three Counts, two Marquises, and one Chevalier, whose names are given at length. The others are mostly pilots and sailors. A letter from Parma, of the Bth, in the Croce di Savoia, states that the Duke of PARMA has set out for Naples. He will stay a fes days at Florence, and on his return from Naples he intends visiting the London Exhibition. THE LEVANr MAIL. mailand C w o e netantinople to the 24th. nothing _ _.......____. have received Athens cuA, of interest. The latter sl.' journals a hß t e e Minister of Commerce, y ftoh r t am h t t e e o ir s t L A ic h o e e An v i 2 t a La B n i t t n h p , having recovered from his indiposition, was about to make active preparations for sending to England the articles destined for the Grard Exhibition. They announce that twenty-seven irisoners had arrived from Samos, and that all was tranquil at Aleppo— the mild and prudent measuresof the Pacha, MO HAMMED KOUPROUSTI, continuing to give satisfaction to the population. -,- IMPORTANT POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—On Saturday the following regulations of the General Post-office, St. Mar tin's-le-Grand, respecting letters addressed "Post-office London," "Poste Restante, Londeb," or letters simply ad dressed "London," were published by the command of her Majesty's Postmaster-General : — .."Letters addressed ' Post office, London,' or ' Poste Restante, London,' are delivered onlkr at the window of the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand. The hours of delivery tom the Post-office win dow are from ten A.M. to four P. at, When the person apply ing. for letters is a foreigner he Itust produce his passport. When a foreigner does net apply it person, but by a messen ger dispatched for that purpose, the messenger must produce the passport of the person to whorl the letters are addressed, as •w ell as a written order, geed and dated by such person. In the case of a messenger being sent out for the letters of more persons tha n one he must produce passports and orders from each person. If the applicant for the letters is a subject of the United Kingdom, he must be able to state from what place or dis trict he expects letters before he can receive them. Sub jects Of States not passports issuing = rassNrts are treated as subjects of the United Kingdom. If letters are directed to indivi duals simply addressed ' London,' and not ' Post-office,' or ' Poste Restante, London,' t h ey krill not be delivered irom the window at all, but will be sent Out by letter-carrier for de livery at the address furnished by the applies/int. Foreign letters addressed ' Post-office,' or' Poste Restante, London,' are retained for two months at the Post-office window. In land letters similarly addressed are retained one month at the window. After the expiration of these periods both classes of letters are respectively sent to the dead letter office, to be disposed of in the usual manner. All persons applying for letters at the Post-office window must be pre pared to give the necessary explanations to the clerk at the window, in order to prevent mistakes and to insure the deli very of the letters to the persons to whom they properly belong. It will much facilitate the business of the Post office if the words "fo be called for' are added to the address of letters which are directed ' Post-office, London." DEATH OF THE EARL Or ALBEMARLE. — The Earl of Albemarle expired on Saturday morning. His Lord ship was was the fifth Earl of Albemarle, and was the son of the fourth peer by his first wife, the daughter of Lord de Clifford. His Lordship was born in 1794, and married in 1816 the daughter of Mr. Steer. In 1845 his 'Lordship wai appointed a deputy-lieutenant of Norfolk. The Earl is suc ceeded in his title by his brother, the Hon. Colonel George Thomas Reppel, who some years ago was a groom in waiting to her Majesty; and, on Lord John Russell's first appoint menCto office as First Lord of the Treasury, officiated as the private secretary to his Lordship. - - GENERAL SIR CHARLES NArIER._MALTA, MARCH s.—Sir Charles Napier and his suite, who were desirous of proceeding to Marseilles by the Medina, and who were pre vented from a fear that some delay might be experienced by the India mail, which would he in quarantine on arrival, is still here, but proceeds to-day to Marseilles by the French Government packet which has just been telegraphed. The veteran was last night at the fancy dress ball of the gove• nor, and attracted no small share of attention by the eccen tricity of his manner and his dress. THE MURDER NEAR PLrmovrrn.---William Rowe, the farmer, who is in custody on suspicion of a revolting crime, and also of having murdered the boy John Bunker, undek circumstances already described, underwent an ex amination on Friday and Saturday before the magistrates at Ridaway. A great deal of additional evidence was given in relation to the charge of murder, and one of the witnesses swore that he had, by the direction of the prisoner, given testimony at the coroner's inquest, as to what he had seen. which was not true. The nurse who laid out the body of the deceased described the marks upon it as quite different from those stated by the surgeon at the inquest. The exami nation, which was most protracted, was adjourned till Mon day next (the 24th), and in the meantime the body of the deceased is to be exhumed, in order that its condition at the time of death may, as far as pissible, be ascertained. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—On Friday, a special general court of the memlsers of this society was held in the court and board-room of the institution, to confirm the minutes of the special general court, held on the 14th day of February last. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Mr. Findley, a post chairman of the Asylum, and the governor elect of the incorporat , d society; Mr. Bryon and Mr. L. Jones, past governors of the same society ; Mr. Bishop, a past trustee; Mr. Shepherd, a past trustee of the asylum; Mr. Skinner, a past member of the committee of the same ; Mr. Boorman, a member of the committee of the incorporated society; Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Oliver, and Mr. Finney, past committeemen of the same. Mr. Pugh, the chairman f the asylum, presided at the court. Mr. Jones, the secretary, read the minutes of the last special court, which related chiefly to the rules and regulations applicable to the minister of the asylum chapel. No discussion arose, and the minutes having been confirmed, thanks were given to the Wiairman, and the court dissolved. MARCH 17, 1851. THE SHARE MAPTCET4.I. BnxTxsiz n.az LWAYS. Paid. Nominal Prices. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Junclon Belfast and County Down Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. 6s. id.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 601. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. Bristol and Exeter • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holy - head .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and BeltastJunct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) Do. (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C sham East Lancashire .. Do. New quarters Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et, Great Southern and! Western, Ireland •• I 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., u hf. & B (c) London and S.-11 esters Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Londonderry and Eanis- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. I Manchester, Sheffield, &I Lincohtshire !.. Do. Manchester and' Lincoln Union • • Midland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • •• , Do. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. *eat. (Ire. Newcastle and Carlisle• Do. quarter shares . Newmarket •. Newport, Abergavenny anallereford • . • • Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, V? arrenpoint, & Roitrevor • • .. • Norfolk .. . • .. • Do. New 201. shares .• Northern Counties Union North British • . .. .. North Staffordshire • • North-Western .. . • North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. .. Scottish Dlidlaud .. . 1)0. new .. .. • • Shrewsbury & Birming. Clasi Do. Class 8.. . • • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New • • Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Mln.) • • .. Do. Haloes .. • • • • Do. Oswestry •• Do. New.. ;. .. • • Shropshire Union . • • • Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Deven • • .. .. South-Eastern . • Seuth Wales.. .. South Yerksh. and 'three Dun ghat., Roth., and Goole, South Division .. Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .• West Cornwall .. • • West London ~ • • Whitenaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. • . Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto O.N.E. purchase or preference .. • • York and North Midland LINES LEAS: 22 % PLXED X: 21X 29 `ll=.S. Business done to-day. 19 18 7 A 19% 16; 17 26% h sy. 3% 4 1 ,6 87% 36 5 4 % 17'5,', 18 19 ley, 12% 44g g d 92 913 92 15 86 [x.d llg p a.d 6 % 5% 21 22 98% 97% L32)fi %, 4 1 A 92 9134 2% 4 dia. 66% 1 4 67 22% % 39 40 39 29i 29 % 12 8!-46 7% 193 i 20 11% % 7$ 31 14 die. 2% y, dii. 1834 to 19 121,i —2% dis. . 10% - IN , • ." •• 85 -87 IG•X - 17 26 - 27 .. .. 21 —l9 dis. 3% - 44 7% -8 7 -7% 516 -5% 17% - 18 2% -3% 39 -40 10 -11 if - 34 18U - 19 6% -6% 123 -12 X 44 —45 x.dl 91 92 234 134 di& 85 —B7 x.d 11 —l3 p.x.d 29 —3l p x.(l 63 34 6434 x.d 9% 830:1.xd 1 6% 6 ills. 5% 5 d.xd 21 —22 8% - x.(l P 97% - 98% 132►% -132% 6 -6% p. 6 -6%p. 3 -3'{p. 91 -92 4% —3j6 dis, 4 3dis. 2%, —2% dad 3 - 40 N —2% die. 66 —67 12% —l2 Ms. 36 40 •• - •i 3 4% —4% dis, 28 —3O 13 —l2 dis. 1134 12 sy, —5% db. %- 1P 19;4 -20 1834 - 19 18% - 1134 7 -8 3% —3% dis. 2% 2 1 4 dlic 2 1)y 18 —2O 9 —lO 133( 14.4 % % dis. 276 234 ells. 21 22 22M 28% x.d 3534 36 i% —34 dis.x.d 3% 434 7 5 dia. 3 —3% 4 3 d. 7 8 16.3 i 1736 -. .. 8 -7% 223 —93 s.cll 2 dis.x.d. 1 1 4 1 dis.z.d i l 28% —29 U AT Railways. Leasing Business Companies. Paid. Closing Prices. done . Berks.andHants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 20 28% 99% Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. 20 27 —2B `Vol., & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. 15 8% —9% p Do., without a guarantee .. Do • • 15 7 —8 p Buckingliamsh. Lon. &N. W. 17 % 17% --• 17% 1734 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Per Cent. .. G. Northern 25 32% —B3 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103 51% Do. Shares Do •• 25 50 —5l Do. Sh a res Do •• .. 12% 22% 23% Leeds and Brad. Mid land •• 50 97 98 97% Lon. and Green. S. Eastern a 12 2 1 0 4 11% 1 2 1% Do., Pref. .. Do .. 24 5 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • N orfolk • • 20 15 16 1514 N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties .5054 56 54 v.. N e w Do •••• 43 4 6 p Preston and/ &N. W.} 25 41 —43 x.d Wyre • • •• ) &La.& Y. Do. % Shares ADo 104 7% —B% p.x.d Bead., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern ,• 20 22% 22% 21%, x.d Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6M 8 —B% io. Shep. Ex.. Do •• 1% 1 p . South Staffords. Mr. 81.`Clean 9% 31,E d u . x.d Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 24% Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 45 45% 48 ANC, .aEr: SIZILELES. _ - Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. ----- ----.--- Aberdeen •• •• ••8 6 a -. % p % ! , i 14 Pm Caledonian 101. - • • 10 7 714 7 Chester and Ilolyhead .. is 17% —lB 15 17% East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. .. • • 3 34 2% —2% 2% Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. 5 ~ —.. Do. (71. 175.) 7p. e.:Pref. 2 .. Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. 613 4 % % p Do. No. 2 ...... 6 13 4 par % par P 1 1111 Do. New 6p. cent Stock 10 1034 1134 l O 7 l+ Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. 20 173 —lB Do. 10/. Deben. Shares . 10 - East Lancashiro •• , 6 per • ' cent, quarter shares .. 6% • • —• • Glasgow & S.- IV. Consol 100 - —• • Gt Northern, 5 per cent. 1234 1334 13% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .. 2 34 %— 1 P ' Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... .. .. 6 1% —1% die. Do. 6 per cent. Stock •• 100 - • Leeds and Thirnk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .. .. 9 :•• —** p Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 • • —• • Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 5 •• —•• Do. quarters, 1841 .. 9 1% 2 P London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per ct., late Croydr,n thirds 100 • • Do. pref., 5 p .ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 120 Do. cony. 5 pe.r ct. 1852 50 87 —6 9 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 136 —139 136 % London &S.-W., new • • 5 2% 2 P . Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares • • 10 • • —• • Manch., Sheffield, and Do. L new,inc.,qu a1r0.15.hr5..,.N0...0 15 -- 16 12 —l4thl 12 % % p 2% Do. Consel. Bristo l & Do., 6/. • . • . • • • • Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 131 133 Birming., 6 per cent. - 100 .. —.. 132 34 48 Do. Bristol & Glouces . . d 3 10 6 • ...., .. .. .... .. do• • • .. Do. do. Do. Erewash Tal le y .. 8() .. , Do. Leic. & Swan nin g . 8 Norfolkper .. 20 17 --18 17% Do. guar. 534 Per cent, 5 4% — 4% 4% a. d Do. Wave c E en i t t . e gu n, a io r. .. 100 . Extension ney Valley .. 2 .• —. • Nor th British • • • • 5 5% 534 5% Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed ~ 8 10% 104 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. w. min.) 8 per cent. 10 115 1534 1534 IG South Devon • • .. .. 25 15 —l6 South-Eastem , 4% p. et. 1() •• .. Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. 1 .. .. W es tLondon,lst Cl. (101.) 10 • • --• •• Do. 2d Class the. (par) 20 .. —.. York, Newc., and Berw., 17 Gt. N.of E. Per. ~ 16 —l7 4% 5 York and • North Midland 11. and S. Puren, .. 10 1% . Ye die. 9 rOREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. 20 10 1034 10 % ;a % Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. 20 17%, 18% 18% 19 1834 Demerara . • • 1734 • • —• • - Dutch Rhenish. • 8 4% 3% cas• 4 % %% % East Indian • • 14134 —1% P. Do. do, do. . 20 Great Indi an P eninsula. : 5 %—% P. Ditto ditto .. 2% %—% P• Louvain ala Sambro -7% • —• • Luxembourg . •••• 8 114 —l% 134 Ditto .. . 10 2Tis — 3 % 3% 34 3 Madrid and Vale n i la ... ' 2 - .• - - Maria Antonia • 2 5 634 —6% • Ditto, New .. .. 7% 9 2% —2% Namur and Liege .. • • 20 —9% 9% %34 10 Northern of France • • 16 15% 153 15% 1615% 16 Orleans and Bordeaux • • 8 4 —3% dls. 4% % % Paris and Orleans -. • • 20 36 —3B Paris and Rouen - • • 20 26 2634 26% 734 Paris and Strasbortrg: • • 16 5 —4% din. 1134 VA %1214 Rouen and ilavro .. . 20 11% 11% 12 34 1134 1234 Sambre and Meuse • • 20 4% —4% 8 3,4_ 4% Tours and Nantes; • • • • 15 9 % —9% dis, 6% %.% 76 % Tournay, Jurbisv, I ;an den, and Banat • • 2• Wait Flguiders • • .11 8 % 1 % 72. 14 3% Anglo-Mexican(is. 51. p.) Asturian . • .. • • • • • • • • • • Australian ••.•••• • • • • • Barossa Range .. ••. • • Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .. • • • • • • • • British Iron.. •• • • •• • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Comes anclCuiaba 1 13 l'.) Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre Copper . Copiapo ..... • • • General.. ..... • Real Del Monte, th.reg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. •• • • .... • • United Mexican • ..... 30INT Australasia .... •• • • • • • • British North America.. Colonial .... ••..•• • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ........ • • • • National of Ireland .. • • Provincial of Ireland . • • • Do. New ............ Union of Australia .. • • Do. New • • Union of London .• •• • • Union of Madrid . MX 34 - = !4 - 13 5 24% 32% - 32 14% - 13% 32% - 34% 534 - 6 13% - 14 - 6 % 10% - 1 1 6% - X BANKS 33 - 32% - 42 - 12 25 - 25% 18% - 17% - 27}g 28 2 81i ' STOI 17% - 1 8 42 -43 h 15% - 1 5 333{ - 3Vi 3 - 3%1 12% - 134 Canada Gen. Steam Navigaiion.l Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam ... • .. Peninsular and Orient S • . CELLANEOM. 1 32% 42% 27 48 50 GS% 72% 60 73 —69 dal Steam, 5 paid, has been done at 12. able for the errors of the Official 11/4 1 . An a interested correspondents.) (We cannot be answen will let be influenced by MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS= CITY, TWO O'CLOCK re . The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday we estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 4,000 rican, 150 Pernam and Maranham, at 71d. to 81d.; Bahia, at 'lid. to /Sid.; 100 Egyptian, at B d. to Sid.; s e t, " o Surat, at 4id. to 51d.; and 70 Sea Island, a t Is. 3id• _ 18. sd. per lb. The market was tame at previous rate?. —ln Railway Shares a fair business was done, but g" market was not so firm. The want of inreased facilities in the clearance ..3f goods, &c., and the necessity of greater expedition at.tan_e Custom-house, which, with every desire to accomrae,d the merchants, is trammelled so much by forms to ge_e_r_ full pace with steam and rail, has induced the 10 0 07. tion and signing of a petition to Parliament b ©then eir_ chants, bankers, and others of London. The p e 5 state : " That your petitioners are extensively eng 2 g e .. j .i i s rl a trade, commerce, and shipping. That by the "Tiro of Government and many enactments of the Legisi a ' t a i o i• large powers have been conferred upon the 8nar,„„,.., Customs, directly, by express provisions of Acts of liament, and indirectly, by entrusting to that de sane of the public service a wide discretion in the issue.s._. enforcement of bye-laws, rules, and regulations, to /In!' Parliament has recently given the privileges , and immunities of Legislative Acts, both prospectivelyoo; retrospectively; that these extraordinary powers can the be reconciled with the spirit of our constitution necessity of protecting the public revenue, whilst .IFli are fraught with danger to the liberty of the stle).7 ll . unless used with great moderation and gener aldis cretl That the changes which have taken place in the ore commercial policy of the country, the creation of more rapid modes of transit, and the great and ineres,,,,L.ol competition which the merchants have to sustain al.:: other countries and foreign markets, necessitate c. authortltp aponding and progressive alterations in the admintigsta tion and management of the whole fiscal systm' o ut experience leads to the confident belief that the present experience management and collection of the Customs is u nneceg L s ' t 4 restrictive, vexatious, dilatory and expensive. Tila'dis„, would tend much to diminish the growing content if a full investigation were instituted into a principles upon which the administration and praette e . n the Customs are based, in order that due consideration may be given to such suggestions of alteration and roof; struction as may tend to their simplification and uniform' ity. May it therefore please your Honourable House ,. t 4 adopt such measures as may seem best for directing 7_ inquiry into the rules, practice, and management bet te r tts Customs, with a view to their reconstruction and . _ spirit of the adaptation to the altered circumstance of trade, and th e extending commerce of the country." The outline of the news by the Overland Mail appears to be rather more favourable. At Bombay, the cola" mercial markets were more active, but although l at. ports sold readily, prices did not improve. Money w ilt somewhat easier. Freights to England were st 21. 25.6d.t 2 to 2 021.55., ,6 and months. tending nta 14 upwards. E xche° on London, From China, likewise, the intelligence appears to be more satisfactory in respect to business affairs, but We have no letters yet. Advices from Belgium state that the Government had entered into provisional arrangements with a NOVO/ to execute a direct line of railway from Brussels to Ghent and through the valley of the Dendre. In a fe l ' days these projects will be submitted to the Legislatures but the terms ars not yet known. In the Amsterdam stock market on the 15th ins& there was a very little doing in pu blic securities, bat Spanish and Mexican were rather better. At Frank fort, on the 14th, Austrian Metallics were 74 to I, and Spanish Throe per Cents. 33 15-16 to 34. Hamburgh advices of Friday last quote the exchange steady on London at 13 4. Money was abundant. The more information is elicited concerning the failure of Mr. Bolding, the worse it appears to be, and nun 3°- rous parties in the " house" have to complain of his un fairness. One party suffers as a lender of hard cash W a considerable amount, and the t ransa ction is sai d to h 90i least increase in a b n u d s i ne 96 business.f have occurred s only the day before th e stoppage. Th e Stock Market is rather fi rmer , but there i s net the for st Transfer, Consolsnr Account. have All the quo ted other principal money stocks being shut, there is nothing to give 5 ive 3a. to 5 G.,and India Bonds animation a to the market. 645. p raininExchequer-billsm. have ed The feature in the Foreign Stock Market is a deci d e d rise in Spanish Bonds, which have touched 264 Three per Cents. have been 381. Portuguese Four pet Cents. have been quoted 34, and the Converted File per Cents., 35k. There have been bargains in Spani el i j Passive at sto Peruvian Stock has realised 8 5 t o being firm. Buenos Ayres has advanced to 58i se m 57i. Chilian Stock has been at 105 k. Russian VIII:, and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 971; a n d Dui . Two-and-a-H per Cents 58i English Rail alf way Shares ., Are in less request, though firm in price, but speculation and investment ar e ° all tively prosecuted in the foreign lines, which ar better. TARE -a' QUARTER TO Consols 96 Ditto Account 9 3 l o cs. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (From the Official List.) 6/ 3 per Cant. Consols Anna ............ 9 0 0, im Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... -- 1 6 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1660... 7 , '- India Bonds under 1,000/ ........ 61 . 1 , ) Consols for Account 96N 2 d, E rshequer Bills, 1 1 ,4 d June' March 53 56 P (.000/. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON E 5 6% 3 Buenos Ayres B on d s , 6 per Cent. ••• 57 Bends,a n Bone 4, 66,p5e perrCecn e t n . .. ... 11z . ... ....... e i c h a i n ' i Ditto Ex Jaa. Coupons ......... 7 3 ;54 Ditto for the Account ........... Peruvian Bonds, 41A, pe r Cent ...... 13951,4 Ditto Account ...... . ............ Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ...... Ditto Converted, 18 41 ............ ,4 Ditto, Small . Ditto 4 Der Cent. .................. 34 Ditto Account ... ............... Russian 3 4 Ditto 414 per Cent......... ` Spanisk Bonds, 5 per Cent....... •• 2. 09/ 4 74 5 i Ditto Account . 1-8.4--9- 16 1 9 _ 9 Ditto .. Ditto, Coupons ... ••• 5 Ditto Passive Bonds. .................... n gp *punish Bonds,3 per Cent,lB4o ••• Venezuela Bonds ..................:•• oh. Dividends on the above payable in Dutch 2 per Cent., 12 Guild ..• Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... ~.--- 91% -- LLOYD'S SHIPPING,(THIS DAY') LONDON, MARCH 17.—WinE. DUBLIN, MARCH 15 .—A case, without Oak!, COD" taiuing bell class coloured red and blue, hag been picked up. Sld. Honour, St. Domingo. DIEPPE, MARCH 12. The Theresea (French sc hooner), of Bordeaux, Newcastle a nd Cherbourg; abandoned, n w e d a picked d w u e p d ioffn hereT or b b a y y a t totally g d .. i b i too boat t o l po P rt iYMOUTH.—Arrd. William Brombam; her Majesty ship Bonetta, Coast of Africa. Sld. Sir Ro bert Peel steamer, Cape of Good Hne Off port, Asia.; Rio Janeiro, for C Enterprise, ahia, for openhagen ; Erse, Hamburgh. Sierra Leone ; NEWPORT.—Sid. Marie Caroline and Protector, St • Thomas's; Lavinia, Porto Rico; Conte Hartle, 11 01117 ''' nah; Be Porto Rico. BRIDLINGTON IIeBrah , e, MARCH 16.—The Maria Theresa, Fr o net, Seaham to Bordeaux, sunk off Spiers, 14th instW it; crew saved. EMDEN, MARCH 12.—The Stadt Leer, Newcasth) Varel, was lost off the Island of Borum, sth instant; nt ; and a brig, supposed Br itish, and coal laden, was on shore on Bur= Reef, 9th instant; crew drownd. BERGEN.—The Gabrielle, of Naples, sailed hence 26th ult., has put back leaky, having touched up on the Rock going out; t he leak has been stopped, and sh e will proceed. DEAL, MARCH 16.—Wind N.W., ng squally.—Ar rd• Ann Milne, Port Phili p ; Orissa, Penang; Gaes; Mauritius. Arrived from the River and sailed, Norfolk, New Zealand; Ocean Queen, Cape of Good Hope; Jobn Bull, Montreal; Catherine, Rio Janeiro fur Hamburgh; Anna Margaretta, Batavia for Amsterdam. Sid. Vero nes, Batavia; Blorenge, Calcutta; Mangalore, Cape and Ceylon; Ann Eliza, St. Domingo; Ant, St. John's; New' Brunswick; Glasgow, ditto; Glonlyon, Quebec.; with th e rest of the outward-bound. Off the Start, L'Ost, New Orleans, for London, 13 14 0 1 1 8 50 8 6 8 25 12% 12% 1 13 4 47% 100 1 6 3 li 4 2 0 100 100 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 ~~ ~,,,,,,,, ...r._ 35% V Noininal ~. l~ Yi~l , Bustaoss done to-daY. V f 174 100 100 42% 100 47% 100 6. 3 i 6 B.X 9 Pad.