The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

i ii •. l . - 1, * ,<7 4 -A. . 4 • . f -p,,,._,,,, ~,,,....„ .... ,_ . ..4t,,,,„ , ~, -..- .--..5.1 : 4f • MO. , , • H -- ...- , • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE NEW NOVEL, PRIDE AND IRRESOLUTION. _ By the Author of " The Discipline of Life," . Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RRUPTION OF MOUNT VESCEUVIUS, I COINCIDENT T 3 OUR COAL-PIT EXUDE METEORIC EXPLOSIONS. Memo. for J. BIRD (charred black, alas, unaided), at Wigan, &c.—Continue the isolation of the bony-fabric thro' in halation of the pure white flame air left ye—refilling hourly the air vase exhaust cylinder of the lungs for inmost beat expulsion to its opposite, the sulphurous fire-damp gas—from the skin-vescicles for regeneration of fleshy covering underneath. This Vesce'ourian system by " Captain " ACKERLEY has providentially resuscitated eight (Including " the man with his dog"), of the miners " blown" with gas and charred by the late disastrous colliery explosions near Stourbridge,, Chowbent, and Wigan, as phenomenized in February, on the '9th to 13th inst. Thus proving (as in like instance at lladleigh and Dudley Port last year) that his practical utility be lies his calumniators —the Government-talking droll( s, and that his usefulness, thro' God's gift, althe at self-expense—verifies the old adage, that " Where there's a will there's a way"- [See the Cap tain's, " Savoyiennated *notes Historiques"], for alleviating this dire calamity of the working classes. To the New Exchange Coalmasters, &c., under Queen Eleanor of Savoy (niece of Peter Duke of Richmond, of Kent and Sussex) : —perverted St. Katherine's Dock and East Smithfield Charity, A.D. 1273, in 1399, and 1849. -1 Oa " the Quorum Certificate," each sufferer Is entitled on loss in life or limb to a state pension or smart from the Greenwich Chest " Consolidated Fund," as the Act (tho' inverted. like the " Standard with the 10 hours"), - ordains for the encouragement of trade, na vigation, and naval strength. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENI N Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J l'alerson ; lleauseant, Mr. 'Montagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry ; General Dam is, Mr. Baker ; M. Deschapelles, 31r. Davidge ; Pauline Des ehapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. To be followed by The Operatic Play of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, Auld Lang ayite. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Rafter ; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie. Mr. Emery ; Diana Vernon, Miss Railer ; Helen Mac @roger, Mrs. Ternan. rrivats. M. 35., 21. 12e. Gd., 21. 2g., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Stalls, bs. each. s. d. FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - I 0 Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-k, s. d. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - I 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Broropton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE PRISONER. OF WAR. Captain Chan nel, Mr. Webster ; Lieutenant Basil Firebrace, Mr. C. Kean ; Mr. Pefar Pall-mall, Mr. Keeley; Clarina Channel, Mrs. C. Kean; Polly Pall-mall, Mrs. Keeley. After which TILE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATER ROYAL, ADELI'HI. Under tLe direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW CC'SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Ba by, 0. Smitli,'Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY- Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. PRINCESS'S THEATgE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING /Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE. ON D. Alter which HOT AND COLD. To be followed by the Ballet of THE THREE STATUES. To conclude with MY WIFE SHAN'T ACT. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood, THIS EVENING, Will be performed LOVE'S SACRIFICE. Characters by Messrs. Dyvenport, Johnstone, Conway, Belton, Kinloch, I Toward, Meadows. Lee Miss Coyeney, Miss Marshall, and Mrs. Marston. After which THE POET'S SLAVE. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS- ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA CONLIQUB. ' Last Week but Two of the Operatic Performances. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence On MONDAY EVENING, At Half-past Seven, when will he performed UN TIGRE DE BENGALE. After which TOUCHEZ PAS A LA REINE. La Reine de Leon, Madlle. Charton ; Don Ferdinand D'Aguilar, M. Lac. The Box-oflice of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. nder the Management of Madam, Vostrt. .ole Lessee. Mr. Charles Maitie,s. THISI EVENING. Will be performed ME WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Utter which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Dress Boxes 6-. : Upper Boxes, 48. ; ; 011110rJ. IS. o half-price to any part of the house. All Applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. _ _ ASTLE VS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the Dculale Tight Rapes in a petite Ballet entitle/ The Hungarian Woodcutters. THIS EVENING, The - jaerfdttnance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a Ise w Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand •r Savoy. Tu be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. - To conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story. nox-ofticu open from Elevel. tilt r our. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Correspondent at Tunbridge-wells is referred to a paragraph which appeared in the first page of The Sun of ye,t.srday, fur the infirrnation he requests ou the subject of the shutting the Three per Cents. Reduced. !UGH W....TER AT LONDON BRLIP%F., TIM DAY orning, 33 min. after 4 1 Evealng, 48 rain. after 4 To- Voiniow - M rnirw, 6 min. arter 5 1 Evening, 25 In after 5 THE WEATIIER.-SuN OFFICE, MAncu 2 THERMOMETER, Liwest, 44 Highest, 50 Noon 51 BAROMETILIt. 30'32. WIND W.S.W.—dull elcu?), weather. te tning ni LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1850. The Obstructives succeeded in wasting the whole of last night in the most frivolous and vexatious oppo sition to the Irish Parliamentary Voters Bill. At nearly twelve o'clock, after the proposal of amend ment upon amendment, having manifestly no object beyond embarrassment and delay, the first clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. After a most. uninteresting debate of several hours, the Right Hon. the Chief Secretary for Ireland was unable to make further progress with his very mode rate and reasonable Bill than the, first clause, so that, at the aame rate of progression, we may expect to see the Bill carried about the commencement of the grouse shooting season. A more dull and spiritless debate it has seldom been our unpleasant duty to wade through. A regular Parliamentary opposition is associated in our mind with sparkling wit and brilliant eloquence—our memory takes us back to the time when PITT, and FOX, and CANNING were wont to startle the possessors of the Treasury Benches, and make the old halls of St. Stephen ring with thrilling bursts of bright and convincing elo quence. But, alas, what a falling off is here ! The Opposition harangues of last night had nothing to redeem their leaden tediousness, they more resembled the puerile efforts of schoolboy declamation without its; freshness, than the strong and embodied reasoning of full grown men. The first clause of the Bill provides that occupiers of lands rated at 8/. or upwards, and being registered under this Act, shall be entitled to vote at elections far counties. Now one would suppose this was plainly an extension of the franchise to certain persons occu pying land rated at 8/. a year, and at present excluded, the lowest qualification being under the Reform Bill 101. in counties. Yet it was seriously and solemnly contended by some of the wiseacres in the Opposition, and even, to our amazement, by ono eminent member of the legal profession, who should have known better, that the qualifying and simple words of this clause would have a diF qualifying effect, and in the words of Sir FREDERICK THESIGER; " would unquestionably sweep away all existing franchises for the purpose of recon structing the representative system of Ireland." Hoses() acute and able a lawyer as Sir FREDERICK undoubtedly is, could so misunderstand the plain words of an Act of Parliament, we are at a loss to comprehend. The clause confers the franchise on all persons rated at 81. and upwurds; these last words manifestly including a ll persons rated from 81. to 50/., from tha lowest to the highest qualification, and disfraneltisity , none. one of the Honourable and this, Notwithstanding Learned Menth:rs fur the University 'of Dublin pro posed that the words be inserted—" in addition to those qualified by law , to register and vote for any election of Knight of the Shire in Ireland." After a most lengthened and tedious dcbate it was consented to add this unnecessary and unmeaning surplusage to the Bal. Mr. HENLEY proposed the next amend ment, " that the words two years' occupation as tenant or owner should be inserted." An amend ment whielb, if carried, would produce endless liti gation, involving in every case the intricate question of legal tenancy and ownership, and calci4ated to produce so much vexatious delay as to deter a large number from claiming the franchise, no matter how justly they may be entitled to it. We are, however, glad to say this psuedo amendment was negatived by a majority of 64, the numbers being 166 to 102. Mr. HENLET then proposed a second amendment, which Even his own party did not attempt to press, and which was negatived without a division. Then came the most important amendment, and which clearly manifested the intentions of the Obstructives. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin Univer sity proposed that, "instead of an 81. rating it should be a 151. rating." This proposition clearly evinced the animus of the opposition, and removed altogether the flimsy veil by which they would conceal their real object, which was evidently to refuse any extension of the franchise to the people of Ireland. The Honourable Member the LORD MAYOR of Dublin ably combated this disfranchising clause, by which the Irish franchise would be narrowed instead of extended, and thus the whole object of the Bill defeated. Mr. REYNOLDS, with his usual ability and clearness, gave a most minute and instructive statistical detail of the Irish franchise, demonstrating the monstrous injustice of raising the qualification to a 151. rating, as proposed, and after a long and tire some debate, which lasted till nearly midnight, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 69, and the further consideration of the measure was adjourned to Monday next, when the British Reformers of the House of Commons will, we trust, be at their post, and, by aiding in extending the franchise of the peo ple of Ireland, prepare the way for an extension of their own, and show by an overwhelming majority that the democratic principles of the Constitution must be carried out in reality, as they form in theory and spirit one of its boasted and essential elements. Government has already, within the present session, acknowledged the necessity of adopting some more comprehensive policy in regard to the management of our colonial possessions. Of all the orations yet de livered, during 1850, in the British Houses of Parlia ment, unquestionably the most bold and statesmanlike was that pronounced on the eighth of February by the Prime Minister of England. In it he unfolded the scheme proffered by the Cabinet for the accept ance of the Legislature —a scheme intended to effect the better conduct of the affairs of Australia. Never, we areready to own, has a project of this character been submitted to the consideration of the popular repre sentatives by any previous Minister of the Crown, the principles of which throughout were more consonant with the genius of our Constitution. Applied pro portionably to the different dependencies of the em pire, its influence could not fail to operate most bene ficially both on the mother country and on our nu merous possessions. It would effect the moral and political amalgamation of their interests even though physically they might remain divided from each other by the distance of the earth's diameter. Half-an-hour's reflection will be sufficient to convince even the least credulous of the enormous responsibility devolving upon the Government of the British empire in reference to the direction of the British Colonial Administration. When it is remembered that out of that one-fourth of the surface of the globe which consists of dry land, almost one-fourth of that again has become subjected to the force of Anglo-Saxon domination, it will be sufficiently apparent that the number of human beings requiring the aid of our legislation is more enormous than that obedient to any other terrestrial authority. For, excepting:the central portion of the North American continent, all the rest of the countries populated by the children of our firefithers still continue to offer allegiance to that august sceptre which has descended from the hands of ALFRED to those of VICTORIA.. A rapid enumeration of the colonial possessions scattered through both hemispheres, and looking to the counsels of West minster for their guidance, will enable us to obtain at a glance some adequate conception of the magni tude of the task entrusted to the ability of our Ad ministrators. Europe, besides comprising the fountain-head of the_ great race of the Anglo-Saxons, the source from which all this enterprise has emanated, contains also some of those small yet inestimable dependencies which are in reality among the most important of cur possessions. Conspicuous among these are the lonian Islands, commanding the whole of the Mgean Sea ; Gozzo and Malta commanding the centre, and Gibraltar commanding the entrance of the noblest of all the inland seas, the Mediterranean. Northward, again, is the store-house and observatory of England during the periods of European warfare, the island of Heligoland. Asia embraces the vast and fruitful dependency of Hindostan, stretching from Cape Comorin to the Himalayabi, forming the southern limits of Thibet, irrigated by the waters of the Indus, the Ganges, and the Burampoater. Within the presidencies alone of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, are comprised an extent of 553,000 square miles, and a population of 83,000,000. Among the provinces obedient to the rule of the VICEROY at Calcutta, are, of course, Cachar, Jynteab, Aracan, Martaban, Tavoy, Ye, Murgui, and others, together with the states of Berar, Oude, Mysore, Travancore, Cochin, Sattarah, Rajpootanah, Bundle cund, Sinde, the Punjaub, and other subordinate por tions of the gigantic territory of Hindostan. Beyond these, amidst our numerous Asiatic possessions, must be enumerated the island of Ceylon, the Laoradire Islands, the Maldive Islands, the Audaman Islands, Hong-Kong in China, Aden in Arabia, and Labuan and Sarawak in Borneo. Africa, besides containing the spacious colony at _ _ the Cape of Good Hope, stretching northwards be yond the Orange River, must be viewed as associated with our dependencies of Sierra Lone, the River Gambia, Liberia, Cape Coast Castle, and Fernando Po, with Ascension Island, St. Helena, the Mauri tius, Rodriguez, and the Scychelle blends. America, apart from the United States, is popu lated by many millions attached to the Anglo- Saxon institutions, and directly subservient to the British Government throughout the Hudson's Bay terri tories, the two Canadas, Newfoundland, Queen Charlotte's Island, Vancouver's Island, the Ber mudas, the Bahamas, Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbadoes, Dominica, Antigua, and the remainder of our West Indian possessions. Apart from the four great continents, England possesses in the Southern Ocean a gigantic island, partaking in magnitude rather of the character of a continent; and, in addition to Australia, the insular dependencies of New Zealand, Auckland Island, Campbell Island, Macquaries Island, Van Diemen's Land, Desolation Island, St. Paul's, Amsterdam, Gough's Island, Sandwich Land, the New Orkneys, Georgia, Faulkland Island, South Shetland, Chatham Island, Palmer's Land, Enderby's Land, Adelie Land, South Victoria, and other possessions scattered over both the great oceans, and extending in either direc tion to the extremest limits of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Dominions thus spreading over the surface of the habitable and even uninhabitable globe own the sway of that wonderful empire which has Westminster for the se a t o f it s cen t ra l G overnment. U pon the lead ing members of that Government reposes the awful and ever-increasing responsibility of so legis lating for the management of those immense and widely separated colonies that the whole framework of the B should be preserved in harmony—and ri t t h is a h t observed, during an age which has been desi • gnated by one of its greatest thinke rs , an age of universal downfal and disruption. Such a labour of conserva tion and development is altogether incompatible with the maintenance of the existing policy. This the ruling Administration recognizes. This Lord Jowl RUSSELL himself has almost in so many words avowed. The initial measure in a grand move ment of amelioration has, we believe, been commenced by the introduction of the Bill for the Government of the Australian Colonies, a Bill submitted to the House of Commons by the Prime Minister on the Bth of February. Let ui hope that a change so auspiciously commenced may not be unlial pily impeded in its progress through the L gislature, but that in this instance the good Intentions of ti.e Government may be realised through the earnest co-operation of the Parliament. Tu.srss or M. B. DISRAELI, M.P.—The illness from which Mr. Disraeli is suffering is not of a serious or alarming character, it being merely an attack of in fluenza, which does not demand any further medical care than that of his ordinary professional attendant. 41. great number of the honourable gentleman's political friends called personally at his residence, at Rutland gate, in the course of yest er d ay , and the swer given was that " Mr. Disraeli is much the same." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The discussion on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill was commenced on Thursday in the Assembly, and was adjourned to the day following. In the course of the sitting M. CAsar, complained that his letters had beon opened at the Post-office ; and the Minister promised to inquire into the subject. It is said that M. DE PERSIGNY, the French Am bassador at Berlin, has been instructed to inform the Prussian Minister, that France would consider any invasion of Neufchatel by Prussia, as a menace against France. The PRXSIDENT has ordered the garrisons of the eastern frontier to be strengthened. The following letter has been addressed, by M. LOUIS BLANC, to the editor of the Putrid : " Sir,--I have never asked for an audience from Lord Palmerston ; I never saw him i❑ my life. What you have stated in this respect is completely false. You expected a denial from me, you say ; be satisfied, then. " I have the honour, &c., " London, Feb. 27, 1850." " Loris BLANC. A fatality seems to attend the French expedition against La Plata. The steamer Prony, which has twice left Toulon, has again been compelled to return into port with the whole of her machinery deranged. She will not be able to put to sea for some time. The Pomone steam-frigate, which left Brest with troops on board, for La Plata, has been compelled to put in to Cadiz, with the shaft of her screw broken. PARIS BOURSE ,MARCII I.—Latest Prices—Five per Centf., 941. 90c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 20c. ; Bank of France, 2,280 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MA Rcii 1. Namur and Liege, 64—Paris and Rouen, 21%—Rouen and Havre, 9—Sambre and Meuse, 231. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th ult. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The 24th being Sunday, the Bolsa was closed. GERMAN Y. The GRAND DUKE of Baden has convoked the Chambers for the 4th of March. The Austrian Minister of War, Count GIULAI, is definitively to quit the Ministry. M. VON DEGEN FELD will undertake the provisional conduct of busi ness, and it is stated that he will eventually take the War Department. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung has the fal lowing article from Gotha, under date of the 23d February : The Duke of Saxe Coburg, after having dispatched a courier to London to the Queen of England, suddenly quitted Gotha for England, on the return of the mes senger. Matters of the highest importance connected with the next agnat of the house, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, are stated as the motives tor this journey. The grounds, therefore, are probably a desire to arrive at an understanding relative to the proposed arrange ment for uniting the domains of the two duchies, which are very properly connected with the new project of union, and the deliberations upon a new constitution. It is possible also that the eventualities of a voluntary ab dication of the countries may be negotiated in case the union should not be carried into effect." The same journal announces the election of Baron STOCKMAR, as deputy to Erfurt from Coburg, and pays a great tribute of praise to that experienced and talented politician, whose name is coupled with so many important events in the modern history of the house of Coburg. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, dated the 27th of February, announces the retirement of General STROTHA from the War-office. He retires on the ground of ill health, and is succeeded by Lieutenant- G eneral STOCKHAUSEN. The following speech was read by Count Branden burgh, on the prorogation of the Prussian Assembly, on the 26th ult.:— " Gentlemen,—We have arrived at the close of a long and fertile session—the first regular session of the Prus sian Chambers—a session which in the annals of Prussia will Le recorded as peculiar of its kind. For what you has e done I cannot here venture to express any acknewh-dgments. In this place lam not justified in doing it ; if I possessed that justification, the expi ession of gratitude would only he a repetition of what you have already heard from the place empowerel to give it—from the Throne itself, from the mouth of his Majesty—expressions which, on the occa sion of that Lever-to-be forgotten act of the taking the oath to tho Constitution, were frequently repeated in these walls in a less solemn manner. I cannot leave un mentioned that expressions of similar recognition have conic to my knowledge on the part cf the Prince of Prussia, whom the service.of the King and country de tains at a distance from Berlin, " I cannot avoid a short retrospect of your activity, and to remind you that not merely the comprehensive and important work of the revision of the Constitution has been brought to a close, but that LO laws and bills have re ceived the assent of the Chambers, of which 24 have been already published in the collection of statutes. Among them are laws of the most import nit de.,cription,— such as the law regulating landed property and the organization of rural communes. Besides these the budgets f 1849 and 1850 have been settled, a great mass of petitions and other propositioni and motions have been considered. This, gentlemen, is the result of your exertions since the 7th of August of the last year till the present time, comparatively a short space cf time, a ro• cult which certainly affords a satislact )ry retrospect of a memos able session. " It will be the task of the Gore. nmeat to advance on ' the course with which you have declared your coin cidence, and that wo shall proceed on it with our best pow er., with publicity and good faith ; that this will be the policy of Prussia I herewith give you the assurance. H With respect to the finances which your confidence has placed at our disposal, we shall not forget that the industry c•f all classes is concerned in it, and that we shall make such a use of it as the interest and honour of the nation requires. " In the name of his Majesty, I declare the present sossion of the Chamber to be herewith closed, and the sitting of to-day as ended." The Town Council of Elbing has unanimously , voted an address to the Prussian Cabinet on the pre sent state of the Danish negotiations. The address is as follows : " According to the statements of the public journals, it appears that with the opening of the spring we are again threatened with a renewal of the blockade of the harbours of the Baltic by the Danes. This Get imposes on us, as the authorities of a tra ding town that will suffer irreparable damage by the measure, the imperative duty of laying before his Ma j esty's Government a request that it will put a decisive end to this unhappy state of affairs. "The war has been begun, and there are only two ways in which it is possible to end it. Either the force at the command of Prussia is not equal to that of Denmark, in which case it is an im possibility to continue a war with a stronger Power; or it is equal to that which Denmark possesses, and in this case the nation has the right to expect that the war will Le cat rind on with an energy that shall compel the Danes to make peace. But as it is, the present state of things drags on from year to year. The blood of our brethren serving in the army is abed uselessly, and the commerce of the Baltic provinces is completely ruined. The interior is hermetically closed against us by Russia (the ally of Prussia); the sea is shut to us by the Danish ships of war; thus alt commerce and traffic become an absolute impossibility. " We are situate at a distance from the immediate theatre cf the war and the centre of the diplomatic nego tiations. We do not know whether the dark rumours that circulate through the country relative to the Danish war are true or not. But one thing we do know, that if the harbours are year by year blockaded, and intercourse with other countries rendered uncettlin, the commerce and with it the welfare of the land must go to ruin, and that nothing can avail in this case but decisive mea sures. In the interest of the trade of our town we therefore address to the Government cf his Majesty the prayer that it will take measures to put an end to the present uncertain and insupportable state of affairs." HOLLAND. Accounts from the Hague, of the 27th ultimo, mention that the King of HOLLAND has recently nominated a commission, charged with the examina tion of the question, whether (without compromising the interests of the Government) it is not advisable that the working of the Banca tin mines, and those existing in other parts of Dutch India, should be abandoned to private enterprise. The commission would assemble, it was understood, on the 4th instant, in the colonial department. GREECE. RUMOURED COLLISION BETWEEN A BRITISH AND AN AUSTRIAN SHIP OF WAR. The Turin papers, Opinion and Concordia, and private correspondence of the French paper Assemblee, state that an Austrian ship had exchanged shots with an English ship in chase of a Greek vessel. That the English Consul at Milan had, consequently, struck his flag and retired to Turin. That some ships had been detached from the Engli s h fl ee t t o blockade Trieste. The Milan Gazette, however, of the 24th, does not confirm this news ; but private letters speak of the retirement of our C onsu l f rom Mil an. Dispatches have been received from Admiral PAR'. KEE of the 17th, which make no mention of these occurrences, and as Leither 'the Turin papers nor the Assemblee condescend to dates in their account of the transaction, we are not inclined to place much reliance on the accuracy of their statements. Letters from Malta of the 22d ult state that the Greek people begin to feel severely the conse quences of the blockade, and would seem di spose d to hold the KING responsible for his acts, even though they pushed matters to the extent of dethron ing him. The Turkish Government has moved a small fleet into the Propontis, for the purpose of enforcing the long outstanding claims which Tur key has up on Greece. The conduct of Mr. Wren is highly praised by the Turkish authorities. The English fleet was, on the 18th ult., in the Bay of Salamis. Mr. Win b-9 Week Last il, T. eading NAME OF RAILWAY. weak. F . , 3f..... 000 U.54' ---, -------- - .X Feb. 23 Aberdeen .. •••• • • • • .......... ..... 819 432 24 Amiens and Boulogne . .........„... 1,210 1.116 23 Belfast and Ballymena*" ............ 408 403 24 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 838 961 24 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 412 359 24 Bristol and Exeter • • .......... ..... . 3,256 - 'l7 Caledonian.. ..... ••• • • .• . ..... .... 5,921 4,227 24 - Chester and Holyhead.... ..... ....., 1,323 1,082 21 Dublin and Drogheda ....., ....... 710 724 26 Dublin and Kingstown ................ 646 636 23 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ 592 946 24 East Anglian..... •••• • • ....... ...... 864 750 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow.... ........ 2,832 2,974 23 Edinburgh and Perth 1,941 1,651 24 Eastern Counties and North Eas tern.. 13,849 12,511 24 East Lancashire .••• • • • • ....„ _ .... 2,604 1,877 24 Eastern Union •••••• • • • • • ... ........ 1,775 1,098 23 Glasgow, Kilmarnock , and Ayr ...... 2,547 2,375 23 Glasgow and Greenock . . ....... .... 878 843 17 Great Northern and E. L. ....... ... 2,640 1,663 23 Great Southern and Western .„..... 3,635 3,022 24 Great Western, &c •• .. ...... ........ 16,186 16,911 24 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire.......... .. 11,067 11,247 17 Lancaster and Carllsle • ...., „ ...... 3,102 2,000 17 Leeds and Thirsk ••..• • •• ...... .... 7 1 5 259 24 Liverpool, Crosby. and Southport.... 87 72 23 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 121 112 24 London and North Western, &c...... 31,918 36,728 24 London and Blac kwall.... ..... ..... 6 437 23 London and Brigh ton ............... 6, 5 75 9 3 6,471 24 London and South Western • ... ... .. 8,068 7,516 24 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5,060 2,778 24 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 19,365 19,133 24 midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,017 1,049 769 24 North British •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3,034 2,446 23 Paris and Konen .• • ..... ••••••• • • • • 5,513 5,733 23 Rouen and Havre .. •••••••• • • • • • • •. 2,143 2,269 24 Scottish Central ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1,122 857 23 Scottish Midland ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 370 232 - Shrewsbury and Cheater •• •••• ••••.. _ 1,324 24 Shropshire Union ••• • • ..... •••• • • • -- 23 • 23 17 South South D e Eastern on .. ..and .. .. Branche s ..... .. . ... ... .. .. .. .. .. Taff Vale 648 24 Ulster. - Waterford and Limerick.• .......... • - 247 17 Whltehaven Junction .••••••• ' • ' • • • ' 194 - 24 York and Newcastle .•••• '• • • 24 York aid North Midland . 1 1 .950 11,200 QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—There is an expectation in the legal profession that the batch of Queen's Counsel in tended to be created will be completed in a few days by the addition of the names of Carrington, Philli more, Hogging, and Warren. THE GRIEVANCES OF THE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS OF THE Rove'. NAVY.—We are glad to see that Sir William Clay, Member for the Tower Hamlets, pre. sent, d a petition, on Thursday, to the House of Com mons, from the physicians, surgeons, and lecturers of the London Hospital, urging redress of the grievances of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy. BROMPTON HOSPITAL FOE CONSUMPTION.--Yes terday evening a quarterly general court of g ove rnors and t he directors i ust iut i o o f n; this the Rev charity . s W Sir Henry Foulis, Bart, in as held in the board-room of the chair. The former minutes baying been read and passed, the report was read, which stated, that during the quarter ending November 22, sixty-one iii-door pa tient! were received, making, together with 81 then oc cupying the wards, a tot a l of 14$. Of this number, 51 wore discharged, more or less relieved, 16 died, and 82 now remain under treatment. The average attendance of out-patients being 120 d a ily. The rep o rt conclude d by stating that archite c t s hal been selecte d, a n d p l ans were under considerati on , fur effecting the final cumple tion of the hospital, an attainment tha was much desired both by the friends of the charity and the many indivi duals seeking its r e li e f. Upon the motion a the Hur. Arthur Kinnaird, the report was received a nd ado p ted, and the custutnary compliment having been voted to the Rev. aironet presiding, the proceedings terminated. Mr. Charles Pe arson was prevented from attending to vote for Mr. H ume ' s mo tion for Parliamentary Re . form by severe illn ess , b y which, we regret to sa y , he has been confined to his h ouse f o r several days. Two days ago, as a y ou ng bride and bridegroom, who had just sworn e t erna l fidelity at the foot of the altar in the church of St. Ouen, were about to receive the bened iction of the priest, the female uttered a pierc ing shriek, succeeded by a second one, and in a few moments gave birth to a bouncing bo y .—Gali g nani's Messengen was still on board.the Queen. The French fleet was on the 17th in the Bay of Ourlac. ITALY. The Nuzionale of Florence states from Rome, 19th February, that twelve of the persons arrested during the last days of the carnival have been released, on condition of their leaving Rome within twenty-four hours. About 20,000 French tromps are expected at Civita Vecchia from France : the garrison of Rome is to be entirely changed, The authorities at Viterbo have arrested several persons accused of having, on the last Monday of carnival, led out four dogs of different breeds, tied together so as to pull simultaneously at a picked bore--the latter representing Italy; while the lour members of the canine race were understood to re present the four generous powers that had hastened to the assistance of the Vicegerent of CUBIST. In the sitting of the 23d cf the Chamber of De puties of Turin, M. DAZIANI moved as an amend ment, that the discussion of Art. 8 of the Bill on the civil list should be adjourned till the commission had obtained further particulars on the subject of the necessary expenses of the royal household. After a short discussion the amendment was negatived. Articles 8 and 9 were afterwards voted without opposition. The Statuto of Florence states from Leghorn, 20th, that a considerable robbery was committed there on the preceding night. The Austrian court-martial at Leghorn has condemned a man named Plum to two }ears' hard labour, for having a stiletto and the barrel of a pistol about him. A merchant, M. BOTTA, sixty years of age, has been condemned to a fortnight's imprisonment, for not having given up a musket barrel, although in the sentence it is declared that he was not aware of having such a thing in his house. Another person, M. GiouGio ANSUINI, has been sen tenced to a week's imprisonment, " for having in his possession certain portions of his fowling-piece, under the pretence of preventing the person now in posses• sion of it, and not living at Leghorn, from making a bad use of it." Accounts from Florence of the 21st state that ap , prehensions were entertained of some disturbance. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, having disposed of the un opposed lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part-heard appeal of Hirst v. Telson, which occupied his Lordship the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) LANODON V. WOOb. Tll further arguments in this cause were resumed this morning and took up the greater portion of the day. The Vice• Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram heard cause petitions to-day, but no case calling for a particular report came before either of the Learned Judges during the morning. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord LANGDALE, the Master of the Rolle.) BLENKINSOPP V. BLENKINSOPP. This was a suit for the administration of an estate under the terms of a deed of settlement, made in Ja nuary, 1846. . . The trustees and the ♦arious parties interesttd in the deed Leing unable to agree among themselves, as to the mode (f admini:tering the trusts, The MASTER of the RoLLs directed a recei►er to be appointed BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A middle-aged woman, attired in widow's weeds, was charged with being an imposter. Sergeant Thompson stated, that fLorn information he had previously received respeJting the prisoner he was induced, last night, to watch her. He saw her knock at several houses in Brownlow•street, Drury-lane, and at one of them he heard stated to the party who came to the door that she was a widow, with four chil dren, who were all of them starving. Ho told her that he strongly suspected her to be an impostor, and on taking her back to the other houses, where she had le vied contribution,, he was informed that she bad repre sented herself to be a widow with four children, living in Seven-dials, where her husband and eldest son were lying dead. She had, she said, applied to the parish for relief, and the parish authorities had given her a couple of coffins, but as the clothes and linen of her husband and son had gOne for food, they had bean laid out upon the floor of her room, in a perfect state of nudity, and she was, therefore, compelled to beg for two old shirts to make shrouds with, Ibis pitiable tale afterwards turned out to be a fiction of her own coining, and her lodgings wore ultimately discovered to be in a filthy low hovel in Short's-gardens, where she lived with a man who passed for her brother, but who in reality was nothing else than her accomplice aid paramour. Eightpence farthing was found upon her person, but ate displayed symptoms of having been carousing in the course of the day, and there was little doubt that she was a clever imposter in her way, living upon the fat of the land, at the expense of thous whose charity is only surpassed by their credulity. Mr. HENRY asked her what she had to say for herself? —The prisoner, who certainly looked the very picture of weeping misery, simpered that starvation had driven her to it. Mr. 11Exav—But why tell such falsehoods?—The prisoner, in the same sniveling tone, wished to know "what starvation would nut drive one to?' Mr. HENRY bel:eved that starvation was an excuse for a goal deal, but impoAtrs like her oft , n stood in the way of the relies' of those who really were in want. The charitable and humanely disposed p ar t o f th e publi c we r e always ready to mitigate the sufferings of their fellow creatures, but impositions like this made them doubtful of all who appeared to be in distrets, and too frequently the hungry and destitute were neglected through the fear of encouraging deception. Those, then, who made a trade of begging ought to ba severely punished, and it %ai therefore his duty to commit her to the louse of Correction for three weeks. The prisoner, who seem ed quite un a b a shed at the sen ;once, was then removed in emitody; RAILWAY RETURNS iLAILWAY TBAFFIC. — The following are the Total Receipts of Rail lgethtoe with the receipts of the sawe say, up to the date to which the .. a os a p y e s e v r et returnsweek—that t are made, to week in the previous year:— MA RC I 2, 1850 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI7'Y, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales without alteration in prices.—Railway Shares improved a little; London and North-Western and Midland were firmer. The weekly Bank of England retina to the 23d ultimo shows a further increase in the assets, but the influx of public moneys affects the circulation of notes despite a small addition to the discount and loan business. The other deposits were slightly diminished, but every item of the return tends to illustrate the abundance of money, notwithstanding the 'Russian loan. The Bank cf Eng land is lending on stock at two Fer cent., and will con tinue to do so, it is understood, until the re-opening of the transfer hooks. Compared with the previous week, the return exhibits the following changes:— Notes Issued ... ... 30,326,155 Decrease ,„ „, 13,880 ••• ... 3,268,145 Decrease ... 49,516 Public Deposits 7,639,031 Increase 552,001 Other Deposits :„ 9,749,035 Decrease 99,746 Seven Day and other Bills 1,111,658 De crease 41,706 Government Securities ... No alteration. Other Securities ... .. 9,687,835 Increase 30,768 Notes ••• ••• ...• 11,437,600 Increase • • ••• ••• 284,065 Bullion ... 17,122,221 Increase _32,320 Active Circulation ... 18,888,555 Decrease ... • 297,945 The negotiation of bills of exchange was concluded last night at rates somewhat below those of Tuesday, as re4ards the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 65 to 70, Antwerp 25 671 to 721, Ham burgh 13 134, and Trieste 11 40 to 45. The Banker's Magazine for March states, that " the last advices from the United States say, that a disposi tion appears to exist in several of the States of the Union, to introduce the present banking system of New York, which, if adopted by them, will necessarily absorb considerable amounts of the various State loans. Ac cording to the system which obtains in New York, all individuals or associations organised under the general banking law are required to deposit with the State Comptroller, as security for their circulating notes, State and United States loan, each for one-half of the amount of their issues. The notes, before they can be put into circulation, must be registered and countersigned by the comptroller, which can only be done by him upon the actual receipt of the required deposits. Six per cent. stocks can be thus deposited at their par value, and Five er Cents. at rates equivalent thereto. Should this system be generally adopted, it will readily be seen what a large amount of the stocks designated will be require I to meet its provisions. The amount of precious metals exported from London during the week to Thursday last was only 25,000 ounces in silver bars to Belgium. The English Stock Market ha. been rather fluctuating again, but there is not a great deal doing. Consols have been 94/ to 951, and are now 95 to ▪ The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. realise 971 .Exchequer bills have been quoted 545. to 575. premium. India Stock is worth 2671. The Foreign Investments have been quiet, if we except Peruvian, in which there have been a good many bar gains, at a decline to 731 and 711 for the Active, and to 32 and 304 for the Deferred. Mexican are steady at 291, Equador are 31 4, and Buenos Ayres - 52: Spanish Three per Cents. flat at 361, and Russian Scrip only 11 to 14 premium. Railway Shares have been without any essential al teration, but, perhaps, on the whole a little firmer. Hest ONE .i..... , - i G P . k - • .i• 14. 1 Tis )1 t• T.INDs O'CLOCK. PRI(' FF. g per Cent. Reduced Anne 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 95 94% 25 IA 95 1 ,E New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... ........ 97 % 3 / 4 97 Long Anna. to expire J an .l860 India Stock ...... .. ...... ...... 267 LA 2'.71,4 ,It..i.i Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account 95 95l xelicquer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. ai 2d 1,000/. June 54 57 p 500/. June Small. June 54 57 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FONDS. cl4ll. 87 p 95 p 57 p 57 p O'CLOCK. PRICER .'razilian Bonds 8 9 1,4 89 1 / 2 Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... S•L Equador Bonds 51 3...% Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent — Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 73% 72 1 4 71% 72 73 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Russian Bonds ...... Ditto Scrip "Spani6b 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto. Account Ditto, 1838, 9, 40 1840 Ditto • 1849 Ditto, Passive ...... Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account ..... ........ 36% Dividends on the above payable iu London Dutch 2% par Cent., 12 Guild. .. _ . 29N 32 1 / 2 17% 12 - 06 q Ditto. 4 - per Cent. Certificates.- 86% 86% I'RICES OF rAm. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING Ai L IVA v siIAKES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES . Berks & Hants Extens. (G LWest. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 sinning, Wolverh'ton, and 1' u Bey, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 , inatol and Exeter 92 ... .. 62 Caledonian - - .. 50 Do. New 101. Pref lO ... .. 7 - astem Comities— ..... 20 ...... x.d .. 7 x.d Do , New Pr. f.rence, 6 i.er Cent. .... ..... 10 ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... 3 4 p 3/.i p Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... -;reat Northern Do., 1 % B 6 per Cent... 7%. 5 14... Great Western 100 ...... 56 3 / 57 1 ,4 x.d. 57x.d. Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifth 5............ 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... , 7 14 x.d.......... 7% x.d Lancaster and Carlis1e... 50 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Fifths.... ....... -.. 10 00. (W. Riding Union) 1114..... 4 1 4.- Linden, Brighton, and Le ads and Thirsk Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% — ..........,.... 3% dia. South C 0a5t....... 10J Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 ...... London and N Western 100 10 3 14 x.d lo3%xd Ditto. Fift` . 12 ... .. 11 7 / 8 x.d l2 x.d. Lowestoft', guar. 4 per et 20 Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo - Ditto, New 101.1 Pref... 10 Midllnd ...... ...80 .. .. 39 x. d .... ... .. 38 ',4 Do., 50/. Shares ..... 30 _ ... 5%..»..... 5 l / 81x.d Do.Birni.. and Derby 11.0 Do. Consolid. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ..... 123 Norfolk ..,....... ....... ....100 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 North British ........ ... 25 North Staffordshire ... 17% — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Shrewsbury and Bina-. 13% , — ........ .. .. 8 dis Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 South l' astern Do., No. 3 ....... ..... 30 ..... 16 Do.. Registered No. 4 10 - ... ..... ...... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 60 ...... Do. do. d 0.... 25 York. Newcastle, and Berwick. oe. Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Proference 8 ..... 11 ,4 York and North Midland 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 aat Indian 5 - • • Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... » Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... Paris and Rouen 2O ••• •• ......•• MINES. United Mexican 28% 1171 4 2 41/s 25 METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OP SEWERS.—The Commissioners of Sewers held a Court yesterday, at their premises, No. I, Greek-street, Soho-square, for general purposes of business. Present—Viscount Ebrington, in the chair, Sir T. Burgoyne, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hardwick, Captains Harners and Dawson, and Mr. S. M. Peto. The secretary read the annual statement of accounts, which showed that the general cash, ba lance in hand, on the sth January, 1149, amounted to 22,9561. 3s. 7d.; the receipts from rates and contribu. tions, from sth January to 31st December, 1849, amounted to 71,6231. 13s. 10d., the payments during the same period for works, survey, management, &c., were 85,3451. 3s. 6d.; balance in hand, 9,234 Z 13s. lid.; outstanding assets, 64,4891 2s. 6d; •utstanding lia. bilities, 100,7382 Is. Id. The auditors certified to the accuracy of the accoun ts , . and reported most favourably on the manner in which they were kept. One or two answers to summonses were then considered. Permission was given to the Lambeth Water Works Comp iny to drain their premises into the sewer in Bol sedere-road, and instructions were given for severa l sewerage improvements within the jurisdiction of the commission. The Court then adopted the following re• solution That the Court regard with satisfaction the efforts made by the Metropolitan See - age Manure Com pany to distribute sewage water and manure, and thereby remove from the Thames, wh en i t i s nox i ous, matter which, if spread . over the lane, i s f oun d to b e most bene ficial and fertilizing. That the Court will afford to the company, and to all p ar ti es engaged in effecting this usefulobject, every f a cility an d encour a g ement eonsisp tent %all the import a n t p u bli c i nterests c onfided to the care , of the commi ss i on ." Th e court was t h en a dj our ned till f uesd3y, March 14, when they will meet at Poplar. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certi ficates to practise, on Thursday, the 29th of February, 1 850:—William Foot Vidal, Aveley, Essex; John Page Cooper. L on d on; J o h n Willi ng tcn Clement, Pockling ton; Charles Nelson Wilkinson, R.N., South Lambeth; Alfred Whittle, Liverpool; James Samuel Seyer Lang, Yatton, Somersetshire ; Edmund Grosvenor Goulden, Hazelgrove, Cheshire ; George Charles Armstrong, Ware, Herts. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 2.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MARCH I.—Wind W. to W.N.W., thick wea ther.—Arrd. Janus, Ilovason, St. John's, New Bruns. wick; Arrd. from the River Steadfast, Calcutta; Richard, Thornton, Batavia. It is feared that a vessel is on the Goodwin Sands, the Gall light-ship having fired; boats have gone to her assistance. LIVERPOOL, MARCH I.—Wind W. to W.N.W—Arrd. Mail, Henderson,lchaboe ; Uriel, Simpson, New Orleans; Living Age, Snow, ditto; Schoodiach, Nickels, Mobile; Science, G %v.) ther,Arica; Victoria, ditto;:Gresley, Buenos Ayres; Presto, Le Gruzelier, Gonaives; General Park hill, M•Known, Clarkston. Sld. Currency, Calcutta; Wasp, Africa; Atlantic, Jamaica; Lady Young, New York; Dryad, Valparaiso; Lelia, Rio Grande; Chrono meter, Rio Janeiro ; Broadoak, Bahia ; Rossendale, ditto; Frances, New Orleans; _Ocean Star, ditto. A ship of about 600 tons, with painted ports and white monkey-rail, was teen to go on shore on the Tortugas shoals 23d January. The Aurora from Guernsey has been run foul of by the Gipsey, of Glasgow, and Queen, steam-tug. Off port, Lucknow, Demerara. BELFAST, FEB. 28.—The Catherine has been go; (fl shore, and towed up here. l'aLmouTll.—Arrd. Orpheus, New York. PLYMOUTH, MARCH I.—The wreck of a large ship, supposed to be French, was fallen in with 26th ult., mar Feamp. l'Eiv.rncAwr„ FEB. 28.—The Abbess, of and from Net.th for Briaol, and the Pionktr steam-tug towing her, ball got aground on the Taker Rock yesterday; got off with eonsi lerlble damage, and in a sinking state. The latter was run ashore in the Bay, and the former took the ground at the harbour's mouth, and will ebb dry at half-tide. MONTROSE, an. 27.—The British Queen, Messina to Leith, put in here 16th, windbound, and in proceeding out struck the ground and sprung a leak; put back, but proceeded to day. NEWPORT, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.—SIO. Elizabeth, Havannab. STOCKTON, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Yorkshire, Philadelphia. MAREET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAZUMN. Large supplies of vegetables were on sale to-day. The demand for them ruled heavy, at drooping prices. In fruit, very little business was transacted. English Fruits—Pine Apples, 6s to 8s; Hot-house Grapes, 12s to 15s per lb; Pears, 15s to 20s; Eating Apples, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half-sieve; Apples for cooking, 2s to 4s 6d per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 75s per 1001bs. Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 9d to Is; Portugal ditto, 8d to is per lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s to ss; Brazil ditto, 3s to 4s ; Barcelona ditto, 5s to 6s; Almonds, 5s to Gs; and Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s per peck; Lemons, 5s to lOs ; and Oranges, 3s to 10s per 100 ; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s Od per box. Vegetables—Cape Brocoli, 6s to 9s per dozen bundles; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to is 6d; Leeks, 10d to is 4d; Parsley, 2s Od to 3s Od; and Sage, 2s 3d to 3s per dozen bunches ; Horse-radish, Is 6d to 3s per bundle; Onions, 2s Od to 3s Od per bushel ; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d; and Red ditto, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Red Beet, Is to is 6d; and Parsnips, 4d to 6d per dozen ; Endive, Is 3,1 to Is 6d per score; Mushrooms, is 3d to is 6d per pottle; Brussels Sprouts, Is Od to is 6d; Spinach, is Od to is 6d; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is 6d; and Common Salad, is 3d to is 6d per half-sieve ; Small Salad, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Shallots, 3 t to 4d per lb; Potatoes, 80s to 1104 per ton; ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel; Sea Kail, Is 6d to 2s Od per punnet; Asparagus, 3s 6d to 5s per 100; Rhubarb, 5s to 6s per dozen bundles; Cornwall White Brocoli, 9d to is 3d per dozen heads; Celery, Is to is 3d per bundle ; Cucumbers, 6s to lOs per brace; Turnip Gnaw, 3d to 6d per bushel. NEVI/GATE AND MEADE/VEAL?... Turkeys, 4s Od to 9s Od ; Geese, 4s Od to Gs Od; Ducks, 2s to 2s 9d ; Tame Rabbits, is 3d to Is 9d ; Wild ditto, 9d to is 2d; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to is Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 7s Od to 8s Od ; ditto Chickens, 43 Od to 6i Od ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s Od per couple ; Fresh Butter, 9d to is 2d per lb ; English Eggs, 7s 3d to 8s 9d ; French ditto, 6s Od to 7s Gd per 100 ; Hares, 2s to 3s each ; Wild Ducks, is Gd to 2s 3d per couple. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per Blbs. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 23 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 25 8d t , ) 3s 6,1; Veal, 35 to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4F. per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s to 9s ; Brills, 114 to Gs ; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 61; Whitings, 4d to:8d; Lobsters, 10d to2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair ; Eels, 4d to is per lb.; Haddocks, 4d to 9d ; Herrings, 10d to Is 4d per dozen; Oysters, 10s to 45s per bushel ; Flounders, 8d to is; Smelts, is to Is 6d; and Bloaters, Is to is 4d per dozen; Mackerel, 6d to 9d each; and Salmon, h 4d to is 9d per lb. BRZAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are kom 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 4id to 51d per 4lb loaf. =DE MARZET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lkd to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 21,1; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 2id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 31d, ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3fd to 31d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 34d to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 3d to 3s ; ditto lull 5s 0,1 to 5s 6d; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; Rents and Half-breds, 4s 4J to 54 Id; Downs,4s 2d to 4s I ld; Shearlings, 6d. EAT MAJUILTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31103; CIO vet ditto, 31 Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 11 8s I. el load. Trade dull, at barely late rater. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2i 101 to 3110 i; CION CI ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 7s; and Straw, 11 2s to I/ 8 , ;et load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. W HITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ lOs ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 103; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 8.; l er load. Supply good, and trade dull. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE-CHASE. Owing to an error in the colours, we returned Colum bine as fourth instead of Tipperary Boy; Maria Day was fifth, and Vengeance sixth; Peter simple was hors de combat at the first fence, and the Chandler and Rat trap at the third. Daily, the rider of Rainbow, broke his thigh; and the Knight of Gwynne, who run second, pulled up dead lame. These were the only casualties of any moment. The distance, 4 miles and 406 yards, was run in about 10 minutes. COURSING. WATERLOO MEETING.—(CONCLUDED.) The Cup.—Second Ties. Bendigo beat Patty, Cerito beat Jamie rest, Nevire beat Frolic, Fugitive beat British Lion. Third Ties. Cerito beat Bendigo, Neville beat Fugitive. Deciding Course—Mr. Clarke's Cerito beat Mr. C. Gregson's Neville, and won the cup. The Waterloo Purse.—First Ties. Bolingbroke brat Warwick, Wizard of the North beat Tout, Well-I-Never beat Bonnet, Blank beat Conceit. Second Ties. Bolingbroke beat Wizard of the North (dr), Well-I- Never beat Blank. Deciding Course—Mr. Webb's Well-I-Never beat Mr. Bake's Bolingbroke, and won the purse. The Altcar Stakes. Mr. Simpson's Slashing Harry beat Mr. Smith's Japhet. Captaid Archdall's Mammon beat Mr. Barnett's b b. Mr. Jebb's Ringdove beat Mr. Cooke's Crenoline. Mr. E. Taylor's Davie Gellatlie beat Mr. J. Wilson's Governor. Mr. Heach's Wicked Eye beat Mr. Deakin's Derwent. Mr. Jepson's Bumper beat Mr. Temple's Tribune. Mr. Ridgway's Lady Mary bt Mr. Sharpe na Heimior e. Mr. Rendell's Racer be at Mr. T. Booth's Alice (dr). First Ties. Slashing Harry beat Mammon, David Gellatlie beat Ringdove, Wickeil Eye bt Bumper, Lady Mary bt Racer. Second Ties. David Gellatlie beat Slashing Harry, Lady Mary beat Wicked Eye. lle ciding Course—Mr. Ridgway's Lady Mary lya.t Mr. E. Taylor's David Gellatlie, and won the stakes. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—NO betting. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's Lis, Mon., Salt-hill; Wed., Knaphill, near the Woking Station; Fri., Black l)og, Bedfont-11. The Holdernoss hds, Mon., Bessingby Hall; Tues., Driffield Toll-bar; Thurs., Burton Constable-10/ ; Fri., Cavil Hall-114. The Cottesnaore hds, Mon., Stocken Hall; Tues., Tilton Wood; Thurs., Carlby ; Sat., Langham-11. The Quorn hds, Mon., Kirby Gate; Tues., Wymes weld ; Wed., Copt Oak; Thurs., Rolleaton Hall; Fri., Wartnaby Stone Pits-11. Duke of Rutland's hds, Mon., Plunger; Tues., Carl ton; Wed., Three Queens'; Fri., Kirkby Laythorpe —loi. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds, Mon., Long Orton; Wed., Leighton. Village; Fri., Papley Gore-10. Lord Henry Bentinek's hds, Mon., Penton; Tues., Eagle Hall; Wed., Scupwick ; Thurs., Hackthorn; Fri., Austacre Wood; Sat., Langworth Bridge-11. PROPOSED LODGING-HOUSES IN CHELSEA.—The rector of Upper Chelsea, the Rev. Richard Burgess, has arranged to build several lodging-houses in that parish, the rooms in which, with various conveniences, will be let at ls. 6.1. per week. The state of the London lodging-houses for the poor calls loudly for Legislative enactment. —Builder. A WHALE AT MAEGATE.—A very fine whale was towed into this harbour last evening by two boats, which found it floundering on the Longsand, which is about 15 miles from Dlergete. It is of the class of the ronqua'es borealis, 'or northern ronqual. It measures 62 feet in length, and about 35 feet in circumference. The specta tors were very numerous all the next day. The Angel Hotel, Oxford, cost in the year 1829 22,5001; it is How, owing to railwa3s, valued at 5,0001. The S'ar hotel, Oxfore, cost 15,50014 its present value figures 6,000/. A quarter share of the Queen's Hotel, Cheltenharr, which was sold for 10,000/., is now only worth 2,500/. On the furniture alone 16,0001 has been lost. LAUNCH.—MILFORD.--01 1 Tuesday, the 26th ult., was launched trill the shipbuilding 3 urd of Messrs. M. Roberts and Co. a beautifully -modelled clipper brig, of about 400 tons burden, called the Disraeli. She is in tended by the builders for their own use, and to be em ployed in the Mauritius trade. At 13ridgend, near Swansea, the Latter-day Saints were lately holding a meeting in a tavern, when a fair hearer, thinking the priest too personal, threw her pattcn at his hf aI, and broke his note. Down rushed the priest from his nostrum and ieflicted turamary punish ment with his fists on the rebellious saint. .~~ ATLANTIC AND PACIF IC ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE a SUN' the Slß,—At a momen t lik e the present, whrn, fearfully uncertain fate of tke intrepid Fran klin a n der lie gallant companions will, in all probabilith u Eroviderce, occasion the solution o f the log anxiously examined nothern problem—end gl°l7_ indeed will it he for England when she announces_tc. the world that her sons have accomplished this arda ous task, though tempered, alas! her proud feeling sa me time must be with the deepest sorrow if at the ,he has to mourn for her missing children. proAblfleammoofmtheent north like aboutthis wthoe be e n s o o t l v o e n d l quest!!o of the C( ntral American Ship Canal, the of the junction between the Atlantic and ree. lll Oceans becomes every hour, more and more excitmite: In the north, ' Englishmen, by the most deterrnul.a zeal, amidst accumulated difficulties, proved that nature has performed, by her owe sl at but awful power, and for her own purposes, vi' of man is about to do near the equator, by the pe" r solved, is the thatgareiln science and wealth, to meet the great demand of tom' mercial enterprise. and hard It has required years of deep thought the labour to ascertain what nature had done in, 0 I le P fto t Arctic regions, whilst numerous have been trid various the suggestions, for many a "aY' - s what man could and ought to do in southern climes; I vo ° . have nearliye Now, however, matters appear to be taking a active and practical turn. The great importancernt a regular and quick communication with thew die - eete coast of South America, as well as with our a ant but highly valuable colonies of Ne w Zealsil io and Australasia, is now so seriously felt, as Is i eli the great impetu s g i ven t o t ra d e an d commerce e that Pacific, by the di s c over y o f C a lifornian gol d, h as everything seems to p o i n t ou t t o us that the da y . at length arrived when we shall be permitted to suer s come all the apparently insurmountable difflculti and barriers of nature, and no doubt, before long: England will be called upon, as a part of her ki_ tiny, to open a ship canal to the Pacific for .71 convenience and support of her cornmerckl,, theree . .7, and naval fleets in that ocean—enabling her to retain that high position amongst the nations. t to he th w e o w rl e d ifa i r n e e a v n e d ryquarterof the lobe, loYe ssentl6l gthem 11—and.t° her own offshoots—so widely distributed. -...7 t he the happiness of a rrh d o . cussions about the Nicaragua route, and " o f reports regarding the one in the , province Coco, will no doubt be familiar to Y is ° e ° l : as well as the merits of the several other as routes that have been very lately alluded to, ant i , is not here necessary to dwell upon any other o's the one originally pointed out by which appears the best calculated to be of advantage to England. clic° A few extracts from a Work on South A in iii and the Pacific, by the Hon. Campbell Scarlett, *or be all that is necessary, at present, to remind r ut ,. readers that there is no occasion' for this o v l e ; to have any dispute with America about the I ‘ . 9c li ragas or any other ship car.al--for t h e each nation may have its own. With regard t° b , Isthmus of Panama, the Hon. Campbell Scarlett ° a Humboldt, taps serves—" For a s hip cana l t hi s wou ld n ever anivveYo 1 and I believe the Americans have found that ou t ' she proceed, however, to the extracts regard in t i g ha o, Atrato and Cupica route to the province regards '',; o o Mr. Scarlett observes—" Humboldt was of °P r) " o f that Cupica Bay merits the attention of ul A en for science from the great facilities it presented so " the question of a ship canal." , a lif " The scheme is simply to connect CtlP•e - D m in the Pacific with a river (the Naipi) flowing iato .ch Atlantic, by formi ng a canal across t h e i n terval 101 is ascertaind to he a perf ct level. h ,„ in " The Atrato flews through the rovince of C. --- :,.' ha which it takes its origin, reaches On Psi southern end of the Gu'f of Darien, in of Choco. a en& " The course of the Naipi, previous to its con..u. - tb i n with the Atria°, intersects some level ceuntrY vvi : n ed five i leagues of the Bay of Cupica." Humboldt ascerta nn l ible the Atlantic a.l tat " not even a ridge or partition or any s — n s t aa demarcation, exists between the Bay ' of CuPtc 2 ' °- • b coast of the South Sea and the river A.NuiP i ' w . h t ic hn empties itself into the Atlantic fifteen embouchure of the latter river into the Atlantic. b e ll In a note to his work the Hon J. °t Scarlett says— f the " It is well known that Captain Illinsworth, '3- An . Chiliart frigate the Rose, caused a bout capable 0 1 c r ; s l leagues shore raining tif,een men to be drawn across this into (from Cupica Bay to the Naipi), and launcbei I n ."' u m Naipi. The Naipi has twelve feet of water, a" e v - e ° ste• therefore bo as navigable as the Atrato for steno' . alor The Bs); of Cupica is largo, deep, and sheltered [lay of Choco is also deep and sheltered." i A on' Cupica Bay is in l a tit u d e 6 deg. 10 rain , a r !`"d of gitude 77 deg. 4.5 min. The advantages t o Engl e " - n e this route fur a ship ca na l over a ll the others P" 0 posed will be evident to all who have reflected aP:st this subject; and it w ill no d ou b t b e rem embere d e Of the Atlantic and P ac ifi c were once un ited by L ln- „ s ea i f the Atrato, an d a r i ver more to t h e sotttli" n al than the Naipi, ca ll e d th e Al i ratnbuca, by the, ° the of Raspadura. It would be well to a scerte' ti nu te truth of all the f a ciliti es po i nted out f or this r i. "o before either our merc h ants or our G o vern me n committed in regard to any other Central Ane ship canal. Better doub!e Cape Horn or th e Cle o Gaud Hoy, than be out w it te d in this ques tion, l i ds , have been in tho se o f our N ort h Allier/CAD bout) ries.—l have the honour to be, &e , A r r 1. it oBER r ith- CARAICHAEL S -1 15, Charles-street, Haymarket. TS• FISHERY I.M PHU VEMEN TO TILE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUL L Y,: cc bee SlB,—Practical d emonstrat i on o f an y suuk nov el always b een f oun d t o b e t h e read i est wa y to C"1. an idea to the mi n d. A pract i ca l l esso n the pe nal have been taught latterly in consequence of st ow n weather at sea, which prevented open hne te nop liee quitting the beach, thereby stopping regular, e ";; the of cod fish, was seen and felt experiments h i " b " nag right.quarter. There is no better method of ha e rop er a person (or a people), and to bring them to a P v ia knowledge o f th e i r true s i tuat i on, than hY,!,, t1 4 , 1. end them into submi ss i on. All that has b een wri"""f o r said on the subject of fishery improvernew u poU length of time back made little more impressiVr 011 b u o p u o n n ds h , a f r a d lis dr a y nd c r la e y b public attention, than heaving an india rub be r re. OundTsheagabianl, on l y not O w its and so it goes on for a short time lie strikes an' h igbi little strength is expended, when it runs L e , e yer. distance, and then li es s till. A gale of wincku°,;(l the shows a di ff e re n t e ff ec t . The gale has sc te- i fsst . clay so that w h en t h e ball struck it has stu d , o ut The supply of cod fish having been so sudden It off made th e p u bli c wonder what was the oans id n`'s having been explained that the open boats c e t e ba t as be put to sea durin g b a d wea th er , a nd hew ve ssel° greatest part of the deep-sea bad-weat her were either laid aside or engaged in th e t . r ob is trade, in consequence of their owners not betni s i n fl to compete against the cheap along-shore cock Per oys showed the public that to support a fair vies te fra ught tern, to extinguish a b a d wea th e r one wa s ,lay and with danger and ho w th a t c h ea pness one s u ch dear, or perhaps none a t all, the next, was no), sor good system as th e o ld one, when the market we Wolf plied regu larly, let th e w i n d blow high ef e rrore low. Fishmongers are now seeing the boats' made by giving over-encouragement for oPe,ll4,bleg; to the prejudice o f th e we ll e d s m ack system 0 ' .": t heir whilst the smack owners may we ll chuckle illijoreai sleeves, that there is nob o dy so able as ol d to blow sense into their noddles. letter s Having made som e a ll us i ons i n my form er o 4 l l to long-line and hand-line fi s hing, I have 11. 1 5 01 0 ' O beieg asked the difference between the con vey t The following brief expla n ati o ns 11 38 9 een - v h, j w ith idea. Long line s are 40 f a th o ms in lengl are 25 snoods and hooks attached. The sn°°deeather out feet apart from ea c h o th er ; w hen the w ron 00 moderate, these li nes are ti e d t oge ther, and . 00 th e a considerable dist ance i n a s t ra i g ht dire ct ' in ' the lines sinking to the ground. After being co d fi sh water a few hour s the lines are hauled. w hen • alo n g sin e g take bait, they some ti mes swa ll o w the b.° in t on he with it, and if struggling 'much they 'toed water. Should the cod be alive When r the W e ll board the snood is cut, and the fish put in to s u e with the hook inside. The hand-line is line is fitted with two hooks—it plan for hauling cod fish out of the sea .alive over i s held in 1 0 so • on the vessel's side, hanging perpendicular. ' d the g ° a nibble is felt the line is jerked upwardf, sa ne st in; are invariably hooked by the lip, which del the coe j ure them much ; the hook being remove° thn de are put into th e we ll. the Mackerel fi shing is also carried on by tvi° tile r for their capture. One is by netting by what is termed railing.. The netting, r much upon the same principle as fishing o •It _ farther than the meshes of nets are lay at ne t ! them, systoo during the seasons when mackerel are blina, o l ar eot .. ! are mostly used. The railing pole out from the vessel's quarter, with Tor the ate cleets is o ' r a doze; cleets or notches for lines to rest on. In. the vibl ot baited either with a piece of white rag °`„, s log!, part of skin from a fish. As the vessel s.alef,,i slo g the rate of three or four knots, the L nacj4,,l iis t h•b lte -..1 the bait, and supposing it to be a smal l sn ows ; 6 By the netting system far the greates t q u ov eiren t o f mackerel are taken ; and that is an inf. costa yet unadopt€ d by the fishermen along th e Scotland and Ireland.—l ain, Ste., ‘fpso3. TRH DRAMA IN GERMANY .-10 ------- .--.7 --- Gertra n Y',i - ord er ' a. r e cut, there are 523 theatres of the first and sect:m._olr ,mploying 3,398 performers, 612 sin ers 2, 340 ( 0 ` i e geb 5,835 musicians, 143 prompters , and ' 2, 0 i 7° , 6 11 : P ati 1164 Among the actors are 1 count, 2 barons, a° " " nobles. m ove ° So frequent have been the lately of the that it has been though t,f savings banks absconding the dePO9"-'of th ° establishments in question, and instead of co" -- t advhablo g to alter the 11°,°„ideriog thou as Grohs, call theca cuttings.—rasqui"