The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-31 00:00:00

The Grand Duke, in a state of violent agitation, de manded of him when he approached, what had become of his father ? The silence of Count Pahlen soon dissi pated the fatal illusions he had cherished, in imagining that an act of abdication was only contemplated. The grief of the young prince was profound ; it continued to be, we are told, the secret remorse of his life, as he was naturally of a good and generous nature. lie threw him self upon a chair, and burst into tears ; would listen no longer to any thing, but loaded Pahlen with bitter re proaches, which the latter received with an imperturba ble eomposure. St. Petersburgh was filled with consternation at the news of this bloody catastrophe. The impression tt created proved that the manners of the empire had un dergone a change, and that since 1762, Russian manners had become modified by the influence of European civilisation. It may be said to the honour of Russia, that if she had already progressed since 1762, she has equally advanced since 1800. The Russians exhibited, on that occasion, feelings which did them honour. They feared Paul I. and his insanity, more than they hated bim, as he was not of a sanguinary character. The horrible circumstances of his death were immediately known, and inspired the deepest commiseration. His body lay in state according to usage, but infinite pre cautions were used to disguise his wounds. Military gloves concealed the mutilation of his hands. A large hat completely covered his head. His face was dis figured by contusions, but it was given out that he had died of apoplexy. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. A. Castellan ; Alicia, Madame Benin! ; Enrico, Sig. Fornasari ; Edgard.), Sig. Moriani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE • on, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. Principal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), Mddle. Lucile Grahn ; Itubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced : Waltae Telesienne, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pas de la Fiancee—Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Toussaint, Pas de Cinq (composed by M. Gosselin)—Mdlles. Louise Weiss, Fer dinand, Demelisse, Cassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'Extase—Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by Mille. L. Grahn and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. On Thursday next, April 3, there will be an Opera, it being a Sub scription Night. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. tppllcations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. UER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. It is respectildly announced that a Second GRAND MUSICAL FETE, Comprising the unpublished manuscripts of the celebrated FELICIEN DAVID, Will be presented on MONDAY, APRIL 14, With the original Melodies and Choruses. Grand Descriptive Symphonic Ode of TIIE DESERT, produced ibr the first time with the most enthusiastic success at the Conservatoire Royal, Paris. LE DESERT. Ode, Symphonie, Orientate--divided in three parts with grand okthestra. The orchestra and chorus will include upwards of 200 per formers. The whole under the Direction of Signor Costa. Solos by Sigs. Moriani and Coreill. • PROGRAMME. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert, - - Glotfleittion of Allah ; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan —Tempest in the Desert— Beturu of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part ll.—Night. The El-ening Star—Halt of the Caravan—llymn to the Night : air sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia—The Dance of the Alines—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra— Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, with chorus and orchestral accompaniments—Sleep Part 111:—Sun-rise. Call of the "Muezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey—The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Introductory Part—let. Fragment of Grand Symphony in E flat-2d. Melodic imitative a Grand Orchestre : Les Hirondelles, bung by Signor Morlatii-3d. Melodic Orientale : Lc Chibouque 4th. Soiree du Printemps Fragment tire des quartre Saissons de Felielen David ; executed by all the string instruments. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-oftiee, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Eight o'clock ; to commence at Half-past Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE THIS, EVENING Will be performed BOBER THE DEVIL. Robert, Mr. W. Har rison ; Bertram, Mr. Stretton ; Raimbaut, Mr. D. W. King ; Isabella, Miss Itainforth ; Alice, Miss Romer. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBEler AND BERTRAND. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ, is engaged here for Twelve Nights only, and will make his appearance on Monday, April 7, in his celebrated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, in Donizetti's popular Opera, THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, for the Performance of which, an Engagement has also been ex pressly entered into with 3ldllo. Eul;ENtr, lIARCI 1. The Box-office is open' daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Fleece, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, SIR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will he repeited a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE THIMBLE RIG. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0, Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be mpeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John launders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be _perfumed a New Tragic Drama, called METAMORA THE LAST OF THE WAMPANOAGS Metamora, Mr. Edwin Forrest ; Mordaunt, Mr. Henry Wallack ; Lord Fitz Arnold, Mr. Archer ; Mahmeokee, Mrs. Stirling ; Oceana, Miss Emma Stanley. After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT B ROTHER, *MAURICE. will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Gran] Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOCR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations! forming one of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis I THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CIICIZZVEWIT. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. R. Young,c ; Mr. Pecsniff, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LOWTHER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To coaclu,le with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Phnters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WIIITTINGTON AND HIS CAT! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; )Tuley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Car, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. Emery, F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. Tire Box-oflice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan. FIRST APPEARINCE OF MOUE. PLEASY. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE—FRENCH PLAYS. Mr. MITCIIELLbegA respectfully to announce th.t the above THDAIRE WILL BE RE-OPENED THIS EVENING willl he produced, commencing at Eight o'clock precisely (First Time in this Country), a `COY Vaudeville, in One Act, by M. Scribe, eAtitled LES SURPRISES. Mathilde, sa petite Kale, .Mlle.. Czy, her First Appearance in this Country. To conclude with the popular and admired Comedy, by Casimir Delaviue, entitled L'ECOLE DES VIELLARDS. Danville, ancien Amateur, M..otlinot ; Bonnard, son Ami, M. Cartigny ' • Le Due Delmar, M. Pascal ; Madame Danville, 3ldlle. Plessy, her First Ap pearanebthis Season. - On Wednesday, April 2, MARIE ; on, LES TROIS EPOQUES ; and LA SUITE VEIN BAL MASQUE. On Friday, April 4, LA DAME ET LA DEMOISELLE, and LE BOUQUET DU BAL, in all of which Mdlle. PLESSY will appear. The popular Comic Actor, M. RAVEL, will have the honour of Making. his First Appearance in this Country on Monday, April 14, and will perform on that Evening in a New and highly-popular Comic Van4e . vilic, entitled L'ETOURNEAU. M. REGNIER will also make his First Appearance in this Country at the end of April, and will perform with Mdlle. PLESSY in the celebrated Plays of " Le Mari a la Cainpagne," "Les Faussas Confidences," " Le Manage de Figaro," " Les Fourberies de Scapin," " Tartuffe," " Le Barbier de Seville," " Le Jou de V.Amour, " Le Manage D'Argent, &c., &c. . . At the end of 31ay,"the Favourite Actor, SI. ACIIARD (who is en gaged for afevr flights only) will perform in several new Vaudevilles, and in the occasional Performance of some Pieces already so de servedly popular. The Season will terminate by the Engagement of the celebrated Comic Actor.M. Arnal, who will have the honour of making his First Appearance at this Theatre ; and during whose Engagement the fol lowing popular Plays, as originally performed by M. Arnal, will be produced, " L'lromme Blase," " L'Hurnoriste," " Passe Minuit," " Renaudin de Caen," " Le Poltron," " La Mansard du Crime, &c." Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Half -past Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Eight. Boxes and Stalls may bo secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old iSond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open Dttily. from Eleven till Five. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS, Colonel Mereville, Mr. H. Mellon ; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson, Air. Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. After which, THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To be followed by THE SECRET. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ritOPZZIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSS',A. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Dames, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 11f1ss Heron's performance creates 'roars of laughter—The Two New Pieces, real Surrey hits. VNING Will be repe a t e d a New TIIIS Dra E ma, E called MAR(IAItET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Bonner, S. Cowell, lieslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. B. llonner. After which, THE SPOILED CHILD. Little Pickle, Miss Heron. To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville,. Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin; and Mrs. H. Vining will perform. Plaets and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, n*l4 Eleven to our. ROYAL WCTORTA. THEATRE THIS EVENING Mil be repeated MARGARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse realer. Onus and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard - ;" Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which,. TII E A PPO NTE D SPC.T. • To conclude with THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan's Grave. In which Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog Hector, will perform. It is important that it should be generally known, which we believe is not at present the case, that a notificetiOn has been made to the revenue officers, accompanying the copies of the resolutions passed in the House of Commons, and furnished to the several de partments by the directions of the Lords of the Trea sury, that the additional duty of 5 per cent., directed by art Act passed while the late Government were in office, to be charged on all goods i m p or t e d i n t o th e Ernie:id Kingdom, and continued by the present Govern. went b the Customs Bills of previous sessions, is not to be considered applicable -to the articles an respect of which the duties have been reduced by the resolu time in question. THIRD EDITION OF ~ THE SUN." In have received many complaintsfrom Subscribers who are frequently disappointed in not receiving the Third Edition. The fault rests en tirely with the News-agent who serves them, and who thereby not only injures the paper, but does injustice to his customer. This injustice is still further aggravated by an extra charge of a halfpenny (the Post ofwe fee) being made for NOT supplying the latest or Third Edition. This Edition contains the Latest Sews : Parliamentary Debates up to a Quarter to Seven—The " Gazettes" on Tuesday and Friday, together with the " Prices Current" of all the Markets, as well as Officia Prices of Shares in Railways, etc. etc.—The Betting at Tattersall's on Monday and Thursday—The latest (closing) Prices of the Funds— The Proceedings in Railway Committees up to the close—and all other news arriving in London after three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Second or Evening Edition goes to press. In distant parts of the country, the Third Edition contains news TWELVE HOURS IN ADVANCE, a matter of importance to those who want early intelligence. In those places where the evening mail arrives in the middle of the night, the " HORSING SUN," containing ALL the Debates, etc. etc., will answer best, and Subscribers can suit themselves accordingly. Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. THE WEATHER.-Suw OFFICE, MARCH 31 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 52, BAROMETER, 30.28.—W1ND, N.W. Norw.—Tlie figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 9 minutes after 7 I Evening .. 44 minutes after 7, ••••• ' ys. '4. 1 p‘,QUI•mA L. 2! moo 114 : 1- . 74 A j: Z , 46acf,t'410..-" e Jr" .. 0 s Anon r • 1 11,1!FWV: -"r• eirL' IT S k--I.llt. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1845. discover on what feasible grounds this opposition is founded. Whether the question is viewed as one of religion, or of pounds, shillings, and pence—whether the measure is opposed by members of the Established Church, or Presbyterians or Dissenters—not one solid argument can be adduced for refusing to pro vide suitable teachers to a fourth-part of the inhabi tants of the United Kingdom. The grant has been recognised and cordially acquiesced in for many years by the whole nation, for we throw the paltry knot of bigots that assemble annually at Exeter Hall out of the calculation. The Irish Presbyterians receive money out of the Consolidated Fund, so do the Scotch Presbyterians —the Established Church of the North, with ample funds, too, for its maintenance— the established religion in the numerous British colo nies —is, with one or two exceptions, maintaine 1 en tirely at the public expense ; catholic priests, as well as Protestant ministers, are paid by the State, yet when any favour is to be conferred on Ireland—when the Government ventures to act on the principles of humanity, justice, and charity—men who are called Christians excite themselves to fury, and utter execrations against those who would obey the divine precept and do as they would be done by. This is more than folly—it is absolute wickedness. It displays human nature in all its deformity, and exhibits erring man setting himself up as a judge between GOD and his creatures, and claiming infallibility on a momentous question, which is viewed in a different light by fifty sects in England, and on which the sages and priests, and moralists, of at least a hundred nations of the earth, disagree. A great country cannot he governed by bigots. England is not to be at eternal war with Ireland to humour religious prejudices, and when the main question is conceded—when provision is made for Catholic instructors in all our colonial possessions, and not a whisper is heard against the universal system, every impartial observer must be struck with the inconsistency of granting favours—or rather jus tice to all—while we refuse them to our nearest and best neighbours. The opponents of this measure may be sincere in their opposition, but the admission is at the expense of their wisdom and common sense. If a horror of the Catholic religion justifies them in causing one of the greatest of national calamities, the disunion of two parts of the empire, that nature had joined together, if no grant is to be made to Maynooth, because the Catholic religion is damnable and idolatrous, and if, according to their blasphemous phraseology, it will bring down upon the land the Divine wrath, why do they confine their religious indignation to only one small portion of the question, and leave all the other points un touched ? Popery is making dreadful inroads on the l'rotestant Church of England ; the Bishops of that Church say the Established Church of Scotland is no Church ; and the Dissenters, who contend that they alone are in the right path, are treated as visionaries and impostors. Yet, while we hear of meetings to oppose a grant of public money to a Church from which all the rest have sprung, and which so liberally endowed many national and religious establish ments—while the Town Council of Edinburgh, pro fessing to follow in the steps of Jonsi KNOX, have protested against Maynooth—not one word is heard from the Calvinistic north, or from any of the anti- Popery sects in England, against the Puseyism or Popery, for they are synonymous terms, of the Bishops of EXETER, and LONDON, and OXFORD, and some other ten or twenty Prelates, with the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY at their head. If the Catholic religion is bad, why confine all their indignation to the partial relief offered to the persecuted and maligned Irish ? They are as sincere in their worship of the Great Creator as Presbyterians or Puseyites, they are infinitely more steady in their faith, they are more obedient to their pastors, when reviled they revile not again, and they are at this moment submitting to deprivations and sufferings, which their very oppressors—the Pro testants and Presbyterians—rid themselves of by rebel lion and torrents of blood. If there is any virtue in this principle of opposition to one specks of religion, why is it so limited ? If the Divine Word, as they say, commands them to resist Popery, they are traitors to that word, by contributing, year after year, without either compunction or complaint, to the maintenance of Popery in Canada, Australia, Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian Islands, and India. It is impossible to escape from the dilemma. But there is another most important part which these persecutors utterly for get. They know, or ought to know, that the Chris tian religion was nurtured by persecution ; that the Founder of our faith was the great victim ; that his Apostles were compelled to fight with wild beasts as gladiators ; that many of them suffered the most igno minious and painful deaths ; that the Coliseum at Rome, and the other great arenas of Pagan sports, were made wet with the blood of the martyrs, yet the Christians remained steadfast to the faith, and increased in strength and numbers till they be came a great multitude. This is only a picture of the state of Ireland. Every mode of persecution was tried, Christian teachers were hunted like wild beasts, they died on the gallows as malefactors, the wretched people were deprived of every municipal right, robbed of their property and treated as no nation ever was treated, yet they have grown and multiplied, and their very sufferings, like those of the Christians in the dark ages, have only made them more fixed in their resolution, and rendered their reli gion.more sacred in their eyes. " Refrain from these men," said a wise Pharisee to the persecutors of the Apostles, "and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it." The history of Ireland is a remarkable fulfilment of these pro phetic words. The modern persecutors fight against destiny in vain. The Catholic Church is increasing every day in Ireland, and its tenets are making rapid progress in the Protestant establishments of Oxford and Cambridge ; she is recognised by our Bishops as the Mother Church, and one of the stanchest Pro testants and most upright of men, the late Dr. AR- Nor.D, thus speaks of her and her bigoted traducers : —"I know that my principles would lead to the establishment of the Catholic religion in three-fourths of Ireland; but I think that a Catholic is a member of CUBIST'S Church just as much as I am, and I could well endure one form of that Church in Ireland and another in England. We are suffering here from that accursed division among Christians of which, I think, the Arch-Fiend must be the author. The good Protestants and bad Christians have talked nonsense—and more than nonsense—so long about Popery and the Beast, and Antichrist, that the simple, just, and Christian measure of esta blishing the Roman Catholic Church in three-fifths of Ireland seems removed by common consent." And he adds, in another place—" The Christian people of Ireland have a right to the full benefit of their Church property, which now they cannot have, be cause Protestant clergymen they will not listen to. I think, then, it ought to furnish them with Catholic clergymen. I have one great principle which I never lose sight of—to insist strongly on the difference be tween Christian and anti-Christian, and to sink into nothing the difference between Christian and Chris tian." We may here state that an admirable book has just been published on this subject, entitled " Past and Present Policy of England towards Ire land." We have rarely met with such irrefragable arguments for the speedy settlement of these dan- The two Houses of Parliament will resume busi ness, after the Easter recess, with, we trust, renewed strength and redoubled alacrity. They have a plen tiful amount of work cut out for them, the greater part being, in the language of trade, " for orders that press." In consideration of the large proportion of such special matters to the general mass of affairs to be dealt with, we rather hope than believe that the House of Commons in the first instance, and the Lords in the second, may be induced to adopt some more effective plan for the succession and dispatch of pending measures and questions than, of late years, has been followed by either. It is a subject of general and just complaint that the most weighty and important questions usually receive a degree of discussion in the inverse ratio of that importance and weight. After nights and even weeks have been consumed on some worth less party squabble, or some merely personal differ ences between individuals who take a prominent posi tion on the Opposition and Ministerial benches—and the devotion of an almost equal expenditure of the public time to frivolous charges of grave delinquency arising out of the inevitable excitement of debate— the real matters of business are sure to be cushioned altogether, for the next twelvemonth, or pitchforked into the Statute-book by dozens in the shape of Acts of Parliament that are, next year, tolerably certain to be superseded by other "Acts to explain and amend" them. About a month before the anticipated ad journment or prorogation of Parliament it is always discovered, that there is business enough incepted to occupy fur its proper investigation and completion the whole of at least one entire Session. Ministers, reduced to a state of extreme difficulty between their anxiety to pass some Bills which they have carefully framed in order to carry out their own views, and the necessity for pushing forward to their ultimate stages, without delay of any kind, those annual and other money bills, indispensable to the transaction of the public service—throw overboard the former class, with as little compunction as a Brazilian slaver, hotly chased, disperses all its human cargo to the waves and the winds. But the same Ministers col lect, classify, drive on, goad, and bring up to their destined point of third readings and royal assents the whole of the latter class, with an impartiality of purpose, and an inflexibility of vigilance, that would do honour to a detachment of Cossacks, superintend ing, on behalf of the Emperor of Russia, one of his Imperial Majesty's "grand operations" of internal policy—such as the transfer of the whole community of the Russian Jews to the banks of the Don, or the removal of one-third of the Polish nation into the territory of Siberia. If a guide, or a guard, an officer or a superintendent, drops or dies on the road—no matter ; the first convenient man to be found is thrust into his place. The commander charged with the duty knows full well that the task he is to discharge is to hand over, and get an acknowledgment for, at the end of his long march, a certain number of human beings, who must be certified by the authorities receiving them to have been brought under an escort composed of so many officers, and such a troop or detachment. In like manner, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or the Home Secretary, or the First Lord of the Ad miralty, or the Attorney or Solicitor-General, or the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, or the Secretary to the Treasury, discover, in the middle of June, some essential deficiency, some blunder, or o,nission, or technical error, in a departmental Bill of his introducing, he puts the unfortunate Bill horsde combat without ceremony, by "moving to dis charge the order of the day upon it." The measure thus knocked out of the ministerial rank and file Bills, in their march upwards to the foot of the throne, which they are to reach, say on the last day of the session, is replaced by what is called a " short Bill." This is drilled and disciplined with surprising expedi tion through all the various grades of first, second, and third readings, in both Houses, in the short space of two or three evenings ; and, after a short delay for other company, comes up to be presented to the SOVEREIGN, with a regiment of fifty others, for her royal assent, with all the external attributes of a Bill that had gone through the regular period of probation. The results of this system are found by long experience to be most injurious to the public interests. It is difficult to say at what point th e evils of this crude and hurried legislation exhaust themselves. They are felt long after their cause and origin are forgotten, and it is usually the employ ment of a third of the time occupied by any session to correct, and if possible to remedy the defects— the "short-comings," and the mistakes into which the legislative sagacity of its predecessor has been be trayed by this slovenly precipitation. Whether we regard the number or amount, or the vast importance of the questions now pending in the House of Commons, we must express our mos anxious solicitude that this long established but mis chievous precedent of " getting through (as it is called) the sessional business," may be abandoned in 1845. The enormous interests involved in new lines of railroad in all their associations, and the stupendous aggregate of the capital invested in those, even alone, which are now before Parliament; the new proposi tions for simplifying the law of parochial settlement; for regulating and ',reforming (or deteriorating as it may be) the medical profession; the present condition and aspect of our foreign relations, and especially those which regard our territorial negotiations with the United States; the scheme of Sir R. PEEL for stopping the further growth of Scotland's prosperity by putting down her small-note circulation; the incidental necessity connected with this scheme for again examining the actual condition and ten dencies of our own monetary system, as it exists under' the Acts of 1819 and 1844 ; the progress made in our steam armament, and in increasing and extending the general efficiency of our navy ; these, and a - prodigious number of fiscal, commercial—aye, and of social questions, are, each and all of them, pressing for full and mature discus sion, under circumstances of almost unparalleled inte- rest and exigency. The public mind is profoundly occupied with them ; and the future welfare of the country may be said to depend on their deliberate but early examination and adjustment. They cannot, with reason or deeencT, be further evaded or post poned, still less cati'they be permitted to run through the forms of Parliament, in unexamined sections, and to be, at the eleventh hour, swamped, or em bodied in statutes, en masse. gerous civil broils, so much good sense, and so much Christian charity from any writer; and coming from a Churchman and a Con servative, their value at the present moment is doubly enhanced. The approaching contest with America, and it cannot be long delayed, adds one reason more for the final settlement of Ireland. Let England yield in time to the dictates of justice and mercy, and not be forced, as hitherto, to make reluo- tant concessions, which give no satisfaction to the re ceiver and lowers the national dignity of the giver, for, says the able writer, "if any menacing cloud begins to blacken the horizon, if any storm appears brewing on the side of America, or France, Ireland rejoices. She has not forgotten the memorable words of GRATTAN, That the weakness of England is the strength of Ireland;' and experience has shown, that when England's fears are thoroughly awakened, there is no concession that may not be extorted from her in some moment of difficulty and danger." BANDEIRA had again come forward as a public cha racter, and with Count DE MELLO and some others, was organising a strong opposition to the CA nr.AL Ministry. The Chamber of Deputies had re sumed its sittings, and the Committee appointed to examine the financial plans of the Government had made a favourable report. The discussion on the Budget was fixed for the 26th. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Royal Tar, has arrived with the Peninsular Mails with intelligence to Gibraltar to the'22d of March, Lisbon the 25th, and OPorto the 26th. Political af fairs st Lisbon presented little vaxiety. Viscount Madrid journals of the 23d and 24th have been re ceivel, but they are destitute of news. The Bourse opened on Saturday, the 22d, and the following are the quotations of Spanish Stock :—The Three per Cents. left off at 341 for cash, and 35 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 251 for cash, and 26 1-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 281 for the 28th inst. The proceedings which took place in the Chamber of Deputies last week on the Customs' Bill shows that any improvement in the commercial system of France at present is utterly hopeless. The majority—we may say all—of the representatives of the people, with exceptions that hardly deserve notice, are a century behind the age, and adhere with the most impertur bable pertinacity to high duties and prohibition as the perfection of commercial legislation. The duties on oleaginous seeds furnished an excellent subject for the display of this bigoted spirit. The present duty on sesame is 21 francs the 100 killogrammes. A Member from the north proposed to raise the duty to 5 francs. The Minister of Commerce reluctantly consented, but that was only one-half of what other Members wanted. M. GARNIER PAGES proposed Bf. M. D'ARBLAY outbid him, and proposed 10f., which the Chamber almost unanimously adopted, thus raising the duty on an article from Egypt four hundred per cent. This is a melancholy exhibition, and will not at all tend to raise the character of French legislators in the eyes of their friend MEHEMET ALT. The same feeling prevailed in reference to duties on foreign machinery, which were raised on several articles. The Member for Rouen moved an amendment to raise the amount of duty paid on foreign linen and cotton threads, and that, probably, would have been carried but, for the interposition of the Minister of Commerce, who requested the Chamber to postpone their decision till the tulle manufacturers were con sulted. The tax on Swedish iron amounts nearly to prohibition, and it was proposed to modify the duties, as French iron is badly fitted for machinery, but the patriotic motion was rejected, and France, therefore, must rest satisfied with machinery for her steam vessels and carrying on her manufactures inferior to those used in every part of the world, solely for the advantage of a small portion of the population. This is actual suicide, and precisely what the enemies of France wish. England may well be proud of the vast step towards free trade and the total abolition of useless restriction, which has been almost unani mously sanctioned by her representatives this session. In the Chamber of Peers the discussion on Count DARE'S motion, relative to jobbing in railway com panies, was renewed on Friday, and ultimately re jected. Ministers have been more lucky than usual in the appointment of Committees for the month of April, having obtained eight members out of the nine. This result is considered of vast importance, as these Committees have to report on the vote of 17,500,000 f. for arming the fortifications of Paris. The Opposi tion journals are highly incensed against the vote, and openly assert that the " Chateau" is the sole cause of this inroad upon liberty. The Reform thus writes on the subject : " The fortifications of Paris have been erected against the liberties of France, and not against foreigners. This is a fact so obvious, that it would be losing one's time to attempt to demonstrate it to those who still affect to doubt it. The fortifications of Paris are menacing Paris, but once armed, Paris is enslaved, In proposing,to arm the forts our rulers call on France to declare if she is tired of the representative government, and ready to bow to an ignominieus despotism. The Ministry, we are told, has lost its senses, arid the Chamber has only to pronounce its interdiction. The Mi n i stry, we maintain, is fully conscious of its acts—it is the system that is pre paring to pronounce the interdiction of its adversaries. Ministers obey the dictates of him who fostered them, and directed their entire conduct during the last four years. Supported by a doubtful majority, placed in pre sence of an assembly in which there is no majority cer tain for anybody, the Cabinet wishes to obtain from a Chamber whose fate was sealed by the vote on the Ad dress, an act of extreme weakness ; they think they may expect anything from those who granted an indemnity to Mr. Pritchard. It is their last obsession at the bed side of a dying power, it is a will extorted in extremis. We are told that the Ministry hesitated a long time before embarking in an undertaking so difficult ; after sustaining so many defeats on secondary questions, to raise one that may prove their destruction, is, it is alleged, the height of imprudence. We say that they are obeying an imperious necessity." Some of the other journals use the same strong language. The Courrier Francais thus deseribes the extent of the fortifications, and the enormous number of guns required to mount them : " The continuous line of the fortifications contains 94 fronts and the detached forts 93, in all 178 fronts. Each front, consisting of two half curtains and a bastion, requires for its defence twenty pieces of artillery, or for the 187 fronts 3,640 guns. As each gun is to be sup plied with ammunition for 600 rounds, the war depart ment will have to provide 2,184,000 cannon balls and up wards of 25,000,000 killograrnmes (25,000 tons) of gun • powder. The 17,000,000 f. demanded by Marshal Soult will consequently comprise but a portion of the expense necessary for the complete armament of the fortifications of Paris:" The following telegraphic dispatch had been re ceived by the French Government :--- " PERPIGNAN, MARCH 25, 9 P.M. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL LAMORICIER E TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. "BIVOUAC OF SIDI-BE L-ABBES, 20r et. "The Convention for fixing the frontiers between Al geria and Morocco was signed the day before yesterday. MI the conditions stipulated by General Delarue have been acceded to by the Morocco Commissioner. The interview was attended with great solemnity. The numerous escort of Si Hamida showed the most ami cable dispositions. The news of this happy solution has already produced a vod effect in the country. Si Hamida has announced that, by order of the Emperor, he is about to march against the Emir, and that his movements will be combined with those of a body of troops arriving by the Rif." The accounts from Switzerland are still unsatisfac tory. The following intelligence to the 26th appears in the Constitutionnel : " The intelligence which we received yesterday from Switzerland announces that the invasion projected by the refugees of Lucerne to overturn the Government was to take place on the night of March 26. For this purpose, continual envoys of fresh refugees were arriving on the territory of Argau, where the insurrectional committee furnished them with arms and ammunition, which ap peared to be in abundance. It was said that they had been able to procure several -pieces of artillery. Numerous defections were reckoned on amongst the troops which the Government would oppose to them. This prospect had even acquired in the eyes of the commander-in-chief of these troops such a degree of importance, that at Zurich, Berne, and Argau his resignation was expected. This officer (General Sonneberg) is the only military man of real ability which the Government of Lucerne can op pose to the insurrectionary troops. On the other side, a report was current that the refugees were to be com manded by the head of the federal staff, an officer who had made the last campaign of the empire, and who be fore deciding on taking this command, had, it is said, sent in his resignation as colonel-federal, a grade corresponding in Switzerland to that of general of division, or general of brigade, according to the length of service. If this intelligence should be con firmed, all the chances would be in favour of the army of invasion, looking at the ardour and hope with which it is animated, and its confidence in the incon testable capacity of the leader commanding it. The re fugees intend occupying a secondary town in the canton of Lucerne, in order from thence to proceed on the capital, of which the greater part of the population is hostile to the present regime. The co-operation of some free corps appeared to be altogether secondary, in pre sence of the support which is found in the numerous de sertions that had just reinforced the insurrectionary troops. It was stated at Zurich on the 25th that M. Siegwart, deputy of Lucerne, had come to solicit the as sistance of the directory ; but that this authority had decided to place only a battalion on foot, leaving to the Grand Council, which is going to meet, the care of pro nouncing on the ulterior destination of this force." THE BOURSE--SAavaDAY, MARCH 29. First llirhest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents..... 117 75 •• 117 90 .. 117 M .. 117 85 Fours •••• •• •••••• •• 107 .• 107 .. 101 .. 107 Three, per Cents.... 85 60 .. 85 60 65 60 85 80 Loan ••••••••• •• •• 86 40 •• 86 40 •• 86 40 .. 85 40 Bank of Prance •• •• •• •• •• 3200 • •A2OO ••3:01 .•0309 Gouin Rank. I,ooof Share 3 • • 1035 —lOll5 • .1060 • .1085 Bel g ian Bank .••• • • • • ..... eto .. 670 • • 670 .. 670 Bel g ian Fives, 1840— •• •• •• 104% •• 104% •• 104% .. 104% 1842•••••••• 107 .. 107 .• 107 .. 107 Four-and-a-Ilalf ..• .. 103% .. 103% .. 103% Dutch Two anti-a-Ha1f..... 64 .. 643 i .. 64 . 64 3 ,, Spanish Active •••• •••• •• 4) • • 40 .. 4) •• 40 Three 3 ••••••• • • • •• 41 • • 41 .. 41 . • 41 Portu g uese Fire per Cents.. ccy l 6G3 60 Neapolitan •••• •• 102 .. 102 .. 102 .. 102 Roina.n .•• •• •••• •••••••• •• 10514 .• 106 .. 105% .. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain •••••• ...... ••1205 ••1210 .•1205 ••1210 Versailles, R.B• ••• •. ...... 640 .. 640 .• 640 .• G4O L.B•• •• •• • ..... 407 50 . 407 50 .. 402 50 .• 40 Rouen • • • • • • •• •• • • • • • • • • • • 1145 2 60 • 150 1145 ..1150 Ronan to Havre..,......... 975 .• 9 ..M -. 975 Orleans •• • •• • •1320 • -1325 ..1317 .. 975 50 ••1321 25 Strasbur g to Bale•••••••••• 340 •• 341 25 .• 338 75 .• 341 25 Avignon to Marseilles.... ..1:40 ..1140 ..1135 . 1}35 RAILWAYS FOR TUE ACCOUNT, APRIL 3. • erina111.••.•..........1205 ..1210 ..1205 •1210 Meetings have been held in some parts of the coun try to oppose any additional grant of public money to the College of Idaynooth; but no rational being can THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1845. Versailles, R. H.....• ••• • • 640 .. 650 .. G4O .. 645 L. 8.. •• • . Rouen •• • • .• ••.•• • • • • Rouen to Havre. •••••• •• • • 955 975 • • 965 .. 975 0r1ean5...... ••••.• • • 1320 ..1325 ..1315 ..1323 75 Strasburg to Bale •• . Avignon to Marseilles ••.• • • 1122 50 . • 1140 .. 1122 50 ..1132 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS. ADJOURNED GENERAL LICENS ING MEETING FOR THE CITY.—(THIS DAY.) This morning the adjourned licensing meeting for the City of Lond o n w as h e ld a t Guildhall, fir the granting licenses to new houses. The Lord Mayor in the chair. Aldermen Sir John Pirie, Sir P. Laurie, Farncombe, Hooper, Challis, Hughes, and Moon. Several licenses were renewed to persons who had forfeited them by non attendance in proper time at the last Court, and they wero admonished to be more careful in future. The following new licenses were then applied for:— For the White Bear, Bishopsgate-street, re-opened-- granted. - For the Dark House, Darkhouse-lane, Thames-street, for removal of the license to r a house in Thames-street. Mr. Clarkson opposed it on behalf of the rector, church wardens, and inhabitants, on the ground that the Dark House was a night house for the accommodation of the fishermen coming up with the brats and persons at tending the market, and that the removal would create a great nuisance.—Application refused. For Grady's Coffee-house, 34, Bw:klersbury, second application.—Granted. For Careless's Coffee house, Finch-lane.—Refused. For a new house the corner of New Farringdon-street. —Refused, there being twenty-two licensed houses in the immediate vicinity. IMPORTANT CASE.—By Ralph Fellowes, for a license to a new house, the corner of Bride-lane. The applicant is also the occupier of the Crown, in Fleet street. The application was supported by the parochial au. thorities of St. Bride's and several licensed victuallers. Sir PETER LAURIE said he had seen the house, and should support the application, as he considered it was much more to the public interest to have houses in a public place than up courts and alleys. Mr. CLARKSON said that the applicant had been in solvent three times within seven years, and had once been remanded for six months, and again for eight months. This being proved, Sir PETER LAURIE said, he should, under such cir cumstances, refuse his consent, and vote against the man, though not against the house. The original license to the Crown, which stands up a court, was granted to the application, but the extension refused. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY, CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During the past week large arrivals of English Wheat, coastwise as well as by land-carriage, and samples were re ported for our market, while of Irish Oats upwards of 55,000 quarters came to hand. Of other kinds of grain the receipts were by no means extensive. From Essex and Lincolnshire a fair average quantity of Wheat came to hand, hence the stands were rather heavily filled with parcels of both Red and White. Notwithstanding we had a large number of buyers in attendance, the demand for all descriptions of Wheat of home growth was extremely dull, at a decline in the currencies paid on Monday last, of is per quarter, and a large quantity was left unsold at the close of business. The accounts which have reached us this morning, from various parts of the country, relative to the ap pearance of the wheat plants, are very satisfactory. The show of free Foreign Wheat was on the increase ; hence the trade for that article was much depressed, and previous rates were with difficulty maintained. Bonded Grain almost nominal in value. Of Barley, the supply was rather limited, yet the demand for all except the best Malting parcels, which were quite as dear, was in a very sluggish state, at last week's figures. Superfine Malt supported previous rates. In other kinds next to nothing was doing. The supply of Oats being unusually large, that article was a mere drug, and quite is per quarter lower than on Monday last. Beans and Peas were in slow inquiry, at unaltered currencies. The Flour trade was again dull. Most kinds of Seeds were in sluggish request, at about stationary prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • .. 64s to 65s Red . Ditto, White.... • • 428 54s Lincohish., Feed. 22s 23s Norfolk and Liu- Potatoe 248 25s coin, Red... • . 38s 43s Youghall and Cork, Ditto, White...... 403 47s Black ..... • • 20s 22s Irish, Red Ditto, White.. • -s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 22s 23s Rye—Old ..... ....... 30s 34s Beans—Tick. New........... • . 35s 36s Pigeons ...... .• • • 38s 39s Barley —Grinding .•• • • 27s 30s Pease—Grey . .... •• • • 34s 36s Malting . .... • ... 338 35s Maple. ••• • • • Chevalier Malt—Sufrolk. and Nor- Boilers ..... ••• • • 36s 38s folk .... .... .... 588 63s Flour—Town-made •. • 42s —s Brown ........... 368 60s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 338 35s Kingston and Ware 60s —s Stocktn & Norfolk 23s 35s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic.. •• 328 to 36s Beans ..... ..... ..... 24s to 29s llamburgh Barley Oats—Now ....... • Feed •• • • SMITHFIELD, ' - ----- Compared with those of several previous weeks, the im ports of live stock for our markets, since Monday last, have been somewhat limited, they not having exceeded 37 oxen and 12 cows, all from Holland. The number on sale con sisted of only 15 oxen and cows, but the whole of them were of full average quality ; indeed, we may observe, that scarcely any of them were out of condition. The demand for them ruled steady, at prices varying from 14/ lOs to 18/ lOs per head, at which figures the whole found buyers. The supply of Beasts from our own grazing counties was less, by nearly 300, than that exhibited on this day se'nnight, and we arc happy to observe that that description of stock was less afflicted with the so-long-complained-of epidemic than was the case on that day. Still, several losses have again oc curred on the roads. On the whole, there was a slight im provement in the demand for the primest Scots and Home breds, which sold at from 3s 10d to 4s per 81bs ; but all other kinds were extremely inactive, at barely late rates, while a general clearance was not effected. The bullock droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, were composed of 1,800 Scots and Homebreds. From the northern grazing districts we received about 200 short horns ; from the western and midland counties, 400 Devons, Runts, Herefords, &c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various kinds ; and, from Scotland, 110 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were somewhat on the increase, par ticularly those out of the wool. Prime Old Downs mostly sold at previous currencies ; but all other kinds had a dew ward tendency. A large portion of the Kents and Leicesters were in demand. From the Isle of Wight were received 135 Lambs per railway ; while the receipts from Essex, Kent, Hampshire, and other quarters were seasonably good. The Lamb trade was rather inactive at Friday's reduced currencies. The supply of Calves was small, yet the Veal trade ruled heavy, at a decline of from 2d to 4d per 8 lb. on last Monday's figures. The Pork trade was very dull, and the prices were 2d per 8 lb lower. Per Albs. to sink the offal s. d. s. d •nferior Beasts .... 2 6 2 8 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 0 Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 3 8 310 Large Bogs •••• • • 3 0 3 6 Small Porkers •• •. 3 8 4 2 Quarter old Pigs . -16 0 20 0 Lambs MARKET. Second quality ditto. 210 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots .. ,arge coarse Calves 3 8 4 2 rrime small ditto • • 4 4 4 8 Suckling Calves, —lB 0 30 0 [nferlor Sheep :... 2 10 Beasts. 2,000 SUPPLY AT Sheep. 24,130 CitlVeS. Pigs. 61 I 324 NEVIGATE AND LEADENHALL. The past week's arrivals of slaughtered Meat up to these Markets, from nearly every quarter, have been somewhat extensive for the time of 3 ear, while the supplies killed in the metropolis have been seasonably large. The general demand has, therefore, ruled extremely heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 2d. per Sibs., and clearances have not been effected on either day. About 500 carcases of Lamb have been received, mostly from Essex, Kent, and Hamp shire. At per stone, by the Carease, s. d. to s. d. I. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.... •. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .• 2 6 2 8 - middling •••• 2 8 210 -- middling.. 210 3 0 - prime large .. 210 3 2 prime .. •. 3 2 3 6 - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.... ••• • 2 6 3 6 Veal. •....• . • • 3 8 4 8- small • ..... .. 3 8 4 2 _ _ Lamb, 4s. Bd. to ss. 10d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 22 600 700 30 800 900 20 200 60 22 150 30 30 310 30 32 310 125 200 41 300 200 180 12 40 30 39 200 80 170 50 300 100 200 Scotland Yorkshire ....... Suffolk Cambridgeshire •• ** Surrey • • • . ... Devonshire • ...... ........ . Wiltshire .. • ...... • Otherparts ......... . Total ••••••• • • • • • • • 258 3,230 505 2,500 Previous week's arrival...... 163 2,070 420 2,210 Difference since oar last BOROUGH AND PXTA.I.II7CEI•DS. The arrivals of Potatoes having been on the increase since our last report, great heaviness prevails in the demand. The best qualities have supported previous rates, but all other kinds are decidedly lower. About 200 tons have been im ported from France and Holland, in middling condition. BOROUGH HOP BIAREZT. The best new Hops, as well as old ones, are still in steady request, and prices are tolerably well supported. All other kinds of Hops are very dull, and when sales are pressed lower terms must be submitted to. WOOL MARKET. The receipts of foreign and colonial Wool during the past week have been somewhat on the increase, they having amounted to about 1,600 packages. In the private contract market only a limited business is doing, notwithstanding no public sales are yet announced, and prices are barely sup ported. TALLOV7. This market is again somewhat depressed in prices, and the deliveries are falling oil: The trade purchases very sparingly, and the entire absence of speculative operations incline uc to look for lower prices than have been current for many years past. The price for the Autumn is 38s 6d to 38s 9d. Town Tallow not being required for the purposes for which it has been used, is now continually, week after week, pressed upon the market, and must, of necessity, substitute Foreign Tallow to some extent ; and we think from this time it will affect it still more than it has ever done. The very small qnantity of Tallow moulds made this season by the W.-kw-chandlers in London, will, in a great measure, bear us out in our renlArks upon Town Tallow, the price of which is 38s to 39s 6d., net cash. George Itohins has at length talon the field, and we siistie'd iii Heft eaineSt; tint he is too good a general not to wait until the Messrs. Frost And &tow, with their companion, the easterly winds, have taken their departure, ere he lets them into "the Secrets of the Prison-house,' by disclosing what be has in pelto for them. He has not, how ever, forgotten to remind the great capitalists of the memo rable declaration made lait tessiofi, by Sir Robert Peel, to this effect,—" I neither hare, nor do I contemplate, any change zvhat corn-laws." This is, indeed, a real comfort for the agricultural world to repose on. It will be seen in his introductory announcement, Mr. Robins had paid a neat and well-turned compliment to Sir Robert, for having abandoned the odious duty on auctions, and it appears to be a prevailing opinion that the benefit will be an immediate re-action in favour of land. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have received a select -party this week, at liornby Castle, Yorkshire, for the Catterick Race Aleeting. The Earl of Zetland and the Earl of Glasgow - .have been among the guests of the Noble puke and Duchess, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. aft QUARTER DO PIIREE. A very moderate amount of business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday. Sales 3,500 bales. There was no change in prises. -Shares were rather quieter :-Aberdeen Railway, 3 1 4 31. ss. 9d, ; Barnsley Junction, 7 1 / 2 ; Black burn, I3urnley, and Accrington, ; Blackburn, Damon, and Bolton, 4 1 %; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, Junction, 124 11% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11 1 / s % ; Bristol and Gloucester, 58; Caledonian, 10% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 1 / 2 3a ; Chester and Birkenhead, ex div., 50 1 % 49 ; Ditto, Half Shares at 5 dis. ex div., 25 1 4 24 3 4 ; Ditto, New Shares at 33 ex div., 43 1 % 42 ; Chester and Holyhead, 8 1 / 2 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 33/4 '' • Churnet Valley, 7% %; Clydesdale Junction, 10 1 /, • Direct Northern, 41, 165.. 3d. ; Dublin and Belfast, 7% ; Eastern Counties, ex div., 21% ; Edinburgh an d Gl asgow , ex div., 62 1 % ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, ex div.,15:34 ; Ditto,New Shares, 5% %; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, I9s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, ex. div., 62 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112 ; Ditto; Eighth Shares, le t ; Great Grimsby and Shef• field, 31. 16s. 6d. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 64, 16s. 3d.; Lancaster and Preston, Three. quarter Shares, ex. div., 33 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 8 1 / 2 ; Leeds and West Riding, 7 ; Limerick and Waterford, 41,4 ; Liverpool and Manchester, ex. div., Half Shares, 101 ; Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 2 1 / 2 1 ls. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, ex. div., Eighth Shares,, 44% ; London and York, 31. Is, 6cl. ; Manchester and Birmingham, ex new, New Quarter Shares, 5% prem. ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, ex. div., 164; Manchester and Leeds, ex div., 145 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 19 3 4 ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 7 1 4 ; Midland Stock, ex div, 147 1 / 2 147 •, Ditto, 40/. Shares, ex div., 1714 16% ; Newai k and Sheffield, 5% 5%; North British, ex new, 17%; Ditto, Half Shares, 41% ; North Union, stock A, ex div., 148 149 ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 51 • North Wales, 21.16 x. 3d. ; Oxford,W orces t sr , an d R ug b y , 4!. 4/.15.3d. ; Preston and Wyre, 3414 1,4 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 115; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 14% 15; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5%; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4% 5 / 8 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 4% ; South-Eastern, New Shares, at 18 dis., ex div., 16%; Ditto, New Shares, at 16 2-3. dis., 11%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8% 1Z ; W • Trent Valley, ex new, 16% 17 • Ulster, ex div., 45 ; Wexford and Carlow, 2% 3 ; Boulogne and Amiens (English) 12 1218; Northern of France (Eng lish), 6 1 % ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), ex new, 2/. 18s. 6d. • Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2/. I Is. 21. 102. 6d ; Paris and Strasburg (English), 2/. 145.; Paris and St. Quentin, 2 1 % 21. ss. 6d.; Sambre and Meuse, 6%; Tours and Nantes (English), 3; Toulouse and Bordeaux, 2 3 / 4 ; Tou louse, Bordeaux, and Cette, 2% 2/. Is. ; Verona and Ancona, 11. 19s. 21. 2s. 6d.; Sardinian, 6s. There has been 'another royal Dutch decree, dated the 27th inst., received by Messrs. Raphael and Sons. From this we glean that the remaining 300 series of Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are to be drawn at the Hague to-day. The first 70 series drawn, and amounting to 14,000,000 guilders, are to be paid off on the the 15th of next month with interest to date. Notice will be given when the remainder can be paid. There is very little doing in the public securities, which continued somewhat flat, owing to the sales for time. Con sols for Money have been 99% %, and for Account 99% •%. The Texas question and the state of matters in Switzerland is the ground upon which the speculators for a fall seem disposed to operate. The premium on Exchequer.bills has been 575. to 595., and on India Bonds 695. The Foreign Bonds are dull, except in one or two instances. Mexican have been flat, at 35 1 / % for the Active, and 16 1 ,4 % for the Deferred. Colombian are firm at 15 1 % to IA LSpa nish Five per Cents. obtain 30, and the Three per Cents. 40 3 /, being for the former rather lower rates. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 63 1 / 8 . The settlement of the account progresses easily. In Railway Shares there is a good deal of business doing, and prices in many instances are bettor. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. 99 1 4 1024 69 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents. — India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... ..... . Ditto under 1,0001. . . . — Consols for Account... ....... 99 1 / 2 99% Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 /d.... 57 59 pm. 59 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small ... 57 pm. 59 Ditto Advertised — pm. - ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — Ditto, Small • • Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... ... Ditto, Deferred — 52 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15 % 1/ 1514 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account 3 5 3 /4 h 363 / 4 Dit to, Deferred 16%%% 16% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ' Ditto Account — 66 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 1844 23% 23% • Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. ...... 401, Ditto Account Dutch, 2 1 / per Cent Ditto, Account 6 3 14 63 1 % Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 9 1 /s 99% PRICES OF ' CLOS_ ING PAID. AT ONE OCLOCK. B AT L WAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 1%.. l% Birming. and Gloucesterloo 3 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New 2 6 14 1 59 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 CalJdonian Cainhridge and Linsoln 1% 7% 8 7% Chester and Holyhead... 5 C•iurnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 14...... 2 1 4 24 Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich 8 0% % '3 O ft Dublin and Belfast Junc. 2% l -4 7 % B% Dublin and Galway 2l/„„„ 34 Eastern Counties 25 ...... 21% 3 / 4 Eastern Union lO .. ... Ditto Extension ..„„ 1 1 / 3% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 4 Shares... 2 1 / 5 3 /4 ..• 5% Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo 195 Ditto New... 5 Ditto New 2 22 Great Western BO ......181 180 Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths Gui r ldfordwich , Farn'in,Ports. 2% ... .. Ha ' 21 Hull and Gainsborough 1% 1 - Hull and Selby 5O lOO 98 . 9B Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...234 233 235 Do. New Thirds London and Bright0n... 50 Do. Consolidated Bths 16 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18% 17 3 / 4 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 79 3 / 4 B' Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... 23 Do. New London and York . 9l /2 34 3 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Birmin. 40 Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. % Shares Do. ii, Shares Midlind... . 100 152 155 153...... 156 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ll5 117 ll5 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Newcastle and 13erwick 1 1 ,2 — Newark and Sheffield ... 1% 6 % )/2 North British ..... ...... 10 Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent North Wales Preston and Wyre Richmond and West End J unction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland 1%... .. 2%% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2l/. . 4% South Devon... lO ... 201,% South Eastern & Dover 33l 2s 4d... 434 Do., No. 1 8 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales ... ... 2 1 / 2 64 5% Trent. Valley 2 ..... 16% 17 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3% York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby ... 2O Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A mien5... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 2% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dieppe and Paris June. 2 ...... 2% 2% Great North. of France.. 4 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse .... 2 ...... 6% 6% Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 29.—The sales are :—Eastern Counties, 21%; Manchester and Leeds, Six teenth Shares, 7%; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9 1 ,f ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5 3 / 4 prem. ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 15 3 / 4 ; Mid land Railway Consols, Preferential Stock, 3 3 4 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 17 ; North British, 17 1 4 ; South-Eastern. No. 3, 8%; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 3% •, Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 11%; lilackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 6% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7% 7-16 ; Chumet Valley, 7%; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3 3 / 4 'A, ; Huddersfield Manchester Railway and Canal, 34 -% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 3 4 13-16 ; London and York, 3% . Manchester and Buxton, 2% %; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 3% ; Newark and Sheeld, 5% 4 ; Southport and Euxton, 2 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2%. 6 107 i 195 71 / 4 573 A 65% 4 1 /; 65 314 21' 34 4 4% 20 1 /, 43 1 / 2 .16 1 4 11 1 4 8N 5j 42 1 , 69 15 1/.j LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LoN*DoN", MAttoi 31.—Wind W, .W., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAncit3o,—r.st.Wind S.W., strong—Arrd.Emperor Scott, Ichaboe ; Rowena, Palot, Gambia; Ealing Grove, Fal coner, Dominica •, Thomas and William, Playter, Savanilla ; Wallace, Young, Charleston, for Antwerp ; Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Berbice, Cocks, Berbice ; Clutha, Fowler, New Orleans ; Spheriod, Bayley, St Vincent's. Sld. Vesta, Cape of Good Hope; Eliza, Jamaica; China, Bermuda; Ga zelle, Newfoundland. RAUSGATE, MARCH 29.—Wind N.N.W., strong.—Arrd. Rouenna, St. Domingo, for Havre, leaky ; Hope, New castle, for Teignmouth, with damage. TORBAY, MARCii 2e.—.Yut back, Persian, for Sydney. 88 1 ,,, 89 104 8 712 ISLAND OF norrA, MAncir 24.—The Margaret, MICA from Banff to Loch Broom, drove from her anchors in Lour hope yesterday, during a gale at N.W., and was stranded og this island, with considerable damage. SCARBOROUGH, MARCht 29.—The Wilna, of London, from Shields to Harfleur, came ashore four miles north of Flaw' borongh Head yesterday, and is expected to become a total wreck. • BRIDLINGTON, Mancit 30.—1 t blew a very heavy 0 % 14 all yesterday, at W.N.W. and N.W. Several vessels - dror o to sea with loss of anchors, &c. FALMOUTH MARCH 29.—Sid. New Zealand, Jamaica; Two Brothers, St. John's, Newfoundland. Off, Gratitude , Bruce, Ichaboe, and sld. for Arbroath ; Mary, Rio Janeiro ; Lina, Osterloh, Tampico for Bremen, left Feb. 27. JERSEY, 11Ancti 26.—Arrd. Caroline, Payn, Rio Janeiro* Sid. Farrago and Patramtta Bay Chaleur. HULL, MAncit 29.—The Hearts of Oak, from Scarboroug h to this port, was driven ashore on the Spurm yesterday morn ing, but is expected off without much damage. WAINFLEET, MARCH 27.—Upwards of 100 pieces of Nor: reu way and Swedish timber, marked "G. B. and C 0 .,, i n' letter;, were washed ashore last November in the neighboUr* hood of Saltdeet. GUERNSEY, MARCH 25.—Sid. Louisa, Rio Janeiro. , BRISTOL, MARCH 29.—Arrd. Oregon, Rowe, Gambia. • Cosmo, New York ; Sliranda, Cape de Verds. GLOUCKSTER, MARcit 29.—S1d. Galatea, Quebec. SWANSEA, Mum 29.—Arrd. Adam Smith, Valparaiso; Canadian, Pomeroy, Cuba. Sid. Agnes, Blaikie, Cuba; Suitt' beam, Chili. CARNARVON, MARCII 29.—The Ann and Catherine, asho re on the Bar, has driven higher up on the sands, but has " 4 suffered more damage ; nearly all the cargo has been saved?. with slight damage. LIVERPOOL, MAneff 30.—Wind, S.S.E. to S.W.--Arr fl , Albert Edward, White, China ; Liverpool, M‘Dowali, Manilla ; Emily, Mauritius ; Venus and W. S. Hamiltoor . IchThoe ; Enchantress, Cormiek, Callao ; John Horrook4 M'Lachlan, Demerara ; Higginson and Freeman, Barbadoes; Rapid, Thomas, Jamaica ; Robert Syers, Rio de la Hach e; Ann, Lumsden, Laguna; Marquis Abercorn and Warre" n Hastings, New Orleans; Covenanter, Apalachicola ; DevoO' port, Kirk, Savannah ; Tiberius, Howes, Boston ; Ml° o' Gaunt, Robertson, China, left St. Helena, 15th ult. ; Balino, Caledonia, and Durango, Ichaboe ; Walton, St. D. miugo ; Glenlyon and Miltiades, New Orleans. Sld. Impel and Clydesdale, Africa ; Douglas, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Sarah, Montreal. Off, Rival, supposed from Moa n. ham. FLANDERS, HAABURGH, AND DUTCH MAILS. THE HAGUE, MARCH 17.—1 n the Java papers, fro" the 27th of November to the 4th o f De cem ber, we fin" the following particulars:— BATAVIA, Nov. 29, 1844.—Accounts from Macasasi state that the authorities there had received letters fvo ol , William Brownrigg, commander, and from the crew 0 ' the English barque The Premier, of Belfast, which wa s stranded on the 27th of July, 1844, on PoeloePandja o P near the north-cast coast of Borneo, on its voyage fro China to Balie Badong, in ballast, having on heal' Chinese coin for Messrs. Lainge and Company. It appears, from the letters, that the Sultan u; Goenong Tabor had taken possession of the wreck an d of the Chinese coin, and left the shipwrecked crew is t, 11 4 greatest distress, in dang e r of b e i ng p ut t o d ea th or aw by the Sultan. The native major, Kalang Kankang, in the Bar ci. Palos, who happened to be at Macassar when this Rena was received, was requested, and undertook to proeee, immediately to Borneo, in order to obt a in from Sultan of Goenong Tabor the release of the crew of The Premier. The Government of Macassar received instrtieti °ll9 ,l if assistance should be required, immediately to t tin g either his Majesty's brig the Postilion, or his Majest schooner the Cameleon (both which ships belong to tu e Macassar station) to Poloe Pandjang, to deliver-the.s bi r wrecked crew. bid THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—We learn that the SW -- Chamber of the States General will meet on Tuesday' the Bth of April. Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand DuCliel of Saxe Weimar is expected h ere on th e sth or 6t ll° April. Her Royal Highness's birthd a y i s o n the lit°• DORDRECHT, MARCH 26.—0 n Sunday night the ;,, in the Kil and the Mallegat was entirely cleared,a o i and yesterday it broke up before the town, an floated away. Some ice still remained in the Noord at he but that b ro k e u p l as t n i g ht, s o that navigation is again open, and the steam-boat to Rol le ' dam will go to-morrow at the usual hour. ROTTERDAM, MARCH 27.—The Dordrecht boat, " 1 " - was removed from the h ar b our y es t er d a y e vening, W d , commence to-day its voyages between that town , 1 , 13 h this, sunk during the night. It seems that the ice Vin w . g came down the Mellw e de d a m age d it so muc h that It filled with water. Happily, there was only one malle t board, who got on shor e . Th e vesse l li es s o deep to-clay, at high water, the paddle-boxes were not to "'" seen. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 28.—The n av i g ation is O ° W ., completely restored, a n d, a ft er th e l ong interruption, ¢t proportionably active as well on th e Y— as the .Asot e and small streams. The aec,,unts from the rivers are, on the whole, fa' vourable ; the ice has brok e n u p, th oug h i n some pisceS it is still firm. BRUSSELS, MARCH 27.—The English capitalists, 1, 1 ? have formed a company to undertake the execution o railway from Louvain to Jemappes-sur-Sambre, arrived at Numer on the 25th. They told a person of distinc t Lion that high hopes were ent er t a i ne d t o o bt a in the grai l of the railway which they project before the close of t he session, and to be abl e to commence th e wor k b e fore tu e end of the year. MARCH 29.—1 t is positively affirmed that a compani is formed to undertake the execution of a railway from Antwerp to Rotterdam, and Rotterdam by way of Breda' It is affirmed that the founders of this company hav e already obtained subscriptions in Hollani to the arm/ of 13 or 14 millions of fr ancs , an d that they have ent ere d into negotiations with the Government of the Nether lands on the subject. The navigation of the canals from Brussels to Charle roy, and to Willibrock, was resumed yesterday, Afte r being interrupted for three months and a half. M. Roehusson, the new Governor of the Dutch possess sions in the East Indies, will remain for a fortnig.htlr Brussels. He will then go t o th e H ague , th e nce to ran: and finally return to Holland, and embark for his new destination. Many ships that wintered in the basins at Antwerp' left there on the 25th, and dropp e d d own the river °- the 26th. To prevent accidents, the vessels whieh had: arrived from sea on the 25th were ordered to remain the road till the morning of the 26th.—Brusse1s Pap er* March 28. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 14.—The .Dogligt Allchant says that the Government has grant e d a l o an of 15,0 ,," bank dollars, without intere s t, t o th e St oc kholm Le b o ' and of 10,000 dollars to the Uprata Lehn, for the pa chase of seed corn. HAMBURGH, MARCH 25.—We have nothing more Ls: vourable to state respecting the ice in the Middle VD' This moraing loaded waggons passed directly over th e river from Blankenese; and, higher up the river, Pe°.r, e. with sledges and hor ses s till p ass a l ong t h e s outh slu, s The ice in our harbour is breaking up, an d i n a few l c it will be possible to get at the s hip s w ith boats. Brunshausen a large space of open water is forming the channel. At Schulau there is no change. — burgh papers., March 25. DUTCII FUNDS.—AMSTRaDAM, MARCH 26. • Money. n."'; - Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. 6414 64,4 ditto, 3 per Cent •piN 79 Ditto, 4 per Cent..... Ditto, 5 per Cent.... Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.• • • • • • • 99% Ditto, 3% per Cent • • • • • • .• • 93m veal, Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • 150% 151}i —Dutch Papers, March 29. Exchange on London, one month . . 12 2 ‘ Two months. •.••••• • • • • • • • 12 • 9 0 On liamburgb, at sight .• 35 50 Two months....• •. • ....... 8b . 31 4 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bzawri, MAacu 26. . Bills. Mot . St. Sebald - Sch., 3% per Cent ...... •• .• 10054 9 ' ^ ' Truss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. 6 - 9 6 Exchange. on London, 2 months • • • • • . —Prussian State Gazette. March 20. • HAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, Mum 26. Bills. lgone.,Y• 114,0 .... 1670 1665 Austrian 5 per Cents . Bank Shares ......... Anglo-Russian Loan iiaua. Russian 5 per Cent.;llamb. Certificate. 105% Wig . , Ditto Ist series Inscription.. • . 105 Ya Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th serieS• • 99% Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • • •• 994, New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 92•7•4 9 2 7 i Ditto stieglitz . • 92M 9 2 , Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • 22% 2 2 n Ditto 3 per Cent • An 10-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent... Dutch Actual Debt, 23 per Cent • 63% 63fti Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent..l,oan, 1844...• 87% 87 A Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 88 National Bank Shares• • • • • • 13 ILX_ •• • 13 1O Exchange on London. riainburgh, March 25 ...... •• • .. Ditto Two months .. Christiana, March 1, 3 M .. •• • ... Stockholm, Feb. 21, 75 D ........ —Hamburgh Borsenhalle, March. 27. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mutat 20. 5 per Cent. 3letalliques. 4 per Cent. ditto • 3 per Cent. ditto . • • • • • • • • • •• ...... 4TX Loan, 1834 ..... ................. Bank Shares .••••••• •• .• ........... 1840 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . ........... 57% -Allgen:wine Zeitting, arch 25. RUNNING MATCH IN HYDE Ping.—This morning a foot-race came off in Hyde-park ; the competitors Coles, of St. James's, and Milwood, of Bayswater. 7. 3. contesting distance was half a mile, and the stakes 51. st of In betting Millwood was the favourite at sto 4, and money some tune was laid out. The usual preliminaries 'fell._ arranged, and after twelve false starts the men got off, Coll s at a good lead, which he maintained for 200 yards, whe0.111; opponent came up, and a splendid race ensued , w i lt terminated in favour of Coles, who ran in a winner by eig _ yards, completing the half-mile of ground in two minutes and thirty-two seconds. Many spectators were present. „, SUDDEN DEATH OF A SOLICITOR WHILST ALTEIII-14:7_ HIS WILL—On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at tr Ship and Dolphin, New Gravel-lane, Shadwe4l, on view of d , body of Mr. Joseph Sweet, a solicitor, aged 70 years. s°7; Ruth Sweet, of No. 18, New Gravel-lane, widow of de cease( ' deposed that deceased, during his long life, had enjoyed a r e _ - markably good state of health, until within the last few weeks. lie was then taken poorly, hut nothing of any_, c°ll ., l ,l sequence him. Deceased had a great aversion 1.01.1 1 P" ; ',,. men, and would,censult no one. On Wednesday afterno about four o'clock, he told witness that, as one of the legatees whom he had named in his will had died, he should make an alteration in it, and bequeath the legacy to witnessovhich 11 1 had intended fur the other. The necessary papers were brought to him, and deceased himself wrote the alterations ll his will, to carry into effect his intentions. He signed and the document was regularly attested by three witnesseFt with the usual formality. As soon as he: had completed it , witness observed a sudden change to take place in kis feel' tures. Fearing he was taken worse, she again wished him t• have medical advice, but he replied "No." He laid down 02 a sofa in moment. th The Coroner room breath remarked uped faintlyon twithe ce, singular and expityire of the occurrence, and the jury returned a verdict ofe " Ssturs death." Sum At Li verp sttemptir eester by kpittecL ifichard C endin g j n A • , slid do 1 site , his 1 o. s a ni g ht-. ,nerved the Luok him, a s +vsb_session of t iled an d , t s. He the sari sentence