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. . MR. HON'E'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 irol_S., 219., . T HE DREAM.EIL and the WORKER. Dy R . H. TIORNE,.. Esq. ~. Author of " Orion.." " One of the main features of this book is the bodily and social condition, the mental and political positou and progress, of the work ing classes, bat let no one expect any violent antithetical contrasts of character from ru e Dreamer and the Worker,' any setting up of oar practical Sends, the energetic and industrious artizans, by kaoeking down all abstract thinkers."—Extract from the Preface. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., I L 0 0 D. A NOVEL. *. The anther, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see c'dsplayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard et morality and religion, and by a laudable love o f the purest s9rt of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage 1 , white/ he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects jest mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on nuitters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha ractorlse nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has Masked per a peculiarities, to the school of the Disraeli.% Mau miles, and kimythes."—Observer. "` Bllwood' is no qr,dinary work ; it contains passages of exceed leg beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great rod taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelta Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have giren above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we ha ve said. The other ladles who play conspicuous parts In the tale are Pk/Trace Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and hmpulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all." —Morning Post. Diehard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL,DRITRY-LANE. I z,szee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's SavaatS SIMPSON AND CO. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amancphis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jcphtele, Mks F. Vining - ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; 1Z :dlie. Victorine Legrain (Premier Snjet du Opera de Paris), who nes been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. ry SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &C. ACT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TENT, Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Txfivellers---the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. Act 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apts. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Almees. °mai Pas de Fascination by Madlle. Victorine Legrain. .fae ensumble by Madame Louise, Meddles. Falser, Julie, and Coryphees. The Gamester—raise Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Cor3-phees. gzael recovers , the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the tacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prod!gal; ACT HI. TENT of IsiEMROUD, the Camel Driver. Arrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Predlgal- the Slave—the False "tend—the Gift Restored—Despair ci the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZIEL'S _ . , The Harvest - I?estival—Azael mourned as Dead—Ream of the Pr dlgaL .A.ppeatance of the Spirit of the Desert. T. cor.elncle with RAISING THE WIND. E ItOYAL, ELAYIstIALRF,r, Lcsse , 4 ::.nd Manager, Old iirompton. THIS EVENING. the Play of TL WIFE. Julian St. Pierre, Miss Laura A and origiz Lai Comedy, called PRE -3 the Second, .1 4 .1 r. Stuart; Captain 7, 7dr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla- Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Miss A. Vining. raina, in 3 acts, entitled Tire Pride of Birth. 'iV'TLIi 11 _ 4r. Boyce ; r. 0. Sral , .h; Guillaume, Burner ea Bel al4u; Mr. Merrynum, Mr. Wright ; Atdehene, Miacisune Celesta ; :e3; Worrel NVoolg, TUE SCHOOL VOR TIGERS • eayer, Ai". Boyce ; Major Stiff Panels, Mr. %Prig' .t : Alexand - r Pftgels, Miss Mr. Firkin', Mr. C. 3. smith ; 'fora Crop, Miss Nrc,olgar. Y-V.FOP-D-STIMET. £ica4 Kceey. ENING, rte TUE 2. iTS :1 original Comlly entitled LOVE IN . .3.1*,:;. C. Kona, Keeley. Wigan, Harley, dey, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. ) I'AIiESTS id GUAI: LISS, dAdartie .rl,s Afatliew ;ten by Me3sra. C. Ma- ;r:ginat Fairy Extravaganza, .he Blue, Bird of raracilse. latthews, rforne,l3tle, Suter, atthewt, Yliss Ellis, Mrs. V. C. qathews, 7.)ratriewF, ss 3t . 01i72r w 4,1 app.‘3ar. Manv.c7 ,, r, Mr. W. farr,a. EYk:NfliG, Wlll ba - perform 3d THE RED CAP. sal.!, TuAT, GUT likts 15 NOT GOLD, raU•et WRITE. STATUE, eras Will appear. ina TI. ai ili,,,;lnera to Mal of Or- a of Two Mast:.,ts. iN BRii;GT zr!n. i 1) Ilvenlag 26 ml2l.:Arte7 11 aftmr 0 Evenli 11 ...ran. aft:a 12 THE WEATHER.--Srq OFFICE, 7,lAEcn 14. dOBILTER, IN TILE 6ILIDE. terciay. 30---loweat tai3 morning and during the night. 48—thi3 day, at noon. 46—hi,;he%t zinc 3 nu.a BAROMETgit, 29'82. WIND W. S.W.—Morning, fine; Afternoon, cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Stata of the Wind and Weather at each of tie following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Prxmorrra—Viind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. POOLE—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. rouzsmciunr—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. VP.rcurroig—Wind N., gentle breeze--partially cicudy. TONE—findFOLICIki S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Basuqnston.7. --Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH —Wind S.W., gentle breezepartially cloudy. Svaurozr—Wind W , gentle breeze—clondleas. COLCHESTER —V; inc S. gentle breeze—foggy. CAM BRIDC3 iud S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YA.trircin - zir—Wind VT., cairn—overcAst. LY -, —Wind S.W., gentle bree ze — part i a ll y c l ou d y. Citn - T;:—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 1,11 ,- Eut , oor..—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANctsTElt— Wind S., calm—rain. gentle breeze—foggy. SaAp..:..i'ofind S., cairn—principally clear.. CARLISLE —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. BEArrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine IT3Y--W. o'clock : CORK. —Wind 5.V7,, light breeze—cloudy. Can ow—Wind S.W., hard wind—partially cloudy. MIILLLIGAIL— Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Dux)ALK—Wind N., gentle breeze—frosty. POOLE —Wind S., strong breeze—scud, rain. „N..,.. _,..,14&.„:j .._&? , sV7-' 1 '"—, 4, , ,. 4 7, 2). ,.., - t r st , 2.,.. Qr; . i ..., : y.,, ~ ~ •?,, , 4 IF U 4'i. --- --I. o~.:,t.3~aac.• , ..r~`aczs.am (- -T%; 7 011 1 14/14 WittZ LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1851. In the 'lons° of Lords last night, The. Earl of CARLISLE introduced a Bill to regulate the sale of arsenic. The Bill required that all vendors of arsenic should keep a register of the names and resi dences of tho person s to whom they may sell it, and also of the quantity sold ai,d of the purpose for which it is intended to ho used. Los I BRouGuem drew their Lordships' attention to the careless manner in which the collectors of the in come-tsx performed their duties, the consequence of which wa :hat in rrAny instaters the returns of income mado tl3 T.:IND:Li had becom e publicly kr. Nn. Their Lordships then adjourned. as at f our o ' etceic there The Ccomong did not sit, was not a c:: - iffiient number of Members Present to form a House Although we Co - not ngres with everything that falls from Sir CHARLES _NAPIER respecting naval architecture and naval affairs in gpneral, we fully recognise the high honour, unblemishedintegrity, and great xpi',rienc,-2 of the Gallant Admiral, and his anxious desire to increase the efficiency, while the cos', of the irnportcnt service of which he is one of the most di6tinguishcd ornaments, and thereby to promote the Lterests of his native land. He hi , ve Lis " hubbies" new are without ino7e or , p7oially o n tubj-e,ts •to which tLir tliorig,ht, and criei-gici are chiefly directed — constitute the omplDynamts and occupations of their lives. Whatever rory 13 , , ,, these hobbies, they do not di::qtmlify Sir Cu.:.nr.ta from. being a faithful .‘yorthy witness—ono .Whose evidence should ved with high aspect and maturely consi was arrived at. We do to attach any additiou a i w e i g ht t o .otter which will he found in another y's impres;:lon fain tile name, rank, or and t;l7. be recE den d b re a - -f 1 dcc part of experienca cf iik . guthcr,ff Liad even erconated from the- 'pem -- of a nameless find unknown !. writer, it would still be en , :itied to a favourable reception on its own merits. It contains internal evidence of being the production of one thoroughly acquainted with, and who had re flected profoundly on, the subject-matter cn which he was engaged; we commend it to the public atten tion on these grounds, and these grounds only. Let it be taken for what it is worth, and we feel assured that the statements and arguments therein contained will carry with them conviction to every unprejudiced mind, and show the errors into which some of the popular representatives have fallen. It will be seen that Sir CHARLES NAPIER enter tains the same opinions on the naval estimates to which we gave expression on Tuesday last. "It is not," he says, " the vote for men that governs the amount of the navy estimates, it is the vote for artifi cers employed in the dockyards that ought to rule the expense." This is indeed the truth, and its accuracy is established by the simple rules of arithmetic. Our entire effective force cf seamen, marines, and boys — what may be termed the personnel of the service, only costs 1,93G,355/. out of tLe gross total of 5,727,259/. required, or, in other words, little more than one third of the entire amount, that sum including every expense for wages, victualling, clothing, &c. ; while 2,011,3071. is required for the dockyard expen diture. Every shilling of the former outlay is, or rather, under a wiser system than is now pursued, would be, applied to a good purpose. Sailors, when fully trained and disciplined, become exceedingly valuable. It takes several years to make a thorough practical seaman. A few months may en able a soldier to go through his drill, load and fire his musket, and point his bayonet against any aggressor, but it is not so easy to teach sailors to ascend the masts, spread themselves out upon the yards, furl or unfurl the sails, or perform the various operations that may fall to their lot in the ordinary routine of duty. There is not, therefore, so imperative a necessity for keeping a reserve of the former as of the latter. Besides, if necessity should arise, we could more easily col lect the disbanded men. Their pursuits keep them on terra firma, and they could be found when wanting. But still we reverse the proper policy. We watch jealously over our soldiers, maintain depots, 4nd skeleton regiments, and objections are'made to enlistment for limited periods. In fact, when once a man joins as a recruit, he becomes so very dear to his country that he will not be willingly partod with, save on the payment of a good round sum of money. And why ? Because, say the authorities, " a soldier is an expensive machine." We believe each man is estimated to have cost some 35/. before he became really valuable, and it would take an equal sum to pro vide an efficient substitute. It would, therefore, be an unsvise economy to discharge such. a man because there was no immediate necessity for his services, and this judicious view is, fully carried out in practice. But how do we act with regard :to our sailors ?. A vessel is commissioned and sent on foreign service ; thi! crew are collected together with great difficulty, and considerable delay, months being often consumed 'before the entire complement can be obtained, or the gallant ship fully ' manned. At first the men are unable to work efficiently together. They do not understand their different posts, or the sub division of labour, so as to do the largest amount of work with the least possible expenditure of trouble; by degrees this valuable knowledge is acquired, everything goes smoothly. The captain, officers, and Leamea become accustomed to each other. Com pliinente are freely bestowed on the high state of effi ciency into which they have been brought, when the mull three ye.are' term expires, and these valuable men, each of whom costs fOr pay, clothing and rations, as much as three soldiers, and requires thrice the time in acquiring the lull practical knowledge of his business—so that the " naval" actually costs about eight or ten times theprice of the " military machine"—are paid off discharged, dispersed throughout the globe, where they cannot he procured, under any circumstances or at any price, when there is again occasion for their services. Nay, we actually flitg them into the arms of our maritime rivals, to be used in case of emergency against their ungrateful country. What madaess is what do our sapient rulers rely ;, and on replacing these unappreciated but inestimable ? Is it on the iniquitous and now happily obsolete practice of impressment? Do they suppose that they can get together at a moment's notice the hardy band they have recklessly flung away? No, the infamous sys tem of impressment has departed, never to return, and wit h Sir CHARLES NAPIER we say, " they might just as well attempt to return to Protection." If we want to obtain good men, we must pay for them justly and honourably, and we must hold out advantages to in duce efficient volunteers. Why not give the men, after a return from a foe years' voyage— and the ship's findings and fittings would fully last that period, thus saving 50 or 60 per cent. on the repairs—a reasonable leave of absence, to see their friends and enjoy themselves after their labours, their pay continuing, but their rations and allowances of course being withheld ? They would willingly return at the appointed time, and an invaluable reserve would always be available at a cost but little exceeding the duty on grass seeds, for the remission of which Sir CHARLES WOOD claims so much credit from the agriculturists. " But," say our " penny-wise-and-pound-foolish" statesmen, " they would, after fire years' services, become entitled to extra pay." It might, therefore, cost the country a few thousands additional. Ah, gentlemen, how full are you of the propriety and ' necessity of " keeping faith" with the men of your own order ; of keeping an utterly useless set of admirals, because it would be " a breach ,of faith" to deprive the post-captains, who have not been afloat for the last twenty years, of the prospects of their flags ; but where is the faith with the sailor, without whom the captain and admiral could do little, if we turn him adrift, care less of his future fate, because, if longer retained in the service, he would become entitled to exti'a pay and additional advantages ? Was he in any degree tempted to enter the service on account of these prospective aalvantages; and is not the turning him off, when he has almost become entitled to them, but little better than an :Net of "swindling r Examine it in its details, and see ,vhether it is not conduct unbecoming a mighty nation, a people who boast of their integrity, and who hoili /ts e ts proverb that g, honesty is the best policy ?" But it is in the dockyards that ecalnernY is practi cable. There we maintain a body of -a - neza far more than can be required, and we are•bounel )4 1 :0 provide employment for them, lest the nation should be dis gusted if they were seen eating the bread of idleness. Like a man who evoked an evil spirit, the Admiralty are compelled to find work for their servants, and that work is often of the most useless and unneces sary character. It is for that purpaoe that vessels are unrigged, dismantled, or altered, when there is no real necessity for such acts, but when, on the contrary, they are worse than useless. If the 2,011,3071. were applied to the best purposes, we might assent to the outlay ; but as it is, - we protest against the profuse expenditure. We fearlessly assert that I,oa aO,OOO/. sterling, or one-half that expenditure, might be .saved, and that the business would really be bette r done, and the fleet maintained in a more efficient con dition, We are rejoiced to observe the promptness cvinced by the Noble Lord the Earl of CARLISLE in Irg.tening the passage of the Sale of Arsenic Regulatii m Bill through the Upper House of Parliament. LfiSt even ing it was rend a second time, and before long we shall undoubtedly have the satisfaction of anti Dunning its completion as as enactment by the Impe r.al Le gislature. Ghastly evidence of the necessity existing for a measure of this character has unfortunately been afforded too frequently of late--a terr ible in stance of the crime resulting from the abse, - ice of a jaw of the hind having only within the last fe w days horrili€4l the public imagination. The cons:39re nce of the unrestricted TendiL g g o r f i tle a r i i . c a u i s std. ,: e 7 n l o a t, s ;in i g n fact, been in certain 2 ic less th.= the organization of a regular ay ',item of poisoning.. Such are the principal ca l am i t i es fieving from the remfisness of the Legislature in thi s parti cular, not to spelsk of the dangers multiplied by it in regard to thone who are entirely innoc eat. A frightful illustraCon of the latter effect was 516:1ed very recently by as occurrence which crt :tad no mall degree of e; ;citement in the; secluded h fplet of Bishop's Sutton, in Somersetshire. Upon this occasion it eppeared that no lees than ern en lives were placed in the most imminent jeopardy by the want of all precaution evinced by the dealers in arsenious acid and other destructive commodities. The particulars, as briefly given by the local newspapers, are simply to the ef fect that white arsenic, instead of carbonate of soda, was by mistake mixed with the batter used inthe cook ing of some pancakes on Ash-Wednesday, the poison having been sold at the general dealer's in lieu of the harmless powder asked for by the purchaser. This circumstance—happily in no way fatal, seeing that the proper antidotes were betimes administered— comes to us as a powerful corroboration of the argu ments lately put forward by our contemporary, .Household Words. According to a writer in that ex cellent periodical, no reasonable, or, at any rate, no adequate precautions are taken to prevent the acci dental distruction of human life by the careless em ployment of this very poison, arsenic. "A sporting friend," says he, " writes to us, that having shot away all his powder the other day, he had ;occasion to go into a rural grocer's shop for more. While he was being served, there came in a little girl, who ended a long order for tea, sugar, soap, currants, red herrings, and flour, with the remarkable demand— ' and two ounces of arsenic.' No comment whatever was made by the shopkeeper, who pulled a small blue paper of poison out of its proper compartment in a drawer, with the same composure as he handed over the packages of tea, sugar, currants, and flour. The little girl jumbled them all into her apron and went away. Perhaps,' remarked our friend, `some of those ingredients are for a pudding." Loikely,' answered the huxter, with a strong Derbyshire accent. ' And should the blue paper burst, or a little mistake be made by the cook, the whole family will be poisoned." They should moind what they're at,'—this was the only life-pre server which occurred to the chandler's mind— `they should moind what they're at. Now, in the very , case we have instanced the accuracy of this home-description was exemplified. The blue paper, it is true, didn't burst, and the poison thus get mingled with flour used in making the pan cakes of the farmer down at Bishop's Sutton—brit the shopkeeper made just a trifling blunder of selling a packet of arsenic when he was asked for a couple of ounces of carbonate of soda. It was merely a mis take in the compartments. That was all. A trivial one enough in itself, but one which threatened to terminate not less than sixteen lives prematurely. Our observations upon this point may call to the recollection of some the witty and humorous manner in which the danger referred to was pointed out just sixteen years ago by CHARLES DICKENS, in one of the most brilliant portions of his immortal " Pick wick." The illustration eccurs in the course of the great trial of BARDELL V. PICK WICK, when the jurors are being severally sworn in. We don't think our readers will regret a quotation cf the passage in these columns just now, when the in terest of the subject it alludes to has aroused even the attention of Parliament. Some diffisnity is ex• perienced in making up the requisite number of the jury. Ten jurymen are sworn in—two more are want. ing, and a greengrocer and a chemist are caught di rectly. The green-grocer is "all right," but the chemist demurs when his name is called. " THOMAS GROFFIN." Here,' said the chemist. ' Teke the book, gentlemen. You shall well and truly try—' ' I beg this Court's pardon,' said the chemist, who was a tall, thin, yellow-visaged man, but I hope this Court will excuse my attendance." On what ground, sir ?' said Mr. Justice STAP.ELEIGH. have no assistant, toy Lord,' said the - chemist. 'I can't help that, sir,' replied Mr. Justice STARELEIGH, you should hire one." I can't afford it, my Lord,' rejoined the chemist. 'Then you ought to be able to afford it, sir,' said the Judge, reddening; for Mr. Justice STARELEIGH'S temper bordered on the irrita ble, and brooked not contradiction. know I ought to do so, if I got on as well as I deserved, —but I 'don't, my Lord,' answered the chemist. g Swear the gentleman,' said the Judge peremptorily- Tha officer had got no further than the You shall well and truly try,' 'when he was again interrupted by the chemist. I tun to be sworn, my Lord, am I?' said the chemist. Certainly, air,' replied the testy little Judge. Very well, my Lord,' replied the chemist in a resigned manner. Then there'll be murder before this trial's over ; that's all. Swear me, if you please, sir;' and sworn the chemist was before the judge could find words to utter. I merely wanted to observe, my Lord,' said the chemist, taking his seat with great deliberation, that I've left nobody but an errand boy in my shop. He is a very nice boy, my Lord, but he's not acquainted with drugs; and 1 know that the prevailing impression on his mind is, that Epsom salts means oxalic acid, and syrup of senna, laudanum.' " It is precisely to prevent the possi. bility of such very harmless little false impressions as these that the Bill to regulate the sale of poison has been just introduced into the House of Lords by the Earl of CARLISLE. The propriety of such an enact ment needs no argument in proof—it is visible on the very front of its consideration. Every chemist in the United Kingdom is neither so laudably scrupu lous or, to say truth, so agreeably intelligent as honest THOMAS GROFFIN. The majority of village chandlers and general dealers in the agricultural dis tricts have about as much knowledge of drugs as Mr. GRorFIN's errand boy—and, in the instance already given by eurselves, it will be observed that if the huxter at Bishop's Sutton did not actually sell oxalic acid for Epsom salts, or laudanum for syrup of senile, he made a mistake quite as terrible of its kind by selling a paper of arsenic instead of a packet of carbonate of soda. No wonder, seeing the peril incurred by this extraordinary want of caution on the part of the Legislature, no wonder, we say, that the Earl of • .CARLISLE has at last attempted to force upon Parliament the necessity for some strong legislative interference. The marvel is, the endeavour has not been adventured upon previously. While, nevertheless, we are disposed to exult most cordially in the rapid progress already made in the carrying this Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill through the Legislature, we are most solicitous that it should be rendered yet more stringent and comprehensive in its character. We are, therefore, looking forward anxiously, but hopefully, to the introduction of ad ditional clauses, rendering it in every way more likely to prove efficient in operation, a change easily ca pable of being effected when it comes before the House in Committee. ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GAS IN LIVERPOOL.— About one o'clock to-day (Thursday) the inhabitants and neighbourhood of Renshaw-street, in this town, were thrown into a state of great consternation and alarm by a loud report resembling the discharge of a heavy piece of artillery. The cause was speedily ascertained to have arisen from an acci dental explosion of gas, at the slv43. of Messrs. liming and Co., wholesale confectioners, at the corner of Roscoe-arcade, in the above street, by which near:y the whole of the plate glass front was demolished, the woodwork being riven as though struck by lightning, and considerable damage sus tained to the stock in trade, a large portion of the latter being contained in expensive show-glasses. The precise origin of the disaster is not known, but from minute inquiries made upon the spot, as well as at the gas-office, it is supposed that an escape had been for s,me time previously going on beneath the double sashes of the shop, and that upon a light being taken near them for some ,purpose connected with the business an ignition took place, which might have proved still more destructive in its consequences than is the case at present. We are happy to add, that beyond the injury to the shop front and the stcck ni material damage has beensus tained, although, from the nature of the explosion, it was likely to have been attended with some loss of life. DEATH OF THE VISCOUNTESS NEWARK.—WO re gret exceedingly to announce the demise of this lady, who expired on Monday last, at her residence, near Torquay, having survived her lamented husband only a few weeks. The deceased lady was second daughter of Lord llatherton, and sister to the Countess of Cavan. LIMERICK AESTZES.—In the Criminal Court, on Moncla; -- , before Judge Jacksor, a ca a chai - ac erigie for cruelty was tried. Tee eccu , ed, 'Ten William", of Rath cale, vas ird ctcd f..r attemptir g to hu7n a little boy, nine years old, in a bed c f straw ! It appea- ed that the pfi oner's husband Is a sweep, vad tha juvenile pr. BCC nor had barn 9 , 1c1 by annat , e al patents to Mi illiams for ss. Ts e child was subjected 3o gnat seve its' by Elba Will , ams, whose conduct was ferocious, but h.ving been only found guilty of a common assault she was sentmc .d to tweve month: li n _ prisonmey. Patrick Looby, c-pvictcd b, - f - .re Judge Jackson of the mu der of And - ew was Lent.nced to ese u- Lion on the 200. April. [nE D ODDING BUR ST 14 U RDER.—CONFESsIoN.—. Information reached London thi day from the Essex con stabulary, that a most importau and satisfactory message had been forwarded to the proper quarter relative to the eon 4ssion of the prisoner Drory. The Rev. Robert Wien, .D., Oxon, whose elec tion to the see of Moray and Ro a, yacaLt by the resignation .of the Right Rev. Dr. Low, re ently announced, was con - - seerated to his office by the Bish p of Aberdeen and Prinins, assisted by the Bishops of ,Edintiurgh, Argyll, and Glasgow, in St. PAUL'S ft;LANLI, Edinburgh (' on Sunday last. THE FIZEI‘TCI-1 REPUBLIC. ~~- We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The proposition of M. BEaRYER for the re-imposi tion of the salt-tax, in order to return to the land owners the additional 45 centimes levied by the Pro visional Government, has been met by a notice of motion by M. LAGRANGE, that the milliard of the in demnity accorded to emigres on the re-establishment of the Bourbons shall be restored to the State with interest, by the persons who received it, or by their heirs; and that part of it shall be employed in the repayment of the 45c. He also demands that this proposition shall he referred to the Committee on M. BERRYER'S motion, and that the Committee, if pos sible, shall report on both at the same time. M. Ducoux proposes that for the reimbursement of the milliard and for that of the 45c., there shall be levied every year a tax of 25 per cent. on all the revenues of those who shared in the milliard, until it shall have been paid off integrally, and that this sum shall be divided amongst all the tax-payers, except the above-named class, after there shall have been deducted from it a sum of 174,212,404 f. 26c., the amount received from the 45c., which shall be divided among the rightful claimants. The A'atiooal has the following on M. BERRYER'S proposition : " Who will pay the sums necessary for this re-imburse meat? The consumers of salt. Thus the consumers of salt will first give with one hand what they will receive with the other as a restitution; and, moreover, they will have to pay into the Treasury the sums necessary for the entire re-imbursement of all the other tax-payers. Who then, M. Berryer, are the salt consumers? The most unfortunate, the poorest of the inhabitants in our villages. Your friends created agitation in the country districts; they cried everywhere that the Republic had caused frightful charges to be imposed on them, in order to pay the idleness and misconduct of the revolutionists of great towns; and under pretext of repairing the; injustice of the republicans, you demand that the poor farmer shall be despoiled for the advantage of the richest tax-payers. It was thus some years ago, whilst jobbers, enriched by the purchase of the property of emigres, displayed their luxury, you demanded the milliard ofindemnity from the peasants. The Republic, to pay the debts of, the monarchy, de manded a painful sacrifice from all citizens; the chief of the Legitimatists wishes these painful charges to weigh wholly on the most unfortunate. Each one had his sad share of the inheritance left by the monarchy, and M. Berryer wishes th'e poor to support it alone. His pro ject of restitution is nothing more than a project of spoliation." The intrigues of the Jesuits have succeeded in procuring the silencing of M. MICHELET, and a de cree has been issued suspending the delivery of lectures which he was in the habit of deliver ing as Professor of History in the College of France. In consequence of this suspension, the students, to the number of upwards of 1,000,' yesterday assembled in front of the Sorbonne, and proceeded in procession with a petition to the Legislative Assembly. They visited on the route the offices of the Evenenzent, the National, the Presse, and the Republique, and arrived at the Palace of the Assembly shortly before the commencement of the sitting. On their approach this troops stationed in the Palace, took arms. The students quietly drew up on the Place, and several, stepping out of the ranks, handed the petition to one of the officers of the As sembly. They then resumed their march, crying " Viva la h6publique !" " \rive MICHELET !" crossed the Pont de la Concorde and the square of the same name, and proceeded along the Boulevards, with the intention of paying a visit to M. MICHELET at his private residence. At the opening of the witting M. VERSIGNY rose and said, "I have the honour of depositing a petition, signed by upwards of 200 students, which was brought to the Assembly by 1,000 or 1,200 of their comrades, who had not the time to sign it.—(" Oh, oh !" on the Right ; " they were scarcely 300.") The signers,"continued M. VERSIGNY, "protest against the arbitrary Act which has suspended the lectures of the Hon. N. MicnELßT."—(Laughter on the Eight ; bravoes on the Left.) The Ethzement states that the dissolution of the National Guard of Strasburgh was decided on three days since, in a Council of Ministers. The BOUrie was again almost deserted by the usu%l speculators, and there was scarcely any business trans acted. The Five per Cents. opened at 94t. 10c.; and closed at the same price; the Three per Cents. were quoted at 57f. 800.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8861. 25c.; Avignon, 192 f. 50c. ; Vierzin, 428 f. 75c. ; Basle, 156 e 25c.; Bourdeaux, 397 f. 50e. (Pada and Strasburg, 3671. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 2561. 25c. BUSEN!'SS IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE _ LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 13. Boulogne and Amiens, —.Central of France (Orleans and Vierzun), 17 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, :3% —Great Indian Pen insula, 2% Luxembourg, 214—,Narnur and Liege, 8— Northern of France, 15 1 4 Orleans and Bordeaux, 374 Paris and Orleans, 36%—Paris and Rouen, 26—Paris and Stras bcurg, 10 %—,Sarn')re and Meuse, 3,A—Tours and _Nantes, 5 will 7)3 perf Mr. J. Wa..ack ; Ilariuna, To conclude with a ) AT (.10(Ila. I,lr Rowe ; Koch Sclby; Geoffrey, new Chart AT ti'~` Re.ynG, :~i:l~Oli )azon, ;Ur. de Rola; 3 B &fax, the C Ciiwpiin TAFT rIA Gor T11;:r!!' To conoLuda 'Tot::ew foie Led. );z07,11: %ulk N 4 .7Nrart 1: le with .oz:. . ~..mpsen. Taco THEA fr the ,EO.- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1851. GERMANY. The Cabinet of Berlin determined unanimously on the 101 inst. not to concede to the desire expressed by Austria to receive explanations ; bat to:send a full statement of the demands of Prussia relative to the re-organisation of the Germanic Confederation, and then to await Austria's reply. The following are the conclusions submitted by the second commission of the Dresden Conferences to the Pleneray Conference "1. All the member& of the Confederation engage to repeal all the changes introduced since 1848 in the Con stitutions of their- Statf , s, either with regard to the Constitutions of those States, and which are incompa tible with the Federal Constitution, or with the monarchical principle. " OBSERVATION. " The object of this proposition is the abrogation of tho fundamental rights of the people voted by the Assembly held in the Church of St. Paul at Frank fort, on the 27th of December, 1848; the abrogation of universal suffrage and of the restriction imposed on the right of the Sovereign's veto. The Commis sion, in its preamble, further proposes under this article —first, the suppression of the oath taken by the army to the Constitution. It demands likewise that the action of the tribunals exercised with regard to the rights of the Sovereign, such as took place in Electoral Hesse, shall be restrained within suitable limits. In like man ner Ministers are not to be dismissed in consequence of a division by a floating majority in the Assemblies. " 2. In any case of a conflict arising between the Sovereign and ;he states of his nation, either as to the interpretation or the application of the Constitution, the states, as well as the Sovereign, shall have the right to submit the question in dispute to the Federal Diet, which shall endeavour to interpose its good offices or to pro nounce on the question, either oZ itself or by the tribunal of arbitration. " 3. Every general refusal to vote the taxes on the part of the states shall be regarded as an act of resist ance of the subjects against the Government, and pro ceedings shall be adopted conformable to the 25th Arti cle of the final Act of Vienna of the 15th of May, 1820. "4. The Sovereign Princes assembled in Confedera tion are not to be restrained or limited in any manner by the States of their nation in their duties and acts result• ing from the Federal Constitution. "5. When in the cases provided for by the 25th, 26th, and 28th articles of the final Act of Vienna an armed intervention of the Confederation in a German State shall become necessary, the Ceefeiieration shall endeavour to investigate the causes of the disturbances; and in case those disturbances have originated in the Constitution, or in the laws of the country, they shall immediately cause them to be modified." On the 11th, at the sitting of the Second Prussian Chamber at Berlin, the Minister AIANTEUFFEL com municated officially to the Deputies the catastrophe of the preceding evening, that had left the other branch of the Legislature without a place of meeting. Lie stated that preparations were already making to accommodate it in another locality, in order to enable it to resume its labours with as little delay as possi ble. The discussion of the Budget was continued, and several important estimates were passed. The Ministerial journals of Vienna of the 11th 'declare that Austria does not meditate any interven tion either in Piedmont or Switzerland. A protest had been received from the French Mi nister, couched in very energetic terms, against the reception of the Sclavonic and Italian States of Aus tria into the German Confederation. In the Chamber of Deputies of Bavaria, on the 7th, the Minister of Finance, in reply to a question, admitted that Austria has not yet paid the expenses of her troops which were stationed in Bavaria, and that the Bavarian Government had advanced the ne cessary funds. A council of Ministers was held at Vienna on the 6th, at which the EzarEaoa presided, when a resolu tion was come to, to farm cut the property in Hun gary belonging to the Crown. Prince DE SCHWART. ZENDERG, iv was said, had received important dis patches from Berlin before the council met. The Hamburgh Correspondent, under date of Rat zebourg, Bth inst, says An ordinance has just been published abrogating the fundamental law of May 14, 1849, and the electoral law for the As2ernbly of the Diet of Lawenburg of the 23d June, 1849. All the laws which were abolished by the above named fundamental law are again brought into vi gour . The above ordinance is d a t e d the 6t12 inst., and is signed by the Regency of the Duchy of Lawenburg. It is true that the KING may, according to the re centy treaty of peace, abolish the fundamental law. The question is now to know whether his MAJEFTY wishes to re,estrblish the old institutions, until th e kingdom of Denmark, including the German pro vinct's, shall he formed with the consent of the great German powere. The Austrian troops will quit the north of Germany within a month." The Hanoverian Press announces that the princi pality of Wald:ck has sane'ioncd the resolution of the States for the suppression of gaming -houses. ITALY. In its sitting of the Bth, the Chamber of Deputies of Turin took into consideration the motion of Signor PISCATORE, for the introduction of a iw administra tive system. The Strega, of Genoa, a journal belonging to what called the pnrty of order, havic,g in its number of the. '2sth ult. i. - ablished an r...zticte toi?ding to impute rear ionai'y teadencies to his fligLness Princ6 , EUGENE of Savoy Carignan, three gentlemen of Turin, named CASTELEORGO, CUSENI, and VIMER CATI, proceeded to Genoa, and called upon the editors of the Strega, requesting them to retract the article in question, since it had no foundation in fact. Having obtained a sort of promise to that effect from Signor DAGNINE, the chief editor, they believed the matter settled. But on the 4th of March following, the Strega appeared with an article headed as follows :—" The Strega never recants." This led to a sharp correspondence between the parties, which attracted a good deal of public attention. We now learn from the Corriere Mercantile, of Genoa, of the Bth, that a most dis graceful outrage was committed in consequence on the morning of that day, the printing-office of the Strega having been forcibly entered by a mob, and completely devastated. The authorities of Genoa have determined to act with the greatest rigour against the ringleaders of this act of violence. An Austrian battalion of 1,300 men and 26 officers arrived at Ferrara on the 28th ult., and set out on the following day for Bologna. A letter from Bologna of the sth, in the Corriere Mercantile, announces that an Austrian camp is to be formed at Jesi, in the Romagna. Austrian troops continue to stream into the country. The banditti continue their outrages undismayed in the open face of day ; the bodies of several soldiers, who had fallen in various conflicts with them, have been found dread fully mangled. Not less than 48 stabs have been counted on one of them, showing the rage with which even the dead are treated by these desperate men. PRINCESS' CONCERT ROOMS. SIGNOR LANZA'S CONCERT. Signor Lanza gave his concert at the above rooms last evening, and the concert-room was crowded to excess. The principal performers were Miss Poole, Mrs. Donald King, Miss Theresa Jefferys, Miss Lowe, and Miss Lanza, with M. H. Drayton, Signor Montelli, M. N. de Becker, Mr. Chatterton, Mr. Case, Mr. H. Griesbach, and Master Heinrich Werner. Several beautiful ballad compositions by Signor Lanza were given in the course of the evening, and among them a Polacca, exquisitely rendered by Miss Lanza, is worthy of especial commendation, on account of its deli cious melody. Mozart's duet in D for two piano-fortes was admirably performed by Miss Theresa Jefferys and young Heinrich Werner. Miss Lowe sang "Il soave e bel contento " very beautifully, and afterwards gave the duet, " Dunque io son," most effectively with Signor Montelli. This young lady is one of the most promising of our young concert singers. Miss Poole was encored in Mendelssohn's "First Violet," and in Charles Glover's new ballad " I cannot pretend to say," which she acted as well as sang charmingly. Mrs. Donald King acquitted herself excellently well In some variations on " Cease your tanning," and was much applauded. Altogether the concert went off very well. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MARCH 13. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morn. ink iu Osborne Park and Grounds. f - Us Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took their accustomed walks and rides. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, crossed from Gosport in the Fairy yacht, Commander Crispin, yes terday afternoon, and reached Osborne a little before four o'clock. Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, went to Gos port to attend her Royal highness from thence to 04 borne. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company had an aunience!with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence iu Downing-street. The Right Hon. Henry Gouiburn had an interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-offico yesterday. The Earl of Lovelace had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of St. Helena. STATE OF TRADE.-MANCIIESTER, THURSDAY.- There is no particular change in the market since Tuesday. The low prices now current induce the German buyers es pecially to give more orders; the consequence is, we have rather an increase of bUsiness at low rates. THE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON RAIL WAYS. --Yesterday a return to Parliament, obtained by Mr. Labuuchere, was printed, showing the number of persons and their description, on railways in the United King dom. The total number on the 29th of June last was 159,784, of which 114,013 were employed in England and Wales, 27,977 in Scotland, and 18,494 in Ireland. The length of lines open in the United Kingdom on the 29th of June was 5,447 miles and 10% chains, of which 4,273 miles and 218 1 0 chains were i n E ng l an d and Wales, 763 miles and 10 1 y 2 chains in Scotland, and 410 miles and 59 chains in Ireland. There are 1,504 miles in the course of construction in the United Kingdom. The length of line neither open nor iu the course of construction, 5,132 miles and 58 3 / chains. The total length of line authorised was 12,0E43 miles and 70 chains. The diminution in the length of rail way authorised in 18 0, as compared with 1819, arises chiefly from powers formerly granted for the construction of lines having been repealed or having elapsed by eflluxion of time. There were 97,031 labourers emp'o). ed on the railways in the United Kingdom. TROOPS AND DISPATCHES FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD ROPE.—SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13. We are happy to find that our suggestions relative to the employment of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-skip Singapore are about to be acted upon by the War effice and Admiralty authorities. The Singapore is to leave Southampton for the Cape on Saturday, and will take out detachments of troops and Government dispatches. The Singapore will depart hence on the same day as the screw steamer Sir Robert Peel starts from Plymouth. The latter will convey the contract mails; but the superior size and power of the Singapore render it probable that she will reach the Cape at least ten days before the Sir Robert Peel, which is a very small screw-vessel of only 550 tons, and is placed on the line as a substitute for the Bosphorus. Ship letter bags will doubtless be taken out by the Singapore, and merchants preferring the quickest route for their advices should address their letters specially "per steamer Singapore, via Southamp ton." The Singapore has on board about 600 tons of coals, with all her stores ready for the voyage, and is being rapidly fitted for the reception of the troops, which, we are informed, will arrive at Southampton by railway for embarkation on Saturday. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX.—Yesterday a public vestry of the inhabitants of the extensive parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel. was held in the vestry-room adjoin ing the church, Mr. H. Freeman, the senior churchwarden, . _ in the chair, to consider what steps should he adopted with reference to the window-tax. Resolutions cocdemnirg any longer continuance of the tax, or the substitution of a house tax in lieu thereof, and demanding its total, immediate, and unconditional repeal, were carried unanimously. Last even ing a very numerous meeting of the ratepayers of Lambeth was held in the vestry-hall, S. R. Taylor, Esq., in the chair, at which a petition to the House of Commons for the un conditional repeal of the window-tax was unanimously adopted, to be presented and supported by the Members for the borough. "ALAS, Pooh. GrsosT!"—When Garrick performed in Goodman's-fields, the stage was what might be called a -rapid descent to the pit, and was very difficult to walk on. As fate would have it, it was the practice of all the ghosts to appear in real armour. The dress of this most august personage had, one night, in honour of Garrick's Hamlet, been borrowed from the Tower, and was somewhat stiff. The moment the King of Denmark that " used to was" made his appearance at the stage door, unable to keep his balance, he rolled down to the lamps, where he lay exposed to fires somewhat too lasting, until a wag in the pit drew the atten tion of the other per formers to the pitiable object by crying out, " The Ghost will be burned !" ACCIDENT FROM GAS.—An accident of a very serious nature occurred last evening in the manufactory of Messrs. O'Neill and Duggan, Dame-lane, Dublin, from the escape of gas from a fracture in one of the pipes. It appears that a man was engaged in examining the pipes, and having approached the damaged part with a candle, the gas, which had been escaping for some time, immediately exploded, driving the floors to the ceiling above them, and shattering nearly every window on the premises, and in other respects causing serious damage. Dreadful alarm was created amongt the persons employed in the 'workshops, but owing to the fact that a door in the warehouse was lying open at the time, by which a large portion of the gas escaped into the street, no personal injury of any consequence was sus tained. Were it not for this fortunate circumstance it is certain the consequences would have been fearful, as there were upwards of eighty persons at the time engaged on the premises.— Saundez s's News Letter. THE MARBLE Alma.— The rapidity with which the marble arch has been erected on the spot where Cum berland Gate stood at the top of Oxford-street, is quite as tonishing. It is now all but finished, and, being nearly de nuded of its scaffolding, the public have a fair opportunity of forming an opinion of its effect. The site selected for the final resting-place of this unfortunate arch appears to us not to have been happily chosen. A work of such beauty, and constructed of such fine material, ought, we think, to have a noble approach to it, either by an avenue of trees or by a line of elegant building; but as at present placed it seems completely isolated and unconnected with any object which might harmoniously combine with it. In Oxford-street it cannot be seen to advantage because the spectator is too close upon it; and viewed from Hyde Park its appearance is very much injured by the houses on the opposite side of the street, which seem actually to abut upon it. The only tolerable view is obtained from the further end of Great Cumberland street (no important thoroughfare), where the houses, con fining the sight on either side, direct it full upon the arch. It is probable there are but few situations in London where . this beautiful structure cou ld b e appropr i ately placed, ,aii seen with due effect. Storey's G a t e , i n St. J a mes's Park, was at one time suggested for its position. We are rather inclined to think it would have looked better there tbari . where it now stands ; fr on ti ng , as i t wou ld h ave done, one o t the principal entrances to the metropolis.— Herald. BARON ROTHSCHILD.—The Morning Post o f yes terday contains a statement, copied from the Standard, to the effect that Baron Rothschild has embraced Christianity. This will appear to every one moo absurd to / require even a contradiction at our hand s .—J e wish Chronzc e. An alarming fire broke out in Norwich on Sunday evening at the printing-office of the Norwich Mercury. For tunately, the steam-engine and machinery were but little injured, but a considerable quantity of the type was destroyed. Tnt proprietors were insured. The supposed dana:.go is about 2,0 i 01. Ipswich _Expre6s. ACCIDENT AND Loss or LIFE AT TUE CRYSTAL PALACE.-- On Wednesday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, as a middle .aged man was employed in painting the windows in the roof of the Crystal Palace, the board on wl:lcb he was standing shifted ; he lost his equilibrium, and, felling upon the glass work, his weight caused the fram e to give way, when he fell on the top of a table standing on the floor with such force that the table was dashed to pieces, lie was removed to St. George's Hospital, but he died daring Wednesday night. ME SI-TARE MAFINET,3. 7`ti~~i~ 'XSU 141511. 4 4 A, A. Cs. Paid. Nominal Prices. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. ••• • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley •• Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • . Bristol and Exeter.. • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • .. Do, (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Unien, class A, late E. U. shares .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • . Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland •• Great Western .. • - Do New, 171. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • . • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • . Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • • London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast , •• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 10/. sh., M.& B (c) London and 5.-Western . Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 401. .. Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • - • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, 1k Lincolnshire • • .. , Do. Manchester and I Lincoln Union .. Midland .. • . .• • . Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares .. Do. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • . Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen.. ewry, arrenpoint, & itostrevor Norfolk Do. New 20/. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire •• I North-Western . • • • North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and' Wolverhampton.. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. new . Shrewsbury &Bii•ming. Clasi A. • . Do. Class 8.. .. • . Shre*s. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Sin ewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. klah es .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • Do. New.. .. Shropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South DeWitt South-Eastern South Wales.. .. South Yerksh. and. River Dun Shell., Roth. ' and Geole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool swansea & Loughor, raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Duck and ItallWay • .. • • Vale of Neath .. • . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterior d, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. • • West London .. • • Whitehaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. _ • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. •. York and North Midland ILXIDI ES LEAS ID AT _ - Railways. "8 ' 34 I Paid. Closing Prices. Companies. -Business done. Berks'ansl Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 % 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarante® •• Do .. •• 20 28% 29% Do., without a guarantee .. De • • 20 27 —2B Birm., Wol., Dud ~calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .. 15 834 934 P Do., without a guarantee •• Do .. • • 15 7 —8 p Buckingliamsh. Lon. & N.W. 17% 17% 17% 17% E. Lin., Guar. per Cent. •• G. Northern 25 323 y —33 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 103 Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • 25 50 —5l Do. 34 Shares Do • • .. 12% 22% 2334 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. 50 96;4 97% 97 1‘ Lon, and Green. S. Eastern ~ 1215 4 11% 11% Do., Pref. Do . • .. 20 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk •• 20 143( 15% N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p 47 Preston and L. &N. W.} 25 42 —44 Wyre • • 5 & La.& Y. Do. % [Shares ADo .. • . 10 8— 9 P. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. 20 2236 22% Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 8 Do. Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • 2% 13G 114 p. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 3% —2% Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • • Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 45 4514 , EmpER: 45 - 45% SHARES. 1 Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business dole --- to-day. --------- --- Aberdeen .. •• • • 86 8 3 8 —% p Igku Saar. alr: )xtadeBrrca ns p,h teelersgee.n4drea . . pm Caledonian 10/. .• • • 10 71,E -7% 7% Chester and Holyhead .. 15 1734 —lB East Anglian (31. 108.) 6 per cent. .. .. • • IN 2% —2% 2% . 34 Do. (5/0 7 pr. et. Pref. 2% Do. (71. 175.) 7p. c.:Pref. 2 .. —.. 1% Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cant. No. 1 .. 613 4 par —'4 P Im Do. No. 2 .. • • 613 4 par —34 p Pm Do• New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% 1136 10% 11 Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. 20 18 1834 17( Do. 101. Deben. Shares . 10 .. —•• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. 6 1 ,4 —•• Glasgow & S.-W. Consol 100 —— Gt. Northern, 5 per cent 1234 13% 1 3 % 13% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .• 234 3f -I P . Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... .. • . 6 1 % —l% dis. Do. 6 per cent. Stock •• 100 .. —• • Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .• .. 9 :•• —• • p Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 . 17 .. —• • Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 5 • • —; • 9 *4 - 4 P London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. —•• Do. pref., 5 p et. Stock, 1851, from 50/. sitars. E 100 I_l_4 - _ 1 2 _ 8 Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 50 136b711,309 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 2i.4 2% P. London &S.-W., new • • 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen, h S alf heili sh e ar ld, " and 2 : 05 0 i l l % I: 1 ;i % 11% 12% D L o i . n n c. e , w qr 1 r 0 . 1 5 . hr5..,.N0.. I . 2 %4 % P 2% Do., 61. • • • • • • • 3Dlidol.aicidoCnsooni..6p.rics.tostlocak 100 130 132 _ 3 1 4 0 10 0 5 ..: =:: 132% 6 .. .... .. D D B o o l .. rva ß i r i l d s g to o " . l 6 & l3e d r G o c l . e o a uc t. e.s: ... 3 .. D D oo o p. . eLr oceen. t.Eyewasht.g guar. r awr al B. l n e i y i 1 n . 5 .. Im o 0 • • .-.. . •• 20 5 17 .... 18 (Nor. 103 i 10 154: 165 N i D l o r o t . o . 5 % 534 NorthD o. W tv r e i i t ristin E xtension .. .. : 5 % % Shrewsbury and um. 8 103 i lig 11 % x 25 14 —l5 South-Eastern, o holClu u rV t l etchr i v v -E l:3ma i l s vul: i tt n , .434 . . 1) • e t .. . 10 W a terlord &Kilkenny, 5/. I . . —•• W es tLondon,lst el. (1010 10 .. Do. 2d Class de. (Par) 20 :: .. York, Newc., and Berw., 17 Gt. N . of E. Par. .. 16 —l7 York and North Midland 4% 5 11. and S. Furch. lO 13( 1 `lie. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 151., 6 per cent., 3%. I Boulogne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .• Demerara • • .. Dutch Rhenish •• East Indian Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula • • Ditto ditto •• Louvain ala Sambre • • Luxembourg .. •• Ditto •• Madrid and Valeatia • • Maria Antonia •• • • Ditto, New •• " Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France •• Orleans and Bordeaux .. " • VOILEIGN. - 10 17% 17% .. .. 4% 314 dls. 1% —l% p. U - 36 P. % - % P. I - N 2% -2%, 2% % 6% --2 8 — B4 15 15% % 4 dig. 35 —B^ Paris and Orleans 77 --- Paris and Rouen • • Paris and Strasbourg •• Rouen and Havre .. ~ Sambre and Meuse •• Tours and :Nantes •• • • Tournay, Jurbisa, Lan- 25% - 26 x 5 du, 10% 3 i —3i4 9% —9% db. _ . den, and Hasselt Welt Fltuidero •e •• •• ••••• .. 1 % -1% 9% 10 17% % 3% 4 8%3 154 4 10% 11 11% % 4 5% Anglo-Mesican(is. 5/. p.) Asturian .• .. • • • • • • • • • • Australian Barossa Range .. Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .... • • • • • • British Iron.. • • .. • • • • • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.), Do. Cecaes and Cuiaba, Do. St. John del Rey.• Cobre Copper • • .... • • • Copiapo ..... • • • General.. • ...... • • Real Del Monte, Unreg. 1 13 01 Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. • • • • • • • • •• • • United Mexican •••• • • ZOINIE Australasia .... ••• • • - British North America Colonial .. .... ComLiercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. 1)0. New ........ • • • • National of Ireland .. Provincial of Ireland.. • • Do. New .. •. • • .... Union of Australia .. • • Do. Now ..... Union of London Union of Madrid .... • • TlfiM Canada •• ...• •• •• •• •• Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. k Oriental Steam. Royal Mail steam .. • • .. rWe cannot be answers will not be influenced by 13 5 2436 •• ..... •• •• .•., 3g -2% 334 -3% 32% - 3 2 14% - 13% 32% --- 34 5% - 6 13% - 14 56 % -30 734 10% 1 1 —s4f !N. BANIES 33 — 32 42% 42 12 25 25% 18%-17% 27% —Ms !213 2 ' STO4 •• -- •• 173 i - 1 8 42 -43% 15% - 15 34 3 % -3 3 N - 12% - 18% cEL: 32% ANZOITS. 42% 46 I 26% 27% 69 )6 72% 7 3 —69 Le errors of the OPIUM 11630 134 I correspondents.] tble for interest -------ar.--. MONEY and COMMER CIA L R T C w r o la w -1 0e. K.: matedT he a s t al 7 e , s oo o o f bales, Cot Cotton 0 fat whichL i Liverpool 1) 0 o 0 e A I ymeesrt American Maranham on speculation. The sales comprise...l to for export, and 700 American and 600 Pers d 5,00 0 American, 1,200 Pernam and Maranbam, etibtou'odo 71d.; 100 Bahia, at 7,1 d., 100 Egyptian, at li' or ket and 500 Surat, at 4id. to si.d. per lb. Th e a bosi' closed rather heavily. In Railway Shares a goo" ness was done at full prices. is sse ek The sales in the Produce Markets have not th 31w:realise's-Li g_Ti been of importance, and prices have alter nated to itth i . tr e s i portionably limited extent. Sugar has not been upon the market, and Coffee has been h eld stead ;11"bir scarcely any inclination to buy. Tea h as been request; Tallow supported, and Cotton heavy ~___., sc . The proposed new Bill for the audit of rell"Laf counts, and for other purposes connect ed with urnatsi7 in, management, provides a particular form of so ant , the eluding the stock and shares and mortgage "ccstews° capital account, the working stock account, a s owe, of debentures and other loans, abstracts of ell* fol. and a revenue account. The heads of the Bill are sp lows:— U W b. " Company to elect five shareholders anima 1, called the audit committee. A• of el " At second half-yearly meeting after P aB2l l auditors to go out of office, but may bo re-eleeteu'''.„ted ott " After second meeting auditor not to be rel going out of office. second 14* " Company to elect two auditors at th e sec° yearly meeting. , I not t ° " Director or person employed by coroPsoi vote in election of audit committee or of auditors. " One auditor only heed be a shareholder. . ~. " Auditors to have same powers as given by tisloklef " Directors to dispatch by post to each oboe report, accounts and scheme for dividend. hahOlder. "On requisition of not less than twenty se— re B ab' holding one-twentieth of capital, accounts to '— mitted to a special auditor. don Of " List of shareholders to be deposited for ill*" shareholders, and to be printed. " Directors may require every person attending Menhisfr ing to declare that he is a shareholder, and to sign name in a book to be kept for that purpose. eau for three " Director or auditor in arrear of any Ca l ' months disqualified. a or "No person eligible as director unless posselise to necessary qualification for six months election. " Only one retiring director capable of re-election' "Power to reduce number of directors. e a de 13, "Register of shareholders, Scc , to be —ll ..flitlO monthy and to be open to inspection, . as also oti." — of traffic, &c." . .. Lan e on Ilamburgh letters of Tuesday quote the Exci.''" 0 • a be London steady, at 13s. 4d. Coffee firm, and Grs l for fuller rates. il3e The English Stock Market bas improved this Wont 6 previoae and although the business doing is small, the tone is de t ; dedly encouraging. Consols have been 96* i for Trans fe r and 96; i for Account. Exchequer-bills bale rea ll i ig to 535. to 565., and India Bonds, 585. to 619 . Pr en3 ' " being a further advance. South Sea Stock is 1071. Foreign Securities have been brisk. Mexican b e rallied to 331 ;. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents' are 84; to 85 4 . Grenada Deferred have been at ao 4 4 Brazilian Old Bonds are 94; Buenos Ayres, 56, lin o , Chilian 105*; Spanish Five per Cents. are steady 01 and the Three per Cents. at 38*; Dutch Four per o‘ ll ' are 911. Railway Shares have been very buoyant again, ..a,l immense business is doing. This i s th e Account da l ' and a failure is reported of ab ou t 3,0001. in addition '" the stoppages in the provinces. At the time of out writing, Caledonian have dropped from 13 t ° oi l Sambre and Meuse have risen to 4; and Dumb Ü be also; Great Northern are b uo y an t, an d a lso East An glian. York and North Midland are cheaper. ..,,, The failure in the Stock Exchange is itch HALF-PAST TY''',.. 0 u r ger ti's m was expeoted,being f or about 500004 The party W asal uAre Bear of Caledo n i an an d ot h er s h ares, an d se veral broP— lose 2,000/. and 3,0001. each. 9 ep 6 a BA Console ..„ ~ . QUARTER TO ---- R Ditto Account ... 961 _,,g _ ••• ... ••• tWILE/V s " BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE , d -- L 3 o p n e g r A Ce in n u t. iti C e o s n , E so x ls p. A j n an ns . sth, (From the Official List.) / it 16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 58 61 ? 1860 9 . 4 -3 1 i-14 Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock 107f.i Contols for Account 960 4 d, I IC eshequer Bills. I%cl. Jeg ° ' March. 56 53 56 F 1,0001...,.... SmallAs 56 ? 56 5 6 p -- 56 3 al - 0 OC °. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT 010 0 - 2 Chilian Bonds, 6per Cent , r s C p e e n r t t: .............. Brazilian Bonds , 5 per Cent . ....•• 9 ,r , d5 1 , % 184 13 6 e Buenos Ayres Bods, 6 per Cont. . 1 " . ".: 1059 e gox :r a e n n ß ad en a Ditto Deferred .. Cent .... ...... ... 4 ' • " .... Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons . . -3 Ditto for the Account .. ... : ....• 813 g si. Peruvian Bonds, 4% Cent . .•••• -54 7* per en ..... _...„ . 4 Ditto Account De. Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent • z3 " -- 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. - - Russian Bonds, 1822 5 p er Cont -- Ditto 4% per C 't,. . I" Ditto, Small . en ............. 97% . ...... ..... 20 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ....... ' Spanish ponds, 3 per Cent,l B4o ••• 38 ,1 54 ma. lividonds on the above payable is Let h ' -- Bel g ian 41 /S per Cent. ..... Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 G u ild ••• -- a , 91ja Ditto 4 _Per Csziiiiittes ••• 11) l r .) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(TIIIS-11 so LoxDox, MARCH 14.—Wind at noon .. light bree ' S and fine. . eriu.' SWANSEA, MARCH 13. Wind N.W..--Arrd. Val • paretic); William Gales, Cuba. ...,„ e ..b.....M 1d ; MILFORD, MARCH 12.—Wind S.W., a-- or go k oa Lord Byron, Moulmein, with nearly all the er e scurvy. rSd_ . ,* N g b l rt' QuicENsToWN, MARCH 12.—Wind INT.. --4 m 4 - lie Mauritius; Swadavelk, ditto; Ino, ditt o; dit 0000 Naughten, ditto; Noe, Callao; Niagara. 0 . Wray Lass, Bahia; Harrison, Chilton, Pernarnbon ' Callao. ef lard TERCEIRA, MARCH I.—Some tin Caniattra have bee p marked " Boston", wreck timber, and planks' f . on ions washed up on this coast lately, and a qu antity - have been seen floating at se a. be hr 49 GALATZ, FEB. 27.—The ice on the Dann river up on the 25th inst., and in this neighbourhood the so is now free. The Jane Archibald and the he i k t i l t ail) both aground, but without damage, and siu '- got afloat. 1.1 Arrd' DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind W., varia....e,"- ~,. catbar.!;"_,. Ceres, Banjoewangee, from Rotterdam Maria, Batavia; Margaretha Ida, ditto, both from Bombay; terdam; Inglewood, Singapore; _ Rajasthan, fres Thomas Blyth and Devonshire, Mauritius. Arrd. of the River, Sea Witch, Shanghae; Mangalore. C ri a l o f Good Hope; Rose, St. Thomas's; SprightliPnr,„llo.oer, Florida; Ant, St. John's New Brunswick; u''''''' . ditto. Sld. City of Hamilton, Montreal. a i Arrd. BOY LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13.—Wind W. W by Thistle, Demerara ; James Scott, Shanghai; ." t e y; Calcutta ; Leudmuns, Mauritius ; Erin, Alg n " -- re Lund, St. Domingo; Kingston, Savannah; Annspn 1 ' Baltimore. Sld. Ben Muich Dbue, Rio Janeiro; NUT Valparaiso; Nymph, Pernambuco; Queen , Newfoun land. Off port, Andrew Foster, _Templar. DOW. WEXFORD, MARcli 12.—The Veloz barque, of bound to Liverpool, came on shore la st ni g ht, ten Nil!' to the southward, with masts cut away. The vessel to tight, but much exposed. Sid. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13 . Wi nd W.N.W.---- Mad tgascar, Madras and Calcutta. CowEs, MARCH 13.—Win W.—Arrd. Baletto for per CowEs, gard, Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen; Argo, ditto, Hamburgh; St. Lawrence , U nited States' frigate, New York. FALMOUTH, MARCH 13 . Wind N.N.W., s tron g breczo.—Arrd. Runnym ede, Rio Janeiro ; Resets, 011• ; vannab, for Bristol; Father Mathew, Pernambuco. Sie Atweek, Philadelphia. Off port, Duke of Wellington. Rio Grande, and sailed for Exeter; Pilar, Savannah, for Bristol. BRISTOL, MARCH 13.—Wind N.W. —Arrd. Zuleikst Hong Kong; Fanny, Mauritius. ... NEW DOCKS AT SWANSEA.—The Swansea states upon " official authority" that arrangements have bets made within the last few days, in pursuance of which the construction of the long-contemplated docks on the Bur rows at Swansea will be almost immediately proceeded vial* 171 i to 18 12% —23 diB• 10% - 11% .. == •• 85 -87 16% - IN 24 -25 •• •• 22 —2O Cs 5% - 6 3% - 4 8 -8j( 7%-7% 5% -5% 184 - 18% 2% -3% 38 - 40 9% - 10% 1 4- 36 18% - 19 6% - 616 12% - 12% 43 —45 91% 92% 2% dis. 86 —9O 11 —l3 p. 29 —3l p 65 —66 9% B%dlB. 6% 6 dis. 5% 5 Ws. 20 —2l 8 - - P 93 —99 130, —132% 6 % — 6 % p. 6 —6% p. 3 —34 p. 91 —93 4% —3% Jig. 4 Ms. 3% 3% dls. 37 -38 3 1 A —2% db. 66 —67 12% —l2 dis. 38 —4O • • • ..... • 8% -8% 4% 41,4 dia. 27 —3O 13 —l2 dim. 1014 - 10% 5% - sx, dia. •. - •• % - 1 P 19% - 21 184 -18 X JO - - 11 7 -8 3% —34 i 2% —2% dis, 2% 2 20 —22 10 —ll 15 —l6 % % db. 2h —2% dia. 20 -21 28X - 2934 35 - 35% 1% 34 die. 3)4 434 7 5 dill, I% —2% 3)4 2% d. 7 8 It% 17% 8 - 734 23 - 23% 2q -1 413, % % dis It 29% 'IXED Business done to-day. 18% 18 )4 IVA % 16 34 25k 25 27 [25% 6% 4% a% b 34 34 8 7% % OA 4 4 li 18% 19 ioti 10 N Eft 14 19 18% 6% N I 12% 44y4 44 ad 92% 92 P Dr.d 65% 66 64% 5 % 14 5% 21 20 21% 8% 74 34 98% [132 133 13234:33% 23% ji 4% 92% 92 92% 2X 2 % 31134 40 39 dis. 67%% 66% 8% 9 29% 28% 29 (% 11 10 i 10% 11% 11 12% 11% 12 20 % 19% 18% % 10 % [die. 3I 2% 3% 234 1 / 8 3c, die. 13 14 0 1 1 0 50 8 6 8 25 12% 1234 11 13 4 47 34 100 11 6 3 4 2 0 100 100 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 29 . 28 k% 2276 23 223 i 129 % %% 7Z.T.Z7 ~,-:;~tinall'rS~cr , 8r,,,,1r.eae done to-d • Nitlrlor T ell T Li tt: 8 ' _ '®e oo 11 44 40 1 1 %1 I 11411 Tit It to 1 , 41 kin ~ ~. 17' 100 5 45 100 100 4234 100 47% 100 50 25 25 22% 5% 6 i% % ..., MA . 141 04 '4l • CTlign lat 45 1 42 1 to ' 0 ) 41 Zh e c d 1 14 u t,4l Nt \4