The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

CA* l4 ti ,. l „ DERBY RACI S. (THIS DAY.) 'BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE HURDLE RACE. The Hero Giraldus THE FRENCH EMPIRE. There are no leading articles in the Paris jour nals of yesterday on the eastern question of suffi cient interest for extract, and on other subjects the only article at all worth notice is a reply of the Siècle to some remarks made upon it by the Con stitutionnel. The Siecle, whilst it pretends that it is restrained by the fear of danger from saying all that it could wish to say in. favour of political liberty, expresses itself with a freedom which im plies that it really does not entertain the fear that it affects to have. Its argument that revolutions are never caused by liberty, but by absolutism, is not quite so convincing as it would have the world believe. Constitutional liberty, in a country where it is understood and respected, will never lead to revolutions, but will, on the contrary , p revent them. But ' the Sieele will not surely say that the revolution of 1848 was caused by the absence of constitutional liberty ; neither can it assert, with any degree of truth, that the insurrection which followed the revolution was caused by the absence of political liberty. It was, on the contrary, the necessary result of an abuse of liberty by some of the organs of the public press exciting to turbu lence a mass which could not distinguish betweea liberty and licentiousness. The Presse notices as follows the official returns of the customs which have just been published in the Moniteur " The produce of the customs during the first two months of the present year shows a notable diminution on that of 1852. This a proof of the calm that has existed since the commencement of the year in the operations of commerce with foreign countries. This calm, however, is only relative. The markets and the manufactories were, at the end of December, 1851, with out raw material, and therefore considerable purchases were made abroad, thus augmenting considerably the customs receipts for the first months of 1852. This was not the case this year. Our manufactories produced largely during the last three months last year, and after this movement they fell into a dead season, and have not yet completely rallied. The imports in January and February were 17,048,168 f. in 1851, 20,543,066 f. in 1852, and 18,583,722 f. in 1853, being an augmenta tion of 1,535,554 f. on 1851, but a diminution of of 1,959,344 f. on 1852. There has been this year a notable reduction in the arrivals of certain descriptions of merchandise on account of the contrary winds which retarded the course of vessels during a great part of January. The following articles presented a marked diminution—coffee produced in 1353, 2,655,747 f. ; in 1852 the receipts were 3,029,822 f. Raw cotton, 2,396,29 9 f. in 1853, against 3,025,179 f. in 1852. Wool, 1,525,563 f. in 1853, against 2,455,842 f. in 1852. Olive oil, 399,643 f. in 1853 ; and in 1852, 777,824 f. Sugar from the colonies gave, in 1853, 2,920,938 f., whereas in the cor responding period of 1852 the amount was 3,450,117 f. On some articles, however, there, has been a slight aug mentation, viz., in coal, linen, zinc, copper, corn, and linseed. The greater part of the diminution falls on the month of January. During the month of February there was a slight amelioration. In February last the imports amounted to 9,638,173 f. In 1852 they were for February, 10,255,717 f.; and, in 1851, 8,837,023 f. The exports give more favourable figures than the imports. Affairs began to improve during the month of February. There is an important improvement in millinery, ma chines, porcelain and crystal, and in silk, woollen, cot ton, and linen goods. The business in common wine and brandy, as well as in corn and sea salt, has dimi nished. According to the state of the entrepots at the end of February last, the principal markets were suffi ciently supplied, but their stocks did not generally ex ceed those of last year. Nevertheless the corn in the entrepots amounted to 209,821 metrical quintals, against 53,291 in 1852, and 30,046 in 1851. The quantity of raw cotton, on the contrary, was reduced to 44,964 me trical quintals, against 68,420 in 1852 and 154,519 in 1851. The movement of navigation inward has in creased during the first two months of the year, but that outwards has decreased. 2,165 .vessels, measuring to gether 265,051 tons, sailed in 1853, against 2,291 vessels and 261,629 tons in 1852, and 2,515 vessels and 277,090 tons in 1851." Gen. Narvaez has arrived in Paris, and taken up his residence at No. 1, Place Vendome. It is notified that the list of invitations for the Ball, which is to be offered by the Legislative Body to their Imperial Majesties on the 28th, being definitively closed by the commission, no new application can be attended to. It is also in timated that, as all the public functionaries are to be in uniform, the other persons invited are re quested, if possible, to be in court-dress. The Emperor, on the report of the Minister of Marine, has created a regular corps of attendants for the naval hospitals in different ports, and for the infirmaries afloat. The object of the measure tier to is to dispense w ith the convicts. w fi ho have fore served in the hospitals and in rmartoies in ports and re . gula t ris h e in which there are bagnes, the position and duties of free e mplo fix ye the es s other places. The decree of t he Emperor nu.m ber, grades, and pay of these. ne w functionaries, and leaves the minister to settle certain matters of detail with respect to their duties . Abd-el-Kader has addressed the following letter to Mgr. Dupuch, ex-Bishop of Algiers : " Honour, glory, and praise be to God alone ! To his lordship, the most perfect model of virtuous men acting in the fear of God, the Sid, the excellent Bishop Du puch greeting. I long, beyond expression , to receive intelligence of you. Preserve to me always the same place in your remembrance and in your heart. The distance which separates us cannot affect our sentiments. I have requested our common friend, the Commandant Boissonnet, to be so good as to hand over to you on his arrival a certain sum of money which is at my disposal, and which I destine through you to good works. Are you not the Providence of the poor and of all who suffer ? Distribute amongst them this small sum of money as your heart may prompt you. Once more adieu, from your friend, always the same." A considerable reaction took place on the Bourse yesterday both in the rentes and railway stock, owing, it is assumed, to the announcement made in the Moniteur, that oriental affairs were likely to be settled amicably. The Bourse opened with an improved spirit, the Three per Cents. advancing 75c., and the Four-and-a-Half, 85c. for the ac count. The Three per Cents. for cash improved 75c., and the Four-ad-a-Ha, 65c. At tis ad vance a good business was done. At the close of the Bourse they were last called :—For the account, Three per Cent., 79f. ; the Four-and-a-Half, 102 f. 85 0 . ; for cash, the Three per Cents., 79f. 5c., and the Four•and-a-Half, 102 f. 40c. In the leading lines of railway stock there was also an improve ment of sf. and upwards, and a considerable busi ness transacted. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 17th. On the previous day the committee of the Senate, charged to examine the bill relative to rail ways, and which is composed of the Duke de Soto mayor, the Count de Towemarin, and MM. Infante, Collantes, Concha, Cantero, and Lopez de Cordova, assembled at the residence of the Duke. The re port will be presented at an early sitting of the Senate, but which will not probably take place un til, after the Easter holidays. As soon as the Chamber of Deputies shall have been definitively constituted, the Ministry will bring forward its project of organic reform, which consists, it is said, of the revision of the electoral law, a new organisa tion of the Senate, and a reform in the regulations of the Chamber of Deputies. A communication of the 18th, received by ex press, states that the Chamber of Deputies a sa is de finitively constituted. M. Martinez de IRo has been re-elected President. Two of the vice - Presidents have not been re-elected, although they we re supported by the Illinistry. The Secretaries have been confirmed in their functions, ITALY. The Parlamento of Turin of the 18th states from Genoa that the number of political refugees sent away from that city amounts to 9 ; but that 12 ar rests more have been made, so me of which, how ever, are said to be on charges which are not political. Letters from Milan, in the Post-Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, state that the Piedmontese Government having ordered a strict search to be made in the forests along the Austrian frontier, upwards of 3,000 muskets have been found secreted there. Twenty persons have been arrested on suspicion of having a hand in concealing these arms. The Tuscan loan, just concluded by the house of MM. Rothschild, of Paris, is on the same terms as the Piedmontese loan, namely, 69. TURKEY. We read in the Patrie :—" It is well known that a report has been in circulation that the English Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople has called on Rear-Admiral Dundas, commandin g the Engli s h squadron in the Mediterranean, to hold himself in readiness to proceed to the Archipelago, and that the English admiral had thought it his duty to ap ply for orders to his Government. We think that we may affirm that up to this time no dispatch has been received announcing the sailing of the English fleet from Malta." The .Patrie says :—" We are assured that the French squadron at Toulon, having completed all its preparations, will leave to-morrow for Salainine." The Russian Black Sea fleet stationed at Seba stopol is composed of 13 sail of the line, viz. Varna, 120 • Douze Apotres' 120 ; Rostilar, 120 ; Sviateslar, 'l2O ; Selafond, 120 ; Trois-Swiatyteli, 120 ; Sultan' Malnnoud, 84 ; Trois-Isrorchow, 84 ; Uriel, 84 : Jagondib, 84 • Chabry, 84 ; Czeslen, 84 ; and Silistria, 84. Eight frigates, of 60 guns each, the Agotopol, Midia, Kovarna, Brailow, Fl ora , Misibria, Lizopol, and Kagul. Six corvettes, Oreste, 37 ; Andromaque, 34; Perouu, 34 ; Gylote, 24 ; Iphigenie, 24 ; and Calypso, 18, with some brigs and smaller vessels. The Turkish fleet con sists of 4 line-of-battle ships, 6 frigates, 8 brigs and corvettes, and 6 steamers of different sizes. The Moniteur says :—" Private letters received from Constantinople caOse, it to be hoped that the complications which have arisen in the affairs of tne East will be solved without compromising, the good accord of the European powers." The Debuts says :—" The information we have received enables us to affirm that it was at the formal request of the Grand Vizier that Col. Rose sent his dispatch to Admiral Duudas, inviting him to bring the English fleet towards the Dardanelles. It is now said that it will proceed to Ourlac on the coast of Smyrna. It was on the 9th that Prince Menschikoff was to have had his audience of the Sultan, and, it is said, deliver his ultimatum." We read in the Constitutionnel :—" Our last let ter from Constantinople was dated the 6th ; it con cluded, by way of postscript, that Fuad Effendi had been replaced by Rifaat Pacha. Our corres pondent, on the following day, writes us, via Trieste, that the nomination of Rifaat Pacha only took place in consequence of the determination of Fuad Effendi not to resume his functions without previously obtaining reparation for the insult offered him by Prince Menschikoff. •He resisted for four days all the entreaties used towards him, even on the part of the Sultan, and it was at length found necessary to accept his resignation, and to provide a successor for him. The nomination of Rifaat Pacha, writes our correspondent, has surprised no one. His spirit of conciliation, and his inoffen sive character must, in moments of difficulty, give him a decided preference over other candidates for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prince Menschikoff was, on the 7th, to pay his official visit to the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, and demand from him his audience of the Sultan, which would, it was said, be fixed for an early day. It is in this audience that the ambassador extraordinary would make known the real object of his mission, and im mediately after negotiations would be opened on the subject. On the 7th conjectures were still afloat as to the demands which Prince Menschikoff would present. Thus all the exaggerated suppositions with regard to the mission of this ambassador fall of themselves to the ground." The Trieste Gazette has the following from Con stantinople, dated the 7th :—" The success of Count de Leiningen has determined Russia to follow the example of Austria, and to force the Ottoman Porte to make concessions to her, which she will probably obtain. The following are said to be the pretensions of the Russian Government :—.lst. An indemnity of forty millions of piastres, for the ex penses occasioned by the occupation f the Danu bian provinces in 1850 ; and, 2dly, the withdrawal of the Firman favourable to France relative to the Holy Places or, in other words, the solution of the differences in favour of the Greek Church. The manner in which Prince Menschikoff presented himself at the Palace of the Ottoman Porte has produced an extraordinary sensation among the Turks. On Wednesday last he was to be received in a solemn audience by the Grand Vizier. The first dignitary and the other members of the Divan were present in the reception room, all in full dress. The troops formed the line. The Ambas sador and his suite having been announced, his Excellency passed through the line of troops in the vestibule leading to the audience rooni, the drums beating the usual salute. But what is most extraordinary is that Prince Menschikoff was dressed in a plain frock-coat, wearing a hat rather the worse for wear, and having a c ane in his hand. M. d'Ozeroff, Charge d'Affaires of Russia, was in a black coat, and Count Nessel rode, attache in the suite of the Prince, wore a paletot. The Ministers of the Ottoman Porte were, it is said, petrified at the sight. Prince Menschi koff has, it is said, a large sum of money with him. He is allowed 50,000 f. a month during his residence at Constantinople, which may be prolonged for some time." The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, of the 21st, states, from Montenegro, that the Turkish troops that have retired from that principality are concen trated in the vicinity of Scutari. One of the hostages they have taken with them has died ; the others are in a miserable state. Prince Danilo has ordered a Te Deunt to be sung in all the churches, on account of the Porte having accepted the me diation of Austria. The courier who brought to Omir Pasha the Imperial firman ordering him to withdraw from Montenegro, performed the journey from Constantinople in five days—this feat having cost seven horses their lives. The latest accounts from Montenegro are of the 4th. The President of the Senate, Pero Petro vich, and George Petrovich, uncle to Prince Da nillo, returned to Cettigne on the 3d, in conse quence of the definitive cessation of hostilities. The Prince was expected there on the 6th. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1853, GERMANY. A letter from Berlin of the 18th says :—" The P r esident of the Cou ncil p resented to the Cham bers to-day the treaty of commerce concluded be tween Prussia and Austria. It is well known that the long negotations between France and Prussia led for the guarante e of literary property have not to any result. Now that it has been decided that such treaties are not to be concluded separately, but negotiated by the Germanic Diet in the name of the entire confederation, the Marquis de Tal lenay, the French Minister to the Germanic Con federation, has o pened negotations with the Diet on the subject." A letter from Nuremberg of the 19th states that o n that day the police, on the requisition of a foreign governmeut, had visite place, house of one of the principal tradesmen of the but had found nothing to compromise him. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe left Frankfort on the 19th for Vienna. A Vienna letter of the 18th states that M. de Baumgartner, the Austrian Minister of Finance, has applied for leave of absence in order to recruit his health. The remains of the late Archbishop of V vault nna we re, on the 1 8 th, solemnly deposite n a n th e Church of St. Stephen in that city. At the same time took place the funeral procession of Marshal Haynau through several of the principal streets to the point where the body was tuber be sent off to Graetz. There were a great number of per sons of distinction, including three archdukes, and Prince Windischgratz. The Wanderer, of Vienna, of the 18th, states that the money w hich the Porte had to pay as in demnities to Austrian subjects has been received by the Internuncio of AUStria at Constantinople, and forwarded by him to the interested parties. The Austrian Lloyd of Vienna, says " We learn that the functions of Austrian Internu Mncio de , at Constantinople have been offered to . Bruck. Count Rechberg, who now fills the post , has expressed his wish to be relieved, as important family affairs require his presence in Germany. ), The King of Pru ss i a ' s Prince Charles fi , xe been definitively journey to Vienna has brother no for tih ei r t the Ist th e o f April.th ea - Krug _ o f _ Ba varia, has been app to inspect e Federal army of P russ i a and 'ea Bavaria, amounting to 303,493 men. The new Cardinal Viole Preta, Apostolieal Nun cio at Vienna, has presented to the Emperot a pre cious relic from the Pope, as a souvenir of his Majesty's providential escape from the late attack on his life. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne, 17th, addressed to the New Zurich Gazette, announces that Austria has at length replied to the note of the Confederation through her ambassador, M. de Kaniky. This reply, however, says the letter, will not be satis factory, since it again makes complaints and de mands against which the Federal Council had pro tested. The Cabinet of Vienna maintains all its pretensions. It still demands, according to the Trater/and, the expulsion of political refugees from the canton of Ticino, and the revocation of the measures, against the Capuchins, who are subjects of Austria. The Grand Council of Geneva has resolved to address the different cantons with a view to an immediate convocation of the Federal Assembly in consequence of the differences with Austria. DEATH FROM THE LASH OF A WHIP.-Mr. Collins, a farmer and publican, residing at Waterbeach, about a fortnight ago, while driving to Cambridge, accidentally struck his cheek with the_lash of his whip. The wound assumed a serious appearance ; lock-jaw supervened ; and the unfortunate man was taken to Adenbrook's hos pital, where, notwithstanding the greatest attention that establishment could afford, he sank and died on the 14th instant. It is singular th at, on the same dMr. ay tha ßance,t the ac cident occurred, Mr. Collins called upon the agent at Cambridge for the Accidental Death In surance-office, and intimated his intention of effecting a policy in that office. Had he done this on the day in question, by an outlay of 21. only, there would have been 5001. paid to the widow and children of the de cond.—OW*7o Chronicle. • - t THE EAST INDIAN CONTRIBUTIOZVS TO IVIE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. At the special request of the• Council of ache Society of Arts, Mr. Winkworth, Chairman of the East Indian Exhibition Committee, recently visited the Hague and Leyden, in company with. Mr. Roney, for the purpose of soliciting the aid of the Dutch Government in favour of the Indian Exhi bition ; and to request permission of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands that selections from the very valuable and unique collections of Eastern articles, preserved in the museums of the Hague and Leyden, might be entrusted to the Society, for the purpose of being exhibited in the " East Indian Department of the Great Dublin Exhi bition." At the meting of the Council, on the 16th inst.., Mr. Winkworth reported the complete success of his mission, and stated that the request with which he was . charged had been granted in the most gracious and liberal manner. The following letter from Mr. Winkworth, and the official reply of M. de Thorbecke to the appli cation of Messrs. Roney and Winkworth, will be read with interest ; and the Society may with reason be congratulated on the manner in which their request has been met by the Dutch Govern ment, which, at the same time that it adds a most most valuable and important contribution to the increasing collection of Eastern productions, form ing by the Society, affords a gratifying example of the friendly interchange of international civilities : The Hague, March 5, 1853. Gentlemen,—l have received the catalogue of the Eastern objects contained in our Museums, which you desire to exhibit in the Industrial Exhibition which is shortly to take place in Dublin. The Government of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands is happy to be associated in an enterprise which has the approbation of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, and the British Government, and which cannot fail to lead to the most beneficial results. It is therefore with .pleasure, Gentlemen, that I com ply with your request, and shall place in your hands the articles in question during the Exhibition. I have entrusted M. Van de Kasteele, the Director of the Royal Museum at the Hague, with the care of con veying and accompanying these articles. It is under stood that all the cost of packing and transit, both to and fro, as well as the expenses of M. de K asteele, are to be ,defrayed by you. The Minister of the Interior, (Signed) THOBBECKE. To G. P. Roney, Esq., Secretary to the Industrial Exhibition at Dublin; and T. Winkworth, Esq., Treasurer of the Society of Arts, in London, and Chairman of the East Indian Exhibition Committee. Paris, March 11, 1853. Dear Sir,—l have the pleasure to announce to you the successful termination of the mission of Mr. Roney and myself to the Hague. Immediately on our arrival, we put ourselves in tom munication with Sir Ralph Abercroinby, her Majesty's Ambassador to the King of the Netherlands, by whom we were honoured with an interview the same evening. We stated the object of our visit, into which his Excel lency cordially entered, and promised us all the assistance which his position afforded. We accordingly received from him, on the following day, an introduction to the Minister of the Interior, M. Thorbecke. We explained to him the wish of the Society of Arts to have the means of adding to their intended contribu tion of a collection of Indian and Eastern products, to the " Great Industrial Exhibition, of 1853." in Dublin, a selection from the celebrated museums of Holland, of objects of Japanese manufacture and design. This desire, we represented, was the greater, from it being well known that the collection at the Hague is unique, pos sessing also an historical interest, owing to the early connection of the Dutch with Japan, Java, and other Oriental settlements. We stated that the proposed Exhibition, though originating with, and being at the sole expense of, a patriotic individual, Mr. William Dargan, vas not a commercial speculation ; but, being placed under the entire management of an independent Com mittee, had received great encouragement from her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Albert, and the Govern ment of Great Britain. His Excellency listened with attention ; and, after a short discussion, requested us to visit the Museums at the Hague and at Leyden, and to give him a list of the articles we thought most suitable for our purpose. While doing this, we availed ourselves of the advice and assistance of the Directeur du Muscle Royale, M. Kasteele, and finally presented to M. Thorbecke the catalogue he required. We received shortly afterwards a verbal message of consent to our application on behalf of the Government, and which has subsequently been confirmed in writing, as will be seen on reference to the accompanying copies of the correspondence. It now only remains for me to bear grateful testimony to the kind assistance received from Sir Ralph Aber cromby and M. Kasteele, and to congratulate the Society of Arts on having been the medium of obtaining the loan of a valuable collection of curiosities, no portion of which has ever before been permitted, since its forma tion, to leave the shores of Holland.—l am, dear Sir, Yours truly, THOMAS WINKWORTIL Edward Solly, Esq., F.R.S. UNITED STATES. The mail by the steamer Arabia was delivered in the City yesterday morning, and the contents of the letters and papers now received are of more than ordinary interest Speculation in the stock mar kets, .which for some time past has assumed some thing of the character of a mania, has at length been checked"to some extent. Business had sud denly stopped, and prices had as suddenlydeclined. The money Market immediately became very tight, and the rates of exchange had fallen. After a slight reaction, the panic had again commenced with greater violence, and a further fall in quotations took place with numerous forced sales of stock. On this subject the New York Herald observes : " The movements in financial affairs during the past week have not been of a character to sustain public con fidence ; but, on the contrary, they have had a tendency to destroy the speculative bubble which was becoming so rapidly inflated. They have opened the eyes of the community to the rottenness of our banks, to the enor mous expansion of their lines of discount, to the precari ous position of the entire credit system of the country, and speculators may well pause in their mad career. Very few appear to have the most remote idea of the immense amount of public indebtedness. For several years we have been going on piling up millions upon millions of liabilities, until we have got a load that may crush every important interest of the country to the earth. " It will be borne in mind that we have for some time anticipated a revulsion in our money market, and that we have reason to apprehend serious financial embar rassments, for which there can be no remedy other than the sad process of extensive contraction. When we re flect on the immense expansion of credits, in real estate, railroad bonds, and bank facilities, which now im measurably exceed tkat of 1836—when everything pre sents the most flattering appearance of the greatest pro sperity—the opportunity is afforded us to look with some distrust upon the permanency of our present posi tion. It is said that we are in the almost daily receipt of millions of gold from California, and that therefore we can sustain any amount of credit ; but when we re flect that this system of expansion has already been pushed to thousands of millions of indebtedness, in the form and shape of credits, which, becoming suspected, can turn to no support independent of that on which it has already been erected, cautious and prudent capi talists have some signs of the future for fearful appre hension." This journal attributes the crisis to the unre strained and unlimited amount of capital embarked in the formation of Banking Companies, which, by an excess of credit, necessarily creates unhealthy speculations which sooner or latter end in ruin. It remarks as follows " At the present moment we have more than double of what existed in 1836, and which proved so fatal in 1837, when the banks, with almost one accord, suspended specie payments, carrying through the preparatory con traction ruin and dismay. Our banks have already ex hibited signs of distress, and had to seek relief from th o se who were, in self-defence, compelled to yield assist ance, by culling from its discounted paper the most ap parently responsible securities. This is not the only in stance where the cry has been, 'Help me, Cassius, or I s ink.' An in stitution of g reater magnitude, but with less eclat, had to pass through the same weakening in dulgence. We have too many banks—too much paper capit a l —and, what is much worse, too little concert of action arrive intelligeztoncdoonnfidesnhcoeu. ld lf e t x h n e io n i e t ws a hereafter r to from t d h e e p re fa s stiaoln eoufdthweespeciethapsasteets to of the witness B a n i t r o e f w E i n u g L s a o n o d n , present itself with the vost fearful consequences. Already do our experien ced bankers doubt the stability and o inoculated gradual withand c o d a f i su o t tr u u i o r s u p t - r e tsheneyt contractionposition are p: ; uug a u u r s D ---_ . DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT BURNLEY.-011 Saturday morning last, Mr. Willis, clerk in the Craven Bank, at Burnley, left the bank about nine o'clock, apparently as well and cheerful as he had been for some time pre viously. No:; returning so soon as he was expected, diligent search and inquiry were made for him during the remainder of the day, but no intelligence could be obtained as to the direction he had taken. On Sunday morning, a man who was gathering nettles in a field near Bank Hall, observed an open book lying near the door of an outhouse, and, on looking in, saw Mr. Willis lying on the floor with his throat cut, and quite dead. A loaded pistol, a razor, and some poison were found upon his person. Mr. Willis had been suffering for a considerable period from severe organic disease of the bowels, accompanied with extreme depression of spirits, and it is believed that he committed the rash act in a fit of temporary insanity.--Preston Pilot. BORNEO.—Recent advices from Borneo Proper men tion that Pangeran Mumeen had quietly succeeded to the throne, and had been prayed for at the mosque as Sultan Abdul Mumeen. This accession had given very general satisfaction, and he had received the congratula tions of the British authorities at Labuai. THE SR ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this +lay. 10 Aberdeen 8 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley !8' Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk.,' £5O and £25 Cons. .8i Do., £2O p Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 51 Chester & Holyhead a ll Cork and Bandon 11 Cork, Blackrock and Passage 31 I 2 22 1 St. 101 SL 1,01 51) al 50 a] 20 a] Dublin&BelfastJunc 11 Dundee Perth&Aber• deeu Junction :5 all Do. New 25 al. 50 4! 25 al 1 East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) 611 Do. Do. (ISt. E.& H.) 611 Eastern Counties.. al Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Six.) gi Do., do 6 11 Do., B. and C * East Lareashire 611 East &We It Ind. D & Birmiug. June Edinburgo & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles 0 - Edin. Prth..& Dundee ) Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (ireland). St. 100 Great Western 12 11 Irish South-Eastern 50 all Lancaster & Carlisle 161 ni Do., Thirds St. 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire 20 15 Do., Fifths 14 11.1 Do., Wet. Riding Un 50 all Leeds Northern 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 118 all London & Blackwall 10 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. St. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Oat. St. 100 London &N. Western ] 20 12 Do., Fifths 10 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M &B. C St. 100 London & Western 50 42A Do., .£5O 40 34 Do., £4O 25 all Londerry. &Coleraine 25 all Lndndrry. & Enuisk. St. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 81 48 Do., Man.& Lin. Un. st. 100 Midland St. 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 50 474 Midland G. West.(lr.) 25 17 Do. 8 Shares 1.00 aif Newcastle & Carlisle St. 100 Newmarket 6 $ Do. Bury Extension 25 16 Newp. Abcrg.&Hftd 50 7i Newry k Enniskillen 20 all Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor ,0 Norfolk 11l Do., New Northn.Counties Un .00 North British 3 North Devon, No. 1 6i Do., No. 2 6 1l Do., A Deferred .' 6 Do., B Guaranteed North Stafforeshire— a North Westem ...... 0' N. &S. Westrn. dune. 10 Oxford, Worcc - ger, & Wolverhampton * Scottish Central )0 SeoCish Midland )0 Shrewsbury & Birmg )0 Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford al Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) al Do. Halves do . 11 Do Do. Oswesti y 68 Shropshire Union al South Devon )0 South Eastern al South Wales .5 S. Yorksh.River Dun. 5 Do. .63 Stockton & Hartlepl. .9 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .7 Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny 611 Waterford& Limerick .3 West Cornwall .1s Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 10 York Newetl.&Berw !O Do. Extensions . q Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland—, 18 al 20 a] 25 a] 25 I al 50 I a: St. 101 15 al 50 16 1: 16 20 17 20 al 10 11 St. 101 St. 1101 St. 101 13} a, 20 al 20 50 a' 50 a] 20 11 20 1 .. I 1.1 25 1 li 20 I 1' 20 a] 20 1, 1 0 10 St. 101 25 21 25 1 St. 10 29 - 80 61 - 6} I 9t _- 10i 71 —6idxd 21 -- 22 d —2idxd 104 -- 105 611 184 -- 191 -1 Pu 8 , - 9 51 I 5 - 34 - 4 121 -13 z4i 10 - 11 71 8 72 - —73 ad 55 57xd! 73 75xd 32 34 61 63 8O - 81 45 47 22 —l24adj 107 —lOB xd 90/ —91 f 6t 7# l 92 94xd; 13 —13 b, 75i 76 5 d 1 16 16i dl d 81 9ixd 103 1 —1 1044 118 119 -3p ad —lipad 31 4jd —3. d -12 it = 21 - —30 i 3 d 75 — 45 I Isneinesa done this day. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compaus. this day. this day 50 all Bedford and London & Bletcbley. N. West. 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Gt.Westn 30 31 304 all Do. withoutgr Do 296 —306 304 all Birm•Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wtht guar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghanish. 14.&N.W. 104 —lO6 106 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 526 —536 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 151 153 . 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 326 336 100 all Hrtipl. Dk. & Yk• New. Rail/My & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &Mild 111. 113 25 all Do. 6 Shares. Do 556 566 126 all Do. ; Shares. Do 276 28. 131 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13t 144 20 all Do.Prefcrence Do 256 266 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk l9 196 20 all Do. 6 per ct. Di 25 27 261 56 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & hlidld 26 36xd x d 50 all Middlesbre & Stckton & Redear . Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland lO5 —lo6xd 1051 x d 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. B. Count. 64 66 656 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Di — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yk xd x d 126 116 Do. 6 shares. Do t.. xd x d St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn 149 —lslxd x d St. 100 Do.Shepth.St D 0... l4B —lsoxd x d 25, 186 Shef•Roth.and Lancash& Gooieg.s p.c. Yorksh. • . 12 96 S. Statiordsh. M.MClean • 1 6 d 50 all Wear Valleygr Stock:. & 6 per cent... Dar' :ngt. ..• .• • 25 all Do Do 32 33 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 1026 1036 MINES. --- 1 all Ai, aa Fria 108 all Anglo Californian — 4 p 1 10 2 Australasian d— 14 p 2i 3 20 .5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 p 14 4 1 all Australian Freehold. par—p 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par pli 1 all British Anstrin. Gold 1 pll 4 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 15 24.1 Brr ;Wan Imp. (issued at X 5 pm.) .... .. .. . 5 51 30 all Do. Cacaos & Cuiaba 4 - - 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 1 Carson's Creek par 4 p B 40 all Cobra Copper 47 —49 494 6 1 Colonial Gold 2l —2l p 34 1 1 14 Copiapo 5l 61 • It. all CopperMinersof Eng 75 80 25 all Do. Preference 74 8 4 p 6 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 1 d 4 • 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2a —24 p 3 all Great Polgooth ll —le p 44 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 dis— par i 1 all Liberty 4 4 p 1 all Lond.&Califona•Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 4 d 1 all Maricraita 4d par 10 9 Mexican &S. Imeric B4 9 83 1 all New Granada 4 4 P 1 all Nouveau Monde ld —ll p 21 i 5 1 Port Philip 4 -- 4 P 1 all Quartz Rock par 4 p 11 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 4 $ p 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l3 281 all United Mexicali 6l 7 • 1 all Waller .. par 4 p 11 1 1 all West Granada i - / p . 1 all West Mariposa }dis p 1 1 all Yuba par 4p 1 11 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 924 - - 931 93 2 50 all British N. American ... ... 591 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 2 2.fp 100 25 Colonial — ... 100 20 Commercial of Lon don s - ••• ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 2l 2ip 124 4 20 71 Loud. Chart. Bk. o Australia 414 5 p 174 DO 20 London and County ... ••• SO 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond. &Westminste• ... ... 35 4 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India ... par .Ip 21 50 224 National of Ireland... ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank • Corporation s7i 581 574 7 14 84 8 25 6 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — ••• 1 1 Royal Austra}n.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co i dis— 4p 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 Ea 504 25 all Union of Australia 76 77 764 2 1 Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London.— ... ... 40 , all Union of Madrid ... ... MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agrieult , 101 104 104 i 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcific . Mail t ... ... 10 5 Australis. Royal Mail ... ... 5 38.1 Brit. Americo. Land ... -- ... 66 5 4 100 321 Canada — ... 5 6 Crystal Palace - • • 64 4 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 20 1 Eastern Steam — ... 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Jr ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 100 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 11 ;i 12 114 20 21 Irish Bcotroot Sugar, ... .., 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel „. ... 10 2 Netherlands Land._ ' ... ... 20 21 Nrth. of Europe Steam .., ... 5 50 all Peninsular &Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. Do. .• • ... 1 2 00 15 2 6 1 0 5 R ss uo o ub y tm a h l a Mail a u sT i letlrSeat:T Telegraph a n t rh . n. . .. d 5. . .. 2. . -_ _- 5 1 534 . .. .. 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation. . . ... - ••• 100 284 Tan Diemen's Land , 231 241 231 2i MARKET NEIVS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat here to-day was very mode rate, and in but middling condition. The few selected samples on offer changed hands, at full prices ; but all other kinds met a very inactive inquiry on former terms. There was rather more doing for forward delivery. The impoi is of foreign wheat have been small. For most descriptions we had a moderate inqr_;ry, at Monday's cur rency. Floating cargoes off Falmouth realised full quota tions. Fine barley changed hands steadily, at full quotations. In grinding and distilling sorts, including malt, very few transactions took place. The supply of oats being very limited, the demand ruled. steady, at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour met a dull inquiry, on former terms. The market will be closed on Friday next. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. 1 Malt. 790 1,510 ( 520 Oats. 3to Flon•. 580 Eirlish .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. MO 1 2,340 San sks 1,810 brls 1,800 WHITECHAPEL. V'For each kind of meat at this market to•clay tho inquiry was in an improved, state, at advanced quotations : Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; yeal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops is less active, and prices are well supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPIIIO- - --(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 23.—Wind this clay at Noon, N.N.E., moderate breeze, and fine weather, with frost. DEAL, March 22. -Wind, N.E. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Koh-i•noor, Sydney, N.S.W. ; John Pink, Melbourne; Orestes, Adelaide, S.A. ; Forerunner, Africa ; nerara, Dominica ; York Town, New York. LIVERPOOL; Mach N.N.E. Arrived — Sisters, Mobile—was in contact with the A. H. Kemball, New Co leans to Philadelphia, on the 17th February, in lat. 24, long. 81, and both received damage. Sailed — Belmont, Adelaide, S.A. ; • Emma Colvin , Calcut t a ; Clift o n, Africa ; Bello Brahne, Trinidad ; Triumphante, Havannah ; Jason, Wilmington ; Jenny Lind, New York ; Mary and Adeline, do. ; Andees ( 5 ), Boston ; Fawcett, Casline ; Cybele, t. Join's, N.B. ; Mary, Yarmouth, N.S. ; America and Britannia, Montreal. P ORT SMOUTH, March 22.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Ash land, New York. PLYMOUTH, March 22.—Wind, N. Hardinge, Melbourne. FALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived- Urania, Port-au-Prince. CORK, March 22.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—The Trade, Barbadoes. BRISTOL, March 22.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Rattle snake, Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Adamoq. Africa. BEAUMARRIS, March 22.—Wind, N.E. Arrived — Jenny, St. Domingo, for Liverpool. OFF QUEENSTOWN.---Kafferland, Callao, for London. SHIELDS, March 22 . — Win d, N.W. .A;Tived--Struan, Sablanha Bay. HARTLEPOOL, March 22.- The Salads, of and for Lon don, from Seaham, enconntered bad weather, became leaky, and drove on shore, but has been assisted of. CLYDE, March 21.—Sailed—Harris, Melbourne ; Cham pion, New York. DUBLIN, Marcia 21.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Agenora, New York. GREENOCK, March 22.—The Willing Lass, for Australia, has been got off the Skull Rock. Sailed—Sir H, FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning last, be• tween eleven and twelve o'clock, as the Rev. William Beauchamp, rector of Chedgrave, was on bis way to Norwich, his horse took fright on going down Bixley hill, near Trowse, when he was precipitated from his gig and fell upon his head, which caused instantaneous death. The rev. gentleman was the son of Sir William Beauchamp • Proctor, Bart., of Langley-park, and has loft a widow and five children,--E St. 20 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 PREFERENCE SHIRES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c IU Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 6 Do. 4 p. c. Shares )0 Caledonian £lO 11 . Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent. 31 Cork&l3andon P.a. .11 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 11 E. Aug. (708.) 6p. c. 11 Do. (X. 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (X 7 17s), 7. pet. 11 Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l 11 Do., No. 2 11 Do., New 6p. o. St. 11 Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent )0 East Lancash. 6p. cts ll Edinb. Prth.&Dund 9 Glasgow &, S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 9 Great Northn. sp. c 9 Do. 5 p. e., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem.., 11 Gt. S outhn.& Westn. (Ireland) Eights..: 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & St. 10( 6 81 St. 10 20 + St. 101 15 al SCI al 6 al 6i a] 10 a] 20 al St. 11 a St. 11 St. 111 St. RI Hants Ex. 5 p. a.) St. 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O )0 Do., 8 p. 0., Stock.: )0 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0 )0 Do. Fret 5 p. c., St 11 De. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 st. DJ St. 10 50 1 a] St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 50 I 5 London &S. West?,:n, Con. Thirds.... .... 0 Londonderry &COler. i Shares ....... :..... 11 Londndry. & Ennisk. 6 Shares .11 Manch. , Shef. ,& Lin., i Shares, No. 1.... 11 Do., New, XlO ..... .. 3 Do., X 6 . 11 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. 11 Do. 4? per cent....... BiDo .. .... . X) Mid. Consol. 8 p.o.St. X) Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 44 percent. .11 Norfolk Extension... n Do. Guar. 5i per ct. H Do. Wavenoy Valley 5 per cent ...... ..... X) North British ......... .11 North Staffordshire.. 10 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. .£15,6 p. c. 9 Do. 11 Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed... 11 Shrewaby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. .0 Do. 5 per cent. 11 South Devon 14 Do. New .11 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) fLI Os. 6d. 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 5 3 Vraterfd.&Kilk.6p.o. St. 103 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 Do .0 York &, N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase 12,1 11 1211 a] 25 I a: 1241 al 121 al, St. - 11 St. Ili 20'1 a] ' 1 al St. 110 20 a] St. 10 101 a] 10 1' 25 a] 10 10 6 a] ;106 - 108 1E; -108 18 -- 19 id -- par 61 -- 6A 34 -- 3;1 3k -- 44 I h , 14 -- 1 P 18 -- 1 14 -- 15 IP4 -- 19 3 -- '3i I - 09 - 111 si 6 1 n 105 107 id ipad Xvil —152 = 1531 81-- 101 111 13 - 13 8 - 9 lo t -- ipxd 11i, a --, L4B -- 149 224 --23 p 61 -- 2 109 -- 111 25 -- 26 1 - lip 11 -11 i 17 —18 i lip 15 16 par a P 261 264 20 21 d par 101 103 6 51 Par ..... i pi 10i 3i x d FOREIGN. zintwip.&Rotterdam $ Belgian Eastn. Junct. 11 • Charleroi & Erquelin 8 Dij on and Besanflon 8 Dutch Rhenish 11 East Indian 1 Do. Extension ..... . 11 Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Cid. Junct. of France l 5 Gt . Westn. of Canada - I Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 _ per cent. pref .5 (Luxembourg .0 Do. (Railway) 2 Do 3 ID°. (Canal)... 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 7 Lyons & Medterran 44 Madras 9 Maria Antonia .0 Do. New 11 Namur & Liege (with interest 11 Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France .11 (Do. 20/. 3 p. 0. Bds (fmy.B.SrAms.Shs.] 11 NorwegianTrnk.Prel LO Paris and Lyons al Paris and Orleans.. 611 lOr Paris and Rouen.. 11 Paris and Strasbourgi 4 Paris Caen &Oh erbrg. ' -5i Quebec & Rie'lmond i 11 Rouen and Havre 11 Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5.-A per cent. pref 4 Southern of France Upp crlndia Scrip 6 11 West Flanders 6 Do. 5 : 1 , per cl Pref... 9 Western of France... 2 West. of fivAtzerland 3 Now rieganda.,..emt I 31- 134 - 1 2 n 4 2 "d 6 p — 2 r. 1 . 1 p *— P 7i 8 44 4g. - 2 9 —ll p 2 261 7 4 - 6 - 7 35 1 -'36 ' 14 -- 15 Bi-- gi 17a -- 17ap 41 42 41 —.'42 32i 3i 4 --5 3 1) 194 -- --:g 2( P 9 41 4 p 4 —par 9 t 9 1P par (Pi cl , r, al l 20 1 20 al 20 5 al 20 ' 204 11 20 i 11 10 I 11 10 20 20 33A 21 10 11 20 'al 20 al 16 'al 20 al d. d 104 a d 6 /4 211 in 13 12i I a tl x 81i 1 80i 46 'lo7f 8 91k 90i MU I i 10 1184 19 18i I x il x gt 90i 1 90i 74; I I ii 483 i 101 643 65 -4 d - 84 4p 18 20 9 10 14 15 34 3d 21 22 77i 7 364 3 6 ' 12A 13. 4 44 15 -- 15 4 9 -- 9A 29 -- 31 91 9i A p 9i d 58 2i -- -- 59 2id 77i 81 I li 11 is I 1 1263 6 111 10 ---' 7i 36f 14i 9 27a I 331 2/ a pm COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. CORPORATION REFOIIM Yesterday, a numerously attended meeting of the gen- tlemen connected with the above -named body, "in Com mon Council assembled," was held in their chamber al the Guildhall. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor pre. sided. The three motions upon the subject placed upon the paper of business were as follows : "By Mr. Henry Blake.—That it be referred to the free dom committee, to prepare a bill for extending the franchise for the wardmote elections in the city of London to all per sons occupying premises rated at 101. per annum ; and to confer with her Majesty's Government thereon." " By Mr. Deputy Pew tress.—To take into consideration the propriety of introducing ini o Parliament a bill to effect suitable alterations in the Corporation of London, and to obtain the support of Government to the measure." " By Mr. Henry Lowman Taylor.—That it be referred to a committee of the whole Court to consider what suit able reforms are required in the Court of Aldermen and Common Council, for the purpose of introducing a bill into Parliament, and to obtain the support of Government to the measure." _ _ _ Mr. BLAKE, in introducing his motion, remarked that the question of the freedom was intimately connected with the franchise of the City. Many of the by-laws and ancient customs of the Corporation had become obsolete, but there were others which still lingered amongst them. One of these was, the practice of requir ing all parties who wished to vote for their municipal representatives to purchase the freedom of the City. The principle was recognised some centuries ago in Magna Charts, that no man should be taxed who had not the right of voting for the party qualified to make the taxes. Parliament, also, in later days, had carried out the same principle in the 14th clause of the municipal Bill, which provided, that the powers given to ancient corporations in this respect should be altogether abolished. This had been done in all cases except in the city of London. (Hear.) He knew that some parties had hugged to themselves the delusion that the Corporation of that great city was so pure that such a stringent measure was not required. This was not the fact, indeed it was quite the reverse. If one party was compelled to take up the freedom, no doubt all ought to be so compelled. (Hear.) The public out of doors were anxious for this reform of the Corporation as a first measure ; and he being satis fied of its necessity, and that if they did not reform themselves, the Government would soon do so, most willingly submitted his motion. (Cheers.) Mr. ABRAHAM, in seconding the resolution, said he felt confident that, if they did not reform themselves, the Government would do so by legislative enactment before long. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR remarked, that any one who had heard the two previous speakers, would suppose that that was the first time the subject had been mooted in that Court. The Court had repudiated the idea ofgoing to Parliament for an isolated part of a necessary whole. Such a proposition again renewed, therefore, he could not but regard as an insult to the Court. What use was it for them to attempt to, go to Parliament for that which never would be granted 'by the Government—namely, merely an extension of the municipal franchise ? (Hear.) All of them were agreed, that this was essential, but was that all ? No ; they must go also for a Reform of the Court of Aldermen. (Hear.) He for one would not be a party to their entertaining any such an abstract question, nor would he agree to go to Parliament for any such a farce as this mere extension of the franchise. Such a proposition would neither satisfy the city, the public nor the Parliament. (Hear.) Besides the motion was impracticable. They would not go to the house this session without the sanction of the Government, and they might depend upon it that such sanction never would be obtained unless they desire much more exten sively to reform the Corporation. (Hear.) Believing that it would be far better, therefore, to propose a plan of reform upon a much larger scale, he would move the " previous question." Mr. BARKLEY seconded the amendment. Mr. WM. JONES supported the enlarged proposition, and hoped that a well-matured measure of reform would be introduced, such as would be worthy of the Corpora tion and the time in which they lived. (Hear.) Mr. ANDERTON reiterated his opinion that the Court of Common Council would never reform itself. (Laughter.) Upon many occasions they had attempted to do so, but what had been the result ? Why the matter had turned out to be nothing less than a bubble, which had soon burst. (Hear, and laughter.) Every one of the propo sitions had been negatived. The Court would never re form itself. This " mushroom reform" was nonsense, and Government, he was certain, would have to do the necessary business. He should like to know, that day, what the Court of Aldermen intended to do in thematter of reform. What did they propose ? Did they desire to give up the practice of putting their hands into the privy purse of the Corporation, and recognise the right of the whole of that body to deal with the funds ? Applications had been made in past years by the Ward of Cripple gate, by Lord Brougham, by the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners, and others, for the reform of the Court of Al dermen, as well as the extension of the franchise. The propositions in the Municipal Act were good for Liver pool, Manchester, Hull, and other places, why then should they not work well in the city of London ? (Hear.) Sir JAMES DUKE suggested the amalgamation of the motions on the paper. Mr. NORRIS congratulated the Court upon the unani mity exhibited amongst its members upon the subject of the extension of the franchise. So long as the prescrip tive rights of the corporation could be preserved, they might defy either Sir B. Hall, or any other person, but it would be ruin to them- to resist something like a full and effective, but at the same time gradual reform. To pursue men as they were now pursuing them under an ancient bye-law, was to obtain money under false pre tences. (Hear, and "No.") Men ought to be encou raged to trade in the City rather than be driven away from it. It was the fact that they as a corporation were compelled to turn common informers in order to effect the object. (Hear, hear.) In this state they would be perpetually kept if they did not reform themselves. He knew that when the charter of Richard 11. was given, in the consideration of the valour of Sir Wm. Walworth for the defeat of \Vat Tyler, as depicted on the wall above him, they had the right to make certain regula tions against aggression of foreigners. Some year ago this might be necessary for such a purpose, but the prac tice ought not now to be followed. The operation of this principle had des . ..royed one corporation, and over thrown the Church, and insulted the Throne, and if they (the corporation) continued in their course of persecu tion, they would be overthrown also. (Cheers.) From a return he had obtained from the Chamberlain's office, it was clear that their fellow-citizens were against the system. They had sent 1,240 summonses, 156 had paid the fine, 293 had begged for mercy. (No.) Those who said " no" might go, as he had done to the Chamberlain's office and inquire. 492 had taken no notice of the sum monses. These were gallant men, and he hoped they would succeed. (Hear.) 299 had pleaded that they were wholesale dealers, but surely they would not permit these men to escape while the poor were thus persecuted and driven to destitution. (Hear.) It had been said by some of the antiquated men in the corporation, that if they went to Parliament, they would be ruined. No such thing. So it was said as to the building of Putney bridge in 1671, when a bill was promoted for that pur pose in the House of Commons. He could not help saying that if they had determined - to early out these matters, they ought to do so against all parties, not merely those who are poor and destitute. lie was pre pared to vote for periodical election of aldermen, and many other extensive reforms, but he thought the first and honest mode of dealing with the subject was, to ob tain the sanction of Parliament to a bill largely increasing the municipal franchise of the city of London. (Loud cheers.) Mr. 'P. H. HALL thought it very inexpedient for the court to go into one question only. If they were to go to Parliament for one thing only, might not Sir B. Hail obtain more power than he could if it was a larger mea sure ? No doubt of it. Sir Benjamin would say, "This meagre 'measure will not do ;;it's all nonsense." Alderman SIDNEY considered that the reference of the subject again to a committee to report what were suita ble reforms, would be to lose a golden opportunity of doing themselves what, if they failed or hesitated to do, would be attempted by other and less experienced hands. (Hear, hear.) The time thus consumed would prevent the court from approaching Parliament during the pre sent session, and afford to the opponents of the munici pal institutions of the City the opportunity of dealing with the question in a manner the least beneficial to the citizens generally, while it must be admitted by all that preliminary to all other reforms must be the extension of the constituency. Hence he regretted that the mo tion of Mr. Blake should be met by an amendment of the previous question. He trusted the court would nega tive that amendment, and thus allow his friend, Sir James Duke, to bring in, as a substantive amendment, a resolution which should meet with the unanimous con currence of those around him. He strenuously advised the corporation not to encumber their bill to Parliament by asking the Legislature to do that which they Could better do themselves. He must remind the court that before Parliament itself was in existence, the representa tive principle was acted upon in the city of London. The corporation had existed for centuries, and for centuries had represented, and properly so, public opinion. It was not until the year 1725, that an act obtained in the reign of Geor g e I. interfered with the properly consti tuted representative principle, which for ages had worked most advantageously ; and it was the fact, that the in terference of Parliament by the Act of the 2d George 1., and the further tinkering of that statute within the last few years, made it necessary now to• apply(,ientl,i hear.' Now, place, for a repeal of those obnoxious acts. Hsi Now, those statutes limited the extension of the tranchise , and if they were repealed, and a measure founded upon a. residency of a year and a day—the old and popular franchise, under which the city flourished for many cen tu ries—then such other reforms as time might have made necessary would follow as a matt er o f course. had been said that Parliament w ou ld not tolerate But,it an ap plication of so limited a nature. ' lie could only replythat the Government of Lord Jobti Russell sanctioned such a bill, which received th e approval of the House of Commons, by being read a second time •, and there could be no doubt that if such a bill were again introduced, it would be again approved of. (Hear.) But there had escaped the lips of several speakers a charge that the Court of Aldermen had hitherto stood in the way of all reform, and that the crying evil of the day wits the want of aldermanicreform. (Laughter.) Much fallacy prevailed upon that subject. It was perfectly clear that any extended constituency must necessarily affeet both the Court of Al dermen and the Court of Common Council. Each member of either court must, in the event ofhis continuing a member of the cor p ora t e b ody, b e su bj ec t t o there-electionon the body ofth e e m n b e e w r constituency ; but there had been heaped I) of whi c h h e was an unworthy mem ber, a calumny, and it was left to be inferred that great th e a n c i o o u u n r t t o o f f Aldermen must be the corrupt part of the Corporation, and that, failing to represent tu t xedaltYh,fito intell in need igence, and poptaatioll 9i the (Ws .111 d ___ of a scrupulous reform. But did such a charge of cor ruption come with a good grace from members of the Common Council. For who were the members of the Court of Aldermen ? (Hear, hear.) Why, during the last ten years, fifteen elections for aldermen had taken place ; and out of the fifteen so elected, nine had been chosen from the Court of Common Council. Again, it had been urged in disparagement of the aldermanic body, that they did not sufficiently represent the upper classes of the citizens ; but, notwithstanding such a charge, the present court membered no less than twelve who either were, or had been, members of Parliament; but putting aside such imputations, no body of men were more de sirous of truly representing their fellow-citizens than the aldermen themselves, and as they were desirous to stand well with their fellow-citizens, they were unanimously of opinion, that the time had fully arrived when the Corpo ration of London should be extended on the widest basis suitable to the age. (Hear.) Mr. BARNES defended the Corporation from the innuen does which had been cast upon it by many parties. He was in favour of extensive reform. He thought that London ought not to be considered as being upon one side of the river merely, but that the area of the City should he enlarged. What he wanted to see was a whole and solid reform. (Hear.) He opposed the motion, be cause it was too vague, and therefore worthless. Mr. PEAD reminded the Court that the chamberlain's list was not all that had occurred in connexion with the affair. A poor roan by the name cf Gentry had been seized upon, and his goods sold. Mr. Cox rose to orer. The LORD MAYOR.--I think this matter has no refer ence to the question before the Court. Mr. PEAR.—Then I will give - notice of motion, my Lord, so that the whole of the question may be brought before the Court. The LORD MAYOR.—That you may do at the close of debate, but not now. (Hear.) . , Mr. Cox contended that the apathy of the public was no more roused at the present time than it had been when they went to Parliament the year before, upon which occasion the preamble of their bill was declared not to be proved. They had had no public demonstra tion, and therefore he would oppose the application. Mr. BENNOCH declared that he regarded the motion cf Mr. Blake as embodying the greatest and soundest principles of reform, and he thought they ought to en deavour to, obtain that at all events. He regretted that the discussion had taken such a turn, as he hoped the whole of the resolutions would have been considered and carried together ; and he trusted a special com mittee would be chosen, to act day by day, until the question was matured, and the bill prepared for pre sentation. (Cheers.) He would suggest that the whole of the resolutions should be embraced in one motion. Deputy CORNET defended the corporation as to the fines. The Court had agreed to lower the freedom fine to 6s. Bd. if the Government would take off the 2/. stamp duty, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not afford it. (Laughter.) He hoped it would be known that this was the fact, so that the odium might no longer lie at the door of the corporation. Mr. W. A. ROSE hoped that the reform mooted by the three motions would be entertained in one. He did not wish it to go to the Freedoms' Committee, but he hoped that the Court would agree to the suggestion of Deputy Bennoch, and send the merits to be inquired into to a special committee, as he thought that the Freedoms' Committee was not altogether unbiassed upon that question. (Hear, hear.) Alderman LAWRENCE advocated the principle of re form contained in Mr. Blake's motion. If they obtained a new constituency, he did not believe that the Court of Common Council would be better than at present ; nor did he think, as some did, that bankers, merchants, or others, would even then be found in the Corporation. (Laughter.) Some further discussion took place, and a variety of suggestions were made with a view of arriving at an unanimous determination. Mr. Deputy PEWTRESS rose to move the incorporation of Mr. Blake's motion with that of which he had himself given notice, to the following effect : " That it be referred to a committee to prepare and present to this court a bill for extending the franchise for the wardmote elections in the City of London, to all persons occupying premises within the city, and rated to the amount of 10/, per annum. The bill to include such other suitable alterations in the Corporation as may be deemed advisable, and the committee to obtain the support of the Government to the measure, and to re port forthwith." Mr. BLARE and Mr. H. L. TAYLOR at once consented to withdraw the motion and the amendment, and the court unanimously agreed to Mr. Pewtress's proposition. amidst acclamations. It was then resolved that the committee should be a ward committee, consisting of five of the aldermen pre sent, and one member of the Court of Common Council from each w.,rd.—The court then adjourned. THE CABMEN AND THE NEW POLICE REGULATIONS.— Last night a crowded meeting of the members of the hackney carriage trade was held in St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, to take into consideration the measures to be :doted in consequence of the regulations recently issued by the Commissioners of Police relating to hack ney carriages. Mr. James Scully took the chair, and commenced the proceedings by remarking on the nu merous hardships endured by persons engaged in the trade, and urged upon the meeting the necessity of seeking redress by peaceable means. The recently issued regulations of the Commissioners of Police were most arbitrary and unjust. The law provided for the protection of the public, but the cab-drivers were treated without any consideration. (Hear, hear.) — Mr. Willis moved that a petition be drawn up for pi sent Won to the Secretary of State, setting forth the grievances complained of, and praying for redress. (Hear, hear.) Nothing, he said, could be more absurd than the conflicting state of the law with respect to the alleged infringement of the cab regulations, for nearly every magistrate had adjudicated in a different manner upon similar cases. By the new rules the cab-driver was not only prohibited from drinkinc , or smoking, but from dis mounting his box while on the rank, and must not leave it even to get refreshment after being out for many hodrs. (Hear, hear.) There were 15,000 of them, who were compelled to pay 10d. for a strap, which he defied any one to say was worth more than 3d. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Wellbeloved seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A committee was then appointed to take steps to obtain redress of their grievances. Several speakers then addressed the meeting, which ter minated at a late hour. ABSCONDING DEBTORS.— Yesterday a bill before,Par liament was printed to facilitate the more speedy arrest of absconding debtors from Ireland. The bill is similar to the act row in force in England. It is declared that frauds are perpetrated on creditors residing at a distance from Dublin by debtors embarking for distant countries from various towns and seaports in Ireland. THE SUICIDE AT BETIINAL-GREEN.—Yesterday after noon the body of the person found on Sunday morning last in the garden attached to the White-house Lunatic Asylum, Cambridge-heath-road, Bethnal-green, was iden tified by his relatives, and was•proved to be Mr. Andrew Bennett Maurder, aged 68 years, a man of independent property, residing at 30, Cannon-street-road, St. George's in-the-East. He had formerly held a lucrative appoint ment in the revenue department of the Excise-office. Mr. William Baker, the coroner for Middlesex, has is sued his warrant for the inquest, which will be held to morrow. The relatives of the deceased are completely at a loss to account for the rash act, as he was in affluent , circumstances and of good intellect. RESPITE OF THE CONVICT SAUNDERS.—The convict Cliarles Saunders, who was convicted in February last of the wilful murder of Thomas Samuel Toiler, and sent to the county gaol of Essex for execution, was respited yesterday evening for the space of a week, the do cument being brought from the Home-office by Mr. Gipps, the under-sheriff. Since his condemnation the relatives of the criminal have exerted every endeavour to obtain a commutation of his sentence, and in the course of last week they presented a petition to the Home secretary, setting forth in strong terms their conviction that he was not in a frame of mind to enable him to dis tinguish right from wrong, and giving many passages in his life which seemed to indicate a deranged intellec.,. Lord Palmerston, with a view of ascertaining the trut:i of these allegations, caused inquiries to be made, tehseeettire sult of which induced him to send yesterday for Mr. Gipps, the under-sheriff of the county of Essex. After a lengthened interview his lordship decided upon respit iongut.thelncotnhveicmt meantime, ti a m w e, e f e u k r , th d e e r si i ri n n ci g uiri at es th w e ill sa bme t f h oo a:n a o n h d op th e e s ocfoannviuctltiwmialltebceomexamumtainteioan bshyouelodmbpehtelnt medical authority. Since his trial the criminal l has pre served a sullen 'and reserved demeanour, chaplainrare y speaking prison, who has been almost constantly . with him o . f the He admits his crime, but maintains an in even to the Rev. J. B. Hamilton, th e ' man ner when it is referred to, although e ri relativeeatefdhieffehraesnceexopfressed i onfgw regretfor sßoE uetich i t o . particularsF Am irHE SIR POWELL BIIXTON.—The follow voyage to Port Philip on the coast to withtlls the v e e i t a wreck, nt while s, r o e on her con tained in a letter from one of the sufferers e ' :—" Paraiba, Feb. 12, 1853.—Y0u have no doubt heard of the wreck of our ill-fated ship, the Sir Fowell Buxton. On the 16th December all the passengers were in bed. when about two o'clock in the morning, we were dreadand co l alarmonfusion ed by the ship runn i ng agro und. The alarm y o u may better imagine than I can describe to you. In a short time we found we had run upon a sandbank, about three miles from the s hore, and it was fortunate for us it was a sandba nk, for had we. been a few miles farthe r crown the coast, t he probability is you would never have had these lines from . me. .41. length e w re ere in no s t om m e measure allayed by a ssurances at last, we werelanded, we encamped danger. When, . our an x i that etes w w e number), and the natives for several days (200 in morning came, and col lectedthree boxes ton-ether that we 11112;11t ha ve collected two or to wear, but they were sodden with salt a f o v things bushes to shield us from te beat of the sun. I had the cl'iP left My other necessaries were in the hold, wafer, as the water had risen up to my cabin before we We were put on board a mail craft, and arc all lost. and sent round the coast, casting anchor every night, from the place where we w ere wrecked. The inhalitants and one time for a whole da y . Here we are, 300 miles are about 500, apd they behave kindly to us. Mary o f us are living in an old convent. We expect a ship from Pernambuco, to take us away in about three •vveeks. Providentially no lives were lost." SACRED RELICS.—The Archbishop of Paris went, on Sunday morning, to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, for the benediction of the palms, and the exhibition of the relics connected with the Passion of our Saviour. These relics are declared to be a large piece of the true cross, of the crown of thorns, and two of the nails used at the crucifixion, all which will be publicly exhibited at Notre-Dame to-morrow and Good Friday. 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