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

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 Siecle to some remarks made upon it by the Con aitutionnel. 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, prevent them. But the Siecle 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 between 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. it 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 1853, 2, 655, 747 f. ; in 1852 the receipts were 3,029,822 f. Raw cotton, 2,396,299 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 83,291 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 1 851. 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 tew 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 has received from the Swiss Con federation a reply to the notification of his mar riage. The reply was presented to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by Col. Barman, Chargé d'Affaires of the Swiss Confederation at Paris. The Emperor, on the report of the Minister of Marine has created a regu lar cor p s of attendants for the naval hospitals in different ports, and for the infirmaries afloat. The object of the measure as to dispense with the convicts who have hereto fore served in the hospitals and infirmaries in ports 1 4 which there are bagnes, and to regularise the position and duties 02 free employes in other Places. The decree of the Emperor fixes the num her, gra d , ea and pay of these new functionaries, and leaves grad es, 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 M the fear of God, - Lie Sid, the excellent Bishop Du- Poch, greeting. I long, beyond expression, to receive ztLelligence of you. Preserve to me always the same Place in your remembrance and in your heart. The distance which separates us ca nnot affect our sentiments. have requested our common friend, the Commandant zoissonnet, 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 sour 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, !Wing, 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 /5c., and the Four-and-a-Half, 65c. At this ad vance a good business was done. At the close of th e Bourse they were last called :—For the account, Three per Cent., 79f. • the Four-and-a-Half, 102 f. 85c. ; 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 raent 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 raayer, 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 until 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 is de finitively constituted. M. Martinez de la Rosa has been re-elected President. Two of the vice- Presidents have not been re-elected, although they were supported by the Ministry. The Secretaries have been confirmed in their functions. ITALY. The Parlament° 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, some of which, how ever, are said to be on charges which are not political. Letters from Milan, in the Post - A m p t 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. TIIRKRY. We read in the Paine :—" 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, commanding the English 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 say 4 :—" We are assured that the French squadron at Toulon, having completed all its preparations, will leave to-morrow for Salamine." The squadron, which is commanded byVice-Admiral Lassusse, is composed of the Ville de Paris, 120 guns, bearing the admiral's flag ; Valmy, 120 ; Montebello, 120 ; Henri 1 V., 100 ; Bayard, 90 ; Jupiter, 86; Napoleon(serew), 90; and Charlemagne (screw), 90 ; Mogador, steam frigate of 650-hors. Power ; Magellan, 450 ; Sane, 450 ; and Caton, °team-corvette, 260. On arriving at the Levant, Admiral de Lassusse will be reinforced by the divi sion under Rear-Admiral Roniain Desfosses, com posed of the Gomer, steam-frigate of 450-horse power • the Chaptal, corvette , 220 ; Heron, 200 ; Narval, 160 ; and the Sentinelle, 120. The Russian Black Sea fleet ationed at Seba stopol is composed of 13 sail of the line, viz. : Varna, 120 • D ouze Apotres, 120 ; Rostilar, 120 ; Sviateslar, 'l2O ; Selafond, 120 ; Trois-Swiat y teli, 120 ; Sultan Mahmoud, 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, Flora, Misibria, Lizopol, and Kagul. Six corvettes, Oreste, 37 ; Androthaque, 34 ; Peroun, 34 ; Gylote, 24 ; Iphigenie, 24 ; and Calypso, 1 8 , with some brigs and smaler 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 Debat,s 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 Dundas, 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 Aay, writes us, via Trieste, that the nomination of Rifaat Pacha only took place in consequence of the determination of Fuad Effendi not. to xesiimb his functions without previously obtaining reparation for the insult offered him by Prince Menschilioff. 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, o 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 :-Ist. An indemnity of forty millions of piastres, for the ex penses occasioned by the occupation of 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 hlmself 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 room, 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 cane 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 raid, a large sum of money with him. He is allowed 50,0G0f. 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 Nicinity of Scutari. One of the hostages they lave taken with them has died ; the others are in a miL 3 .able state. Prince Danilo has ordered a Te Deum 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 Imr erial 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 E VENING, MA: RCH 23, 1853. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin of the 18th says :.__.“ The President of the Cou ncil presented. to the Cham bers to-day the trea t y of commerce concluded be tween Prussia and Austria. It is well known that the long negotatiors between France and Prussia not led for the guarantee of literary property have to any result. Now that it has been decided that such treaties are not to be concluded separately, but negotiated by the Germanic Diet Marquis Tal lenay, the French Minister to the G with termanhe Diet ic Con federation, has opened negotations on the subject." A letter from Nuremberg of the 19th States of that on that day the p olice, on the requisition foreign governmeut, had visited the house of one of the principal tradesmen of the place, b ut had found no thing to comp r omise him. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe left Frankfort on th e 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. Thenemains of the late Archbishop of Vienna were, o the 18th, solemnly deposited in a vault in the Church of St. Stephen in that city. At the same time took place the funeral procession of Marshal llaynau through several of the principal streets to the point where the body was to 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 which 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, th e interested parties. cc We The Austrian Lloyd of Vienna, says learn that the functions of Austrian Internuncio, at Constantinople have been . offered to M. de Bruck. Count Rechberg, who now fills the post, has expressed his wish family affairs re • The King o f Prussi a ' s 21 to be relieved, as important Pure h is presence in Germany. Prince Charles, brother journey to .. Vienna has been definitively fixed for appointed d er of the ex the Ist of April. varia, has been app army of Prussia and Bavana• -King of Ba th inspect the Federal The new Cardinal Viole P d ' r am eta men. to the o , uAnptinosgtotlioc3oa3N,4u9n3. escape from the Em souvenir l er t cio at Vienna, has present s providential asa pre cious relic from the Pope , eEmperor aaotfta hicksMajesty' 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 'rater/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 farmeir and publican, residing at Waterbeach, about a fortnight ago, while driving to Cat bridge, accidentally struck his cheek with the lash of his whip. The wound assu med a serious a pp earance ; 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 that, on the same day that the accident occurred, Mr. Collins called upon Mr. Rance, 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 questi o n, by an outlay of 21. only, there would have been 5001. paid to the widow and children of the de ceased. —Cambridge Chronicle. THE EAST INDIAN CdNTRIBtITIOAS TO T.HE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. At the special request of the Council of the 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 conti ibution 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 Kasteele, are to be defrayed by you. The Minister of the Interior, (Signed) THORBECICE. To C. P. Roney, Esq., Secretary to the Industrial Exhibition at Dublin; and T. Winkworth, Esq., Treasurer of the Society of Arts t 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 com munication with Sir Ralph Abercromby, her Majesty's Ambassador to the King of the Netherlands, by whom we were how:Aired 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 propos^d Exhibition, though originating with, and being at the sole expense of, a patriotic individual, Mr. William Dargan, was 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 ' shoe t 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 Musee 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 WINICWORTH. 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 that 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 those 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 istinankc! wAhnereintheteitcurtyjohnaosfbareenea,tecHmagmelp me, Cassius, s b iu u s t , or ith l a p v a e ss to t o hmr m ou an gh y b th an e k s e a ft e o w o e m ak n e o n h in p g ap i e n r - Zcapital----an., what is much worse, too little concert of f to arrive r geencelate., r a d e t h o ac ti on or intell i gent confidence. If the news hereafter London shoul d exhibit a g reater the fatal end we anticipateost fearful consequences. present itself with . the depression of the specie assetstoofwtteßeeanhkeroefwEinligleaonodn, an g ourse of gradual and distrust, they are pursuing a c Already ro e n a r d p y r d es o en o t ur po ex ei p ti e o r n ier ed : b b a e n i k n ers t h d n o s ub i n t o t e h n e a e t d a b w i t th y L cautious contraction. DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT BURNLEY. —On 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. Not 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 boo k 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 :1t 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. His accession had given very general satisfaction, and he had received the congratula tions of the British authorities at Labuan, THE SHARE MARKEI'A BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Birorig. Wolverh di Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh (SL I Cheshire Juliet__ Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons..., Do., £20.. ............ Bristol & 'Caledonian. CbesLer & Ho l yhead Cork and Bandon. Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast.Tunc. Dur dee Pet th &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) ! no., (£ l .B E. & H.) , Eas4ern Counties Eastern Unioa, Class A. late E. 11. Sh Do., d 0....... ...... Do., B. & C East Lancashire ... East & West Ind. W.:. & Binning. Jure._ lEdinburgh & Glasgow inb ar d "cables Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. 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W. Do. Pal ves, d 0..... Do. Oswestry 'Shropshire Unio Dev0n..........50uth South Eastern.. .. South WO e 5........... S. Yor :sh. R'ver.Olul P ).. Stockton & Hartlepl.l Thames Haven D0e.. 1 and Rai1way........ . Vale of Neath......... Weterfd. di linker - ay Water:orddrihre 'r West Winthdon - Ceo,Teo^ Woodfo:d York Newct l .&Berw. Do. Extensions .. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York 4; N. Midland.. Closing Prices Yesterday. 29 - 30 61 -- 6i 9i -- 101 7i--6idxd 21 -- 22 3i -- d 104 --l5 61 -- 64 214 -22 i 18t -19 i i - lip 8 - 9 • 5 __ 3 4 12 -- 13 10 - 11 7t - 72 - 73 55 - 57 74 -- 76 32 -- 34 61 -- 63 i 45 --47 122 - 124 107 i -- 108 i 904 4 - 91 6t -- 92 -- 9 4 13 -- 13Ap 75 5 ! -.. -- 3 ; — 3d 16 -- 16 81. - 111 - 1 1036 .3 IG4i 11 2 8* —11 8 p • 1 l 89.1 93iip 5 44 113 19 21 29A —30 i 3 3d 7 7t 4 43 45 50 52 31 33 3 3 d 9 10 52 54 7i 8i 2i 2B d 35 —36 .. - ... a 4f • 4d 8 8i g —4 p 48 - 49 100 - 102 63 - - 65 64 - 66 70 - 751 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 1! 9 d 21 -- 22 77i -- 78 331 -- *CI -12 i 13. 4 -- 4 :9 -- 21 1 21, 15 151 9 9i 29 3 9,1 9 d PQr —69 i 7i 71c1 -- 2d 58 59 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen .............. Do., No. 2, 7 p- e••• Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St.' Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian .V 0 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5` per cent... ' Cork&Bandon p.c. Dundee "ertl)&Aber d een Jur cti on ....... .'astA nglian (.?,3 10s) 6 per cent Do. (E 3) 7 per cent.. Do. (S 7 3.75) " p. Eastern Con ''es Ex tension, sp. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c St.. Eastern Un:or, Scrip Guar. 6 per EastLancash. 6 p. cts. Edinb. Pr th.&Dur dee 5i per cent..... ...... Glasgow & S.W^itcrn guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c., Red- em., at 10 p. c. Gt. Southn. Vestn. (Ireland) E. _ths... Gt. Westn. (Perks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brightor Guaranteed 5 p. c.., Do. Pref, 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . ....... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds. Londonderry& Coler Shares Lordy. & Ennis. Manch. ,Shef., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £ " 0 Do., £6. ....... Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent D 0......... ........... Mid.Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Nor:olk Ex isnsi on Do. Guar. si per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Sta'ff'ordshire ' Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c DI Shrews& Birm. Shre wsby. & Chc (Nor.W.litin),B p. c. I Do. 5 per cent South Devon .4 Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref D• York& N. Welland H & S. Parch 1100 1081 ios► 18i -- 19, a P 6i -- ( S$ - 34- p -- 1t p Iti -- 15 18i -• 19 a 126 -1 109 - 111 13i - 8i ei 71 105 107 x( id — il 150 152 xd xd 150 - 153 3 1 - 3 i PI 10 11, 13.. 13 8 - 9 10/ - 114 - P, - pl 148 —l49ad i * # p 22r 23 109 —1 1 i 25 26 1 11 - 11 17 -18? i, - l 15 --16 P par- iP, 26i 261 20 21 id par 101 - 103 6 -5, P - iPI An ;,werp&Rotterdam BO 4 anvaastn. Junct. Chi'rleroi.&Erquelin. Dijon and Besargon Dutch Rhenish East Indian . . Do. Exinsion Gt. Irdian Peninsula Gd. o" Gt. West ern 4, 7anada i Shares 'Lucca & Estoja sp.c. pref . Luxembourg.. [Do. (Railway) Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons do MecE,erran, 311.adras Namur & Liege (w: 'h interest) Do. (ea intere;') Northern of I'_•axice Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Am Shs.) NorwegianTi ankPref Paris and Lions Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Ch erbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Lieuse I Do. 5i p. ct. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5} per c. Pref.... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Zealand.. .......... 1 — p l 13i 14 2 —2i p 2 2 di g • 5.4 - 6 4' p • 1 11 2 lip t —14 p 76 8 41. 44 1t 4 2 t d P 11 p 2 2±p --- 6 7 36 14 -- 15 17 17ip 41 -- 42 41 -- 42 33 -33 i 4 _,p 20 -- 21 9 -- 9} . . 4 i -- - A i n 64 idis p 9i -10 p id p 1 -- ill 4 Balm si done this d LINES LEASED . AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. B:Cord and B 1 etchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. witllout gr Birm.Wolv. & Dm" ej guar. Do .w thtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. A Sharel. Royitn. dr Hit. Do.Shelth.St. She & Goole g.5.p.c S. id.;.a.ro:. lsb Wear iTal2eygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst 30 -31 29i -30 k 30 --31 29 -- 30 104 --10 G 524 --53 A 151 -- 153 32i -33 i 111 - 113 55- 56h 274 - 28 131 - 144 25i -26 i 19 -19 i 25 - 27 - LO5 —106)7d 64 - 66 xd 149 151 148 150 1— id 32i - 33 *** i *** 1022 - 1 i LI :acing Col npans, Lot idon di N.. West. , .IVcsLn Dr► D.) D. o L. & N.W. Cs dedon , Gt.Notrhn Gt.Westn. Yk. New. 4 Berw TAIN.Md Do Do S.Zastern INarfolk Ln. dIN.W & Midld. nekton & Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do, D 0... L. &A. W &LndtYk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.di Yorksh Mrit!Clean Stoc:t. di Darling. Do iGt.Westn. Closing Prices Yesterday. Business this day. 100 all 100 5 100 all 81i 1 46 751 i Pm 10 16k xd xd 101 64i .. - fIU it ail MINES. 1 all Agua Fria • Z —l4 p 24 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 10 2 Australasian p d 1 n 3 r 20 5 Australian 5 •—• 6 p 5 6 I all Australian Cordillera par pli 1 all Australian Freehold, par p 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 dis— p 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 4 p 14 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 4 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 31 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 1 Carsons's Creek par fi 40 all Cobre Copper 47 49 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l 2 8 1 14 Copiapo 5l 6. St. all Copper Min. of Eng 75 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 74 —81 p S all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 1 d 4 20 all General l7 19 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l —24 p 3 all Great Polgooth l4 —ll p 1 all Lake Baaurst dis— par 1 all Liberty I p 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co # 1 d 1 all Mariquita 4d— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 81 1 all New Granada p 1 all Nouveau Monde ll —11 P S 1 Port Philip g 1i 1 all Quartz Rock par * p 50 all Rh3,nney Iron 24 —26 p 15 Do, New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 7 8 1 all South Australian,.,, — P 10 7 Tin Croft .281 all United Mexican 6 d 1— 7 1 all Waller — par 14 1 all West Granada — p 1. all West Mariposa.: 1 dis— * p 1' all Yuba Par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 921 934 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Aus & China 14 —21 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 10 English Scottish and Australian 2l 21 p 121 20 121 Lord. Chart. Bk. of Australia 4i 5 p 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint S:;ock — 100 20 Lord. & Westmirster 351 20 2 Lore on Bank of Aus tra'a and India 4 p 50 221 Nat'oral of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corpoiatior 57 58 571 7 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... Via 4 p 25 all South Australia 5O 52 511 501 25 all Union of Australia 761 771 76t ... 21 Do. New Bl 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid-- - , - MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 101 104 104 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 384 Brit. American Land ... 66 5 1H 321 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam •.• 1 1 Electi:c Te'eg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Cteam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam ... 114 20 21 Irish Bee:xoot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Laud—. 20 21 Nrth. o. r,urop •St 3am 5 50 all Peninsular & Or;ental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail St3am 25 25 South Austral. Land 52 54 531 1 1 Submar, Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization, — 100 281 Van Dien: en's Land 231 241 231 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat here to-day was very mode rate, and in but middling condition. The few selected sample 3 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 imports of foreign wheat have been small. For most descriptions we had a moderate inquiry, 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 VMS WERE. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 790 1,510 520 050 2,340 Oats. 320 Flonr. 580 English .. Irish .. •. Foreign .. ' 520 s 1; 1,810 brls 1,800 NV liITECHAPEL. For each 161n1 of meat at this market to-day the inquiry was in an im-proved state, at advanced quotations : Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4e 8d ; veal, as 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 SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day 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 ; Demerara, Dominica ; York Town, New York. LIVERPOOL, March 22.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Sisters, Mobile—was in contact with the A. H. Kemball, New Weans to Philadelphia, on the 17th February, in lat. 24, long. 81, and both received damage. Sailed— Belmont, Adelaide, S.A. ; Emma Colvin, Calcutta ; Clifton, Africa ; Belle Brahne, Trinidad ; riphant Havannah • Jason, Wilmington ; Jenny Lind, New York ; M a ry and 'Adeline, do. ; A.ndees (a), Boston ; Fawcett, Casline ; Cybele, St. John's, N.B. ; Mary, Yarmouth, N.S. ; America and Britannia, Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, March 22. Wind, N.E. Sailed—Ash land, New York. PLYMOUTH, Mach 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—Adry, Africa. B E AUMARRIS, March 22.—Wind am o , N.E. Arrived— Jenny, St. Domingo, for Liverpool. OFF QUEENSTOWN.—Kafferland, Callao, for London. SHIELDS, March 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Struan, Saldanha 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, March 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 his 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 left A widow and five children,—Essex Eva COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. •- CORPORATION REFORM, - 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 at 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 Pewtress.—To take into consideration the propriety of introducing into 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 Charta, 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 th e same principle in the 14th c l a u se of 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 th e y did no t 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 Parliahlent 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 sho u ld like to know, that day, what the Court of Aldermen intended to do in the matter 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. Th e 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 13. 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 in:mmers 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 Wat 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 destroyed 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 care y out these matters, they ought to do so against all parties, not merely those who are poor and destitute. He 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. T. 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. Hall 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 ether 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 tither 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 George 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, in the first place, for a repeal of those obnoxious acts. (Hear, hear.) 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 popula r franchise, under which the city flourished for many an ap plication cen turies—then such other reforms as time mi g ht have made necessary would follow as a matter of course. But, it had been said that Parliament would not tolerate of so limited a nature. H e could such a bill, which received the a p proval of thesaHneo tui r os e en p e d l o y f that the Government of Lord John Russell only Commons, by being read a second time ; and there could be no doubt that if such a bill Werec_ again introduced, it speakers Hear . ) a c h ß a u r t g e t there had e eswcoocuuartpldedobfet Aldermen h la li i p n s approved rhsoieedraolf. hitherto stood in the way of all reform, and an n d ie th r a ef t o t nn he . uponeon constituency i t subject.thuaetney must necessarilyevil of the day was the want e(rtnaugghter.) Much fallacy prevailed affeectlbeaorth.ththateacnoyuerxtet ofnded Al dermen and the Court of Common Council. Bach member of either court must, in the event of his continuing a member of the corporate body, be flibject to the re-eiection ofthe new constituency ; but there had been heaped upon the body of which he was an unworthy mem b e r, a great amo unt of calumny, and it was l e f t to be inferred that the Court of Aldermen m us t b e th e corru pt par t of the Corporation, and that, faili ng t o represent the wealth, site and population of the City, it undoubtedly stood In need 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 numbered 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 be 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 man by the name of Gentry had been seized upon, and his goods sold. Mr. Cox rose to order. The LORD MAYOR.--I think ' his matter has no refer en^ e to the question before the Court. Mr. PEAD.—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 c" 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 CORNEY 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 PEWTEESS rose to move the incorporati on 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 forthwiti." 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 ward.—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 adopted 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. Williams moved that a petition be drawn up for presentation 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 drinking 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 hours. (Hear, hear.) There were 15,000 of them, who were compelled to pay 10d. for a scrap, which he defied any one to say was worth more than 3d. (Hear hear.) Mr. Wellbeloyed 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 now 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 BETHNAL-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 In 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 Charles 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 i n his life which seemed to indicate a deranged intellect. Lord Palmerston, with a view of ascertaining the truth of these allegations, caused inquiries to be made, the re sult of which induced him to send yesterday for Mr. Gipps, the under-sheriff of the county of Essex. Aft er a lengthened interview his lordship decided upon respit ing the convict for a week, desiring at the same tine that no hopes of an ultimate commutation should be held out. In the meantime, further inquiries will be set on foot, and the convict will be examined by competent s m erv ed e ica d l a a s u u t l h le o u rit a y u . d r S es in er ce ve hi d s d t e ta e l a t n h n e ur e , ri ramr i enlay l hp : aking even to the Rev. J. B. Hamilton, th e c h aplai with him, He , bee bu n t amlmaoinsttamcosnsatannintldyi i speaking a s o f p t r h e e indifference of apdrismionts, hiswh o l ari i m as e man ner when it is referred to, although regret for it. he has ex p resse d WRECK OF THE Sin POWELL BUXTON. The follow ing particulars relative to the wreck, on the coast of South America, of this vessel, while on her voyage to Port Philip with emigrants, are con tained in a letter from one of the sufferers :—" Paraiba, Feb. 12, 1853._y ou have no doubt heard of the wreck of our ill-fated ship, the Sir Powell Buxton. On the 16th December all the pa , ,ien g ers were in bed. wh en about two o'clock i n t h e morning, we were dreadfully alarmed by the ship running aound. The alarm and confugion You may better imagine than I can describe to you. In a short time we found we bid run upon a sandbank, about three miles from the s hore, and it was fortunate e for u s it was a sandban k , f or had we bbeena few wes farther dow n th e coast, probabilityxie you would it length our never have had these lines froman m e ties were in some morning came, and measure allayed by assurancesere landed, we encamped. danger. When, at last, we d number), and the natives col for several days (200 inw s from the heat of the sun. I had lected bushes to s hield collected two or three boxes together that we might have a few things to wear, but they w ere sodden with salt to my cabin before we , as the water had risen up . water, the hold, My other necessaries were in left the ship. an d are a ll lost. We were pu t on board a small craft, and sent round coast, the casting anchor every night, for a whole day. Here we are , 300 miles and one time from the p l a ce where we were wrecked. The inhabitants are about 500 , and t he y behave kindl y to us. Man y of us are living in an old convent. We expect a ship from Pernambuco, to take us away in about three weeks. 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 Savi our. 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