The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-21 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. LIMERICK—E.,_ calm—cloudless. frost. MULLINGAR— E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—N.E_,_. fresh breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON —N., strong breeze—.cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N., fresh breeze—overcast. T UNBRlDGE—N._,_calm—partially cloudy. 13 ASINGSTOKE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially . cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. STnooD—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.., fresh breeze—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Yitrocourir - W., gentle breeze—snow. The returns from the follo'wing places indicate the state Qf the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : • SOUTHAMPTON—N., strong breeze—overcast. • Price 25., N..; OBDEN AND HIS PAMPHLET CON SIDEBXD, IN AI4.ETTER,TO RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., 2d.r. By ALFRED B. RICHARDS, Esq. - “ - Pieace Is the dream of the wise ; War is the history of maiik." London : Bally Brothers, Royal Exchinge-buildings, rah THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Nsw MANAGEMENT. . Sole Lessee—Mr. JOBN B. BUCKSTONE, Brompton-square. The public ; is respectfully informed that this Theatre wfil RE OPEN on EASTER MONDAY next, March 28, 1853, under an entirely new management, the constant endeavour of which will be UVststain the long established character of this house as the first Iliestrein the Metropolis, for the representation of English Comedy and Farce, with the occasional addition of such Entertainmiints as inv. be considered attractive. iirozicz dnratiOn of the present recess being too brieflto ad mitvf any alteration in front of the Curtain, it is therefore an nouncedz.that the Theatre will undergo a thorough repair and re-decoration during the forthcoming summer vacation, from July until October next, when a new stage will be laid down, and altera tong made in the building, founded on many suggestions forntarded by the patrons of this popular and fashionable place of amusement. On EASTER MONDAY, March 28, 1853, will be presented a COMEDY, for the purpose of introducing several new candidates for popular favour. After which, an entirely New and Original Ex travaganza, written by J. R. Planch6 Esq., entitled MR. BUCK STONE'S AK:ENT OF MOUNT PIRNABSUS, the scenery of which will be painted by Mr Charles Marshall, who is engaged at this Establishment, assisted by Mr. George Morris and Mr. Connor; with other performances, which will be duly announced. Orchestra Walls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), ds. each. First Price—Boxes, 55.; pit, 35.; amphitheatre, 25.; gal lery, 6 , 1. Second Price—Boxes, 3s. ; pit, 2s; amphitheatre, ls.; gal lery, 6d. Doors to be opened at half-past six, the performances to commence at seven, second price at nine. Prixate boxes, two guineas and one guinea and a half each. N.B.—A. private box, cap able of holding 12 persons, with a furnished ante-room attached, may be secured at the box office, price five guineas. Season tickets nay also be Lai on application. Private boxes to be ha 1 at the public libraries of Messrs. Sams, Seguin, Mitchell, Hookham, An drews, Ebers, Bailey, Allcroft, &c. THE HAYMARKET COMPANY Will consist of the following established Favourites : Miss Helen Faucit, who is engaged for a limited period. Mr. Barry Sullivan, Miss Reynolds, who is engaged at this Theatre: Mr. Compton, his first appearance here. Miss Louisa Howard, her first appearafice at this Theatre. Mr. Henry Corti, his first appearance in the drama at this Theatre. Mrs. Buckingham, Kr. Howe, ,Mrs. Poynter, from the Theatres Royal York and Norwich—her first ap pearance in Londoll. - - Mr. Chippendale, from the Park Theatre, 44Tew Tork—his first appearance here.. Miss Ellen Chaplin, her first ap pearance in the Haymarket Theatre. Mr. William Farrell, his first appearance at this Theatre. . Mrs. Stanley, who is re-en gaged. Mr. Tilbury, who is also re-engaged. Miss Augusta Ter non, her first appearance in London. Mr. Rogers, Miss E. Ramer, her first appearance at this Theatre. Mr. Arthur Payne, his: first appearance in London. Miss Amelia Vining, Mr. Clark, Mrs. Caul field, Mt. Caulfield, Miss Eleanor Bromley, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. Mr. Cos, Miss Grace Leslie, her first appearance in London. Mr. Braid, Miss Laidlaw, from the Lyceum Theatre. Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Backstone. Miss It. Woulds, Mr. Ellis, Miss +Har vey, Miss A. Woulds, Mr. Hilton, Mrs. Coe, Miss Archer, Mr. (Wit ten, Miss Grantham, &c., and a numerous Corps de Ballet. While from time-to time suchimportant additions will be made, as will not only strengthen the Company, but render every member of it exclu sively belonging to this Theatre. stage Manager—Mr. Chippendale. Musical Director—Mr. Edward ritZWIIII2IM. The following Novelties will be produced in due succession An Extravaganza. byJ. R. Planche. Esq. A Comedy by Robert Sallvan, Esq., author of" The Beggar on Horseback," and "The Old Lovp.and the New." A Play, by Robert Browning, Esq., author of Paracelsns," &c.—and in which Miss Helen Faucit will appear. A Comedy, by Tom Taylor, Esq., author of "To Parents and Guardians," and.one of the authors of " Masks and Faces." A Farce, by ThOmas Morton, Esq. A Comedy, by Palgrave Simpson, Esq., Author of " Poor'CousidWalter." A Drama, by J. R. Planche, Esq. A Comedy. by Morris Barnett, Esq., author of " The Serious Family," &e. A Codiedy, by Stirling Coyne, Esq. A Drama, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq. The Box (Ace will be opened on Thursday next, the 24th March, ander the direction of Mr. Turpin, who will personally attend daily, from 10 ti 1 1 ,5 The public is respectfully requested to observe that a ne w and eom plete staff of box-keepers having been engaged, it is requestecilhat should any incivilities be offered by them, they may be reported to Mr. Turpin, while to insure a proper regulation in the busineos of the Box. Office, no Evening will be announced for the First Production of any New Piece, until the Management is convinced there can be no postponement. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tote DAY —Morning 48 min. after 10 Evening 29 min.aft. 11 To-Moaaow—Morning 0 min. after 0 f Evening 6 min.aft. 12 BASINGSTORE—N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER:—Stns OFFICE, MARCH 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 39—highest sinco noon yesterday. 23—lowest this morning and during the night. 37 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 13—going down. WIND, N. by W.—Fine, clear, frosty weather ; evening cloudy, with slight rain —wind, West. MULCH 21. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 26—lowest this morning and during the night. 32—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 85—a fall of nearly half an inch since Saturday. WIND, W.N.W.—Fresh breeze, with snow and thaw. The wind went round to S.W. during the night, but has gone to the Northward of West at coon. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THB LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. Ot .~ ~~ --, ,%.. Utto —_,‘ LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1853. If the Government of our Anglo-Indian Em pire were in every other respect all that could be desired, the vices incident to, and under the ex isting system inseparable from, the administration of justice throughout the entire country would render it essential to refuse a renewal of the charter to the Company, at least until the local tribunals had been completely remodelled. Unan swerable evidence has been adduced to show the truly deplorable state of affairs in both the Civil and Criminal Courts, arising from the gross ignorance, inexperience, and general inefficiency of the Judges. Lord CAMPBELL has spoken in terms of strong but just indignation, in the House of Lords, on the subject. The complaint has been repeated by Lord MONTEAGLE and other Peers, while the statements contained in the Madras Petition, and in the able publication by. Mr. J. B. NonroN,* afford the most conclusive testimony that these. censures, so far from being unmerited, have been by no means sufficiently stringent. Nothing in this country, even before the work of legal reformation had commenced, and while the "Palace Court," and the different " Courts of CoNscuscE" (! ! 0 flourished, could give any notion of the practical injustice perpe trated under the cloak of law, and that arising not from the corruption, but the total incompe tence—, of the Judges. But how could it be otherwise How could we hop s f or a due administration of justice, when Ir& causicler the nature of the system under which not merely the Judges of the iiferior tribunals, but even of th e appellate jurisdictions, have been , and still' are, appoint e d ? There is no Royal road to judicial knowledge, and even . if there had been, the greatest possible learning would be compara •tively useless, without practical experience to guide and assist the Judg e w ieighn g conflicting testimony, and arriving at Ruud conclusion s , no t w ithstanding the Positiv e asseverations of interested' or mendacious witnesse s . ll qualified m en could be obtained to cli sd we large these important duties with ability, fidelity,, and u zeal, for less remuneration than that given t o Persons profoundly ignorant of the . law, and ha v i ng no experience whatever, save as Assistant-Collec tors—by no means an. eligible school—until, to their own astonishment, and the disgust of th e unfortunate natives who reside within their juris diCtion,. theY - are pitchforked on to the Judicial Bench, without possessing a single qualification for the office. This gross abuse,, this flagrant grievance, is connived at and sanctioned, in order that there may be no diminution in the value of the patronage of the Honourable Board of Directors that each lad at Hayleybury may be certain of attaining the Julicial Bench in due course, his qualifications for the situa tion being a matter of the most profound in difference to all'parties who disregard the positive injury, the serious damage to millions and tens of i nillions of our fellow-subjects, in order that a n_.,ewly:elected Director may reward the - zeal of " Admiuistration of Justide in Southern India." By John Brace Norton, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. some energetic supporter, or pay the stipulated price for the electioneering services of a wealthy proprietor with a large family, one of whom, the blockhead of the family, might be devoted to India—his writership being the reward for his father's vote and interest. Is this a system to be tolerated, much less sup ported ? Will the nation look tamely on while Lord ABERDEEN and Lord JOHN RUSSELL compli ment the Honourable Court, and continue in its hands for ten 'or twenty years longer the undue patronage, which has led. to so many untoward re sults. Surely the cry of " Justice to India " will elicit some response from English hearts. We hold our Eastern Empire not merely for the benefit of the'proprietors of 6,000,0001. of East India Stock, on which 10i per cent. per annum is guaranteed by the British nation—which must be paid to the last farthing, although every British subject had been expelled from Hindostan—which must be redeemed at the rate of 200 per cent., although there was no prospect of another rupee finding its way to the national Exchequer. No—our first duty is to nearly 150, 000, 000 of Hindoos, who owe alle giance to Queen VICTORIA, to remove the just causes of complaints that have been so temperately put forward on their hehalf—to do all' in our power to promote their welfare, and render them prosperous and contented, , giving them reason to bless and not to curse the British supremacy. Our next is, to 27,000;000 of tax-payers of the United Kingdom, whom ,we should endeavour to protect against the consequences of the im provident guarantees entered into on their behalf. As it is, it would be cheaper and more benefi cial to bestoW another 630,0001. per annum, re deemable in 1874 by another 12,000,0001. ster ling, on the proprietors of India Stock—purchasing up the privileges so unwisely and injudiciously conferred. upon. them, than to persevere in the impolitic course on which we had entered, one moment longer than necessary. There: is no _longer any use for • an -East India Company, except 'to receive" the** dividends to which theY are entitled until 1874, and then to be paid off. The Crown can find more competent and better-qualified advisers at a much cheaper rate than the surrender of the entire -Indian patronage. More efficient Judges can be obtained from the precincts of Westnainster,Hall, the Four Courts, or the Courts of Session; than from among the assistant collectors of " Chingleput" or " Cudda pah." Nor . should the Judicial Bench, more par ticularly where a power of life and death. is inci dent to a seat - thereon, be regarded as " a refuge for the destitute." " All those persons who are too incompetent for the revenue department being transferred into Judges . and 'dispensers of the• cri minal and civil law of t4g,Mofussil.t • The, Judges should:alsb hold their offices during good behaviour as intliisyeeuntry, and be rendered incapable of clispla'C'ernakat the' mere will and pleasure of the local Goye. t rnment. A dependent Judge cannot be perfectly impartial, even if com petent to the discharge of his duties. Judicial independence is.essential to judicial impartiality, 'more especially *where the local Governments: are parties to the suits about to be adjudicated. t Petition of the Madras Native Association, section 68, p. 25. Of the boroughs which have been tried and convicted, three ha.ve.bmk called up for judgment before the - House of: eons. The sentence of two is, that they art(trye restored forthwith to their representative,,xtvilwes, while a third is to be visited with a eqrnmittee of investigation. Blackburn and Bridgnorth the House of Commons restores to their former position. Canterbury is doomed to a visit from _Mr. SLADE, so successful at St. Alban's, and a brother commissioner or two. There doubtless were reasons why PHARAOH hanged the baker, while he restored the butler to his office ; and there may be unrecorded reasons why the House saves Bridgnorth and Blackburn, and punishes Canterbury. The public, however, is very much puzzled to find them. Canterbury, indeed, like Cambridge, Hull, and Norwich, is a very old offender, and the colourmen gave more than a colourable reason for a commission ; but at Blackburn, where 2,5001., at least, were expended on 580 voters (for that was the number who voted for Mr. ECCLES), there must surely he something worthy of thorough investigation. It should be well searched out how these vast sums, of the application of which sitting and unseated members can give no account, were actually ex pended. A Commission would be of great value, if employed, not merely to disfranchise a borough, but to inform us, on authority which could not be questioned, respecting all corrupt prac tices at elections ; and as we are on the eve of a new Reform Bill, the House of Com mons should be much more ready to grant these searching investigations .now, that we may enter on the work next year with more accurate knowledge and greater unanimity. Bridgnorth again - , - - is, perhaps, a favourable specimen of a large class; of boroughs which need to be examined and cross-examined with the ut most acuteness and diligence. It is confessedly an " influence " borough: - Mr. HERBERT, indeed, affirmed that the influence .was a laid one. Mr. DISRAELI gave reason to think that it was not omnipotent. Be it so. Yet Mr. CADOGAN'S state ment, that the " WHITMORES could return their footman if they pleased," and Mr. COBDEN'S letter, satisfactorily showed that even bribery could be substantiated to a great extent. It is true the letter, as Mr. COBDEN would not, unless a Select Committee were appointed, divulge the writer's name, was not evidence in a court of law ; but Mr. COBDEN made the statement his own, and the petition from the .town, with Mr. CADOGAN and Mr. COBDEN'S statements, were ample ground for a Select Committee to make farther inquiries. We regret the more that this case was given up by the House, because " influence"—that is, inti midation—is the most difficult thing to get petitions against, and the most difficult to lay hold of. We may not soon catch so nice a case again. If it be true, as Mr. BROWN affirmed before the Norwich Committee, that almost any Member might be unseated under the late Bribery Act, and that the wonder is when any petition fails, we cannot be surprised at the leniency of the House ; still, we rather incline to the view of those' who think that it was rather nonplussed, than wilfully indulgent to the guilty on this occa sion. Even the " Leader 'of the' House of Com mons," and the Liberal *embers of the Govern ment, appear to have faltered, though there is no reason to suspect Lord , J'orar of any wish but to prove his pet Bribery Act d'clecided cure for cor ruption. So far as can be 'gathered from the debates, the Government does not appear to have been averse to a Select Committee on Blackburn. Yet Sir JOHN SHELLEY withdrew his amendment, and allowed the writ to be issued without. a, divi sion, although Lord Joint RuSsELL had 'intimated that, if he pressed the amendment to a IliviSion, he would vote with him. Then it was alleged by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, that the mercy shown to Blackburn must be extended 'to Bridgnorth also, although he personally' wiShed that, in every ca ge of member unseated for bribery, a Select Com: mittee should be appoi4eikito make further inves tigation. If this course he. persisted in, the re sulst will be that the origiO and apparently ac cidental false step in the, c i ale - p of Blackburn, will be made the means of burlcing all that might be elicited by the faithfulness hitherto of the election committees. This would be most unfortunate both for the reputation of the House, and in re spect of losin g a mass of valuable evidence in aid of the new Reform Bill discussions. We would earnestly press upon the Government and the House to re t race their steps decided cours e . A ny objection an on (1 against to ta k er e ea a tin ve .. ry a precedent for suspending writs is trivial, kcom pared with tho dan ger of appearing before the nation as tamperers wit corruption, a ft er h av i ng t themselves ;s the ge done s d o a nmurotilly to bri ng i t to light. small Goverment seekingagain orities by„Susp en di ng writs for el majorities be th us a§ could ob tained are now we ll known not t o be available etio elections. narrow Such ma i Administration could now majorities, and no long survive resorting r t m g to such ' a manoeuvre. enerally will rea d We apprehend that the county g with disappointment of the issue of writs to Bridg nofthMiii Blackburn. Party-spirit in each borough will perhaps be satisfied with unseating a Member, but the . country generally looked on with a very different concern to that. It hoped that the ut most possible instruction would be gained from each case of proved corruption. We, therefore, respectfully call • upon the House to adopt Sir JAMPs GRAHAM'S suggestion, and to grant in every case of proved bribery a Select Committee to investigate its extent. As to dealing-alike by all, there is no more necessity for doing that than for letting off all the guilty in a mutiny because some are pardoned, or for not arresting the remainder of a gang 'of thieves because some few have by oversight escaped. The House cannot do i more wisely than to show by its future course that they were surpriied into the indulgence grantea t o Bridgnorth and Blackburn. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Count Colloredo, Austrian Minister, had an audi ence of the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty an autograph letter from the Emperor of Austria, His Excellency was - introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K. G ~ the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The Queen was attended by Lord Camoys, lord-in waiting, and Major-General Berkeley Drummond, groom-in-waiting. 1 Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,. the. Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the PriOcesses Alice Helena, and Louisa, and P r i nce A r th u f, l e ft Buckingham Palace at. twenty-five minutes befor4 four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Windsor Castle. The royal suite consisted of the Duchess of W4lling ton, Lady ,Caroline Barringtoh, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord C amo y s ,i Col. 'the Hon. Charles Grey, Major-Ge nera l Berkeley Drum mond, Colonel Bouverie, the Hon. Captain de Rok and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to, their carriage by the ,Duke ,of Norfolk, Lord Steward, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse, and Lord Frnest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain. A detachment of light dragoons escorted her Majesty from Buckingham Palace to the terminus of the great Western Railway at Paddington, where a special !train was in readiness, which conveyed the august party to Windsor. Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Friday evening, and perfornied the folldwing compositions : I Overture, "La Medicine sans Medicin"...., Harold.; - Avis, " Le Cheval de Bronze" Auber. Marche de la Caravane, la Fantaisie Arabe, - Danse . des Almes, "Le Desert" David. WINDSOR CASTLE, Mena i 20. The Royal party arrived at the Castle at half-past four o'clock yesterday. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party. A fire broke out at Windsor Castle about half-past nine o'clock last night in the Prince of Wales's Timer, at the north-eastern angle of the Castle, which threat ened very serious consequences, and was not extin guished until past four o'clock this morning. Owing t i the exertions of the servants of the house hold and others, directed by Mr. Turnbull, the clerk of. the works, and the military, consisting of the Ist batta• lion Scots Fusilier Guards, and a detachment of the 2d Life Guards, who were quickly on the spot with the barrack engines, the damage was ultimately confined to the tower where the ,fire began ; but in 'consequence of the complicated' arrangements of the apartments and the nature of the building, it appeared for some time doubt ful'vrhether the eastern and northern sides of the Castle could be laved. The ceiling of, the Queen's dining , room and the rooms in the story above were completely. destroyed. A telegraphic message was dispatched to summon Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, and a party of the London Fire Brigade, who arrived about two o clock this•morn ing with two engines by special train, and have since remained in charge of the building. The engines from Windsor and Eton likewise rendered assistance shortly after the fire broke out. Her Majesty remained during the whole time in the adjoining rooms, and, we are happy to say, has sustained no inconvenience from the alarm which such an event was likely to cause. The origin of the fire has not been as yet satisfactorily explained. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hoh. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Duchess of Wellington has succeeded the Coun tess of Charlemont ail Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa nied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard, left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at eleven o'clock on Satur day morning for Frogmore. A deputation on behalf of the parties interested in the cultivation of flax, and for the granting of a Royal Charter of incorporation to "The Farmers' Flax Corn- • pany," had an interview on Saturday with the Right E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Essex, Lord de Manley, Sir. Ralph Howard, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Cripps, Lieut.-Colonel Alcock, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. John Towneley, and Sir Montague Cholmondeley, Bart. The Liverpool Pilot deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Nelson Wood (chairman), Mr. R. V. Houghton (deputy chairman), Messrs. Henry Jenkins, Richard Kershaw, Wm. Mann, John Bigham, David Rowland (secretary), Joseph Cooke (superintendent), and M. D. Lowndes (solicitor), had also an interview with the Right H on . E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley on Saturday. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Chas. Turner, M.P. forveroo. Liverpool. The Turkish Minister transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. A deputation from the Liverpool Master Pilots, on the subject of the Pilotage Bill, had also an intervtew with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Messrs. W. Hudson, John Shepherd, W. Hughes, and W. Rowlands (master pilots). The deputation were accompanied by Mr. Turner, M.P. for Liverpool, and Mr. Browne, M.P. for Lancashire. GREAT FIRE AND Loss OP LIFE.—(THIS DAT.)— This (Monday) morning, between the hours of three and four, a fire of a very fearful character, and attended with a loss of life, happened in the premises of Mr. Winslow, a licensed victualler, known as the Crown Inn, 119, Long-acre. At the time of the disaster the inmates were in their beds asleep, and it was with considerable difficulty that they could be made sensible of their impending danger, and not before the staircase was so filled with smoke that those parties who were able to descend by the regular means were nearly suffocated With hot air. Some of the others were obliged to be lowered by means of sheets and blankets, and thereby escaped a horrible death ; but we regret to state that a young man named Thomas, who acted as bar and cellar man, perished in the flames. His body was found about eight o'clock in the ruins, burned almost as black as a cinder. The engines of the brewery, two from Chandos street, that of the West of England. Office and five more of the Brigade,, promptly a tt en d e d, and plenty of water being obtained, the firemen went to work in an admirable manner ; but in spite of the torrents of water thrown on the flames, the work of . destruction continued, and for hours the western portion of the metropolis was brilliantly illuminated. At length, however, the confla gration was subdued; but not until the premises were extensively burned and the adjoining houses. greatly daMaged. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Royal Society fire escape was soon in attendance, but the poor fellow had by that period breathed his last. The body has been removed to the'workhouse to await an inquest. ;__ AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—It was very generally rumoured yesterday, in the clubs, that the preliminaries of a hostile meeting had been arranged between two gallant colonels, who ,have lately figured before the select committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the petition from Norwich borough, and its unauthorised withdrawal. At the eleventh hour the matter was fortunately ad justed by the friendly intervention of •an hon. member who sits on the opposite side of the house.—Observer. The, two gallant " colonels " referred to might as well haVe been named as Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil oreater, and: Mr. Dickson, who was concerned in the late NOrwich election petition.' Mr. Culpepper repre sented the latter gentleman, and' Mr. Craven Berkeley, M.P., was the friend of Colonel Forester. The affair was amicably settled, as stated by our contemporary, and a document was - signed which .was doubtless satis factory to principals and friends.—Herald. MonE CLOSING OF GRA.VEYARDS.—From the follow ing cbrnmunication, which heal been received -by the parochial -authorities of St. Mary, Islington, it will be seen that two graveyards in that parish •are among the many burial-grounds designated for closing by the Home Secretary of State :—" Whitehall, March 17.—Sir,---In compliance with the provisions of an act made and passed in :the 15th and 16th year of her Majesty's reign, entitled 'An Act to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in the metropolis,' I hereby give you notice, by direction of Viscount Palmerston, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of- State, that it is his intention to represent to her Majesty in Council that, for the prOtec tion of the public health, burials in the Roman Catholic Burial-ground of. St. John the Evangelist, and in the New Bunhill-fields Burying-ground, in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, should be discontinued after the 31st of December next.—l am, &c., H. WADDINGTON.-4. Layton, E5q.,... Vestry-clerk of St. Mary, Ishngton. TitE . NEW STEAM DOCKYARD AT KEYHAM..—It is said that the works of this great national establishment is so far advanced that the contractor will be prepared to de liver up the whole of the southern portion to the Govern ment completed by Midsummer, and that the shops and smithery will he put in operation immediately afterwards. THE CONSERVATIVE • LAND SOCIETY.—The seventh purchase of land for allotment amongst the members of this society has just been made in the West Riding of , Yorkshire, at Leeds, close to the railroad, on the River Aire, on the Kirkatall and Bradford road. • ~ a 13111.5.r.5. "1' MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated .at 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on specula tion. The market was tame but steady, at pre vious rates. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to Bd. x 500 Surat at aid. to 4id ; and 200 Sea , island, at ls. Bd. to 2s. Bd. per, b. , Railway Shares were again lower. The Railway meetings announced are the fol lowing Place. Bourdeaux and C e tt e (i n liv.itiat ion) Claimant's Date. IVreeting Mar. 21, London Tavern. Caledonian Irish South-Eastern Lane. & Preston Junction Mar. 21, Lancaster. Llynvi Valley . . Londonderry & Coleriine Manch. Sheff. & Lineolnsh. Apr. 13, Machester. Maria Antonia ........... Mar. 22, London Tavern. Shrewsbury & Birmingham Mar. 26, Wolverhampton. Shrewsbury and Chester Mar. 31, Chester. Shropshire Union. The evasion of promises held forth in the victual ling scales of emigrant ships is exposed in the fol lowing extract of a private letter from Mel bourne : " After a long and tedious voyage of sixteen weeks and a half, we have arrived at last here. We came on shore last Wednesday, and pitched the tent in a place attached by Government for emigrants, about half-an hour's walk from the town. On the whole,- we had a nice voyage with but one or two squalls, but a very tiresome one, and I would not spend another such a four months on board a ship for anything. At the line it was most tremendously hot ; we could do nothing but he about the decks panting with the heat ; after that, as we drew near the Cape, it became much colder, and we were forced to rest below all day for the cold and wet, and not, till nearly within sight of Australia did it become any finer and warmer. All the - time we had to do most dirty work, wash-up dinner things and tea things, prepare meals for cooking, and scrub the lower deck and cabin, pump water for ourselves, &c., till I was sick to death of the ship and all in it. ,None of us expected to have to do all the dirty work that we had. They , even wanted us to go down into the hold by gangs of a dozen each, and draw the water for our selves-from the casks in the hold, saying the sailors had not agreed to do that, and they had not enough of hands, &c.; however, we refused to do it, ' and so they were forced. We had, also, a great deal of uproar and discus sion about putting into the Cope for water, as they feared they had not enough to carry us on to Australia ; however, they found that they had enough, and ado that was settled after a great deal *1 quarrelling. The pas sengers then began to , grumble that they had not sufficient weight in the things served out, and having some scales on board they weighed them and found them wanting; however, as their , weights were as liable to be 'wrong as the shit) weights, they were forced to gtve in and take the quantity served out, after several corn 'plaints to the captain, who stood, of course, by his ser vants. After some'time; cheese was done with, and we 'Were_ obliged to _ go without ; after a little' more time butter was done, and that too, the greatest luxury ox board, we were obliged to dispense with, and received no - equivalent for it or the cheese either. Such was the stock of previsions for 22 weeks ; and had we . been another fortnight on board, I have no doubt we . would have been without everything else. As to the quality, at first it was-very good, but afterwards very bad indeed —the biscuits especially being all over dust and cobwebs when served ont, and large maggots inside, with we i vels, of which we eat hundreds, I have no doubt, before suspeCting that there were such things in them. ; The beef was very bad, and tough. - I never could manage it, although my teeth are not bad. The pork alio was dreadfully salt and fatty ; none liked it, and I could not eat a bit' of it. The preserved' meat and bouilli ; were better, the best things in fact on board. The flotit was good at first, and then was bad and sour ; however, we made tolerable bread of it. The rest of the things were also tolerable, andso we made up with 'them what we wanted with the others. As for this town at present it is a very- scattered place, with a great many wooden houses. The streets are wide, and will be fine ones when more houses are built and the population increases ; at present it, has the appearance of 'some straggling large village in England that is just beginning to grow into a town, with building in every direction. Everywhere 4 •Gold purchased here' meets your eye as you walk upi and down. the streets and everything is most exorbitantly dear. Bread is is. to 2s. 6d. the 41b. loaf, milk ls. per quart.; meat is cheaper, as also tea, sugar, and coffee, though far above, the usual price ranging here. toots and shoes ace enormous ; shoes none under 17s. per pair; boots, 31. 10s. per pair. For a straw _ hat like t hi ne , they ask 255., and other things in proporti on . For clerks and. Such like to come here in expectation of get ting a, place, is a great mistake ; there is as great aldiffi 'culty in getting those places here as in London. Imfact, at present, for those who have no trade to rely on, there is the greatest difficulty in getting a place. Some that came' over with us, carpenters and other trades, blacksmiths especially, are well paid, and tailors also all this makes me wish I knew a trade. Some of my fellow-passengers have gone for shepherds, &c. —one, paralysed man, and have agreed for 351. per year, board and rations ; so that if every thing else fails, I can-take to that. I shall get nothing in the town, and, at the present prices, if I should stop here any longer I should spend all my money." The steamer Arabia brings late accounts from New York, Canada, &c. The business reports are duller from most parts of the United States,' and money was tighter, principally among the stock speculators, the result being a considerable fall in some of the " fancy " securities. This is a salutary change, however, since it will tend to check speculation, the exports from this country to America having, since January, been large. The Americans, however, have ample means to meet their liabilities, and there will be no doubt a good trade this year at fair profits to all 'con cerned, California absorbing a good deal. The steamer has 250,000 dollars in specie on board. Cotton was rather cheaper, and provisions were tending downwards. In freights there was very little alteration. A conflagration at New Orleans had consumed 18,000 bales of cotton. There has been a very agitated market for 113E0 securities in consequence of the news from Turkey, and the evident importance attached to the' subject by government, seeing that a Cabinet Council was held yesterday. The opinion in the city is that an amicable settlement will yet be brought about, but that 'Turkey is steadily losing ground, and will re quire the united and vigorous support of both Eng land and France to keep, her up as a nation. Consols have been done as low as 99 for Money, and at 99#. They are now 99i f. The Account prices have ranged from 994 to 4, and at present are 99# 4. South Sea Stock is worth 109#, and a bargain has been effected in; the 3 per Cent. Annuities of 1726 at 981. Exchequer Bills, dated June, are 9s. to 135., and those of March 10s. premium. The foreign market has been also materially affected by the news. Peruvian Scrip has declined to 3 to 3i premium, and Mexican to 251 4. Chilian 6 per Cents. after being as high as 107 have receded to 105 k. Buenos Ayres Bonds have been at 618. Brazilian 44 per Cents. at 98. Austrian Bonds are quoted 98, and Dutch Four per Cents. 981. Rus sian Five per Cents, have been 116 to 1174, being a fall of 2to 3 per cent. Sardinian have dropped from 971 to 95. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., which were 67i on Friday, are now 644. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 24 to decline of 4 to 1 ; and the Certificate is only atl. The Gold Mine Market is depressed, and the re action is about on some of the 1/. Australian shares, the Californian being likewise rather weaker. The Land Companies' shares have given way again—the Agricultural about 11. to 21., the South Australian 21., the Peel River 4to and the British American Land 21. ;The Joint Stock Bank shares have - been duller, but with no pressure of sales. The Railway Share Market has been down about to 1 per cent. for the principal English lines— North-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South- Western, and Caledonian being most dealt in. The French shares are all worse. Northern are down about 11.; Lyons, 11. to 255.; and Sambre and Meuse, mur, and the others proportionably. • BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom , the Of List.) * Business done. 3 per Cent.. Consols Annuities ' 99)1 9 iig 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities, 1726 South Sea Stock , , mg Consols .for Account .13th April ' 994 i A i 3 Exeb,ecruer Bills, lid. June. Mar ch. £1000 £5OO . ............... . Small ......................... . ...... ... .. i 914 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS 'THIS DAY. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent......., 9B BrazOian Bonds, 5 per Cont. DittO New, 1852, 43 per Cent 9B Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ' 6l Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO7 5# Ditto, 3 per Cent B2ll 13 Danish 3 per Cent Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent.. Ditto for the Account . Peruvian Scrip .• • . 6. WI.. SOO 11, • ell 313 3 p Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ll6 17 Ditto, 43 per cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 4 )1 5 Spanish - Bonds, 3 per Cant ... ... . Spanish New D e f erre d, 3 per Cent 24 i 4 Spanish Passive (Converted) 5 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7 i P a Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 • 1 p • French Re n t es, 3 Venezuela Bonds 33per Cent. 383 9 Ditto Deferred,per Cent 1 per Cent ls ls 79f 78f 75 0 Ex. 25 Dutch Exchange 23 per Cent 6 ,4 • Ditto 4 p er C en t. C er tifi ca t es ... 98i i THREE O'CLOCK. • Consols • 901 Ditto April Account -tu. :. J G. THE uNtriED STATES: (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21. By the Arabia, which arrived in Liverpool at six o'clock this morning, we have dates from New York to the 9th March. The Senate has confirmed the new Cabinet :—• Governor,garcy,. S late,; utkisita, Treasury 4 Mr. M'Clelland, Interior - ; Mr. Davis, War ; Mr. Dobbin, Navy ; Mr. Campbell, Postmaster ; Mr. Cushing, Attorney-General. Their affirmation of the Monroe doctrine min the President's inaugural address excites much remark and some apprehen sion of difficulty. The Inteniational Copyright Treaty is 'before the Senate. Senator Clayton has called for papers relating to the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty, Honduras, eiTc. The United States ship Vandalise has ailed on the Japan expedition. The people of Nicaragua have threatened to de stroy an American steamer because she monopolises the transit trade. Eight emigrants have been killed in a railroad collision near Lewistown. A terrible fire has occurred at New Orleans, which destroyed cotton worth $BOO,OOO. Several negroes perished. The Baltic arrived on the 6th. Tampico has pronounced in favour of the ieturn of Santa Anna 'to Mexico. The Arabia brought 56 passengers, and $215,000, 200,000 of which were for Havre. MARKETS. is certainly tighter and higher—say from 8 to 9 per cent., owing to a kind of quasi-panic, arising out of the miscalculation and imprudence of one or two banks ; stocks are therefore agitated and declining. The bank that chiefly made the difficulty has been aided. Sterling Exchange flat, at 1091 to 110. Stocks rather declining. Cotton quite dull, holders not pressing 0:). the market ; sales small. Average of middling 110. Flour hai dropped 12c., owing (to the Baltic's news, and very heavy. No other change. Freights dull and low. Cotton feverish at New Orleans. Middling, Bic. to 81c. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, mAncn 21 ) 1853. .13ANKRuptor COURT—{THIS DA T.) (Before Mr. Coicamissioner Holroyd.) IN RE GIBSON.-THE ST. ALBAN'S BANS.-IMPORTANT JUDGMENT AS TO PROTECTION AFTER REFUSAL OF CER- TIPICITE. ' His Honour this day delivered judgment on the very important question whether the Court had power to grant protection after the certificate had been wholly re fused. This bankrupt, it will be remembered—the ar gumenta having been recently published—had carried on business as an attorney and• a banker at St. Alban's, in partnership with a person named Sturt, who waB also made bankrupt. The present judgment was given on an application, by way of petition, for his Honour to grant protection, or to recal or reverse the certificate. His Honour said that he ,had most carefully:considered the different clauses of the Bankruptcy Law Consolida tion Act bearing on the point, and could only come to the conclusion that he could not nor ought not to grant the application. His Honour referred to the 112th, 162 d, 196th, 207th,. 257th, and 259th clauses—bnt more par ticularly to the 257th section, and the cases of Cowgill, 16, '2 B, 246, and Stanton, 1 bankruptcy, rep. 7. His Honour said that the bankrupt had gone over to Boulogne, out of the jurisdiction of this Court, and still remained there, consequently he had avoided the clause which had been inserted for the purpose of punishment ; it would be most mischievous to grant protection in such a case, and he was also bound to say that the petition must be dismissed with costs. Petition dismissed accordingly. MARLBOROUGH -STREET-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY.--Mary Kennedy, a well-dressed woman, was placed At the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a pound weight of bacon, value Bd., the property of Mr. George Tickell, cheesemonger, 54, Broad-street, Golden-square. Prosecutor stated that about twelve o'clock on Satur day night he was on a pair of steps, near his shop door, taking down a side of bacon, when he saw the prisoner take up the piece of bacon produced, and put it under her shawl. Just as she was walking off, he got down from the steps and went after her, and asked her to give hill; the bacon she had taken from his shop. She then pulled the piece of bacon from under her shawl and threw it oh the counter. He then sent for a constable, and gave her in chdrge. In defence, the prisoner said she took the baCon with the intention of having it weighed in the shop, and while she was waiting the prosecutor taxed her with stealing the bacon, and gave her in charge. Mr. Bingham remanded her till Wednesday next. THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The Isabel screw steamer is expected to start early in this weekfor Behring's Strait, affording an opportunity of alniost certain communication with Captain Maguire in the Plover, and with the Rattlesnake, and a not im probable one with Captain CoHi nson an d Captain Maclure, should they, by failure in the course to which their ships were directed, or by any other necessity, have been forced into the more northern region where the missing ships of Franklin are to be looked for. The ultimate object with which the present expedition has been equipped by the renewed exertions of Lady Franklin (and—as it is well understood, at the cost also of con tinued privations on her part)—is the search of the re gion lying to the north of Behring Strait. It is well known that no ship has yet entered this northern region, at the entrance only of which the Plover is lying as a depot, without the power to advance a step into it, and yet it it is within -this region that the expedition of Sir John Franklin is probably lying, helpless to effect its own extrication. It is evident, therefore, that the mission of the Isabel is one of unusual importance to the search for the missing expedition, and deeply as we regret that it has been left to an individual to carry out an object of which the necessity is so ob vious, yet we may congratulate Lady Franklin on her possession of a vessel admirably suited to the purpose as was proved in the late voyage of the Isabel to Baffin's Bay, and in having secured in Mr. Kennedy a commander 'who has already proved himself worthy of the trust reposed in him. 'lt is to be regretted that Mr. Kennedy cannot be accompanied by his former friend and companion, the young French Lieutenant Bellot, especially as it is said that the zeal of that officer is as warm as ever in the Arctic cause, and that nothing but the force of circumstances beyond his con trol prevents him from again joining in the search. DINNER TO SIR GEORGE GREY, BART.—The Liberal party in Northumberltnd have invited Sir G. Grey, Bart., M.P., to a grand banquet at Alnwick. The right hon. gentleman has accepted the invitation, and Monday next, the 28th inst., has been fixed for the meeting. THE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT CLIFTON. —An inquest was held on Friday before Mr. B. Grindon, the coroner, upon the bodies of Isaac Tucker and his two daughters, Mary Jane and Caroline. After hearing the evidence brought forward, the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." It seems that the man was an affectionate and kind father, and lived on friendly terms with all about him. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT, SAUNDEREL—The extreme sentence of the law passed upon Saunders for the mur der of Mr. Toiler, on the road to Romford, will be carried into effect in front of Sprinfield Gaol, Chelms ford, at twelve o'clock at noon on Wednesday next, the 23d inst. All the attempts to set aside the capital sen tence, on the ground of insanity, have failed. WILL OF THE LATE JOEL EMANUEL.—The will of the late Joel Emanuel, of Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, London, has been proved during the past week at Doc tors' Commons. Mr. Emanuel was considered one of the most wealthy members of the Jewish persuasion in England. He has left the great bulk of his real and personal property amongst the members of his family, but has bequeathed several sums in. charity, amongst others the sum of 191. 19s. to each of the following insti tutions, viz. :—The Jewish Synagogue, at Steenhart, in Bavaria • the Jewish Synagogue, at Duke's-place, Lon don ; the Jewish Hospital, at Mile-end ; the Jewish Female School, at Bell-square, Spitalfields ; the Jewish Infant-Orphan School, at Tenter-ground, Goodman 's fields ; the London Hospital ; and the Hebrew College, at Smith's-buildings, Leadenhall-street. The personal property has been sworn under 80,0001„ which sum is exclusive of the very extensive freehold estates of the deceased. The will is of considerable length, and is witnessed by Mr. Dodd, of Broad-street, solicitor, and his clerk. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, shortly after 7 o'clock, One of the labourers employed at the Whitehouse Luna tic Asylum, Cambridge-heath - road , Bethnal-green, discovered the body of a gentleman, which was lying face downwards in a garden attached to the asylum. The earth near the spot was not much disturbed, but there were three distinct pools of blood, which had evi dently flowed from a most extensive wound in b fr u o t ntof the deceased's neck. In the ri g ht hand was a whit e very ivory-handled razor, apparently quite ne be smeared with blood. The deemed, who was appa r ently about 55 years of aguwooltoeuawist and was respec tably dressed rtout coat, black v es t in a puce -c red and trousers. His linen was marked with the letters M . L." There was extensivesupposed t ohavebruise Ae been ns n i letkah caused soec f d r k o eb n i t . of his head, which is his fall in climbing over the pailings. handkerchief was the only article found in the possession of the deceased, whose body now aw a it s an inquest the workhouse of St. Matthew's, Bethnal-green. in NEW BILL TO AMEND THE LAW ON COMBINATION OF WORKMEN.—On Saturday was printed Mr. Drummond and Mr. Thomas Duncombe's bill to amend and explain the law relating to co m bi nat i on of workmen. The ob ject of the bill is th a t mas t ers, employers,* other persons wh o s h a ll enter into any co wo mbi kn nat l i e o n n , to advance, or to lower, or to fix the rate of their wages, or to lessen or alt er th e h ours or duration of the time of their working, or to peaceably persuade or induce others to abstain from work in order to obtain the rate of wages or the altered hOurs of labour so fixed or agreed upon, shall not be deemed to be guilty of "molestation" or " obstruction " within the meaning of the act, and liable indictment or not the re f ore b e su bj ect or to any or prosecution for, conspiracy, LtEit MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This renowned Theatre is to opal. This is a fact. A project, which promises the best, is on foot for the commencement of a new season. Several spirited indi viduals, among whom may be reckoned Mr. Puzzi (so well known as connected with her Majesty's Theatre for so many years), Messrs. Robinson and Nugent (offi cials. eonnectelmitluthe. establishment for-very long pe riods), and others, men- of capital, and parties interested, have made an offer, b? means 'of- which, and with the concurrence and substantial aid of the numerous body of Box-Proprietors, the great result will be accomplished, and the old opera still be secured to the public. All that is wanting for success to this new measure is mutual for bearance for a short space ; as a company is formed and ready, an orchestra engaged, intended operations di gested, and all the details of the scheme already'placed on solid foundations. We should think that the owners of the Theatre and the Proprietors of Boxes would not be so lost to their own interests, as, by apathy or want of courage, to interpose any difficulty, and not to throw over the whole design, the spirit and protection of their guarantee. Mr. Puzzi, so well known in the musical circles of London, and whose aid as medium between the artistic world and its aristocratic patrons is so inva lu%ble, is to be the principal of the new body of ma nagers. Union at this juncture, concert and good under standing, forbearance for . a certain period, and the pro per encouraging guarantees, even the distinct impressions of self-interest, are all that is wanting to render pro sperity certain. Remembering the vast body dependant on the Theatre, it would be pitiable, indeed, should a more than temporary and retrievable difficulty befal it. IMPORTS ANP EXPORTS OF GOLD. The imports of the precious metals this week have again been very heavy, owing to the continued influx of Australian gold.. Our list includes —by the Falcon, from Sydney, 14;655 ounces of gold ; by the Sydney steamer, from Australia, 175,790 ounces of gold ; by the screw-steamer Alps, from New York, 200,000 dollars ; by the City of Manchester, from Philadelphia, 15,000 dollars ; by the Iberia, from Lisbon, 1,600/. ; and by the TeViot, from the Brazils, three boxes of gold, and a case of old silver (besides nine packages of diamonds), the value of which was not stated in the manifest. The total value of these imports may be stated at fully 810,0001., nearly the entire of which is in gold. The custom-house account of the shipments of the pre cious metals direct from London, during the week ending Thursday last, is as follows :—Gold coin—To Belgium, 9,400 ounces ; to Hamburgh, 1,840 ounces ; to Dunkirk, 4,000 ounces. Gold bark—To Hamburgh, ' 2,500 ounces ; to. Boulogne, 4,000 ounces. Silver coin—To Boulogne, 700 ounces. Silver bars--To Boulogne, 3,100 ounces. This gives a total of 21,740 ounces of gold, and 3,800 ounces of silver—representing an aggre gate value of nearly 85,0001. We are also advised of the undermentioned shipments, viz.:—By the Lady Jocelyn, 29,773/., chiefly for Cal cutta ; by the Magdalena, for the West Indies, 1;336/. in specie, besides 1,900/. worth of jewellery ; by the Marco Pblo, for Melbourne, 76,7501. in specie ; by the Euphemus ' for Geelong and Port Philip, 20,000/. ; and by the Sir Henry Hardinge, for Port Philip and Sydney, 30,0001. The Ripon, which will leave SouthAmpton to-morrow for Alexandria, will carry out specie and bullion to the value of 242,9201., of which 30,0001. is in gold, and 212;920/. in silver, forming a large pro portion of th e l a te arri va l s of silver from the West Indies. The destination of this large sum is as follows : for Ceylon, gold, 1,0001. ; for Bombay, silver, 124,0301. ; for Madras, silver, 8,8901., and gold, 5,0001. ; for Cal cutta, silver 80,000/. ; for Alexandria, gold, 24,000 1 . The total. shipments from the kingdom for the week are thus raised to 485,0001., and the excess of imports over exports is consequently about 325,0001. The large shipments of silver to 'the east, it should be remembered, have' no effect upon the balance sheet of , the Bank of England, as this silver merely passes through the London market like any other mercantile commodity. The result of our statement is, that the movement of the precious metals is at present decidedly in our favour, a result . which cannot fail to have an effect upon future returns of the Bank. Next week there will be further ship ments of gold to the continent. On the other hand, we continue to notice the favourable feature of a falling off in the demand for coin for Australia. CANTERBURY ELECTION. (From the Weekly Dispatch.) The House of Commons, on Monday night, on the motion of Mr. Ker Seymer (chairman of the committee appointed to try the merits of the Canterbury petition, which set forth that bribery and treating prevailed toa great extent at the last election), agreed to an address for a commission to inquire into the state of the borough. From time immemorial bribery and treating have pre vailed to an enormous extent in the ancient metropo litan city ; and this species of corruption the not been confined to the Tory party, since what is called Liberal interest has done its best to win the elections by the same dirty and dishonourable means. The late Earl Darnley, when Lord Cl i ft on , was plu c ked as clean as a pigeon by his " de ar f r i en d s ," an d a t length found himself obliged to retire from the repre sentation. Viscount Fordwich abandoned the repre sentation on similar grounds. The late Hon. R. Watson, brother to the late Lord Sondes, notwith standing the long purse of the latter (a good-natured benevolent nobleman), felt himself com p e ll e d t o cut t h e Liberals, after thanking them for their support. Those individuals were all professed Reformers. It is impos sible to form a notion of the amount of money spent by I the Tory Mr. Lushington, but he or the Treasury must h ave squandered thousands in order to maintain his seat. In fact, there has not been a Tory representative for twenty years past who has not been obliged to bleed freely. It may be as well to look back to past elections. In the general election of 1832 (December), the Hon. Richard - Watson and Viscount Fordwich were returned. The former polled 834, and the latter 802 votes. One John Tom, calling himself Sir William Cotirtenay, a maniac, at this electi on , po l led 375 votes. At the general election in 1835 (January), Lord Albert Conyng ham and Mr. Frederick Villiers were returned. The former polled 755 votes, and the latter 660. Mr. Lushington was a candidate on the occasion, and se cured 658 votes ; and, on petition, Mr. Lushington was seated, Mr. Villiers having been declared unduly elected. At the general election in August, 1837, one Bradshaw, a Conservative, and Lord Albert Conyngham were returned ; the former polled 761, and the latter 755 votee. There were two other candidates at this election—H. P. Gipps, a Conservative, and Frederick Villiers, a Liberal : the former. received 751 votes, and the latter 698. In February, 1841, Lord Conyngham, on the ground of ill health, but, in truth, because he had been alarmingly fleeced, accepted the Chiltern Hun dreds, and the Hon. G. Smythe was returned. There were two other candidates, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Twisden Hodges. Mr. Wilson, a Liberal, was so terribly plun dered that he quitted the 'city in disgust. On the death of Mr. _Bradshaw, in March, 1847, Lord Albert Conyng ham was again returned ; and at the general election, on the 9th of August following, Lord Albert Conyngham and Mr. Smythe were returned : the former polled 808, and the latter 782 votes. There were two other candi dates--Mr. Vance, a Conservative, and Lord Clinton, of the same way of thinking. These two unsuccessful candi dates polled, the former 643, and the latter 641 votes. Lord Conyngham behaven like a trump on this occa sion. He came " down with the dust," "like a man. In February, 1850, Lord Albert accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, on becoming Lord Londesborough, and Lieut.-Col. Romilly was elected in his stead. With the last election, which gave rise to the recent inquiry, our readers are familiar ; the candidates were Sir William Somerville, Colonel Romilly, and Messrs. Gipps an d Johnstone ; the latter have been unseated on the score of bribery through the agency of others, and a very pretty exposure has taken place. The commission will consist of W. F. Slade, T. C. Anstey, and W. Burcham, Esqrs., and we had hoped the inquiry would have gone back to the general election, in 1841, because the parties who took a prominent part on that occasion and subsequently, have not, to our own knowledge, died out, nor has their residence been Unfortunately, election. however th e inquiry must There i s a Cl ause in the act of stopst u a rb t etdh.e last Parliament, passed by the L ords, rendering it oblige, tory on the , part of the C omm i ss i oners, to confine the inquiry -to that particular period, because the previous election, when C o l onel Romilly was re turned without opposition, was " pure one." A pure election at Canterbury ! Was ever such a thing known ? We could name parties who never move without being paid for their services ; and we know that claims for enormous sums of money sent in to Mr. Wilson for the honour of being a candidate only, were from persons who walk with a pretty high head at Canterbury. There was some bustling conversation in the lobby of the House of Commons last night on the matter of the peti tion, and the following list of persons who can give in formation as to the means by which election matters are conducted was handed to Mr. Anstey LIBERALS. TORIES. Alderman Cooper. Mr. Pout. Mr. G. Cooper. , Mr. Holthum. Alderman Masters. Mr. Edward Southee. Alderman Brent. Mr. Goodwin. Mr. Rutter. Mr. Ward, Mr. Claris. Mr. Williamson. Mr. T. L. Burch. Mr. E. Homersham, Mr. Welby. Mr. G. Smith. Mr. C. Sharpe. Mr. Dombrain. Mr. A. Engeham. The inquiry will be of a most severe character ; and the evidence will be published as soon after the commission closes its labours as possible. The object of the inquiry is not to disfranchise the city. It has no aim of that kind in view ; but to furnish such data to the House as shall enable it to correct an evil which has taken deep root in Canterbury as in almost every other borough in England. THE WEATHER IN IRELAND.—The unseasonable state of the weather is almost the general topic of the day. The snow which ceased falling yesterday evening, has been succeeded by an intense frost, and all appear ances of the spring season have completely vanished under its blighting influence. The severity of the wea ther is generally complained of in the provincial popers, and agricultural operations have been again, in many districts, completely suspended. There is now scarcely a doubt but that the ensuinc , will be one of the latest harvests of the last quarter of a century. Such a con tinuous run of disastrous weather, commencing at the close of last autumn and lasting up to this, the second spring month, is almost without parallel: even in this variable-climate. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country marel on Saturday were ha moderately supplied with wheat, in which only a limit ed business was transacted, on somewhat easier terms. Fine barley realised full currencies ; but other kinds were a slow sale. The va l ue o f ma lt w a s well supported. In a ll other kinds of grain, including flour, very little vies doing. Most of the continental markets have been in a very inactive state. In pricey, however, no material change has taken place. The latest accounts from the United States are to the effect that flour was in fair request, at full currencies. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad we reed= 10,936 quarters of wheat, 2,410 barley, 3,864 oats, beans, 1,256 tares, 10,294 linseed, 3,499 rapeseed, 42 7 81 " 1- dry seeds, 9,202 sacks and 17,060 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day from Essex and Kent the arrivals (f wheat were on a very moderate scale, and in but middli n g condition. From the east coast the supply was limited , but we had a fair sprinkling of red qualities from the mid land counties per railway. Notwithstanding that the s hoal. of samples was by no means extensive, the demands for all kinds, owing to the comparatively small number of buy ers in attendance, and the continuous imports of foreign flou r ' was in a very inactive state. In the general quotations, however, no change took place, although damp Par e t were in some,instances offering on easier terms, to save " murrage. For forward delivery very few transactions took Owe. Some of the growers were less firm in their demands. With foreign wheat, we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied. Good heavy qualities sold at last week's currency. In all other kinds, very little vree doing, at barely late rates. Since our last, a larger business has been doing in & at ' ing cargoes off Falmouth; although the arrivals have bee n large. The show of both English and foreign barley was veil moderate. Selected malting parcels changed hands at Pr e ' vious rates. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slow l y on former terms. • Rather a large quantity of malt was brought forward ~t iii yet a steady business was transacted in moat kinds, at 1 prices. There was a moderate sale for good fresh oats, at ful l currencies. In other kinds, comparatively little was doing' Very few English beans were brought forward, but PI supply of foreign was good. The trade was in a slugs' state, on former terms. TEAS—The supply of which was limited—sold slowly, s t late figures. The demand for all kinds of flour was heavy, a nd ' tations were barely supported CURRENCY PER IM] Wheat—Essex & Rent, Red new 42s to 48s Ditto •• • • ........ old 50s 548 ottto, White new 448 541 Ditto.. • • .... old 49. 60s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 475 535 Ditto new ••• • .. 37s 47s Rye—Old •••••• •• • • • • 298 Its MEASURE: iMalt--Chevalier 61$ 10 6$ 'Oats Yorkshire and Linoolnsk., Feed 16$ 40 Potato ... :.. .... 211 Youghal and Cork of Black. ...... 16s 1, 5 Cork, White ..... 161 Scotch, Feed 2 11 L . ; Beans—Tick 34s Pigeons ...... ...." 36. 4. " Peas—Grey ale 30. Maple . ..... 33s 34 2 White ....... 36 Boilers • 381 c. , Flour—Town-made..• 4 I Suffolk 325 R 7, Stockta & Norfolk 325 ' New .••• • • • • 29s • 32s Carley—Grinding .•• .• 281 30s Malting .•••• .. .. 31e 34- Chevalier. •.. . 35s 39s Ifalt—Suffolk and Nor folk • • • • • • • • . 54s 38s Brown .•••• • • .. 46s iis Kingston and Ware 57s 60s SMITHFIELD. During the last week, the imports of foreign le, into the London were seasonably good—the total arrilTi amounting to 2,488 head. During the same period ; , ari a, 1852 they .amounted to 1,726 ; in 1851, 2,124 ; 1 11 I ' l ' - 1,920; in 1849, 1,944 ; and in 1848, 898 head. IMPORTS fl TO LONDON LIST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. r i g!. Ostend ... 224 ... ... Harlingen 436 33 •• Antwerp Rotterdam 179 ... 1,216 ... 241 ••• -, ..-- T0ta1.... 615 ... 1,577 ... ... 296 • The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :--" Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. FLO 1852 237 ... 1,205 ... ... 184 .•• 1 1851 466 ... 1,395 ... ... 219 —• ..... 1850 579 ... 966 ... ... 193 • ~.... 1849 351 ... 1,433 ... -- 1848 160 131 To-day's market was but moderately supplied '6.0 1 1 1 , foreign stock, the general quality of which was iafelfk-. There was a decided falling off in the arrivals of hon3e' ve , beasts fresh up this morning, and their was no imPTO IId ment in their weight. The attendance of both tool country butchers being large, the beef trade ruled bi? at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday lac quite 2d per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected 4 1 . 1 , 1 0 out difficulty. The primest Scots sold readily at per lbs . Fr B om . Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshi r e of received 1,400 Scots and short h orns ; from other par England, 600 Herefords, runts, Devon,s, short horns, r o . and from Scotland, 640 horned and polled Scots- 11 , 1 the mainder of the supply was derived from abroad, an d neighbourhood of the metropolis. We were again very scantily supplied with all braefilli...ol sheep • hence the sale for th at description of stee.t 2,1 very irm, at a further rise in the currencies of (pu_ n ie d per 8 1 bs. The primest old Downs, in the wool , , 5s 4d, in some instances 5s 6d per 8lbs; out of the gt 4s 4d per 81bs, at which the whole changed handLi e rs least one-fourth of the sheep were shorn, but coSng generally gave the preference to those'in the wool, ev — - to the unusually high price of skins. 4( 1 The few Dorset lambs ih the market sold at front to 6s per 81bs. Prime small calves sold steadily, at a slight advanee• ili the quotations ; otherwise, the veal trade was in a sluOr state. Pigs, the supply of which was moderate, sold at flin quotations.• Per Blbs to sink the •ffata. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...3 0 to 3 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 3 10 Primo Scots, dm. 4 0 4 2 Inferior sheep ...4 0. 4 2 Second quality ...4 4 4 8 Primo crse.-wlled.4 10 5 0 s. d. 0. d. Prime Southdovin 5 2 5 2 L arge crse. calves 3 4 P r i m e small do ...4 4 4 8 La rg e hogs ......... 2 10 3 Sm a ll porkers ...... 3 6 4 0 Suckling calves 21 0 25 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 11 FOREIGN .81TITLY. 7n4 Beast .................... . 0 Sheep .................... . 1 5 5 Calves ..................... TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep 17,030 Calves 192 Pigs 220 Pigs ........................ fat A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices 0- ca stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Mar ket Monday, March 22, 1852, and this day, Monday, Ma rch 1851 , Per_Blbs, to sink the offals. 1853 March 22, 1852. Mar. 2l 0 d, 2 d Coarse and inferior beasts 2i to .. d 6. 3 4 s' d dt °l 6 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 3 Prime large oxen 3 2 2 4 3 8 4 Prime Scots, dr.c 8 6 3 8 4 0 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 2 8 210 4 0 , Second qualify ditto . . ... 3 0 2 6 4 4 ; Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 3 8 3104 1 0 Prime Southdown ditto 4 0 4 4 5 2. . Large coarse calves ... 3 4 310 3 4 8 Prime small ditto ... 4 0 4 6 4 4 g 3 Large hogs Neat small porkers 2 6 3 6210 4 0 3 -8 _3lO 3 6 4,04 8 .‘,•;;i 0 Sheep ... 17,' • 23,070 1 9 Calves... ... • ...155 2 2 0 SUPPLIES ON SAL E , M arc h 24 , 1851.—Beasts, 3,692 ; b -ee 18,270; calves, 119; pigs, 310. 10S; March 25,1550. —B eas t s, 3 , 395 ; s h eep, 22 , 050 ; ca lve^s , pigs, 184. NEWCIATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of country-killed meat continue gw - t i l e those slaughtered in the metropolis but moderate. v i ; i ing whole, a full average business is doing, on the folio terms : Per Blbs by the carcase. (1 , s. d. s. d. 0. d• 3 I° ' 6 Beef, inferior 282 10 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 4 0 Do., middling 3 0 3 2 Do.,middling 3 8 A 6 Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime 4 2 " I . 4 Do., do. small —.3 4 3 6 Veal 2 8 ' 0 it 4 Pork, large 2 8 3 2 Pork, small 3 .. Most kinds of hops are BOROUGH in short supply, and fe l t re quest, at our quotations. Sussex hops to-day are deci l eo ; higher. Mid and East Kent pockets, 120 s fx2„„. per Weald of Kent, 112 s to 126 s ; Sussex, 105 s to 14 v" cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The receipts of home-grown potatoes have been t be limited since our last report ; but the imports from too continent have been on a liberal scale—viz., 913 tons 0 Rouen, 32 from Gravelines, 90 from H avre , 165 fr ° „„ Dunkirk, 30 from Calais, and 8 bags from Rotterd*;, The demand to-day is by no means brisk, as follow 0 ; 0. , York Regents, 115 s to 160 s per ton ; Lincolnshire ° 95s to 125 s ; foreign, 95s to 115 s. WOOL. „1 4 We continue to have a very firm market for all kir;' o ... English wool, the supply of which is limited, at full gl u t tions. Foreign and colonial qualities are dull in sale, 06 not lower. Last week's imports were 233 bales free , ' 0 Cape, 811 from Hobart Town , 12 from Dantzig, 81 fr°o 0 Trieste, 291 from Sydney , 26 from Antwerp, 244 f 2, Callao, 1,100 from Algoa Bay, 20 from L eg h o rn, 619 ,1. Melbourne, 117 from Wharupoa, and 452 from Odessa. SEEDS. The demand for linseed is in a very inactive state , 0 to the large arrivals, and prices have given way from So. 2s. per quarter. All other sorts are a dull inquirY• g 4 1 ° seed p a . n w d hi tp p e e - r c b a u k s e h s . are,s tolls c s a s rr . per ton ne 1 w 0w . e . r . .... 315: 11: Swede .......... 108 128 Coriander, new ...... 28 .-0 Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 8 109 Hem seed, per quarter . 8 , 6 0 0 White, new Tares,Winter, new .... 4 7 : 6°3 ss l o O d s Linseeerdu,shEinngiS.o.w..ing...••• i g 5 5 4 : Spring •••••••••• 6s Od 6s 6d Baltic ••• • • • ss Canary, per quarter • 38s 42s Odessa ••••• • • •' 4 sf Rye grass • • •..•• • • • 28s 34s Llnseedeake, pr. t01t — , 4 ,, 10 1 4 Clover, Red Eng (cwt.) 48s 63s English .•. 81 „. A ' : 10 1 White 464 66a Foreign, per ton 7 11 X: bi Foreign Red ...... 48 s 634 Rape Cakes, pr ton 5$ " White.... 46 5 649 Rapeseed, New, Pr Ist- 23 Trefoil, l°9 aew.. •• ...... 26s 30s TALLOW. tes bog! Our market h as assume d a fi rmer t one , and Pr' advanced , since M on d a y l as t f rom 8d t o 9(1 per evirt- 'i , 94' P./ .C. on the s p o t ; is selling at from 44s 6d to s' nd per and for d e li very during the last three months, 4 4 s 1, cwt. Town tall ow , 43 s 6d p er cw t., net cash; r oug 2s sid per Blbs 1849. ; 1840. 1851. 10 2 . .15,143 36g 01, to 3 6 s " 1,93 8 X1 '23 2 100, 796. 39s 94 45 64 0 44 6 0 4 2t • 84, 0 i 7e.• 79 , 4bo • stock this day ...... 26,944 33,147 ' 37,416 Price of Y. C. •" • j ,to 40s Od 00s Oct ' 4O i Od f 40s 3d 37s Od to 40s 6,1 to Delivery last week .. 1,311 2.226 1,014 i Ditto front Jane I .... 85, , 08 E 0,155 ! 81,172 Arrivals last week .. 55 , 9." Ditto from June 1.... 104,909 , 87,831 93,120 Price of Town .... •• I 43s Od j ' 39s 6d .4 is 6d .~~