The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, am! the Public, are respectfully informed, that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on Thurs day next, March 11, whin will be performed Donizetti's faTeurite Opera, LUCIA DI LA3I3IERMOOR. • Lucia, Mad. Caste llan (her third appearance this season) ; Enrico, Signor Coletti ; Bidebent, Signor Solari ; and Edgardo, Signor Fras chin! (his second appearance in this country). After which A DIVERTISSEMENT. To be followed by the last act of Donizetti's Opera, LA FAVORITA, Fernando, Signor Gardoni; Boldacci,Signor Bouchi; and Leonora, Mdlle. Sanchiolt. To conclude with the ailmired New and Original Grand Ballet, CORALLI; ou, LE CHEVALIER INCOITSTANT. Coralia, Millie. C. Rosati ; the Knight Huliebrand, 31. Paul Taglioni Squirt, M. Geuriet ; Bertha, Millie. Petit ; Page, Millie. Honore Duke, H. Gosselin ; Fralsou din, 31. Venefra; Fisherman, M. d Mattis HER 'MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, March 9, will be performed, the firs time this season, Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Castellan, her first appearance this season ; Edgardo Si gno r Fraschini, his first appearance in this country; Bidebent , Signor Solari ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the Ballet of CORALIA. Tke doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-pass Seven o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance sof the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. tinder the Direct on and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobility Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectililly in formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the first week in April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the Season, some of the established works ofeimaro , a, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbcer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Dont zetti, ilercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfect'on io every department ; to which intent the mane , ement has assemb'ed a Company embracing the greatest and most varied latent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANL—Madame Grist and Madame Persiani (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Aldlle. Stellanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap pearance in this country). CONTRALTI.—Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in:this country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. TENORl.—Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Lavia (of the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signor Talll (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Sigor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appear ance in this country.) PRIMI BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostiuo Revere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersbargh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame Antoinetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amalia Linari, Mademoiselle Luigina Soconde Tenore—Signor Emmanuele Slaw (of the Theatre San Carlo in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and oxperionood Singer' will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master — Signor Boncensiglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected In the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novello. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Faster ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danscuses will appear : —Premieres Danseuse—Mademoiselle Dumi latre (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Bertin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La Scala., Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grata' Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinande Croce, Monsieur Dellerier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mon3teur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitras des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader it the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dance— Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATI{ E.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has beex entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction amid after designs of M. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. I'onsonby. The Manazement has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Batten, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found improved, by a carriage way being formed immediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather; and by increased facilities fur ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box Office, Bow-street; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be pefformed the new Grand Opera, entitled MATIT,DA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani; Podiebrad, Mr. Harr!. son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Rainforth; Lillia, Miss It. Isaacs. To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled SPANISH GALL AN TR I ES. Principal chara :ters by MM. Croce, Adrien, Tell; Mdlles, Badcrna, Louise, Mehl, et. Louin, and Renard. THEATRE lIOTAL, U ider the Matugement of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. Tine; EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called TIIE SCHOOL FOE SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, llrindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss vortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey colds, &c. During the evening the Bang perform the Overture, " Lac •,7 • • " Plantagenet," " Rose," and ' Mien" Is:tuts; Waltz, •Lanner ; Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka." 1 e conclude A . vitit' the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISILLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil "%lights. Prine;pal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, lire. L. S. lit,ekinsham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia nennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING ... Will he performed the Drama, TO PAU EXTA AND GUARDIANS. Tn which Mr. anti Mrs. Healy will appear. - ---- - After which, the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Characters by _Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Keeley, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Turner. To conclude kith the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will Appear, supported by the whole talent of the Company. THEATItE ROYAL, ADELPIII. nder the direction of Madame Celeste TIIIS EVENING Will be perfo:med the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. enneuron! ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; N:adame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Gerahtne, Mrs. Yates; Melly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitz- To conelcde with the Drama of THE CABIN" BOY. Henri, Mr. Worrell ; Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; BaHandier, Mr. Muni and ; Lar gacette, Mr. P. BedfDrd ; Ju'len, Madame Celeste ; Jenny Lar•che, Miss Taylor. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lusseo an,' Manager. THIS EVENING Will ho performed the Comedy of THE MFRRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Niessrs. Granby, Ryder, Vin ing, Cowell, Walton, Compton, Miss Flower, Mrs. Stirling, Miss A. Romer, and Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, a Concert by the New Orleans ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. To lie tolloweet by the Comic Drama, called THE TWO RAIN. BOWS James Rainbow, Mr. (Irani y; Peter Rainb,w, Mr. Compton Caroline, Mrs. Hughes ; Matilda, Al iss Homier. To conclude with the new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE: SEVEN MAIDS OD' MUNI 111 ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Bertrand, Mr. Fisher ; D'Armincourt, Mr. Barker ; Bellejambe, Mr. Delavanti ; Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; (i rosilos, Mr. Compton; Bristle bach. Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. llonner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Flower, Rourke, Honner, liincks, Millar, L. Marshall, and Laporte; Uric!, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs Foshroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Conn die-Vaudevilleof MATHILDE ; on, La Jalousie. 31. Darbert, M. Lafont ; Mathilde, Mdlle. Fargueil. After which the favourite Van-leville. entitled LES DEUX BRI GADIERS. Rameandor, 11. Lafont; Francine. Mdlle. Fou' i ttet. To conclude with the Vaudeville of I. StEUR DE JOCRISSE. Jocrisse, Mon. A. Tonsoz ; Charlotte, Millie. Fouquet. Boxes, (is., Pit, 3s. 6d. Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. •floors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN gERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Ourmon, will have the honour of repeat ing 'heir Inimitable EN f ERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at Ilalf-past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take place every MONDAY MORNING during Lent. The Performances will commence, each day, at half-past Two o'clock. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other Members of the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sir Walter Scott's KENILWORTH ; or, The Golden Days of England's Elizabeth. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. The Royal Pa geant of Francis I. And the Performance of M. Pablo Fanque and his highly-trained Steed, (his first appearance in Loudon). To conclude wit:t THE ROYAL FOX-lIUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steed. Box•orice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at .ix an.l commence et half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broatifoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Domestic Drama (founded on the Novel of the same name), entitled LILLY DAWSON ; or, A Poor Girl's Story. Principal characters by Messrs. Lewis, Johnson, lleslop, Saville, Phelps. Fredericks, Webb, Neville, Miss Terrey, Mrs. Vining, and Mrs. Saville. After which, Messrs. ASHBY And HARDING will appear in a Scene from Donizetti's Opera of " The Elixir of Love." To coaclude with the Burletta, called NICHOLAS NICKLEBY; or, Doings at Do-the-llovs Hall. In which Messrs. !lesion, Johnson, Wilkinson, E. Stirling, Webb, Fredericks, Vining, Mrs. Williamson, ; Mrs, Saville, Miss Richardson, Miss Terrey, Miss Barham, Mrs. Daly, &c., will appear. Ilex-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, Is., Half price, 6d,;_ Pit, 6(1.; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes, _ . 1/. Is. and 10s. 6d. THIS EVENING Will be performed VIE GIPSY HORSE-STEALER; or, The Fortunes and Chances of War. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Forman, Howard, MiEs Vin cent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Pearce, &c. After which, THE M SGIC HARP OF ALTENBERG ; or, The Orate of the Old Abbey Ruins. In which Mr. Hicks and Miss Vin cent will pert orm. To conclude with THE HOUSE DOG ; or, Different Positions. CANDLEMAS MARKET I , NV ' LRNESS.— This market 7 0 a s e , i iltt. n d on Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday l as t. Th e did not possess such a busy appearance as on previous occasions. Still there was a good display of pottery, and of the manufactures of the tinsmith and cooper on the streets. Tarn, fine, ar o considerable gu t , and t. of food colour also, was displayed in only produced '24.. Theehoerisle m se ar a k t e id t, b a u s tt a e n r ti c c a i r p t a s te i d 'r , i , d , a a y s good, with a large aeman t d ir ; prices were hiLTh. A pair of fine horses brought 100/. ut;,;,ht horses from 25/. to 45/. ; garrons 10/. to M. lluttear h on t e, l9 2 s. cb t! 2 p 2s faid th in e g s i t r o o n n e l , 261 b.; and cheese 6s. to 7s. oe 3 r r o :s g t .3d. to is. 6d.; yarn 2 (1-v,,ir-eAR• D e L rcut.—.Tatnr ness Courier. --`V® understand LORD DUNDONALD'S that the secret official trial tgoasa,scienrtpaariicthjt, projecting shells o a r shot con tinuous evolution of intense jines.From this datafrom a tube, resulted on an average pounder shot to the distance of 7,000 yards. m g 25 B iX- It is clear that balls of greater diameter would far ex t e d the s range of common artillery . Another important adva e n e ag said to accrue—namely, that the continous rush during their emission would prove much less injurious to vessels project ing such missiles than the shock or recoil of single discharges. We learn that Lord Dundonald's ingredients produce an elastic emission, like that which would be evolved by kind ling the end of a hawser or cable formed of hard twisted gun cotton.—Hampshire Telegraph. W. B. Ferrand, Esq., has been appointed a deputy lieutenant for Yorkshire. Now ready, in ONE VOLUME (comprising as much matter as twenty ordinary volumes), illustrated with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c. 38s. bound. B URKE'S PEERAGE * and BARONETAGE, FOR 1647. NEW and REVISED EDITION ; Corrected throughout to he present time, from the personal com munications of the Nobility - , &c., and CONTAINING all the NEW CREATIONS. " The most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, ALlacu 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 42 BAROMETER, 30 05. WIND E.; dull and rainy in the morning: afternoon, fine MARCH 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34 ; Highest. 42 ; Noon, 4 BAROMETER, 30.18.—Wind N.N.W., cloudy. &TER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TILLS DAY. Venting .. 23 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 40 minutes after 5,1 • 4. lOC 1.014 “ip aiiik,,44l,:‘'' • , m'0'..i.."‘:„.,''',,711.,,,.*-zr84111140.,14'".,;:,' ' .! 1 4 r bitnil.Pl :7 ' Ail t 3 LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1847, Seeing that little reliance can be placed upon the promises of tranquillity which are occasionally given by the casual torpor of the Spanish Government, it is always advisable to keep an observant eye upon the movements of Peninsular parties. Whether the Mo derados are slinking down into obscurity, or the Afrancesados are resigning their protracted influence, or the Progressistas are abating in their exertions, or the Carlists are disappearing from the arenas of poi tical strife—be sure they are covertly mustering their forces and accumulating their strength for the ad - vent of some coming emergency. The quiescence of the circles of Madrid is as deceptive as the quiescence of the ocean when " cats' paws" are feathering up on the horizon. Long as ithas been the failing of English men to regard with indifference the machinations and the progress of Continental states, we are satisfied in latterly observing in our countrymen a disposition to scan the diverse mutations which are perceptible in most foreign Governments. Excellent as is the pro verb which inculcates the advisability of looking well after our own affairs, it is scarcely worthy of consi deration when applied to these grander fortunes, and it is scarcely worthy of consideration, because it is scarcely applicable. The fortunes, whether for good or evil, of the several kingdoms of the earth are be coming so mutually dependent, that the interest of the one is almost synonymous with the interest of the other. Possibly from the mutual charities inspired by Christianity, possibly from the benevolent effects of civilisation, and probably, also, from the spread of general enlightenment and the facilitation of inter course which has been effected by science and inge nuity, the nations of Europe are more intimately blended together than when they formed constituent portions of the Roman empire, stretching from the limits of Armenia to the pillars of Hercules, from the rivers of Mesopotamia to the wall of Severus. Under the colossal and majestic government of the CESARS there was undoubtedly every appearance of a real and cordial coalition of the incongruous tribes by which Europe was populated. The sway which radiated from the golden pa laces on the Palatine hill, and which seemed to strike forth to the very extremities of Colchis and of Belgica, was, however, without any intrinsic strength. There was bloom on the rind, but rottenness at the core. Had the combination been federal instead of subsidiary, there would have been more probability of the . t - Itinuance of the imperial dynasty, though even then the predominance of any one principality in that accumulation of tongues and dispositions, would still have rendered it hopeless to effect anything like a consolidation of a dominion so unwieldy and enormous. Now, on the contrary, the resources of every indivislual section of this division of the globe is developed to the uttermost extent by the sagacity and supervi sion of a local legislature. At the same time a mutual dependence upon each other is insured by the frier.dly relations of adjacent kingdoms, and to a very considerable degree likewise by the commercial in tercourse which is maintained in the very teeth of the protective system. We would especially insist, therefore, upon the advisability of maintaining an inflexible and scruti- nising observation as to the progress of events in the Peninsula. It was through the superior vigilance of the French Government that Great Britain was so surprisingly cajoled in regard to the marriage of the Princesses. From the deficiency of our suspi cion—arising, no doubt, from a laudable honesty of purpose on our part—have arisen all the sorrows, heart-burnings, and humiliations, consequent upon the Montpensier alliance. Bitter as the lesson is, let us profit by it ! Let us henceforth be more chary in crediting the amicable declarations of Continental or Peninsular Courts, and strive to effect the preserva tion of peace by a due admixture of jealousy in our foreign policy ! Let us remember that the Courts of Europe, whether northern or western, have frequently before now eluded us by their consummate and masterly hypocrisy ; that each of them can " coin its cheek to smiles" with the felicity of the most prac tised concubine ; that their promises and engagements of amity are as flourishing as lichens, but as unproduc tive ! Tedious as may be the repetitions of alarm and tranquillity, of Carlist insurrections or of Minis terial domination, it is requisite that they should be perpetually watched, otherwise we ourselves shall be perpetually deceived and perpetually injured. Ab- horring from our heart the infusion of a systematic suspicion into the policy of a constitutional Govern ment like our own, we are nevertheless so persuaded of the necessity of vigilance in our correspondence with the various Governments abroad, that we should prefer the selection of the l esser ev il, as most calcu lated to advance the happiness and stabilitate the ,ranquillity of the nations of Christendom. Among the many valuable reforms introduced by her MAJESTY'S Government since their last accession to office, few are of a more beneficial character, or were more urgently required, than those which have been introduced for the regulation and control of our military brethren, for their increased comfort and respectability, and the improvement of their moral and social condition. The brutalizing and degrading "cat" has practically been banished from our ser vice, and men can no longer be tortured to death, or turned into broken-spirited creatures, lost to every feeling of honest pride and self-respect, for a slight offence, involving no moral guilt or turpitude. We say practically, for although there is still, unfortu nately, a possibility of such an infliction, to the limited extent of fifty lashes, not only the public feeling, but those of the authorities at the Horse Guards, has been so fully and clearly expressed against the abominable system, that few officers will now have the hardihood to fly in its face, and to bring on themselves the public odi36 and disgrace that must be the result of any unnecessary recurrence to corporal punishments in their regiments. The sol dier will, henceforth, be enlisted for a limited period, and will have at least the prospect, should he dis like his position, of being one day free to return to his home and family, and a great temptation to desertion will be removed. A fair chance is afforded to the deserving and zealous soldier of rising to a commission by constant and unceasing good conduct. Warrants have been issued for the esta blishing of normal schools and savings' banks in each regiment, and for accomplishing other desirable im provements in the social state of the army ; rewards for good conduct will be made use of, as well as punishment for bad, as means for the due preservation of discipline; and many of the petty and trifling an noyances, which, altho ug h t r i v i a l i n th emse l ves, st i ll harass and vex so ldi ers, are under the consideration of the aut h orities, with a view to their spe e dy an d effectual r emoval. Amongst the grievances of this latter class, there are few productive of greater evil, or of a more demoralising character to the soldier, m of cant eens ; than the entire syst e and much credit THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1R47. is due to Colonel LINDSAY for the able and temperate manner and the excellent spirit in which he brought the subject under the consideration of the House on Friday evening. Ireland, that the distress and want to which the people of that country might be reduced even in ordinary years ought tog* them a claim upon the property of Ireland, such a claim as the people of .England had upon the property of England, in; times of great distress, and that there should be legal 14.6 -- : vision made for relieving the destitute in the workhouse when the workhouse was not full, and ont of the workhouse ' when it was full." foreign grain until the 31st of July next, prices have rapidly risen. The hectolitre of wheat of the first quality, delivered at Marseilles, costs to-day 231. 30c., including the insurance. The price of barley is, on an aver age, from 9f. to 10t. per metrical quintal, and the freight from Marseilles or Algeria varies from 7f. to 81. One hundred vessels are loading at Constantinople and in the neighbouring harbours, of which two-thirds are destined for Marseilles. The sto t, at Con stantinople will soon be exhausted; bat the moment um roads become practicable, all the corn from the interior of the empire and the Danubian provinces will arrive in our capital. There exist likewise in Russia large quantities of grain intended for exportation, the moment the thaw shall have reopened the navigation. The corn lying in the Rus sian harbours exceeds 4,000,000 of hectolitres. Unfortunately the means of transport are scarce, and the price of freight is still tending to augment. Th'e pit "'or Odessa is now com. pletely free of ice, and 55 vessels laden with grain have already sailed fur the Mediterranean." The simple fact that an annual profit of no less than 53,752/. is derived by the) nation, wrung from the hardly-earned pittance of the soldiers—who are forced to spend their money in one par ticular shop, in order that the State may make money by the monopoly, which they sell at a high price, and this under the pretext of maintaining and improving discipline—is alone sufficient to show that there must be something thoroughly and radically vicious in the system. A high rent is extorted from the keeper of the canteen ; he is compelled, in order to make a profit himself, to exact the most exorbitant charges, and to supply articles of an inferior and de teriorated kind. The soldier is thoroughly at his mercy ; he is at liberty to charge as he pleases to give what quality of goods he likes, while he pays a considerable portion of the pillage to the Government. There is no doubt that in some respects canteens afford a de gree of convenience to the soldier, and that it is desirable that he should have an opportunity of get ting many useful and necessary articles within the barrack; but there should not be the temptation to drunkenness and intemperance, the fertile source of military punishment, held out to him at his very threshold, and perhaps the non-commissioned officers placed in authority over him directly interested in inducing him to spend his available funds in swelling the profits of the suttler. It is needless to expatiate on the many evils attendant on this degrading vice, its injurious effects on the . health and moral character of the man who gives himself up to its allurements. They are sufficiently known and appreciated, and require no additional il lustration at our hands; but, bad as it is, under any cir cumstances, it is by many degrees worse in the soldier than the citizen. The drunken soldier is armed, and has the power of putting into immediate execution his mischievous projects, of avenging any fancied insult, by the murder of the supposed offender. The crime of intoxication, taken by itself, is a serious offence in the military code, and by the returns recently laid before the House, from 53 regiments, and 79 depots, we find that from January, 1845, to July 31, 1846, no less than eighty men were brought to the halberds, and received an Jggregate of 7,129 lashes out of 8,193, to which they were sentenced for drunkenness. It also leads to insubordination, disposing of neces saries, violence to superiors, and in fact to every other offence for which punishments have been inflicted ; so that it is not too much to say, that it originates, at the lowest calculation, three-fourths of the crimes committed by British soldiers. It is scarcely necessary to add to the many strong authorities adduced by Colonel LINDSAY as to the evil resulting from the sale of spirits in the canteens, and their effect in leading the soldiers into habits of intoxication, but we cannot refrain from adding that of dir CITARLES Narma, who, in his admirable work on military law and flogging, places the system in its true light when he says, "I never saw any good arise from a canteen; it is a den of drunkenness, of gambling, of robbery, of all that is detestable in practice and unjust in principle ; without the more polished allurements of a hell,' it has all its vices, and instead of any ob stacle being placed between this grog shop and the troops, the Government drive the soldiers into it like sheep into a fold." Madrid papers of the 27Chult. have arrived. The affair of the French chip stranded in the Bidassoa is settled. The Spanish Government of course has given way, and has ordered the vessel to be restored without the payment of harbour dues. Had the French Govern ment demanded the cession of Fuentarabia itself; doubt less as far as the Spanish Government was concerned the demand would have been at once complied with. MADRID BoLSA, FEB. 27.—The Three per Cents. were done at 294 for cash ; Five per Cents., at 19 for paper ; the Debt without interest, at 6 for paper ; and the Coupons, at 17 for cash. The Government entertains serious apprehensions of an outbreak in Paris, consequent upon the dearness of provisions; and in order to be prepared against such an emergency is quietly arming the forts round Paris, not withstanding the provisions of the law t to the contrary. The committees of the Chamber of Deputies have de termined that the proposition of M. DUVERGIER D'llitr- RANNE, on the subject of electoral reform, shall be pub licly read at the next sitting of the Chambers. The Natitmal of Saturday contains an article on the subject of the great meeting held in London on the sub • ject of Cracow. It is of a highly laudatory nature, and rho National rejoices at the community of sentiment between England and France on the subject of Cracow. The Journal des Chemins dc Fer announces that the Abbeville and Amiens section of the Boulogne Railroad will be opened on the MI instant, and the Havre and Rouen on the 20th. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The Constitutionnel of Friday has a long article on the speech of Mr. WARD in bringing forward the Navy Esti mates, in which it endeavours to show that:Mr. WARD has vastly overrated the force of the French navy. It is evident, however, that the writer of the Constitu tionnel, true to the tactics of the whole Parisian press, has purposely underrated the force of the French navy, in order, if possible, to put England off her guard. The following is the article in question : " England spends this year 157 millions for her navy, and France 101,500,000 f. These two sums ought to be reduced each six millions, expended in England for transporting troops to the colonies, and in France for carrying troops to Algeria. There remains, therefore, for the. English budget 151 m illi on s, and for that of France 95,500,000 f. Let us now examine the manner in which these two sums are em ployed, in order to see if Mr. Ward was really warranted in all he advanced on the :abject of our .naval condition. The French navy on active service is composed of 29,330 men, divided amongst 6 ships of the line, 9 frigates, 19 corvettes. 15 brigs, 29 light vessels, 22 transports, and 58 steamers, The total cf vessels on active service is 126, of which only 15, exclusive of the steamers, are at present fit to take an active part in a serious war. England has 34,000 men at sea; or 5,000 more than we: This difference is, besides, considerab.y greater than it seems by the distribution of men in vessels of a real force. The English have, in' fact, 8 ships of the line of from 72 to 120 guns; 18 frigates of from 36 to 50 guns ; 53 corvettes. and brigs; 44 light vessels, and 80 steamers ; in all 213 vessels, which by the difference cf their construction and their metal, present'a force double of ours. The figures, which we have just compared as much as it is possible to do when the matter relates to two budgets of which the services are not altogether similar, clearly prove how exaggerated are the allegations of Mr. Ward, and how far cur navy is from being in the state of prosperity which he attributep to it. In order to show the most startling of the exaggerations, let us remind our readers that, ac cording to Mr. Ward, the expenses of our budget this year amount to 149,984,000 f., exclusive of the an nual payment of the portion of the 93 millions which the Chamber divided amongst seven years. Thus, according to the English statesman, our budget this year ought to be 154 millions. But in reckoning the annual payment of the 93 millions, or 13,400,000 f., the real figure, our budget is only 101,500,000 f. This sum is sufficient on condition it be well employed; but there is a great differ ence between that and the expenses of the English navy, as well as those which the imagination of Mr. Ward has as signed to our navy. Besides, Mr. 'Ward has accepted ag a reality what is only a project. In that way the Spanish navy itself would be on the eve of becoming formidable. It is allowable to suppose that Mr. Ward, with a patriotic view, which we are far from blaming, has endeavoured to alarm men's minds, in order to obtain more easily the funds which it desires to devote to the increase of the English navy. He declared that the French Government would not wait for the seven years to expend the ninety-three millions accorded to our navy, but that is an error. The Bill is positive on the point, and it is not that enactment which the Ministry would think of infringing; even if it desired to do so it could not. To construct at the same time in our ports a great number of vessels, we ought to have accommodation of a far more ex tensive description, and building slips which do not now exist. Mr. Ward also looks on as finished the works des tined for harbours of refuge from Dunkirk to Toulon for our steamers; but scarcely are a few basins in course of execu tion, and everywhere else the works are not even com menced. Cherburg is far from presenting the for miderable aspect which the English Minister has depicted. Ile has pretended that 6,009 • 'workmen are 'daily employed in that port, where he ought to have represented the average at 1,500. The breakwater of Cherburg is not by any means terminated, and is advanc ing with an extreme slowness. The defensive works are null ; on the land side they have not been commenced, and it is enough to annoy any well-thinking man to see the in sufficiency of the means of defence of the port. Mr. Ward has also been pleased to institute a comparison between the number of fires in the forges of Brest and Portsmouth. I n the French port there are, he says, 127, whereas in the English one, there are only 48. Undoubtedly it would be very desirable that what Mr. Ward asserted were true. But nothing is less exact than this suppcsition ; not only there are not at Brest 127 fires, but at the moment at which we write there are not the forges required for the repairs of our steamers. If Portsmouth has in, reality only 48 forges at work, it may be safely declared that they are sufficient for every kind of demand on them, comprising repairs of steamers. Finally, Mr. Ward has, carried exaggeration so far as to say that we had the means of repairing our steam engines at Dunkirk ; whereas nothing of the sort is the case. But these generous exaggerations of Mr. Ward prove that the English government takes resolutely the initiative in all measures, which may contribute to augment the force of its country ; it provides the means of carrying out its views on that point, •, by patriotically deceiving public opinion. Here, the case is very different. If the state of our naval forces is misrepresented, it is for the purpose of preventing us from thinking of increasing (kern. Public opinion was, in fact, obliged to force the Government to state matters in their real aspect. At the present moment, again, it is precisely in order that a false security may not lull the public to sleep, that we are so anxious to make the exact resources of our navy known." Whatever may be the inaccuracy of Mr. WARD'S ststement regarding the strength of the French navy, it is abundantly evident that the statement of the Con aitutionnel is inaccurate, and underrates that strength. The figures will not work. " The total of vessels in active service," says the Ccnstigutionnel, " is 126," and this after itself having enumerated 158 vessels at the present moment in the active naval service of France. This error is alone sufficient to destroy the authority of the writer. The Couerie bch riFeatehceaiFsraelnsoehhansaavny articleisrespornesethnetesdamaos being subject, n in w a wretched state. " Mr. WARD," says this journal, " has been pleased to give a purely imaginary picture of our naval foreeh. .The only thing that is true in the balance-sheet whieti' he laid before the House of Commons was the sacrifices imposed on the Treasury. All persons that have visited our ports arc aware that the arsenals are insufficiently provided, the building yards abandoned, and the basins nearly empty. The credits that have been voted will not be sufficient to repair the errors and waste of past years. At Cherburg, for instance, it can be seen how, for fifteen years, the greatest part of the credits opened for the navy have been employed. Works in stone and mortar have ab• sorbed almost entirely the funds destined for the fleet Of all these constructions the fortified circuit of the port on the land side was, perhaps, the only one which it was urgent to undertake. Likewise, the completion of the gi gar tic breakwater, - which forms the artificial port ofCher. burg, ought to take precedence of all the other works of de fence and security. The English are aware of these facts, as they have their eyes fixed on our slightest movements. Not long since a distinguished officer of the British navy, Captain WAsszteoTox, of the Ble s ser steamer, was sent io. Cherburg by the Admiralty. Member of the committee on the, ports of refuge, he came to examine the worlds executed in a position where the genius of man is successful in flinging back the rage of ocean. Captain WASHINGTON could state to the Lords cf the Admiralty that he had not seen at Cher burg a single ship of the line; that only two frigates, the Reine Blanche and the Forte, were in the de serted basins; and that in the dockyards, where vessels were lying which had been commenced ten years ago, be had not heard the sound of a single blow of a hammer or seen a nail struck. Similar missions of a confideatal cha racter were often given by the last Ministry, and are matters of common occurrence. When, therefore,- a Secretary of the Admiralty falls into error relative to our resources, as Mr. WARD has done, the reason must be that he conceives the error to be useful to his views at the moment. Mr. WARD judged it advisable at the same time to pass over in silence the natural advantages of the British islands, and the formidable means of defence which English prudence is unceasingly accumulating Count BRESSON arrived at Bayonne on the 2d, on his way to Paris. The Paris Bourse displayed on Saturday a slight tendency to improvement. This arose out of the termination of the liquidation (settlement), the conviction that (as above ob served) in Spain alone was anything to be perceived me nacing for peace, and from the belief that, although at I great expense, the want of provisions was in a fair way to be obviated. Frequent interviews of Count d'Argout (Go vernor of the Bank of France) with M. Guizot had, more over, led to the rumour that that distinguished person was about to be named Minister of Finance, in the room of M. Lacare-Laplagne, who desires to retire. The Three - per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 78f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents. 1181. 80c.; the Orleans Railway Shares, 1,277 f. 50c.; Rouen, 868 f. 75c. ; Havre, 692 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 6301.; Avignon, 828 f. 75c. ' Vierzon, 5811. 25c.; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Bou logne, 4001. ; Basle, 2101.; Dieppe, 330 f. ; Paris and Stras burg, 463 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 462 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 491 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 480 f. ; Bordeaux and Cctte, 451 f. 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 1 ,4 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34 3 4. LYONS, MARCH 4.-Paris and Rouen, 863 f. 75c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 831 f. 25c.; Northern, 6271. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelete), —Louvain ala Sambre, I%—Luxembourg, 2% Namur and Liege, 4% —Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7—Paris and Lyons, 7 —Rouen and Havre, 263—West Flanders, 2%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Gl7'l l , QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market on Saturday were 2,000 bales, chiefly American, at 64d. to 7 1 4 d. per lb. The market was dull.—Railway Shares were inactive, but the state of the London market not being known, prices were comparatively steady. No information has yet been received of the arrival of the West India mail, nor are there any other later ship arrivals with news of interest. It is stated in accounts from Stuttgard that the new loan of twelve millions of florins for the W irtemburg Government has been taken by Messrs. Rothschilds in conjunction with other firms, including the Stuttgard bankers, in a four-and-a half per cent. stock. The following is a copy of the letter addressed to the Members of the Legislature by the Spanish Bondholders' Association : " Sir,—As a member of the Association of Spanish Bond holders, and on behalf a great number of British subjects in terested in the public debt of Spain, I am deputed to solicit your attention to a statement of our claims on Spain for the large loans of money advanced to her. " The total amount of the foreign debt of Spain, i&about seventy-eight millions sterling, a large proportion of which is due to Great Britain, and it is submitted, that . the resto ration of such a vast amount of British wealth is an object of national interest, as well as a measure of justice to a large class of persons in this country, who have long suf fered great privation and distress from the oppression and bad faith of Spain towards them. "Petitions praying for protection and relief from the Imperial Parliament and Government, signed by. D. Heming, Esq., chairman, and Sir T. B. Leth bridge, Bart., Deputy Chairman of the Spanish Bondholders' Association, will be presented by my Lord Brougham to the House of Peers, and by the Lord George Bentinck to the House of Commons, and it is respectfully hoped that the justice and merits of the case will obtain for it the great advantage of your advocacy and support in Par liament." The English Stock market opened rather better to-day, but has gone worse since. The rise in Wheat again this morning, the continued heart-rending accounts from Ireland, the unfortunate embarrassment of the North of England Joint-Stock Bank at Newcastle, and the high rate of interest offered by railway companies on debentures, all concur to favor "bear" operations. Consols were 89% 3 4, but are now 8936 % for transfer to-morrow. Time bargains have been made at 89% 3 4 ' • and the new scrip i s flat at % % premium. Exchequer-bills have realised 3s. to 6s. premium. The New Three7and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 92 to 91%. The Three per Cents. are shut. Bank Stock is firm at 205. The Foreign market has been very fiat again. Spanish Five per Cents. are 22% for money, and 22% % for time. The Three per Cents. have been 33%, Mexican Stock has been at 22 to 22%, and Brazilian at 87. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been quoted 58 to There is not much do'ng in the Railway share Market, but prices are not loiter than on Saturday. In many, instances they appear to be rather firmer. Caledonian, 26 to 261;;. Eastern Counties, 204 to 20k; East Lincolnshire, ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 74 (lower by 31. to 4/0 ; Great Northern, 25' s to 21. BRITISH FUNDS. We augur the happiest results from the pledge given by the Secretary at War, which at once led to the withdrawal of the motion, viz., " that the whole system of canteens should undergo the most careful consideration, and should be put on a footing which, whilst it would give to the soldier all the conveniences canteens were intended to afford, would render it next to impossible that they should injure his morals or his health, or render him unfit for the performance of his military duty." The measures that were introduced by the Govern ment calculated to afford temporary relief to Ireland are now virtually disposed of, so far as Parliament is concerned. They have been_ sanctioned by the Legis lature with an alacrity and a spirit of generosity be comingly proportionate to the intensity of the national distress which dictated their necessity. Could we predict the turning point of Irish destitution, and the period (if a brief one) when its extremest limits would be reached, the Senate might now pause from its labours in this direction. This, however, it is not in the power of man to predicate, and hence the chief difficulties connected with Ireland, and which partake more of a social than a political character, remain to he grappled with. Hitherto our public councils have only addressed themselves to the dire emergencies of the moment. The social evils across St. George's Channel are so deeply seated, and, how much soever we may be successful in the mitigating them for a time, so likely to recur, and, in all proba bility, in an aggravated shape, that it is alone to perma nent measures we can look with anything like security for their effectual eradication. Of these measures the two most important are, first, an effective Poor-law, and next, a law which, in plain language, shall, by a disenthralling process, establish free trade in land. Of the necessity fur the former we have long been the urgent advocates Looking to what was the state of England in ELIZABETII'S time, and to the improved condition of her peasantry and artizans subsequent to the introduction of a State provision for the poor, it seems almost unaccountable that a similar remedy should not have been, ages since, applied to the subjugation of the identical ills with which the social system of the Emerald Isle has been perpetually fraught. Making every allowance for certain political objections which might be started against the supposed possibility of Ire land's having had a poor-law, contemporaneously with that which the Parliament conferred upon England, no adequate reason can be advanced why, at least a century since, the Irish poor should not have been provided for in like manner with our own. Had this been the case even fifty years back,—we might say twenty-five,---we never should have been ap palled with the ghastly spectacle which Ire land now presents of thousands dying under circum stances, the bare contemplation of which is sickening to the mind, and whereof the details which are hourly reaching us are perfectly horrifying. And yet it is little better than ten years since any measure of the nature of an Irish poor-law was enacted by the Parliament, and then it was so miserably stinted, that, viewed in connexion with the Wiberal spirit in which its provisions have been carried out, it has proved a complete abortion. However, from the measure now before the House of Commons, under the auspices of Government, we hope for better results, and " better late than never." We are sorry to perceive that an objection has been strongly entertained by the "Irish party," com prising a long list of the nobility and Members of Parliament, to that portion of it by which it is pro posed to asses the poor-rates in the larger divisions of unions instead of the electoral, by which the rate is at present regulated. An influential deputation waited upon Lord Jousr RUSSELL on Saturday to enforce their views on this point. The Government have altered their original scheme to this ONE CLOSING Bank Stock O'CLOCK. VIM ! Es , .. .. .. • • • • •• • • 205 204 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities Y 2 % % 89U New Three-and-a-Quarter p er C en t . A nus. ' 91% 14 92 91% 91% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16 % 9% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 • • 9 % C 9% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9% % onfols for Account, Aprll 15 .. • . .. 89% % 8)% Consols, Scrip •• .. •• • • • • • • %3e p 0% p Exchequer Bills. i j( d, 1 4 d. 1,0001... .. •• 63 pm. 3 p 5001.,. .. ...• 3 6 pm 6 p Ditto, Small .... 10 —--p. m. sp ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ; PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 87 87 Ditto, New, 1843 .. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 22% Portuguese Four per Cent •• .• Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 22 1 4 Ditto, for the Account .• % Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account 33% Venezuela bonds, 2 ger Cent .. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 584 56 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICES OF RAILWAY SILYRES. BUSINESS n , PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 28% Aberdeen.. .. .. • • .. .. 30 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.... Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. a Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .. 7 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 734 Bristol and Exeter • . • • .. 75 .... Ditto, New .• .• Buckinghamshire • —6/. 45..... 14 p p Caledonian Ditto, half Shares .. . • .• •• . • 2% •- • ••••• • • 2 C 3 4 ornwall .. .. • • • . •• 7% .• 3 % •• • . Direct Northern Scrip .. .. ••2%••••2%• • • • • • • • • • 2% Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 20% % 20% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/, 13s. 4d. p.. ...... p Ditto, ditto, ..No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. %p. % P Ditto, York Extension 4 44 34 •• 4 3 1 East Lancashire .. .. • • • • Ditto New .• Ditto, ditto New Scrip • . .. 134 .. 2, • • 211 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 74 •• •• •• • • 74 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .... 20 .. Y 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1234 .. 1832 .... 18% Ely and Huntingdon 12% .. ••• • .• 134 Great Northern (London & York Regd.) .. • • •• •• 2 %• • •• ”ti •••• • • • • 234 Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 3% .... 3% .. ••••• • • • 3 3 4 Great Western .. .. • • •. 85 • • ..117 ...... •• .• 117 Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 69 69 Ditto, New .. •• .. 434 • • Lancaster and Carlisle .•.. 50 .... Ditto, New Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 ...... •• • • 79 34 Leicester and Bedford .• 16s. %34 di5,...• 3t dis. Leeds and Thirsk•• 2232 .... 20% .• . • 20% Ditto, New .. .. ••..5 .• • • 34 .. •.. 4% London and Blackwall 13s. 4d. 8 • ..... 8 London, Brighton, and S Coast , • 50 .. • • 53% • 54 Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .... —•-••• • • • • • 12 London and Greenwich .. 121.155. 4d. 934 ...... 934 London an .t North-Western • •10 , 1 181 .... • • 182 Ditto, Quarters -- • .. .. 2 —..•• • • _ Ditto ditto, New Shares • • • • 2 -.. .. •. 14 •• • •• • 14 London and South-Western .• 411. Gs. 10 - 1..• 63 .... • .... 63% Ditto, New Consol. Eighths 40 .... 48 ....... •• . 48 Ditto, Scrip •• .. ••••5 .. • 54 London and York Extension Scrip 2% 2% % .... • • 2% Lynn and Ely .. .. • • .. 20 —•. 22 4 .... • ..... 22 4 Lynn and Dereham .. •••. 15 .• 16% •• . 16 34 Manchester and Leeds .• • • • 82 ...... Ditto, Half Shares .. ••. 38 ..•. 49% 49% Ditto, Quarter Sharea •• •• 12 •. 1(4 • 1634 Ditto, Thirds ( Reg.) .• • • 84s. .. • . • • 2% p Ditto % (late Rudders. & Sheff.) 23 • • •• • 26% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •••• r. ...... . • P Manchester and Southampton 2 .... 19% Midland •• ..100 .• • 11834 120 119.. 118 Ditto, New .• .• •• 30 .... ... 34% Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 2 .. % Midland, Birming. & Gloncest.• • 100 .... 122% 123% .... 123% Newcastle and Berwick Newmarket and Chesterford •.• • 1 0 •• .• 343 y 0 .... ..; • 4 • • . ..• 1 34% 04 Ditto, Extension .. • . 21.1125. •• • • %P. • Ditto, Extension •..•• . • 6 • 6 %•• • • • Ditto, ditto, Wa veney Valley.. 2 •• 1% •• North British .. •• 25 .... 344 %.•• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • . 12% •• • • 163 i% .... • • Ditto, Quarter Sh ares .. 24 •••• 4% %•••• • • ' • D.tto, ExtensiOn .. •• • . ••• 1 % •• • Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • I -. • • 3 % •• .• ••• • • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .• •• 55 -••.• • • • • ' • North Staffordshire . • • • 5 •• • • •37% 8 % • ' • ' Ditto Scrip (late Calumet and Blythe): ~ .. 2 •. • •. •••• • • • ' Oxford,lVorcest.,& Wolverhniptn. 17% .• • • 11 Preston and Wyre •25 .• • • 35 • ..... •• ' • Ditto, Half Shares (A) • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 ••• • 2 22 ' 1 3 • " % " • Scottish Central Scottish Midland .. 24 South Eastern and DoTor .. % • 33 •• • • Ditto, 0 ass. a' 320 No. 1. 20 •• • ••••• • • • • Dc., New (40.331. 63.8 d.) No. 2. 12 ... • - 7 . Do., New (d o . 151.) .. No. 4. 3% •. • • 4 i South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. .• ••• • • • aith Wales .. ••• • • • 2 ▪ 15i. 10 .... 834 B.. is 8 Vale o r Neath 428. •••• • P% P•• ••, I% West Riding Union • • • • Windsor, Staines, & S. Western.. 10 • 164% 16 16 428. 36 14 . p 3 6.. . York and Newcastle .. • • •• Ditto, New.. • • • • • ' .... 83i Ditto, Preference S O 6 York aad North Midland .. Ditto, Extension • • .. 2 0 _ .... .... 37 Ditto, Preference 1• il• O• S• .• itA 4••12_16 go 11 What he ;anted: when he made his last statement, was to have a new credit added to the previous estimates. The suns appropriated to the navy will this year exceed by 62,284/ the estimate of last year, and will amount in all to 5,925,0001. The number of sea men is 41,500 men. What principally strikes us in the English budget, is the sage and provident employment of the funds voted. Not a single shilling is turned away from its destination. Attention is being constantly paid to the state of the fleet, and to the new improvements to be introduced in naval constructions. They want to have a number of experienced seamen always ready; they are endeavouring to multiply steam-vessels, and to apply to them all the improvements in machinery. It is this perseverance, this intelligent attention, which have raised the naval power of England to so high a extent, that when the charge on the electoral district shall exceed half•a-crown in the pound in the year, it shall be charged to the union at large. We do not demur to this alteration, seeing the desirableness of the Government's securing, as far as possible, the cheerful co-operation of the Irish proprietary in the administration of so extensi ie and important a measure as a poor-law ; but we trust that no further concession will be made, for, after reading their resolutions, we cannot disoover that 6% 1% 34% 16% 4% IU L _3% weight in the objections they embody which the "Irish party" appear to attach to them. One reason, in particular, in favour of the more extended divisions for the assessments is, that it removes the temptation which would exist in the smaller, for the proprietors to clear their estates cf Wo trust that neither the Government nor the people of England will be deceived by these statements into con- senting to any reduction in our mival force. The the destitute poor, and who would consequently find it more difficult to gain employment for their labour elsewhere. The following extract from Lord Joux Russzu's reply to the deputation is so truthful, and strength of the French navy is so manifestly under rated by these writers, that it seems as though these articles were written to serve some purpose; and what- ever that purpose may be, certain it is that it should be so consonant with what we have repeatedly put forward, that we cannot more appropriately close a reason with England for still further increasing the strength of her navy. The Minister of Marine is about to put up to tender contracts for building six brigs of war, and two store ships. our observations than by bringing it directly under he notice of our readers " He did not mean to express any opinion whatever on the resolutions of the Irish Peers and Members of Parliament, The Moniteur publishes the following letter from Marseilles, dated the 7th ult.:— but he repeated what he had before said elsewhere, that the opinion daily gained ground, not only in this e)untry but in "Since intelligence reached that the French Chambers had voted a project of law, permitting the free importation of FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .. • • • • .. 12 .. • • 15 .......... Dutch Rhenish .. 7 .. • • 4 •• ••••• •• Northern of France 8 .... 12% ••• • • Orleans and Bourdeaux • 6 .... 7% .... Paris and Lyons • • .. 8 Sombre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 61 4 . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered —•••• 3% • ••• Union of London .. Union of Australia LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAncir 8.-IVind N.N.W., moderate breeze, and cloudy.—The Rose, from Exeter to London, which sunk off Holyhead 28th ult., has been raised. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—Wind N.N.E., mod. 7. E.N.E., ditto.—Sld. Fry, Manilla, llenrietta, Rio Janeiro; Thames, Rio Janeiro; Indus, Bahia; Vigilant, Barbadoes; Trenton, New Orleans; Meteor, New O r l eans; C o l um bi a, N ew York; Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, N.S. ; Helen, Havannah, Miltiades, New Orleans; Frederi ca, Hampton, United States; Cour tenay, Staten Island ; Q ueen o f t h e O cean, New York Eng land, New York ; Elleelie, New York; Republic, New York. WATERFORD..—Put back, Orinoco for Baltimore. CoRK, MAncir 5. Arrd. Empress, Strut, Valparaiso; Howard, Smith, St. John's for Liverpool. Sid. R. N. Parker, Philadelphia; Regina, New York; Caminho, Caminho. FAVERSHAM, MARCH s.—The Sally, from Newcastle, is aground between the Sluice-bridge. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Windsor, Madras and Calcutta; Northumberland, New York. BRISTOL, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Abbotsford, Calcutta. CowEs, MARCH 7.—Wind N.E.—Std. Robert M‘Williami - M‘Donald, Philadelphia. FA LAI° r, MARCII 7.—Wind N.E. —Arrd. Flora III'Donald; : Broad, Calcutta. Sid. Crane packet, Brazils. OPE DOTER, MARCH 7 . — Prcgress, Atwell, St. John'ff- CL ME, MARCH s.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Christian, !Balti more; Ellen, Boston; Esquimaux, Halifax; Mogul, Bar badoes ; Robertson, Trinidad; Queen Pomare, St. John's, New Brunswick. DEAL, MARCH 7.—a.m. Wind N.N.E, moderate; P.M. N. E., fresh.—Arrd. Countess of Egliatoun, Grange, Whampoa. Sld. Adelaide, South Australia; Agnes, Antigua; Esk, Bahia; Druid, Barbadoes; Mary, Philadelphia. DUBLIN, MARCH s.—Sld. Nereid, Baltimore, St. Sebastian. NEWPORT, March 6.—Wind N , E.—Arrd. Edward Moller, St. Thomas. ABERDEEN, MARCH s.—Sld. Flamingo, Greenland. DUNDEE, MARCH 2.—Sld. Fairy, Greenland. • FALBtounr.—Off port, Christian, Peterson, Batavia, for Flushing; Irene, Bahia; Regina, Kreeft, Monte Video. KINSALE, MARCH 4.—Wind E.S E.—Arrd. Clio, Massam, Rio Janeiro. MA.RKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY Sheep. 95 - 15 14 .~. 17 Total ...... ...... 89 308 205 45 At the outports the arrivals have been moderately good, viz., 90 oxen and sheep and 100 cows, mostly from Rotterdam. The great increase in the continental cattle trade for our markets is clearly shown by the following official table of the total imports during the years 1845 and 1846 :- 1845. 1846. Oxen 9,743 ... ... 17,121 Cows ... ... 22,994 Sheep 15,845 ... ... 91,676 Calves ..... Pigs Lambs Total The above shews an increase in the total importations in 1846 over 1845 of 112,206 head 1 There were in the market this morning about 100 Beasts, and 130 Sheep from Holland. Their general quality being by no means first rate, the de mand was in a very sluggish state ' 'and prices we re no t sup ported. From our o wn grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts fresh up, to-day, were, compared with those at the corresponding period last year, somewhat larger —or about 1,000 head more on offer than on the 9th of March, 1846. There were some exceedingly well made-up Devons, Here fords, Scots, and Home-breds on sale; but at least a Moiety of the Beasts were light weighers. The weather being some what warmer than last week, the butchers evinced but little inclination to purchase largely. The primest arrivals were, however, in fair request at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last; but the inferior and second-rate ones were heavy, at, in most instances, a decline in the quotations, of 2d. per Blbs. The highest figure for the best Scots was 43 2d per 81bs. At the close of the market a total clearance had not been effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,400 Scots, homebreds, and short-horns ; from the northern counties 350 short-horns; from the western and midland districts 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts ofEngland, 500 of various kinds ; and, from Scotland, 220 horned and polled Scots. The remainder of the supply was de rived from abroad, and the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The numbers of Sheep were considerably on the increase, and of full average quality. Although the Mutton trade was somewhat firmer than on Friday, it was by no means so active at on this day se'nnight, and prices ruled a trifle easier than on the latter day. A few very superior old Downs sold at 5s 2d, but the more general figure did not exceed 5s per 81bs. With Calves we were scantily supplied, yet the Veal trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely Stationary prices. In Pigs only a limited business was doing, at last week's currencies. There were a few Lambs in the market, but they sold very irregularly. 21% 32% 22% 22% 5% Per Albs. to sink the offal. B. d. to v. d•I I. d. to s. d. inferior Beasts..... 210 3 0 Second qualityditto 4 0 4 2 Bacond quality •• • 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 410 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wetter 410 5 0 Prime Scots ••••• • 3 10 4 2 Ditto outofthewool Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large Hogs •••• •• 3 $ 4 4 trims small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 Small Yorkers .... 4 8 •4 10 tickling Calves ..18 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 6 310 Lambs •••••• • . • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep• Calves. 20,960 65 NEWGATE AND LNIADENEALL. The arrivals of slaughtered Meat from Scotland and the north of England, since. Monday last, have been but mode rate; those from other quarters liberal. The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis having been seasonably exten sive, the general demand has ruled heavy, vet we can notice no material alteration the currencies. On . ly about twenty carcases of foreign Beef, fifty ditto of Mutton, and twenty ditto of Veal, have appeared on sale. Reasts. 3,196 I rigs. 300 At per atone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d• s. d. to s. Beef. 11483110 r 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior •• 3 6 3 8 middling middling.. 310 4 p prime •• 4 2 4 4 3 3 'I: 6 Pork, 1arge........ prime,m e iasmall r g . e 33 2 1 42 0 6 4 6 v c al-• •••-• •• •• •• 4 4 6 4 - sma ll ....... . 4 a 5 0 Lamb. Os Od to Os Oct gonouGic AND SPIT.AZPIELDS. The importg of Potatoes in the past week have been con fined t o 25 fops from Rotterdam, and. 47 bags from Harlin gen, in good condition. From our own cossts the receipts have dull, on be the fo en ag llowingain triflterming. s The demand, ho wever, i s very Per Ton. York Regents... 170 s. to 2205. Ditto Reds ... •.• 180 s. to 2205. Ditto Shaws 1808. to 1908. Lincolns and Cambridgeshire Re. gents ... 170 s. to 190 s. Ditto Kidneys ... ..• 160 s. to 170 s. French Whit es 160.5. to 180. 110ROUG73 730 P 11111.1Z8ET. We have again little or no alteration to notice in this mar ket. Selected parcels move off readily, at full prices ; but all other qualities are much neglected, and previous rates are with difficulty supported. Sussex pockets, 4/ to 41 85; Weald of Kent ditto, 415 s to 41 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41152 to 61125. WOOL. The arrivals of foreign and colonial Wool continue ex tremely limited, they having scarcely amounted to 200 bales and bags since Monday last. In the private market a steady business is doing in English qualities, at full prices, but all other kinds of Wool are mush neglected. TALLOW. The market continues very firm, and prices are still look ing upward. P. Y. C. on the spot is held at 50s to 51s 3d; and for arrival, 46s per cwt. Our advices from St. Peters burgh bring high rates. Town Tallow is steady, at 50s 3d, nett cash, CORN EXCHANGE. -MONDAY. The arrivals of English Malt for our market last week were somewhat large, while those of Flour were moderate. Of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, and Peas, of home growth, the receipts were, taken collectively, small. There was a slight increase in the supply of Scotch Barley ; but from Ireland only about 900 quarters came to hand. The imports of foreign Wheat and Flour were trifling, but upwards of 27,000 quarters of Oats, and a fair quantity of Barley, came to hand. From Essex the receipts of Englieh Wheat fresh up this morning wcre good, but by no means of very superior quality. The supply front Kent was less than that received on Monday last, while from the Essex coast the quantify was barely an average. Although the number of samples left over from last week was comparatively small, the stands were tolerably well, but by no means heavily, filled with parcels of red and white English Wheat. There being again several buyers from France in attendance, we have to report a very steady de mand for all descriptions. About 1,200 quarters of Kentish red were disposed of for immediate shipment to the French ports. et an advance in the quotations obtained on Monday last of 5s per quarter; while, for home consumption, 38 to 4s per quarter more money was paid for red qualities. In white parcels not quite so much business was doing as in red, ne vertheless the currencies improved 2s to 3s per quarter, and at which nearly the whole of the samples were disposed of. Owing to the foreign demand, red Wheat is now bearing a very high relative value to white. The quantity of Foreign Wheat brought forward was un usually small, and, no doubt, will continue so for some weeks hence. This article was in good request for France, and about 2,000 quarters found purchasers, at a rise in value of from is to, in some few instances, 38 per quarter. Notwith standing the show of Barley was but moderate, the Barley trade—arising from the heaviness in that for Malt —was dull, at an abatement in value of fully is per qr. Foreign Barleys were a mere drug. The supply of Malt exceeding the wants of the brewers, all kinds moved off heavily at a reduction in last week's prices of from Is to 2s per quarter. The market being very heavily supplied with foreign Oats, buyers held off, and the prices were Is to 2s per quarter lower than on Monday last, and at which the market closed heavily. In Beans, next to nothing was doing, at an abatement of quite Is per quarter. Peas were in short supply, and slow inquiry, at unaltered prices. Flour—both sack and barrelled, was held at Is to 2. more money. Indian Corn, both on the spot and for arrival, was very firm, but not dearer. 'ERIAL MEASURE Malt—Chevalier...... 79s to Sts Oats— Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., recd. 28s 34s Potatoe • 33s 371 Youghal and Cork, Black . ...• • • 298 32s • Cork, White ... • • 30s 34s Scotch, Feed. .. • 328 36s Beans—Tick ....• • • • 42s 483 Pigeons .. 50s 51s Pease—Grey. •• • • 503 538 Maple 50s 53s White •• •• • • 55s 59s Boilers ....• •• • • 5Ss 648 Flour — Town-made... •• • 6 0 s 658 Suffolk.. ... 50s 52s Stockta & N.rfolk 50s 528 CURrENC Y . PER 1.111 tYheat—Essex & Kent, lint, New .. • • 713 to 80s Ditto,White, Sew '76s 87s Norfolk and Lin coln, lied... • • 70s 768 Ditto, White— • • 723 79 s Irish, Red— .. • • —8 —8 Ditto, White •• —s —s Rye—Old •••••• • I • • • • — a — 5 I New. ••• • . • 50s 5831 Barley—Grinding • • 41s 45s Malting . ... ••• •• 523 56s Chevalier •• . 56s 57s Halt—Suffolk and Nor folk • •• 768 77s Brown • • 6ss 703 Kingston and Ware 778 79s SDIXTIELPIELD. The annexed Statement shows the imports .of live stock into London in the past week:— From whence. Oxen. Cows. Rotterdam Ditto Ditto ...... 20 .•.... 6 .•...• ••.... 26 Ditto ........ 36 - Harlingen Ditto • ..... Nieudiep Calves ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY) HOWARD V. HOWARD. This was a supplemental suit. The circumstances of t b6 l case are as fellow :—The plaintiff, Mrs. Ann How ard, entitled to certain estates In the islands of St. Vincent . 171 Eustatia, in the West Indies, as the executrix of her inetnrf,l Lady Bolton, which had been secured to her by . s t ed e :it settlement executed upon her marriage. The origieil l a was instituted b the plaintiff in the present cause co n i with her husband.; but the latter having become bankr2Z Mrs. Howard filed the present bill solely on her own ace ° l o Preliminary objections were taken by the defendanN, it contended that the plaintiff co u ld not file the presen d t er ns. vl being inconsistent with the former suit, and for a purpose. Mr. Kindersly was heard to-day on behalf of the Pl ain MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS loWst ) t e l John Young and Joh n Flet c h e r, t wo stout young • i mp were brought before Mr. Bingh a m, c h a rged with cOn: d 7,. a violent assault upon M r . Willi am Driver, licensed tualler, 13, Hemming's-row. beat The complainant stated that yesterday .afternoen,..B s quarter-past one, the defendants came Into his 1 , 1 . 1„, f oe state of intoxication. He desired them to leave P . " The defendant Fletcher forced his way into the parlottr the he was obliged to use some violence to force him out room. Fletcher rushed u p on hi m an d ki c ked- him Eventually some of the neighbo urs c ame to hil''''"r" when the defendants were given into custody. The defendant Fletcher denied the assault. ~„t olont Mr. Bneowam said th a t h e h a d comm itted a Inv- - .1 1 sibe and unprovoked assault up on a res p ec t a ble tradestnin o his very properly refused to s erve or h ar b our drunken tae hiss house on the Sabbath, he (Mr. Bingham) should flu tio of 505., or twenty-one d a y s ' i m p r i sonmen t in the 11 , ° ...part Correction. The defendant Y oung , w h o did not take iw i in the assault, he should discharge. 4 t h tosli P g Hyain Rentill was placed a t th e b ar , c h a rged ls 6 perry fourteen pieces of silk handkerchiefs, value 14/.., the colt of Mr. William Gate, hosier, Gl a sshouse-streets street. ipe e e d that James Pollock, shopman to the prosecutor, d „‘ r isooor about eleven o'clock on the 4th inst. he observed to. e r no the lurking about the shop-door. Witness kept his eye. i - h dres prisoner's movements, when a customer coming int i , l ", r 10 1 his attention for a few minutes. After the ellst ° Tr e left witness went to the shop-door, and found tha t r i osell Boner had taken the opp or tunity_ to walk off with tht Ae d tS pieces of silk handkerchi e f s . He immediately tot° the Viue-street station and gave notice of the rob.-;e.psst police, who took the pri soner i n t o cus t o dy about Dw' eleven this morning.. a Police-constable 100 E said that he had not tioti tbi trace the property yet, but should be enabled to (It? prisoner was remanded for a few days. The prisoner denied the charge. Mr. BINGHAM remanded him till Wednesday pat' COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usuid 21 Saturday in the vicinity of Osborne House. , VIM Their Royal Highnesse s th e P r i nce o f Wa les' 01M Alfred, the Princess Roy a l, an d the Princesl---"„odges and rode on Saturday morning in the platelre - b`" - j Osborne House. Th-• ,bridge" :eir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Caul'-- / OP the Princess Mary a tt en d e d Di v i ne serv i ce y es terdsi LoreS ing in Grosvenor Chapel. Baroness Hammerstein an? Knesebeck were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. 0 0 4 His Royal Highnes s th e D u k e o f C am b r idge - ma tch Divine service yest e rd a y morn i ng i n S t . Penns ' 1 " Knightsbridge. 1,,,e00 1 " Her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess o f C am b r idge "" - lt the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday eed Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeek, and Mt. Mildmav were in waiting on her Royal Highness. 4,0 A Cabinet Cou nc il was h e ld at h a lf -past two °OW° Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign -office. The .0 000 6 present were Lord Joh n R usse ll, t h e M arqu i s o f f the Earl of Minto, Sir. George Grey; Viscount Pal>p l.sP' Earl Grey, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobborg,h. Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount MsrP.7l:l:,s , Marquis of Clanri car d e , th e Ri g h t H on. T . B. Pascal"— the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. ; w abi The Lord Chancellor arr i ve d a t f our o ' c l oc k, and" ) colleagues. The Council broke up at a quarter-past five o'cled 6 t b Sir Thomas Barrett L ennar d h a d an i nterv i e w . *i George Grey at the Home.offi ce on Saturday. 1000/7. Prince and Princess C a lli ma ki, accompan i e d by Zohrab, have returned .to town from Cowes, Isle ef f , • whither they had gone t o w it ness t h e l aunc h ° o we steamer, built by M essrs . 'l'. an d J . Whi te, f or the, CO Government. The vesse l was name d b y the P r im maki, with the usu a l ceremony, t h e " Rassitee Tid.P7g A deputation, c ons i s ti ng o f L or d Monteagle, Viec°l2o°°/,‘ sareene, Right Hon. F re d er i c k Shaw, M.P. Mr.X4.l . "' and Mr. Grogan, had an interview with Lord Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-stree t ' set , " At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, 0 6 1(010 was preached at the early service by the Rev. Dr' o r and the sacrament was administered by the Bish ° Pr o ielt" - don. The Duke of Wellington and the DowagerL;ver of Erroll were among the communicants. At the i r - t est vice the prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povs" , r i f icew sons by the Rev. T. llelmore, and the Communion se, bi the the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preach°". n d Bishop of Winchester. The anthem, " Save, Lord, „--cis us" (Hayes), was sung by Messrs. Bennet, Fr a mi " Bradbury. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. lA — elow ville, Listowell, Castlereagh, and W. Graham, wets the nobility present. MR. BUNN'S BENEFIT AT D R UB v LANE THEATRE. 0 01 On Monday, the 15th March, Mr. Bunn takes . 16 , to ..5 e benefit at Drury-l ane , and, considering his manY_; cl. csoot - A the patronag e o f th e l overs of the lyrical drains, , - „ *. sti A s' doubt but that he w ill h ave a bumper. Balfe, Benedict (from his long sojourn amongst us, we a r , e ,.006 10 ", to rank the latte r among E ng li s h composers ) ar eeaeu: to Mr. Bunn for their first introduction to the Englis: and if we look only to the last season, we sha ll : o's" that Mr. Bunn. h as great l y i ncreased his claitn_e 0 ' jog patronage and supp or t - T he fame of an Engl;:jret who on the Conti nen t h ad well sustained the '110"`-` Tetion of her country, and had foe" two X "ong donna of the Sa n C ar l o at Naples, hadreached bee l . co - foe land, and Mr. Bunn lost no time in securing her dr Drury-lane. Madame Anna Bishop was engsg_ .°M ant; during the whole of h er engagement, which deo aft h December, drew crowded houses. This engagetnerr t. o glis- Mr. Bunn an opportunity of introducing ,a young . , s irit composer to the public, and the success of i n t ituft m opera was such as to afford brilliant PlisE "istt I."ifgetent, the At the conclusion of Madame ---- ° l fs waa pro: opera of The Bondman, the chef d" vre ° deserved. ft duced, audits success was as complete as it w" have bee f/ -Mr. Lave: less enterprising manager than Mr. Bunn would '7 JiOnaP__.i. content with these successes, but even while ..' to rue" was still drawing crowded houses, it was withdrawn, sw at way for a new opera by Vincent Wallace, Matild a ' gorgeous and magnificent grand opera ever produced w , o ge the walls of Old Dr ur y, th e glories of which eclipse eV?n r gio of Gustavus and L estoeq. I n the b a ll et d epar tment Mr7..' Ta began the seas o n w i t h t h e engagement o f Flora Fab!) , fi s t her succeeded Sophia F uoco , w h o ac hi eve d a more 0 0 7 W success than any danseuse who has ever appeare d do , t" English stage, and w h en h er engagement was coneli job lovely and fascinati ng B a d erna made her ava tar• mL io tbil bare enumeration of some of the claims of Mr. Bam l • pI SC . favour of the public, and if there be anything lu' e t oice,„ arpreciation on their part of the enterprise and tale: i l l re W has been exerted in catering for their amusement+ e nr ol' not be a single place unoccupied within the walls ef4re,ll! lane by seven o'clock on the evening of the 15th of A DREADFUL COLLIERY '- G DENT. - UPWARDS OF SEVENTY LIVES L O ST' ec ord BARNSLEY, MARCH 6, FIVE. P.m.—We regret rto 0 01/ 'earful coat-pit accid e nt, at t en d e d w i th the loss of A t th e eighty lives, which took pl ace yesterday a f ter noon, A boa Great Ardsley Main, or Oaks Colliery, near BarnsleY' 3 11 three o'clock, several per so n s near t h e mout h of thejnisf alarmed by a terrific explosion from th e s h a lt, which i , ~,, °' lowed by an eruption of smoke, timber, coal, stoe , of lye sembling the eruption o f a volcano. Two or threg i r men were removing the corves f rom the pit- Inollto time. We underst an d th a t th ere h ad been no-preVieboie"" cations of danger up to the very moment of the ° f r inge; The pit was considered to be in an ordinary state b with the exception of one bank on the west side of_ . ., n lu e str i , gate, which was between an upper sad lower 5 n,,, fed about seventeen feet in length. The men were iner h use great caution in passing that part of the pit of The parties who were in the immediate neighbo w ,,,,Atit.l this place have perished. None remain to give en a 'soo 3 :s the origin of the accident, which is believed to hicre t this spot. The explosion was of so violent a chitrtl i et it blew up the landing at the mouth of the pit, and n stones, &c., to th e h e i g h t o f 30 or 40 yards. Immediately after the expl os i on , M r. George Wil s "dol'i ll of the manag i n g p ro p r i e t ors, w i th several men, went re der into the pit, to ascertain the state of the case, and t f, red the sufferers such aid as m i g ht b e within hulliyhe Unhappily, the time o f t h e exp l osion was whell.,,erkit force of men and boy s , t o th e num b er of 100, were " joy in the pit. Mr. Wil son was accompanied by Geolg fers tage, the under ground- s t ewar d, J osep h Littlewoo d 'hoiv man, and several men. In descending the pit, th e ir groans and cries of di s t ress from the sufferers in P ' en srb ° tions; and on reaching the b o tt om , some o f the 01 , 4 00: had gathered round the shaft assailed them with Or fo ntil tions of gratitude. Several of the men still living werL i or* to be severely wounded by the concussions they had sui.aitl. during the explosion. Others were in a state of insen s r e io Twenty-three were drawn out of the pit alive in a short Aoll and about an hour afterwards three others. The melerl`ere search was continued, and before twelve at night 41 other° b eett taken out dead. Being convinced that all w h o h a d not thell oi found must be dead, and the state of the pit b e i ng such,. nod render it very unsafe to continue th e searc h , Mr. WilsePilso his assistants re-ascended the shaft. Measures We l l..mettO taken for ventilating the pit. B ut t hi s was rendered twlaste by the fact that the e x pl os i on b ad broken down the 8015 ell ing wall between the downcast and the up-cast shafts• del; one more body was recovered up to three o'clock to' ti' but the utmost efforts were being made to restore the We lation of the pit, so as to render possible a more elf tbe search for th e b o di es. A rm i tage and Littlewood had . „ l d re' pit about a q uar t er o f an h our before the explosiontZ ported in the office th a t it was perfectly healthy. AP" bee" the property of M essrs . F r i t h , B ar b er, and Co., an d has worked four or five years. It is 282 yards deep. • the Between 30 a n d 40 o f t h e d ead bodies yet renlBlll,,tri 0, pit. About th e p i t mout h and all the roads leading 'O/00 pit were to be seen the mourning and anxious relations of deceased or injured m i ners , whose lamentations war_", l ger melancholy. Th e i nquest i s expecte d to ta k e place.on.,hiels day, before Mr. Lee, coroner of the district. The pit , the is the scene o f th is sad calamity, is about two miles trv_4 lo o.l scene of the accid e nt w hi c h a f ew weeks a go caused l u of six lives. • h i Sir Robert and Lady Peel entertained sZ e hite - Arty to dinner yesterday, at the family residence ie " ciall-gardens. gatlM OPENING OF NEW OXFORD.STREET.--On n et evening the thoroughfare of New Oxford-street Was •°P e to the public. JENNY LlND.—Jenny Lind has finally to come to London and sing at her Majesty's Thea tre, for Lumley giving her an indemnity aga i ns t all actionl.„o breach of contract with Mr. Bunn. The battle in the will therefore be fought, if at all, between the two inlina:V" —Morning Herald. Brest fpr The Friedland, three-decker , b qu as left Toulon, and is destined to join the sa d ron in the terranean. lOW the arralter We are glad to learn from Montauba , account given by the Journal de Toulouse, stating that Wee persons had been killed here in a riot, was unfottlicied--7 Galignani. Lord Ashburton received Viscount MOrpetb ali a a a select circle on Saturday evening, at his mansion in ricc - dilly. left His Serene Highners the Prince of Hessk r London on Saturday morning, by the General Steam -- gation Company's steam-kbip Triton, for Ostend. 4 1 4 i I 2 7% 7 1 ,E 6% Itemember teed the J. A. o._ ~,t t 4 Wit n o w _lunMr.ts of 6 ". an( tents f 0 4 is o 13, Great Marlborough-street. 31R. DISRAELI'S : NEW WORK, TANCRED OR, THE NEW CRUSADE, WILL BE READY FOIL DELIVERY in a few days, and those who desire early copies are requested to give their orders imme diately to their Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroug 1-stroet. AL