The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

.01/11.............NR1N Now ready, in Olfg VOLUME (comprising as much m avingsatter as twenty 1 or dinary volumes), illustrated with 1,500 Engr f Ow. 38e. bound. URKE'S PEERAGE and BAEONETAGE, B FOR 1847. NEW and REVISED EDITION ; Corrected throughout to th e p resent time, from the personal coin inunications of theNobility,&e., and CONTAINING all the.NE W CREATIONS. " The most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kid ever offered to the He n C o lburn, -Publisher, 13,public. Great Marlborough-street. ITAIMIT of C""1 6-A—RDEN, Established tor the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance etthe Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobility Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectfully in formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open thfirst some April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the"eason, of the established works of Chnarosa, Mozart, Rossini, areyerheer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Benin!, Dont setti, Mercadante, and Verdi, ou a scale of the utmost perfection in zvery department ; to which intent the manak ement has assembled a gompany embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRAN I.—Madame Grist and Madame Persiani (her Brat appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in 3111 an, her first ap pearance in this eouutry). CONTRALTI. —Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, Ind of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. T ENORl.—Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Levis ( o f the Imperia l theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signer Tulli (of the Theatre Sall 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. Petersb sash his first appearance on the Italian stage in Engla nd). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburint and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, Angelo Alba (of the Ills first appearance in this country), Sig nor nce in tills , and Theatre Royal, Madrid, his firs t Polonini (of the Imperial ThaePaPteraer,aYienna, kis country) first appear mice in this country PRIMI BASSI C.OMICI— ) Signor Pietro Ley (of the T heatre Ro y al Madrid, his first appearance in his coun x try), and Signor Agostino ilan, Vienna, and St. Pe- Rovers (of the Theatres Ito al. Is epics, D oe amuse in this country). tersburgh, second* hpisonnftrset—aiiadaarme Antoinette Mollidori (of the Theatre La & a l. , i n Milan), Mademoiselle Amalie Liner!, Mademoiselle Luigina Bellini. Seconds Tenure—Stgnor Emmanuele Man* (of the Theatre San Carlo in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Singers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master — Signor Bonconsiglto. 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 Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Dansettses will appear : —Premieres Dauseuse—Mademoiselle Dnmi !etre (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Berths (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Noodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La Skala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand* Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Scala, Grand Mil Op a n) era, Paris), and Monsieur BBlasts(of the Theatre La . Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regi3Selli de la Dense Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curini (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has bees entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of B. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Th€atre Italien, 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 Thrtico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for 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. ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed the Opera of MARITANA. After which the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Twe Ele phants, upwards of gixty Horses, and the Camels w il l app::ar. THEATRE ROYAL, 11.4.YMA1tKET. 'Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. ON EASTER MONDAY Will ho performed the new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOB SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far reu, Stuart, Bockstone, Howe, Selby, Brimlul, Mrs. Glower, Mrs. Hamby, Mrs. remold, Miss Fortescue, Mee Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &a. After which the Grand A.stronoralcal Extravaganza, ealled THE NNW PLANET ; or, Harlequin rut of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. l'ader the direction of Madame Celeste ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST *, a Gipsy story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leyhourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; ta rlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wilts Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. O. Smith, Mr. Cullen'ord, Madame Celeste iss , M Marian Taylor, Mimi Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. THEATRE ROYAL, LTCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on EASTER MONDAY. First light of a New Piece. To commence with the Drama of MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Yeung Ballot', Mrs. Keeley; :.4airey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Peck sniff, Mr. Matthews; Tigg, Mr. Wigan; Chuzzlewit, Mr. Emery; Pinch, Mr. Meadows. After whioh, first time, a New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Neon. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST; or, Bear, Eagle, and Dolphin- Principal characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Pillars, Miss Bromley, Miss I. Daly, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Howard, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, and Mr. Wigan. FRB:NCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell begs respectfully to announce that Mademoiselle NOSE CNERI will make her First Appearance on EASTER MON- DAY, in the Comedie-Vaudeville of UN CHANGEMENT DE MAIN ; and in an entirely new Comedy, entitled LA PROTEGEE, SANS LH SAVOIR. Boxes, 65., Pit, 3s. 6d. Stalls, 33.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-put Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond -street; and at the Box-office. ETRIOPIAN *ERENADERS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Re-engagement of the Ethiopian Serenaders. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will give their Attractive ENTER TAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, on EASTER, TUESDAY, and will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evening ; and a MORNING PERFORMANCZ every WEDNESDAY, be ginning on Weduesdy in Easter week. Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre:2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Wilder the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and ot b .er Members of the Royal Family. Will open, for the Summer Season, with Lord Byron's Equestrian Dramatic Poem of THB BRIDR OF IBYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR AND THE AVEN'GER'S STEED. Introducing Mr. Batty's Living Camels, Elephants, and Stud of Horse*, Ponies, &c. /MINIM THE WEATHER.—Sun Omcz, APRIL 1. THIMMOXZTIE, Lowest, 31; Highest. 42 ; Noon, 39, BAROMETER, 29.44. Wind S.S.W.; morning, rain and sleet: afternoon, flne. NIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 49 minutes after 1. 1 Evening .. 5 minutes after 2. itt 11111131 :::3 int LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1847. The House of Commons met at Twelve o'clock. The Army Service Bill passed through Com. mittee, and The House adjourned to Monday, April 12. We are in receipt of further intelligence from India via Marseilles, the overland dispatches having, as usual, anticipated the ordinary mail, which quitted Bombay on the 2d ult. The general tenor of the news is happily of the same pacific tendency that has of late been received from the East. Sinde is now thoroughly tranquil, the marauding tribes not having shown any disposition to renew their infamous incur sions since the salutary check which they got from the cavalry under the command of Captain JAcon; The military reduction has been completed in this province ; and a corresponding diminution in the ranks of the army is satisfactorily progressing in the other chief military divisions of the peninsula. The total reduction will amount to little short of 40,000 men. The force which will then be kept on foot will exceed by 30,000 men the number we maintained befor e we crossed the Indus in 1838. The in lessening the military Go vernor-General justify. The acquisitiorls strength as prudence would whave recently made, and the nature of the en g a g e ments a i t uto which we have entered with the different at authorities, upon the termination of the hostilities that hav e been respectively carried on, fully accounts for the neces sity of having 3 0 , 000 soldiers beyond w h at we .re tained before we entered upon the campaign i n A ghanistan. In the Punjaub some excitement has been created by the discovery of a conspiracy to as sassinate Sirdar TEJ SteiGu, lately the Commander-in- Chief of the Seikh forces. The plot has heen defeated. It originated, apparently, in the umbrage he had given by the fidelity with which he has adhered to the British alliance. DIIULEEP SINGH and the Ranee have been prohibited by our representative from making any pilgrimages without his express sanction, IVe have no doubt that this step has been dictated by sound policy. The duplicity, abominable intrigues, and treachery which have stamped every proceeding of the Court of Lahore, requires the greatest vigilance on the part of the British autho rities; and it is more than probable that, under the mask of devotion, they would endeavour to make their wanderings to shrines subservient to schemes of disaffection and revolt. The insurrection ary spirit in the Hazzareh districts has been quelled, In other parts, the salutary influence which is known to follow the establishment of British domination, is already animating the people with the desire of enjoy ing the same advantages. The population of Cash mere and Moulton, severely oppressed by their native rulers, are already impressed with a sense of the rapid improvement which is being effected in favour of their southern country men in the Punjaub, by virtue of the revolution we have wrought since the triumphal entry of our troops into Lahore. The Goomsoor districts form a painful exception to the peaceable condition of India. More barb,rous tribes do not exist through out the vast Oriental Peninsula. Their savage delight in human sacrifices is horrifying in the extreme; every civilized mind will rejoice that our rulers have determined to adopt, if necessary, the most stringent means for putting an end to this ruthless practice. In no other part of the world, perhaps, is fanaticism so diabolically predominant as among the Goomsoors. The news from China presents nothing of interest. Parliament is adjourned until Monday, the 12th of April. Although we have repeatedly, of late, made anticipatory allusions to this vacation, we are tempted to return to its consideration, now that it has actually commenced. Some breathing-time, however short, is absolutely essential for the healthy conduct of legislation ; the arrivals of Easter and Whitsuntide afford a salutary pause, during which the Ministry, the Peers, and the representatives may become more circumspect in their deliberations upon public busi ness. During those intervals, for example, they may take a retrospective survey of their Parliamentary commissions and omissions; they may consider how far they have fulfilled the expectations of the people, how far they have accomplished their own in tentions, and how far the necessities for some alteration or modification of existing statutes have been consulted. We have already enume rated the boons conferred upon Ireland during the first portion of this important session, the benefactions that have been showered upon the tenantry, the re sources that have been provided for the destitute, and the munificence evinced towards that unfortunate island in the days of her utmost tribulation. We have already scanned the measures introduced, and the motions brought forward; it only remains for us, therefore, to consider the questions which have been either entirely overlooked or superficially considered. With reference to the subject of National Education, we must observe that the fl-ocrastination of the Government is rather judicious than reprehensible. It would be insanity—not to say cruelty—to introduce a matter of such vital importance in the midst of so many exigencies as those arising from the starvation in Ireland. To slur over a question in which are implicated the morality, the intelligence, and the general happiness of the empire, would be unbecoming a wise and provident Legislature, and must have in evitably produced the most disastrous conse quences. There are so many evils to root out, so many prejudices to overcome, so much speciousness to expose, and such virulent and copious acrimony to counteract, that the settlement of the single question of national education would afford ample labour for an entire session. Whether it be to establish normal schools in districts where the light of knowledge has but feebly penetrated, or to build seminaries where ignorance has hitherto reigned predominant, there is an alarming amount of work to do before the arrange ments of the Legislature can be carried into effect, even when they have been inscribed upon the statute-book. Even then it will be hope less to anticipate any suppression of the Dr. B limber es tablishments, with all the prestige of their butlers, capable of pouring the table-beer out so superbly as to impart to it " quite a winy flavour." To the cruelties of Do-the-Boys Halls the Government schemes may afford a permanent preventive, and to the brutalities and blunderings of the Charitable Grinders—where the children are " huffed and cuffed, and flogged and hedged, and taught, as par rots are, by a brute jobbed into his place as school master with as much fitness for it as a hound "—the provisions of the Legislature may act as an effectual antidote. Much, indeed, may be accomplished in the way of intellectual improvement by the interposition of the Executive, but it would be folly to anticipate that all tine-ceeeet-eaeol mental wants of the community can be satisfied by the arrangements of the Administration and the Im perial Parliament. We might, with as much reason, expect the Government to organize a body of Feeders to convey the separate spoonfuls of soup to the mouths of the famishing Irish, after having efficiently founded the Commissariat Department and en throned M. SOTER upon the dresser of the Dublin cuisine. Too little has hitherto been done by the Legis lature for the dissemination of enlightenment among the multitude, and this just because the majority have expected too much. The Government can only be ex pected to guide the poorer and more neglected classes in the best way to obtain knowledge ; they can only be expected to afford a sound education to those who have heretofore allowed the tablets of their intellects to become miserably warped by an erroneous tuition, or irreparably bleared into idiotism by a total aban donment. The Government can only be expected to put those upon the right tack who have previously been upon the wrong tack, to afford crutches to the cripples, and spectacles to the short-sighted. It is absurd to look from the hands of the Executive for new limbs for the lame, or new eyes for the blind. To this generation of the uneducated, and even to the rising generation, the aid of State schoolmasters could only be comparatively advan tageous. It is to the after generations that a good system of national education would descend as a priceless benefit, and that only be it observed to the classes below the middle ranks of society—to classes who are pecuniarily as well as intellectually incompe tent to aid towards the development of their own minds. Upon the evils of the fashionable academies the Government could no more be expected to pos sess any influence than upon the more aristo cratic evils of the Universities. It is only, as we have already observed, upon the Do-the-Boys Halls, and upon the Charitable Grinders, and upon the localities which are without even those pestilential nesfs of the more vicious tuition, that the Legislature can be expected to exercise a beneficent sway. Here, however, in this restricted ground the labour is enormous and bewildering; and considering the extent of that labour, and the emi nence of the question itself, we conceive that it has been deferred at this time with very considerable reason. The sanatory measures we commented upon yes- terday, as having been ably explained by the Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests. To the other procrastinated schemes of the Adminis tration we must make allusion upon some more fitting opportunity. Intelligence from Athens to the 20th of March has been received. COLETTI had requested the SULTAN to recal M. Mussuats, and to nominate another Minister, after which the King of GREECE would give every reason able satisfaction that the SULTAN might demand. This, which would be tantamount to inflicting a punishment on M. MUSSURUS for doing his duty, was very properly refused by the SULTAN, who re ferred COLETTI to the first note addressed by the Porte to the Court of Greece on the subject. The Parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the Greek Ministry was concluded, and very grave charges are made in the documents published by order of the C3mmittee against the Minister of Finance. The following incident is calculated to confirm the truth of these charges, and is at the same time illustrative of the manner in of the ,. country : _ O the employes in —One of which the tool of France, M. COLETTI, mana g es the Government the finance Department , named KROKIDAS, 1 had given some important evidence before the Com mittee of Inquiry. Sh ort l y afterwards the Minister of Finance, POUIROPOULO, summoned KROKIDAS to his Cabinet, where be found Partiss t' Ministerial Deputy, Mind s t ' 1 rs Deputy, and the notorious CLEomEos, who was suspected of having murdered the brother of Kno- KIDAS. A few hours after this interview KROKIDAS was taken suddenly ill, and shortly afterward s died. It was rumoured in Athens that he had been poisoned, but no inquiry into the circumstances of his death was permitted to be instituted, and he was buried without the cause of his (loath having been ascertained. The Swabian Mercury states that the Austrian Government has doubled the export duty on corn from the frontiers of Silesia and Moldavia. The Augsburg Gazette states that the Government of Saxony is negotiating with the house of ROTHS. CHILD for a loan, to be applied in completing the railroads of that kingdom. Madrid journals of the 25th have arrived. The debate on the Address is at last concluded, and the discussion with which it closed will be read with interest by the foreign creditors of Spain. M. MENDIZABAL complained that the foreign creditors had been deprived of their security by the suspension of the sale of the property of the monks, and by the return to the clergy of that which had belonged to them. M. MoN defended both these measures, and the Minister of Finance expressed a hope that the day was not far distant on which the foreign creditors would be paid, and said, that without such payment, it was impossible that the credit of Spain could exist. The Ministerial crisis still continues, and the Heraldo, the Afrancesado organ, calls upon the Cabinet to take measures to strengthen itself, and to obtain from the QUEEN unequivocal proofs of her confidence. This article of the Heraldo contrasts somewhat strangely with the article in the French Journal des Debals, which asserts that there is no crisis, and that the QUERN is free. Really M. GUIZOT should see to this. The Duke of GLUCKSBURGH hardly as yet understands his business. Count BRESSON would not have committed such a blunder. The same journal states that both NARVAEZ and GONZALES BRAVO have re fused to support any Ministry which should adopt a policy different from that of the present one. The Clamor Publico contains accounts of various Carlist movements in different parts of Spain. The Bourse was closed. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Journal des Debuts is excessively wroth with the English journals for the manner in which they write on Spanish affairs. It denies that any Minis terial crisis exists at Madrid, although it was itself the first to announce that such was the case. It denies that the Queen of SPAIN is tyrannised over by the Afrancesado faction, although the fact that the QUEEN had called upon the Duke of SOTOMATOR and his colleagues to resign, but that they refused to do so, and held office in direct opposition to the clearly expressed commands of their SOVEREIGN, was ac knowledged by themselves in the Cortes. The con clusion of the article is really laughable for the bare faced audacity of its falsehoods. Like the lies of Falstaff, they are " gross as a mountain, oper, palpable"—in short, regular Guizots. " The Queen of SPAIN," says the Dgbats, " is free—the Cortes are free. Let every one respect their independence as much as France does ; we ask no more." The alarmist article in the Debats of the preceding day on the prospects of the next harvest, is the sub ject of indignant comment in many of the journals. On this subject the Union Manarchique says— ' "A great agitation, we might say a great panic, existed yesterday on the Bourse. The cause of the trouble was an article quite alarmist, published in the morning by the Debats, and in which the question of subsistence in France, at present so important, is pre sented under the blackest and most sinister aspect. It is strange that an organ of the Cabinet, that a journal whose words are justly considered more or less official, should have come all at once to utter this cry of dread, and in some sort to join its sinister prophecies to the universal blame which the Administration has incurred during several months. We will not endeavour to pene trate this mystery. We cannot, however, dissimulate the painful sentiment which this imprudent andslangerous manifesto of the Debats has caused us. Ought we to consider it as the faithful expression of the views of the Government? Or ought we only to see in it an isolated mani:estation of the Ministerial newspaper? This is a grave point, on which we hope the Debuts, or more official journals, will be pleased to furnish us prompt explanations. Until now, as is known, the Ministerial tactics have been to tranquillise the country as much as possible, to give us at least words of consolation with respect to the immediate prospects of our subsistence. The Debats has often associated itself with this Govern ment optimism, in which, to speak the truth, we have never had an entire confidence. How is it, then, that this same journal becomes in a moment more pessimist than we are—that, after having sung to every tune the material security of the country, it suddenly throws be fore it words of despair?" The Prince DE POLIGNAC, the last Minister of CHARLES X., and the author of the famous ordon nance which caused the revolution of 1830, died on the 29th at St. Germains. He had been suffering from gout for the last two years. The Presse contains the following : " On Friday the King was at Neuilly, and visited on foot the little farm situated in front of one of the lateral gates of the château. He was accompanied by the Queen, by GeneraPGourgaud, Count de Strada, M. La borde, and M. Gudin, officers of ordonnance, and by an architect. The farmer asked permission to put up a shed against a house occupied by old servants of the château, who have retired from service. The King re marked that if he consented to the application, the inha bitants of the house would be deprived of light and air. The farmer, however, insisted, whereupon the King entered the house, examined it in every part, and found that what he had said would inevitably occur. These good people,' remarked his Majesty, have the same need of sun and air as we have; why, then deprive them of them ?' and he peremptorily refused the farmer's application." , The National says— " We are assured that M. de Barante is to replace the Count de St. Aulaire in London, and is to have for suc cessor at St. Petersburgh Count Brisson, who has long desired the appointment of Ambassador to Russia." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 78f. 95c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 95c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,276 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 870 f. Havre, 672 f. 50c., Great Northern, 628 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 1310 f ; Vierzon, 563 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 517 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 415 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2851. ; Basle, 205 f.; Dieppe, 323 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 426 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 4181. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4551. Cette, 447 f. 50c.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 294. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIM LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, liAsca 31. Boulogne and Amiens, 163( —Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 4 3 4—Northern of France, 13—Paris and Lyons, 55(—Rouen and Havre, 2614—Sambre and Meuse, 6 —West Flanders, 4%, MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT.—(TIES DAY.) A special general court of the governors of this charity was held to-day, at the boardroom of the hospital, pursuant to the following resolution, agreed to at a board held on the 2d ultimo:— " That on occasion of the vacancy in the office of Pre sident of this char.ty, by the lamented decease of the late Duke of Northumberland, and influenced by a deep sense of the obligations this establishment is under to the illustrious house of Percy from the first foundation of the hospital to this time, and from the assurance that the governors feel that it will experience in his Grace the present Duke a powerful and zealous patron as low? as the conduct of it shall continue to merit his protection and support, it be recommended by a special general court, to be convened for that purpose, to elect the pre sent Duke of Northumberland to succeed to the office of President, vacant by the death of his much-lamented brother." _ _ The meeting was merely formal, and his Grace the Duke of Northumberland was elected without opposition. The court then separated. MARKET NEWS.-(T HIS DAY.) _ HAT MARKETS , _ _ _ Sma - urnit.D.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 ICs ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 41 15a ; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 14s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 3/18s; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 145; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 55 to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 51; and Straw, 11 108 to 1114 s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. DIEZ.A.T DIELIMET S. SOUTHALL, Maactt 31.—We had a very steady trade here to-day, at improved currencies.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5a 4d • Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4a to 5 3 ; and Pork, 4a to 4 s gd per Sibs., to sink the offal. ROMFORD, MARCH W.—Higher prices were paid this morning for all kinds of stock, with a: ready demand.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 6d; Mutton, 45 to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5a 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 45 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs , 16 s to 18s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. MARCH 31.—Beef, from 35 6d to 4a 6d ; Mut ton, 43 4d to 53 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d • Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 43 to 4s 8d per Sibs. A moderate supply, and a ready demand. ARUNDEL, MARCH 30.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 41 to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 53 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 8114, CHICHESTER, MARCIE 31.—The trade was firm this morn ing, as follows :—Beef, from 33 6d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 4s 6d to 4. 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s B{l per 81bg. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter old Store Pigs, 163 to 18s; and Milch Cows, 161 to 18/103 each. NEWOATE AND ILEADSNEUXI6I.. The supplies of each kind of Meat on sale were small, while the general demand was firm, as follows :—Beef, from 33 to 33 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 33 10d to 55 per Blb3 by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April I, 1547, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towu3 in Eagland and Waits per Imperial Quarter. STREAT. I RAILLET.I OATS. I RTE. 1 BISA:14. I PEAS. PRICEI773 Od la 4,1 3ls 61 f Od I sls Ind 36s 9d The Duties on Foreign Grant are new suspended. CALEDONIAN CANAL.—We understa nd the Caledo nian Can a l i s now open from Inverness to Gairlochy, nryi wi,l t in a t ew d ay vertocr. 3 mere, be op hw en otv sea.—Au s 4 , ‘ I NAIc W47 7:-ID-11:3:1;k " - 11-'II2F-"alk '11; THE 6ON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINCT, APRIL 1, 1847 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. I The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, but firm. Sales 5,000 bales, including 4,000 bales of American, at 6d. to 7id. per lb. Shares were dull. A perusal of the various market reports from India, received by the Overland Mail, leads to the impression that they are in most respects of a more satisfactory com plexion, and that the demand for imports had improved in consequence of the intelligence conveyed out upon the subject of the advance in the raw staple here. The supply of cotton fabrics, was, however, quite equal to the existing demand, and will need but gradual and cautious replenishment. The value of rice had advanced, and indigo was firm. The exchanges were more in favour of India, there being a good supply of bills, but the Company continue to turnit.h drafts at Calcutta at 2s. per rupee. Shipping was comparatively scarce; but fresh arrivals were expected. Money had been rather scarce, but it was thought the Government were taking up more money than they really needed for the Five per Cent. loan, in order to reduce subsequently the interest on a part of the debt. The position of tbe Bank of England, and the predic tion that its bullion will be further materially reduced, is calculated to test severely Sir Robert Peel's new Cur rency Bill, and the " Banker's Magazine" specially calls attention to the difficulty in which the Bank is placed by being compelled by law note policy to keep a large amount of bullion in the issue department, even if the banking department is drawn upon to the last sovereign. Supposing a rigorous application of the screw to be re solved upon, a writer in the same periodical asks:— " But how will the various branches of our trade support the pressure ? How wU our agriculturists and manufacturers be able to prnreed, with high rates of interest and limited accommodnion ? Surely, the obvious fact that the natural, proper, and periodical demand for banking, accommodation to carry on the usual business of the country cannot to complied with, under the circumstances referred to, proves that the foreign exchanges ought not, without some compen sating arrangement of our currency system, to be made the arbitrary regulator of the local circulation ?" The Banker's Magazine then calls upon the farmers, shopkeepers, manufacturers, railway shareholders, and cauntry bankers, to unite in opposing the continuance of the law. In the Consol Market the desire to sell has been again shown this morning. The scrip of the new loon has been sold at 1 per cent. discount. Consols :for the Ac count have fluctuated from 88i to 88i, the latter being the present value. For money the rates are precisely similar. Exchequer-bills have been sold at 2s. discount and at 2s. premium. India Bonds have dropped to 55. discount. All the other Funds are flat. Very little business has been done in the Foreign Funds this morning. The only quotations have been for Spanish Consols. 22i; for the Three per Cents. 34k; for the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58k; for the Four per Cents. 91; for the Mexican Five per Cents. 211 and Grenada Deferred, 2i. I❑ the Railway Shares the transactions have not been numerous this morning. Buyers came forward appa rently with hesitation. The weekly meeting of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England (of course, private) has broken up without any vote being taken as to the policy of further enhancing the rate of interest upon advances on dis count. It was certainly a very general opinion that this course would have been adopted, but there are probably sound reasons for continuing things for the I present as they are. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRI , :ES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. ex div 87% 1 hree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 88 % !s, % 88% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 8, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • — 9% India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. • • • • • • Ditto, under 1,0001. .. • • .. .. 5 die 5 die Bank Stock for April 14 .. . • .. .. 204% 204% Consols for Account .. • • .. •• 88 1 4% 88% India Stock for Account .. • . .. .. 248 248 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip • • • • . % 1 dis 1 die Exchequer Bills. 150. 2d. 1,0001... •• ..... •• • • 2p 1 dis 2 p 2 p cool. . .. ...• par 2p 2P Ditto, Small •• •• 1 dis 3 p 3 p ONE CLOSINt, FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CiAJCK. P+<l(2 En. Chilian Bonds, G per Cent .. . .. ex div 91% Grenada, I per Cent • • • • • • • Ditto, Deterred • • • • • • • • n ~ 3 , N,, 3% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 8 per Cent .• A7e 21% Portuguese Four per Cent •• .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 34 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 22% 22% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 34% 34 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 40 ex div 40 Dividends on the above payable in London. _ _ ... Dutch Twoandl:a-ilalf per Cent .. 58% 54% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certiftates .. 91 ex div 907 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRIC ES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting.. Beston, and Eastern Junction .. .. •• 2%.... •••• • • • • 2% Birming., Wolver., and Dudley•. 11 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 6)4 . 6% Bristol and Exeter • • .. 75 75 ......... '75 Ditto, New .. • .. • . •• 10 .... 1 1 % 4 . •••• • . . 11% Buckinghamshire .. ..61.4x..... par .......... par Caledonian .• 30 .... 26u, 26 .• •• .. 26 Ditto. Half Shares .. • • • • 2% • ... 2 1 4 Eastern Counties .• .• 20 .... 19%% 19 .... 193( Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. .. •••• • • .• 1A P Ditto, York Extension • • • . 5% .... 4% • • East Lancashire • • • • •• 17 •• • •••• • " • ' .. Ditto, ditto New Scrip • • .. 1% •• .• 2% ••• • • • .... 2 34 East Lincolnshire .. • • .. .. 4 .... 6% %• • •• .. Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. 50 .... 71% ••• • • • ... 71 3<, Edinburgh and Perth • • • . • • 2 .... 3 1 4% %...... 3% Ditto, Extension . .• 10s• 1 1 4 %•••• • • • • 1% Great Northern .. .. • • 3% % •• .. 3% Do., London & York Extension 2% .... 2% .......... % Great North of England . ..1 00 .... 231 ..... 231 Gtrest Western. - QS . il7 115 Ditto, Half Shares SO .... 68% .. • - 68% Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12%.... 18 17% • • .... 18 Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 26% .......... 26% Ditto, New . 4% •. • • 7% %• • • ..... Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 •• .. 102% .. •• • • .... 102% Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 .. .... 64 ... •• • .... 64 Leeds and Thirsk .. .. .. • • 22►% .... 20 1 4 20 .. •• .. 20 Ditto, New .. .. .. .. 10 ., .... 9_ , • • ........ 9 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. •• 3 .... 4% London and Blackwa .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 . London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .. • . 52% %• • ...... 52 1 ,i London an . North-Western ..100 •• • • 177 175.. ...... 176% Ditto, Quarters -- • . .. 2 .... .......... 23 . Ditto ditto, Now Shares .. .. 2 .... 13 12% ...... 12h, London and South-Western -411. 6s. 10d... ....... .. 64 Ditto, New • • •• .. .. 22%.... 25%.......... 25% Lynn and Ely • • • • • • • • Lynn and Dereham • • •• •• 20 .• •• • ..... -• .. 211 A Ditto,Ditto Manchester and Leeds .• •• 82 .... •• •• ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12 .... 16 .... ..... 16 ..71. 48..... 2% p........ 2% p Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • ..,, 10 Sixteenths. •••• ••0A••••8%• • • • • • • • • • 8 iii Midland .. .. .. .. •. ..100 ....115 114% ..• 114% Ditto, New •• ..• ' •• 30 •' • • 33 N h•••• • • • • 33% Ditto, New • • Ditto, New .. ••.... .. 2 .... 4 , 5...... ~ 4 NoD D rit i th t to to u, , rtH ß as irral auhs. ng h. ar harn es : :: d D : e : rby .. 1 , 0 ., 0 ........ _9l 93 21: Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .... •.. — • :. n 12 8' %. • . • ••.• 1 8 5: ..•:.• .... •• .. 1 8 5 Z Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 2% •• .. 37fi ..... . . . . 3% Ditto, Extension • • ' • • • %•• • • 1 ••••• • • • • • I% Ditto, Thirds • • •• • • ••. 1 •••• 3 % • • • • • • • 3% North Staffordshire • • • • • • 5 •• • • 7 % • .. 7% Oxford,Worcest., North Western • • • • • • • • 4 •• • • 31 4 ••• • • • • 3% g y Wolverhmpta. 22% .... 15% .. Preston and Wyre • • • • •• 2 5 ••.. 35 34% 35% • . 35% Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. .. 8% .... • ......... ___ Ditto, ditto (B) • • • • • • 1 'A•• • • ••••• • • • • • 1% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 5 .. • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% •••• ••••• • • • • • 4li zit Ditto, Class B .. • • • • • • 1 t ,* •• • • 14x 1.. • l%xl Shrewsbury and Hereford .. .. 2 •. . . 1 4 • • ... Shropshire Union .• • • • • • 425..... 1% dis l% dis South Eastern and Dover .. • • 33 1 % .. • • 36% xd ....., 36% id South Yorkshire, Doncaster, ana •• •1% Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 12 .. 12 York and Newcastle • • • . .. 25 .... 34%% •••• • • 34% Ditto, New.. • • • • " '• 10 •• ' 11% ••"•• " '• 15 Ditto, Preference • • • • • • 4 .• .. 7% ... York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... 84 . • B4 Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... ...• ••.. • • 36% Ditto, Preference • • .. .. 2 .... 11% ..... • Do. E , and W. Riding Exten.• • 10 •• 2 1 14 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - _ Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • 7 •• • 4 • • .... • ... 414 Northern of France • • • • • • 6 8 •• • ..•• I 2 ••• . . 1214 Orleans and Bourdeaux •• • • • . . 6% Paris and Lyons • • • • • • • • 8 .• .. 5% • 5 Sambre and Meuse • • • .. 12 .... 6 % 6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Anstulasla • • .. - . .. .. 40 .... 22 •••••••••• 22 MINES. _. Real del Monte, 17nrezistered .. .... 3%.......... 336 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-(TI - IIS DAY.) LONDON, Arm, I.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze and fine. DEAL, MARCH 31.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Sld. Ellen, New York ; Mediator, ditto ; Resolution, Quebec; Essex, Hobart Town; Justina, Madras; James M'Queen, St. Lucia. BRISTOL, MAncit 30.—Arrd. Barbara, Baker, Calcutta, with foremast sprung. A vessel of about 500 or 600 tons, with mizen mast and roundhouse gone, and abandoned, was passed 18th inst., lat. 53 N., long. 18 W.; and on the 28th, off Lundy, several bales (supposed to be cotton) and a barque with loss of mizen mast, by the Frederick Smith, arrived here. WARKWORTH, MAncn 30.—The Monica, of Whitby, for London, struck on the bar on the 28th inst., drove on the rocks, and has become a wreck. CARDIGAN, MARCIE 30.—The Whitebaven has been as sisted off the bar and into here. _ GLouclisrEit, MARCH 31.—The Menapia got off the rocks last night, and will come here to be docked. YARMOUTH, MAactt 31.—The Nordlyset has got of Hasbro' Sand, and arrived here to-day; cargo discharging. WATERFORD, Maacit 28.—Sid. Altorf, New Orleans; Antiquary, Philadelphia; Till, New York; Herbert, ditto; Melcheor, Martinique. DEATH OF SIR ARCHIBALD DUNBAR, BART.—This Baronet, the representative of one of the oldest Scottish houses, died on Monday last at his seat Northfield, El ginshire, aged G 5. He was son of the fourth Baronet, by the daughter of Viscount Arbuthnot, and is succeeded in the title and estates by his eldest son Archibald. Two of his sons are in the East India Company's service, and a third is captain in the 22d Foot, now in India. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION IN FRANCE. — The new work under this title, by the celebrated authoress of " Father Darcy," " Emilia Wyndham," &c., is published this day by Mr. Bentley, and may be had of all booksellers, in two vols. Bvo., with numerous fine portraits and wood engravings by G. Measom, price 305., bound. Mr. Bentley has also just published the following now works :-2. side and Border Sketches; with Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir, by W. 11. Maxwell, Esq., author of " Wild Sports of the West," &c., 2 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, 215., bound. 3. Memoirs of Jacques Coeur, the French Argonaut, by Miss Costello, author of "The Lives of Eminent Englishwomen," " A Summer amongst the Bocages and Vines," Esc., Bvo., with Portait, &c., 145., bound. 4. The Phantom Ship, by Captain Mar ryat, forming the new volume of the " Standard Novels and Romances," complete in 1 vol., neatly bound and embel lished, price Cs. SURREY THEATRE.—The Arabs who are to per form on Easter Monday had a rehearsal yesterday. The vigour and agility which they display in their various feats, and the singular and apparently perilous combinations which they form, will, doubtless, render them highly attractive to all who take interest in exhibitions of the kind. They cer tainly surpass anything in the gymnastic way that has yet been attempted. EAST SOMERSET ELECTION.--The day of nomina tion for the election of a Member in the place of Colonel &ire Langt.)n, deceased, sill take pl.4ce at Wells on 6, " , "")". Aim' 10. As yet we.have beard ui au opptmi tion to Mr. W. Pinney.—Taunton Courier. OVERLAND MAIL IN DIA. (From the Times.) We have received by our regular semi-monthly express from Marseilles tour dispatches from India in anticipation of the mail,, , which left Bombay on the 2d of March. They bring the intelligence—happily now usual — of the prevalence of tranquillity in our Indian pro vinces ; yet there exist s:ts•ong probabilities of disturb ances breaking out in vatious districts. There is evidently rca uch dissatisfaction prevalent in Lahore. The Queen• Mother and others are busy in intrigues. A conspiracy has been discovered, which had for its object the murder of Tej Singh, who is looked upon as tlhe friend of the British. The Queen-Mother and her son Dhuleep were about to proceed upon a pilgrimage, but were prevented by the interference of the British Resident, Colonel Lawrence. Their departure from Lahore was in tended to produce a gvand movement amongst the disaffected. From Jamoo we learn that Ghoolab Singh is ruling his new subjects with z rod of iron. The insurrec tion in the Hazzareh, or mountain districts, has been put down. In Moultan the Moulraj, as if enraged at the sums demanded from him by the Dewan of Lahore, is le vying the most oppressive taxes. His oppressions, like those of Ghoolab S ingh, will speedily create a de sire in those districts for the establishment of the British rule. Cashmere and Moultan, as well as La hore, are likely ere long to belong to the dominions of Great Britain, for the inhabitants groan under the hated yoke of their native Rajas and Nazims. From Peshawur we learn that the bands of ran somed Indians which the :British Government has obtained from Dost Mahomed had crossed the Indus at Attock. There is said to be a great scarcity of money at Caubul. Dost Mahomed remained there in quiet, while his Wuzeer and son, the notorious Akbar, was restless, and hurrying from one place to another, as if agitated by some powerful motives. He was in December at Candahar, whence he took one of his uncles as a hostage, and brought him to his father. In January he, having returned to Caubul, had set out for Jellalabad. All these movements at that season clearly show that he is involved in some important schemes. He has caused a number of his adherents to assemble at Jellalabad, with the ostensible purpose of an attack on the Ghilzies of Kashmund, the son of whose chief he wishes to have as a hostage for the good conduct of the father. The winter has been unusually severe in the north of India. Snow to the depth of three feet had fallen at Simla, and abundant rains had fertilised the plains, and given promise of an abundant harvest in the Jullunder and other districts. The Governor- General, who was moving through the north west provinces on a tour of inspection, was expected at Meerut on the 22d of February. He has punished several and rewarded others of the " protected Seikh chiefs" for their conduct during the late war. It was expected that he would be joined at Meerut by Mr. Thomason, the Lieutenant-Governor of the north. western provinces, in order that they might confer together respecting various improvements which were suggested. The Commander-in-Chief was at Saharampoor, whither it was thought the Governor-General would proceed, on his route to the hills, before the commencement of the hot season. His return to Calcutta is not expected for some months more. The death of the King of Oude took place on the 13th of February; but such were the activity and good arrangements of the Resident, Colonel Rich mond, that his eldest son and successor was placed on the throne without any of the disturbances usual on such occasions. All was quiet at the time of the death of the one and enthronement of the other. From Sinde there is nothing new. The marau ders of the Boogtie tribes, who had begun their forays near Shirkapore, having been attacked and repulsed by Jacob's Horse, had retired to their hills. Nothing was said of their future attempts. Sir Charles Napier was at Hyderabad, and Sinde was as tranquil as any province of India, notwithstanding the withdrawal of the great portion of the Bombay regiments which had been stationed there. The reduction of the army was going forward. Two hundred Sepoys and twenty-five natives officers were to be struck off from the rolls of each native re giment of infantry. The cavalry and irregulars will be also reduced; so that the numerical strength will be lessened by about 40,000 men. Her Majesty's 9th, 17th, 39th, and 63d Regiments are also returning to Europe. The 21Iofussillite, a paper printed at Meerut, as serts in its publication of the 19th of February, that the reduction of the irregulars has been suspended, and that the regular troops would not be reduced immediately. The cause of this delay is not publicly known. The Five per Cent. Loan still continued open, al though it was said that upwards of 3,000,0001. ster ling bad been subscribed. Ibis thought that when the Treasury has abundant cash a plan of reducing the debt and interest will be adopted. By orders of the Governor-General the cessation of all kinds of official labour on Sunday has been effected. Even the native durbars have been laid aside on that day in various places. The Goomsoors, perhaps the most uncivilized of all the tribes of India, are still in arms. Their fana ticism and eagerness for human sacrifices will not allow them to submit to the demands of the British Government for the suppression of those atrocities. Measures are, however, in progress for bringing them to a sense of their duties, by mild means, if possible ; if not, by force. Their isolated position near the Coromandel coast, and their impervious cane forests, may cause some delay , but they produce no alarm. They are the remnants of the wildest bar barians of that coast, and must, by degrees, conform to the rules of civilized mankind. A commissioner has proceeded thither in order to prevent the further shedding of blood. The Nizam's dominions still present the same pic ture of confusion, dissatisfaction, and general misery. A petty raja at Kandhar, about seventy miles from Hingolee, having refused to obey the orders of the new Wuzeer, was seized and carried prisoner to Hyderabad, while his fort was occupied by the troops from the neighbouring stations. The misery which prevails in the rural districts of the western presidency of India is unalleviated. The rise in the price of cotton may be supposed sufficient to encourage the ryots to save their crop, but as they see no effort is made by the " Sirdars," as the Go vernment authorities are called, they will make none. It will scarcely be believed in England that at the time when the cotton is fit for plucking and cleansing the native ryots amuse themselves with long holi days, like the Roman Saternalia, in which the vilest obscenities are uttered, and the populace appear frantic. Some stringent regulations ought to be taken for having the crops secured before, and the celebration of such festivals carried on at other seasons. They are absolutely the acts of madmen, who neglect everything to indulge in the most loath some vices. One of those infamous festivals, the Hoolee, was celebrating at the time of the departure of the mail. For ten days the population was engaged in their observances, and for the last four they refused to work. The trade in opium was rather dull. The cele brated actions brought to compel payment from the repudiators of their time bargains had been stopped by a demurrer in the Supreme Court. Judgment in the case of the demurrer was expected on the sth of March. It was looked to with great inter est, for if the British Courts protect the repudiators, there will be no security for any bargains with the natives. The new Governor of Bombay had gone for a short excursion into the Deccan. He appears re solved to learn the true state of matters by personal inquiries, and much good is expected from him hereafter. The non-arrival at Bombay of the London mails of the 24th of January, prior to the departure of the mails of the 2d of March, gave rise to various conjectures, w hk.l-1 it is needless to repeat. e mint not omit to mention th tile snare holders of the Oriental Bank at Bombay had, at a public meeting, rejected the propositions made -o them by the directors of their branch in London ; but other amended resolutioni had been agreed to for the adoption of the latter. We annex a Price Current, which is considered the best in Bombay. COMMERCIAL INTE LLIG ENCE. BOMBAY, MAncir 2. Cotton Piece Goods.—We are glad to say that there has been a good demand since our last for grey goods, and a larger amount of busine done to what we re - p. erted in our last for the first half of past month, owing to the dealers having nearly eleareo off their stocks of previous cheap purchases which enables them now to offer better prices ; these are as yet, however, inadequate to the late advance in manufactured goods in England, and consequently importers evince firmness in holding. The following are the descriptions of goods on which two to six annas per piece have advanced. Lower and middling qualities of jacconets, shirtings, and mad dapolams. There is a scarcity of 45-inch shirting above 64 reeds and advanced prices are offered. Domestics of coarse and heavy make have been sold at full prices. Bleached goods have not participated in the advance. Twill-d cloth and middling quality of jacconets :are in quired after at a slight advance on former prices. Fancy goods, such as lappets, mull-mull, zebra dresses, Are steady ; but no advance in price is yet offered. The principal buyers of these goods are Alarwarrics, who have not yet commenced purchasing, and until they come forward we look for no improvement. Dyed goods, only a small amount of sales effected in Turkey red, plain, and twilled cloth ; of the former 1,000 pieces 24 inches, 28 yards, at Br. and 2a., and the latter, 400 pieces, 36 inches 24 yards, fine quality, at 10r. and 6a. per piece. _ . R. As. P. 360 pieces Grey sheeting 40 inches 73 yards 13 3 0 1,350 Bleached lappets 40 inches 10 yds. 1 12 0 500 Grey shirting 40 inches 38 yards 4 8 0 2,000 Bleached lappets 10 yards 1 10 to 2 8 0 300 , t Mull 20 yards ... ... 3 2 0 500 17 - Book Muslin s 12 y a rd s 2 5 0 . . 300 Scarfs, 45 inches 5 yards - ... 2 6 0 1,000 Grey sheeting, 36 inches 60 yards 9 6 0 1,000 „ shirting, 45 inches ... 5 9 0 1,000 If f, 40 inches ... 4 14 0 1,000 , , 9 9 4 6 6 1,000 „ sheeting, 30 inches 24 yards 2 9 6 1,000 „ jacconets, 45 inches ... 2 5 0 1,000 „ sheeting, 33 inches 24 yards 2 11 0 1,000 „ shirting, 40 inches ... 5 8 0 1,000 If 91 „ ... ... 6 12 0 1,000 „ jacconets ... ... ... 2 5 0 1,000 Turkey red plain cloth, 24 in. 28 yds 8 2 0 300 Bleached lappet, 12 yards ... 3 8 0 400 ~ 9 9 „ .• • ... 4 12 0 800 Coloured „ ~ ... ... 310 0 200 99 •• • •• • 4 14 0 150 Grey shirting, 40 inches 38 yards 5 10 0 1,000 ft ... 5 11 0 500 If ~ ... 6 5 0 1,000 If II 9,9, *. • 5 13 0 1,500 „ Maddapolanis 33 inch. 24 yds. 2 10 0 1,500 /I ~ 38 24 2 9 6 1,000 ff ft f f 3 13 0 f , - PI 2,000 9 f , , /I 2 8 0 1,000 ff YIP /I ~ 3 3 0 ft If 1,000 ff ff 3 4 0 1,600 ~ ff ff ~ 2 3 3 2,400 „ Jacconets ... ... ... 1 14 0 1,500 ff ft 1,200 ff 7f 1,500 ~ ~ 400 Turkey red Twills 36 in. 24 yds. 10 6 0 600 Grey Sheeting 36 37 5 2 0 ft GOO ff ff ff 5 4 0 f f 600 ff ff 5 9 0 ft 1,000 ff ff fl 5 10 0 500 ft ft 33 If 5 0 0 ft 500 I f ff ~ 4 12 0 500 ~ f , ~ t, 4 9 0 500 ff ff ~ 71 4 1 0 500 If ft 29 58 5 9 0 ,500 ff fI f f 67 8 4 0 ff 1,000 ff ff ff 8 0 0 1,000 „ ff ff ff 8 8 0 .. .. , I f 1 1,000 ft ~ 8 12 0 500 Iv 9 f 31 70 9 15 0 500 If 36 66 12 4 0 500 Grey Sheeting 36 66 12 1 0 600 ~ ly 28 40 2 9 0 600 /7 9, 25 f I 4 1 0 500 I, ,/ 2.1 ..• 2 15 0 500 99 26 ••• 4 6 0 600 Bleached kirting 5 14 0 300 5 11 0 500 !I )1 ... ... 5 9 0 .. 400 „ Jacc one ta ... ... 7 8 0 400 ~ VP ••• ... 8 0 0 6,800 Grey Maddapolams 32 ... 111 0 600 ~ Jacconets 45 ... 2 5 2 1,000 Bleached Shirting ... ... 5 2 0 500 7, ff ••• •• • 5 8 0 2,000 Grey Jacconets ... •.• 114 0 200 Bleached Mulls ... ••• 2 8 0 200 ft If 2 12 0 300 „ Shirting ... .•• 5 2 0 2,000 Grey Jacconets ... ••• 2 2 6 800 ff tf ••• ••• 2 6 0 600 ,_, .•• ••• 2 9 9 200 Dyed Satin Spots 36 40 11 0 0 1,000 Grey Shirting 40 ... 5 3 0 300 Bleached Shirting ... . . 6 2 0 500 2 I Lappets 10 3 2 0 1,000 11/ Shirting ••• 6 8 .0 500 Grey Sheeting, 36 60 10 8 0 100 Bleached Jaconets ... ... 5 2 0 500 „ Book Muslin 12 310 0 800 Grey Maddapolams, 33 ... 2 6 0 300 Bleached Shirting ... ••• 6 6 0 100 „ Lappets l2 412 0 70 11 Jacconets .• ..• 2 6 0 1,000 Grey Long Cloth, 38 38 4 8 0 2,000 „ Jacconets ... 2 2 6 1,000 2 9 0 11 1, ••• ••• 500 Bleached Long Cloth, 36 40 5 ' 8 0 1,000 5 2 0 1, Si , 7, 9 I 3,000 GreyJacconets, 20 yards 6-4 1 11 0 1,560 „ Shirting, 40 inches ... 4 7 0 850 „ Domestic, 48 yds. 32 in. 9 7 0 300 It 1 , 1 11 ~ 8 6 0 2,000 „ Sheeting, 40 in. 36 yds. 413 0 Cotton Yarn-The market has been tolerably steady; transactions done to a limited extent only; our last que dons are fully maintained ; on No. 30 we quote one quarter to one half anna higher. The following are the particulars of sales that have come to our knowledge since the 16th ult.:- 60 bales 3001 b. each inferior water, No. 30, at 8/ annas. 45 bales mule, 300 lb. each, No. 40, at 8 annas. 10 bales mule, 200 lb. each, No. 30, at 74; 72 bales 200 lb. each mule, No. 40, at 8 and 8i annas per lb. 100 bales, 200 lb. each water, Nu. 20 and 24 at 7, and 30's, at 8i annas per lb. Dyed -Orange has been in inquiry, and we have heard a sale of 10,000 lb. at 11i annas. We quote 10k to 11i annas for average No. 40, and for Turkey red at rupees 1 7 -16 to li per lb. Met ils-English iron has been in very good inquiry, and prices have advanced, and we have heard an off , r of 35 rupees having ben refused for a select parcel. Nail rods are also steady. Of sheets arid hoops and nails tse have heard of no sales. Copper continues in demand, and although a large quantity was reported to have ar rived in our last, the whole has been sold. We quote a slight advance on braziers and sheathing. The follow ing are the sales of metals that have been made since the 16th ult.:- 225 Candies of English bar iron at 321 r. 420 ditto 33tr. 240 ditto, nail rod, round 43r. 250 ditto ditto square 4sr. 125 ditto ditto 850 cwt. Swedish steel in tubs 9r. 135 ditto broken Br. 100 ditto in faggots ...... 11r. 12an. 6 pier. 300 ditto llr. 12an. 500 ditto pig lead 1 l.r. 100 ditto spelter 28 to 40 lb. plate 10r. to 10r. 161 n. Cochineal-Continues scarce, our last quotation of 41r. per lb. is fully maintained. Saffron-We have a sale of 751 b. of inferior quality at 111 b. to note; for the best our highest quotations can be obtained. Beer-There are only supplies of Bass in the market, selling at our quotation. C tton Market-Has been steady, and purchases have been made for the English market as noted below. The stock of old is very large and a scarcity of tonnage, which will cause a decline, we expect, on the present prices. Large arrivals of the new crops are daily ex pected. Parcels of new Khandeish are now in the mar ket, which are selling from 84r. to 86r. per candy ; we have heard contracts have been made for new Broach and Jumbooser, as also far Dhollerah deliverable in April next, at an advance of 2r. and 3r. per candy respectively. The following are the purchases made since the 16th instant:- 400 candies new Khandeish, at B5 200 ditto ditto 200 ditto ditto 400 ditto ditto 50 ditto Barsee 100 ditto Old Compta 74 700 ditto ditto 175 ditto ditto 100 bales Dhollerah 1,400 ditto ditto ••• 75 The following have been purchased to arrive .- 500 bales new Broach and Jumbooser, at... 98 1,000 ditto Dhollerah Opium Malwa-Continues nearly in the same state as reported in our last, excepting an - advance on recent purchases, which have had effect rs. 1,110. Freight-Our last quotation of 71. for Liverpool is fully maintained, and three vessels have been engaged at that rate since our last, and for London 61. 15s. has been paid. There is no available tonnage in the market. To China it has advanced to re. 25 per candy. Exchange-Has not varied much, and transactions have been done to a large extent for the mail at 2s Oil for bills for China, anti at 2s. Oid. for local bills, six ismonthe s'ght..oa Calcutta rs. 991 to 96 1-16 for 60 days' sight Government's draft. Yesterday, after the arrival of the China mail, trans.. actions were effected at 2s. Oid. in first-class China bills, of which a large supply has arrived. A further rise is expected. Bank Stock-Shares in the Bank of Bombay, 37 per cent. prem. Ditto ditto Oriental Bank... 24 ditto Ditto ditto Commercial ditto 3} at 4 ditto CALCUTTA MARKETS. The Bentinck steamer, with the mail of the 24th De oember. was unnounced on the rnoruing of the Bth, but the letters were not delivered uutil the tollowingday, too late for replies to be forwarded by the Precursor. The commercial intelligence by this opportunity, although of considerable importance as regards several of our principal import and export staples, has as yet been productive of but little effect in this market; for, as regards the former, although the enhanced value of yarn, manufactures, Bec.. at home, will probably even tually cause a considerable reduction in shipments to this country, the native dealers, looking more at the supplies at present available here and the tightness in the money market, have not shown any disposition of submitting to an advance on any but the former staple, and the busi ness done has been on a comparatively moderate scale. In pr duce the animation which, under other circum stances, might have been reasonably expected to have resulted from the more favourable advices received for several staples, which have been declining in value here, has been checked by the almost unprecedented scarcity of tonnage, and the extreme rates demanded in conse quence; the improvement iu the home markets having been alteost exclusively on our most bulky staples and those least capable of bearing a high rate of freight. Our exchange on England has again advanced, first rate 10 months' date paper having been let off to some extent at 2s. ld., and the further upward tendency is apparently only checked by advances against shipments being still obtainable from Government at 25., which has been taken advantage of to some extent lately ; the amount di an n from this source from the opening o the warehouse in October, up to date, being about 2,400,000 Company's rupees, upwards of 2,000,000 of which have been taken within the past month. The money market continues tight, both as regards the European and native community, with no immediate prospect of improvement ; and Government securities and Bank Stock have, in consequence, declined is value, although quoted nominally, as before, there having been but little doing in them. In freights a very material advance has been esta blished, and although many parties have as yet refrained from operations at the rates current, we must say, th at taking all circumstances into consideration, we th ink there is every prospect of their continuing to rule high for some time to come, except in the event of accounts being received of a very considerable reaction in the home markets, which does not seem probable. Indigo—The accounts brought by the Bentinck of prices at home being firm at 3d. per lb. advance on Oc tober rates, with a prospect of further improvement' gave great confidence here, and buyers came forwa freely; almost the whole of that offered at the puis!. sales (which have continued to be held on five days 0 11 of the week) being taken at full prices, and the sts': portion bought in or withdrawn being so done on account of the owners anticipating an advance. During the Ps° few days, however, rather less animation has been rib servable, owing to the paucity of shipping rendering it * matter of difficulty to obtain documents in time for the present mail. As it does not seem probable that en/ advance on the present currency will be paid unless tilt! mail now due brings advices of a further improvemen t !' home, we think large shipments will soon go forward planters' account, should the export warehouse eolith's: open at the present favourable rate of 2s. per rupee; as should this be the case, we should not be surprised to se° the market cleared by the 15th proximo, as out of the 50,00hee maunds, or thereabouts, which remain to Pas s ee t en Custom-house, about 15,000 maunds have already sold, and as much more will be shipped direct , vire ll y„, only leaves 20,000 maunds to be disposed of. It no d appears doubtful whether the French will take o ff ere .i 6,500 chests this season, as all the tonnage on vesse!?:. present in the river is engaged; the Americans and Me guts also seem disinclined to operate, and will mo st p r_ bably not purchase to near the usual extent, esP enin hit e the latter, who will very possibly not take more t 1, 200 the sales proceed, we regret to perceive that quality is in most instances far inferior to last year, 0 ; 6 pecially for those generally known as first marks ; trust, however, that the planters will have perceived 176 injury they are doing themselves and the dye, and tb weather permitting, the next crop will turn out better..., On comparing the exports up to this period for ;70 past four years, a statement of which we annex, it b ie be found that those of the present are very considers the sh )rtest. 1 I .° EXPORTS OF INDIGO FROM CALCUTTA FROM NoV. FEB. 16 (INCLUSIVE), FOR THE PAST FOUR `PEARS 1847. 1846. Chests. F. Mds. Chests. F• f ff 10,420 39,789 .•• 13, 859 J 10... Great Britain 1,705 .•• 190 e,•,, North America ...••• 514 231 7 ' France ... Red Sea and Gulphs 314 '1,085 ... 80 0 ... 21 All other parts Total 1845. 1844. .dg. Chests. F. Mds. Chests. . 3 '„ 2 6 Great Britain France 3012 North America 642 2,207 ... 365 I,°'',. Foreign Europe 0 0' ... 90 703 Red Sea and Uulphs 359 1 , 152 . . 628 ahy - ----- __, - - --- Total 32,010 116.376 . ... 35,827 13 2,66 2 Sugar-For a few days after the arrival o f the Bentin e: there was an active demand for this staple, and rates r ui large business was done at about the rates quoted in _ last, and iu some instances at a further sl i g ht reductiom the native merchants having continued an xious to re _t lize; subsequently, however, the scarcity of tonal*" began to have its effect, and although the bazaar con; tinues well supplied with low and middling Benares sod good date sorts, there has of late been less doing; a however, seems probable that holders , look i ng at to however, promising state of the new crop, which will commegg'' to arrive in about two months, will ere lon - g - agsin fr duce their demands sufficiently to induce a resumptil of operations. Exports to Gr ea t Bri ta in, from Ist iv" up to date, amount to 61,185 maunds. Saltpetre-The favourable advices received from "l e for this staple have been rendered of no effect by ", • , -8 steady advance in freights, which has rendered °r e-'. i; 0 . tbs Lions in it almost impracticable, notwithstan d i n g h• further reduction which holders would be willing to is fos mit to. For France also, the same circumstanes oa curtailed shipments ' • and even for America th e del ta* has of late been far from brisk ; so that, on the iv- boa market continues in much the same p osition as vi we last wrote. beep ISS Exports from Ist instant up to date , have follows, viz.:- n s. To Great Britain ... ... 8,656 rell-,i. France '" -• ••• 6,827 dun North America ... ... 8,301 m antl' r , Rice-On receipt of the mail of the 24th of Deer e fa general disposition was manifested to operate in ric ~„ the European markets, but the steady advance inlreiegft"; from 64 to 61. 65., and ultimately to 71. per ton of V' f oo l s cwt., combined with the probability that in the Pl i n y scarcity of shipping any extensive operations ivOw, t he duce a further advance, kept many parties apt o e t_ li market, and the business done has in consequenc nec;„, comparatively moderate. In prices we fromhavar...2 any change to notice, table having ranged for mixed to 2r. for middliug, and 2-4 r. for very super i 1 . .._ quality ; the latter, however, being an extreme rate, ativ only paid in a few instances. For Mauritius suitable descriptions continue to g ° forward freely at about previous quotations. Exports from the Ist inst. up to date have been ° follows, viz.:- To Great Britain 39,597 mannds. Mauritius Bourbon Raw Silk-The almost unprecedently low Pr iC° 4 which holders of late have been willing to accept, bli,jo at last induced a few purchasers to come forward , 11° ' i ; moderate amount of sales have been reported during Ibu, past ten days ; the inquiry is, however, still fer t „ r° o extensive or general, and although the stock in Ca le lst is said to be considerably reduced, we should think ,t -mtauins,t fr s o t m ill ls b t e in u s n t u . suupaltloy dhseteav,y;ta.:;o:t p in or t t h s e si tolGmrfeuastßiri to 766 maunds. Silk Piece Goods.-A moderate inquiry condor: ft be experienced for these fabrics, and the qua rit teda good cloths lately offering, having been rather Ib? or previous quotations have been fully ma i n t a ined ; iti on a ferior descriptions there has also been more doing , 00 shipments have been going forward to Great Srit tin g pretty freely, those from Ist inst. up to date s mouP.4 to 25,265 pcs. Corahs, and 2,939 pcs. ChoPr Bandannas. hi g in t s , " Shell Lac and Lac Dye-There being n°t f - o - r il wi trel ob , b - o : late advices to induce purchasers to Com e have to repert a continuance of the neti Yit Y been observable in this market for some timed Pit: ass, °id' ness in both articles being completely at beat Exports from the Ist inst. up to date ha ve follows, viz.:- Lae Dr ,: a uclOL To Great Britain ,••••••• 39 IDs, France 7 ~ North America Oil Seeds-Business in these seeds, as re : l3 slob`r home markets, has continued confined to occeet. cos pot; meats as broken stowage; although th e A in e r eri n ted P rti tinue in the market for linseed, the sales sue- do wailS been very moderate, and prices have it tendency. t . ~, A bee ° ° t Exports from the Ist inst. up to date na• - follows, viz.:- a sec t ikostar t opI• Linseed. To Great Britain, 1,620 maunds. - 1 , 92 „! °ls is France 0 01 0 North America, 1,759 " ded f ol. 11 2 Jute-The rates of freight now detnae • . s , ivi _, staple being completely prohibitory, business I . ll _l or der! the exception of a few parcels for which shippl a nA nr ice! had been previously secured, is at a stand, Th, o r r oth s nominally as before. Exports to Great Britain from Ist inst. up to date, amount to 8,700 maunds. _,„ co" , Opium-Since the completion of the shipte . s_D al ferred to in our last this market has been quietbiue: prevailing tightness in the money market, ft'ci said with the near approach of the day for dual el (thep riprices 3 22 ; d p ), a h tn a a s beenbein being the o w cause ciuo toefd aatgrl,2inof°cdoewc_lpille rupees, and Benares at 1,185 rupees per chest. ~__ bide Hides-Since the departure of the rrecursor_6o% sir few. market has been quiet, purchaser s holding out f0r..7000 cline, which has been submitt ed to on the _ressto that have been sold. Stocks co ntinue on the ILL' especially of buffalo. bee n Exports from Ist instant up to date have follows :- To Great Britain ... ... 3i,200 Piro. France ••• ... ... 30,20 0 , North America .•• .•• 8,130 ' IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. ... r pfet i British Cotton Piece Good s-The somewhat i --1 ; ...p. inquiry for these fabrics , as no ticed in our last, h e a 1 0 tinued ; and although deale rs cannot be iodGv,ione sabmit to any decided advance, and the businetoe.4ed has been moderate, they have been taking ei._%oo of former purchases more readily than was t0_. 3 0, bet n expected in the present state of the money Importers continue desirous of reducing stoat O , J : g o notwitnatauding the enhanced value of most g e e ,",.1 3 s t home, have, generally speaking, continued to r sir_ b y about the previous currency, lasing induced therew "