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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Saturday, March 13, will be performed Doni ... HER MAASTY'S T LIEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, arc respectfully informed, that a GRAND EXTRA PERFOR3IANCE will take place en THURSDAY NEXT, March Is, when will be performed Bellinrs Opera of LA SOITNAMBULA, Amine M a d ame Castellan ; Lisa , Madame Solari ; Count Rodolfo, Sig. F.'Lablache ; Alessi°, Sig. Giubilei ; Elvino, Sig. Gardoni. With various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. In which will appear l Mdulle. Bo oa ts, &e att, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. a Tagliom, . Marie Taglioni, M. P Also, a Selection from Donlzetti's favpurite Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Di which Signor Fraschini will appear. To conclude with a new Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag lion,, the music by Signor Pugal, entitlekl THEA ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. prinWpal oharaeters by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Tagßoni, M. Paul Taglloial, &c. The following are the prices of Boxes and Stalls for this occa sion:—Boxes on the Pit Tier, Four Guineas; on the Ground Tier, Five Guineas ; on the First Pair, Four Guineas ; on the Second Pair, Three-and-a-Half Guineas ; Pit Stalls, 21s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. Applications to be made at the 11 - ox-ollice of the Theatre. ROYAL. ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, . _ Eiltablisked for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the 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 the first week in April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the Season, some of the established works of Cimarosa, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others 01 the more modem Italian School, including Operas by Benin', Dont zetti, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfection in every department ; to which intent the manasement has assemb'ed a Company embracing the greatest and most varied'anent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANI.—Madame Grist and Madams Persiani (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Male. Stetlanoni (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. TENOR'.—Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Lc.via (of the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signer Turn (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor savi (oh the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of tka Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). I'RIMI P.ASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PltOlfONDl—Signor 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, kii first appear ance in this country.) PRIM! BASSI COMIC! —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, hie first appearance in this country), and Sighor Agostino Revere (ef the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersbargh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donna—Madame Antoinetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amelia Linarl, Mademoiselle Luigina Bellini. Seconde Tenors—Signor Emmanuel° Slane (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 Bonconsiglio. Prompter— Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, lormed 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. Novell°. The II ALLET, 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 Eissler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear :—Premieres —Premieres Danseuse—Matienaolselle Ducat _ _ latre (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Berlin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of tha Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Parit). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Goalie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdluando Crate, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). :Mitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), awl 3loitsicur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Danse Mr. O'Bryan. Compeser—Signor Alessandro Cured (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has been entirely - reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of B. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper venttlation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (uf the Theatre Italie'', 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 fanned immediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for ingress anti egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, aid 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 performed the nrw Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani; PoillebrEul, Mr. Harri son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss; Matilda,' Miss Rainforth ; Lillis, Miss R. Isaacs. To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled SPANISH GALLAN TRIES. Principal characters by MM. Croce, Adrien, Tell; AMU's& Baderna, Louise, Adele, St. Louie, and Benard. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. - flatter the Management .f Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. Till% EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. '1 ilbury ; Young Marlow, Mr. Hull ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardmstle, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Hardman°, Miss Julia Bennett ; Dolly, Miss Woulds. Daring the evening the Band will perform the Overture " Les Diainans de la Couronne," " The Beaufort Polka," " Albert'' Waltz, and " The Carnelias Polka." After which, the Petite Comedy of PERFECTION. Sir Lawrence Paragon, Mr. Tilbury; Charles Paragon, Mr. 11011 ; Sam, Mr. Clark; Kate O'Brien, Miss Reynolds ; Susan, Mrs. Bumby. To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called THE INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil D 1 igh ts. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P.rforton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Manit4ement of Mrs. Keeley, La.it Night of PARENTS ANIiGUARDIANS, and the ETON BO TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the Drania, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, the Farce of TIIE'i:TON BOY. Characters Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Keeicy, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Turner. To eoncluda with the splendid new Fairy Eat'avaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley wit] appear, supported by the whole talent of the Company. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. t uder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, 31r. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bees, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with, DID YOU, EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? lioneybun, Mr. Wright ; Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. lioneybun, Miss Harding; Mrs. Crank, Mrs Matthews. PRINCESVS TiJEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole laissee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera, entitled TILE NIGHT DANCERS Albers, Mr. Allen; Giselle, Miss Anne Romer, After which, a Concert by the New Orleans ETIIIOVIAN SE It ENADERS. To conclude with the Comedy of SIII STOOPS TO CONQUER. Prlkclpal characters by Messrs. Wynn, Granby, Vining, Compton, Fisher, Cowell, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JANIES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING Will be performed TIRIDATE ; ou, Comedie et Tragedie. Du- Esson, M. Cartigny ; Adrien, M. Berou ; 3ldlle. Dumesnil, Mdlle. Fargueil ; Louise, Mdlle. Vallee. After which, the Comedie-Vandevire, entitle:l UN 3IARI QUI SE DERANGE. Durosel, M. Lafont ; Bertholin, M. Cartigny ; Arnelle, Mdlle. Vallee ; Anais, M lle. Fouquet. To conclude with a now comic Vaudeville, entitled LE ROI DES FRONTI NS. Thomas, M. A. Tousez ; Marinette, Mdlle. Fouquet. Boxed, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 28. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stall.% 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 Germon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING (Saturday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at Halt-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 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. To conclude with THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Man and Steed. Box-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six en I commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. 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. Lewl., Johnson, lleslop, Seville, Phelps. Fredericks, Webb, Neville, Miss Terrey, Mrs. Yining, and Mrs. Saville. To Conclude with the Burletla, called NICHOLAS NICKLEBY ; F, Doings at Do-the-Boys Hall. In which Messrs. Ueslop, Johnson, Wilkinson, E. Stirling, Webb, Fredericks, Vining, Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Saville, Miss Richardson, Miss Terrey, Miss Barham, Mrs. Daly, &c., will appear. Box-office open from eleven till font' o'clock. u r . itti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mad.Castellan ; Enrico, Signor Coletti; Bidebent, Signor Solari ; and Edgardo, Signor Fraschini. To conclude with the admired New and Original Grand Ballet, COR ALIA ; on, LE CHEVALIER INCOSSTAN T. Coralla, Mdlle. C. Rosati; the Knight I: ul3ebrand, M. Paul Taglioni; Sauk% M. Geuriet ; Bertha, Mdlle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honoe ; Duke, M. Gosselin ; Fraisondin, M. Vene f ra; Fisherman, M. r di Matti*. The doors span at Half-past Seven. The Opera to oommence at Eight o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, toiees, Is., Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes, 1/. Is. and 105. 6d. THIS EVENING 'Will be performed WILDFIRE, THE GIPSY HORSE-STEALER ; or, The Fortunes and Chances of War. Characters by Messrs. Licks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Forman, Howard, Miss Vin cent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Peakce, &c. After which, THE MAGIC HARP OF ALTENBERG ; or, The Grave of the Old Abbey Ruins. In which Mr. Hicks and Miss Vin cent will pertorm. • To couclade with BLACK WHISKER ; or, The Demon of Seven Di ale . G ttEAT WErr ' - RAILWAY.—TRIAL OF S PEED .— On Thursday last,4N Gooch, the locomotive superintendent of the Great Western. line, and Mr. M'Connell, the l ea ,- . m wire superinter denwthoit,threlorth-Western, or London and Birmingham line, o :t i upon the engine "Great Western," with the twelve os! thelloyceotmc,nosti.velatgaepn! Exeter, tested the tractive pew:, up express train from on the broad gunge, the load being was cut off at a:n e ' c ' r l l . t o i l e:, driver pears that up to the 30th mile-post filei.xsu t pr i v . t o e the engine, nine inches, the stroke t tn . g twenty-it: keeping his ordinary the speed was found to be sixty-four miles an hour. power was etibsequently increased, and the steam further cut eft when the speed increased to the rate of sixty-nine miles per hour. The next quarter of a mile was performed at the rate if upwards of seventy miles per hour, and the following mile was accomplithed in twelve seconds, the whole being at a velocity of seventy miles an hour. It is, indeed, almost unneces;ary to add that this is the greatest speed ever a•- tained by a locomotive engine. At the conclusion of the last-mentioned quarter the power was reduced to its ordina.y rate of working. It should be stated that the trial was made on a falling gradient of four feet per mile. The power of the engine was tested a second time, while passing over a level. The steam was cut off at 13i inches, and the rate was found to be GO miles per hour. It is expected that a greater speed will lie attained with the eight-wheeled engines, which ate now being constructed by the Great Western Company, at their Swiudon 'establishment. COMPANION TO THE PEERAGE, Now ready, complete in 2 vols., ro3 al Bvo., beautifull y printed in double columns, price 2/. 10s. bound, and also in course of publica • Bon iu Ten Monthly Parts, price ss. each, BURKE'S HISTORY OF E LANDED GENTRY; A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY Of the WHOLE of the UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY of ENG LAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. "A work in which every gentleman will find a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of every known family in the United Kingdom."—Messenger. Henry Colburp, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. _ Now ready, Vols. 111. and IV., Completing the Work, of THE HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON, AT ST. HELENA. By GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON. "These volaines conclude this very interesting work. The most valuable portion, although not, perhaps, the most iLteresting, is th_t in which the Count records the opinions of Napoleon upon events in whlda he had himself been a prominent actor. These records are most valuable, as elucidations of the conduct of the Emperor In posi tions in which hist ry has either misconstrued him, or been at fault to assign the true motives of his actions."—ll eekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-sin et. LAST WEEK BUT ONU, ITENRY RUSSELL AT THE STRAND THEATRE. Composer of Woodman spare that Tree—lvy Green—The Gam bler's Wife —The Maniac—Ship on Fire—The Life Beat—l'm Afloat —Newfoundland Dog—and ether Popular Songs, will give his VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT THIS EVENING, AND EVERY EVENING. He will sing several new songs—The True Men of Old—lvy Green—Woodman spare that Tree—and the Demon Ship—Songs and incidents of Negro Life and Character. Boxes, 38. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. i Gallery Gd. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is . Box-office opt n from One till Four daily. fliE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 13. TUERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; Highest. 45 ; Noon, 45 BAROMETER, 30.33.—Wind W., fine. 111:111 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 25 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 8 roulette after 11 \l* Ki t tk 7 4.1-tj' 447., v d r .111% at ,z • ff!ttrlting ..„-7-*tutt LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1847. The Lords met at Five o'clock. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the Bir mingham and Worcester Railway Company, complain ing that the London and North-Western Railway Company had bought up the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, in order to defeat the policy of the Act passed last session. Lord LYNDHURST thought the petition should be re ferred to a Committee. The North-Western Company had purchased 38,000 shares, out of 50,000, in this com pany, in order to defeat its rival company. A short conversation ensued, in the course of which, the Marquis of LANspowsE suggested that the petition should be referred to the Railway Board. The further consideration of the subject was post poned to Tuesday, on which day Lord LYNDHURST will move for the appointment of a Select Committee to in vestigate the allegations contained in the petition. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting a petition from Black burn, complaining of the influx of Irish paupers, stated that paupers were sent over from Ireland by the land lords, who paid 2s. 6d. a head for their passage. The Earl of DEVON complained cif this statement, as a reflection upon a highly-respectable body of men. Lord BROUGHAM was prepared to produce bis inform ants before a Select Committee, where they would on oath confirm the statements which they had made to him. The Marquis of LANsnowNE defended the conduct of the Government in relieving the Irish poor in their pre sent state of extreme exigency. They had already in troduced a poor-law, the object of which was to impose as far as possible the support of the pose rty of Ireland upon the property of Ireland. The subject then dropped. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in answer to Viscount STRANGFORD, explained the present state of the nego tiations between her MAJESTY and the King of Mario VER with respect to the jewels claimed by the latter Sovereign as heir looms. Their Lordships then adjourned. The Commons met at Four o'clock. In answer to Mr. 11. BAILLIE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Government did not intend to prohibit the exportation of corn from this country, for if the mer chant had a security that if he brought corn to this country he could.re-export it, if he thought proper, he would bring it here, but if he were prohibited from re exporting it, if he thought proper, he would avoid this market. The Custody of Offenders Bill and the Prisons Bill were respectively read a first time. Mr. SIIEIL, in answer to Mr. HUME, stated that the authorities of the Mint would do their best to put a stop to the practice of giving policemen double pay when engaged in Mint prosecutions. On the motion for the reading the order of the day for the House going into Committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, Lord JOHN EUSSFLL stated generally to the House what had been the proceedings of the Government with respect to the calamitous state of affairs at present existing in Ireland. The sum expended in relief to the destitute during the month of February, had been 9-14,1411. The number of persons employed had greatly increased; dur ing the week ending Feb. 6 Government had given em ployment to 615,051 ; during that ending Feb. 27, to 780,268. The amount of task-work exacted from per sons in a weak state had been reduced, and some of the able bodied had endeavoured to take advantage of this arrangement, which had given rise to some irregularities. Another evil had been, that those labourers who were able to earn ls. 6d. a day were averse to the cultiva tion of the soil. The Government had therefore deter mined, as the season for ploughing and sowing came on, to reduce, as far as possible, the number of those em ployed on public works ; from the 20th of March they would be reduced 20 per cent., and orders had been given to take off the public works all persons receiving rations of soup or food. The Noble Lord then alluded to the memorial which had been presented to him from the landlords of Ireland, at.cl declared, amidst loud cheering, that he could not agree to the resolutions which those gentlemen had adopted, and which went to preclude the House from entertaining at all the question of out-door relief. He admitted that there was a great deal bestowed in private charity in Ire land, but it was by the poor cn the very poor ; but there was no burden whatever imposed on the large ab sentee proprietor, who did not choose to contribute to private charities, and might avoid altogether any pay ment towards the support of the destitute ; and he knew of no way of providing for their support but by the measure before the House. His proposition was that if a person were starving he should be relieved in the workhouse so long as there was room in the workhouse, but out of the workhouse if he could not be afforded proper accommodation within it. With regard to the composition of the board of guardians, if ho thought the er-officio guardians would use their power to annoy their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, he would alter the com position of the board, but he entertained no such fears. He believed that they would see Tory, Whig, Radical, and Repeater, differing, as they no doubt would continue to do, on political questions, yet blended together in social compact, prepared to act together for the common weal, and to distribute justice without any bias from political feeling. He emphatically denied that the Irish proprietors, who were members of the C a bi ne t, h a d in fluenced its deliberations favourably towards property. They were prepared to bear the burden which might ho imposed upon them, and it was with their sanction that he asked the House to go into Committee on the Bill. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. Staf ford O'Brien, Mr. Gregory, Mr. D. Browne, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr Shaw, and Sir B. Hall. The debate, on the motion of Sir W. CLAY, was ad journed till Monday. The report on the Drainage (Ireland) Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Morday. The House adjourned at a Quarter past One. A moral revolution has utterly subverted the social fabric of Ireland : a new edifice—an edifice based upon centuries of awful experience, and proportioned to the greater enlightenment of the Legislature of these times —bast° be erected upon the ruins caused by that revo lution. It was from the agony of prophecy that were born the books of Sibylline wisdom ; and it is from the very torments of her present condition that Ireland is ex tracting the sureties of her future happiness. The old and accursed system, by which one entire moiety of her p )pulation was continued in a perpetual state of des titution, has been slowly undermined by ages of in creasing woe—it has tottered to its foundations from the shocks administered by the late visitations of PROVIDENCE—its irrevocable doom was pro- n u o u u s n s c F cd list even i ng in the speech of Lord JouN y as the f p or rop t r i i i e e ta m ry an o i f fo l ld rela w n i d .on h g a s s deserv'edL. retrihution by which they have reduced their country it t o a a t state of continual wret c h e d ness, and rendered riodical intervals subje c t t o t h e deathful scour elpeo gf famine, the Government is effecti ng th e redemption of the innocent million without sacrificing the interests LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH l3, 1847. of the culpable few. Ireland has hitherto been abandoned to the discretion of her landowners. Par titioned into enormous estates by the questionable munificence of successive monarchs, from ELI ZABETH downwards to WILLIAM awarded to adventurers and loyalists in the way of either re compense or bounty Ireland has, from the re motest periods of her history, presented us only with one monotonous and deplorable spectacle of suffering. A cottier population has been multiplied on her soil to an extent that foreboded, from its com mencement, some great catastrophe like the one in which she is even now involved. An overwhelming majority of her community has existed for many generations under the ban of this terrible alternative—either to subsist by sufferance under the murderous extortion of her landlords, or to infest the island like a vast army of " gaberlunzies." By this evil system the maladies of Ireland have been frightfully multiplied, and under its shadow inendicity has become the national character istic. So enormously had these woes accu mulated, and so entirely had the poison of the scheme eaten into the very substance of the Irish constitution, that it required nothing less than an un paralleled crisis to effect the renovation of her decayed powers, and the eradication of the numerous diseases preying upon her vitals. It required a crisis of convulsions, for it - is only by the throes of such a crisis that abuses are destroyed en masse, and the whole phy sical and moral condition of a people renewed. That crisis has arrived. Ireland has been stricken with starvation : her potato-grounds have become pits of vegetable corruption : her agriculture has been gene rally smitten by a mysterious and destructive power : millions of her people—millions accustomed at the best times to fare meagerly and live upon the doles of a precarious benevolence—have been visited with famine and disease, and the utter deprivation of all the ordinary means of obtaining employment. Out of those abysses of affliction, however, are emerging not merely their present redemption, but their ultimate and permanent prosperity. Government has not only advanced manfully and generously to the salvation of the starving peasantry, but it has had the courage and the wisdom to conceive a scheme by the operation of which the recurrence of all the miseries formerly incidental to Ireland will be impossible. By the imposition of local rates proportioned to the local rental, the local destitution will henceforth re ceive a local provision. That is the secret of the measures introduced to Parliament by the Ministry. It is the secret of political economy and of legislative charity. It is the secret of the poor-laws. Grievous as has been the clamouring against the introduction of a plan like this into Ireland, it is, nevertheless, to be introduced at once, and to be universally applied. Is there not in this determination of the Legislature a forethought compatible with its reputation, a bold ness equivalent to its activity, a justice propor tioned to its extraordinary liberality ? Let any man review the course pursued by the Government ince the commencement of the evils now rife in Ire land, let him consider how its generosity has vied in its increase with the extension and development of those evils, let him remember that whereas 30,000 only were at first employed on public works, the number had risen, on the 27th of February last, to no less than 708,228 ; that whereas the amount exl , ended upon relief works' was in September only 54,8781., it reached in February to upwards of 944,0001. ; that arrangements were made under its direction for the purchase of seed to the value of 50,000/., and for the elevation of the provi sions in store to the extent of about 10,000 tons—let him remember the ardour, and the energy, and the incessant toil of the Legislature in behalf of Ireland from the very opening of the session, and then de signate this Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill a rash Bill, an onerous, or an injudicious Bill. The accusation is impossible when the measure is considered in con nexion with the various arrangements making apart from this proposition itself. The drainage plan, the recla mation of waste land, the improvements of the fisheries, of the ports and of the harbours, would be severally palliative—if the matter were considered as requiring anything like palliation—of the i troductiun of the poor-law into Ireland. But the introduction of that system of relief to pauperism requires no extenuation, as it is only synonymous with the rights of the Irish peasantry. Much might be written upon the philosophy of the arguments in favour of the Government measure which were advanced candidly and simply, and yet most earnestly and most impressively, by LOtd JOHN RUSSELL. Such an extension of our remarks, how ever, is altogether superfluous. We shall turn from the consideration of that speech to one of the memberless schemes which have latterly presented themselves as cal culated to assist the Irish multitude in redeeming their own condition. While the zeal of the agriculturists is directed to the irrigation, and ,mantsring, and drainage of the soil for the purposes of growing crops of a nutritious and profitable character, it i s most desirable that one branch of agricultural enter prise shall not be overlooked. The branch to; which we allude is of a peculiarly national description, and its prosperity would in a great measure ectisure the prosperity of the agriculturists and the. manu facturers of Ireland. IVe mean, of course, the systematic cultivation of flax. At pre sent we have not an oppportunity of entering more into the enumeration of the advantage is certain to accrue from the culture of flax than by "extracting a brief, but significant, calculation from Mr. DICK. SON'S work upon this important commodity, page 167. That gentleman there mentions the circum stance of a tenant of the Dean of .Dromore growing on three statute acres flax to the amount of nearly 120 stones, which, sold at tfit'se mode rate price of 15s. per stone, would give a :return of 901. Under all circumstances, however, says the writer quoted, this farmer "has a certainty of 100 stones, which will realise him 751." .Here are inferences from that calculation which olinnot be treated lightly, and the more especially at this juncture : " This flax is now in process of conversion iinto cambric pocket-handkerchiefs, is capable of being spun to 30 hanks to the pound, and is to be spun by hand. Mark, now the employment this will give. "It will give constant employment for twelve. months to 132 women to spin it ; 18 weavers will be occupied a like period in weaving it; and it will employ 40 women a year to hem-stitch (or vein) the handkerchiefs; thus givit g constant employment for twelve months to 190 persons. " It is curious to trace the result of the process. which this flax is now undergoing. It will produce 210 vneihs of cam bric, each web containing five dozen handkerzb iefs; each dozen will be worth 405., and the entire, when tin ished, will be worth 2,1001. While the Government is taking a comprehensive survey of the capacities of the Irish soil a.%d of Irish industry, the cultivation a flax should by no means be disregarded ; it should form one of th e accom paniments of the Poor-law introduction. By later intelligence received from America, it would appear that the dissensions excittd in the Senate by the 3,000,000 Bill give little promise of immediate termination. One proposition for the amicable settlement of the Mexican warA ire is suc ceeded by another in quick succession, ..and all of them equally calculated to effect their avowed object. Mr. CALUOVN, at one moment, proposes a most extravagant scheme for bringing the adja cent republic to its senses, namely, the: establish ment of a continuous line from the mouth...of the Rio Grande, by the river, to El Passo, and so. - westwards towards the northern extremities:of Califorri:4'a. By this plan it is presumed by Mr. CALHOUN that the coun trymen of SANTA ANNA will be very sck icitous to enter into a cordial alliance with their invadi u-s. Most probable inference ! The filching from th e7.n of their must valuable boundaries would render a. :people ex ceedingly solicitous for a friendly alliance 'with their robbers ! Mr. CASS, on the contrary, is aml 'OW of be holding the valorous SCOTT and the indoi ni.table Z A- C lIARIC TAYLOR marching triumphantly intt, the centre of the Mexican federation. The wrangling of the Senate is answered in a somewhat contempt iblo man ner by the soldiers of the United States.• General YLOR still continues comfortably located at Mon terey, while his successor tarries at Brazos , ',Santiago, waiting the arrival of transport; troops, raid ammu nition. Among the defenders one fresh movement is alone reported, namely, that SANT A. ANNA, at the head of 15,000 men, had withd3lrwn from San Luis Potosi, and proceeded inwards towards the capital. From such unaccountable fluct . aa tions as these, the war between Mexico and the Unite d States gives every indication of being protracted and blood- less. If the latter characteristic be only visible in the strife, we shall not have to mourn the former with so much earnestness. The Railway Commissioners have published their first report, in pursuance of the resolution of the House of Commons, " that all railway Bills shall be referred to the Commissioners for their report to the House upon certain points, previously to such Bills being considered in Committees of the House." In the present instance the projects of the South-Eastern Company, are eight in number, five of which are placed in Group No. 1, and the remainder in No. 3, form the subjects of the report. The Commis sioners state the impossibility of their being respon sible for the correctness of the information that could only be obtained from the companies themselves, but at the same time do full justice to the company in the present instance, for the great readiness they ex hibited in supplying the requisite answers to their inquiries, and state that they see no reason to doubt the accuracy of the information so given. In consequence of the above resolution, every existing company applying for fresh powers to Par liament, must render a complete account of its stewardship, and show in what manner, and to what extent, it has executed the powers granted by any former Act or Acts, and the report is to state the opinion of the Commissioners thereon, and also as to any special provisions with which it may in any case be expedient to accompany the grant of any new powers. A salutary check will thus be held over the several companies, as there are few, indeed, that will not have occasion to apply to the Legislature at some time or another, and the expose to which they will necessarily be subjected will prevent any abuse of the trusts reposed in them. These inquiries, however, appear, in the present report, to have been restricted to the pecuniary affairs of the companies ; and we shoul.l gladly have seen them further extended to the nature and sufficiency of the accommodation provided for the public, in return for the virtual monopoly con ceded to them, the cl eapness and moderation of their fares; tolls, and charges; the number of trains running every day ; and whether any and what additional number would be required for the public convenience, and the giving of every due facility to the traffic, whether of passengers or goods, particularly the number of third-class trains so dispatched ; the speed attained, and the goodness of the carriages provided for the poorer classes. We conceive that information on all these points would be extremely useful, and that special provisions may fairly be in troduced into the Acts of any of the companies who have hitherto failed in their duty to the public, re quiring them to amend in any of these particulars where they have been found in fault, before any new powers are conceded. The eight Bills now applied for will, if sanctioned by the Legislature, enable the South-Eastern Corn. pany to raise additional capital to the extent of 3,025,7501., and to borrow 1,007,8101., while by the former Acts, twenty in number, it had power to raise a capital of 6,415,0331., and to borrow 2,218,71 C/. Of their capital money there has been received 4,290,0751. Bs. 10d., and 3,656,4201. 55. re mains to be paid, showing that the company have sustained a loss of 244,5041. 6-.2d., in conse quence, it is stated, of the forfeiture of some of the earliest shares, which, when sold, in many instance s did not realise the amount of the calls due upon them. Another singular circumstance connected with the company is, that on various occasions they issued to their proprietors shares of a lower pecuniary amount than their original shares, but which, never theless, were entitled to equal dividends. We find, therefore, shares of 501,, 251., 321., 331. Cs. Bd., and 301., all of which participate equally in the profits of the company. The Commissioners, however, are of opinion that, as these new shares were issued to the holders of the original stares, the interests of the pub lic will not be materially affected by these transac tions, provided that in any future calculation of profits, with a view either to the revision of fares, or the sale of the railway, under the provisions of the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 85, the different shares are reckoned at the amounts at which they were re spectively issued, - and not as 50/. shares, as they have been erroneously termed in share lists. The different dealings of the company, either by way of purchase or loan, are set forth, and a particular re ference is made to the purchase of Folkstone Har bour, which, if the transaction were now pending, or if the arrangements were to be authorised by any of the present Bills, the Commissioners would think it their duty to report specially on. They now, how ever, only allude to it as an example of a transaction to which in future the attention of Parliament ought to be specially directed. The Commissioners most justly reprobate in the strongest manner a custom which has extensively prevailed, and which may be considered as having received the tacit per mission of Parliament, and for which, therefore, no peculiar blame is ascribable to the company. It is the custom of directors signing the subscription con tracts for large sums on the understanding that it is solely on behalf of the company, and that they are not to be called on for the sums for which they appear liable upon their contracts. This the Commissioners state to be a violation of the real spir • it of the standing orders, although it may be con sidered a technical compliance therewith, and we fully admit the sufficiency of the reasons adduced for that opinion ; they also question the propriety of compa nies making the Parliamentary deposit out of funds authorised to be raised for other purposes. We would gladly have seen some allusion to the open third•class carriages, exposed to all the incle mency of the weather, and without seats for the passengers to sit down, t h e impropriety of which has been exposed by our correspondent " VIGILANS" on a former occasion. There is no notice either of the increase of fares adopted immediately after the termination of last session, after they had pressed the moderation of their former charges on the Committees as a reason why further powers should be granted. These are subjects well worthy the attention of the Legislature on thepresent occasion. We shall, on an early occasion, give the report in extenso. A Vienna letter, of the Ist, announces the arrival of the Queen of BAVARIA in that capital, with the inten tion of making a long visit. Her MAJESTY alighted at the Palace of the Archduke ALBERT, who is her son in.law. A letter from Constantinople, of the 18th ult., in the Augsburg Gazelle, says : " The letter which King OTHO has written to the SULTAN relative to the difference that has arisen with respect to M. MUSSURUS, is said to be couched in the most con ciliatory terms. King Ors() assures the SULTAN of his most friendly intentions, but at the same time complains strongly of the conduct of M. MUSSURUS which he attributes to malevolent intentions. His MA• JESTY adds that, in testifying to M. MUSSURUS his dis pleasure at his conduct relative to Colonel KANITASSOP, he had no intention of offending either the SULTAN or the Divan." Madrid journals of the 6th instant have arrived. The Herald& states, that henceforth a monthly report of the operations in the Finance Department of the Go vernment is to be published in the Gaccta, showing a report of the receipts and expenses of the Treasury, the general balance, &c. In the Chamber of Deputies_ tho debate on the Address still continues. The Barcelona Fonzento, of the sth, publishes another most ferocious " Bandu" of the Captain-General of Catalonia, BRETON, against such as may assist or connive ut the Montemoliaist movements. MADRID BOLBA, 111Artcll 6.—The Three per Cents. closed at 30 3 /4 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 19 1 / 1 ; the Passives at 5:r 4 ; and the Coupons at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Journal des liccbats has a long article, written for the purpose of allaying tha alarm which prevails in consequence of the continued increase in the price of corn. It says— " The pri c e s o f corn h ave b een r i s i ng genera lly and con tinually throughout Western Europe. In two-thirds of France the hectolitre (22 imperial gallons) is at about 401. ; but the price is still greater in Belgium. It is also very nearly the average price in England. It is asked if this high price is at its utmost reach. and, if it should continue, to what point it will attain. Everybody asks what is to be done to prevent a recurrence of such extreme dearness of the most necessary of all the provisions of life. The increase at this moment is caused from the stores in the entrepOts having only very limited quantities left in them. It is by Mar seilles, Havre, and Bordeaux that we receive the supply that is indispensable. No one has any doubt of the existence of this supply. Nature this year has performed this act of com pensation which she never refuses ; penurious towards several , regions, one of which unfortunately is ours, she has been liberal towards others Therefore bread-corn will not fail. However, at this period of the year, the transport from abroad is exceedingly difficult, and indeed, almost impossible. Corn cannot be brought in, at least in any great quantities, from America, because the internal canals of the new conti nent, 1);,- it must be brought to the ports, are frozen. From. a sitililar cause, the present is not the period at which the port of Odessa draws from the country from which it is supplied the quantity of corn it exports. We have in our granaries and stores enough to enable us to wait for arrivals, however long they may be delayed. But the absence of large quantities of imported corn in the entrepOts is not the less fat, and nothing more is necessary to cause a rise in price. As long as this cause subsists it cannot be expected that the rise should stop. Such is the rule of trade. Whenever the demand exceeds the supply in a iarge pro portion, the prices increase. Nevertheless, if there be dis turbances to aggravate the state of things, and the effect of which would be to convert into an absolute dearth what is now only a rise in price, but against which every precaution has been taken by the Government, and which the good sense of the citizens would immediately put down, there is every reason to hope that the probability of large arrivals at the end of April will moderate the rise." The Debats concludes by arguing in favour of free trade, as one of the greatest remedies for the calamities of bad seasons, as it tends to keep up such an intercourse between nations as to enable them to rely upon each other for the mutual supply of their wants. The Constitutionnel has the following on the Bill before the Chamber of Deputies, authorising the employment of steam frigates in towing ships laden with corn : " The committee, charged to examine the demand of 1,037,386 f., for the keeping up for six months of steamers to be employed in towing vessels laden with corn, has ter minated its labours, and the Bill will be discussed to-mor row. The committee proposes to accord the credit asked for. However, the report does not omit pointing out certain objections that may be brought against the Bill. First of all, astonishment is expressed that the royal navy is not in a position to effect from its own resources the towage of vessels laden with corn. The Chamber is by no means sparing of funds when the object is t• develope the re sources of this department, but it is on condition that it will be able to suffice for all eventualities, and that so simple an incident as towing vessels in the Dardanelles, the Straits of Gibraltar, and the Channel, shall not take it.unawares, and cause it to ask for fresh aid. Secondly, the motive cannot be understood which has caused a preference to be givon for this duty of towing to large frigates of 450 horse-power, over steamers of from 160 to to 220 horse-power. The latter burn less than half the quantity of fuel, and they can tow several vessels together; they, in fact, do ,this daily in Al geria. They are, no doubt, less rapid; but, on the other hand, it is easy to increase their number. These steamers of 160 horse-power are more useful for this service than a frigate of 540, such as the Vauban, which is to be so employed, and they consume a much less quantity .of coals. Besides, there are at the present moment several steam corvettes of from 160 to 220 horse-power, lying unemployed, to make use of which would effect a great economy. Is it not to be feared that the desire to give high commands has had much to do with the choice of vessels, of from 450 to 540 horse power?" It is not alone the desire to give high commands that has had to do with the choice of these large steam frigates as tug boats. Under pretence of tugs, France will have a large fleet of steam frigates in the Darda nelles, ready to take advantage of those hostilities which her Ambassador, M. Pis CATORY, is endeavouring to excite between Greece and Turkey, and to aid the Bey of TUNIS against his liege lord ; while, at the same time, by having a similar fleet, under a similar pretence, in the Straits of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean will, for a time, be completely blockaded, in fact turned into a French lake. We trust that the movements of these steam tugs will be narrowly watched. " It is rumoured," says the Courrier Francais, " that the suppression of the native regiments forms part of a complete plan for re-organising the army of Africa, which is to be carried into execution at the beginning of MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. an te d 1 . , U.l T T() Tli) E. n.li w• and American sorts have been %d. per lb. lower. Sales of the week, 18,100 bales. Stock now, 453,380 bales, against 835,370 bales at this time last year. The sale of Railway Shares ycs'erday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., was flat, and the quotations were again a shade lower. The following are a few of the principal sales : East Indian Great Western of Bengal 0 6 6 Madrid and Valencia. Great Northern ( London and York Reg.) 2 6 0 Manchester and Southampton 0 17 6 North British Extension Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 1 10 0 North Staffordshire Leeds and Thirsk, Preference South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 0 6 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 12 6 Eastern Counties ..........•... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, ex int 4 13 0 Newcastle and Berwick Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire 0 9 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Accounts of September 12, from Hobart Town, state that some excitement continued to prevail on the subject of trans portation, and that Lord Stanley's dispatches had excited much dissatisfaction. From Sydney there are dates of October 3. A long debate on the Crown lands seemed to be the principal subject of interest in the colony, and a more equitable holding thereof was still the object of the parties interested. Trading affairs were steady. An arrival from the Cape of Good Hope furnishes infor mation of January 9. The troops were marching into the Kafir country to chastise the chief, Pato, who was still re fractory. The eastern province was freed from the maraud ing parties of the enemy. The English Securities have been extremely heavy. Con sols are worth 88 1 ,E 1 / 2 for Money, and 88% 1 % for Account. Exchequer-bills have been ls. to 4s. premium. The Spanish Bonds have been very quiet. The Three per Cents. realising 34 to 3415. Mexican Stock has being heavy at 21% %. Brazilian is firm at 87. In Shares there has been a good deal doing, but at lower rates generally. btrb Ebitto THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 88% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5.1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 9 3-16 9 3-16 Bank Stock for April 14 .. .. .. .. 204 , 4 Consols for Account, April 15 .. .. .. 88 V, , 414 88% Consols, Scrip ~. .. .. • • . Oli % dis % dis Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 11y d. 1,0001... .. .... 4 1— pm. 1 p COOL .. •• 1— pm. 1 p Ditto, Small .... 3 1 5 pm. 5 p BRITISH FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. 88M ONE O'CLOCK. spring." The Chamber of Deputies held no public sitting on Thursday. The Peers were occupied with the consi deration of various Bills recently passed in the other House, but which only possessed a local interest. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 781 10c.; the Five per C en t s . 1151. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2731 75c. ; Rouen, 866 f. 25c.; Havre, 6851 ; Great Northern. 6231 75c. ; Avignon, 8171. 50e. ; Vierzon, 5701. ; Bordeaux, 520 f.; Boulogne, 401 f.: Basle, 205 f. ; Dieppe, 3301. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4461. 25c.; nurs and Nantes, 4451. ; Paris and Lyons, 480 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 4801. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c.; Troyes and Montereau, 3051. ; Domestic Debt, 29 1 4. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TM% LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 11Aacm 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 13% —Namur and Liege, 4%—erleans and Bordeaux, 7—Paris and Lyons, 6%—Samba and Meuse, 6' —West Flanders, 2!4. We are rejoiced to learn that John Penny, Esq., of Sherborne, the pre;prietor of the Sherborne Journal, and a gentleman to whom the Liberal pirty in Dorsetshire are under great obligations, has been appointed to the office of Distributor of Stamps for the county of Dorset, vacant by the death of the la' e E. H. Keasberry, Esq. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY. ) MOLECOMII HULL RACES.—FRIDAY. The Molecomb Cup of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each; for hunters ; gent riders. Mile and half. (8 Subs.) Lord A. G. Lennox's The Sledge, 4 yrs (Owner) 1 Mr. S. G. L Fox's Black Bess, aged .. ... 2 Five others started. W on by a length. Sweepstakes of 3 sove. each, and 15 added. One mile and half. (7 Subs.) Lord A. G. Lennox's Barnaby Budge, aged (Owner) 1 Mr. C. Goring's Fiddich, aged 2 Four others started. The Scurry Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added, half a mile, 8 Subs., were won, in two heats, by Mr. Wyatt's Bertha, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Mitchell's Miss Lucy, Mr. H. Forth's Beauty, and three others, in a canter. The Beaten Handicap was won by Black Bess. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-70 to 10 agst Doleful (taken)-80 to 10 agst Halo (taken)-90 to 10 agst Euclid colt (taken)-100 to 3 agst Camera Obscura (taken). NEWMARKET HANDICAP-10 to 1 agst Vanish .(taken). CHESTER Cur.-20 to 1 agst Mendicant (oft)—I00 to 6 agst Antler (t. '2O to 1)-25 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (t.)- 27 to 1 agst Punch (taken )-40 to 1 agst The Lamb-40 to 1 agst The Flitch-45 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes-45 to 1 agst Inheritress-45 to 1 agst Crim. Con.-50 to 1 agst Princess Alice-1,000 to 15 agst Fitzallen-1,000 to 15 agst Plaudit (offers to take). THE DERBY.-600 to 100 agst Van Tromp (taken)-10 to 1 agst Epirote-10 to 1 agst Planet-20 to 1 agst Glen tilt--26 to 1 agst Conyngham-30 to 1 agst Liberator (taken) —35 to 1 agst Allertonian-50 to 1 agst Red Hart-50 to 1 agit Oxonian-50 to 1 agst Black Dwarf (taken)-50 to 1 agst Will-o'-the-Wisp (taken). The betting upon the Metropolitan Handicap was not worth mentioning. MARKET NEWS.---(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Pine Apples, 5s to 83 ; Ikt-house Grapes, 5s to 8s per Ib ; Dessert Apples, COs to 26s ; and Kitchen ditto, 6s to lOs per bushel; Oranges, 8s to 15s; and Lemons, lOs to 14s per 100.; Filberts, 1108 to 120 s per 100 lbs. ; Savoys, is to 25 3d per dozen ; Greens, 4s to Gs Gd per dozen bunches ; firocoli ' 2s to 5s per bundle ; F orce d F renc h B eans, 2s to 3s per 100; Potatoes, Ss to 12s per cwt; Turnips, 3s to 5s ; and Carrots, Gs to 7s per dozen bunches; Horseradish, Is 6d to 6s per bundle; Rhubarb, is 6d to 2s Gd per bundle; Brus sels Sprouts, 2s 6d to 4s per half sieve; Mushrooms, 2s to 4s per pottle ; Turnip Greens, 29 6d to 3s per bushel; Leeks, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; Parsnips, Gd to Is Gd per dozen; Onions, is to 9s per bushel ; Celery, Is to 2s 3d per bundle. HUNGERPORD. Although the supplies of most articles on sale to-day were by no means large, the general demand rulad heavy at barely last week's quotations. NEW GATE AND MEA.DENIZAI.E. We had a fair demand for the primest Beef and Mutton at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 'ld ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s 6d ; Geese, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits, Is 3d to Is 9d; Wild ditto, tid tole 4d; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s; and Barndoor Fowls, is 6d to 6s per couple. Eggs. lOs to 14s per 100; Fresh Butter, Is ld to is 3d per lb; Hares, 2s to 3s; and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s Gd each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from Os 8d to 38 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s to 53; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 83 to 17s ; Brills, 2s 9d to 4s 6d ; Cod-fish, 2s 3d to 7s; Haddocks, 8d to is 4d; Whitings, 4d to 8d; and Lob sters, Is to 3s 3d each; Soles, 4d to 3s per pair; Eels, 6d to ls; and Crimped Scate, 8d to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 149 to 26s per 100 ; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 10thd; of Household ditto, 8 1 ,4 2 d to 9 1 / r t d per 41bs loaf. RKE. Market Hides, 561 b RIDE 641 M A to b, 2%d to 3 d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3 1 id to 3 1 / 2 d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3 1 d to 3%d; do. 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4 11 / 4 d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 414 d to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5 1 ,fid to 6d; Calf Skins, each, 48 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s 7d to 58 7d; Kent and Half hreds, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s Bd.; Shear hugs, 6d to Bd. RAY MKETS. SMITIIFIZI.D.—Meadow Hay, AR 2/ ths to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto 3/ 8s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 41; Clover ditto, 3/ 53 to 41 14s; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ IGs per load. A full average supply and a steady demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2l 58 to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 15s per load, Supply good, and trade dull. FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT.—Last evening an in quest was held before Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of Mary Welch, aged 79 years. On Tuesday, the 2d inst., the deceased was crossing High-street, Stratford, and, being very infi rm , s h e did no t perce i ve a waggon, be longing to Messrs. Ruffold and Co., carriers, proceeding to wards Essex. She was knocked down by the front horse, and both the off wheels of the waggon passed over her legs. Her screams alarmed the driver, who was walking on the near side of the horses, and the waggon was immediately stopped. The poor old woman was found lying under the wheel, and when removed both her legs were discovered to be broken. She was conveyed to the hospital, where she expired on Wednesday last. Verdict, "Accidental death." WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The ar rivals this week are very limited. An advance of Is. to 28. per quarter is demanded on wheat, but buyers are cautious, and only a small extent of business is cone. Oats and shell ing in fair request at rather more money. Barley is more readily sold than of late, and makes full prices. In beans no alteration. TILE LATE EXTENSIVE FORGERIES AT LEEDS.-- A reward of boo/. is offered for the apprehension and convic tion of Frederick, Robert, and William Glover, late of Leeds, woollen manufacturers and merchants, who stand charged with the perpetration of divers extensive forgeries, and with having absconded with the property of their creditors; and in case of the apprehension and conviction of any one of them one-third of the amount will be paid. The amount of the forgeries is variously stated, as exceeding 30,0001., and even &0,0001. THE SUN CLOSINI PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . .. Ditto, Deferred .. •51 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 21% Portuguese Four per Cent Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. 16 Ditto, Three per Cent .. . 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 52 53! Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .• 5 , 7 57% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90% •91 911; 91% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSTN( RAILWAY SIIARES. PAID. DOHA; AT Amber., Notting., Boston, and ONE O'CLOCK. Eastern Junction . • • • • 2% 2 14. . . Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13%14 .. Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. .. 10 Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 Birkenhead, Lancnsh., & Cheshire Junction .. 4 Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. 75 Ditto, New .. 10 .... Buckinghamshire 6/. 45... .. 14 p Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% .... 214 Direct Northern Scrip .. 2%.... 214 1 4 Eastern Counties .. .. 20 . 19% ... . . . Ditto,' ditto.. .. .. No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. -- .......... Ditto, York Extension .. .. 4 .... 3% % . . East Lancashire .. .. • • • • 1 7 •• • • 18 % ••••• • • • • • Ditto New .. . • • • • 7 Y? • • 9 Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. 114 •• • • .. 4 par 26,; 24 19Y, 9 2% 74y, 20% East Lincolnshire .• .. • • • • 4 •• • • GU lig ••• • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 •• • • 74 % •• • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .... 201,6 Great Northern (London & York Regd.) .. .... % 2...... Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 3% ••••• • • • • • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% 2344 .. • • • • .... Great North of England . .. 100 ....23336 • • ••• • • • Great Western .." 85 ....11l ...... •• .. Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 66 .. •• • . Ditto, New ..... • .... Huddersfield and Manchester .. lb Ditto, ditto, Extension .. 5 .... .. •••• • • • • 5 % Hull and Selby .. .. •. 50 ....102 .• 102 Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 .... 51% ..... •• • 51 Ipswich and Bury St.Edmunds .. 14 .... 11 ...... • • • 111 Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 .... 214 • • ..... •• • 2 % Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 63% .... ... •• • 63 % Leeds and Bradford .. 35 • • ...... 77 Leicester and Bedford .. 165..... lq di5,.... • • If dig. Leeds, Dewsbury. & Manchester 2 736 .... 33 .. .............3 Leeds and Thirsk 22 36 .... 193{ 20 20 Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 10 .... .. •• . . Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. Ditto. New, No. 1 .. 4 .... London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .. • • 82% 53 .... 52% Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 ....9 14 % •• 9% London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9% London an North-Western • .400 .... 178 176 Ditto, Quarters .. 2 .... 18% .......... 183 E Ditto ditto, New Shares .• .. 2 .... 12% Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. •• 40 .. 68% 69 London and South-Western .• 41/. Gs. 10d.. •62 ...... •.. 61% Ditto, New .. 223( .......... Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... •• •• • • Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. • • .. 5 .... 5 .......... London and York Extension Scrip .. Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 22 Lynn and Dereham •.. 15 .... 16% ~ Blanchester and Leeds .. 82 .......... Ditto, Fifths 5 .... 10 934 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • .71. 45..... p• • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... %114 p• • • • Manchester and Southampton 2 .... .......... Midland ..100 ... 116 115 1163 .. Ditto, New .. •20 .... 3316 % 33% .. Ditto, New .. .. 2 4% % Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 89% .. • • ...... Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .. • • 32%34 33 .... Newmarket and Chesterford • • 10 .. • . 9% 10% .... Norfolk .. •. .. • • ..100 . • —134 135.. ...... Ditto, Extension • . • • .. 6 Northern Counties Union .. 2% % ........ North British .. • • 25 .... 338 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 12% .. • • 16 313 Ditto, Quarter Shares 214 .... 4 3% Ditto, Extension .. • • • . % .... I ?;.4 Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • • • 1 .... 3% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... Ditto, New . .. 14 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• • . 7% • • • North Western • • .. • . • • 4 .. • . 4 Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 17% •• 10% Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25 . 34 • • 34 Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. .• 8 36 .. • • 12 .. .. •• • • 12 Scottish Central .• . 15 .... 22,6 Scottish Midland .. 17% .... 2436 ..... 24% Shrewsbitry and Birmingham .. 3 ' .......• • • 3% Ditto, Class B •• • • 11,4 ... • 114% Shropshire Union .• 425..... 1% di5..... dis. South Devon .. 40 .... 31 ...... •• •• 31 South Eastern and Dover .. • • 33%.... 37 .• ••• • • • 37 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 3%.... 414 4% South Wales .. 10 .... 7 •• •• •• 7 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Vale of Nestle .. 2 .... .......... 1 West Riding Union .. • . .. 4/. 2s 1%% P•••••• 1 % p York and Newcastle .. ,25 Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 15% Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Extension .• .. 20 Ditto. Preference .. .. 2 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 10 ...• 21 .......... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 Paris and Lyons .. 8 Paris and Orleans .. .. 20 .... 48% .......... Paris and Strasbourg .. .. 5 .... .......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... .......... Union of Australia .. .. 25 .... 24% MINES. Real del Monte, Unrezistered • . 314 344 2314 233 2 % p 115/; 10. / 6 133.„ LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MANCH .. .M.—wind W., Eght breeze and hazy. DEAL, MARCH 12.—Wind N. to W.N.W., fresh and fine. —Arrd. Dido, Mauritius; Rosebnd, Wiun, Algoa Bay; Fanny A. Garrigues, Lee, Cape Coast Ca s tl e • Rosins, G a les, Callao; Eliza Keith, Scott, Callao ; Herald, Bahia. The Perseverance, Harris, went on shore to=day, near the South Foreland, expected to become a total wreck. Cargo saved in a damaged state. LOWESTOFF, MARCH 12.—The Royal Albert WAS assisted in to-day, with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with a large vessel oft Conchithe. SL6IDERLAND, MARCH 11.—The Union, of Newburgh, was in contact to-day off Holy Island, and received damat:e. Two vessels were seen on their beam ends on the N.E. coast. Sld. Staindrop, Hammond, St. John's. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS OF BRISTOL. This was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. The facts are as follow :—Edward Coniston left cer tain estates in trust with the Corporation of the Merchant Adventurers of Bristol in 1705, to be devoted to the erection of an hospital or almshouses in that city, for the reception of 100 boys, who were to be supported, educated, and provided with trades. The question at issue was , whether or no t t h e trustees were entitled to any beneficial interest in the trusts, and turned upon the technical construction of the deed vest ing the trusts in the defendants, who laid claim to the sur plus that had accrued since the foundation of the charity, to indemnify them against certain sums which they had ad vanced, but which on the other side it was cont en d e d were provided for from casual sources specified in the deed. The Attorney-General opened the case, and was followed by Mr. Twiss on the same side. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Air. Commissioner Goni.noisx.) IN RI RAINEY. exam Thi inatios day n, having been appoi n t e d f or t h e b ankrupt's last Mr. Faamt:Tos, solicitor for the bankrupt, requested that the matter might b e p os t poned, as, although they had been busily engaged with the accountant (Mr. Wright) for some days past, they had been una bl e to ma k e a statement of accounts in such a complete state as would warrant them in producing it in Court. They requested, therefore, that his Honour would grant them a postponement for two months. This would give the bankrupt an opportunity of bringing his account s up satisfactorily, and enable them to send them in to the official assignee at the end of six weeks, giv ing him thereby a fortnight to examine into their correct ness. He might inform his Honour that they had already progressed in some degree, fur they had delivered in accounts to the amount of 4,000/.; but there still remained about eighty to examine_ Mr. Payne (the trade assignee) had a claim to prefer relative to one of these accounts, in connexion with some property lodged with Coutta and Co.; and, until that questio n was decided, it would be folly for them to make up the statement in a hasty and imperfect manner. The official assignee (M r . G reen ) conc urred in the applica tion. He conceived that time was necessary to furnish a satisfactory statement. After some further conversation, the final examination was adjourned to the 14th of May. The solicitor for one of the creditors (Dr. Ogle) wished to put a few questions to the bankrupt. Mr. Coox said that he was retained for Mr. Rainey. lie had no objection to urge against that gentleman's examining the bankrupt, and therefore he wished it understood that he did not interfere with his right of doing s ut as 1; !7nsy rrlpie iro , l :Iry (.7; ;!;! i•t , Ittly 111,1:dei petty, and with a view to such property being made a o v!. able, would not be pressed. Ile would therefore put it t 10 . ! Learned Gentleman whether he would not prefer to lean' the matter in the hands of the assignees, or wait the t1f . 7 9 when the subject would - come in its proper course before Honour. - After some further remarks his Honour solicitor to put his questions, at the same time reques ti " t,, confine these to matters imnortant to the estate. t )?r. Coetu: that the cosh book c.f . the hankrib*,,t -v.,,01d turni;h evoy iniormatioth d by Mr. oAle , _ an - i s this course not being deemed satisfactory by that gentlem. 94 , 1icitor, be proceeded to subject the bankrupt to exa lluzi Lion. of permitted th. the Solicitor then began a very objectionable course examination, which was, after some little time stopped b L s i His HoNoua, who said that he did not see what + — „ ‘e d questions had to do with the estate. The objects ee:d rather to be to show up the b a nk r upt a s a man g il i t4. breach of trust. The proper period for such a course amination would be when the bankrupt came up for W 9 ' l ; tificate, when these questions might b e p u t w ith great priety. The Solicitor proceeded to put another question, wb en ,,o e et His IloNoua said that it w as qu it e p l a i n w hat the e v n :a of the examination was, th a t th ese quest i ons prein s 7,, to asked should be the me ans o f h o ldi ng Mr. Rameyao reprobation. lie (the Commissioner) considered thal' ong , creditor had in that stage any r i g ht t o pu t suc h questions' The law did indeed give the cre dit or p ower to aa'" s ca te, questions, when the bankrupt c ame u p f or his certni,j but it never contemplated that the bankrupt should be ali - e a series of questions not with the view of bettering 0 0 estate, but of holding him up to scorn and centunielf• n. cculd not therefore allow this course of examination to e° tinue. Mr. COOKR was proceeding to address the Court, WI!!Iet His HONOUR desired that he sh ou ld h ear no thiug it e i r d bis on either aide. He thought h e h a d su ffi c i en tly no:k s od sense of the impropriety of the course of examinatio n, he desired that the matter should be dropped. ietters Mr. PAYNE then put questions relative to papers an,u still in the possession of the bankrupt or his solicitor, 0, they were ordered by his Honour to be • delivered up official assignees forthwith. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS James Byrne, who was said to be a medical man, res in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, was placed at the w I T, before Mr. Hardwick, charged with the following °utile freak The servant of Mr. Taunton, shoemaker, of Illarylebol3.o street, stated, that his master's cart was standing 0 1 ) P c : 0 0, the door, about half-past three o'clock ye s te r d a y afte r :4Bd when the prisoner, who was quite drunk, jumped in, B— tlo the whip and reins, and drove off at a furious rate, to great affright and danger of th e p assers b y . He round the neighbouring streets in this way for nearli o to hour, when he was with difficulty stopped, and give! ..age custody, the cart having, in the m ean ti me , sus t a ined 0 4 to the amount of upwards at The prisoner, who had no excuse to offer beyond th ie o having - drank too freely, was sent t o th e H ouse of Corr,' ,ct • 1 01 for fourteen days, and ordered t o p ay th e cos t o f the •I'm done to the cart. The Magistrate was occupied th e res t o f t h e morninaa hearing charges of begging, chiefly against Irish persons', WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DA: g ;i A man about 60 years o f age was t hi s morn i n g before Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, for re' e aifera nation, charged with fraudul en tly o bt a i n i ng goo d s of tradesmen in various parts of the metropolis. isen er court was crammed with tradesmen whom ther - t ale had victimised. It appeared that the prisoner called 8 warehouse of Mr. Knight, house-decorator, Brick-lan e ,;i e ced talfields, on the 9th of January l as t, an d se l ec t e d 2 9 4011 of stained paper, which he r eques t e d m i g h t be lino! forwarded, with a receipt and invoice, to the Founts.'" vern, Shoreditch, and the amount would be P d ir on delivery. Mr. Knight's errand-boy Wa g re' patched with the goods. Th e l a tt er, liowel ,. :', l nea turned after a protracted absence, and ill his master that he had delivered the paper to the Prl d ieti who desired him to wait for themoney, but after a leng!,b tb. delay he found that the latter h a d ma d e hi s ex it w"diii§ property through the back door of the house and e ffect e l escape. He was, however, -üb sequen tl y trace d by S erl 'od Brannan to a coffee-shop in Tabernacle-row, FinsburP there taken into custody. Fio r William Rathbone, a blind-m a k er , i n Clif to n-sfreeL-Adtio bury, produced the whole of the above purloined Prtr B dsl and which the prisoner had sold to him for 21. Ws. on ty it into his ossession. atS l Several other cases of a similar nature w e re brottg , " L d tot evidence given against the p r i soner , w h o was counn't"';: trial on several charges. THE GOVERNMENT PLAN E DUCAT' .ON. t t The following lett er , con t a i n i ng explanations iinP°ros-$9l to Dissenting congregations, has been addressed by b fr 'i the Shuttleworth to the Rev. Robert Eckett, the SecretarY °. Wesleyan Association :- 38, Gloucester square, Ilyde March 12, 1847. jo g S " Rev. Sir,--1 read in the Patriot newspaper this evel l if letter, to which your name is attached, addressed on r - sii of the Committee of P r i v il eges t o m i n i sters o f the Vi r e sil a st Association, requesting them 'to use their best efforts ~ a petition from every congregation in their circuit,' in het to induce the House of Commons not to vote an,' f urth e r sum of money to b e pl ace d a t t h e di sposa l o f the 00 1011 , s o of Council on Education,' and to entreat the H °1336 t bil petition the Queen to di sso l ve t h e Committee by w h°l° tr pernicious scheme' (the minutes for August and Dece tn.- 1846) has been recomm en d e d , and to declare that the terests of the nation will be best promoted by the non-inter' ference of the Government as to the education of the Pe°P; to - A form of petition is appended to thi s l e tt er, and i nten ded _,,,' be sent to every congregation connect e d w ith yo ur 0.3' ciation. " For this purpose the letter commences with the following representations :--‘ Her Majesty's Ministers having recent brought before Parliament certain minutes of the Commi tte° of Privy Council on Education, proposing that provisi on should be made by Government for training, supporting, sol pensioning schoolmasters and mistresses, and for creating and supporting a widely extended system of education, b be which it is intended that the instructors of masses A t ri t e , rising generation s h ou ld b ecome G overnmen t stiPe;°'.. and expectants of Government pensions, to nbta'll which of purposes they will have to secure th e aPP r°bati°ll a ise an inspector appointed by G overnmen t , b u t whn raust re be sanctioned by one of the A rc hbi s h ops , and w ho is to "- main in office only so l ong as suc h sanction is continued. be " If such was yo ur i n t erpre t at i on o f t h e i n t e ntions 0 ' t se d Government, I cannot wonder that vou should W e t : l 6o f your utmost efforts, i n con j unc ti on w i t h t h e Colun i to Privileges, to arouse the co ngrega ti ons o f th e WesleY an lo a . sociation to defeat so gross an i n j ust i ce . But ifjlf have misunderstood, and uni n t en ti on all y very g r— el e l y misrepresented the plan developed in the re • t be minutes of the Committee of Council, obserVe consequences. our "Every superintendent minister placing confidence pi- Committee of Privileges; every local preacher, o° 4 ol obedience to the suggestions of his superintendent, 0 every congregation which may re l y on t h e re presents t % of its minister, will receive from y our l e t ter t h e inni ressi° ol that no school connected with the W es l eyan Associsti°l3cil partake of the grants offered by th e C omm itt ee of C ° 7 - fe oti the visits their voisfi t s theo f recentnanoa inspectorvc hmesboii archbishops, eenpsas, pupil tpi unlessarchiepiscopalopaii and dtteedatclhwiilai teacher liable Ih s ese c aa h tnni o t: o o etb l i ceo bou b nea e . pop s Tcir r u r iebbesjner ill by the believe t withdrawalat • no master can receive a gratuity; no teacher can be sr , p i to sioned ; no apprentice can be elected to a Queen's s ty) ship; and no candidate in a Normal school, connected "th" the Weyleyan Association, can obtain a certificate, s ld i - acl consequent augmentation of salary, unless he be e/ Ke T:pf by an inspector appointed, with concurrence of an archb' sji is and for whose continuance in office his Grace's esti cti°ll requisite. " Such a conception of the intentions of the Comini t . n te l d i. , Council would justify the app ea l o f th e C omm i t t e e of 111 erj.,- leges to the congregati o n s of th e W es l eyan A ssoc iation , P - r , uch a represent a ti on i s lik e l y to rouse the Super hitef a te Minister, the local preachers, and their congregations utmost activity, to petition the House of Commons tow" hold the Parliamentary grant for the promotion of 013°1 cious a scheme.' "Accordingly, as your letter suggests that 'it is iroP -rt ri se that the petitions should be numerously signed," it is n bable that on the ensuing Sunday, March 14 as ( your '''' te a petition is dated March 4), th e f orm of appended to letter will be signed by great numbers of persons be 10 4, 011% to the congregations and Sunday-schools of the W esief ch Association. All will feel that a plan of education , w thus imposes the interference of an ecclesiastical aut h° l l as a condition of gra n t s f rom t h e C ommittee of Cottlic dissenting schools, is an intolerable injustice. " You will rejoice to learn that the danger which you ap prehend to be impending over the schools connected "sci" the congregation of the Vi'esleyan Association is a delosi c , l ‘ " The Committee of Council never made any ave , disenting school on such a con diti on as you have suPP - Le y They have never acquir e d, either as a consequence of 1" grants or otherwise, power to authorise any i ns pector pointed with the concurrence of an arc hbishop, to enter British or dissenting scho o l. The order in C °l/ , a o f of the 10th of August, 1840, makes the appro vai an archbishop an incident in the appointment oftt:er spectors of Church of England schools alone. ° he Inspectors have been appointed, in whose nomina tion t Archbishop has in no respect interfered, and three more this class are about to be appointed. dida "Their Lordships have agreed (vide Minutes 1842-3, P3gte,. e 537) that they will not proceed to recommend any can. to her Majesty as an inspector of schools connected with tn o British and Foreign School Society until they have on' OP: stilted the committee of that society, and found th at the can" dilate has their approval. It t he "In like manner their Lordshipshave agreed to cous u Education Committee of the General Assembly of the Chre,_ of Scotland as to the appointment ofany inspecto rs of schoo.9 which are by law, or by their constitution, conn ected with that church. (Vide Minutes, 1839.40, pages 19 and 20.) t " The Committee of Council have been of opinion tha . unless each inspector possessed the confidence of the religious communion with which the schools visited by him wer l connected, he would not usefully co-operate with th e sch°° managers. Their Lordships have, therefore, in proceeding t" nominate inspectors, been ready to consult the Central Board' watching over the interests of any distinct class of s chools, .! order to avoid the appointment of any person wh o es p ecially on religious grounds did not enjoy their confidence. No JO' Spector is employed in the visitation of other schools than o t those e fo d r i r t e li c e t e a x n a d m fo i r n a ti l on i n o v f i c n h fh theire i a m p a p n o fi n g i t e e r d st , evixiiciecPut rarely occurs. "Schools connected with the Wesleyan Association vrould T not therefi of such a them to al B°l ° ol assi of their ai of their in s chools sr( cation for aid not en The oppo; the Comm i sear 183 9 Ga nt proo w avering test th e in they have 4141 to the of her Maj Ism,: . JA " Rev. 1 PR (Pro m t A he T he folio fitt ed, and I/ 141 d and 0 ancheatez Xford, tiv ( ab "gh tit e on Fe A.Lthe Rivet - -.4loh ne b°4llgh, CO , ' Til-E ( LATI