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The object of the Company is for the transaction of all Banking business at SYDNEY, LAUNCESTON, ADE LAIDE, PORT PHILIP, and such other places as the Di rectors may deem advisable ; and it is intended to apply, at far as possible, the system which has proved so successful in Scot land. The extraordinary pro:ress which the Australasian Colonies have made within the last few years, the continued flow of emi gration towards them, together with the high value of money there, call for an increased number of establishments of this de stripti,,n, and the prosperous condition of the Banks already ie operation is a suffieient guarantee that under prudent manage ment t:iis Investment must prove a most profitable and secure one to the Shareholders, as high rates of interest are obtained with perfect security in a country where, from well ascertained data, Capital is improving at rates varying from 50 to 75 per cent. per annum. The following Extract from the Official Share List of February 4th, 11.440, shows the present value of Stock in Two of the Aeseralasian Banks formed in Lordon : Original Share. Paid up. Present Price Rank of Australasia Ditto (new Shares) 40............ 10 0 l7 10 Union Bank of Australia l 25 17 10 25 10 (established in 1e33) Nor ceo the prosperity of Banking operations connected with those Cclonies be better illustrated then by reference to the satisfactory :depart of the Directors of the Union Bank of Austral::,, presented to the Proprietors at their General Meet gas tee 3d of February, and by the following extract from the Rev. Henry Carmichael's Pamphlet on New South Wales, eeoerein he observes—" There are at present in Sydney three Stock Banking Companies in operation, with a paid-op capital of absut 80,000/. each ; which divide a profit ;•nnually of from tea to 25 per cent. His Excellency Sir James Stirling *lea, in his recent work on Western Australia, says, in allusion to Or Western Bank of Australia, " The second half-year left a emir preit over the expenieture of 14 and a half per rent., sth,ch, after setting aside one-fifth as an accumulating fund, aceording t• an existing rule, enabled the Directors to declare a dlYelend of 11 and a half per cent. on the paid-up capital ;at the eloie of the year no dishonoured bill remaining on hand, nor had. the Solicitor of the Bank to commence a single suit forehe recoriere of a debt due to it." The birectors have for sonic time been making arrangements for immediately carrying into effect the objects of the Corn- Peery ; and in order to advance the influence of the Bank in the Colquies, they have reserved a portion of the shares for distri leftpon there. Ae,the principal part of the business must necessarily be ear ned on in the Colonies, it has been thought inexpedient to ha: e a numerous Board of Directors in London : it has there fhee been determined that the number shall not at any time es:-red ten; b.it to secure the prudent administration * of the aßaiesif ihe Bank, a complete system of superintendence is beees organized by the Directors for the Establishments in the etilonicis. A sriticient capital he.s already been subscribed to enable the Directors to commence business immediately. Th ey h ave Aiereforr resolv e d, i n order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to arise in other ana undertakings f rom an unre stricted applic a ti on o f share,to induce o n ly th ose to app l y who wish t o b ecorno bona fide proprietors, not to entertain any ' epplieetion unless made i e n o,, lt , l , % ni printed blv a paym en t of eti. upontec forma pr ov id e d by t h em be t for that pu r p ose , an d ae each share applied f or , the Director s reserving to th emse l ves, 3 4 at the time o f a pp ro p r i a ti on , t h e right to re'ectcomply snob application, either i n whole or i n part, money to returned if the application be r e j ec t e d, an d to b e placed with the eredit of the party in respect of the shires allotted to him ii accepted. Fcr the guidance of those who may wish to become proprie 'lGrs, it may he mentioned, that it is not in contemplation to ep more than 101. per share for the next twelve months. The Dire4eors have postponed filling up the London Board !n the full rAmber of ten, in order to give them the opportunity of selecting influential proprietors, whose assistance and co operation they may think it advisable to secure for the interests of the concern ; power is reserved to them for that purpose, and they are also authorized to complete all other arrangements necessary for putting the Company into immediate operation. Application for shares, in accordance with the printed form, to be made to Messrs. Boyd, 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothburv, y London 11 4 AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church. No: ice is hereby given, that the BOOKS for IRAN 5- PERRINO SHARES in this SOCIETY will be CLOSED : 1 10NDAY, the 23i instant, and will be RE-OPENED 1c: MONDAY, the 13th day of April next. 'the Dividends for the year 18'19 will he payable on Monday, `,lie 6th lay ut April neat, or any subsequent day ( Wednesday ee•trt.e• - ts, betweco the hours of Ten and Three o'Clock. By order of the Directors, GEORGE FITZPATRICK, Actuary. 13th March, 1840.. • JOINT STOCK BANK Co.MITT—: are EE.. o Co , ro n I mittee of c De authorized to state that at a meeti ng o f the unties from the Joint Stock Bankers of E n , Wale anti riland, which was held yesterday at tche, o ffi ce of the I ' rovinciaf Bank of Ireland, Broad-street, it \a that the interests of the note-issuing Joint StockYßraen l k ° s in 1"'l E;l44;:a-ud•and Wales will not be sufficiently re p re ; ented in the ConAnit:?e of Inquiry about to be nominated by th e Chancellor of the Ex:thcqueir in the House of Commons, and a letter was ace written to him by the directions of the Committee of Joint mat Bankers, requesting that he would nominate Cis- rtegivald Blet4itt, 31. P. for Moninouth, and Mr. Edward Tarim, M.P. for Truro, as two additional Members of the sail! Committee of Inquiry. LONDON: TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1840. In the House of Lords petitions were presented on the subject of the Scotch Kirk, which is i❑ a state directly opposite to that Christian quiet which be seemeth a Godly Church. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in presenting a petition, praying that no alteration might be made in the law of patronage, said that he had re ceived a number of letters from Scotland, remonstrating with him for having advised delay, which he had never done. He hail only said that he was more afraid of precipitation than delay. Viscount MELBOURNE reite rated his assertion that Government was not prepared to say what course it would adopt. The Government would come, however, to an early determination, and if it declined to bring forward a measure it would state so, and leave the field open to any Noble Lord who chose to undertake the task. We apprehend the Government will not meddle further with the matter. On the motion of Lord LONDONDERRY accounts were ordered of all the money paid to Spanish refugees since 1823, and of all monies and supplies sent to Spain since the last return. The Bill for promoting Vaccination went through a Committee, after some conversation as to leaving Ire land out of the Bill—which was not, however, assented to—and as to inserting a clause to prevent inoculation under a penalty, by persons who have not been regu larly bred up to the medical profession, which was as sented to, the Marquis of NORMANBY undertaking to prepare such a clause. The Bill will facilitate vaccination, impede inoculation, and prohibit it by all but. medical practitioners. We did not know that it was now extensively practised by any other persons, but the Bishop of LONDON assured their Lord ships " that in agricultural districts of the country there had not been for many years past the least difficulty in obtaining vaccination gratuitously, but many of the ig norant poor were strongly prejudiced against it, and paid much greater attention to empirics than to the advice of the clergy." So, when the Bishop is thrown off his guard, or has a purpose to serve, he admits that the guides and governors of the agricultural labourers, their teachers,'friends, and protectors, the poor man's pastors, have not as much influence in agricultural districts, where their influence is greatest, as a cow-leach or a horse-doctor. Yet we are told that the salvation of the people must come from the hands of the clergy Some other business was transacted which is as briefly given in the report as we could state it. At Six their Lordships adjourned. The Commons did not assemble in sufficient numbers to form a House, and were necessarily adjourned. We hear continually from the Tory papers that, under the Whig Ministers, the foreign policy of this country has been improperly conducted ; that England has lost her ancient allies, and not gained new friends ; that the Ministers have plunged her into difficulties, and endangered the general peace. It occurs to us that those who make these accusa tions forget the past, and misrepresent the present. We shall briefly, therefore, advert to some circumstances before and since IS3O, and from them will shine forth, we think, a complete vindi• cation of Whig as contrasted with Tory policy. From the peace of 1815 to 1830, the Holy Alliance held the destinies of Europe in their hands. Though not an ostensible member of that Alliance, England united its policy with that of the Allies, and did some of their dirty work. The Tories could boast of preserving peace, but it was by allying themselves with all the tyrants of Europe, and betraying the people. Each Continental State had then so many internal enemies in its bosom, that a sense of common danger made all the Go vernments unite together, to keep down the people; and the Holy Alliance, of which England, under the Tories, was the instrument, was a league of despots to crush the liberties of mankind. It did not succeed. To the disgrace, indeed, of England, she suffered Austria, if she cannot be said to have aided her, to put down every spark of freedom in Italy. She was supplicated for help and refused it. She allowed Austria, without a remonstrance, to consign the Italian patriots, whom her glorious successes had placed under the House of HAPS- B unGH, to the most gloomy dungeons. She did even worse than this. She allowed the Bounisoss,wholn her arm had replaced on theirjustly forfeited throne, and who were held there by that . Holy Alliance, of which she was, under WELLING TON an d CASTLEREAGH , t he de g raded tool, t o p ut down the esupplicated Eno C o nstitution of Spa in. There a g ain patriots re pulsed, a n d w e re sacrificedland for help, were by a stupid tyrant of the true BOURBON breed. England, contrary to her an cient policy, and contrary to her own welfare, allowed a French army to overrun Spain, and the hero of th e T roca d ero seated FF,RDINAND the Seventh on his th r o n e, under the protection o f France. That restoration, usur pation of too,thceotohsrtointeled to the subsequent usur .of Portugal, and the suppres sion of the by of Portugal. Thus, under the Tories, and yththeir . aid, liberty was extin guished throughout) Tthe ir hree Day Peninsula, io eninsul a , an d we ll nigh extinguished i n F rance. Providence ordered mat ters contrary to th e i r wishesste o t f t t j i o u n l s y . The glorious Revolutio n of the way to the the ando chainsof th e H o ly Alliance, France loose from th Alliance, and led establishment o f free constitutions and independence i n the kin g d oms of the Peninsula. Till the elder BourtnoN e xpelled from France. lhe policy of tho . ro n . es went s were to unite France, Spain , and Portu, a l, by a corn. molt interest of despotism, undcr one Protectorate or Sovereignty, to preven t which WELLINGTON had gained so many victories, and shed so much blood in the Peninsula. We admit, then, that the Tories between 1815 and 1830 did preserve peace, but it was by uniting with the depots of Europe to crush liberty wherever she raised her head, and, to the lasting dis grace of the old hero of a hundred battles, his policy —for he was an active agent of the Tories and the Holy Alliance—went to undo all which his vic tories had done, and all for which his thoughtful countrymen ever k 1 1 thou than worthy of praise. 1 The Whig Ministers succeeded to power on the We find the following repetition of a very com mon fallacy relative to the cause of our present dispute with China, in a leading article in the Mornin - g - Chronicle of yesterday : So long as the East India Company had the monopoly of the trade with China, matters went on with tolerable smoothness. But the change in the system, by which a number of independent traders supplied the place of the India Company, necessarily led to difficulties. The offi cers employed by the British Government have not the same power over private traders that the India Company had over their servants ; and, from the very nature of the Chinese laws and usages, the irregularities of individual traders expose the whole body of traders to imminent danger. The " smoothness" with which " matters went on" during the monopoly of the East India Com pany would have been still more " tolerable" had the power of that body over its servants, and the consequent power of those servants over private traders been as limited as that of the United States' Consul at Canton over the trade of his Countrymen. England has carried on a more extensive trade with China for nearly two centuries than any other country in Europe, Portugal not accepted ; and yet England is the only nation of which the Chinese have uniformly appeared jealous. The cause of this is to be found in the political character as sumed by the servants of the East India Company at Canton. They appeared there not as simple traders, but as the representatives of merchant princes possessed of an immense empire on the very borders of China. Instead of being mere bar terers of commodities, like the Dutch and Ame rican traders, the East India Company's servants in Canton demonstrated more than once that they had the power of a great and proximate empire at their command, and that they were not indisposed to employ it against China, in the event of a pro per opportunity. This begot a jealousy of them and of their nation, in the minds of the Chinese, which neither the Dutch nor the Americans at Canton scrupled to increase by every indirect con trivance in their power. The assumption of politi cal iniluence in every part of Asia by the East India Company was magnified on all occasions ; and it was represented to the EMPEROR, that the only way to restrain the ambition of the English was to allow them no footing in the country, and to take care to use them always worse than the traders of other countries. This the Chinese never failed to do ; and even in 1810, when British ships of war were anchored in the Chinese waters, Fu, the then Governor of Canton, compelled by his firmness the East India Company to resume the trade on the very same conditions which led to its suspension—after first having insisted upon the departure of the armed vessels as a necessary preliminary to the sale of a single pound of tea ! But when the East India Company's monopoly was put an end to, and the Government here resolved to send out a Superin tendent of the trade, the alarm of the Chinese au thorities became unbounded. The new " Barba rian Eye" they had heard was to be a man of high rank, with functions wholly political—a sort of Mandarin with power to dispute the pre-eminence with Loo, the predecessor of LIN, in the " cent re of the flowery land." It must be admitted that the first appearance of the unfortunate Lord NAPIER in China was calculated to increase the terrors with which the previous rumour had inspired the Court and the Authorities. The words of his celebrated counter- edict when prohibited access to the capital, " Tremble, Governor Loo, intensely tremble I" though amusingly ludicrous, excited no laughter among the grave politicians of Pekin. Great, no doubt, was their fright at first, but when they found the maxims of those who urged them to such a course apparently verified by the result, they grew bold, and certainly they have since treated us worse than they did before. It is too late now to think of repairing our first false step. The Chinese enter tam now precisely the same idea of us that we do of them. They believe us to be arrant cowards at bottom, and that the proper way to keep us submis sive is to treat us with superlative contempt. Our present dispute with China is, therefore, but a legacy bequeathed us by the East India Com pany. Had the servants of the Comnany confined themselves wholly to trade, and thus left us an ex ample, which our merchants might follow without compromising, the national dignity, no dispute be tween us and the Chinese would have taken place. But we have advanced too far to think now of re ceding, and to advance farther, with benefit to our selves and the Chinese, we must act with prompti tude and energy. To leave them again under their old delusion as to our courage, would be t o i nv i te the total destruction of such of our merchants as may hereafter happen to fall into the power of the Chinese. Before the trade can be placed on a permanent footing ample satisfaction must be ex acted for the insults already heaped upon us . This, however harshly it may sound, will prove in the end the most humane proceeding that can be adopted. We have already witnessed the effect of half measures in the case of the firing of the Vo lage upon the thirty Chinese war junks. On that occasion Captain SMITH could have sunk the whole of them, but in tenderness for those on hoard allowed twenty -four to escape. What was the consequence ? Why a fl,,„i„ t2; edict from Governor LIN to Admiral KWAN, iii which, alluding to that event, he says :—" Our valiant troops returned t heir fire with a noise like a thunderbolt, upon whic h the forei g ners routed and dispersed, returned again to Tseem-shat-snv, where they cast anchor." Of this edict a copy vas, of course, forwarded to the EMPEROR ; and thus, because grea t er e xecution was not done , the defeat was converted into a victory. From Kw AN'S proclamation, which we regret we have not here room to q uote, it is plain that he at Last wa s no stranger to the real facts of the case. , Though " flying w ith the swiftness of a n arrow to bri ng d estruct i on upon the w i c k e d , K WAN ' S pre emulation is that o f an o ffi cer not a t a ll in a hurry to draw his sword. But, that he may he less so, it is of the utmost importance that the course now taken by our Government be followed up vigorously. Above all, now is the time to insist upon the establishment tradeof with some other part of the empire, as well as with Canton. When we have convinced China that everything is to be dreaded from our power and cur resentment, it will be time enough to let them understand that everything may be expected from our justice and generosity. _ The Paris Journali of Sunday give the details of the proceedings the day before in the nine Bureau's of the Chamber of Deputies, on the appointment of a Com mittee to report upon the Secret Service Bill. They are not calculated to allay the apprehensions we ex pressed as to the continuance of the new Ministry in office. In the first Bureau the Cabinet was represented by M'LEoN DE MaLeEvILLE, the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, who, in answer to M. DE LAMARTINE, only spoke in general terms of the good intentions of the Ministry. This was not all re lished by the Members, and even M. GARNIER PaoE•:s admitted that he felt no more confidence in the present Government than M. DE LA MARTINE. The result was the defeat of the Mi nisterial candidate in this Barcau, and the elec tion of M. De LAMARTINE. In the second Bureau M. VIVIEN, the Minister of the Interior, when called upon to explain the policy of the Government, impru dently answered that a Bureau was not the proper place for Ministerial explanations. This answer put the Members out of humour, and was the cause why here again the Ministerial candidate was defeated by a majority of one vote. Had the Minister of Justice pursued a more conciliatory course he would have triumphed by a very considerable majority. M. VIVIEN has not the tact requisite for conducting the business of a popular Assembly, which is ever capricious and ready to take offence. In the third Bureau Ministers triumphed. The Cabinet was represented by M. DE REMUSAT, who made the fatal declaration that he would not only not support electoral Reform, hut that himself and his colleagues would oppose it if brought forward. It is not a little strang,t that M. ()DILLON BARROT, who wag present, spoke and voted for the Cabinet. Whether M. ()DILLON BA/tELOT'S votes are influenced of late by the regard of the Court to the personal interests of his brother, we •.gill not pretend to determine. M. TIMERS him self was present in the fourth Bureau, and though lie made a tolerably long speech, we confess that it puzzles us to make out his meaning. He adopted, to a great extent, the domestic policy of his predecessors, but differed from them on foreign affairs. No man in France, nor even in Europa, knows better than M. TIMERS how to ring the changes on a few unmeaning words, so as to produce an effect by the sound only. Of this he gave the fourth Bureau an ample proof on Saturday. The only thing explicit in his speech was the following paragraph, which he read from a pro gramme which he had laid before the KING when in vited to form a Cabinet. It means no more than M. THIERS adopted the old juste milieu system, providing for the day as best he could, and trusting to the chapter of accidents rather than to the strength derived from the growing influence of well defined fixed principles, for the means of extricating himself out n: every difficulty " The Chamber is divided into three fractions ; should two of them join each other they would overturn the Go vernment. Two of these fractions must form an alliance, or the intermediate fraction must attempt to govern by calling to its assistance the moderate men belonging to the other two fractions. " The first combination appears at first extremely natu ral, but the heads of the two parties, M. Mole and Thiers, would forfeit all public respect were they to form a coali tion. Besides, the left centre would not follow M. 'niers if he joined M. Mole. The only thing that can be done is to form a Cabinet from the left centre, and to seek the support of the moderate men of the other fractions ; but it is certain that this should not be done till the last ex tremity, and when no other combination remains prac ticable." We have given enough of the proceedings of the several Bureaus, or Standing Committees, to indicate pretty clearly the policy of the Cabinet. We confess that it has greatly disappointed us. We expected from the 'VIERS' Cabinet a declaration very different from that of hostility to electoral Reform, an intention not to abolish the September laws, and a desire to effect a fusion of men of all parties, to support a new justc milieu Administration. M. TI setts understands the art of climbing to power by the aid of a popular ladder, but when he has achieved the dangerous etoinence, his head becomes so giddy that he forgets that his safety consists in drawing it up after him, so as to be able to descend again at any moment without endangering his neck. We had imagined that his last ignominious tumble, which it required a sort of honourable exile to Italy to make his countrymen forget, would have taught him wisdom ; but it appears that we had been unmind ful of the little discretion to be expected from over weening political vanity when exposed to the blandish ments of a Court. The following extracts include the only additional intelligence in these Journals FRENCH AFRICA.—The African correspondent of the Sufi of 'Marseilles of the 1 lth inst. states that Abd-el- Kader has now under arms a military force of about 24,000 men, with four pieces of artillery—viz., 2,000 in fantry and 1,000 regular cavalry, under his immediate or ders ; 3,000 regular troops , in the cast of the p rov i nce o f Algiers, commanded by Ben Salem, and 5,000 in the south-west, under the Kalifas of Medeah and Miliana ; 8,000 men (infantry and cavalry) in the province of Oran, under the Kalifa of Mascara, and between 4,000 and 5,000 more, under the command of Boumedi, the Kalifa of Tlemecen. The Emir will not succeed in enlisting under his banners a number of combatants from among the tribes residing along the line which the Freoch expedition will traverse, and thus he will be able to bring into the field be tween 30,000 and 40,000 men. The Eclaireur de /a Medderranee of the 11th instant, announces that the expeditio n against Cherchell had been put off for a fortnight, in order to give time to the Prince de Joinville to arrive in Algiers and take the command of the flotilla destined to operate against that place. POLISH EXILES.—The Wilna Gazette publishes a pro clamation, addressed by the Emperor Nicholas to the in habitants of Lithuania and the adjoining Governments, in informing those who had participated in the insurrection of 1831, and had ever slime remained concealed within those Governments, that his Majesty granted them a full amnesty on condition that they present themselves before the authorities in the course of three weeks, that is, from the 27th of January to the 17th of February last. The individuals who should not come forward within that delay, and might subsequently be apprehended by the police, to gether with the persons who afforded them an asylum, wire to be tried and punished with all the severity of the laws. We have news from Arragon of a very late date-- Cabrera, whose health is rapidly recovering, has arrived at Morella, where he has been received with the greatest enthusiasm by the inhabitants and Governor of that city. From the details which have reached us. it appears that independently of the garrison left in different places, Cabrera is able to put in motion 20,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and 90 or 100 pieces of cannon. An expedition detached from the army of Arragon, and which is composed of 6 or 7,000 men, has entered Casten& under the command of the brave Brigadier General Arnans, ft is said that he intends to penetrate into An dalusia. This is a circumstance which will seriously em barrass the Christino Government, which is still contend ing at Madrid against the irritation produced by coatinuing the state of siege.— Gazette de France. SARAGOSSA, MARCH Pi —All the 16-pounders which have been brought to Muniesa, the head- quarters of Es . - partero, have been forrarded to Lecera, whence they are to go to Castellote. The heavy artillery to be employed in the siege was to leave Maniesa on the 7th, and it was said that Espartero was to set out at the same time. The fort of Segura is going to be blown up. The holes for the mine have been already made, and 90 cwt. of powder are destined for the operation. Pants, MARCH 15.—The filo;iiteur of this morning pub lishes the circular addressed to the Prefects by the Mi nister of the In:erior on his entering upon Ilia office.--Le Commerce, Neither Royal menaces nor promises can overcome the obstinacy of the Hanoverians to abide by the Con stitution of 1833. The Grand Master of the Orange Lodges and pensionary of the people of England, and his man of all work, Von SCHELE, are at present in a sad pickle. Tile Corporation of the capital of the kingdom has, by a majority of thirty.two votes to four, declined to elect a Deputy. Stade, the head-quarters of the State pirates on the Elbe, has, followed the ex ample of Hanover by7a majority of eighteen votes to twel7e ; and Embden, by a majority of twenty-three votes to s:.:ven., has adopted a similar resolution. To add to the perplexity of the KING, the blindness of the Cro wn P r i nce, which is greatly i ncreasin g , has obliged th e C a bi net to sen d t o consult Privy Councillor Eicxlloa iN! , : , at B er li n, respec ting the succession, as the KING, with hi s accustome d good nature , is most anxious to exclude the succession of collatcrals, which of cours e wou ld l ea d to t h e a pp o intment of a Regency during the life of the Crown Prince , or at least the minority o f hi s children, s h ou ld hi s Royal Highness ever have any. If the Crown Prince h e j ud g ed in capable of re i gn i ng, it would be a simpler , an d we ar confident a more popular course, as regards the people of Hanover, to confer the Crown upon Prince GEORGE of Cambridge. The popularity of the Duke of CAM 'MUDGE as Viceroy of Hanover is a gratifying earnest of the reception that would await his son ; and though this subject has never before been mooted inthc colurons of a Newspaper, we deem it not unworthy of the, at tention of Hanoverian Statesmen, HAMBURG BOINENH A LLE, :Simms( 13. Bills. Money. % 1 4i Austrian 5 per Ce n t s. Bank Shares, 109 1 / 4 11 , 9 An.,10-Ittissian Lo;). ................... Russian:, per Cent. Ist series, C)otilieate Inscription, Ist S,ria , Russian 5 per Cent. H •and Co, I;t1 and 4th 5cri;5........... " Ditto in ................ 1045, 104 Dutch .. . dual Debt , ‘2 P er Cent Difto ..................Pi Cr Cent MON') Bondi ...... 115 144 New ickct ....................................... ...... 1, 5% Ani,du-Datiish Loan, 3pc . ..... ................... 74 •74 71 % Norwegian Loan, INI4, 4 )er Ccnt. 8, anis:), New 3 per Cents! .................... 12.3% LXCHANC:Es 0 ,7 LONDON. ilms lB l. ll lll, 24 A nen 1 ; 1_ 1 % 7' l / 4 , , _TWO months, 13 514. CI MURCIA:IIA, M ARCH t.—Three months. 4 10. Purcusatmwn, 3lAncu a Two mouths, 39 IS pence ER EMEN, HOLM. I MAncu 6.—Sev"nty-tive.days, 12. 2. A USTR/AN FUNDS.-..VIENNA srAncn 6. 109% rive per Cents. Mctalli nes For.r per Cents. q 101% Three rr Cents. M ARt II 10 —Tr - inontlis, 615. "' Sank Sh ams ..................................... Zitung, March 11 The marriage of the Duke of Nemours is not to take place till alter Easter. Great North of England Rail Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares Gospart Junction Railway London and Brightose London and Blackwall Rail% London and Greenwich Rail North Midland Railway Tway 44 66 . ray 24 way ilway .•••• ... We beg to call the attention of the Government, and, if not tno late, of the Military Commission, to that por tion of the Army Lieutenants on half-pay, those without any distinction, who, should they be called into activity, would be entitled to the extra Is. a-day. Surely the Government might afford these gentlemen at least the additional sixpence, if not disposed to take into consideration an increase of pay gene rally. Few can imagine the hardships many poor reduced Sub alterns of both grades are put to in a country like England, where :he common necessaries of life, however scanty and humble, arc frightfully extravagant. That men of strict honour, of education, i m b ue d w i t h t h e sens ibility of gentlemen, several highly distinguished in their profession, and who are precluded from many occupations, should be placed in the scale of a daily labourer in their finances, is hard, very hard ! ! An ameliora tion of their position would be even honourable to the Service ; for poverty is demoralising in its effects upon minds weakly constituted; and that some men, formerly of respectability in their corps, should now be shunned, is full evidence of the bane ful result of neglect and indifference. In France and other countries an officer en retruite might establish himself in any low calling; but, happily, higher notions have been taught to pervade the N ava l an d Military men of Great Britain and Ire land.—Naval and Military Gazette. THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF SKELETONS ST Nurtser.Es.—The following historical details are of some interest in connection with the discovery of these relics of an tiquity 1093, Robert, Abbot of Citeux, in France, founded the order of Cistertian nuns. Probably the convent at Nuns lees was not fou n d e d f ur upwar ds of a century after that period ; it was, however, in existence in 1339, when the Scots were de.. feated at Halidown, near to which the Conventual Church stood, the damage done to which was repaired, and 201. per annum granted to it, by Edward 111. ; he, it would appear, 4s erthing his victory to divine interposition through the prayers of the pious sisterhood. In 1539 Henry VIII. dissolved all monasteries. It is therefore evident that the skeletons lately discovered belonged to bodies interred before that time, and must have been buried upwards of 300 years. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. F A S I A. Shares of 1:100 each, •er of augmentation). Sir GORE OTTSELEY, Bart. IN M. JARDINE, Esq. 'TORS. lA. E. M‘Donaell, Esq., late Madras Civil Service !C. F. Middleton, Esq., late Rengat Civil Service Jaanb Montotiore, Esq, [George Money, Esq. William Newnham, late Bombay Civil Service Chas. Norris, Esq., late Bom bay Civil Service Samuel Prior, Esq. Col. H. D. Robertson, Bombay Service Major-General G. A. Taylor, C. 8., Madras Service Thomas Weeding, El. George Gowan, Esq., late Madras Civil Service. i J. B. Monteflore, Esq. 13ArtgEas—Messrs. Barnett, Blares, and Go. ; Messrs. tmith, Payne, and Co. Sr...I.IDrNG CouNsEr.--.Francis H. Goldsmid, Esq. Ser.tetroaa—Mesrs. Crowder and Maynard; David Row an; Esq. This Company has been formed for the purpose of establish it -1'; a Batik for the British possessions of India, and for other parts of Atia, where, after mature deliberation and attention, the Dirette.rs feel satisfied that Caoital can be securely and be nefit-A.lly employed in carrying on the business of banking. .tppileatien has been made to Government for a Royal Char.ec oriacorporation, limiting the r..-si,onsibility of the I Shareholder.. BANK 0 Capital ,E 2,000,00 01 in (With a reserve , : pow( On Atr 31 A N-Tb c Right. Trion. • DXI•II.TT CriAut-AAN—' D I 'tic Thorn a-t H. FA. o , 3 l . i ng , F., q . eiNAS. kin., Esq., 'Sir Juba Ca-,,,,,b e n, L. 6, Alatlras Rcrvice John '‘ . l./Apman, Esq. •Law Ats Cockburn, Esq. • TP -me 3 Boller Eatd, Esq., NI: P. r awatlesElliot, q., late Ben- gal Civil Service A.arin :14her Gol:lsmid, Esq. ?Imam Goldsworthy, Esq. 051onei Sir Frederick Hankey, O.C.M. 6. Jcleph Hoare, EA. C. E. Lay . ard, E....n. 3 late Cer.' :en Civii Service TborJas Coapman, Esq. Jav os e Dowie, AUDI .e capitr.l of the Company is divided into 50,000 shares, a Pc'rtiur , of wl:ieh will be reserved for allotments in India. 11,2 Zerieral management of the Bank will be vested in a C ont . t of Directors resident in London ; and the branches in India Will be conducted b\ local board.; of managers, under ap pointment frore the Direc;tors in London. A firnerid Meeting of the Proprietors will be held annually in Lc4ndon, it which a full Report of the Company's affairs will be submitted. A deposit of Si. per share to be paid on the allotment of the shares ; the future calls will be determ;aed after the enarter shall be obt.lined. Application for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, at -the temporilry,ofaces of the Company, 6112, Moorgate.street. ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN, Secretary. Ai R . B U A R N I( D E B , ' . 13, Great Marlborough-street. 4 S RON I E -E TA W GE FOR 1840, PEERAGE WITH ALL THE NEW CREATIONS, IS NOW READY. I Printed on a new plan, in one largo voume, svo., with an em . blazoned Title-page, and upwards of 1,500 Engravings of Arms, i&e., price 38s. bound, Henry Ceiburu, Publisher, 13, Great lfarlborcugh-street. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VEST RIS THIS EVENING, MAReit 17. Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Anderson ; iMereutio, Mr. G. Vandcnhoff ; Friar Lawrence, Jr. Cooper ; Peter, Mr. Keeley; Juliet, Miss Jane Mordaunt ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with the Comic Pantomime. called HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON; OR THE GREAT BED OF WARE. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3e. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat es for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. BUTLER. MRS. STIRLING'S SECOND NIGHT. Mrs. Glover's previous engagements having rendered it impe rative that she should vacate the Chair at THE LADIES' CLUB, A ballot has taken place, and Mrs. STIRLING (of the Thea. tre Royal Drury-lane) has been unanimously elected, and will take the chair THIS EVENING at Half-past Seven. Previous to the business of the Club (by desire), THE PINK OF POLITENES. Doe de Corp;llin. Mr. Jones ; Mad. Kergoel, Mrs. Anderson. After the Club hour, Nine olelcek„ the successful Burletta of THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. Peter Punctilio, Mr. jones lo be followed by LOVE AND CHARITY. Julia Amor Louise Bertrand Mrs. Stirling. Phoebe Pop To erne ude with MY MAN TOM. Tem Chaff, Mr. Wild. Mr. Vining Is engaged at this Theatre, and will appear in " The Happiest Man Alive" on Saturday next. The Ladies' Club is open every Evening. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, h. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Increasing success of the City Apprentice, which continues to attract crowded and delighted audiences. First week of an entirely new Drama, repl e t e w i t h power f u lly impressive and interesting situations. THIS EVENING, Mancit 17. Will be acted, an entirely new Drama, entitled THE POCKET BOOK; OR, THE TWO FAMIr lES. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, a Historical Drama, depicting England in 1664, Bat Woes in 1665, 0:d London in ft 66, with a representa tion of tho Great Fire of London, entitled THE CITY APPRENTICE; or, THE THREE LILIES. To conclude with THE BACKBITER. TO CORRESPONDENTS. An " Old Subscriber" is informed that the King of the Bel gians is a Protestant. MOH WATliiit AT LONIJOY BRIDGE TI-MORROW. Morning ;0 minutes after 2 I Evening 39 minutes after 2 ...N.- - Zibe THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1840. turning. point of this policy. The French Revo- I lution of July had battered the Holy Alliance to pieces, as they came into office in November, 1830. A com;ilete change was then made in the rela tions of the different States of Europe. New cir cumstances arose, and the signs of the times were so portentous that the present Lord AsGBURToN, then the cautious, doubtful, hesitating Mr. BARING, said the Ministers would not be able to preserve the peace of Europe for six months. The French Revolution was followed by the Revolution in the Netherlands and the dis memberment of that kingdom. Sundry at tempts at revolution took place in Germahy, which were more or less successful, and the Constitution which King ERNEST overthrew grew out of a just deference to the claims of the Hano verians, somewhat loudly expressed. A revolution, followed by a bloody war, took place in Poland, which ended in the Poles being crushed by that great Northern bear, which the Tories, for purposes of tyranny, had nourished into strength. A quasi revolution followed in Portugal and Spain, which may be said still to be in progress, but which pro mises to lead to favourable results for both coun tries. Of Spain, the Times of yesterday said— In the mean time the country would appear to enjoy prosperity. Agricultural produce had within a few years doubled. The Bank of San Fernando had in the course of last year realised profits to the amount of 17 per cent., 11 of which were divided among the shareholders, the rest was added to the reserved fund. The Whigs, therefore, amidst the breaking up, as it were, of all the former policy of Europe, when new and conflicting elements have come into being, have both preserved the general peace, and have contributed to promote the happiness, freedom, and independence of othernations. Their policy has allowed France to nurse herself into strength, and has guaranteed both her peace and her indepen dence. It has at the same time released from her control the two kingdoms of the Peninsula, and given them, with a Constitution, an independent existence. Most of these circumstances seem to be overlooked or forgotten by our Contemporaries. We beg to remind them, therefore, that the Whigs, dur ing a most extraordinary period of transition, have hitherto so wisely conducted affairs that, instead of war and tyranny having sprung from a great poli tical revolution affecting all Western Europe, peace has been preserved and freedom extended. Above all, it will redound to their eternal honour, in con trast with their predecessors, that 'they have used the power of England to extend the liberties of man kind, while the Tories had made her the servile gaoler of the Holy Alliance. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(TillS DAY) PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Wind N. W. to N. E. Arrived her ikizijesty's ship •Nacti!u-, from the coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Wind N. N. W. to W. N. W., flesh breezes.—Arrived, the Medora, Morr:son. from Gir. genti. Off port, the Meteor, Walker, from Singapore; Elise, Baltimore ; Harlequin, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, MAncii 16.—Fresh breeze from the East ward—Arrived the Zeno, Massop, from Jamaica, sailed 13th January ; Priscilla, Taylor, Aricota ; Catherine Jackson, Long, New Orleans; Messey, Edwards, Mo- bile Tacitus, Moore, Savannah ; Mayflower, Wick ditto; Jacob Pennell, Master, Charleston; Levant, Bart lett, ditto; Rebecca, Drake, St. John's, New Bruns• wick ; Active, Russell, Terceira; Beecles, Manthorp, Alexandrii; Sophia, Messina; and Comma, rna. Off port, the Thomas Fieldon, from Valparaiso; Leander, St. John's, New BrunswicK. Sailed the Alert, Bahr, for Monte Video; Lord Althorp, Jackson, Rio Janeiro; Esk, Adamson, Pernambuco; Charles, Jones, Barbadoes; Eb laner, Rowlands, Trinidad; Dispatch, Hayti; Admittance, Smith, Havannah ; Sheridan, De Payster, New York; Kutusoff, Taylor, ditto; Memphis, Mials, ditto; William Wright, Flagg, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Duncan, Robertson, ditto ; Earl of Durham, Doane, Halifax ; Ariel, Newfoundland ; Jenny Jones, Pigeon, Odessa. The Den nison, Jones, arrived at this port from Demerara, ran foul of a sunken vessel, with two masts above water, 9th inst. RAMSOATE, MARCH 16.—Arrived the Malaga, Totasang, St. Jago de Cuba, with loss of bowsprit, figure, and yard cutwater damaged, having struck the pier. TORBAY, M•RCII 16.—Arrived the Sophia, Linguard, Bahia; Garland, Wright, ditto; Vigilant, Sangdon, Mo. gadorc. DOVER, MARCH 16.—The Corinthian, Davidson, St. John's, N. B. CORK, MARCH 14.—Arrived the Helen and Elizabeth, Allen, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Tourist, Walsh, Prince Edward's Island ; Colenist, Sisea, Halifax. Off port, Margaret, Harrison, Sierra Leone ; Venilia, Suther land, St. Domingo. PORTLAND, MARCH 14.— Off port, Helena, Rio Janeiro. HULL, MARCH 16.—Wind E.—Arrived the Brothers, Halliday, from St. John's, New Brunswick. VESSELS SPOKEN %VlM—Atlas, from Cadiz to Monte Video, lat. 7 N., lon. 25 W. ; Cambrian, Mauritius, lat. 5 N., lon. 24 W., by the Meg Merrilies, arrived off Sal combe. Debden, Liverpool to Mobile, 22d ult., lat. 49, lon. 22; Emma, of Liverpool, Jan. 6; Jupiter, of Bristol, 31st ult., lat. 5 N., lon. 2?, by the Chatham, arrived at Liverpool. Ellen, St. John's, New Brunswick, to Liver pool, lat. 52, lon. 16, by the Republic, arrived at Liver pool. Lady of the Lake, Clyde and Mauritius to Cal cutta, Jan. 1, lat. 1, lon. 89 E., by tho Singapore packet, arrived at Madras, Wave, for St. Michael's, 21st ult., lat. 50, lon. 11 ; Margaret, of Liverpool, 27th ult., lat. 50, lon. 11 ; Mary, of Guernsey, for Lisbon, 11th inst., by the Queen, arrived off Torbay. IVIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. By the Hamburgh mail this morning we have received papers to the 14th March.—Exchange on, London, 13.53-; Gold, 430. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The sales to day are 3,500 bales, wh a steady market. No communication with the telegraph, on account of the fog. We have received New Brunswick papers, a week later, to the 9th February. " PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.—Our representatives seem to have got fairly to work ; several important measures have been under discussion, and the Session is likely to be an interesting one. The Crown Land Department was the subject of remarks on the 31st. ult." The above papers do not contain any intelligence of consequence, being filled with extracts from the papers of the United States. Arrivals this Morning.—French mail; ship letters from New Brunswick, New Orleans, and Jamaica ; Bombay, Sept. 13; Cape, Dec. 14; Singapore, Oct. 7 (old dates). Two packets are now due from the West Indies, and for which some anxiety is felt. The Hamburg mail which has arrived does not bring any political intelligence worth notice. According to the intelligence from Belgium it appears that the Ministers have resigned. THE FUNDS. The British Market to the present time is inactive, and Consols opened this morning at the quotations of the clos ing prices, 90 for Money ; for the Account, 901 a ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 prem. ; India Bonds, 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock for the opening, 177 179; India Stock, 247 249. In the Foreign Market the settling of the Account, which took place yesterday, has gone off well, and exten sive accounts of Spanish Stock have been carried over. Spanish Active as they left off, 291 ; Passive, 71 ; 'De ferred, 14k ; Portuguese, 33i 34k; Three per Cents., 23k 24k; Colombian, 244 254; Mexican, ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents., 100- 4. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Rank Stock — I India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. —1 Ditto Bonds it per Cents. Con 90 % 34 South Sea ..... 3±4 net Cent - Old Annuities ........ - Ditto Red. New 3% pcsCent 9B 9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. ...----- -- Exch. Bills, £1,000.. . 17 19 pm Bank Long Annucties toexpire Ditto 500... 17 19 pm, Jan, 5, 1860. . ....« Ditto Small l7 19 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto Commercial die. Jan, 5, 1890 ...13 13.16 Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Jan. 5, 1850 — Bank Stock for Account ... 178% Aprils, 1880 lndia Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 — Consuls for Account lIALF-PAST ONE. The New Brunswick papers contain an account from Halifax, stating that the debate on the despatches began on the 3d February by the introduction of a series of reso lutions, prefaced by a speech, chiefly on the beauties of responsible government by Mr. Howe, who occupied the floor about three hours. Several of . the resolutions passed. The following is an extract of the resolutions : Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that during the struggle which, since 1807, this House has maintained, with a view to reduce expenses and improve the institutions and purify the administration of the coun try, it has been met at every step by an influence which, while it was beyond the control of the Assembly, has wielded the whole power and patronage of the Govern ment to baffle its efforts and thwart the wise and benevo lent policy avo‘s ed by her Majesty's Ministers. Resolved, That it is the opinion: of this Committee, that, in approaching many of the important questions to be disposed of in the present:Session, the House of Assembly feels embarassmcnt and difficulty, which it would be un wise to conceal either from the Government or the country at large. Resolved, that it is the opinion of the Committee that the House of Assembly, after mature and calm deliberation, weary of seeing the revenues of the country and the time of its representatives wasted, and the people of Nova Scoria misrepresented to the Sovereign, and the gracious boons of the Sovereign marred in their transmission to the people, do now solemnly declare that the Executive Coun cil, as at present constituted, does not enjoy the confidence of the country, and that it can anticipate no satisfactory settlement of those questions until the Executive Coun cil is so remodelled as to secure this House the aid of the Local Administration in carrying out the views of the Assembly, and in facilitating any negociations which it may be necessary to conduct with her Majesty's Government. Consols may be quoted at present with an improvement, 90i 91 for the Account ; Money, 90-1 j ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 prom. ; in India Bonds nothing doing ; Bank Stock shut; in India Stock nothing done. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is not so good as in the morning ; owing to the tail of the Account hangi"g still in the market, they may be quoted 28;4, reached 291 in the morning ; Passive, 7 ; Portuguese, 34 ; Colom bian, 24 ; Dutch Two and Half per Cents., 52A- ; Five per Cents. m. No further arrivals. Money is easy at present, CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock 3 per Cent Red — Ditto Bonds •••••• ........ 3 per Cent Cr.iis. 34 per Cent. Bed — 'Ditto New Annuities ...... ... New 34 per Cent 95% `Ex. Bills, 1,000/......2d 19 pm Ncw 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire I, Ditto Small Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan 1860 .....• l3 13-'6 Consols for Acct................ 90 , i, FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent Bzigian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds 73 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 percent Coloinhian, 6 per cent Ditto, 15•24 Danish. B per cent.— ........ Greek Bonds, 1825. 5 per ct. Mexican. 5 per cent Ditto, 6 par cent.. 1825 ... 29 1 ,8 Peruvian ,1825,6*per cent..... Portuguese Bonds,sper cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent ....... Ditto, Deferred French, 5 per cent. —f. —c Exchange —f. —c French, 3 per cent —f, —,,, (Dutch, .2 % per cent. S2N, Ditto, 5 per cent. IOOX SHARES, THE MARKET S._-•(THIS DAY.) HVNGERFOIiD MARKET. A tolerable attendance, and a fair amount of business done. Beef, 70. to 81-d. j Mutton, 74d. to 8: 7 d; Veal, 81 to 9d. ; Pork, 7, 1 2 d. to 8! 2; per lb. Turbot 83. to 20s. ; Cod, 53. to 123. ; Lobsters, 2s. t 6 6s. ; Salmon 3s. per lb. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies, and a very fair trade, prices stationary. Tur bot, ss. to 20s. ; Cod, 3s. to lOs ; Salmon, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. ; Lobsters, Is. 6d. to ss. ; Oysters, 245. to 60s. per bushel ; Mackerel, ad. to Is. ; Haddocks, Sd. to ls. 2d. ; Halibut plentiful and cheap. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were moderate, and the demand good ; prices much as before. Hay, 603. to 955. ; Clover, 90s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 345. to 425. per load. TALLOW MARKET. Great quiet in this department, and the price of P.Y.C. was 51s. 6d. COLONIAL MARKET. Owing to Tea attracting less pub is attention, this depart ment was more brisk. The Sugar Market was rather languid, and British Plantation sold slowly. Low prices, about 575. ; mid. quality yellow, 635. ; and fine, 68s. 17,000 bags Manilla, 600 boxes White Havannah, 600 half hhds. Porto Rico. and 4,000 of Siam were announced for sale. All did not sell, but prices ranged much about as last quoted, and were altered easier. Refined Standard Lumps at 795. 6d. to 80s. Black Pepper 3L-d. to 4d. per lb. ; and Salt netre, 1,200 bags, 225. to 235. for 3i refraction. About 2,000 bags Ceylon Coffee, and a small quantity of Java, were put up, and moAly sold at about the market prices. Small parcels of Ginger, Cloves, and Mace fetched about their former value. TEA SALE (SECOND DAY). 'I he sale was of much the same character as previously re ported ; scarcely any thing whatever sold, and the prices ob tained were those to which 'lea dropped on Friday afternyon, and from which it has not yet recovered. The large holders will not sell any quantity, and the number of buyers were very few, although there was a tolerable number of persons in at tendance. At Friars, Jeclburgh, on the sth current, Sa muel Wood, Esq., writer, in his 74th year. He had filled the office of town clerk for twenty years, and his resignation in 1839 was deeply regretted by every inhabitant in the burgh. During that long period he did his utmost to promote the pros perity of his native town. He was a man of strong sense and strict integrity ; a most sincere and steady friend, and his me mory will be affectionately cherished in the hearts of those amongst whom he had so long resided, and to whom he had been endeared by a mild and unaffected deportment and a ge nuine benevolence of mind. MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS MARY OF WUR , TEMBERG.—STUTTGA RD, MARCH 6.—The marriage of Prin cess Mary to Count Nipping takes place to-morrow. It wilt be celebrated without any pomp in the bosom of the family. The bridegroom possesses large estates in the neighbourhood of Heilbronn. The Princess has a veil considerable private fortune inherited from her mother, and it is generally believed that the King, her father, will present her with an estate ately purchased, as a wedding gift. 1 The Duke of Wellington was in the House of Lords last night, and remained during nearly the whole of their Lordship's sitting. His Grace looked remarkably well, and walked firmly, considering his age, but by no means so well as he did previously to the recent attack. He appeared as if the cold winds rather affected him. He wore a short cloak while ermaining in the house. He talked with the Peers near him as briskly and earnestly as ever. A vacancy has occurred in the household of his Royal Highness Prince Albert by the accession of Viscaunt Boringdon to the Peerage, as Earl of Morley. We are authorised to state, that the information contained in the letter of our Dublin correspondent, in yester day's paper, is not correct as regards the relationship said to subsist between the Earl of Enniskillen and the soldier named Robert Dane, of the 3Sth regiment. The young man is, we believe, very respectably connected, but he is in no way related to, or connected with, the Noble Earl. —Morning Herald. The Prince de Montfort (Jerome Buonaparte) and family were amongst the passengers who left London on Sunday last by the Antwerp Company's steam-ship Princess ♦ictoria. A letter from Berlin, dated the Bth instant, an nounces that the marriage between the Imperial Crown Prince of Russia: and Princess Mary of Hesse Darmstadt was defini. tively arranged, and would be celebrated next April. A statue of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, the author of " Paul and Virginia," executed by M. David, is about to be erected in the town of Havre. The Earl of Brecknock has returned to town om Maidstone, where his Lordship went to attend a county meeting to congratulate her Majesty on her marriage. The Earl of Durham continues daily to improve in health, and in a few weeks will probably admit of the Noble Earl attending his place in the House of Lords. CASTLE HILL.—The venerable Earl of For tescue completed his 87th year on Thursday last, when this mansion was the scene of great festivity. His Lordship, al though at so advanced an age, is in excellent health. Lord Mount Edgcombe has been indisposed with the gout, at his romantic seat Mount Edgecombe, near Devon port. His Lordship and the Countess, in consequence of ill health, are not expected to visit town this season. Baron Weither, the Prussian charge d' affaires, left this country last. week for Berlin, on leave of absence. The Baron only awaited the return of Baron Below to take his departure. Lord Clinton, Earl of Egremont, Lord Rolle, Lord Wodehouse, and Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., have come forward with handsome subscriptions to erect a chapel of ease at Flushing. SUICIDE OF THE HON. EDW. PERCEVAL. —This unfortunate individual was the son of Lord Arden. He was of unsound mind, and on Wednesday night threw himself out of the window of the Denham Park Establishment. He was 45 years of age. _ _ The Rev. Sir Edward Bowyer Smyth, Bart., of Hill-hall, in the county of Essex, has contributed not less than 3,000/. for the erection and endowment of a new church in the parish of Camberwell, Surrey, where he has an extensive property. Sir Edward Bowyer Smyth is the representative of Sir Thomas Smyth, who was Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth. The Wiltshire farmers do not appear disposed to join in the nefarious ery of " Long live the Corn-laws—down with the masses—let the people starve." The Wilts Herald, in an agony of despair, asks " What are the farmers of Wilts about ?" They are probably minding their own business, and are sufficiently shrewd as well as patriotic not to leave their fields uncultivated for the sake of swelling the numbers of a sordid set of persons, who care not who starve so that they themselves live luxuriously. THE WOODCOT MURDER.—The unfortunate man, Charles Morley, who is now under sentence of death in our county gaol, for the murder of Mrs. Fanny Phillips, at Woodeot, near Henley, has since his trial paid great attention to the religious exhortations of the Rev. Mr. Brown, the Chap lin, who has been indefatigable in his endeavours to arouse the unhappy culprit to a sense of his awful situation. At present he has made no confession, but it is expected he will do so. No official order has yet arrived for the execution, but we believe it will take place on Monday, the 23d instant.— Oxford Chronicle. ..... SUICIDE BY A MAN ABOVE FOURSCORE.— A gentleman's maid-servant, who, by the orders of her benevo lent master, was in the habit of carrying a portion of dinner to an old and decrepid man, aged 84 years, residing in East Port street, Dunfermline, went as usual on Tuesday, the 3d instant, when, on gaining admittance, she found, to her great horror, that the poor old man had hanged himself, by suspending him self by a rope from one of the beams of his loom. When as sistance arrived he was cut down, but life was extinct. Wil liam Rennie, the deceased, was a weaver, but has not done any work for a considerable time ; he was supported by the poor rates and the charity of individuals. No cause has been assigned for the horrible act.—Caledonian Mercury. Two Portuguese slavers have been captured, one of which arrived at Simon's Bay on the 22d of December, with about 720 slaves, many of which have been given out as apprentices. The agriculturists, who complained of a want of hands, were at first highly delighted at this event, but their joy was somewhat damped by the Governor's proclamation that every person who had received the apprentices should pay at the rate of 11. per head. The Dutch ship Scheldt going into Ascension went down with all her sails set. The crew escaped, and a subscription for these Dutch sailors was made by the crew of the Melville, who had witnessed their distress, and every man landed at Simon's Town in possession of 2/, In consequence of the spread of Liberal princi ples in the borough of Doncaster, the Tories are driven to all kinds of underhand and disreputable expedients, to give the appearance of a counteracting power, by obtaining signatures to a dear bread petition. The Tory petition is carried about from house to house in the evening, and the poor people are re nested to sign it, as Earl Fitzwilliam's petition for cheap read! The Anti-Corn-law people are awake and on the atch, and when the Tory-name collectors turn out on their zpedition of fraud and falsehood, the Anti-Corn-law party ollow at their heels, from house to house, and ask the inmates what the Tory deceivers have been promising or declaring.— Halifax Express. We are given to understand that a very import ant desideratum in classical literature is about to be supplied, in a translation of the select Orations of Cicero, by F. B. Cal vert, the Professor of Elocution. No language is so deficient in this department as our own, and the translations which have hitherto appeared are notoriously mere jejune reports of these finished productions, and do not even affect to embody their ora torical qualities. Much may be expected from, the well-known qualifications of the present translator ; and it is the opinion of all who have inspected the manuscripts, that they exhibit much of the fervid spirit, and the lofty and fluent eloquence which distinguish the most copious, the most•graceful, and majestic of ancient orators. GRAND KROUT FESTIVAL.—On Wednesday last the annual grand krout festival was held at Nowlan's, and went off with the greatest possible hilarity and glee. Sandy Welsh was installed grand krout, and honoured with a wooden spoon, for eating 116 plates of sour krout, and drinking six quarts of sour cider. After this, of course, he was carted into town in triumph, labelled "Prize Ox." John A. floah, his pre decrssor, managed to devour 112 plates of krout and four quarts of sour cider, when he burst. About 120 sat down to a most magnificent dinner. The venison, game, and wines, were all of the finest order and best quality, and everything went off with harmony and gratification. The fragments filled 33 baskets.— New York Morning Herald. We observe that the Wednesday night is chosen by the leaders of the fashionable world for their balls and par ties. This is well judged, ts, there being usually no House on that evening, the young, aristocrats and beaux are free to come. The Countess of Jersey has fixed on the next, and this ball is given on the introduction into the fashionable world of her La dyship's eldest daughter. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS.—`'4'e have authority to state that the Directors of the Midland Counties Railway have at length received an official communication from the Postmaster-General, notifying that letter bags would be conveyed by this railway on and after the 6th of April next.— Nottingham Journal. In the parish of Inkberrow (Worcester) four individuals were recently buried within the space of nine days, whose united ages amounted to three hundred and forty-five years I COLLISION AT SEA.—Loss OF LIFE AND A VEsSUL RUN nowN.—The following is an extract from the log of the ship Richard Anderson, Richard B. tt, master, for!.y-one days from New Orleans bar, left the City 29th or February, which arrived at t his port yesterday :—" March 12, at 3.30 A.M., Holyhead light in sight, distance twelve miles, the Richard Anderson came in contact with the ship Roman, Captain William P. Salisbury, from Savannah. The latter ship sunk in two hours afterwards; Captain Salisbury died in one hour after he came on board of the Richard Anderson. The Richard AnderSon lost jib-boom, head, cutwater, stem, and larboard cathead. The anchor falling on the ship's decks the chain had to be cut to clear the ships. Both ships were stand ing upon the same tack ; the Roman came up with the Richard Anderson, passed under our lee, lulled up a-head of us, and EVENING EDITION• taelic.l. It appears from a ttatement made by one of her crew, that when the itoman came head to wind, her fore braced or pins parted, which allowed . 14., head yards to run square and give the ship a s'ern hoard. The moment the other ship was perceived to be in stays, our helm was put hard up . , but the ship would not pay off in time to clear the f Aher.vessel. The Richard Anderson has brought in the body of Copta .n Salisbury for interment.--Liverpool Standard. No commercial room is now considered to be farni%hed unless it has a bell marked " Boots," and a letter balance, or pair of scales and weights. The Standard always does things in g rand style ; even its correspondence is managed with dignity. Its " West End Correspondent" has been famous ; and now it re ceives letters, advocating the Veto, signed " S.P.Q.R- " (Senatus Populusque Romanus !) The Scotch must feel flat tered at the interest taken in their affairs by the republican lords of the Eternal City.—Glasgow Argus. DIMENSIONS OF A CHINESE JUNK, mea sured in 1796: f in. 156 0 Extren.r. length Ditto breadth . : 3B 0 Ditto at bow 24 0 Ditto at stern Height eff"water forward and aft 3B 0 Depth of hold from upper deck Draft of water Height of mainmast ........ ........... 112 0 Circumference at the upper deck... ...... . 11 0 Length of main yard 66 6 Size of cable Number of men 120. The mainmast one stick, and tapering away to very small at the upper extremity. The worthy Vicar of Monmouth, together with the organist a: d the clerk, were in the vestry previous to the commencement of last Sunday morning service, when the large weight of the clock, weighing about 3 cwt., fell with a tremendous crash, forcing in the ceiling of the vestry-room , and then smashing a table to atoms, round which the above named persons stood, without being at all irjured. The sex ton received a slight graze on his right arm, from the falling weight, whilst he was tolling the bell in an upper room. Had it fallen only two feet nearer the parties, all their lives wOuld have teen sacrificed. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday fornoon, be tween eleven and twelve o'clock, a fatal accident happened to an infant named Robert Richard Shaw, :aged twenty months. under the following circumstances .—He was in the arms of his brother, who is eight years old, who was runnnino• out of a street in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, into the lane, at the time that one of the carts belonging to the London Parcels Delivery Com pany was passing. The driver of the cart is earned Henry For rest, and was going at a speed of about seven miles an hour. He was called to by some persons, but unfortunately he looked the wrong way, when the elder child was knocked down. They were both taken up. and the infant was found to be seriously hurt. It was carried to a surgeon's, where it soon died. The driver was taken into custody, and, having been brought up at Worship-street, Mr. R. Gregorie, a Magistrate, who witnessed the accident, having stated the circumstances, he was bailed by his employers. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON THE HIGHWAY.--• On Thursday night, as Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Mr. Taylor, the skinner, of Bidford, was returning home from Kiddermin ster, at about a mile and a half from A2cester she was met by two ruffians, who knocked her down, beat her cruelly, and robbed her of 262/. One of the fellows held I:er head on the ground, with a knife across her throat, while the Dther tore off the pocket containing ..he money. The poor woma.", who is far advanced in pregnancy, was left renseless on the & round, and now remains in a very precarious state. The money stolen consists of 260/. in notes of Farley and Turner's Kidderminster Bank. LOVE OF FLOWERS.—IVIaria Malibran's ner vous temperament and romantic turn of feeling inspired her with a passionate love of flowers. During her performance of Desdemona, on the evening of her benefit above alluded to, she betrayed her fondness for flowers in a singular way. When Desdemona lay dead on the stage, and the Moor, in his frenzied grief, was preparing to inflict upon himself the blow which was to lay him prostrate at her side, Madame Malibran, fearing the destruction of the bouquets and wreaths which lay scattered round her, exclaimed in a low tone of voice, " Take care of 1 1, 1 flowers ! Do not crush my flowers !"—Menzoirs of Madame Malibran. CHARACTER OF MR. HUSKISSON.—I am glad you are become personally acquainted with Huskisson• Besides possessing considerable abilities, and, upon some sub jects, extensive knowledge, he is cheerful, good-natured, end obliging ; a man of the world of the best sort. When you come to converse with him upon other topics than those to which the purpose of your first interview limited you, you will find that nothing can be more rational and agreeable than his conversa tion. Ido not think he has been well treated in the late ar rangement. He has surely earned a seat in the cabinet. 1: 1 !W connexion with Canning, or probably, too, the lowness of his origin, have, I suppose, stood in his way.—Lord Dudley 5 Letters. All patties seem equally pleased with Prince Albert. We have, within the last few days, seen three letters from London, which all, in different language, agree in speaking well of him. One says, "He is a real amiable looking fellow." Another has it, "He is good looking, and loeks good;" while a lady thus writes her notions of him , " Prince Albert is a sweet-looking youth." It is but seldom that the same individual centres the admiration of all upon him. His Royal Highness, however, is fortunate enough to ( 10 this, and we trust that time will justify the opinions of those who have reported upon his physiognomy.—Liverpool Albion. E. C. LISTER, EsQ.—A placard has been plentifully posted on the walls of the town, stating that this gentleman, by having presented the petition of the Socialists of this place to the House of Commons, has identified himself as one of this body. Now the fact is, that on presenting the petition, the Honourable Member stated his abhorrence of the doctrines of Socialism, and expressed his regret that so many females (ninety) should have been found in Bradford to sign it, but that, as the petition had been entrusted to him by a portion of the inhabitants of Bradford, he felt bound to present it.—Leeds Times. The Dublin Evening Post states that the County of Tipperary has been convened by the High Sheriff, to petition in favour of the introduction of railways into Ireland. MORE BREAD TAX HUMBUG.--A lady (1) of Rearsby has been imitating on a small scale the example of Lords, Dukes, et hoc genus omne. A petition for the repeal of the Corn-law was sent by the Loughborough Anti-Corn- Law Association to that village, which obtained about eighty signatures. One for their continuance was also sent by other parties, and this liberal-minded woman had three of her la bourers sent, for, and told them if they did not sign it, they should have no more work from her. Thus, as the Duke of Rutland lords it over the consciences of hi s t enan t r y, and the Duke of Newcastle does what he will with his own; so every_ village has its petty tyrant, male or femal e , w illi ng to do all that can be done by force, or fear of starvation, to continue the reign of unjust and injurious laws.—Leicestershire Mercury. A widow, named Kelly, died on the 17th of last month, at her residence at Brackloon, near Westport, in Ire land, aged 104 years, leaving behind her children, grand-chil dren, great-grand-children, and great-great-grand-children, to the number of 218. ALE AND PORTER PRESERVER.—In order to save ale and porter in good condition for a considerable length of time it is, for the most part, kept corked down in bottles ; and though this method answers exceedingly well, yet it is sub ject to this inconvenience, that it causes, where a small quan tity, as one draught, for instance, is only required, all the rest of the ale or porter in the bottle to go to waste, which must prove both expensive and inconvenient. It is pressure that is the main cause of keeping ale, &c., so well in bottles, tired an apparatus is in use by which liquids may be constantly under pressure in casks as well as in corked bottles. The vessel is made in the form of a cask of strong tin, strongly braced by iron hoops, which stands o its end. At the upper end is a cock, soldered to a tube, which is la" mersed to within an inch of the bottom of the cask. At the same end is a condensing syringe, by means of which air can be forced into the cask ; and whenever this is effected it is ob vious that the liquor will have a tendency to escape through the tube and out at the cock with a force proportionate to the de gree the air is comp resse d b y t h e act i on o f t h e syr i nge . If the cock be then turned the liquor will rush out with violence , foaming, at the same time a great quantity of froth, or what is usually termed a cauliflower head. Every time the air is drawn from the cask, the air it contains is not exposed to the atmosphere, whilst the liquor is kept under pressure, andne vent-peg is neces sar y. It i s sa id a ll t h e a d vantages of bottling are obtained by the above process, without one-half of the waste and inconvenience attending on the former system. SPORTING.—" Judex," of the Morning Post, in his character of Protecting Saint to Betting-men, after stating that the Town Council of Doncaster have agreed 46 to enclose a space in front of the stand for the better accommoda tion of gentlemen who bet, and for the protection of ladies," urges on Sir G. Heathcote the necessity of a post and chains at Epsom, so that a betting circle may be formed. H e nex t visits Newmarket with his reform requisition, where the space between the porticos in front of the coffee-room should be roofe d in and enclosed. FlRE.—Early on Monday morning a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Eastwood, 'fringe -manufacturer, Fore street, Cripplegate, and did great damage. The inmates had a very narrow escape with their lives. The premises are in sured. Barons Court, the seat of the Marquis of Aber corn, was full of company during the assize week. His Lord ship gave a grand entertainment to Baron Foster and the lead ing gentlemen of the county. Tuesday next is the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, who will on that day complete his 21st year. CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY. -Predictions ° f the weather are now as eagerly sought after as anything ; ingr nuity has almost b ecome ex h austed i n searching for reasona b 'e methods of predicting, and, as a last resource, or rather as revival of an old idea, Astrology is, by some persons otherwise well• informed, brought in to aid and assist in bewildering th e minds of those wh o b e li eve i n the possibility of foretelling the changes of the weather for a month or a year ; but of all ideas' that of introducing the aspects and influences of the planets a s , a lever by which t o exa l t meteorology, is the most absurd an" unphilosophical ; I would not believe that those persons wh o attempt to predict on astrological principles, who base their flimsy superstructure on the influences of the planets, can b e ignorant of their great distances from us and from each other, so great indeed, that they have not, nor cannot have, any in" fluence over th e var i at i ons i n our atmosphere, thoug h th ey . ' _ have some s li g h t attract i ve powers on the whole mass of the earth; the moon, as it affects the waters, may have some ve ry i slight infl uence on t h ose l arge masses of clouds laden with moisture, an d fl oa ti ng b ut a f ew h un d re d yar d s a b o ve thei r „ parent waters; but if any, it has hitherto remained undisco vered. The sun is the grand, and I may say the only cause ; wind, consequently of w ea th er , an d un til more ra tional me`' are are discovered for accounting for it s m a ny c h anges , than tliati.e the planets, an accurate prediction for any c o nsiderable i . !°l 9 must be despaired of ; in the present state of meteorology .g_ ve not possible, nor will it be till a great many observations ha been made, and collected for the purpose of co mparis t r a. : „_ :t, e as best way of forwarding this very desirable object is observations be made as regularly as possible, and al ° public.—J. GLAISIIIRE. HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPER S PROV ID E NT INsTiTtyriox.—The first annual general meeting of thermst daY at hers and supporters of this institution took place P.'•, the the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill; Mr. Pagliano chair. After a few words from the chairman, the secretary o of read the annual report, which indicated the rapid frJg': e _ , the institution, and the interest taken in it by nn the trade tut. neral, by masters, as well as cooks and waiters, and the ; h e r of members was already 296, ni ne ty- s ix being, life methe hers, and the rest annual subscribers. The receipt 3 fO past year amounted to 1,4661., whilst the expenditure ha.d. been past 1301. The trustees had, therefore, invested vit_n. w .,,, commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, the . ' of 1,0011.. and there was a balance remaining in the treasi_r:rsa'l hands of 2631. The report was unanimously adopted. S°: the resolutions were then passed, and votes of thanks give,n r officers of the institution, to the chairman, and to • g at for havin at different ti mes gr a tuitously allowed tll,_.° the of his committee-raom as a place ot meeting ; after whic h members separated. I