The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-19 00:00:00

EVEN Livia EDITION. THE PENNY WEEKLY DISPATCH and DICKY GOSSIP, No. 5, price ld. These two popular papers of Sunday, vcill contain the cream and marrow of all the daily and weekly Journals, up to the latest hour of going to Press, on Theatres, Sports, Voyages, Travels, Army, Navy, Science, High and Low Life. Sold by Stange, Berger, Cleave, Clements, Clark, Jefferies, Hetherington, Purkess, Pattie, Vickers &c., Szc. BANK O -------- F ASIA. Capi6al £2,000,000, in Shares of £lOO each, (With a reserved power of augmentation). CHAIRMAN—The Right Hon. Sir GORE 01.1SELEY, Bart. DEPUTY CHammaiv—WM. JARDINE, Esq. DIRECTORS. Thomas H. Brooking, Esq. A. E. M'Donnell, Esq., late Chas. Buller, jun., Esq., M.P.' Madras Civil Service Sir John Campbell, K.C. H., C. F. Middleton, Esq., late K. L. S., Madras 'Service Bengal Civil Service John Chapman, &A. Jacob Montefiore, Esq. James Cockburn, Esq. George Money, Esq. 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A deposit of 51. per share to be paid on the allotment, of the shares ; the fir nre calls will be determined after the charter shall be obtained. Application for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, 61%, Mooraate- street. ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN, Secretary. Thomas Chapman, Esq. James Dowie, Esq. MR. THEODORE FAY'S NEW NOVEL. In 3 Vols. post T " ECOUNTESS. By THEODORE S. FAY, Esq. Author of " Norman Leslie," &c. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-greet. NEW ROMANCE by the AUTHOR of " THE PILOT,' In 3 vols. post Bvo. I R. COOPER'S OCWO READY AT S ALL ` L ` PATHFINDER," FINE, " LIBRARIES.tS '• The passages of imminent dangers and hairbreadth escapes in this romance are of a breathless interest."—Spectator. `• We prepared to meet in ' The Pathfinder ' another escape through the woods, like that in The Last of the Mohicans;' —another race over the waters, as in former sea romances; — and another land siege, like the fearful leaguer of the block house described in "Fce Wept of Wish-ton-Wish :' but, in place of any ONE of these stirring pasvages, .Mr. Cooper gives us all TH REE. The interest of the story is unflaggingly main tained."—Athenmum. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TITS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ILTNI. AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA itANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PBENIIUM9, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) )Cer many possibilities of obtaining - LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NONV;FCLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving anv order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE, BROTHERS, at HANIBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND ; TWO THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIGHT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FIVE HUN DRED. THREE HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONi': HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &e. &c., amounting t• £134,990 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VEST RIS THIS EVENING, MARCH 19. Will be revived Colley Libber's Comedy of THE DOUBLE GALLANT ; OR, THE SICK LADY'S CURE. Sir Solomon Sadlife, Mr. W. Farron ; Atall, Mr. 'Chas. Mathews ; Careless, Mr. G. Vandenhoff; Clerimont, Mr. J. Vining ; Lady Dainty, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lady Sadlife, Mrs. Nisbett ; Clarinda, Madame Vestris; Wishwell, Mrs. Orger. After which, the New Divertisement, entitled LEE CHAMPS ELYSEES. The Characters by Master W. Smith (pupil of Mr. Oscar Erne), Miss Fairbrother, Miss Ryalls, l‘lrs. Gibson, Miss Kendal, Miss S. Kendal, Messrs. C. J. Smyth, Ridgway, Gib son, &c. &c. To conclude with MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. - - Mr. Somerton,Mr. Cooper ; Mr. Timothy Brown, Mr. Meadows ; Mr. Jonathan Smith, Mr. Bartley ; Mrs. Somer ton, Mrs. W. Laey ; Mrs. Brown, Miss Lee. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. id.; First and Second Ciroles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 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 pia( es for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of rice 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. RJOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. BUTLER. THIS EVENING the Entertainments will commence with THE MUSE AND THE MERCHANT. Edmund Bien, Mr. Hall (his 2d appearance at this Theatre); Rosa, Miss Fitzwalter. THE LADIES' CLUB, Open every night at Half-past Seven. Mrs. Stirling in the Chair. After which the New Burletta called THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. Peter Punctilio, Mr. Jones. To be followed by AN GELINE. Angeline Le Lis, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with FLIGHTS OF FANCY. Young Wilding, Mr. Butler. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Second, Price immediately after the Ladies Club. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Increasing success of the City Apprentice, which continues to attract crowded and delighted audiences. First week of an entirely new Drama, replete with powerfully impressive and interesting situations. THIS EVENING, MARCH 19. Will be acted, an entirely new Drai-na, entitled THE POCKET BOOK ; OR, THE TWO FAMII lES. Supported the entire strength of the Company. After which, a Historical Drama, depicting England in 1664, Bat badees in 1665, Old London in 1666, with a representa tion of the Great Fire of London, entitled THE CITY APPRENTICE; or, THE THREE LILIES. . . T• conclude with THE BACKBITER. Hires WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TIL'AIORROW. Morning 2:3 minutes after 3 I Evening...... 3d minutes after 3: .•. vs, --,-,:....,, , 011 . ..„......,,,... . ..„o,z, ~,, _ ...,,,,,K..... , ~, 4 ,,,, ~......... .„., .......„,„.........., sr.' ir )1 THE SI 'N, LONDON._ THURSDAY, MARCH 19_, . _18 . 4Q,,_ LONDON: THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1141. The Peers did not meet yesterday. In the Commons Lord G. BENTINCL wr•hdrew the Bill for inclosi g the great level of the Nash, and also wiirhdrew his motion for leave to bring in another Bill. A considerable number of petitions was presented bath for and against the Corn-laws. In the case of those presented by Sir .I. Y. BULLER, it is worthy o f notice that petitions to preserve the starvatio n law s and o extend the Church go together. The authors of hose petitions would kill the body and save the soul, and like the inquisitors of old think more of peopling 1 . 46 a en than earth. On Lord Howtc K's motion, a report from the Corn- Illittee on printed papers was brought up, and laid on the table. The report on the Cheshire, Crewe, and Grand Junction Railway Bill was agreed to, after some little discussion as to as irregularity in proposing the amend ments. Notices of motions were given by Mr. HODGES, for Tuesday, the 0 4th, for leave to brin g in a Bill to make the ancient con s t a b u l ar y e ff ec tive ; by Mr. PICOT, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Irish Tale Act ; and by Mr. BOLDEEO, to draw attention on Friday to the discipline of the Military Academy at Woolwich. The Alministratio n of Justice ( Ireland) Bill was read a second time ; the Ejectment and Replevin Bill was postponed for a fortnight. The Settled Estates Drainage Bill was read a second time, after some little oppositio n by Sir E. SUGOEN, on the ground that it would enable tenants for life to en cumber an estate. Mr. PUSEY stated that he meant to reter it to a Select Committee. The Union Workhouses Bill went through a Commit tee without essential alteration, the clause which Cap tain PECHELL proposed having been withdraw n , in con sequence of the Chairman declaring that it did not come within the scope of the Bill. The Prisons Bill was committed pro farina, and at H a lf-past . Six the House adjourned. W e have not found room till to-day to insert the report of the proceedings of the Manchester Chain ber of Commerce on Thursday last, in adopting a petition for the abolition of the Corn-laws. They will be found as instructive as the proceedings of that body have generally been of late in relation to this all-important question. Glory, honour; ex tent of dominion, learning, literature, science, the Church, may all he dispensed with, but for the nation to continue in existence, our people must be fed ; and till they have ensured themselves an ample and free supply of food, every other topic is of secondary interest and importance. The Manchester men have made considerable progress since last year, and now they demand the entire repeal of these laws, and that they be " forthwith" re pealed. A similar progress has been made, we believe, throughout the country, and total and im mediate repeal has become the general demand. Petitions to this effect are pouring in on the House of Commons, and they will be sent in from every manufacturing village, from not a small number of agricultural villages, and from every factory and workshop of the kingdom. We trust, too, that the Dissenters generally will follow the hint of Dr. PYE SMITH, and that Congregational petitions against the Moloch law for starving the people will he sent from every Dissenting body in the empire. The prodigious effect of the petitions for the Penny Postage is fresh in the public recollection. We are at this moment enjoying the advantages of the exertions made last year ; and inasmuch as the repeal of the Corn-laws would be more generally and extensively beneficial than the Penny Postage,-2S it will not diminish but augment the Revenue, we may look for correspond ing increased exertions and corresponding triumphant effects. We know that those who have undertaken to guise this great national movement are keenly alive to these circumstances, and we have reason to sup pose that petitions, numerous beyond example, and numerously signed, will be sent to the House of Commons for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. The proceedings at Manchester are important also as showing the high moral feeling which guides the petitioners. The repeal is no longer argued as a question of expediency—though that is on our side—for when was justice inexpedient or as a question of statistics degenerating into a haggle about the fraction of a penny in the prices of corn and labour here and in other countries —though all the statistical facts are favourable to repeal ; but it is argued as a question of right and wrong—of justice and injustice ; and the State is told it has no right to make a law to tax thein dustrious millions to enrich a few idle landlords. The abominable inhumanity of the law is dwelt on more than its effects in diminishing the national re sources, though, happily for the welfare of the com munity, the latter would be increased by departing from the former. We will not, however, quote any passages from the abridged report, but recom mend the whole to the perusal of our readers. There is one point which we will endeavour to place in a proper light before them. Mr. VAN BUREN, in his last Message to Con gress, spoke emphatically of the danger of making one nation dependent on another for its food, and his sentiment has been seized by all the Corn-law men as a god-send. The To ries, for once in their political lives, have found great wisdom in the words of a Republican Pre sident. Such a sentiment may be cheaply enter• tained by Mr. VAN BUREN, with an immense con tinent for his countrymen yet to conquer, and whose business it is, as it was the business of our alters- I tors, ten centuries ago, to devote themselves chiefly to agriculture. But we have no such unoccupied tracts. Every acre here has an owner, and inde pendence of foreigners is here utter and hopeless de pendence, for the bulk of the community, the com paratively few persons who are the fortunate 1101- ders of land. The ruling Aristocracy may use such a phrase, and seek to convince the people that it means something very grand and magnificent, but, as applied to the Corn-laws, it means, not the independence, but the dependence and slavery of every man but a landowner. In Mr. VAN BUREN'S country the mass of the community constitute and control the Government. The independence of the Government of the United States, its free and unhampered action, is the inde pendence of the whole people. Here the landowners almost exclusively constitute one branch of the Le gislature. They have a predominating influence in the other, and in both direct and govern the Crown. Over the House of Commons only one fifth, or less, of the community has any direct influence or con trol. What is meant, therefore, by political inde pendence in our country, is something totally dif ferent from political independence in the United States. Here the free and unhampered action of the Government means little more than that the few landlords, and their allies and friends, the priests, may do as they please ; and the more independent and free is our Government, the more arrogantly it treats the mass of the people, and the more means it acquires to enslave them. When the aristo cracy was hampered by the American war, it granted freedom of trade to Ireland. When it shall again be in difficulties, and not before, it will grant freedom of trade to the millions whom it now plun ders under the false pretence of protecting agri culture. It is a complete delusion, therefore, to suppose the same happy condition of freedom under the term independence in England and the United States. But if independence be, in the sense of the aris tocracy, so important, it exists not n ow , an d m i g h t exist were the Corn-laws abolished. We are now obliged to import 2,000,000 quarters of corn annually on the average, and because we do not go regularly to all the markets of the world, when we want food, we can only get it from one or two places. We are now completely dependent on foreign ers, and with that a large number of persons are starved every year. Were the Corn-laws abolished, the expense of cultivation would be so much re duced that our country would probably grow more food than at present, and would be less dependent on any one country by the competition of several to supply our wants. In our advanced stage of civilization, inde pendence, such as was the condition of our an cestors, when the land was not one fourth occupied , and such as is now the condition of the United States, is impossible; and, if it were possible, is not desirable. The language of Mr. VAN BUREN, in fact, re presents one of those time-honoured traditional sen timents which pass from age to age without exa mination, till they arc suddenly found at issue with some leading fact, and then it is discovered that they are no longer suitable to the circumstances of mankind. For the landowners to tell our starving cotton manufacturers, who live by wo r ki ng up a foreign product, and selling it in a foreign market, of nations! independence, in their sense, is nothing better than a heartless mockery of the distress and sufferings which are eaused by their unscrupulous avarice. We have of late so fully exposed the injustice of the piratical exactions, unfortunately but too fa miliar to out merchants trading with Hamburgh, under the denomination of " Stade Duties," that w e cannot suppose any of our readers either unac quainted with their enormity, or indifferent to their abolition. It is, therefore, with much satisfaction that we announce that Mr. HUTT—to whose pa triotism the country is mainly indebted for directing public attention to this question—will this evening following i brin g. th e subject of the Stade Duties under the support of every iotice of the House of Commons, by moving the resolution, which we trust will receive the re sisted without exciting the and which cannot be 'I EI ‘ ' t 3 e l e ‘ b . uniteldting the suspicion of every honest man in the Kingdom ieclup : o — n British ships and car goes in the river Hanover, under the name , f ,, the authority of the King of doubt ful legality, oppressiv e i n o Stade Duties, are of mode of exaction ; and amount,that it and highly vexatious in the her Majesty's Government toit is stherefore incumbent upon procuring relief from imposts take .. the . steps necessary for interests of the country." 'o injurious to the general We arc prepared for some quibbling I << doubtful and, t o say t h e truth, no man who is conversant with the , have any doubts at all respecting them. "They call 1 piraticalexactions, and lll. "e Y a re nothing e l se. The only are i law that upholds them is that by whi c h t h ey collected—that of force. The law of custom, or 1 prescription, cannot apply here, because th e ori ginal conditions have been departed from. On a former occasion, we gave the historical details of the origin and continuance of the Stade I tolls. We showed that originally they were a perquisite granted to the Archbishop of HANt- BURGH in the year 1038, by CONRAD 11., Em peror of Germany, for ecclesiastical purposes, end that they were leviable only upon goods landed at Stade, and exposed for sale in the market esta blished there by the Archbishop. By the Treaty of Westphalia, the Duchy of Bremen, in which the town of Stade is situated, was ceded to Sweden, and as Kings never scruple to avail themselves of any pretensions to taxes, the Archiepiscopal impost upon commodities landed at Stade was Royally extended to all merchandize passing up the liver, except under the Hamburgh flag. In 1712, Denmark having wrested the Duchies of Bremen and Verden from Sweden, sold them three years after to GEORGE J., King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, for 150,0001., paid out of the Treasury of this country. This purchase was, as we before explained, of doubtful morality ; and but for the sudden death of the King of SWEDEN, the King of ENGLAND could not have long retained it. Buc the Stade Duties, though then com paratively trifling in amount, pressed heavily upon our German trade, and the hope of relief made the country less scrupulous than it otherwise would have been on the score of the honesty of the ac quisition. But GEORGE I. cared more about his German than his British dominions ; and finding that WALPOLE and TOWNSEND allowed him to put the revenues of the ill-gotten Duchies'into his own pocket, he scrupled not to inc-ease instead of reducing the Stade tolls, and to so regulate them in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, as to shut out entirely all interference on the part of the Bri tish Parliament. His Ministers were toa timid, or too dishonest to remonstrate against conduct so scandalously and flagrantly unjust towards the people of this country. They had not the firmness or the patriotism to represent tl their Royal Master that the Duchies belonged not to him as Elector of Hanover, but as King of England, and that if the Parliament generously allowed him to pocket the other revenues of these Duchies without a question as to their amount or application, the least return he could make was to place British shipping on the same footing as the shipping of Hamburgh in the waters of the Elbe. What GEORGE I. was suffered to do, his suc cessors down to the date of the separation of the Crowns of England and Hanover assumed a right to perpetuate. No Minister was daring enough to prefer the interests of his country to the displea sure of his Sovereign, which he would certainly have incurred had he proposed to Parliament any address for the abolition of the Stade Duties. The country complained and remonstrated ; but no complaint or remonstrance was suffered to reach the Royal ear. The merchants forwarded memorials to Ministers which were never read, and which, when they accumulated so as to encumber the Pub lic Offices, were either sold as waste-paper, or burned, like Lord MONTEAGLE'S Exchequer du plicates. But affairs have taken a new turn. The SOVE REIGN of Great Britain no longer pockets the Stade Duties, and of course the Government sees them in quite a new light. This is the mote ne cessary, as the German Commercial League is already inflicting a very serious injury upon our trade with Hamburgh, which, we have reason to fear, will be all but destroyed, if steps are not im mediately taken, either to abolish or greatly reduce these Duties. We before quoted Mr. HUTT'S pamphlet, to show that no advantage in the shape of buoys, beacons, lights, &c , was offered by the KING of HANOVER for the Stade Duties. We now quote from the forthcoming Report of Dr. BOWRING, "On the Prussian Commercial Union," the follow ing paragraph to the same effect : is that the Stade duties are levied on account of any services rendered ; neither light houses nor buoys, nor protection of any sort. They have grown in amount, and have been often exacted most capriciously, while heavy fines have frequently been levied for any— even the slightest irregularity in reference to them. The vexatious character of the Stade Duties is universally com plained of ; the right to exact them at all is much called in question." Be it observed, that the right to exact these tolls was not only called in question by individuals but by Sovereign States. So late as the year 1824, the Government of Denmark, in an official Note, questioned the right of the Sovereign of HANOVER t' these duties, but as they were calculated to put from 60,000/. to 70,000/. sterling in the KING'S pocket, the remonstrances of Denmark were un heeded. As Dr. BOWRING'S Report throws great light upon this question, and completely con firms the statements and views of Mr. HUTT, we cannot but feel r,gret that it was not presented to Parliament before the Hon. Gentleman's resolution was submitted to it. But we can predict the re sult. Lord PALmERsToN will plead the absence of the official Report, the negociations now going forward, and Mr. HUTT will withdraw his resolu tion, after receiving a pledge from the Government that the question will be adjusted with all possible dispatch. Nor is such a result any longer unim portant. On this question at least, the present Ministers of Queen VICTORIA will not be slow to redcem any pledge made to a.* House of Commons. The Brussels Papers received this morning state that King LEOPOLD had not accepted the resignation of his Ministers up to Tuesday morning, but that there was no doubt of his ultimately doing so. Letters from Vienna of the 9th instant announce the departure of Count ST. AULAIRE, the French Ambas sador, for Parrs, on learning that M. THIERS had suc ceeded in forming a Cabinet. . Great preparations were making at Belgrade, for giving a grand reception to Prince MICHAEL of Servia on his return from the Porte. The public buildings were to be all illuminated. riE.LtiIAN k 13 NDS—Bitueekti, MANCH 1 '. Actual Delst, 2Y,', per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ...... 1 2 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.... ..... 95 3 per Cent. 74 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9*, Society of Commerce, 41iper Cent lo9k Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent. 9911 National Society . ii Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 17. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERUAM, MARCH H. Money. Bills. Actual Dcbt, 2!4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainort Si ndic,4t.l, per cent.................. Ditto, ditto, 3;4 percent 7514 70 1 ,t Commercial Company, 4 1 : 2 per cent 17 6 14 177)4 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. t tti ' fitiN, Exchange on London, One month 1 1 95 Two months —Dutch Papers, March 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCss 9. ___ Five per Cents. Mctalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. ...... ......... .... ............... Bank Shares :Kt —Aligemeine &Rung. March 14 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, MARCR 13. Bills. Money. R. Schuld. 3ch., 44, per cent. - 1041, 103+., Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 1035 1004 lizeliange on Landon, three months... 6 XO7 —.Prussian State Gazette, March 11. The only domestic news of interest in the French Journals of Tuesday relates to the dearness of provi sions, especially butchers' meat, and the extreme dis tress of the manufacturing classes in the South of France. The Censeur de Lyons states, that all the resources of the operatives of that city are exhausted. The) have been obliged to sell for almost nothing their looms and the necessary tools for citifying on their trades, in order to buy bread, and these they must re purchase at an exorbitant rate when work becomes plentiful. Their clothes have been pawned, and as the bankers have refused to advance any more money to the manufacturers, the prospect on all sides is hope lessly gloomy. To alleviate the general distress, the butchers of Lyons, Strasburg, and Paris, petitioned the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, to reduce the import duty on foreign cattle, but the landlords, alarmed at a proposal for lowering the price of food, rejected their petitions. Like the English Corn-law monopolists, the French landlords in 1822 procured an Act of the Legislature for raising the import duty on foreign cattle, from three francs to fifty-five, (21.25.), under the pretence of improving the domestic growth of cattle. Since that period the want of butchers' meat has been constantly complained of in France, where the great subdivision of land renders the increase of cattle im possible ; but the landlords finding that the robbery of the poor enriched them, by securing them a famine price for bad meat, refused to alter the law. On the other side of the Rhine there is an abun. dimes , of excellent cattle, which, could they bi imported into France duty free, would afford instant relief to the starving people ; but when the subject was mooted on titn the tii:noeicti,dase,:i iis r ay G enera l BtXGEAUD, of African notori e ty, ex claimed, in the true sp irit of the starve-the- p oor l anded and Austrian Aristocracy, g ra o t n he t r he se s e oi a l n of in i v ,,r a a s n io c r e t o ti t ia l n 3 ru an ssi j a: vasion of their cattle : for the militar y invasion woul d p away, the but i.o t r h t t y of a dmission t he t o e f r foreign rit o and cattle would diminish reduce, by three-fourths, the value of tha+. g reat ca p ital which i s i n ve s ted in land." Heaven help t he constitu ency th a t i s re presented by such a military dolt as BUGEAUD—this heartless lump of stolid inani t y. W e need n o t won d er t o sec the labouring classes hungry and n a k e d, an d t h e v i ct i ms o f ev ery low and degrading vice t o w hi c h hunger an d na k e d ness ar e temptations, when w e fi n d l egislators preferr i ng t h e h orro rs of war on the d omest i c so i l to a free i nterc h ange o f the pro ducts of th e eart h , and of human industry, among neigh bouring nat i ons. W i th such men as Genera l B UGEAUD (o S k e n a g t e , el w a s h s a e t s o a u r g e h t e n w d e u t r o i g e x p t h e c e t i b lo u r t o rs he o a f r p tl r ia o t . jur ia o mi n n a e l l' s state that the King of the BELGIANS and her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT will bc present at the marriage of the Duke tit Isltmoht§ with the Princess- VicTuaiA Saite:ChbOlg. The Dlittipsg, will first proceed to Brussels e and accompany the KING and the PRINCESS to Paris. Lord GRANVILLE has had several long interviews with M. TIIIERS. The subject of their conference is said to be the Commercial Treaty. The Emperor of RtissiA has given permission to the Duke DE BORDEAUX to reside hi Lilly city of the ern= pire, the capital only excepted. On the subject of the insult lately offered to the Hus= sian flag at Alexandria, we find the following extract from a letter from Alexandria, dated the 26th ult., in the Gazetir. du Midi : " The Consul of Russia has obtained full satisfaction for the offence lately offered to the Russian flag. The Commander of the Egyptian ship No. 2, whose crew carried off the Rus sian Captain, has been sentenced to 18 days' forced arrest, and the Officer who went on board his vessel is to be dismissed. Mehemet AU, moreover, has sent to the Consul, Sami Bey, a Germral, and his first Aide• de-camp, accompanied by his second interpreter, Chosrew Effendi, who made every possible apology in his name to that functionary in presence of all the Officers e the Consulate and the Russian Cartaiiis," The following pre.gtaph from the Moniteur• includes the lotett =iv's from Africa : " Miring the first days of the month the bad weather suspended the march of the convoys of provisions, which were, however, to have been resumed on the 9th. On the fith atit:i wonted Arabs appeared between Belidah and Pottrittitik. the bri gade of the Ist division hathig marched against them, they im mediately took to flight, and recrossed the Chiffa. The advice= frem the interior announced the arrival of Abd-el-Kader at Medeah, and his preparations for a new attack. " Marshal Vallee writes, under date the Bth inst., that the weather having beerirre favourable, the troops were about com mencing a movement towards the Chiffa, and that he would place himself at their head, In order to proceed with some pre liminary operations, preparatory to the opening of the campaign. Ste time ago we spoke of the singular pretensions put for ward by the Neapolitan Government, and which have caused two Maltese subjects to be summoned to appear before the C r iminal Tribunal of Catalonia. The Porta f oglio Maltese, in its number of the IM of this month, connects this circumstance with the re-establishment of the Order of Malta by the King of Naples, and considers it to be designed to preserve the claim to the alto domino which it formerly exercised over that is'and, and which it would again claim in case that a general revolu tion, which it seems intended to excite, should again over throw all the existing distributions of territory. The enulTier de Bordeaux continues to give news front Espartero's head-quarters. " Head-quarters, 111uniesa, March 9. " Th- taking of Segura has greatly disconcerted our enemies, and desertions from their ranks increase, for the Carlist soldier beg:ns to lose his illusions. " General Castnnetla has been removed from the command of his division. lam ignorant of the cause of his disgrace, and of the name of his successor. " The head -quarters move to-day, and in a few days we shall make a serious attack on Castelutte and Aliaga, unless these positions should be abandoned on our approach, Vrhieli appears to be probable, judging by the diligence with which the enemy are removing every thing they can from these two places, of which we hope at all events to be masters by the 2.0 th." Phare des Pyrennees publishes the following article : " Cabrera has returned towards Moro de Ebro. His par tizans affirm that he intends to go into France at the Sret check, which cannot fail to be decisive."—Le Comment. BOURSE.—Pekes, TUESDAY, MARCH 17. , . f irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price • reach 5 per Cents ll3 40 ... 113 60 ... 113 21) ... 1 3 60 4 per Cents lO2 ... .C 2 ... 102 ... 102 3 per Cents B3 50 .. 83 70 ... ti 3 45 ... 83 70 Bank of erance 3173 —.3.75 —.3172 50 — 3172 S'i Latlitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1062 50 _1062 50 ...1161 50 —1 12 50 5,0000 Sh 5195 ...5195 ...5193 ...5045 Belgian Bank No „, 91!1 „, 0(0 ... 91.1 5 - ,,er Cents 10314 ... 103% ... 105 N ... 103% 3 per Cents 74 80 ... 15 ... 74 SO ... 75 Dutch *6 per Cents 53% ... 51 1 4 ... 53k ... 53!. 9 Spanish Ac . ive 2.9% ... 2.9% ...2954 ... 20% Passive 734 ... 7% ... 7% ... 7 % Old Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents 23% ... 23% ... 23% ... 23 Sea, ontan Roman lO3 ... 10i% ... 103% ....83% RAIL :V A Y SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 552 50 ... 555 ... 552 50 ... 355 LB 3`:.5 ... 307 50 ... 363 ... 3e ,5 Bordeaux to La 'leste Orleans . Strasourg to Bale 737 50 ... nv ... 737 50 ... t.,60 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —The mar ket to-day is very dull, only 1,800 bags have been sold. No alteration in prices. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. HAGUE, MARCH 15.—1 n addition to the several projects of the law which will be presented to the States-General after the opening of the Chambers, will be submitted to their examination seven projects of the law, hating for their object the revision of the fundamental law, the exact statement of the revenues of our East India possessions, the debt of the Court of Account, and the revenues of the Crown. It is stated that the Civil List is to be reduced to 1,500,000 florins. Accounts from Utrecht of the 14th state that the Dutch and Belgian Commission there daily meet in one of the ancient palaces, and their discussions continue without any obstacles. _ _ EXCHANGE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 16.---In the Inte graies a great deal of business has been done. Although there were a number of sellers for Interior Account, the prices were maintained. The other national funds remain without variation. The improvement at Antwerp of Spanish had no effect on our prices. Ardoln's is heavy, which is owing to the mail not bavine arrived from Paris. We have received Montreal papers this morning to the 16th February. Tim LUMBER TRADE.—We were unable to get back from a tour of inspection up this river in time to prepare our yearly statement of the different kinds of timber for this day's paper. We are, however, enabled to state from the best information that could be obtained on the subject, that the quantity getting out far exceeds that of former years ; should the season prove favourable, there will be above 10 millions of feet of timber brought from the Attawa and its tributary streams above the Chats, while the average quantity of former years has not exceeded six millions from the same quarter. 7 -Bytow n Gazettr. The Philadelphia Papers of the 18th February state that more than 70 manufacturing establishments in New England have suspended operations. DECLINE OF REAL ESTATE IN NEW ORLEANS ....The New Orleans Papers state that eight l o t s , s it ua t e d i n Tehoupitolas-street, with the appurtenances, sold at the St. Louis Exchange for five thousand dollars; a few years since the same property brought 25 thousand dollars. We are exceedingly ill off this morning for arrivals, only the usual foreign mails, French and Ostend, with one arrival of ship-letters from Bahia. In consequence of which there is little or nothing doing as yet in the British Market. The two Jamaica mails still remain over due ; they are anxiously looked for. This, no doubt, is owing to the pre vailing north-easterly winds. TUE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of yesterday, 901 Money; Account, 91 ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 prem. ; India Bonds, 13. There is very little doing in the Money Market, but it continues easy. Bank Stock may be quoted for the opening 177 179 ; end India Stock, 247 249. The Foreign Market continues! inactive to the present time, and prices are nominal. Spanish Active as they closed, 28i ; Passive, 7i ; Deferred, 13k 14/ ; Portuguese also as they left off, ; Three per Cents., 2 , 0; Colom bian, 24 i 251; Mexican, 29i ; Brazilian, 77i- - 781 ; Bel gian, 103 104; Dutch Two and Half per Cents., 1; Five per Cents. 100} 101. PRICES OF SHARS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI.OO Paid. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co (issued at 5/. pm.) Ditto St. John del Rey Birmingham and Derby Railway Company .... Aft Brighton Railway mdon and Blackwall Railway 17% I.:.ndon and Birmingham Railway Company 155 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 17 3 per Cent. Consols 3,4 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 334 per Cent. Debentures... Bly, i National Insurance Company - Bank Stock ... - tirand Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock lIALF-.PAII7' ONE. Per Share. During the whole of the morning there has not been any spirit for speculating either in the British or Foreign Mar kets, owing to the absence of intelligence from all quay. ters, and no further arrivals to the present hour. We hear that the Tea prompts due the 10th instant have been satisfactorily arranged, on which some doubts had previcusly prevailed. Money in the English Market at the rate A f 4 per cent., in the Foreign Market about 6 per cent. The Dutch mail has not as yet arrived. Consols may be quoted at 91 for the Account; Money, 901; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 prem. ; in India Bonds ; nothing don e ; I n di a St oc k ditto. In the F ore i gn M ar k et s carcely - a bargain has been done during th e morn i ng. Sp a nish, 28/ ; Colombian, 2 ; Brazilian, 78 Dutch Twc-and - a -Half Half p er Cents., nothing dine ; Five per Cents., 1004 101. 3 1 . NI per 3c.. Stock tien pt rill .:: . t CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. 1 India St rick — 3 Per Cent Cf.! !.4 per Cent. Re s d. 9ON, Ditto Old Annuities — 3 Ditto New Annuities ........ Now 5 per Cent 99 lEx. Bills, I,ooi ...... `2(l. ....... 19 pm Long Annuities Ditto 500/ RI pin , to expire n. .8R 0ct.1.559 IS6O ... Jan, ,Consols'• 1334 for Acct 91 !i FOREIGN FUNDS Portuguese Ronds,sper c.P.nt. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russia,' Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic.. Spanish, 5 per I' en' S%i, Ditto, Deferred French, 5 per cent...-..... —f —c Exchange f• c French, :3 per cent Dutch,L.:}i per cent. Ditto, - 5 per cent. loi ARES. Tway 67 no Austrian, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent 101 Brazilian Bonds 7B IThenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian, ti er cent 225i Ditto, 18'2-1 Danish, 3 per cent — Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per et — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, ti per cent., 1825 — Periivian,lB2s,6 per cent-- SD e Birtninghaut and Derby Rai' tircat %Vestern Railway ..... Ditto New -- Sha - iell .................... 24 !-,.j London and Brighton ItliiivaY l5 London and Blackwall Railway 155 London and B irm i ng h a m Railway ..:4114 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Shares . B% London and Greenwich Railway North Midland Railway ... ................... —... ". Ditto New Sh are= 17‘ 50 York and N orth Midland Railway Her llajesty and Prince Albert paid a private visit on Wednesday evening to Covent -garden Theatre. The audience rightly refrained from intruding their recognition upon the Royal pair, who seemed highly to enjoy the perform ances. We understand that her Alajesty intend; visiting the theatre on Tuesday next, and that Charles Kemble will, on that occasion, perform Don Felix, in Mrs. Centlivre's comedy of The Wonder. NEW MUSIC. Hill, London. No. i. Th^ PFO,./Dliei-si Glee For three voices. Writ• ten by Mr. BALL, composed fq7.. 1-0, >i B S. No. 2. - Friar Tuck ; or Old England's Merry De:y. , „ Written by ditto, composed by ditto. . . The composer of this glee—which is writtei for two sopranos and a bass—has aptly joined sweet melody to the pearly treasures of the deeps To a simple atid fidwing dif he adds rich and taste ful harmony, blending at once, in the bass solo—:-Which, by the bve, has great animation and character—the or namental with the graceful. Friar Tuck, by the same, leads back with dramatic truth to the beasan of feasting ; fun, and revelry of the olden times. The jolly friar shakes his fat gide.; in a fine bass solo, full of point and character ! We may safely say, " They are merry in the hall, When beards wag all." This glee, like Phe Pedri DI Fee, has the merit of truthful yet varied harmon ; ,, possessing much originality. and beauty. We recommend them to musical families, and bestow our warmest praise on the composer, and wish him success in his future efforts. BANK OP EN GLAND- , -( THIS DAY,) A General Quarterly Court of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held this morning, pursuant to the Charter. It was also a Half-yearly Court appointed to consider of a dividend. The Governor (Sir J. It. Reid) and Directors entered the Court, when the minutes of the last Court sere read and con firmed. The GOVERNOR said, before they proceeded with the other business of the day, it was his duty to state that he and the De putation appointed at the last Court had waited upon her Ma jesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, with the Ad • dresses of congratulation. They had been most graciously re ceived, and had most gracious answers returned. He moved " That they be entered on the Minutes of the Court."— Cat ried unanimously. The GOVERNOR then informed the Court that the Court of Directors, having considered the state of accounts of the Bank, were of opinion that a dividend might be made, if that Court approved of it, of 3 per cent. interest and profits on the half year ending sth April next. Mt. Set,Wte said before they took that subject into consi deration, it was essential that the PrOpritAttrs should be pre pared with a few materials, in order to enable them to come to a conclusion whether 31 per cent. was a proper dividend or not. He was quite aware that the Directors were not in the habit of presenting a balance-sheet ; but as on former occasions he had asked the Governor what was the amount of the rest, he had wished, and rather expected, that the Governor would have given that information of his own accord. Not having done so, he felt bound to ask what was the amount of the rest at the time when the Directors carne to the conclusion that 31 per cent. *as a proper dividend to rectetimend to the Court. The GOVERNOR—Do you mean the amount of the rest at the last meeting ? Mr. SELWYN'—No, Sir. I mean the amount of the rest, when your Court came to the conclusion that 3 per cent. was a fair and proper dividend. The GOVERNOR—The amount of the rest at that period was 2,867,285/. 3i. tkl., after providing fcr the proposed dividend. Mr. SELWYN observed that that was about the sum of 5,0001. above what it was at the last Court, which was so small an amount as to make no essential difference in the amount Of the dividend, and relying upon the discretion of the Directors, who were in possession of all the information upon the subject, he would say that in his opinion the dividend was a very fair and proper one, as compared with that Of last year, There was one other question he wished to put. Some years ago he bad mentioned to the Court that he thought they were entitled to the benefit of a dividend upon the dead weight. All were aware that the Government paid them a certain annuity an nually, say 500,0001., which was called the Dead Weight. It occurred to him that they were entitled to take a portion of it, but he was told that a portion of it ought to be set apart for the redemption of the sum originally invested, which was 14 millions. What he wished to know was how that sum was ap propriated for that purpose ; was it laid out in available stock ? GovraNOß—Yes, laid out in available stock. Mr. SELWYN—So as to be an available fund? GOVERNOR—It is employed in various ways, as is usual with other banks. Mr. Titomrsox wished to ask whether any portion of the dead weights had been sold within the last six months! ' GOVERNOR—None whatever. Mr. Tnostrsote said he had an impression on his mind that the Three per Cent. Consols were sold to the amount invest' d in annuities. The DEPUTY-GOVERNOR could not answer that—it would be going too much into detail. Mr. FIELDER remembered that in 1834 he round it stated that they took for 4,080,000/. 3 per cent. annuities of 23 years of 212,783/. 12s. The halfyearly amount was settled of 106,391/. 165., of which vi as set apart for profit and loss. 61,500/. 19s. 6d., leaving 44,890/ 16s. 6d. for redemption of capital. Now, he asked if any part of this 44,890/. 16s. tict. was added to the rest, or set apart for redemption of the capital of four million and 80 thousand pounds, because he would rather lose his dividend than his capital.—( Hear. ) The GOVERNOR said it would be going too much into ac counts to answer the question at length, but it went to the general fund, and not to the rest. - Mr. FiELtaft—But is it part of our capital is carried? Mr. YOUNG conceived the Governor could state whether the proposed dividend arose from their profits. The GOVERNOR said most certainly, it did not break into any part of their capital. Mr. YOUNG asked whether in the last three or four onths the Company had not discounted to a large amount commercial bills, and whether they had thereby sustained any material loss? The GOVERNOR said the Company had discounted such Bills, but he could not tell the amount to the present day, but had no hesitation in telling what was the case up to the end of the year 1839, at which time they had discounted upwards of forty millions, and such was the credit that only three failures had taken place, and they should not lose six hundred pounds. —( Cheers. ) Mr. Youxo was gratified by this declaration. As they were there to consider a dividend, he could not help expres,h g his opinion, they snould consider what ought to be done wlth reference to the proposed Committee of the House of Com mons, because on that depended the future prosperity and credit. of the Company. He conceived the establishment, if well conducted would conduce to the public safety, as well as their own profit, which he thought was at present inadequate for such an establishment, and also that the public should be dis abused of various misrepresentations by which they were con stantly attacked, as that they were the source of the fluctuations in the currency. This was undoubtedly an evil; but how could it be avoided while it depended upon the seasons, upon Europe and America, whose proceedings had great effect upon it, and not only did it so depend,but upon the issues of the con tending interests of the country, who, while they (the Bank of England)were withdrawing were issuing. He thought the whole matter before the Committee would rest upon the effect this competition in issues had upon the currency. These were vital considerations, and he hoped the Directors would not neglect anything that would elucidate the connection that Bank had with the community at large, because he was sure that it was capable of demenstration that it was of the greatest possible benefit. He hoped the minds of the public would be disabused on these points. It was said that they were not to be a bank of deposit, but he should like to know how they could be a bank of issue if they were not to be a bank of deposit? The one regulated the other, and all these were matters deeply affecting the inte rests of the proprietors. He must say that he regretted the many laws that had been repealed, because, although at the time some necessity might have existed for them, he believed the proceeding had inflicted great evil on the small traders. With these views, as an old proprietor he would take the liberty of recommending to the Directors to do their duty in making known to the Committee, which had been re commended by the House of Commons, the great services which had been rendered to the best interests of the commer cial world by the Bank of England.—( Hear, hear. ). Mr. FIELDER had read with great surprise, that, not. withstanding the high rate of interest they had received during the last year, they had only added 5,000/. to the rest. They had last year entered into a negociation with the Bank of France—a connection which must be felt by every Proprietor to have been deeply humiliating, inasmucn as they were compelled to resort to a foreign bank to sustain their credit. If they had discounted forty millions of paper in the last year, it was rather extraordir ary that only n per cent. dividend could be made to the Proprietors. He presumed they must have sustained a considerable loss in the negotiation with the Bank of France, and he hoped the Chairman would give them some information on the subject. Mr. SALOMONS thought it exceedingly inconvenient to have questions of detai bread upon the Directors in this way, with out any previous notice. At the same time he agreed with the last Honourable Proprietor that, considering the large amount of bills they had discounted, and the small losses th y had sustained, that profits had been very trifling. At a time when a Committee was about to investigate the whole question of the currency of this country, and the affairs of the Bank of England in particular, he thought it ex tremely injudicious to bring these matters of detail before the public..--( Hear, hear.) He did not hesitate to say that, con sisiering the great risks that corporation ran in regulating the monetary affairs of the country, they did not receive the amount of profit to which they were entitled.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. HAMMOND could assure the Hon. Proprietor that it was not his intention to go into any details, but he wished to know whether the negociation with the Bank of France had not cost that corporation a large sum of money, because otherwise he was satisfied that a larger amount would have been added to the rest. Mr. MA RG ARY begged to move as an amendment that a Committee be appointed by the general body of the Proprietors to inquire into the general affairs of the Bank, and to advise with the Directors whether any more advantageou4 plan for managing them might not be suggested in order that the divi dends might be increased. With reference to the Bank of France, he found that during the last eight years the shares of that Bank had increased from 1,700 francs to 3,165 francs. In the last year the London and Westminster Bank had shown a balance sheet of 43,0001. profit on a paid up capital of 600,0001. Now, if they looked at the great amount of interest received by the Bank of England for discounts, it appeared to him that if the affairs of the Company were properly adminis tered, they would h..ve a much larger dividend, or at all events, it would have been increased to 8 per cent. per annum The Bank of France discounted bills for 500 francs for small mer. chants and retail traders, with very little loss. Now the Bank of England confined its discounts to merchants. and lost the large amount of profit which the Joint Stock Banks enjoyed. He hoped his amendment would meet the approval of the Proprietors. Mr. Alums seconded the Amendment. Mr FIELDER rose to order. Mr. SELWYN thought the Proprietor who moved the amend ment was perfectly in order. They were met to consider the general affairs of the Company, and the making of the dividend was a matter of secondary consideration. He contended, there fore, that the amendment was perfectly in order. 14 Ir. FIEL DER sa id t h e amen d ment wou ld L ave bee n i n or d er if it had been moved before the question had been put, but he thought it could not be entertained now. —( Cries of 't No, no." The GOVERNOR said the original motion was, that a divi dend of 3i per cent. be declare.'., since which an amendment had been moved. Mr. BLACKBIIRNE had not heard the question of a dividend put—it stood merely as a recommendation from the Directors. Mr. SELWYN would set that right by moving that the divi dend be 3i per cent. Mr. WILLIAbISON would second the motion. Their rest was much larger now than it had been at any time since 1829 or 1830, which wculd be a security to the public, even although the Bank had increased their discounts. Mr. HAMI‘IOND hoped that the Governor would vouchsafe an answer to his question; if not very: inconvenient, it mould be satisfactory to the Proprietors. The GOVERNOR might go so far as to say--No, Gent:e men, I won't say anything.—(Laughter.) Mr. BLACKBURN—It was most important that question s important should b e put, b ut i t was al s o very that I some of them should not be answered. He wished to ask one question, to which he hoped he would receive an answer. It was rumoured abroad in various quarters, not that the Bank had lost a large sum, but that they would hereafter have to re- EVENING EIJITIO ia BOW-STREET.-(TkIIS DAY) vient frac George Edward Boggis ‘Nas '',2r9 ug ht up by Superin tet Piertv, H division, on a charge of simg, on the 14 th Jan, trartiY,; used certain inflammatory and seditiouti 1 1 uguage at a Cha meeting in the Trades' Hall. Abbey-14r, set, Bethnal-gr 6 Imir, prisoner had been since out of the V a and witness hi "lt traVd)44- upwards of 70 miles to apprehenc him, but ixithou success. t the Hall on t h e Constable GeOTre King, 111 H, attended a night in question, where were assembled betw after sore persons. 'en 600 and 700 persons. He saw the prisoner on the platform, ' en d _ "fed fer.s.Antions had been passed, he aeltea the people if they wool have theft freedom; if they would they mast buy ie. t h a t o th e r —they rnu: pay the highest -price for it ; they must pay the price nations paid for it ; it was not 3 0 pieces of silver ti. ' at buy it ; their price was blood, blood , and blood alone we chase it. He next went on to tell the meting that he be content to he.ve his freedom in four weeks , thoug h thou s of them should lose their lives at the points of the sword in" ; act the bayonet. The prisoner said that a person named Goulding repeated Up I invited him to attend the meeting held at the Hall,; and he sv. as pressed by him to attend early on the evening in question. of l entering the Hall, not being able to hear tho proceedings die tinctly, he ascended the platform at the solicitation of his friend Goulding, where he heard strong language used, but not by Mr. Twv FORD—If that be the case, it is a very unfortunate circumstance, as the witness has sworn that you did use such expressions. The Superintendent said that he would make the case stronger if a few days were allowed. 11r. TWYFORD said the case could not be stronger, but the prisoner might put off the further hearing, to avail himself of professional advice, or be fully committed for trial. The prisoner said he was in a situation, aild hoped his own recognizance would be taken for his future apitearance. The Superintendent said that the prisoner had cut off his whiskers to avoid being identified, and he thought it would be unsafe to admit him to bail. The prisoner denied that he had absconded, and this mor ning, when proceeding to work through Hoxton, he observed. Goulding. Mr. TwvFortn said that there were good grounds :bows by the prosecutor to put off the further hearing until IVfon 4s Y next, and in the mean time he should object to admit him bail. QU EEN 'S BEN CH.-{Y ESTERDAY•) THE QUEEN 11. VINCENT ' WIN'. EDWARDS, AND ANOTH ER. Mr. J. G. 11. Owen, of Monmouth, Mr. Vincent's solici tor, appeared pursuant to a pefemptory order for the nomina tion of a Special Jury. The Clerk of the Court produced the Special Jury List, and the nomination was about to proceed, when Mr. Owen inter prised, demanding the production of the Jurors' book. A Gentleman who attended on the part of the prosecution said the productun of the book was not necessary. Mr. Owen replied it was not only necessary but imperative , and referred to the words of the order, which are " that the Sheriff or his Under-Sheriff do attend the Coroner and At orney of this Court with the Jurors'-book, and the Special Jurors' List. The Officer of the Court thereupon said Mr. Owen's obj ec° tion was good. and the book not being in town, the busin4. 4ll could not ne proceeded with. A new rale has therefore issued appointing Saturday nest at two o'clock for the nomination. Nrete,eem tinder these circumstances. It was said a cer taiti person fs'a4 b;. , eff ,epppint6el executor to the will of a living person, and by soffit , leeeeee:re' fi,e'ud had represented that I the party was dead, and s o dl'l4slieVi'ed lideik to a large amount. He wished to knoe whether ari;•, teliesnqsfeeteesstion had taken place, and if correct, what was the amount TNe G'esTINOR could give a very easy and ,atisfactory ail , swer to the quts!,i7s,eses-neerch transaction had taken place. A PROPRIETOR beggeu te'sk tlllther the branch banks had been, and ware still, a source of proiTti :ie'thes nrporation ? The GOVERNOR had great pleasure in tayiiigt647 they were still a source of considerable profit.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. G0L11 , 3311D . opposed the amendment, because it would lied serf, of slap hi the face to the Directors ; it would, in fact, app&iiitine. - a freer body of Directors, to which he could never consent. Mr. COOK would thie amendment, and if the Court would allow him, he would state o' what grounds. He sup ported the amendment, because he thotight it just. He thought no man who came and found his house brokers open but would, if he had the spirit of a man, inquire the cause, and ii possible punish the orenflees not only for his own protection, but been a sense of public duty. bid they not remember that many men had suffered the last penalty o f the law for forging a 11. note, and should they suffer a loss of 121 per MA. on dividend, and of 35 ner cent. on capital, and submit to it in silenee s and thereby bri . eg on further aggressions of the Government. wilO s as it appeafed to hint, endeavoured to destroy the profits of the Corporation. 'File question resolved itself into one of justice to the proprietary. This *le ; he conceived, the wav in which the Corporation had been for a length of time assailed, and a; the natural guardians of the institution had not come forward in its defence, the Corporation was brought almost to the verge of rain. He thought these observat,ons not only relevant bet rseessary to the consideration of the question. He had a large interest in the Bank. and was entitled to be heard, but would throw himself open the indulgence of the meet ing whether or not he should proceed. Mr. D. SALOMONS rose and was proceeding to address the meeting, when he was interrupted by cries of " Spoke s spoke," and the G svernor intimated that Mr. Cooke was already in pos session o I the meeting. elr. Cootie, resumed. He had published an address which was sufficient to prove whether or not he was an enemy to the Institution. He etas as great a friend to it as any man in the room; but at the same time he must say he thought the Pro ps had no business to suffer Ate a single body for the benefit of the country at large. Banking )sting so mixed up in the science of political economy and with other things, as rendered it the endeavour of each class to benefit their own intereets only, the situation of the Proprietors was one of ex treme difficulty, dud if they were angels instead of men they would not have given satisfaction to a vast number of individuals. First, then, as related to the policy el eetehlishing the present state of the Bank. The question of limited or unlimited liability—of free trade in banking.—(Cries of " Qusestion," " Time.") And then, with regard to security, which 171/3 a question of management which was approved by Mr. Horsley Palmer, while Mr. Jones Lloyd, a banker of great experience, condemned it. air. FIELDER rose to order. The Hoff: Proprietor had no right to refer to the opinion of a particular banker, each of whom had one peculiar to himself. Sir. COOKE asked what sort of a Judge the Honour- Ale Proprietor would make if he decided when he had heard only one side of a question. With regard to the currency, they had Sir Henry Parnell, Sir. Joplin, Mr, Thomas Attwood, Mr. Ricardo, and an Ameri can writer advocating so entire paper currency, and a free trade in banking, and attributiree all those disasters and the fall in prices that had taken place in 100 to Sir R. Peel's Act. On the other hand, they had Sir R. Pee!, Mr. Hume, Mr. D. C. Hardcastle, President Jackson, and others, stetvo eating a metallic currency, and attributing all these same mien chiefs to the very opposite causes. By which were they to be guided?—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") Again There was Mr. Tooke, an exceedingly clever writer, who pointed out the advantages of having a bank of issue and a bank of deposit combined, as being most beneficial to the inte rests of the country. Mr. Horsley Palmer'e evidence was to the same effect, while the Times, and Chronicle, and 11 - err - ad in their usual style of vituperation, attributed all the mischiefs of the day to the mismanagement, cupidity, ignorance, and over issues of the Bank Directors.—( A laugh.) He understood it had been stated that in consequence of the misconduct of the Directors they were at one time within fotty-eight hours of a state of bankruptcy. The pe nalty fe!' that misconduet would not fall upon the Directors, who seldom hold more than a qualification, but upon the Proprie tors, and thus the greater was in danger of being swamped by the lesser interest. They had no explanations—no balance sheet—and when questions were asked, they were met with a flat denial or a dead silence. Mr. MARRIOTT ruse to order. These questions had nothing to do with the question before them. The CHAIrtetAN hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would cur tail his speech.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. COOKE thought the affairs of the Corporation were very improperly conducted. The Hon. Proprietor was much in terrupted. He would therefore conclude by saying that he th ught the Committee ought to be appointed, in order to watch the proceedings of the Committee appointed by the House of Commons. Mr. WILLIAMSON expected that the Hon. Gentleman would have concluded with nothing less than an impeachment of the Directors. He was therefore agreeably astonished to hear him so highly eulogize them. Mr. COOKE said he had been put down ; it was not therefore fair to allow another Gentleman to answer an unconcluded speech. Mr. WILLIAMSON had not heard one valid argument in favour of the so• called amendment. It was no amendment, for it had no relation whatever to the original mo tion.—( Cries of " Question, question.") The GOVERNOR, before putting the motion, said he begged to inform the Court, that in the event of the amendment being carried, they would get no dividend at all.—(Laughter.) The amendment was then put, the only show of hands held up in its favour being the mover and seconder. The original motion was then put, and agreed to unanimously. The GOVERNOR informed the Court that the dividend war rants would be ready and payable on Monday, 6th April. A PROPRIETOR begged, to say a few words before the Court adjourned. He objected to the Directors being charitable with the money of the Proprietors. He would, therefore, move that no money be given away by the Directors to re ligious or charitable institutions, without the consent of three fifths of the Proprietors. The motion, not having been seconded, fell to the ground. The question was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. FIELDER then rose and moved a vote of thanks to the Court of Directors for their religious and charitable conduct in the support they had given to benevolent institution. Mr. EnwArty GOLDSMID seconded the motion. A PROPRIETOR said, if he might be allowed to use the word in a Corporation sense, these motions of thanks appeared to him to be frivolous things. Another PROPRIETOR observed a vote of thanks had been given on the same account at the last meeting, and con sequently they were thanking the Directors twice over. The question having been put, the vote of thanks was una nimously agreed to. A PROPRIETOR asked whether or not the business had so increased that it was necessary to enlarge their pre mises. (The Governor answered in the affirmative.) The Hon. Proprietor said he was happy to hear it, because at their last meeting, it was said they had less business, and consequently smaller profits. Now there were so many mush room banks springing up, he was happy to hear their business was increasing. The GOVERNOR then returned thanks for the vote of thanks to the body of Directors, and the meeting separated. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. A steady business, and prices as last quoted. Supplies tole rably good. Turbot, Bs. to 21s. ; Cod, 4s. to 12s. ; Salmon, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per lb. ; Lobsters, 2s. 6d. to 6s. ; Mackerel, Bd. to Is. 2d. Beef, 70. to bid. ; Mutton, lid. to 84d. per lb. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. per lb. ; and Pork, 7i-d. to Sid. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and demand brisk. Prices steady. Turbot, is. to 20s. ; Cod, 4s. to 12s; Soles, 6d. to 4s. per pair ; Lob sters, ',:s. to 6s. ; Oysters, 245. to 60s. per bushel ; Mackerel, 4d. to lOd. ; Haddocks, Bd. to Is. ; and Salmon, 2s. 6d. to 33. per lb. HAY MARKET. Supplies good, and demand brisk ; prices as before. Hav, 70s. to 88s. ; Clover, 90s. to 118 s. ; and Straw, 345. to 41s. per load. TALLOW MARKET. Tallow was flat, and the price of P. Y. C. was 51s. 6d. TEA MARKET. A little business doing, but not sufficient to enable us to quote any current prices. Now the sale is over, it is under stood that the uncleared Tea will not be put up to auction till the beginning of next week. An opportunity will thus be of fered for parties to pay their prompts. On the sth inst. there was in the port of Liverpool 5,251,700 lbs., and at Bristol, 3,141,800 lbs. COLONIAL MARKET. Never was this market more destitute of business than at pre sent; not a single public sale of any kind of East or West India produce took place ; and the show of B. P. Sugar in the market was so slender, that there was next to nothing done. LLOYD'S *HIPPING -(THIS DAY) DEAL, MARCH 18—Wind N.N.E., fresh breezes.—Ar rived the Clyde, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Ellen Gillman, for St. Michael's ; Louisa, Pallot, Sydney ; Lord Saumarez, Simons, Hobart Town : Kinser, Young, Port Philip ; Sarah, Turnbull, Rio Janeiro ; Columbus, Sainthil, Jamaica; Janet, Case, New Orleans; Pleiades, Maitland, St. John's, New Brunswick. Livnarooz., MARCH 18—Wind N.—Arrived the Lima, Newby, for Paraiba. Sailed. Jan. 16, John Brooks, for Porto Cabello ; senator, Pike, New Orleans; Qsciola, Charleston ; Helen Thompson, James, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Pandora, Sash, Barbadoes • Thomas Bennett, Hague, Charleston ; Monarch, Caen, Africa. Off Port the Eve, Monte Video; Globe, New Orleans. FALMOUTH, MARCH 17—Wind N.E. to E.- —Sailed her Majesty's steamer Meteor, on a cruize, with supplies, with the outward bound. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Libe ral, Trest, for Mazattan. DOVER, MARCH 17.—Off port the Elise, Rock, for Balti more ; Johanna, Batavia. COWES, MARCH 18.—Arrived Princess Josephine, Mailer, hom Rio Janeiro. GUERNSEY, MARCH Is.—Sailed the Sylph, for St. Mi chael's. JERSEY MARCH 15.—Sailed P. H. Dean, f or C a p e C oast Castle ; Deslandes, Rio Janeiro. HULL, Maack' 18.—Arrived the Flora, Sanglais, Malaga. CLYDE, MARCH 18.—Arrived William Salthouse, Staunton, from Porto Rico. Sailed the Clansman, Duer, for Trinidad ; Jona, Morrison, New Orleans; Carron, Potter, St. Vincent's. WHITEHAVEN, MARCH 17.—Sailed the Elizabeth, Mus s*, for Cadiz and Newfoundland. MARGATE, MARCH 18.—The George, Long, from London to Dartmouth, has been brought into the harbour with stern post :damaged, &c., and loss of anchors, after having been assisted off the Hook of Margate Sand. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.:—The Ann, Crichton, Pollock, from Lima to New Orleans, was wrecked on the Caymeres, rrevioua to the 20th January. The Savanilla, from here, after discharging nearly all her cargo, struck on a bank near Sava nilla,and it was expected would go to pieces Crew and re mainder of cargo saved. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—The H. Allen, Wilson, arrived here yesterday from Cr.arleston, threw overboard from 60 to 70 bales of cotton, and from 200 to 300 bushels of rice. C G' -OVENT ,ARDEN THEATRICAL FUND.— The anniverw festival of the Covent G at d en Th ea t r i ca l Fund was celebrated yesterday, according to the custom of many years, at the Freemasons" Tavern, Great Queen-street, the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. The amount of subscrip tions was announced as exceeding 9001. CRIM. CON.---TRAF FORD v. ELLIs.—An in quiry took place at Norwich on the 14th inst., before Mr. Palmer, the High Sheriff of the county, to assess damages in an action for adultery with the wife of the plaintiff, the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default. The parties were married in London, in 1831, and had four children. The de fendant wa s a Li eu t enan t i n th e 9th L ance rs, and the plaintiff a gentleman of fortune, residing at Wroxham, six rages from Norwich. Damages war( laid at 5,000/. Thy. jury in ten minutes returned a verdict, assessing the amount at 500/. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NOR 7 HERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, MARCH 16. SHEFFIELD RIOTS. Samuel Holberry, homes Booker, William Booker , a nd James Duffy, were put to the bar to take their trial on an in dictment which charged them with unlawfully conspiring and procuring arms for the purpose of unlawfully disturbing the public peace, and with the unlawful design to attack and take I possession of the Town-hall of Sheffield, and the Tontine nn, with intent to create terror and alarm in the minds of her Majesty's subjects. Sir John Campbell, her Majesty's Attorney-General, cat" down to conduct the prosecution, and was assisted by Mr. Ser geant Atcherley and Mr. Wightman. Sir G. Lewin defended Duffy, Mr. Watson Holberry, I‘ ll4 ' Mr. Murphy the two Bookers. William Wells, a lad of 17 years of age, pleaded Guilty. Mr. Wightman opened the indictment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose and said—You have ~ heard from Mr. Wightman that the defendants stand indicted for a conspiracy to violate the law, to create insurrection , and to disturb the public peace. It is an offence cf a grave nature , and borders upon the highest crime known to the law of Eng land; I mean high treason. They had entered into a plan, which, if they had carried it into effect, it would have subjected them to a prosecution for high treason. Luckily their plan was frustrated. Two were committed for that crime. I and el learned friends thought the ends of justice did not require that the prosecution should be in this shape, and I hope not t 0 b e blamed by the public for its relinquishment. This indict: oo e was prepared against five persons. William Wells has pleaded guilty, That is not to prejudice the cases of the others, but shall lay before you e eidence that will not leave the smallest doubt, as to them also There was in Sheffield a society established eallv i Chartists, perhaps innocent at first, but by and bye, deluded b' designing men, they were determined to carry their plans into' effect by force. They formed themselves into classes, ear c l ass h a d a l ea d er , w h o wa s to conduct those under him• i r t the beginning of January they formed a plan, and prepare, arms to take possession of the Town.-hall, the Tontine Inn, and " to fortify them against the military. The time fixed was evoning of the 12th of January. The class leaders were le bring their men, and they were to carry their design into e 3 C!; . cation. If defeated in that project, they we, - e to set fire to the. town. The Magistrates became informed thOt a plot was °.. foot, and took measures and employed the militarY on atra' day night. Happily for him, olberry was arrested. Some' of the men came cut, but were dispersed, and the ringleaders wiicri taken into custody. If there was such a plot, the corpus d e ., (kr will be established. I thought that they might, when l'he„,l3Thil, course was adopted, have followed the example of " e",, but they have a right to defend themselves against the a .ectil tion if they choose. Now, with regard to Holberry, he w'as' may say, the contriver of the scheme. He was arrested Saturday night in bed with his clothes on, except his shoes, al.'" he entered freely into a conversation which goes t o p whole case. A dagger was found in his bosom. In his the his house ' a loaded pistol, twelve hand-grenades, torches, balls, and a variety of other offensive articles. Booker, the elder, was out that night, and arrested near Crook's Moor ; and near the place was found a great quantity of arms of a similar description. William Booker, his son, was arrested between four and five o'clock the same morning at his father's house. In the house were found a pike, an apron, containing iron cats, a dangerous weapon of four prongs, which, however thrown, always pre sents a prong upwards for annoying cavalry, two guns and two loaded pistols, 391 ball cartridges, two loaded shells nine inches in diameter, and other articles. Duffy was a leader of enet of the classes. He joined in the plan, and brought his roe° up that night, but was not so alert as was expected. He is ar a Irishman, and was to have assembled a number of his country-- men. I shall prove the case by witnesses against whom no putation can be cast; I shall also call two accomplices , who vat' doubtless be cross-examined by my Learned Friends , and wile were implicated and did join in it. How can the det ails of .! transaction like this be developed without them ? There vil°' be abundant evidence to corroborate this, and I am rather sari' 1 prised that they put us to the trouble to prove the case agah": them. They have a right to do so, I see no defence, unlew they were to say that they were guilty not of a misdemeen°.: r but of high treason. If that should be the case, it will be I ° `" duty to acquit them, but it will be mine, as public prosecutors to indict them for that crime. I have done my duty , and have no doubt, Gentlemen of the Jury, that you will do yours- The Learned Counsel then called a number of witnesscef whose evidence did not materially differ from that given before the Magistrates, and which has been published in all the PaPe rg 'r Sir G. LEWIN then rose and addressed the jury on behalf °, Duffy. He hoped they would take care to keep the cases.: the prisoners separate. The only evidence almost against be was that of the two accomplices, to which little credit given under such circumstances as the present. When a /" it , ness had so little regard for an oath, and such notions PI authority, they had great motives to bear false testimony:, 2"."0 which they might hope to screen themselves, and to crirrilas‘ others. Mr. WATSON next addressed the jury for Holberry. 111 said he had to complain of the opening of his Learned Frien the Attorney-General, who seemed to assume the guilt of the defendant, and stated that there could be no doubt of it. g e thought if the case pointed to anything it was to high treason' and he knew that he could not convict for that. The only evi dence against his client was the accomplices (and they were riot much to believed), unless the weapons were to be cord` dered such. All these pointed to the mysterious Frenehmaos who had so suddenly disappeared, and he hoped that the jut/ would acquit the prisoner. Mr. 'Unaptly then addressed the Jury for the two Bookers' and contended that there was no such confirmatory evidence against them as was GE sufficient to produce a conviction. TORNEY•NER.AL replied at considerable 100 1 ' 1 ; a very masterly speech, pointing out the force of the evidel l „" against the different parties. His address occupied about hour and a half. The Learned JUDGE then summed up the evidence at eery siderable length, explaining to the Jury the law of conspirae_,fr and wherein the use of unlawful and physical force differed fr° "' that fair and free discussion which was the birthright of eve r y Englishman, and read some extracts from the judgment o f Lon d e Tenterden, in the case of Thistlewood, as to the nature of th eh confirmation required to give weight to the evidence of t accom The lices. . e st Jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty eg-nose all the prisoners. Sentence was deferred, and the o,.`art at half-past ten o'clock. TUESDAY, MARCH 17. THE QUEEN AGAINST YEA ROCS O'CONNOR. rhtra This was an indictment for a seditious libel in the leer ducted Th e his Attorney-General, defencee y - G i n e n p e e r r a s 1 0 , n Mr. ,an d Star. S th e erjceaasnet excited Atcherley, an d ! is ; The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said the libel complained ° Wightman, conducted the prosecution ; Mr. O'Connor c° great i nterwar turbance of the peace, and insecurity or 'property. Free clig cui ; of a grievous nature, tending to produce insurrection, the sion was the birthright of Englishmen, but -no Governoiee could, consistently with its duty to the subject, allow publications which excited to the coinmiss l° : l ; crime to go on with impunity. The libel in 1 :1" 5 j3 - qh was in two aumbers of the Northern Star of th e e - Air and 20th of July last. The first was a Generali O'Connor, which the Learned Attorney Fundert;co - camei g, security and peace ?f tbe r ceeded to read. One article was headed " Rochdale Deem( in d h u e r ld ing a t t he th p e roc t e h e e d a i t n r g e s, in an ß d o n e i h ad d e al a e. ep ; o - . 1 ch dative to the proceedings at Birmingham. He said thp est pie were put down by physical force, and advised them to rend it by the sam e means : that cartridges shells, and pik es sh°° ol , be prepared ; an d spo k e o f hi mse lf as having given an i le Pfher to the doctrines of Chartism by the Northern Star. w. article was upon the subject of the arrest of Dr. Taylor at castle, and the disturbances in that town. The libel was put in and proved in the usual way. te en- Mr. O'Connor addressed the Jury in his defence. l'eelead.. deavoured to show, from a variety of quotations from the on., ing articles cf the Northern Star, that he had always heeurtoa posed to the doctrine of physical force. He dig reseeu e f the oreat many other topics relative to the government, ts of 'i . lrhigs, the Attorney-General himself, and Mr. Nu" Birmingham. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, and His LORDSHIP summed up the case, when ned a *et- The Jury retired for about ten minutes, and r etur diet of A Guilty. •udgmentther ' ATTORNEY .GENERAL p ano ra y e d immediate .1 but his Lordship declined to pass sentence, there beiog , prosecution Joseph Cl ay agai ns ton, t John the defendant at L Thomas oolPenthorpe,thaeln Joseph Bennison pleaded guilty to an indictment charging; rb t he with a seditious conspiracy to procure arms an d dist?_nuary public peace in the town of Sheffield, on the 12 th of Ja last. Joseph Robert Cox, Geo-ge Gullimore, James Bartholomew,edieted Ungard, Thomas fowls, and Joshua Clayford wer e for being present at a riotous and tumultuous assembly'? euitioue field, armed with William Martin was convicted of uttering certain s Cbsr t words at Sheffield, on the Bth of September last, in the : 4 , l . e at pikes, &c., on the 12th of September ist lodge-room, in Figtree.lane. The words contained ae.7 OL „, a et . Meg t:tra vkh.) v. ,oll ‘ l 4 4 ; r red. warrant against any of the Chartists. Sentences were —ewe"' I