The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-18 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 4 r00m. , The Nobility, Centr-, Subscribers, awl the Public, are respectfully , "nforme(l, that a GLAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE will take 'pla TEM EVENING, March 19, when will be performei • N A - M i, t. L A, Antun, Madame Castellaii ; Lisa, laden' • , olari; Count Itodolfo, SiP. P. Lablache ; Aiessio, Giubilci ; Sig. Gardon;. After which a Divertissement, in which will be pusented a Pas de taractere, composed by M. Paul Tagl!oni, the music‘y Signor Pogni, e ntitled La Slavonienue, and Galop a Sept Temps, by Mdlle. Itocati And M. Paul Taelioni. A Selection from DonlZettrs favourite Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. In which Signor Fraschinl will appear. -To conclude with a new Bullet, In Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag the music by Signor l'ugni, entitled TIIEA ; CU, LA. FEE AUX PLEURS. Principal characters by MUfle. C. Posati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, 2,L Paul &c. The following are the prices of Boxes and Stalls for this occa sion:—Boxes on the Pit Tier, Four Guinea. ; on the Ground. Tier, Five Guintas ; on the First Pair; Four G Aiue.‘S ; mt Ihe Second Pair, Three•;.nd-a•ilall Guineas ; l'it StAls, 2 a. ; Gallery Stalls, Sa. Applications to be m :de at the liox•ellice of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALI k N 4 tPERA, COVENT GARDEN, Established fctr the purpos , of rendering a more pertect perthrmance 'f the Lyric Mama tit in has hitherto been attained in this country. kinder• the Direet•on and Managetnent oc Mr. liElLe. 'lyre Noblity. Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectfully in- Permed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the tint wvk In April. It Aroposed to produce, in the course of the • eason, some of the established works of Cimaro. a, Mozart, Rogslin, Moyerbeer, and others of the more amiern Italian School, inclnding Operas by Rellini, Dont- Mereetlante, and Verdi, on a scale of the Irmo t perfecton i every department ; to which intent the mana , enient has assemb ed a Company embracing ;he greatest and most varied a eat in Europe. r 'mu SOPRAIs I --Madame Grist and Madame Persian! (her tint appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and MdPe. Steflanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap pearance in this couutry). CONTRALTL—Signera.Alhoni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, Ind of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this coantry), and Mademoiselle Corbari. T Mirk), Signor Salrator Lavia (of the Imperial ?theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signor Tull! (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear mice in this country), and Signor Salsa (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PIII3II BASSI BAR ITONl—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio noncont. Plll3ll BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, 11118 first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and 'Signor Polon!ni (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appear nee in this country.) PRI M I BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, Ws first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Revere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame Antoluetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amaila Liner!, Mademoiselle Luigina Bethel. Seconds Tenore—Siguor Emmanuele Slano (of the Theatre San Carlo in Naples). director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. • A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced 4 Alnger, will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— Signor lionconsiglio. Prompter —.ignut' Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, :tinned of Artistes possessing the highest saccutive powers, will compri.e among its members Eighty distin guished pl'olessors. The Military Band of tin Coldstream Guards twill be mider..the directi - m cf Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected In the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Morello. The BALLET, of a brilliant and coolly charact.r, will close the Performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, daring the season, the lisllowing eminent Masseuses will appear: --Premieres Dansense—Mademoiselle Demi- Satre (el the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Berths (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna. her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Ma•irld), Mademoiselle Marietta Iladerna (of the Theatre La Stcala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (ef the Academie Royale de Piin). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Parl;), Monsieur Gentle '(of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur l'erdinando Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Mitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Shasta (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dense Mr. olo'lleyan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Claret (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). Lab TIik:A.TRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, telegant, and comfortable, it has been entirely reconstructed and alocoritted, under the immediate direction and after designs of U. Albatio, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilatioa. Tine Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsouby. The Manazement has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri., and Veranli (of the Theatre Italien, in Paris), to embellish the ctiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found improved, by a carriage way being formed immediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can !cave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence or" Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to 1)e obtained at the Box 0111 e ,,, Bow-street; and at )Icssrs. Cramer, Bea!e, and CO.'S, 201, Bac:ail-street. . TIIE.ITRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. TUN EVENING ----- Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count .krnheim, Mr. il'ir:al4l; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus Mr. Rafter ; Devilshcor, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the _Gipsies, Mrs. Uughes; Arline, Miss Itainforh. To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled SPANISH GALLAN TRIES. Principal ehara tors by Mn. Croce, Adrieu, Tell; Mdlles. - Baderna, Louise, ..dUe, tat. Lenin and lienard. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. MR. PARSi).NS BENE II I'. Mr. PARSON'S, Box lt , ,, , ok.keep,r, resowtfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the that hi.* ANNUAL BENEFIT is fixed for TrIV:,AT NEXT, arch 23. Prtratz b.,xes, stalls, tickets, and places to be had of Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. - L - 1:ler the Al tn.:gement of Mr. ►t. Webster, sole Lessee. TIIN EVENING • Will be pertbrite I the Comedy of THY, CLANDESTINE MAR RIAGE. Lord Ogl,by, Mr. Farrell; Loveivell, Mr. Hell; 14r. Itnekstone ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover; Fanny Sterling, Miss J. Bennett; Betty, Mrs. Huniby ; Trusty, Mss Wou!ds. To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Ex:ravaganza, c Med THE INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Dd:ghts. Priac 7 pal character; by Mr. James Bland, Miss P.Horton, Ms, L. t. Thu:Mu ;ham, Miss Reynolds, and 'Miss Julia Bennett. THK,\TRE ROYNL, LYCEUM. Umler the Mamwernent or Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING bq pt.,rfermed the Drama of MAItTIti CIIUZZLEWIT. Tamil Ilailey, Mrl. Keeley; Salrey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; reek :miff, Mattliewa ; Tizg, Mr. Wigan ; Chtizzlewlt, Mr. Emery ; finch, ?dr. 3lealnws. To eoncinde with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TH E ENC HANTED FOREST; or, Bear, Eagie, and Dolph 11. Princial characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Brom'ey. ..diss E. Daly, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Howard, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Meadowa, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kin'ocli, Mr. Bellingham, and Mr. Wigan. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL T - nder the direction of Ilnilaine Celeste TIIIS EVENING Will he performed an original Drama, aled THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy story. Cheap John. Mr. Wright; Istunarl, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leyhourne, Zr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; titarlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwqliam; Lady .Vg,ties, Miss Harding. Arer tyh eb, the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Characters by Messrs. Cullenford, \Vaye, Wright, Stoker, Mrs. Laws, Mica Taylor, and Mrs. Matthews. To conclude with the Faref, of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Yr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, kir. dlonyar.r, }llzs Harding, rani 3113 s Chapan wi;l perform. PRINCESS'S T:IEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. J. M. Maalox, sole' Lessee and 3lana.ger. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera, entitled TIIE NIGHT DANCERF,. Albcr:, Mr. Allen; Giselle, Miss Anr.c Ilorner. After which. a Concert by the New Orleans ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. To conclude with the *taw Drama, entitled DREAMS OF THE BEART. Itrienne, V . :. Ryder; Clermont, Mr Hughes; Bouteville, .31r. Vinnin4 ; v. Harris llermine, Mrs. Stirling; Baroness, osbroke; Tereslne, Ml:a Marsli:,ll. IItENCII PLAYS. —ST. JAME , 'S TiIEATILE. tess,ye, Mr. John FOR TIIP. BENlira or M. LAFONT. TO-MORROW EVENING, • Will h' p:rreritictl the Cemedie of LE CAPITA INE ROQUE. FINETrN. Eakolt ; I>»rou dg iliebranelie, 31. C.ar:igny ; liaronne de Villcbranclie, Mllle Vallee. which, the Ceined e Van lev:1 e, entitl d MARIAM'. AC 14 .M I - tOUR. Lambert, M. Lawnt ; Fleur des Pols, M. A. 10116 CZ ; 1.0 i6e d'Obernay, Farguel. I i;i., l ct, l.is. GI.. Stalls, ; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, an4l the performances commence at Eight. Private t!”xes, aa,l Plack.s may be enga4ed at Mitchell's I , lbrar.y. 33, 1;ond-streot ; and &t the Box-office. LT:11021 AN S , ;EiII:',NADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebratvd 'ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White. Stanweeal, and O4rllloll, will have the honour of repeat in 'heir Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVEpiING (Tlmiadny), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors or Asa Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at halt-past. Elatt. 'their next DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on MONDAY MORNING, March 22. The Performance Will commence at taif-past Two o'clock. The Programme will be variel on each Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. rLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor, Air. W. liatO • Varlet the patronarte of the Queer., Prince Albert, and other Members of tie Royal Family. Tins EV - Will be rerformed Sir Walter S E cott's ( KENILWORTH ; or, The (klden Days of England's Elizabeth. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. The Performance of M. Pablo Faunae and his highl::--tralued Steed. To conclude with a favourite Afterplece.. BOX,:lice open iron& eleven tin nee o'clock.—Doors ODC: at via latt c romenze at halt-past als o'clock.—Stage Manner, Mr. W. ttroadfoot. ZIGYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mr,. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Domestic Drama (founded on the Novel vf the same name), entitled LILLY DA‘VSON ; or, A Poor t.irl's story. Principal charoe:ers by Messrs. Lewi , Johnson, llctdop, :Saville, Phelps, Fredericks, MI), Nevi:le, Miss Te rey, Mrs. 'Vining, and Mrs. Saville. After wide., DON GIOVANNI; or, A Spectre on Horseback. Leporello, Mr. Vale. To cotaelude with ihe Melo-Drama ofJONA7 HAN BRADFORD ; or, The Murder at the Roadside Inn. Scruanidge, Mr. Yale; Rack bo Ha, Mr. Hornier ; Ann Bradtbrd, Mrs. Homier. Box•othee open from eleven till tbur o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, ?boxes, Is., Half price, ad.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. Privato Doze!, IL Is. and 61. THIS EVENING . _ Will Uc rerformed SIMON LEE; or, The Murder at the Five rit!ds Copse. Characti rs by NI emrs. lick,, Hale, Forman, Howard, ilird, MIS 3 Vincent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Pearce, kc. To coaeluue with THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON ; or, The Hidden Treasures of the Cross. Supported bythe entire strength of the Company. CESSATION OF FOOD DISTURB- ANCES IN THE NORTH. MA.acu 12.—1 t. gives (13 the sincerest pl e a s u re in havi ; g to statt:, that shipment of grain has beFn pro secutt.d here this week, without the slightest attempt at int , rruption, and that cher. is not the very least appear ance of any further exiirbition of popular feeling against its exportation. Or the wounded parties, the girl has alnaoq quit- recovered,• but the man has been, and still Is, a great sufferer. Tuusso.—Aii is quiet *here once more. On Wedoes day, a boat's cargo of meal was sent off to tho High lands, but no feeling of opposition was manifested. CASTLETOVIrain has been shipped here un interruptedly, and the people seena resolute en th e pre servation of that .order and peace for which the i n .. habitants of Cast!etown have gained Each a good name. ea,ppreliended for mobbing perna,(7l er lodged week have iu the gaol of Wick and rioting, Caledonian ere Airy. on these charges.— THEATEE-.ROYAL, DEURINLANE.—Baife,s opera of The Bondman is to be represented to - morrow eve which occasion her Majesty , his Ro y al Highness evening. on 1 1 Albert, and their suite, wil l honour the theatre wi th their ' presence. Tun GROCBRS' CuMPANY..—Yesterday the Wor shipful Company of Grocer's distributed at their Hall, in the Poultry, 104 i. to necessitous freemen of the company, and their widows. About fifty persons of both SOLES were the recipients, the sums given varied from 1/. to 5/., according to the exigency of each case. This was the second distri bution of the 841112 amount made by the company this year. THE •SUN', LON DO Ni 3 Tit URSDA y_ EVEN IN G, MARCH lB, 1847:i In 3 vols., Dout Svo, R. DISHAELPS NEW WORK, TANCRED; OR, THE NEW CRUSADE, • , IS NOW READY. Henry CoRM - 1. 1, Publ:,,ner, 13, Great Marlborough .street. Orders rcceix ea 1):, all Book , elleis, and at all the Libraries. Now ready, in I Vol. r with Illustrations by Leech and George Crulk shank, wad two Portraits of the Author, price 10s. 6d. bound, THE NEW AND CONCLUDING SERIES OF THE INGOLDSB LEGENDS; Or, MIRTH and MARVELS. And other POEMS. With a MEMOIR of the AUTHOR. EDITED by his SON. New editions of the First and _Second Series of Bill Work may be obtained of all Booksellers. " Of the school to which he belonged Ingoldsby may well be called Poet Laureate. , It is long since the town has been prese ,, te I with so racy a body of anecdotes as are to be found In his lifit."—Athenmuta. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. F, 1 I I3Uti.i REVIEW, IN O. ULXX 11. ADVERTISEMENTS for insertion in No. 172 of the EDIN BURG!! REVIEW, are requested to be sent to the Publishers by WEDNESDAY, the 31st inst.; and BILLS on or before FRIDAY, April the 2d. 31), Pau-rnoster-row, March 18, 1847. I.IE WEATHEIL—tiuN OincE, MARCH 18. .I , :IiMCNICTER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest. 57 ; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29.92. Wind S., tine sut shiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Iforning .. 41 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 3 minutes after 3. imposts formerly levied upon raw cotton, amounting an nually to 700,0001., by the abolition of the duties upon wool, by the permanent establishment of free trade. In gratitude, if not in mere feirness—as the barter ing of one advantage for another— he would require those sacrifices from the manufacturers. But Lord • JOHN RUSSELL assumed a loftier ground ; he utterly denied that sacrifices of any description would result from the operation of the sateme then under consideration ; or, if any sacrifice were inevitable, it would be a sacrifice from the operatives themselves. The previous ex penses of that department of commerce would remain altogether unaffected, e and the only difference conse quent upon the new arrangement would be fair ten or eleven hours' wages for ten or eleven hours' work, instead of as heretofore, twelve hours' wages for twelve hours' work. That would necessarily be the only difference in the disbursements of the manufacturers. Providing, again, it be remonstrated that it appears a cruelty instead of a kindness to compel the female and infant labourers to receive a lesser amount of payment for a larger amount of leisure, the Premier justly observed that the working classes themselves " are willing to run the risk 1" That is conclusive logic. In considering the immediate effect which would be consequent upon this enactment, Lord JOHN calculated that there might reasonably be a lesser wear and tear of the machinery, and a lesser con sumption of oil, coal, tallow, and other articles in the factories, from the smalleramount of the time occupied in work. With all deference, we conceive that the Noble Lord's calculation was nullified by a subsequent estimate in his speech, for supposing that the operatives are employed more continuously and uninterruptedly throughout the twelvemonth—that they are em ployed on the average ten hours per diem from the Ist of January to the 31st of December, instead of being doomed, as under the existing system, to inter mittent paroxysms of drudgery and idleness, toiling one week twelve hours per diem, and another aban doned to the Mother of Sin and the beer shop by the total stoppage of the mills—supposing this salutary change be accomplished by 111 r. FIELDEN'S measure (as it will inevitably be accomplished), the amount of labour on the termination of the year will be the same, the wear and tear of the machinery will be the same, the consumption of oil, coal, tallow, gas, and other articles required in the factories will be 5o far equivalent to the former ex penditure, as to present no perceptible difference. We cannot perceive, indeed, in this great scheme of Charity, indications of anything calculated to be in jurious either to the manufacturers or to the opera tives; we cannot but believe that it must, in the "long run," be mutually advantageous, while, at the same time, it will purge the land of an incalculable wickedness and effectually counteract a social poison. Notwithstanding the impressive warnings that have so constantly been given, both in and out of the Legislature, the same unaccountable apathy appears to continue in Ireland as to the preparation of the soil for the ensuing harvest. The fields still remain uncultivated ; the occupations of husbandry are almost wholly suspended, while time that cannot be recalled —every moment of which is now of the greatest importance—is passing away. It cannot be that labourers are not to be procured. Although 708,000 are at this moment actually engaged on the public works, they have only been so occupied because they were unable to obtain adequate employment for the sui port of their families from private sources—and a full opportunity has been afforded to every indivi dual requiring men for the cultivation of his land to obtain them, on making application for that purpose to the superintendents of the works, who would, thereupon, assign a sufficient number, and it the persons specified refused to work in the manner indicated, they would forthwith be discharged from the public works, and com pelled to find employment as they best could from private sources. It is puerile, therefore, to say that a sufficiency of labour could not be obtained. We fear that the true cause for this culpable negligence is, the idea that has unfortunately been too prevalent, that the Government would not only supply seed sufficient for the lands, hut that they • would also send the labourers from the public work,. on the lands of the small proprietors and tenant• farmers,' and that thus they would be brought into tillage without either trouble or expense to the occu pants. There was nothing of greater consequence than that their minds should be disabused of this impression, that they should know the full extent the assistance that can be afforded to them by any possibility. The manly and decided manner in which the Premier spoke out during the past week, in which he so positively stated that nothing v ould be done by the Government fur the cultivation of the soil, must have this effect when it has been generally known throughout the country. The landlords are now fully warned : they know what must await them if there is a perseverance in the grievous error. The withdrawal or diminution of the potato crop will occasion a necessity for a con- • siderable increase in the quantity of grain, and yet there will be a lamenteble deficiency on the average of ordinary years. Let not the proprietors suppose that England would again step forward as she has dare on the present occasion. Ot course she wculd not, under any circum. stances, suffer the people, whatever might be their faults, to perish by wholesale. They should be relieved, but the cost of that relief would be levied from the properties of these by whose default it was rendered necessary. An efficient poor-law will be in force ; let them beware how they multiply the claim ants on the fund. Able-bodied labourers will be en titled to out-door relief, and must be provided for, either in industry or idleness, and the employ. ment which is now optional will in a brief period become compulsory. What might fairly be regarded as a national calamity, when occasioned by the visitation of PROVIDENCE, will be looked on in a very different light, when its origin may be traced to the negligence of a particular alas . And this country would no longer sanction the appli cation of its finances (the amount of the taxation levied on the industry of its artizans as a relief fund) until the entire means of the defaulters were ex hausted. We do not offer these observations from any feel ing of hostility to the Irish landlords, but as a means of awakening them from their trance before it is too late. It is not to reproach them for the errors or mistakes of former times or bygone years, or to create a public feeling against them, but because there.is as yet the opportunity of retrieving' thou' position. The golden moment has not yet gone by. "There is a light cloud on the moon, 'l' is passing, and will pass full soon i" and if that period be taken due advantage of, all will let he well ; otherwise, we shudder at the contem plation of the misery and suffering that must be the result. The landlords are placed in the vanguard, they must sustain the first brunt of the encounter, but all other classes in Ireland are deeply interested in averting so fearful a calamity. The Roman Catholic clergy pos sess extraordinary power and influence over the minds of the people. Surely there never was a time when that influence could be more legitimately exercised. If the proprietors set their own shoulders to the wheel, and are aided by the clergy in their several districts, there will be little danger. The relief com mittees also should exert themselves. Twenty per cent. of the labourers will be discharged from the public works on Saturday next ; a new sphere of employment should be pro vided, and what could be more proper than that which will provide for the maintenance of the people during the coming year? However be neficial the measures may be which tend to the ulti mate regeneration of Ireland, the present one is of paramount importance, and cannot with impunity be further postponed or delayed. Under the head of Nfival Intelligence from Ports mouth the following- paragraph was published in a morning jmper of yesterday "Preparation was trade this morning fur inflicting the punishment awarded by the court-martial upon John Savage, A. 8., deserter from the St. Vincent, but an Admiralty order came to hand just in time to stop that portion of the sen tence frOm being inflicted. The imprisonment and forfeit of all pay will be put in force at once." The circumstances of the trial were these :—The prisoner, an able seaman of her MAJESTY'S ship St. Vincent, was absent from his duty on the 6th List. ; tbe 540. - igorninii he was found concealed on board a schooner lying in Portsmouth harbour. Charged as a deserter before a court-martial; which assembhd last wick to try him, the prisoner made no defence. Ile received, however, a good character from Captain MILNE and the master-at arms of the St. Vincent. The Court passed the following sentence :—" The prisoner to receive Jiffy lashes on his bare back with a cat-o'•nine tills on board - the St. Vincent; to forfeit all pay due for his services ; and to be imprisoned in WinchestLr gaol for twelve calendar months with hard labour." We rejoice that the Admiralty saved the man from corporal infliction. We hail this fact as a guarantee that, when Admiral DUNDAS and his official colleagues wisely admonished the House of Commons, during the debate which ensued on fir. Iluma's motion for returns of corporal punishment on board her MA JESTY'S ships, not to suffer officers to be influenced, in punishing or pardoning offences, by the fear of annual lists being laid upon the tables of the Legis lature; but, on the contrary, to give them distinctly to understand that, for the proper discharge of their duties, they were alone amenable to the Board of Admiralty—they were intent, as far as in them lay, on consulting the feelings of the public, consistently with the mainte nance of discipline in the service. We have, in the case before us at once an - earnest of their sincerity and humanity. Next to the desirableness of abolish• ing the cat-o'-nine tails, so soon as we shall have succeeded, by improved methods of organization, in manning our ships with a superior class of men, is that of a just discrimination in the use of this instru ment of torture and degradation. We certainly do not desire to reflect upon the officers forming the court-martial which decided upon the above sentence. There were amongst them men of ability, experience, and distinction in the service; and we are not of those who, when men have performed a painful duty to the best of their judgment, and because their sen tence does not happen to accord with our own views, rush to the conclusion that they are less benevolent than other people. But we consider they would have exercised a sounder discretion had they confined their sentence within the limits to which it has been reduced by the Ad miralty. Desertion is a serious offence, but it may become much aggravated according to circumstances. If the offence were largely on the increase, presenting difficulties in the way of keeping up the requisite complements of men—if it were committed on foreign stations, or in periods of actual war, in such cases, so long as the power of corporal infliction remains vested in the officers, it might be exercised in the least objeeticinable manner ; but we hold that, if at all, the lash should be reserved for the worst of criminals. Amongst this class the able seaman in question could not be classed ; for both his captain and the muster•at-arms commended his character: The sentence he will undergo is sufficiently severe for his offence, which he committed in a hsrbour where there could, or ought to, be no difficulty' in supplying his place on board the St. Vincent. We highly approve of the course pursued by the Admi ralty, and we hope that the sound discrimination which they herein evinced will not be .witiroUtaitE due effect upon all future courts-martial. A letter from Cairo, of the 16th uit., states that the corn crops of Egypt for the present year are of the most promising appearance. In some parts of Lower Egypt the ear is beginning to form, and the harvest will be got in by the end of the next month. Or the last year's harvest there still remains in,_tglyA about 600,000 ardebs (1,032,000 hectolitres) of corn of every species fit for exportation, which makes the total amount of grain for this purpose, from the harvest of 184 G; 1,200,000 ardebs. A great number of ve:.sels had lately arrived in the port of Alex andria, and among them seventeen or eighteen French, taking in cargoes fur Marseilles. The charge for freight had fallen. We have received a letter from Pisa, of the 7th, in which it is stated that a political demonstration took place in that town on the occasion of the arrival of the Archduke FERDINAND of Este, brother of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, who, during the events of Gallicia last year was civil and military governor of that province. In the course of the day numerous groups assembled before the palace which he inhabits, in order to give him a charioari at the moment of his appearance in public. The authorities called out the gendarmerie and dispersed the crowd. But at mid ' aight a loud detonation was heard, which caused a great sensation in the town. The people had succeeded in placing a petard under the very roof of the palace, and had set lire to it. The commotion caused by the , xplosi , )n was very great, and broke the windo,vs of ,he palace and the neighbouring houses. Great agi tation i.revails at Pisa. Every day writings contain ing allusions and gross invectives against the Aus trians are stuck up in the streets. The police is on the look out i'or the guilty parties, and it is stated that it has already made some arrests. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY has just decided that the regular army shall be increased. A letter from Nice states that great agitation pre vails atnong,t the peasantry of Lombardy owing to the dearness of provisions, and that disturbances were apprehended. Two regiments had arrived in the neighbourhood of Milan, and others were on their march. Madrid papers of the 11th have arrived. s In answer to questions put to them in the Cortes, the Ministers declared that , notwithstanding the high price of provisions a n d the scarcity of corn, they could d of g not take upon, Theon'helves to prohibit th e ex portationtiet is, that immense ex portations of grain have recently taken place from Santander to France, and as MuNoz, CHRISTINA'S husband, is, it is said, engaged in the speculation, of course no attempt wid be made to prevent this ex portation. The Political Chief of Saragossa has been removed. The Eco del Cotnercio states that the accounts relative to the Carlist movements are becoming every day more alarming. It was said that many workmen had left Berga to join the movement. In the town of Almanza, province of Soria, on the 7th bands of Carlists paraded the streets in defiance of the authorities. The Alarchioness of LoULH has left Madrid for Portugal. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 11.—Tbe Three per Cents. were done at 301 fur cash ; the Five per Cents. at 191 ; the Debt, without interest, at 54 ; and the Coupons at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The ilioniteur cgntains a royal ordonnance, grant ing an extraordinary credit of four millions of francs to the Minister of the Interior, for advances in aid of public works'in the communes. The Education Bill, %%hid' was to have been pre sented to tin Chambers on Mon*lay, has been post poned for a month. There has been a large export if specie during last week for corn payments; yet, notwithstanding the continued import of grain, the price continues to rise. In the Paris Halle, on Mon day, there was a further rise on wheat of 3f. 20c. the 100 kilogrammes. It is said that M. GUIZOT is by no means pleased with the last dispatches received from Constantinople. The French Ambassador stands alone there in his support of ConErrit, the Greek Minister, and is com pletely isolated, as the representatives !of England, Austria, and Russia, afford an united and powerful support to the S ULTAN . France, however, it would seem, has an eye to t er ritorial acquisition in the Meditterranean at the ex pense of Turkey — she is desirou s o f possess i ng Tunis. A letter f rom T ou l on o f the 12th says— "The Prince de Joinville was expected here on the even isg N the loth, and the troops of the garrison had received orders to be ready to receive him, but inte l l i g ence soon arrived th at his. Royal Highness had stopped at Marsei l les, and that h e in:ended entering Toulon incognito. The. Prince arrived here yesterday at a late hour, and after stop ping for a few tninutes.at the hotel of the maritime prefect, went on board the Souverain, in which be intends hoisting hi s flag. I'o-d ay the Prince went to pay a visit to the In. , faute Don Henry, at the hotel of the Croix d'Or. The four vessels under the orders of the Prince have taken in their pro visions, and have received orders to be ready to weigh anchor at a moment's notice. It is believed that they are to proceed to Tunis, but nothing is as yet known with cer tainty. The squadron, which at present consists of the Sou. verain (three -decker), the Ocean (three-decker), the Inflex ible, of 90 guns, and the Jupiter, of 80, is' expected to leave the port before the 9 0th. The Friedland (three-decker)-and the Jena, 90 guns, have also been ordered round from Brest. The day before yesterday Don Henry gave a grand dinner, to which the chief maritime, municipal, 'and military au thoritie3 were invited." The Phare de Bayonzie has a paragraph which states that Spain has given leave to the French Go verment to establish coal depots and military hos pitals at Port Mahon. This announcement is not credited in Paris, but it is no doubt put forward as a feeler. • Accounts from Algiers state that Marshal BUGEAUD is confined-to his bid by illness. Serious food riots have occurred in the Western Departments. Several regiments have been ordered to . march to the frontiers of Spain, to be ready in the event of a Carlist outbreak. The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 70c.; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2521. 50c.; Rouen, 846 f. 25c.; Havre, 666t1 25e. ' • Great Northern, 605 f.; Avignon, 785 f. ; Vi erzon , 557 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 50.5 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 295 f. ; Basle, 201 f. 25c. ; Dieppe, 330 r. ; Paris and Strashurg 442 t. 50e. ; Nantes, 4361. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 455 f ; Lyons and: Avignon, 460 f.; Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 311%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Mnacu 17. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 117, Great Indian Peninsular, %--Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 4% —Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 6;Q—Paris and Lyons, 6) "LSanthre and Meuse, 6%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was dull yesterday, and prices are now 1 per lb. lower than in January. Sales, 3,000 bales, including 2,200 American, at 64d. to 7d. Shares had been very fiat again. There are no later accounts in the City to-day from foreign parts, except the usual continental mails; and from Paris the report of the Money Market is not very satisfactory. This morning one of the most important meetings that has been held in the Bank court-room fur many years past took place (a full report of which will be Mund in another part of The Sun). The Stock market has been very flat again this morning, with scarcely any one venturing to enter into business, because of the uncertainty as to the course which the Bank of England might think proper to adopt. Consols have realised BS I / 8 % for Money, and the same fur time. The Consols Scrip is to 1 discount. Exchequer-bills have been par to 3s. premium. East India Stock is worth 247. The Forei g n Investments have been very dull. Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted 34, and Dutch Two- and a-Halt per Cents. 57i to 58. Shares have been neglected. _ The Bank of England directors have just broken up, and there is no notice issued for an advance in .the rate of in , terest.' BRIT:SII FUNDS. ONE HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to beer appeals. The Peers pre sent were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. DAELETT AND OTHERS V. THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAIL .WA Y COMPANY. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, which were commenced on Tuesday, were resumed to-day, Mr. Smythe followin g Mr. Bethell on behalf of the respondents, the Stockton and Dar lington Railway Company. The appellants are directors and shareholders of the Joint-Stoek County of Durham Coal Company. For the transit of coals sent by them by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and by the Clarence Rail way (of which the respondents are directors and share holders) to Port Clarence for exportation, the respondents claimed payment at the rate of 2 1 / t d. per ton per mile, under provision of their Acts of Parliament. The appellants were unwilling to pay more than %el. per ton per mile. This dispute between the parties begt.n in 1836, and it was agreed between them that the ar.pellatits should continue to pay the former charge, under protest, and without prejudice to their right to recover the excess, in the event of their succeeding in an action, which they were to bring, to try whether the former or latter sum was the proper Parliamentary charge. A special verdict was found in that action, and, upon the discussion on it, in the Court of Common Pleas, it was decided that the sum of 1 / 2 d. per ton per mile for transit of the appellants' coals was the proper charge under the Acts for construction of the said railway s. The respondents brought a writ of error on that judgment in the Court of Exchequer Chamber, and failing in obtaining a reversal there, they brought their writ of error in this House, the re su lt of which was an affirmance of thej udgment of the Court of Common Pleas. Pending the proceedings at law, and before the last writ of error was brought, the appellants filed their bill in Chancery. stating the proceedings at law, and that notwithstanding the judgment there in favour of the appellants, the respondents refund to refund the excess of the sums paid by the appel lants beyond the %d. per ton per mile. The respondents put in their answer, and alleged that of the sum before claimed by them for tonnage %d. was for haulage of the coals, and other services rendered by them to the appellants in the transit of their coals. Several orders were made in the cause by the Vice• Chancellor, in pursuance of which the sums constituting the excess between the established Parlia mentary charge, and the charge of W. were paid, first into a bank, and part afterwards into court, and vested in the public funds to abide the decree. By the decree made in the cause, after this House gave judgment on the writ of error, the Vice-Chancellor ordered all sums paid by the appellants to be paid back, under reduction not only of the id. per ton, for the transit, but another id. per ton for haulage of•the coals; and his Honour also ordered the appellants to pay the respondents their costs in the cause, on the ground that the suit was not necessary, and the filing of the bill was prema ture, inasmuch as all matters in dispute would have been decided by the action if the appellants had waited for the final judgment in it. _ Mr: Stuart and Mr. Faber were heard on Tuesday for the appellant, and Mr. Bethell for the respondents. (The arguments had not concluded when our Afternoon Edition went to press.) VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vice-CneNcELLon. of ENGLAND.) JOY V. BIRCH. The arguments in this case, which have already occupied the Court several days, were resumed this morning. The case, which has been many years in this Court, came before his Honour upon further directions, and the,sole question for decision was, whether the purchaser of a certain estate could be compelled under the agreement to pay interest on such portions of the fund as had not been paid at the time he en tered into possession. A gentleman named Birch, so long ago as the year 1812, contracted for the purchase of the estate in question, called the East and West Wrethain Estate, si tuated in Norfolk, being partly leasehold and partly freehold property, for a sum of 95,0004 The estate was at that time charged with several mortgages, and it was arranged be tween the parties that the purchaser should be permitted to dispose of certain portions of the purchase-money in clearing off the incumbrances, which part of the agreement was even tually carried into effect. . It was further agreed that Mr. Birch, upon entering, should be entitled to the rents and profits from the preceding Michaelmas; that the conveyances and assurances should be prepared as speedily as possible, and that the interest on the residue of the purchase-money should not commence until Lady-day then next; and by a subsidiary agreement it was provided that if the instruments were not executed by that time, then that the interest should commence from the time of the execution thereof: Owing to the embarraseed 'state of" the property, and the claims of iccumbrancers, it had been found impossible to complete the contract, and a bill was accordingly filed for specific performance, which came on for hearing in the year 1830, When a decree was made by his Honour directing the performance of the former agreement, as stated by the later one. Against this decree an appeal was entered, but the Lord Chaneellor ailiftned the judgment of his Honour. The matter was then curried to the House of Lords, where, after argument, their Lordships affirmed substantially the decision of tile Lord Chancellor. Since.that time, the purchaser had continued in pOisession of the estate, and had received the rents and profits ; and the question now was, whether he was bound to pay interest on a sum of about 9,000/., which was the residue of the fund. (The arguments had not concluded when our Afternoon Edition weut to press.) BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) ,William Clayton, a boy of about sixteen years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with obtaining money under false pretences. It appeared that the prisoner had been errand-boy to Mr. Nind, paper-hanger, Fleet-street, and was discharged about a week ago, and that he had since called upon several of Mr. Nind's customers and had received money due to him. Mr. Nind had authorised the prisoner to receive moneys for him while in his service. The prisoner's defence was, that Mr. Nind owed him some money for wages, and had refused to pay him. He got the money which he knew to be due to Mr. - Nind for the purpose of paying himself. Mr. Nind said, that when the prisoner called at his shop to demand the arrear due to him, he was told that if his aunt (with whom he lived, having no parents) would call for it, it would be laid to her. As Mr. Ni . nd suspected that some pawnbrokers duplicates, which were tound on the prisoner, retorted to property which he had missed while the prisoner was in his service, and as • Mr. lIALL was anxious that his relations should be in• formed of his situation (of which they were as yet ignorant), and should be caked upon to attend, the worthy magistrate remaLdeti the prisoLer to Monday. WORSHIP-STREET.--(THIS DAY. Police-sergeant No. 2 N, stated that a man named John Finith had attempted self-Lsti uction by cutting his throat with a knife he had conceded about his person, in one of the cells of th, Robert-street police-station, where he was -oon afterwards found in a state of insensibility. :Messrs. Ilawdter and CJward, surgeons, were at once sent for, and on their arrival they directed his immediate removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where, on inquiry this morning re• specting him, it was stated that he was alive, but was not expected long to survive. He had been taken into custody for robbing his fellow-workmen of their tools. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) _Henry Potter was charged with stealing a piece of printed calico from the shop of Mr. Reece, linen-araper, Blackfriars road. _ _ _ _ Prosecutor said, about six o'clock last evening the print dress was hanging on a line inside the doorway, and about ten minutes afterwards the prisoner was brought into the shop by a deaf and dumb man, with the article in his possession. The latter person gave his evidence through the medium of his fingers, by which it appeared that as he was passing the complainant's shop he saw the prboner enter the door, snatch the print off the line, and run away with it. He pursued him and brought him back to the shop, when he was given into the custody of a policeman. The prisoner was committed. BANK OF EINGLANI)—(THIS DAY.) A special general court of the governor, directors, and proprietors et the Bank of England was held this day, within the Court-room, for the purpose of docile! ing the divi dend fur the halt-year ending the 27th of February last. At twelve o'clock precisely' the Governor, Mr. Heath, the Deputy-Governor, Mr. Rubinson, and several directors en tered the room. There was a very full attendance of the proprietary. The minutes of the last court having been read and confirmed, The GOVERNOR proceeded to address the proprietors. He said—Geutlemen, according to the form prescribed by this court, it is my duty to acquaint you that this is one of the half-yearly general courts appointed by the bye-laws for the purpose of considering a, dividend ; and I have farther to acquaint you that the directors, having con sidered the state of the banking accounts, are of opinion, that a dividend may be made, if the Court think fit to agree to it, of 81 per cent. interest, payable on the sth of April next, without any deduction. You may wish to know some particulars with respect to the rest, and I have therefore to inform you that on the 28th February, 1846, The rest was .. . £3,689,430 On the 31st August 3,839,753 On the 27th February, 1847 making an increase on the half-year of 59,4691., or an in crease to be added to the rest on the whole year of 209,7921 A Peorom•roit wished to know whether there was a con tinued and further increase till the 6th of March ? The GOVERNOR said they were dealing with the question of the 27th February, on which their proceedings were based, and could not therefore affect the period referred to by the lion. Proprietor. Mr. I,Evr asked what was to be the bonus? They had been led at the last meeting to expect a large increase on this year, and he thought they had a right to expect it. If any thing serious were to happen at this time which should derange the affairs of the Bank, the proprietors would require to subscribe to make up any deficiency, and he considered it therefore a hard case that in a season of prosperity the proprietors should not have a corresponding benefit. H e trusted that the implied promise made to the proprietors on the last occasion would be redeemed. The GOVERNOR explained that what he had stated to the propri-,tors on the last occasion was, that the Governor and the Court of Directors would have much pleasure in meeting the views of the proprietors, when they thought that could with propriety and with a due regard to other interests be done, as this was probably the last time when he should have the honour to appear before them as Governor, he should have been proud and happy to propose an increased dividend ; but he thought the proprietors would see that there were peculiar circumstances abroad at that moment which rendered caution and prudence more than ever neces sary on the part of the directors. Mr. Panne: DE WistTox was sorry to find that so small a dividend was declared as 31. 10s. per cent. lie did not wish to impugn the conduct of the direetorB, as he thought they had done their duty by the proprietors, more especially the gentleman who had just addressed them. As respected him, ho had during the period of his govereorship devoted the greater part of his time and attention to the fur therance of their interests; and they had reason, therefore, to feelobliged to that gentleman. With respect to the profits on this halfyear, he mild show that they would amply justify an increased dividend to the proprietors ; for deducting the rest of October 10,1 t4l, from th e rest of February 1847, he found that they had realised no less a sum titan 506,0621., which would give them very nearly four per cent. Under these circum - stances, he did not see that they should not have four per cent. He, as an old banker, well know, and was fully con vinced, that 4,000,000/. was as much as could be required for working this establishment, with a profit to those connected with it. Ile should therefore propose as an amendment, that, the dividend, instead of being 31. 10s. should be 41. per cent. The Bank had now an amount to work upon of rather more than 24,000,000/. which they might turn to account. They had also the interest of 3 per cent, on 11,000,000/. of loans to Government. If they made 4 per cent. on their twenty-four millions, and 3 per cent. on their eleven millions, they would return in the year 1,290,000/. He thought that the proprietors ought to derive some present advantage from this prosperous state of things instead of leaving all to their executors. He consi dered that they owed a debt of gratitude to Sir Robert Peel 5 .,,T 4UI • sr, • 0, DIE U , , bitori "" r s ,. • eirmmit LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1847. The Commons met at Twelve. On the order of the day being read for the second reading of the rating of Tenements Bill, several Mem bers expressed a wish that the Bill should be postponed, in order to enable the House to go into Committee on the Factories' Bill ; ultimately Mr. BRIGHT moved the adjonratrent of the debate, which was carried by & ma jority of 48, the numbers being—for the adjournment 87, against it 39. Mr. \VAKLEY moved that the second reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill should be postponed fur a fort night. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 93 Against it Majority On the motion that the order of the day for going into Committee on the Factories Bill be read, Mr. DENNiSTOUN called upon the House to delay the measure for a fortnight, in order that time might be given to consider a proposition which the Masters had made, which was to the effect, that they should work twelve hours for four days, and eight hours the succeeding day, so that each person would only work fifty-six hours dur ing the week, and that they should be permitted to have relays, so as not to trench upon the productive powers of the country. He concluded by moving that the Bill be committed that day fortnight. Mr. Risen hoped that the Bill would be carried as a Ten Hours Bill. Mr. A GLIONIZY thought the principle of the Bill had been already sufficiently debated. Lord J. RUS:ELL trusted the Hous© would go into Cornrnittce at once. Mr. F. MAULE thought it most desirable to secure the co-operation of the masters in carrying out the measure, Mr. BnowNE was of opinion that the injury which would be inflicted on England by this measure would be equal to that inflicted upon France by Louis XIV., when he revoked the Edict of Nantes, and banished skill and labour from the country. Mr. BORTEMICK opposed the amendment. Mr. Baicirr said a great change had taken place since nr. Iitt:TIIERTON had been a factory labourer. At the present moment children under 13 years of age could not be employed in factories more than six hours a day, and there were more persons in shops under the age of 14 than there were in factories. After a few words from Mr. lIINDLEY, Mr. FIELDEN said ho would not consent to postpone the Bill for a single hour. Sir R PEEL corsiderid the motion, .as brought for ward incr,ly to delay the Bil l , and could not support it. Lord Joins RUSSELL considered that the principle of the measure was god, au.d he should therefore sup• port it, without consideriug whether it would limit the hours of adult labour generally or not. Seeing the great advantages cotton manufacturers had obtained in , he remission of the d-ity on the raw material, and the saving they would effect in light and fuel, by limiting the hoer: of labour to eleven hours, ho thought they could well afford this boon to tl.e labouring chases. The Homo then went into Committee. The lint clause, limiting the hours of working in fac torics to elevun per day, al ttr the Ist of May next, w:is agreed to. The second clause, enacting that the limitation of eleven hours should continue until May, IS iB, was &so agreed to. The third (dame, enacting that after the Ist of May, 1848, the hours shall be reduced to ten, was carried, on a divisinr, hy a majority of 78, the nu m b ers being— For the ciao ° Against it 144 66 Alicj.rity fur the clause -78 The announcement of the numbers was received with loud chveritur. The remaining clauses were agre'ed to, :he House resumed, aid the report was ordered to be taken into considEration cn the 21st of April. The th:u-e then adjourned. Every fresh discussion upon the Ten 11ours' Factory Bill advances the cause of the hitlerto neglected °pc _ ratives. The more the arguments e.mployed against • the diminution of diurnal labour are sifted the more dues tl:tir sophistry bc•come visible. The specious tinsel of economy, with which the question has been t.rivelope.l by the manufacturers, has glittered only fur a period, i; has only for a time deceived the eye by its dazzle. Bit by bit the spangles have dropped away, and the true worthlessness of the reasons ad vanced against this measure revealed, showing that, of the twelve hours' advocacy, " all tie rest is leather and- prunella !" Lord JOHN RUSSELL has manfully grappled with the difficulties thrown in his way by the opposers of Mr. FIELDEN. the Noble Premier has more than satisfied our cu riosity ; he has by his unanswerable speech of yesterday evening ensured the victory of this benevo lent campaign. Fagh a Beattch! was practically the text of his observations, and the sickle of his logic effectually reaped down the objections to the Factory Bill. Nothing now obstructs the triumphant passage of this measure through Parliament—no thing, at least, deserving a moment's consideration. Aind the popular representatives have avowed their readiness to hasten its progress in every available manner, by immediately following up the address of the First Lord of the Treasury by a division of 144 against 66, being a splendid majority of 78 in a House of 210. Lord J. RUSSELL rest: icted his argu ments to the consideration of a decrease to eleven hours' employment, but his keen and masterly reasoning is as Applicable in reference to the minimum time de manded by Mr. FIELDEN. Not, however, that the Noble Lord expressed even by inuendo his disincli nation to legislate for any diminution of labour upon the time specified in his harangue. On the contrary, he expressly and distinctly affirms as follows ;—" If,'' says he, after this reformatory interference is carried into operation, " it be desirable that more time should he allowed to the children to improve and enlarge their minds, lam content to give them Mat time, in order that it may be so applied !" Regarding the matter as one spiritually of a sanatory character, and looking to the mental vigour and moral soundness of our industrial classes, as one of the surest means of conducing to the national prosperity and happiness, Lord JOIIN RUSSELL iS prepared to make every reasonable concession to satisfy the social wants, and to advance the individual interests of the manufac turing labourer*, and especially of the women and children. As Prime Minister of the country, and therefore as the guardian and conservator of all our strength as a people, Lord JOHN RUSSELL declares his willingness to consent to the proposed reduction. But the manufacturers will have to make enor mous sacrifices ! Well, the Noble Lord seizes that counter-statement. He examines it in its integrity. Supposing, he argues, supposing the manufacturers were required upon the acceptance of this Bill b y the Legislature to make sacrifiOes— enormous sacrifi ceg, that could never be regarded as a valid objection. Under those circumstances he would be prepared to demand those sacrifices from the:very men who paraded them as their protection. He vrould demand those sacrifice s in gratitude for the boons very recently gr[pned to them by th e abolition of the . I CLOSING O'CLOCK Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 88 IA New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. Long Annuities, Expire :Jan. 5, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 9 5.16 9 5-16 India. Stuck . .. 247 247 Conwis for Account 88Y, Consdls, Scrip .. .. • • .. .. . ION dis Oy dis Exchequer Dills. I lid. 2d. .... par 3 p pm. 3 p 5001. par 3 p pm. 3 p Ditto, Small -- 14 p pm. 4 p ONE CLOSIN(.. O'CLOCK. riticEs. Pith ES. bE% ex div 889; FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Gull .. • • 57% Ilquador Bonds .. .. Grenada, I per Cent .. . Deterred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Russian Bonds 109% hpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and4-ilalt per Cent .. 57% 58 58 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% % 91N .Ditto, for the Account,. 02 31yi 21% 109;4 • 131MINESS - CLOSING PRICES or PAID. - ,DONE AT v . RAILWAY SOARES. ONE O'CLOCK PRICE6 ' . , Amber.; Notting., Boater!, and • Eastern Junction . , 2% 2 1 4 ••• • • . 2N iiirmlngliam and Oxford Junction § .... 13 34 ••• • .• .... 13% Bristol and I'meter. •• •-• 75 .. 76% ........ 16% Buckinghamshire • • • • • 61. 48.• •• • %P•••• • • • • Caledonian 30. ..... . 27 3 4 Ditto, Ralf Shares .. 2% .... 2 3 4......•••• 2 3 4 Direct Northern Scrip 234 .. •••• • • .• 2% • • 1 -liarti Counties .. 20 ' IDA % •• .. 12% I):6.‘ilksipo7.; slotceirtOzoi, 6▪ ,/ , :34 . 4 , 1> -77 •-• • Ditto,'ditta•; ^ •-• • • • Ditto; York EXtestatein▪ ~ • • East Lancashire • • ▪ 11 , • •-• • •• '• • • • Ditte-New, ... ..... Ditto,-ditte NeW Scrip • • • -• • • 2% Great 'Northern' (London & York Grent - -NOrth 01 England . ~100 .......... Dltto, New ~ 20 .... 58 •• • •• Oretit Western 85 ..,..1 L 1 % 11052 Ditto, Half Shares. .. 50; 65% .• •• Ditte - Quartertiares 12 1 2634.. Ditto, New .. • .:• 4 3 734 Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 2734 .... 32% • • .... Leeds and Thirsk • • .. • • • • 22 % ••• • Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • . :334 4% . • 4 London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 5u .... 5314 533,E Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .... 12% .......• 1234 London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 8% x d...... London an North - --Western ..100 176 177 175% • . 177 Ditto, Quarters • . .. 2 .... .......... DAto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 12 3 ,4 Ditto, 40/. Shares 31. &B. • • 40 .. • - 69 ••..•• • • .. London and York Extension Scrip 2% .... .• Lynn and Dereham .. • • 15 .... •• .. Blanchester and Leeds .. 82 . Ditto, Thirds (Beg.).. .. • • 71. 45..... 234 p........ Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... %% p• . Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... .......... Midland .. ..100 .. • 116_115 11634 .. 17% 7W 32% p 35i P 1 117 33 94 _4% Ditto, New .. 30 •• .. 33% ...... •• .. Ditto, New .. . 2 .... 4% ........ Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 8934 00 ...... Norfolk .. 100 . • .. 135 • • .. North British .. .. • • 25 .• • • 33 x div.. •• .. Ditto, Flair Shares .. .. • • 1 21 4 •• • • 18 • • •••• • • • D.tto, Extension .. • • • • %•• • • I !,4 '4 •••• • • • • Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • • • 1 •• • • 3 •• • • ••• • • Northern and Eastern .. 50 .... Ditto, Quart.. Shares .. • • IVA ••••—•• • • • • • • ..North 3tatfordshire •• •. .• .. 7x7 i• 5........ Oxford,Woreest.,& Wolverhmptn.l7% toyi Preston and Wyre .. • . • . 25 .......... Ditto, Half Shares (A) 12 . Reading, Guildford, and IteN,•ate 5 •• • • 4% x tnt .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 3........... Ditto, Class B .. • • • • • • 1 .• • • 1 ......... South Staffordshire Junction 1/.1 to t o p South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33... • • 37 yy a • • .... Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 NeW (d 0.331. 0.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... Wales .. 10 .... 7 34 7........ South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole . 2 .......... Vale of Neath .. 2 .... .......... Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 ,4 .... 5 %Vest. Itiding Union .. • . 47. 20..... 1% p.... Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 15 .... 7 .......... York and Newcastle .. 25 _.. 313 %•••• • • • • Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... . Ditto, Pre:erence 4 .... 8 . ........ York mid North Midland .. 50 .... 83% 813£ 83.. Ditto, Extension • • .. 20 •• • • .... • • Ditto. i'refercnca • . 2 _ _ 11 _ Do. E and W. Riding Exton.— 10 ...• 21% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Atnicms Bort, Toni., 3r. Cette tConstituted) 4 .... Namur and Liege .. • • .. 10 .... 4 ..••• • • • • • Northern of France • • .. • • 8 ... 1214 •••• • • • • Orleans and Bourdeaux .... 6,. •• • • ...... Paris and Lyons .. 8 .... 6 i k• • .. Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... ...... • • London Joint-Stock • • • • 136 3314 I 6 11,4 3% 3714 •••••••• 221,4 1314 .......... 4 12% 5 l' I N p 34% JOINT••STOCK BANKS. 31 INES . Real de] Monte, Unresdstered 31,4 Errata in Yesterday's List—Read Lo- don and York Extension Scrip blank, and Great Indian renhoula blank. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LoNpox, 11IAttcll 18.—Wind S., light steady breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 17.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Bennan, Guthrie, Calcutta; London, Gunton, Mauritius; Susan, Crisp, ditto; Underwood, Callao; Alert, St. Croix. PENZANCE, MAUCH 16.—Wind W. to S.S.E.—The Racer, Legg, of this port, from St. Michael's, was run down by a ship, name unknown ; crew saved, and transferred from the Azores Packet to a French brig bound to Havre. NVA•rmirortn, MARCH 15.—Arrd. Jamaica, Selkirk, Per nambuco, with damage to cutwater. WisnrActr, MAncn 17.—The Fishburn floated off last night, very leaky. The Harriet Emma, for Rotten, is strained and leaky.- LONDONDERRY, MAncn B.—Sid. Canomius, Cuba; PrO vii;cialist, Philadelphia; Marion, New York. GUEnNSEY, BlAncrt 16.—Wind S.—Arrd. Flora, De Put son, Alatanzas for Cowes, very leaky, and having been on her beam• ends. GLASGOW, 11IArctr 15.—The wreck of a brig of about 160 tons, apparently British, dismasted and abandoned, painted black, with a white stripe, and green inside, was passed, 26th ult., by the Saracen, arrived here. ABERDEEN, MARCH I5.—A schooner, clipper-rigged, appa rently new, painted black, with a light streak, was seen to founder near the Swandernann Reef buoy, Fame Islands, 11th inst., by the Nary Reid, arrived here. DUNDEE, MARCIE 15.—The Jessie, of Dundee, foundered off the Fern Islands, 11th inst., during a squall; crew sup posed to be drowned. MARKET NEWS.-(T HIS DAY.) NI.VVIG.t.LTE 21riu MEti.DMNII.I3I.I,. We had a very slow inquiry here, and prices were with difficulty supported :—Beet; from 28 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s 41 to 5s 2d; and Pork, 33 6d to 4s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. MEAT IVZ.A.ILEETS. SOUTHALL, MARCH 17.—The primest Beasts and Sheep commanded a fair inquiry, at full prices; otherwise the de mand was in a very dull state.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to ss; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs., to sink the offaia. ltomFo . itD, Mancit 17.—We had a very dull trade here to-day, on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 33 6d to ss; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. MAIICY 17.—We had only a moderate supply of stock on offer this morning, yet the general demand was heavy at barely late rates. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4:1; Mutton, 4s 2d to .5s 2d; Veal, 4s 6d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs ARUNDEL, MARCH 16.—Beef, from 33 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per Slbs. A moderate supply, and a slow trade. CHICHESTER, MARCH 17.—Prime Sheep were in fair re quest, at lull prices; all other kinds of stock were a dull sale. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 16s to ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. HAY AV. F.T SMITHFIELD.— Meadow 1121 . 7, 2:78s CO 31 15s ; Clover ditto 3/ Ls to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, I/ 10s to 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. CUMLEIt.LAND.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 4/; Clover date, 3/ 5s to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 itis per load. A fair average supply and a steady trade. WurrEcaArEn.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31165; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 51; and Straw, 1/ 10s to 11 14a per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN for the WeeX ended Barth IS, 1547, :wide up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eggland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. • I WHEAT- I BAILEY.' OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE 74s 2d 54s 10d • 3ls 2d 555 Id I 52s 7,1 54s Ild The Duties on Foreign Grain are now aispended. --- LEWES ELECTION.—The election for the borough of Lewes took place yesterday, when Mr. J. Blaker pro. posed R. Perfect, Esq., as a tit person to represent the borough. The nomination was seconded by Mr..A. Morris, and there being 110 other candidate, Mr. Perfect was declared duly elected. for the conditions he annexed to the Bank Charter, or the probability would have been that they should have been int the same condition as in 1825 and 6. They should have had an issue of spurious paper over the country instead of good gold and silver as at present. He repeated it advisedly, that the Bank of Eegland and the country there deeply obliged to Sir Robert Peel. whey were also indebted to Mr. Cotton for his continued advocacy of these alterations. In proof of the success which had attended them since that time, he would just read to the Court the state of the Rest at different periods until the present time : The Rest was on the 3d October, 1845 £3,6 1 6 ,685 On the 28th of February, 1846. ..... 3,689,430 On the 26th of September, 1846 On the 27th of February, 1847. • .... ............ 3,899,2 22 -And, cn the 6th of March, although the Governor did not quote it as the bag.; of the dividend, there was an in crease, in one short week, of 52,:001. which made 3,951,922/., or nearly four millions of Rest.—(Hear.) Under these circumstances, he saw no reason why a dividend of 41. per cent. should not be declared out of the rest at 3,899,3201. referred to by the Governor. The reduction which his proposition would effect would not be great, as the Rest/ after the payment of 41. per cent. for the half year, would be 3,330,0001. But he wished it to be distincty understood that he did not find fault with the way in which the present Governor and the directors, or their predecessors, hsd ma naged the affairs of the Bank; because he considered that their management had been excellent in the extreme": (Hear, hear.) Still he thought it Lis duty, wilt . ; out in any way blaming the conduct of thole* ntrustvu" with the management of their affairs, to persevere in t he amendment he had proposed. In order to show that ttl capital of the Bank was amply sufficie n t t o p a y an incite! dividend, he might state that the capital st oc k of the 133 " , '., on the 10th of October, 1846, was 15,280,0001, including t he issues, whereas on the 27th of Febru ar y, thi s year, it h ad, fallen to 12,440,0001.—1e5s by 2,387,000!.; but the capita l 3 l the Banks of England and Scotland was only 5,000.0 (04 and yet they paid a fair dividend. He had had considerable experience as a country banker, and he was therefore in e condition to state that the Bank Charter of 1 8. 7 4 ,' which limited the issues of count r y b an kers,_ t l3° ° - bankers had been compelled to issue gold and silver and bank notes to meet any excess over their ordinary" an d culation, but the working people e mpl o y e d on railways, a .. .. 13 a great many were so employed at the present morneut,w_„l obliged to be paid in gold and silver ; th us a grea ter utile"' of bullion had been called into circulation than heretofore, and great draws were made upon the banks for it. Certainly in the part of the country with which he was c o nn ected, ban g notes were at a premium as compared with gold and save!! yet as much as 1,000/. a day was paid in gold in wages to persons employed on the works in his neighbourhood; b"' whanever bank notes were made scarce gold and silver WO out from the Bank a England in shoals, but as the working classes had an aversion to hold notes, they had invariably' 10 be paid in gold. He should persist in his motion. FIELDEN seconded the motion. He always under stood that the three-and-a-half dividend was only to temporary, and that they might look forward to one of 8 • per cent:for the year. That time last year, the Governor came forward and stated, that he had great pleasure to il l ; form them that they would be exon era t e d f rom the paymen t of the income-tax, and the proprietors thanked him for the intimation; but at that time the Rest was 3,689,0001 jest one million more than at the*time the proprietors received 8, per cent.—(Hear, heal)—ind its increase to 3,89 9 , 2224 this year was an additional reason why they should have the dividend increased to 41. per cent. for the half-year. Th e difference between the property-tax and 41. per cent. w i ,7 too trifling to be considered as any gr e at advantage belt e the dividend they proposed to declare. The gradual Inc in the Rest was one of the strongest argtueent, he would urge in' favour of the amendnlen What was the difference between four per cent. and the l? be perty-tax ? it was not so very much ; and h e thought it w s duty of the Executive to allow the proprietors as ball b . dividend as they possibly could with due r e gar d to the egad lishment. He thought that it was the duty of the Cour t „id Directors, if the proprietors were satisfied, th a t they c°,7. t safely receive a dividend of four p er cen t., t o a ll ow them I - dividend, especially when, as he had said, th e difference be tween that sum and the property 'tax was so trifling. jaw , The GOVEILNOR—The Hon. Proprietor said th a t the 0 '; to ' rence was very small. The income-tax wo u ld arnotte• so 30,0004 while the difference of one per cent. would utah_e e increase of 145,0001. Surely such a sum could not be a" trifling. Mr. FIELDER said that he also thought the mode a 1 01- ing the tax was incorrect. The GOVERNOR said that if the Hon. Proprietor had an ts complaint to make lie had better refer to the Comirdest °lle of the Property Tax at Somerset House. t at Mr. FIEDIEste said that, in conclusion, he wo u ld state w - n i he had great pleasurein hearin g th e amoun t o f 'the rest, if the proprietors thought it sufficient to warrant a died of 4 Per cent. being paid, it was for them to take the tsar i s t sibillty, if the proprietors did come to the conclusion .0„, a dividend of 4 per cent. Should be paid. He hoped no ther objections would be made. ,noSt Mr. COOKE said that as one of th e p ro p r i e t or s he beg leave to concur in th e o pi n i on o f t h e gen tl e man ..40 A had just spoken. When they came t o cons id er the ini er Sia of the money which was invested in railways, he really ,. " w ~,,r not think it very imm o d era t e t o expec t a dividend of ~' n "i per cent. He as extrt mely sorry to see that Lord As h ' ton, in his motion on the currency the other evening, se em A ct to find fault with the Governor and company in an itt,u;; s e way, by stating that they had been purchasing (es It their duty to do if it was for their own interest) a clutt--er of railway debentures, a n d had neglected the Excliegliber bills on account of th e ir b e i ng so very low. There was lino question also which b e w i s h e d t o as k th e G overn or, eettb ho ie was, whether the corporation had not received consitlc' - t ee injury from the amount of seven-day bills, and whether _ n o Chancellor of the Excheque r b a d t a k en any effectual Swr, to check the issue of these bills? The GOVERNOR said that th e Hon. P ro prietor kne Wjust t , 41 : 0 much on the subject as the di rec t ors did. He had seen letter which the Chancellor oftheExcheqner had address to them. Mr. COOKE—There was another question which be wi c al l e, to ask • that was—Whether the Corporation had not been some degree, injured by a practice which had bean ste t : t'7.' the public papers to be taking place, namely, the secreet, k to that establishment crept out of it into the Money r_ 2 Market , large • the injury of the proprietors and the public at . n ths t lie wished to know whether there was any t h ru p til ' ducted statement ? -If there were, the business must -- ltd zee in a most inefficient manner, ioar a n n t d fo if r s t u h c e lt itnrateursea s e t t s toitS ‘.• ;,broad, it was rrest i mportant poration that sonic alteration should take p lace inolo theemeoui; and manner of election. The GM ERNOR .t,stired the Hon. Proprietor that the re' port was without toundation. Mr. (:4): , 1; was very glad to hear that it was untrue'. Although he should be very sorry to second any proposing !or increase of dividend, and it the directors as a hotly thoug ht it would he Unpr&ent to allow that increase, he should 13 " 6upport the proposition of the Hon. Proprietor. Mr. NATILLIAmsow said that the simple question was, I'll; ther they could spare a dividend of 4 per cent. On the of March, 1839, the rest was '2,798,0001., so that if 4 per ce.°,_t: were to be taken, they would have to take 50,000/. fronr._l!,l rest, anti if 31 per cent. were paid they would a dd '0,0 ; to it. The 3i per cent. was paid ow that occasion. He f t ,. one of those who considered that the rest should never] under under three millions, and of late years they had fr o ; 1,090,000/., and thus it might be fairly asked if theY e , r ,b e y in a condition to allow a dividend of 4 per cent. Coui,",: k it spare the additional 150,000/. that day? He did not tu"4s,.. would in any way interfere with the funds of the e stabi merit by allowing a dividend of 4 per cent. So , e f Mr. CLARKE said that he was adverse to any inc re3 ;eeo: dividend, but he was not adverse to a bonus - bel o g.fiaataa They were two very different things, for the " i ' w hirsil might be considered as a sort of annuittt t oe* might be hereafterwards diminised by adverse cireuol,s.-„ctera while a bonus was always under the control of the ' lir- dire' as to its amount. He was sure it was the wish of the con tors to give the proprietors as much profit as they ()OIL" Ole sistently Ilial the proper conducting of the Ban k ' _,t A only question for their consideration was, how g" - s orf suns could then be given to them. It was o e ° , e the thr the Court of Proprietors to consider what " , ',,ide maximum rest which should be kept, in order to Pr ° o r against contingencies; and then they would be better tabled to judge what bonus they could hare. di sco ' " Mr. D. SALOMONS said that, whatever turn the disc or might take, they should consider that those who bad 1 10 terest in the partnership should derive a benefit nod e it. It had always been a great mistake to benefit that the system of keeping a large rest was 11 A tba neficial one. It hindered the parties who enterea,,,eir concern from receiving, any benefit from it during W o e lifetime, and the only parties who derived any bencii, t b e n e fit it were their heirs. The only ey in which any u e ,„. - est• could be derived was by a sale of their i° t r,iyett when they obtained a benefit in capital, but f°r` rt ," of many others. He wished to press upon the C° ll ,iple Directors the necessity of there being some defined Pri ll s i be laid down with respect to taking a review of the affairs oi_.oo Bank, in order to estimate the profits. He thought t hat that side of the bar they ought not to be parties to apt maneut increase of dividend, believing that it would be injurious to the establishment. t o f Mr. PARRY DE WILTON, in reply, thought that a r es co rr upwards of 3,000,000 was amply sufficient to meet anY tingencies of the Bank, and he should therefore perseVere his The aendment. e ed• The GOVERNOR then put the amendment to the Co urt las upon a show of hands, declared it to be lost by 8 majority. bi° ll The GOVERNOR then put the original motion, un oo ,loo o Mr. CLARKE moved, as an amendment, " That in au to the per cent. dividend the proprietors should !got 1 per cent. bonus." He believed that they had aa u t rest to give a 2 per cent. bonus, but, under the pre se?„ e t cumatances of the money market, he would only put 14 per cent. Mr. SALOVONS seconded the amendment. C ould PROPRIETOR doubted whether such an amendmen t be The mov e G d. E „ OVERNO said it was perfectly competent for d to proprietor to move such an amendment, but be begg ..fie d, remind the proprietors that, in the event of its being ca ll there must be a ballot of the proprietors. 0 0°4 The amendment of Mr. Clarke was then put to the,bf a by the Governor, and declared by him to be carriea " large majority, amid much cheering. d ta lon The Govauxon said, in consequence of what h ° place, he must move, in addition to the motion for,ticlb° dend of 3i per cent., that a bonus of 1 per cent. a i ,a ° " s daft paid, and that a General Court should be held on Lu- pc,loc the 22d inst., and a ballot taken from eleven to four 0 upon that proposition. This motion was carried unanimously. .. er eoro Mr. H. TuosirsoN moved a vote of thanks to the Go'c yet Deputy. Governor, and directors, and in doing so obser that such had been their zeal for the interest of ,eceljair prietors that their salaries ought to be paid fre e oil° tax.—(Cheers.) n mMort; sly C L . A RK E seconded the motion, which was c arried o° ld 11- The last G°v i E iine nN°E li its his character of Governor , e returningisnhou should have the thanks, ho nstoautredtothaadtdtrhesiss Wool be the Mr. CLARKE thought under such circumstances th!C°Guer. ought to come to a vote of thanks specifi call y to a to til ° vernor. A specific vote of thanks was unanimous l y carrie Governor, and the Court broke up. 1 --.----- DIRECT LONDON AND poirr6" MOUTH RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY-) f An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholder: o_, this company, was this day held, at the London Tay 1 7:„ Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of considering the dr.aii: of two proposed Bills, which were submitted to the ineetut viz., a Bill to enable the Direzt London and Portsmouth BM' way Company to make an approach to the town o f pork the a deviation in the li n e , and certain alterations in levels of their railway, and in the Croydon and EPs ° t Railway. Also, a Bill to unite and consolidate the Dire London and Portsmouth Railway Company, with the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Company- The chair was taken by C. S. Crowley, Esq. atone n'el° cl ' but some time elapsed before the business of the zneetil commenced, in consequence of there not being thirty per u ri ,, present, that being the minimum number required by t.: Act to constitute a meeting. The requisite number WO* bola 9btaiued, --maginel T he SEC RI !betting. The Cit %IP The So .and a series 0 ID unanimous The thank : a nd the meeti SPol ant 1", RM WA' "epaale litri:it edsvittarndticl . rook Sever T he W arwiek S ill i l rr: };Cockervwnh2l e::si c. kr.hileskr. 31eikiwii. 1 61 4 ° 1 14er, 7 3 _.! ra n . vv . .414 third I The Trial.S . I.4rd War • !a It i ..,i.er , q ,r ‘ivartern Z• L. Peel's 86,,J0hn Gera ''' 1 :,t• Coe] Th , Voti b ~ ;Ir e Willoug w p att. p L or A c .'rr's Tr Ord otrathtn iv, Cl'-PWTAon '' The North 6o4he Sailor, aged_ kinteg of s 6 yr es— o ou 446 : :fr e rd-hli tenho:l R e d—h n , Exr wir Captain Sq Air. W. Et bea ttelen beat P S herwood bet h amlet beat I l t w i 1,, .iti irrg. i 1 i, : tt 1 rb b ve c ia a ni l W : Th , ndfall bea' illtiggler Bit 'I • Et wall AI% p • tilie'3 ttr, v. Y Pt. W ni 'Dan' "~,,