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ROYAL VICTOItrA TIIHATR.E. Amu, Is., llalf prig, 6 , 1; Pit. Cd. ; Gallery, Private Boxe', li. Is. and I •is. 64. - Tlll6 EVENI.N Will he perform: THE VILLAGE OUTCAST; or, The Dark Doom of Destiny. Robin, Mr. Hicks ; Morton, 11Ir. 11;n1; Frosty Rut. Mr. Searle ; Muzzle, Mr. Fortnin ; Bruin, Mr. Howard ; Mary, kiss Vincent; Betty, airs. Hicks; Barbara Joncs, Miss Pearce. After which, a variety of SINGING and DAN , LNG. To conclude with THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON; or, The Hidden Treasures of the Cress. Supported by the entire strength of the COmpany. THE POTATOE CROF.—We learn that potatoes for seed are by no me ins scarce in the lower district. One farmer in the neighboui hood of Wigtown has a large quan tity in pits, which he has offered, we learn, at 43. rer bushel, and this is a price that is being paid in many cases for good seed. In the upper district, we have heard of as much as 10a. per bushel being put on the precious seed. 81. a boll for potatoes is rather a !ugh price.— Gatioteag Advertiser. WASTE OE' LIFE IN LONDON.-111 this metro polis there are about two hundred deaths a week, nearly thirty deaths a day, or more than one death an hour, beyond t r.... 0_11011 to happen in the ceminon course of nature.— "4("1/ mate of the Metropolis. PEACE AND W All•—" A. comparison of the regis ters of mortaalibtvtelvill convince us that a hero, placed in the trenches cif weeks to a continual : l e , d fortress, where he is exposed for the of cannon shot, or placed on a ti.ld of battle, bef ore -. bravesti and most resolute of his enemies, has a much betteer premature death, than it l e : ance of life, runs less risk of w worked in some undriined street, and slept in a crowded r m in Bristol or Liverpool, ._. - 11 7 , 1 3 ( l e es i The chance of life was at the Siege of Flushing 4 oto 1 Rh eg Liver- Sioge. of Antwerp... 68 to 1 17 to 1 Siege of B idaj , is ... .54 to 1 Weaving 14 to 1 ******** j; ...... 1 9 to 1 nc ester /wile a Ware:lo.) SO to 1 SAW making sh etheiti lively and on the —7.4 c Topic,No. 32. AN EA LY Vlsrroa.—On Friday last, one of tilt). e " cilihiren of the stin,' . a splendid butterfly, garden of Mr. Isaac R o bi nson, wing, was caught in the schoolmaster, liensingfiam, by one of his pupils. This is the first instance that has come to c.:, - knowledge of an insect baying been seen on the wing durmg the present season, which has, so far, been remarkably rold and unfavourable for the insect tribe.— Cumberland l'aeg.-.et. We do not attach much importance to the ap• pearance of the wheat on the ground thus early; but we be lieve we may safely- say, with very few exceptions in this county, it never looked better than this spring, and certainly a finer time for the spring sower never was licown.—Brigh -4071 Gazok. TIER MAJESTY'S TREATRE, TO-31010:0W EVENING, Saturday, March 20, wilt be performed Bellinrs Opera, Lei SONNAMBULA, Amin% Madame CastellanT; Liss, Ma Solari; Count Rodolfo, Sig. F. Lablache ; Aiessio, Sig. Glubilei ; Elvino, Sig. Gardonf. Between the acts of the Opera, a Divertisement from the Ballet of CORALIA, in which will be introduced the admired Pas de la Rosiere, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. To conclude with a new Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag- Boni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled THEA ; OLT, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. Principal characters by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglionl, M. Paul Taglioni, &c. The doors *pen at Half-past Seven. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock. ROYA.L ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direct.on and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Noblity Gentry, and Patr.ms of Mule, are respectfully in !brined that the Royal Italian Opera wilt open the fir-t week in April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the eason, some of the established works of Cimaro+a, Mozart, lto.sini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Benin', Dont settl, Meroadante, and Verdi , ou a scale of the titmoq perfect'on in every department ; to which intent the manacrnent has asseintred a Company embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANl.—Madatne Grisi and Madame Pe,rsiani (her Drat appearance in London for three years), Madame Itonconi and Mdre. Steflanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap. peararire In this country). CONTRALTL—Signora Miran! (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial 'Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this tountry), and Malemoiselle Corbari. TENORL—Sign , r Mario, Signor Salrator (of the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburg:l, his first appearance in this country), Signor Tulli (of the Theatre San Carlo, In Naples, his first appear ance in this conntry). and S;gn3r S tivt (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of Me Imperial Theatres in VI( 11111 and St. rcteraburgh, first appearance on the Italian stage in England). FRIMI BASSI BAIIITONI—Signor Tunburint and Signor Giorgio Zonconi. PRINII BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signer Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Roy - al, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, kis first appear ance in this country.) PRIME BASSI COMIC! —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal -Madrid, h's 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). Seconds Donne—Madame Antoinetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amalia Linarl, Mademoiselle Luigiva Beßini. Seeonde Tenore—Signor Emmannele 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 Bingen will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— signor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will cemprise among its members Eighty distil).- waished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected In the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novell°. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Eissier ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear : —Premieres D,..iscuse—Mademoiselle Dumi latrc (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Berlin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vielitia, tier first appearance in this country). Mademoiselle Ncodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La icala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Pari , ). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, l'aris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinando Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur (Basis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dense Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATitk.-- . To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, It has been entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of IC Albano, Eat., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Italien, In Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found improved, by a carriage way being formed iminediatcly under the Portico in Row-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather; and by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreldile, Mr. Rafter ; 3forliere, Mr. liorucaitie; Ardenford, Mr. w. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, 3lies Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole., Um. Hughes. To conclude with a new Ballet, entitled SPANISH GALLAN TRIES. Principal ch:tra .tern by 11131. Croce, Adrien, Tell ; Baderna, Louise, Adele, St. Louin, and 'Jenard. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LINE. MR. I'ARSONS'S BENEFI T. Mr. PARSONS, Box Book-keeper, respectfully announces to the :Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that hit ANNUAL BENEFIT is fixed for TuEsDAI NEXT, Af arai 23. Private boxes, stalls, tleket.3, and places to be had of Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. U•eler the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. EVENING Will. be performed a new and original Comedy, calicel TIIE PCIIOOI, FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far rell, Stuart, ISuckstone, Howe, Seiby,tat, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yurnohl, Miss Forteseue, Miss Bennett., Miss Rey . olds, &e. A►tor which, the Original (Irani Fairy Extravaganza, ealed TILE INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Trot/still D rrinc:pal characters by Mr. James Bland, :.Liss P.lTorton, Mrs. 1,. S. I.loekin;ham, Misus Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. To . conclatle wills the Conde Drains, called TILE IRISH POST. Pritvdpal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, l3ralci, Hudson, Bland, and 3lrs. Ilumby. TIIF,ATRE !LOYAL, ISOEUM. Under the Atanrozetnent of Mr 3. Keeley. TIM EVENING 'NW bo perforrne4 the Drain tof NRTIN CTIITZZLEWIT. Young r Illey, Mrs. Keeley; Sai:ey Garnri. Mr. ; Peekutiff, MAt Views ; Tip Mr. Wigan; Clutrzlowit, Mr. Emery; 111 r. lleado V 3. To concLi - i wit.t the ao.etvlil now try Ext - avnariza, entitled THE F EsT ; or, hear, Eag7e, and Dolph . ", hriticWl chx - aelers Mrs. Kee`ey, Miss Villars, Miss Brom'ey, E. Day, Vss Laillaw, Miss Howard, Mr. Keeley, Alf'. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kin!oeb, Mr. Bellingham, sad Mr. Wiga•!. THESTRE ROYAL; ADELPIII. ter t!►e direr:lino of .11wlatrie Celeste TII IS 1 VENING Will tie p:T;hririsa m^,:..0 Driuna, called TfIE FLOWERS OF THE FOR ; a Giwy Cheap John. Mr. Wright ; I•hirricl, Mr. O. ; the IZinchi:i, Mr. I'. fle,ifor-1; Leybourne, 251 r. Worrell ; Cyhthia, Mil Thine Usk.ste ; Lointul, Miss Woolgar ; 130.rlight He Mrs. Fitzwilli.v,n; La4y Agnes, Miss Harding. After wft.(±, the Faml of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Characters by _`•l cars. Cußaiford, Ways, Wright, Stoker, Mrs. Laws, Ilis3 Tayl,r, and Mrs. Matthews. To coneltil, with th! Fare, of SIIOCKING EVENTS. In which Mr. Liailxtrt, Mr. ;Vorrell, Mr. Muuyarif, hiss Harding, and Mlsi Chaplin will p2rforin. I'IHNCEScS THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maalox. sole I. ,, Asee anl Manager. TIIi3 EVENING will he perfor.ned the Comely of TiIE WRAY F Prilelpal characters by \!essrs. Granhy, Ryder, Vin cowe'l,!tun, Coaant m, Miss Fliwer, Mn.s Stirling, 3iiss A. Rouser, and Mrs. Foshroisc. After which. a Concert by_ the New Orleans ETHIOPIAN SEItENAGER-' , . I'o concb~>le w;tl; the new Drama, entilled DEE VMS OF TILE HEART. Brienne, air. -Ryder; Clermont, Mr Hugh , s ; Mr. Vidiih“ ; Mantaran, •r. Harris: Iterreine, Mrs. Stirllng; Bardness, Mrs. Foshrolte; Teresine, M:u-shall. PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. Lessce, Joim Slitchell. •riiri EVENING itl bl p2rformed the emnedle of LE CAPITAINE T:OQUE FINETCI.7, Itoqueillptte, M. Lafont ; Baron da Vilicbralelte, M. Car:!z.ly ; Baronne de Vii!ehr.thelie. Mdlle Vallee. Alt , r r.rhiell, the Vau lcvl e, cat - t 1 d MITZIAGE AU TAM BOUit. Lam!;ert, M. La!ont ; Fleur des P. e, M. A. Tousez ; d'Cliernay, Far,;neil. Boxel, Gs., Pit, Is. 6.1. , 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at 134V1-; , .ist Seven, and the per:ln - I/lances commence at Eight. I'r!vate Boxe., Sta:l3, and may engaged At I..i!n*.iry. 33, Boad-str.2et ; an at the Box-oftice. ETRIONAN C.ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S TrIEATRE Th 3 cch.:brate,l ETHIOPIAN SI:AZESADEi: ;, Pell, Ilarrin , :ton, White, Stanwood, and a.rmen. «iii have the honour of repeat ing !;teir laimitahle EN rEitTA .BENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-NORRO'.4" EVENING, arid every Taemlay, Thursday, and lAat,trday. ' , Dors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com metre at ilalf-p - .!st Eight. Their next DAY PEIIIOInfANCE will [.lace on MONDAY MORNING, March 29. The Periormance • commence at ha't'-past Two o'clock. The Programme will be (leach occanion. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPIIITHEATRE, Proprietor, llr. W. Batty. the patronage of the Queer . , Prince Albert, and other Member 4 of the Royal i T;l:S EVENING Will be Performed Sir Water Scott's KENILWORTH; or, The aeklen Days of England':; EUzllieth. Entire change of the SCENEA of the. CIRCLE. The Performance of M. Pablo Fatigue and his higt.l,:-trained Steed. To conclude with a favourite Afterniece. Box•o3l;e open morn eleven till live o'clock.—Doers ones at six an•t e'imU.erice at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mr,. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Domestic Drama (founded on the Novel of the saint name), entitled LILLY DA 1V60,N ; or, A. Poor i.arl's Story. Prlneidal characters try Mes•=rs. Lewl', Johnson, Ileslop, Saville, Phelps. Frodericks, Web:3, Neville, Miss Teirey, Mrs. Vining, and Mrs. Saville. To c u lilt the 11 . 4 , 1ranyt of THE MIr.LER AND TIN MEN. Chara , ters by Messrs. Tindell, Johnson, Saville, Ileslop, Hankins, Pluipl, Webb, Yrs. Saville, :ind 31Iss Richardson. Box•oflice open front eleven till four o'clock. NEW WORK BY VIE AUTHOR OF " WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST," &c. • Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Illustrations by Leech and G. Measoin, price 215., HILL -SID 1 4 ; and BORDER SKETCHES ; with LEGENDS of the CHEVIOTS and the LAIIMER- MUIR. _ By W. H. MAXWELL, Esu. Author of " Wild Sports of the West," " Stories of Waterloo," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE GENERAL FAST.-.HOW WILL IT BE KEPI' ? See DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of SATURDAY NEXT. The Largest Newspaper. Price Sixpence. - 1 1 11 E GENERAL FAST at the PALACE. 11 Described in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS PAPER of SATURDAY NEXT. The Largest Newspaper Price Sixpence. rraE GENERAL FAST of FASHIONABLE LIFE, as HELD in FAS/ILONAI3LE CHINCHES, in DOUGLAS JEMZOLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of SATURDAY NEXT. The Largest Newspaper. Price Sixpence. THE GENERAL FAST of the HOUSE of COUNION.3; w'th the Heads of the Sermon, In DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of SATURDAY NExr. The Largest Nemspaper. rrlce Sixpence. THE FAST-DAY of the "RESPECTABLE MAN," shown in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of SATURDAY NEXT. The Largest Newspaper. Price Sixpence. THE FAST-DAY of the MIDDLE-CLASSES, and WHERE lIELD.—See DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of SATURDAY NEXT. The Largest News • paper. Price Sixpence. THE FAST-DAY of the DESTITUTE will be shown in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of SATURD %It NEXT. The Largest Newspaper. Price Sixpence. HOW the FAST-DAY OUGHT to be KEPT, is suggested in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS PAPER of SATURDAY .Nrxi. The Largest Newspaper. Price pence. WHITTINGTON CLUB. Members who have nat yet paid their ENTRANCE FEES and SUBSCRIPTIONS, are requested to do so immediately. March 13, 1847. G. W. YAPP, Secretary. i:AIL WAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. mEssrts. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends Ind tte Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annodnce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully - equcsted to be addressed. mil .icrlp and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day 'irevions t , 3 their being offered; and advices of results will be lOrward,Al by the first post after the sale. and the proceeds 'fume. barely disposed of according to instructions. Odlees. flan of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. WEATIIEIi.—Sum OFFICE, MARCH 19. F h3IoMETEFt,Lowest, 39; 1110)est. 56; Noun, 54. BAROMETER, 29.74. Wind SAW., fine eunshiny weather. H14;4! WATER AT LONDON-RRI . Doic, TFIIB DAY.. 'forming .. 25 minutes after 3 I Evening 47 47 m+nntel after 3. t. . c o au 1 • .1.,4 ~ A '). .- + 1 '34‘ ' ' i- Z' 4 ! , :-. &. 'r• •.. ex o„. ~.,.__„....._ ~so,.,___., .., .,...., .... , _,,. 4 : ' I - t, 77-,- LI e u : y --e,, 1. ort 1 SECOND EDITION. Cif ining 2int LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1847. TitE_“lN, We are compelled by pre:s of matter to omit our usual Parliamentary summary-. An absentee-tax is among the most equitable in its motive, but it is among the most unjust in its opera tion and among the most injurious in its consequences. Theoretically it appears to be about the surest means for enforcing that wholesome circulati :n of money which can a►one conduce to the national welfare. Practically it would be destructive to all enterprise, subversive of all mutual reliance, and an infringe ment upon :all the liberties of the subject. No one can feel more disposed than ourselves to sym pathise with the indignation so temperately ex pressed against the habitual non-resi.lents of Ire land by the Honourable Gentleman the Member fob LimeriCk. To the systematic selfishness of that por tion of the Irish proprietary is attributable, we are satisfied, the principal amount of the wretchedness by which that unfortunate country has been in c..ssantly desolated since the Legislative Union at the commencement of the nineteenth century. Drawing from their MA) possessions incomes which amcuo t, according to the estimate of Mr. S NIIT O ' BRI RN, to the enormous sum of 4,000,0001. sterling; deriving this, let it be moreover rememb 2red, from the toil an.' sweat of their tenantry, they nevertheless deprive that tenantry of the advantages conse quent upon the local expenditure of their individual rentals, to which advantages they are fully entitled both by the principles of our Constitution and the laws of Nature. The effects of this unnatural and indefensible deprivation are obvious. From the withdrawal of the landlords the fecundity of their estates remains, of course, but partially developed; the energies of the agricultural population are al- lowed to lie dormant, or to- arouse - themselves to a feeble and isolated excitement at the pleasure of the neglected peasantry ; all competition is y blighted upon its first budding into exi s t ence ; th e • fiehl-labourers receive just sufficient to maintain a precarious balance between poverty and destitution, or are abandoned to the doles of a fluctuating benevolence. Those are the immediate consequences of this atrocious and ,•uineus system. The ulterior consequences are more c n )rinous. They reduce the nation to a multi tude of paupers, they bring upon the livid a periodical famine, they foster discontent, they hold out lures to insubordination, they dwarf the vigour of the island, they deteriorate the general property, they excite the poorer classes to decredse the sureties of our national prosperity by emigration. And let the alhentees re .member this significant and undeniable fact, that they furnish by their cruel and insane conduct the most rational argument to the irratioual . scheme of a Repeal of the Union. • It is they who have sharpened the sword of famine ; it is they who have lit the brand of agitation ; it is they who have imparted its most deadly and deleterious influence to the potato mur rain ; it is they who have stunted the capacities of the empire, by pampering their own indolence and consult ing their own convenience ; it is they who have ren dered Ireland a lazir-house and her inhabitants beggars. Look at Ireland in its present condition ; look at the dearth and disease by which it is ravaged ; look at its people dying by dozens, by scores, by hundreds; look at its fields unsown, its markets empty, its fisheries almost forsaken, its pea santry penniless, workless, and foodless; look at it as it now is, the • pensioner of the State, the receiver of ale alms and the broken bits of its neighbours—and see in all . that misery, in all that degradation andwant,'.the criminal effects of absenteeism. When Queen MART, better known by an exquisitely brutal soubriquet, was dying, her clamour was, " Calais ! Calais ! Calais !" When Lord NELSON was chasing the French fleet in the Mediterranean, before his immortal victory at Aboukir, hiscry was,"Frigates! Frigates! Frigates!" Could Ireland give voice to her woe, could Erin again sing her lamentations, her cry would be, " Absentees ! Absentees! Absentees !" Regarding the system of non-residence with such unmitigated abhorrence, we are, nevertheless, opposed to the propo3ition of the Honourable Member for Limerick, first, because we regard the imposition of an absentee-tax as contrary to the liberties of the individual and as opposed to the interests of the com munity, and, secondly, because the resolution of Mr. SMITH O'Betee; has been entirely forestalled by the extension of the poor. laws throughout Ireland. From being so perfectly self-evident and from being so fre quently repeated, it has almost grown into a proverb, that the establishment of an effective poor-law is virtually the imposithn of an absentee-tax. For it must be remembered that the poor-rates will be levied, nut upon the annual incomes spent in certain localities, but upon the annual incomes derived from certain localities. By this arrangement a per-ventage will be drawn froti, the absentee landlords,- and consequently the neces sity for a separate taxation upon the rentals squan dered out of the island is altogether removed. Besides this enactment, there is another meat ure calculated to •Tect the most sal...eery changes in Ireland—we me n, of course, the Bill i n t ro d uce d by G overnmen t f or t h e facilitati on of the sale of estates. " Amongst other benefits likely to accrue from them"—meaning the last-mentioned measure and the Poor Relief (Ire - laud) Bill—" I hope, n " says , Mr. LAB OUCLIERE , that the o effect of obliging o l t a h i e l . d y iwnillreland to contribute their poor r proprietorsshare to the f expenses of maintai n i ng the Let the th he ere con scientious advocates of an absentee -tale tarry 'foie until the operation of those enactments can be I properly estimated. The present session will be remarkable in Parlia mentary annals for the extraordinary amount of business, partly achieved and partly initiated, which has been brought under the consideration of the Houses of Lords and Commons previous to the Easter holidays ; and altogether the current session promises to be more fruitful in legislation than any preceding one for many years past. Not only have the measures introduced into Parliament since its commencement been not few - in number, but, in regard to their nature, they have been of the most important character. The expedition with which some of the Bills have already obtained the assent of the Crown is undoubtedly attributable to the severity of the national emergencies which they were designed to mitigate ; and the celerity with which these have been engrafted on the statute-book augurs satisfactorily for the ultimate success of the others, which are meant to ex ercise a permanent influence upon the social condition of Ireland, and to prevent a recurrence of the fearful crisis in which that country is now in volved. Independently, however, of these measures, we have already ample evidence afferded us by others of the extreme activity which has pervaded the dif ferent departments of the State, demonstrative of the earnest desire of their several chiefs to obtain for the Government the honourable distinction of having, in a peculiar degree, promoted the social progress of the empire. From the tenor of his address to his consti tuents in assuming the reins of power, it was mani fest that Lord JOHN RUSSELL desired his administra tion should found its claims to the gratitude of pre sent and future generations by a provident attention to the social and moral wants of the nation. Accord ingly, we perceive already that public health, public education, and the reformation of criminals, are all matters upon which they have bestowed great atten tion. Lord. MORPETH has the first subject under his immediate cognizance, Lord LANSDOWNE the second, and Earl Guar the last. Besides which, we have had gratifying and convincing proof, during the present week, by his eloquent speech on the Fac tories Bill, that, to subject,: of a kindred nature to the foregoing, the Premier his f iithfully devoted the powers of his mind. To those who consider that "the great mass of the people are only born to work, eat, drink, sleep, and die," the chronicles of Lord J. Res umes Cabinet will be . greatly devOid of interest; whereas to those who believe that the duties of the statesman extend to objects of a far more elevated character, they may be consulted delectando pariterque inonendo. Whilst the Government are endeavouring their utmost to improve the mental and physical condition of the population other public associations are work ing laudably and effectively in the same direction. We published yesterday a report of the fifth annual meeting of the Early Closing Association, held in Exeter Hall, where the Marquis of WESTMINSTER presided. When we find that important towns like Liverpool, Birmingham, and Manchester, have given in their adhesion to the principles of this benevolent movement, we may be certain that before long both employers and employed throughout the kingdom will become convinced of the advantages of not continuing their daily toil beyond the limits of reason. It is clear that commercial prosperity is quickened by mental energy, which rises or droops with the strength or lassitude of the human frame, and that, therefore, any system which taxes the bodily powers too muds is detrimental and vicious. We think the moral benefit would be great, if the thousands who are parents of families, and who are now kept up to_ a late hour in the shops and warehouses of the metropolis and other leading towns, were allowed to repair to their homes at an early period in the evening. 'rhe Association recommend that no purchases should be made after seven o'clock. This is a reasonable I suggestion ; we shall rejoice to see it un i versa ll y adopted. During the past session many of the restrictions by which commerce was fettered and impeded were abrogated, the great principles of free trade received the legislative sanction, and the strongest guarantee was given to the country, that with all convenient speed the remaining shackles should be struck off, that the industry of the nation might flourish with out let or hindrance, and attain the highest degree of vigour and efficiency. A gigantic monopoly was prostrated, never again to embarrass the producers o national wealth byits baneful influence; but, although it was swept away, many miner enormities, dieply injuri ous to the mercantile interests still remain, to which extensive and sweeping measures of reform must be applied. Among the more conspicuous of th e still tolerated grievances, the quarantine laws may be enumerated. These laws are almost singular in this respect, that no class, not even an individual in the kingdom, save the employes paid for carrying them into execution, is benefited in• any the slightest degree, and yet. by their operation the free doin of intercourse between nations is materially igyaired, the feelings of humanity are outraged, those requiring every comfort and assistance are cut off from the aid they would otherwise receive, and a heavy and onerous burden is imposed on the trading part of the community, which - of course is levied with additions from the people generally. They were originally founded on mistaken views of the law of contagion, which the light of science has, in a great degree, dispelled within the last few years. The alle and elaborate report of the Commissioners appointed by the Royal Academy of Medicine in France, and the valuable body of evidence on which tint report was based—the facts collected extending over a period of several centuries—incontestably establish that the best means of protection against the ravages of the plague, that fearful scourge, fur the prevention of which the quarantine laws were originally enacted, and have since been continued, are to be found in the increase of ventilation and drainage, the improvement of the habitations, and the promotion of the cleanliness of the million ; the removal of all impurities calcu lated to taint the atmosphere, of decayed animal and vegetable substances ; a sufficient supply of plain and wholesome food ; and generally of everything cal culated to improve the moral and physical condition of the people, and not in the establishment of a cordon sanitaire, intended to prevent the entrance of the dreaded foe. In America and in the East Indies there are neither quarantine establishments or quarantine laws, .and yet the plague has never made its appearance in either of these coun tries. With the - full knowledge of these facts, then, why is it that the objectionable system is still re tained ?—that an actual cost of 140,0001. sterling is annually incurred for its maintenance, which, ac s cording to Mr. Iluste—an excellent authority on such questions--is not a tithe of the expense that the country is put to by the delays and loss thereby im posed on our commerce? "Cessat ratio, cessat lex," is a sound maxim ; and it having been ascertained that the reasons for which the law was established no longer exist, the law itself should be immediately abrogated. But there is another peculiarity connected with the code, that renders it impossible to deal with it in the summary and expeditious manner that would be de- sirable if Great Britain alone was concerned. If the laws were abrogated without the assent of other na tions where the erroneous impressions are still re tained, a greater degree of delay and inconvenience might be occasioned than at present exists. It is, there fore, by enlightening these kingdoins,,by negotiations and treaties that the object can alone be attained. The Government has, we believe, been exerting itself most creditably, and the prompt and ready manner in which the motion of Dr. BOWRING last night, for copies of the correspondence on the subject, since the returns granted during the last session, v. as acceded to, affords the most s3tisfgctory evidence • of their anxiety t 9 render the operation of these laws as little injurious as possible to the country. Dr. BOWRING, too, has entitled himself to the best thanks of the community for the able and temperate manner in which Le brought the question before the House, and for his continued exertions to enlighten the public mind on the subject—exertions which, we doubt not, will eventually be crowned with well-merited success. The Berlin Gazette of the 13th states that the frost and snow, added to the great speculation, had caused the prices of corn to rise, and, that in addition to this, very small quantities had been imported. , The Frankfurter journal states, that in the pro• LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINa, MARCH 19, 1847. vince of Starkenburg the population of four villages, one containing 1,400 inhabitants, has demanded per mission from the Government to emigrate to the United States. Tnis disposition has also been parti cularly perceptible in the Grand Duchy of Hesse- Darmstadt. The Cologne Gazette states, that in the town of Bocholt, in Weaphalia, the fourth part of the inhabitants are making preparations to emigrate in the beginning of spring. Madrid papers of the 12th have arrived. A motion was brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies on the 11th for an extension of the am nesty. In opposing the motion, the Minister of the Interior said that if an unlimited amnesty were granted it might tend to foment civil war, but that no individual applications had been refused. The motion was rejected by a majority of 98 to 71. Senor I'AcnECO has been re-elected for Cordova. Large quantities of wheat have been imported into Cadiz since the permission to that effect has been given, and it is said that the stocks of grain in the province of Seville are large. MADRID BoLs A Blanca 1 2.—Three per Cents., 301; Five per Cents., 191. Exchange on London, 37/. We have received the Paris papers of We.inesday. The Journal des Debals, in noticing the refusal of Lord Jons RUSSELL to prohibit the export of corn, makes the following sensible observations on the subject:— In the countries in which the ha rves t h as b een had, you grain, a nt i o f certa i n descriptions populations are agitated, and th e emo "- s from an increa se i n t h e pr i ce o f ( p t tifroofinhoiouhrri flour, hb t e l l ec e pao e u x ps ue p l o at r i ti t ie a o t i i l o a n ri o s f e wheat of 50 per cent. in certain provinces, and of 100 per cent. in others. What think you, th en, h as passed in the at Riga, at St. P e t ers b urg b, or in th ose o th er commerc i a l Atlantic in th e U n it e d S tates ? o p mr o e r it t nr s ot o :: of the e s e o ß f b a tah l t t e il l a a t bc)k D . a tsh n ee t a z , i Precisely the same thing. This advance of 100 per cent., which afflicts you in eartain of 3rour provinces, has been re peated in the ports of Russia. At New York the advance has been 50 per cent., exactly as in some other parts . of Europe. If this increase in the price of corn be a misfor: tune in the west of Europe, can it be taken as a matter of indifference by the populations of eastern Europe, or in the regions of the New World? Now, what would be thought If the Governments of those countries, placing themselves at the same point of view as ourselves, were to interdict the exportation of grain, as the Pacha of Salonica, political chief of one of the regions rich in corn, has just done, in conse quence of a riot ? A violent clamour would be raised in all parts of Europe. We should accuse the Russian Govern ment of barbarity. We should say to the Cong:ess of the .United States, that history would apply infamous epithets to it. Fiom Washington and St. Petersburg, however, the reply to E , .rope would be, that they had done nothing but chat she had done herself; that they had followed the ex ample she had taken the trouble to set, and that they had been influenced by the same reasons as those by which she was inspired. What would Europe have to reply ? To such an answer from Washington and St. Petersburg there could be no reply. The system of exclusive supplies in corn, when examined with some attention in relation to others as well as to oneself, cannot be sustained, and consequently, the prohibition. toexport is a bad measure, a grave fault. People must admit this, must persuade themselves of it, and re member it in future. The pretension to receive and to give nothing is contrary to equity, contrary to good sense, con trary to the interest well understood of each state. It may succeed once by chance, but the secret is soon discovered, and echen once made public, may be turned against us. As the late Mr. Huskiason said in Parliament, on another sub ject, the trick is found out, the patent has expired, and we must give it up. For merchandise as for corn, which no thing can replace, which nothing can dispense men from con mining, there is not a nation that can flatter itself that it will not have need of others to-morrow, as was seen in 1637, when England helped to feed the United States. With respect to grain it is therefore not permitted to any one to isolate himself, but it is especially when one demands the assistance of another that it is dangerous to set the ex ample of shuttiug oneself up at home. Lord John Russell was right then : the only system that is true, that is humane, that is useful, that can supply a scarcity, or soften its rigour, is diametrically opposed to that of the national markets being reserved; it is that of one single market for all civilised people, of a market without obstacles on which every one may place bisaxcess of corn, or come to take what he wants. Beyond that there are only false or equivocal notions, specious for the observer who does not give himself the trouble to investigate, but disastrous in the opinion of every one who renders to himself an account of the situation and of the comparative wants of nations, and as well as of the difficulties which surround different Governments. This thought of entering in communication, without admitting any barrier at any time, with the general corn market of the world, is that to which, after long deliberation, a great na tbn, our near neiglib.eir, has ranged itself, arid yet it would have seemed that she has in her territorial organization more motives than any other for acting differently. It is impos sible for the sang idea not to obtain, that of which it is worthy—the assent of all nations, which, as much as Great Britain, are proud of their enlightenment, and flatter them selves that they understand their interests." In the same journal we find tho following state ment with regard to the recent riots at Pisa : " We have received letters from Italy, which enable us to complete, and in some respects correct, what we said yester day with regard to the event which threw the city of Pisa into commotion. The Prince who was the object of a foolish and wicked attempt is not, as was stated, brother of the Emperor of Austria; he is the Archduke Ferdinand of Este, diAtantly related to the Emperor, and uncle of the reignin g Duke of Modena, and consequently of the Duchess de Bor deaux also. He inherited from ids mother, the Duchess Beatrice of Este, some considerable estates, called Agnano, situated at a short distance from Pisa. To visit this property he goes from time to time to Tuscany, and, as the house of Este does not enjoy great popularity in Italy, it had already happened for a brother of the last Duke of Modena to be re ceived during a visit to Pisa in anything but a favourable manner by the inhabitants. The events in Gallicia, in which it was supp.)sed, rightly or wrongly, that the Archduke Fer dinand of Este had taken an active part. increased on this occasion the animosity of the people. Crowds assembled in the streets, and, in the midst of the effervescence which pre vailed, one of these individuals, who, , e presence is inevitable in every tumultous gathering, conceived without doubt the project of the criminal attempt which we announced yes terday." On this statement the Ministerial, journal comments ;titer a fashion which clearly demonstrates that M. GUIZOT is adopting the foreign policy of the restora tion, and that us long as he shall p ossess power France Kill be the advanced guard of d: spotism instead of the leader of civilisation. The ConstiAtionucc has a very ably wtitten, but uncommonly severe, article on the financial state of the country. It attributes all the difficulties under which France is labouring to the incompetence of the Ministry. With regard to the scarcity of corn it MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was without alteration. The demand was very limited, and prices had a downward tendency. Sales 3,500 bales.-In Railway Shares there was not much doing. As the season for emigration is at hand, we cannot diffi dently caution the nearly destitute individuals who may leave Ireland more especially against the frightful risk of disease and death which they incur. A party at New York gives the following account of the privation endured upon the Voyage out:- " We have been shown a specimen of the food which the Irish immigrants usually bring with them to support life while crossing the Atlantic. In colour it resembles guano, but in form it presents more the appearance of coarse meal. We were unable to learn the name by which it is known, but we understand that it is a kind of berry, which is first dried in the sun and then ground up for use. The flavour is quite offensive, and the food, as we understand, is unpalatable in the extreme. About the only article of food besides this, which the immigrants use, is the common sea biecuit. The first article which they call for on reaching our almshouse is the potato, NI hich they prefer to the best of meats." Again, as to the disease engendered on the voyage, we aro told that " The character of this disease ie proving itself to be much • mire fatal than it has heretofore been considered. One of the vi=itors of the almshouse, Mr. Thomas Middleton, who had been among some of the recently-arrived paupers, caught this fever a few days ago, and died from its effects on Satur day last. Three of the best physicians in this city at tended him, but they could not master 'the disease. We are also informed that two Custom-house inspectors, who lately visited the Pontac, have since died from a fever which they contracted while performing their duty as inspectors. There is, indeed, much came for alarm on this subject. If this disease is to get a foothold in our almshouse and hospitals, we have reason to apprehend the most melancholy consequences." The favourable statement made yesterday at the Bank of England, and the dissipation of further alarm that the Bank of France would be compelled to throw a large amount of stock on the market, have conduced, with the brilliant weather, to create a far better feeling in the City, and there is a probability now of matters going on progressively towards improvement, unless the crops are endangered, or there is any political result to follow the financial alliance between the Emperor Nicholas and Louis Philippe. After recent events in the French Court nothing would surprise us, especially when the debt due - to the Bank of England shall have been liquidated. Consols have been 89' to 89 for Transfer, and 89i to 89 for the Account. The scrip has ranged from tA I discount to 1 4 premium. Exche quer-bills aro ls. to ss. premium, and India Bonds have touched 51. to 7s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been also rather higher. Spanish Three per Cents. have risen to 31 1 e 2 94, and alexican Bonds to 21% JA. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been quoted 58 to 58!li e For Railway Shares the demand is but slack, although holders are not inclined to sell at lower rates. The French lines are all better, but Sambre and Meuse continue flat. BiCITISII FUNDS THIS DAy AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • . .. 89% 89 India Bonds, 1,000/. .• • • • • 5 7 • Consols for Account .• •s •• .• •• 811 % 89 Consols, Scrip p dis Exci.equer Bills. l% d. 20. 1,0001. - .... 3 1 5 - pm. 5001. - .... 3 5- - pm. Ditto. Small .. - .... 3 5- - Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent • • • • - Ditto, for the Account .. 21%% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 39 Russian Bonds,•s per Cent 110% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cunt. .. .. - Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • •• - Ditto, for the Account .. • • 34% 3 4 Dividends on the above payable In London. • Belgian, Two-and-a-Half per Cent. 53 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWATS. PAID. PER SHARE. Amber., Notting.,Boston, & Eastrn Jll. 2%.... to - Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 5 .... 13%%% to - Bristol and Exeter .. •• 75 .... 77 ...• to - Buckinghamshire • . ..6/.45..... p.. to - Caledonian .. 30 27% to Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. .... .... to - Eastern Counties .. • • • • • • 20 .... 20 .. •• to 19% Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. I 3s. 4d...., .. • . to - Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 40..• p•• to - Ditto, York Extension .. .. • . 4 .... 5%.... to 5 East Lancashire .. .. • • .. .. 17 .... - •• • • to - Ditto. New .. .. • • • • • . - •• • • to - Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. • • .. 1% 2%.... to - East Lincolnshire .. • • • • 4 .. • • 7 .. • • to - Ely and Huntingdon . .. • • • • 12% •. 13 .. ••to - E weter, Yeovil and Dorchester • • .. 2% .. • • 1% •• • • to - Great Northern (London & York Itegd) 2% •• • • 2%%.. to - Ditto (Direct Northern Regd.) .. 3% •• •• 3 % •••• to - Great North of England • . •• • • 100 ....231 .. ••to - DIP°. New.. .• .. • . 5 59%.... to 60 Great Western .. .. • • • • .. 85 - .. •.to • • Ditto. Half Shares 50 •• • . 66%.. • • to Ditto Quarter Shares • • • • • • 12% •• • • 17% ••to - Ditto.. New •• 7% 3 4.. to - Leeds and 11ra.lford .. • . .. •. 35 .. • . 77%34 .. to - Liverpool, Manch, and Newe. Junct. 2%.... 1%.... to - London and Blackwall .. 161. las. 4d. - •• .. to - Ditto, New, No. 2 .. I/. 13.4. 4d. .... p.. to -- London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .. •• 54 .... to - London and Greenwich .. PE. 15s. 4d. •••• . xdto - Do., Preference or Privilege, M. 17s. 2d. .... 21 .• • . to - London and North• Western .. • • 100 .. 177 .. to 179 Ditto, Quarters .. • • .. •• •• 2 .... - ..•• to - Ditto ditto New .. •• .. • 2 .... 13 .... to London and South-Western 41/. 6s. 10d. •••• 63%.... to 63 Ditto, New • . • • .. 22%.. • . 25%.... to 25 Ditto; Scrip .. • • .. • • .. 5 .. 5 •••• to - Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .. • • 22% .... to - Lynn and Dareltam .• • • • • 15 . • • 16% .. • • to -- Manchester and Leeds • •• 82 - ••.. to - Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • •71. 45....• 2% pto - Ditto % (late Hudders. & Sheffield) 23 .. • • 26% to - Manchester, Buxton, and 3latlock • 425. •• • • % p.. to - Manchester and Southampton .. • • 2 .. • • 114.. • • to 1 Midland •• •• •• •• •• -100 -.116% .... to - Ditto, New • • • • 30 .... 3414 .... to 34 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 2 .. ••S 14 .... to 5 Midland Great Western (Irish) 20 .... 8 to - Newcastle and Berwick. .. • • •• 20 .... 29% 34.• to - Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 5 .. • • 8%%.. to - North British .• .. • • 25 .. •• 33 x d.. to - Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 12% .. • . 16% . • to - Northern and Eastern .. 50 - .• .. to - Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • • • 12% ••• • 14 .... to - North StaflOrilshire • • • • 5 .. • • 8% •• • • to Preston and Wyre • • • • .• • • • • 25 .... 31 1 4 to - Ditto, Half Shares (A) se .. - •• .. to - D tto,tlitto (B) •• 1 1A .... • • to - Madill:l, Guildford, and Reigate .. 5 .• 4sp xinto 5 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3 .... 4% •• .. to Shropshire Union • .. •• .• 425..... %%dis. to - South l'lastern and Dover .. • • 331. 2s. 40. 34% .. to 38 Ditto, New (do. 15/.) No. 4 .. •• 3% •• • • 4 3 4 %• • to - South Wales .. • • • • •• •• 10 •• • • 7% • to - South Yorkshire. Doncaster, & Goole 2 .... 2 .... to - Vale of Ncath .• • • 2 .. • • %% . • to - rork and Newcastle • • •• -- • • 25 .• • • 33% •• • • to - Ditto, New •• •• • •• •• 10 •• •• 15 5 4% to - Ditto, Preference • • •• .• • . 4 .. • . .... to R Vtirtt and North Midland .. .. •• 50 .... 84 ••to 8 •-• Ditto. Extension .. .. • . .. 20 • • 36% •••• to - Ditto, Preference .• • • .• 2 .... 11 !‘ .•to - Ditto East awl West Riding Extension 10 .... 21% to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 18 •• 11% •• . to - Namur and Liege .• • • • 10 .. • • 434 .. to - Northern of France „ 8 13% 1 14 to - Orleao.4 .. .. .. 6 . •• 6% •... to - Paris an.l Lyons • • .• 8 .... 6 3 4 %.. to - Sambre and Meuse •• • • •• 12 • • 6% ••• o - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Colonial .. • • .. • • • • •• •• 25 .. • . 15%% .. to - London and Westmins' er .• •• 20 .. 27x all.. to - MINES [Zeal del Monte. Unregistered 3 1 ,4 .... to :a.ys— " What must cause astonishment is that the Government, f.rinerly so lavish of i . s circulars, now observ es th e must complete silence. After having held the country in deceitful lopes, when, on the contrary, it was necessary to appeal to evil, that it would be useful and advis its foresight, it now is silent when it is a matter of so great population. It is evident that, how importance to know the real state of things. It is, in facf, in circumstances like the present, when the apprehension of s t a h b e le el t vi o l ever terrible may be the present crisis, the public is inclined to exaggerate its co nsequeces. I . 'he Government has, there fore, everything to gain by telling the truth to calm the r a c ti . d 3 s ts taorethe the general terror. Yet, at the present period, we have still to learn the precise deficiency - of the harvest." There is a reason for all this. At the time the Government was so " lavish of its circulars" the Errata in Yesterday's List—Read York and North Midland 83N 84% instead or 83% 8454 83. ..... Ministry, fi n ding itself in the presence of an adver sary, did not feel it incumbent to tell the whole truth" as to the scarcity, and therefore it deceived the people. Now the marriage is completed, and the next step is to create some excuse for assembling troops on the Spanish frontier, to be used as occasion may require, and the fear of bread riots afford§ as good an excuse to M. G 111ZOT - as the fear of yellow fever did to M. DE VILLELE, when he formed his celebrated cordon sanitaire ; therefore it is now for their interest to exaggerate the scarcity, and to make the most of every entente; hence the disappearance of the circulars. On Tuesday the Marquis of NonuaNnir gave a grand dinner at the Embassy to all the members of the French Cabinet, and the principal members of the corps di plontatique. Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, Count Ducbatel, M. Lacave Laplagne, M. Dumon, M. Ounin Gridaine, and Admiral Mackau were present, is well as the Count d'Appony, and other ambassadors. A good deal of interest was attached to this entertainment, from the fact of its being con sidered the gage de reconciliation between the English Ambassador and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. It being one of M. Cu IZOT'S reception days, he was obliged to leave Lord NORMANBY'S party shortly before ten o'clock. FAST-DAY.--BILLS of EXCHANGE. We beg to remind the public that, in virtue of 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 15, "all bills of exchange and promissory notes falling due on the fast. day, Wednesday, the 24th inst., will become due and payable on the preceding day, and, in case of non-payment, will be noted and pro tested on such preceding day, and every such day of fast shall for all other purposes as regards bills of exchange and promissory notes be considered as a Sunday;" and it is not necessary to give notice of dishonour until the day after the fast•day. The bankers will not open on Wednesday, the 24th. All the Government offices, the Excise, the Customs, Stamp-office, and Treasury, &c.. Stock Exchange, East India and South-Sea llousTs, the St. Katherine, London, West and East India Docks will be closed to business. The. Post-office will open as usual, except the Money-order offices. The theatres, British Museum, National Gallery, &c., will remain closed. IMPOItTANT CONVENTION BE TWEEN RUSSIA AND THE BANK OF FRANCE. The Moniteur Parisien of Wednesday evening con tains the following article : " An arrangement has been concluded by the Bank of France for the disposal of a portion of the Go vernment stock of which it is proprietor. On the 27th of February last the Emperor of Russia gave, through Count Netselrode, orders to M. Kisseleff, his Chare,‘ d'Affaires in France, to present himself to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Guizot) to inform him that the Russian Government was ready to purchase the French Government stock of which it wished to dispose at the medium price of the day (March 1I th instant) to the extent of 50,000,000 f. (2,000,0001. sterling). This sum will be placed in cash at St. Petersburgb, at the disposal of the Bank of France. COCIRs AUTIIENTIQUE.—PAMM, MARCII 17.—French Five per Cents., 1151. 60c., 65c., 70c.; Three per Cents., 77f. 63c., 70e., 75 e.; Bank of France Shares, 3, 2.10 E, 3,245 E, 3 , 250 E, 3,240 E, 3,250 E; Treasury Bonds, 4 1 4 2 m.; Obl. of the City, , 1 ; 3151 :; Neapolitan (leotlischild's) Defuntives, 1011. 30c.; '" n nans, loll.; Belgian Five per Cents. (1840), 101%f.; Ditto, (1842), 102 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 31 1 0 ; Exchange on London—one month, money, 25f. 23c. ; three months, money, 25f 7 1 /ic• (Constitntd), '" lt BUSINEss DON' , IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TAE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Moto! 18. Boulogne — A N m a i ni en u 6 ; a l n 3 d 3l4 l,T e „ B , ° , r 4 il l e r x -N ' ort l rer ki n u o se f . Fr a a l t i l a ce, C l e 2 t li te —vticans and Bordeaux, Gh—Paid and Lyons, 6 % — Sambre and Meuse, CABINET C OUNClL. —S ummun ses were issued yester day, from t h e ForeignotTice, to the Ministers, to latent) a Cabinet Council to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, at the Foreign-uffice, Downing street. " The Minister for Foreign Affairs immediately put the Chargé d'Affaires of Russia in communication with the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank. " The propositions submitted by the orders of the Emperor have been discussed and accepted, and a con vention to that effect was signed yesterday, the 16th of March, between the Governor of the Bank and the Chargé d'Affaires of Russia. Thiebouvention has been approved by the Council-General of the Bank of France at its meeting of this day." A deputation from the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market arid Abattoir Company, accompanied by Mr. Lane, deputy. chairman, and attended by Mr. Henry F. Richardson, the solicitor, waited on viscount Morpeth, at the office of the Woods and Forests, yesterday. Mr. O'C o nnell's health is daily improving at Hastings. He walks daily on the Esplanade, and takes carriage exercise,. The Earl of Shrewsbury visited Mr. O'Connell on Monday ; Sir Jas. Murray visited Mr. O'Connell on Tuesday. _ Mr. O'Connell, on Tuesday, drove to Battle Abbey;—Briykton Gazette. In the Passage de l'Opera the funds upon this an nouncement rose rapidly from 771. 80c. (the closing price of the day) to 79t. sc. In the Court of Excise, yesterday, Samuel Edwards, a brewer, of Limehouse, was convicted in the mitigated pe nalty of 501, for having in his possession artides for the Lint teratioa end colouring of beer. At Enfield Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. G. Dun combo, formerlv a chemist, at Poplar, but who has la , terly been cecupyini a cottage anti barn in Enfield Cliae, was con victed for having an illicit distillery on his premises, in which were six large stills. The penaltka imposed were 2001 as the landlord of the premises, and 2001. for each of the stills; making a total penalty of 1,4001. AWFUL DEATII OF AN OLD LADY.-Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the William the Fourth, Clapham, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Platt, aged 72. On last Sunday three weeks, as the dinner was about to be placed on the table, she suddenly fell on the fire, and was burnt in a very dreadful manner. She lingered in great torture until Sunday last, when she expired. Verdict, ' Accidental death." AGRICULTURAL STATI S TICS --A Bill has been pre pared and brought in by Mr. M. Gibson and Mr. Parker, to make provision for the collection of agricultural statigio iii England and Wales , • Beasts. 907 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAncit 19.—Wind, at noon, S.E. by S., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Java, Frik, New York for Amsterdam; Amalie, Vesser, Pernambuco; Stud AntwQrper, Gevarts, New York from Antwerp. Sld. Protec tor, New Zealand; Lady Clark, Calcutta; Lady Bute, Cal cutta; Coromandel, Gray, Bombay ; Acasta, Algoa Bay ; Providence, Cape of Good Hope; Rises, Cape of Good Hope; Clarence, Baltimore; Pioneer, Philadelphia; Catherine Bo land, Bermuda; Pearl and John 8011, Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, MARCR 18.—Wind S.S.E.— Sld. Toronto, New York. POOLE, Msncu 18.—S1d. Emma, Newfoundland. LtvzurooL, Mancit 17.—Wind S. to S.E., moderate.— Sid. Promise, Sydney, New South Wales; Isabella, Harnet, Calcutta; Berhampore, ditto; Elizabeth Archer, Bombay; Teazer, Para; Potentate, Havannah ; Sarah and Louisa, New Orleans; Ashland, Nes York; Oxford, ditto; Peter Hatterick, ditto ; Triumph, ditto ; Albatross, Pauline, Boston ; Chester, St. John's, New Brnnswick. The Adelaide, Grant, for Halifax, has put back, l.aky, and with thinage, having been in contact 16:11 inst., off Holyhead, with the Seaman, hence to Baltimore, which is supposed to have re ceived damage. The Minerva, of Dublin, hence to Galatz, was seen yesterday off Holyhead, with loss of topmasts and fhreyards. Off port, Queen Mab, supposed to be putting back ; Crescent, Ann, Dingwall, Aqua Marine. and Berwick Castle. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.— Wind E.S.S.—.Arrd. Toronto, Simpson, Moulmein. Sailed Sovereign, St. John's, New Brunswick ' • Trafalgar, Adelaide. JERSEY, Mama 17.—S1d. Iris, Newfoundland. ta.t.,, MAltcit 18. —Wind E.S. E.—Sld. George, St. John's. ST. IVES, MARCH 17.—The Affiance, of Goole, from Lon don to Galway, struck on Rinmel Stone and sank near the Land's End; crew saved and landed here. CLYDE, MAacir 13.—S1d. Leven Lass, New York; 16tb, Eclipse, Windsor, Nova Scotia; Southampton, Boston. Conic, MARCH It.—The Active, Prealle, from Santos to Hamburgh, arrived here to-day, with loss of two men, fore topmast, head of mainmast, decks swept, and part of cargo thrown overboard, and remainder damaged, in a heavy gale on 25th to 27th ult., in lon. 10; must discharge. SwA..NrsE A, MA ucti 18.— Wind S.E.—Sld. Mary, Men. LEITH, MARCH 16.—Young Queen, Havannah. SmEnNEss, MAucu 17.—The Two Brothers was brought in to-day a derelict. MARKET NEWS.'=-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY During the present week, the arrivals of English wheat have been moderately good ; yet the stands to-day were by no means largely supplied with samples. All descriptions moved off steadily at about Monday's quotations. In foreign Wheat, for export as we ll as for home consumption, very little business was doing; yet the -holders were firm, and would not sell except at full prices. The import of Barley having been large, the Barley trade was slow, at late rates. The show of English parcels was trifling. With Malt we were scantily supplied; yet the brewers were very cautious in their operations, at barely late rates. Oats were tolerably steady; but all other articles, including Indian cOrn,- com manded very little alteration. English Irish. .. F'reign ...... Wheat. 5,410 qrs. 14,590 Malt, 1,510 qrs. sriczTsrizLn. ARRIVALS. Barley, I Oats 1 Flour 1,050 qrs. 1,430 qr .;. 1 1,950 Ali,. 1,620 I and 9,960 10,700br16 3,2.0 The number of Beasts on offer being on the increase, and the attendance of buyers small, the Beef trade was exces. sively dull, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, the highest figure for the best Scots being only 4s per 81bs, and at which a clearance was not effected. There were in the market 262 Beasts, 30 Sheep, and 21 Calves from Holland and Germany. The supply of Sheep was by no means large, yet the sale for that description of stock was very heavy, and the prices receded quite 2d per Blbs. The first arrival of Lambs fur the season from the Isle of Wight took place to day, 30 head having reached us from that quarter in good condition. The Lamb trade was dull, at prices varying from 5s 2d to 6s per 81ba. Calves moved off heavily, at a reduc tion in value of 2d per 81bs. In Pigs, next to nothing was doing. ➢filch Cows were a slow sale, at from 161 to 18/ 5s each, including their small calf. Per tithe. to s s. d. to s. d ' s. d. to s. inferior Beasts.. ... 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 310 4 0 second quality ••• 210 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto 4 2 4 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 4 8 410 Prime Scots 3 8 4 0 Ditto outof the wool Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 8 Large Hogs ...... 3 Prime small ditto .. 4 10 5 2 Small Porkers ... • 4 Suckling Calves —lB 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs .• 16 Inferior Sheep ••.- 3 4 3 8 Lambs .......... 5 SUPPLY Al MARKET. Sheep. Calves. 1 pi ps 3,240 112 280 ink tho offal. 6 4 8 410 • 19 0 2 6 6 rz.zIvGATE MEADENEALL. All kinds of meat were in good supply, and heavy demand, at drooping prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. d. to s. Beef, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 2 3 4 - middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. 3 6 310 - prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime ••• • 4 0 4 4 - prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.... • • 3 4 4 4 Veal•• •• • - 5ma11........ 4 6 410 Lamb. 5s Od to 5s 10d BOROUGH HOP DI.A.R.KET. Our market continues to be scantily supplied with the best Hops of last years' growth, both in pockt ts and bags. Such qualities are in fair request, at last week's quotations; but all other kinds command very little attention, with full average supplies on offer. Sussex Pockets, 41 to 4/ 8s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 4/ 5s to 41 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 15a to 6/ 12s. co~ONIAX SUGAIL—There has been a moderate business done in Bri tish Plantation, and at fuller rates, but there is so-little on show that transactions are restricted. Refined Standard Lumps have been quoted 64s to 64s 6d, being an advance of is per cwt. on the lowest recent prices. LAST INDIA.-8,020 bags Bengal, mostly sold at previous rates by auction ; fine white Benares, 525, mid 49s 6d to 50: ; fine strong grainy yellow, 53s to 575; and good brown, 40s to 41e. Madras, 5,193 bags went, however, Gd to Is lower; good damp yellow, 42s 6LI to 435; - and good and fine brown, 38s 6d to 39% 11,194 bags 767 casks Mauritius sold well, bringing 6d advance in some cases. Fine yellow, 50a to 535; fine brown, 44s to 44s 64.; low to time grey, 4tis to 50s per cwt. Penang, 1,196 baskets went rather lower: good yellow ; 44s to 45s 6d; low, 41s to 41s ; and low brown, 375. Singapore mil yellow has been taken in at 48s. FOREIGN.—Holders are asking advanced prices, and most cf the parcels put up by auction hare been withdrawn above the value, viz., 31s and 32s to 35a for low to fine white; and 50s 64 to 54s for low to good yellow. Privately brown and yellow have realiFed 26s 64 to 29s 64 in bond. Brazil, 2,660 bags, duty paid, has been sold at 56s to 60s for good and fine white, 46s 64 to 52s for low to good yellow, asd 52s 6d to 53s for fine. COFFEE. —The market for West India has been quiet but steady. Jamaica has been sold at 33a to COs per cwt; good ord pale Native Ceylon has realised 435; Singapore Java, good ord 33s to 345, and low to good ord Penang 26s to 27s 6d, being rather lower for the Java. At auction 991 bags Ceylon sold at 40s to 43s 6d for good ord to good ord greenish, 46s to 53s for finel and flue ord. 47s to 73 for pea berry and plantation. Costa Rico realised 31s to 35 6cl, and Rio was taken in at 44s 6d to 455. Bahia has been sold at 35s per cwi. SI . Domingo afloat, deliverable in a near port, has been sold at 295. TEA.—The public sales of about 30,000 packages com menced yesterday. The quantity passed was 15,500 packages, which went utr flatly, only 1,500 finding buyers, and these mostly of inferior quality. Prices ruled the same as before the sale. SPlCES.—Penang has been sold at 2%d to 2 3 / 4 4 per lb., and in Pimento and Cassia Lignea there is no particular change. RlLL.—Whito Bengal has been 22s to 235, and Madras 2ls 6Li for low mid white. SALTPETRE.—BengaI has been sold at 25s to 28s for 17% and 31 Ihs.refraction. Ru;i.—The market is very quiet. CorroN.—There is but little doing, and prices are lower, TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 51s to 51s 3J per cwt. on the spot. CHANCERY.L--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Old Hall, and heard appeals to-day. TILE ArroRNEY-GENEnAL V. TILE MERCHANT VENTURERS correctly all the circumstances under which the deed of si• sigtunent had been executed. • Mr. STEPHENS followed on the same side. • Mr. LEK api.eared on the part of the other parties, alit'''. ing a lien on the annuity. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vies:4.7trAsrcELLost of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took tinq; . posed cause petitions, short causes, 'and petitions to-sez. none of which possessed any points o f interest, except to 1_0: parties concerned. His Honour, aft e r disposing of these en proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part-he'": case of "Joy v. Birch," which occupied the Court the mainder of the morning. (Before Vice. Chancellor Sir J. K. BaticE.) JOHNSON V. RICHARD?. re lief , This was a cause petition praying for discovery an and turned upon tile construction of the 49th order of i .O Court. The case occupied the whole morning, but w" destitute of any public interest. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DA 3( • There were no causes set down for hearing this day. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DA .( &fore Mr. Cotarnipsioner Gou uns.) IN RE EDWARD GARDNER. This bankrupt, who had carried on b as i ne ss as ato f o r luring chemist in Fieltigate-street, Whitechapel, came up his ce tificate. A 11 0 • His lioxotte, on looking at the proceedings, observe-, o c this was another of those cases where a man had spent oin' to every farthing he had, not having even sufficient to Pai dion full expenses of the Couro et came up to get pret u "or against their creditors. In this case a judgment had keno tained against the bankrupt. Suing out fiats in this W was a fraud on the law altogt then Mr. Spiller, the bankrupt's solicitor, said that the I ° l° ,l had failed from accidental causes, but on a new trial it ulti be in favour of the COMMISS estate. ~,to The Learned lONER asked where the funds vre'tett come from ? In most of these cases, th e b an krupt attrib u r e his misfortunes to injustice on the part of some one or 10 0. creditors, but they were those who had obtained judgn n en bis He (his Honour) did not consider su c h per so n entitle(' d i r certificate, at all events for a very long period ; under th e os cumstances he should refuse the certificate absolutelY• to bankrupt had mistaken the Court altogether • be eutibe have applied to the Insolvency Court. and could nowt "' o ld certificate was refused, 'but if it had been suspended, be 01 2. o f no doubt have been taken in execution, and the Co t t' Insolvency would not interfere. • AA Mr.SrterA n hoped that a short protection would NI gra till a petition could be filed. : gab His HoNoun—Certainly not. I will not i n terfere . 0 - a case, to deprive the creditor of his rights. IVIARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY Nam Key, a chimney sweep, was pl ace d a t the bar o f fore Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a quantitl o , plate, consisting of a tea-pot, a cream-ewer, e l e ven i° l _:,;c one waiter, four decanter-stands, two tea-spoons, apd 11'1 1 , of candlesticks, the property of Charles Millet, Esq-, 14°. Lower Charles Brook-street, Grosvenor square. that tll6 Holmes, butler to the prosecutor. stated t servants were in the habit of going up stairs to prayers e d0 ;01 morning at nine o'clock. This morning, on their ratura_ A to stairs, he entered the pantry, w h ere h e wa s astonish_rbjf find the prisorer in th e ac t o f p ac ki ng u p the plate 'Rea soot-bag. Witness immediately l oc k e d th e d o or, and se ll a police-constable and gave him in charge. . Police-constable 39 D took the prisoner into custody is pantry. On searching him he f oun d e l even silver,for s ed his pocket, and the remainder of th e pl a t e no w proAu c ini via his soot-bag. In one corner of th e pantry he also Ott several other articles packed up ready to be taken mg* bid his examining the premises he found that the prisoner 01 gained admission by picking the lock of the area drilor , from thence made his way into the pantry, the door aw he had forced open. The prisoner, who declined saying anything, wile co mitted for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.--(THIS PA Y l‘' */ • ot A journeyman carpenter, on the p ar t o f s i x other "oi men employed in the erection of some l arge buildings t he going on in the New North-road, Holton, applied 1 ° the , magistrate, Mr. Bingham, wh o sa t f or M r . A rno ld. le '„ bf restoration of their working too's, which had been sto ,, ' - ,,dy a fellow workman, named .iohn S midi, who was sulgol', l `,,,itti, taken into custody with the tool s in hi s p ossess i o n. his on being placed in the cell of the police station. ° w b throat, and was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's 11011 The tools remained in the hands of the police, but the r f o rl4 men were, in consequence, unable t o p rocee d w ith the irjo and themselves and families would th ere by b e great :we e t he Mr. BINGII.A.M, with great humanity, suggested tbatit of better plan would perhaps be to detain one tool 0 111 3 each lot of the least consequence t o th e wor k me n, and '- to them the others. :mired The suggestion of Mr. Bingham was at once acqtt..- - ,c c ere and the applicant, attended by H aywar d , one o f the ( "qv of the Court, was desir e d t o ma k e t h e necessar y arra ment. -CLERKEN WELL .—( T HIS ROBBERY AT THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—Anne com-ols ccok at the Caledonian Asylum, Chalk-road, lA /I wo/4 0i o f charged with robbing th e i ns ti tut i on o f a l arg e ele° tl sed . property, consisting of flannel, sheeting, plaids, calorn s ' iw or. other such articles; a quantity of bread, oatmesk, o. cheese, &c.; and James Hid, a carpenter, residing at I „ c is - Harrison-street, B runsw i c k- square, was charged with r t iug the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. at . Sergeant Brennan, 9 N, st a t e d, th a t last night, or a quarter before eleven o'clock he met the male prisoper uire d rying two large bundles along th e Ch a lk- r oad. He inq of the prisoner what he was carrying, when he rep ; o ot "What is that to you ;" but upon the witness (who n o , in his uniform at the time) saying he was a the prisoner threw the taro bundles on the ground sit' a qv g oft: Ho was followed by the witness, who succeeded in W ho , him into custody after a chace of upwards of a mile. 17 _, P l i e s at the station-house, he said he got the two ini"l to which contained bread and a quantity of eA ta n i a s from the other prisoner, who was the cook at the Ca lo - 10-- t, le Asylum. The male prisoner's lodgings in Harrison - O re° polic Brunswick-square, were then searcheit, s w i hen the flan is it e , ik sheeting, and other articles named above were found t",:h as well as a jar of blacking, upon which was the stamp asylum. The female prisoner was taken into custody t 1 . 1 , 1 h morning, when she at once admitted being ac qua i n t e d S ob Hill. Sergeant Brennan said he had ascertained that the P r i i i sailers had been acquainted f r a long time, and he 000'1 1 if further time was afforded he would be enabled to est&b li . s n , other charges against them, as the female prisoner told 111,. ,lie had just come from the country before she went W Caledunian Asylum, although he had ascertained that su resided in another place in London. 1 of The housekeeper of the asylum having identified several the articles produced as the property of the institution„_, Mr. COMBS ordered the prisoners to be remanded, in ow!: that the police might have an opportunity of making furtl inquiries. • " The valu e. THE LATE GEORGE ROBINS, tion of the personal property of the great taken e t the lamented George Henry Robins, Esq., has b ee n 140,0004, exelusive f landed property. to si nk The Lyceum is, _ from what we learn, likely St eel nto the unprofitable state in which the present le ave r bunt' it ; and from which no other management coo' succeeded to raise it. The popularity of this house ,ict, menced with the Keeley reign, prior to its prosperity was a stranger to its doors, and its ill-fortune was a bye-word. The spirited te' A in which Mr. Strutt commenced the undertaking Of sta ing the luckless English Opera House a profitable cs,.• valuer of estates blishment, and the tact, and talent shown 1 1 t he and Mrs. Keeley, in their endeavours to make cos el performances attractive, have been such go hardly fail to be successful, and they deserve a ll ire advantages advantages that they have gained but, it aPro to the demand made for the rent i ncreases i n proportio ,ad the success of the lessees, as tho ug h th e bong , Andy not the company drew spectators. Th e l a test del i for report says, is enormous, and equal t o net aSk e i i i ied Drury-lane. The present l essees h ave dete r ';oo upon rejecting such an advance; and, it i s f eare d, there , log are fated to see their prospect of some return for the' r ,„„eot dormant outlay fade like a gl eam o f suns hi ne at the P,`,.-601 reason. Surely these peopl e h ave suffered enoug h e" ‘,, by their inves FO tment.—From the Era, March 14. ; tbe ACTIONS R SMALL DEETS..-.•Yesterday, ono Sheriff's Court, Red Lion-square, an action brought ir,l nu te of the superior C our t s was tr i e d , i n w hi ch the sum in d° Puce only amounted to 2/. 16s. A barrister was employed Or re' defendant, and on the part of the plaintiff four witness es t is siding in Essex were called. Th e w it nesses w ere e O ,. t he attendance for the defendant, and a verdi c t was g iven fo : t iell amount claimed. The costs of the p ar ti es i n thi4 e' ler eft must exceed 20/. By the County Co ur t s A c t, now o i l w ise to be enforced, such actions will be discontinued, eth er i fiett the parties bringing them will not only have to paY nrc lot own expenses, but the expenses of the defend an t s , on an " made by the judge trying the cause. THE WANDERING MINSTR EL FOR W ES TSI, ,., - c - e „ 0 l1; $ —We perceive that the Wanderin g Mi ns t re l h as hee ° .,,'" s ter candidate for the representation of th e c it y of West lol ; 00 in Parliament. It is a pity that po or o ld Billy Waters : o e'§ longer alive to stand--ten his wooden leg — as Mr. Cochrs colleague. Billy iVaters was, at all events, associe te n tbe , local ties with Westminster, for all th e li t tl e boys ge place used to take the glorious privilege of pelting him' bite thus had the freedom of the city ve r y o ft en presen ted t°ss in a snowball or cabbage leaf. Mr. Cochrane cannot t he of even this amount of intimacy b e t ween hi mse lf all!' c eg , electors, for his public life has been passed in the provl n f o- If Beulah Spa were to be allowed to send a member O v ia liament, we -know of no man so wor th y as t h e Wen' We Minstrel of the suffrages of that romantic tea-garden• ao r have no doubt that if he wer e sen t i n t o th e H ous e of 0 4 mons lie would propose the emancipation of the Giri es 'iotO recommend the appointment of a Committee to inO i lcOV, the propriety of having a B r iti s h res id ent at the Sivis'is tage to encourage e m i gra ti on to N orwood. The eleet°„ies Westminster do not, ho wever , requ i re as t h e i r repreeellitel a gentleman who can touch a few notes on the guitar. 0 .10 want rather an able supporter of the popular cause4 Aic .: , in matters of practical improvement, ca n pl ay first nclu' Punch. BIRTH:4. 1.0 On the II th inst , at Thelverton Rectory, Norfolk, the wif e of Rev. It. C. Maul, of a son. I. On the 13th inst., at South Coßingham, Nottinghamshire , W . Smith Woolley, jun., of a daughter. r ° J. On the 15th inst., at Grosvenor-park, Camberwell, the wife o John Garland, of a son. __ t o!, On the 15th inst., at Islington, the wife of Dr. William E. iiw— of a son. UP of On the 16th inst., in Gloucester place, Portman-square, th e David Stern, Esq., of a daughter. of S' On the 15th inst., at Camden Villas, Regent's-park, the rife J. Murray, Esq., of a son. le' On the 16tra Inst., at New Park-road, Brixton hill, Mrs. J . SP of a son. _ r_ c r On the 17th inst., In Brcok-street, Grosvenor-square, La d y DeX of a daughter. ____--------' MARRIED. Teo' On the 15th inst at the British Embassy, Paris, Mr. Angu nings, of London, to Ch:tr:oitc, youngest daughter of the lat e Delahoy, of Greenwich. • DIED. ha rt. On the 16th inst., in Portland • place, Sir William Curtis , rotl- On the 14th inst., at Wallop,finear Stockbridge, G. s. Brewerta On the 14th inst. ; at Hastings. Louisa, the wife of CharleS Wilson, Esq. On the 17th inst., Mary , the youngest daughter co: Mr. J. Qutncey of Palatine (louse, Stoke Newington. On the 15th inst., Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. fir• Dryden, of Lambeth, aged 29. Aged- On the 15th inst., in Lower Grosvenor-street, Miss A. J. DU"' o ll• On the 16th inst.. Mary Birch, only child of Mr. J. F. oj /1 0 Charles -square, City-road, aged 19. f ig C ed 71 ' On the 16th inst., at Southampton, Joseph Newman, Esq. , - I, l v On the IGth inst., at G t eat B ar f or d . B e ds, the Rev. John son, Vicar of Roston, with Great Barford, aged 68 - _ ..,. Lon4on: Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG. of .A o.c a. Strand, printer. at 77u. Sun office, No. 112. Str 4 lid, In the rie a i t a , Of the SeYey, IS . the County of lkilildleses, rfldttb :111 19,1847. SOCIETY. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the judg ment of his Lordship the Master of the Rolls, which have already occupied the court saveral days, were resumed and ,concluded to-day. The case came before the Master of the Rolls upon an information filed by her Majesty's Attorney- General for the purpose of ascertaining what property be longed to a - charity in Bristol, founded by a gentleman of the name of Colston in the year 1708. From the statements of the information it appeared that in 1708 Mr. Edward Colston, a native of Bristol, was desirous of estab lishing in that city a hospital- or charity for maintaining and educating fifty poor boys, and placing them out as apprentices, and that such charity should be conducted by the Society of Merchant Venturers of the city of Bristol, of which Mr. Colston was a member. Afterwards Mr. Col ston desired to extend the benefit of the charity to an addi tional fifty boys; and, for the two purposes, procured to be conveyed to the defendants a mansion-house in St. Augus tine's-back, in Bristol, the manor of Beere, and lands in Somersetshire, and certain fee-farm rents of the then aggre gate annual value of 1,278/. The manor and rectory of Locking were also given to the defendants, who accepted the trusts of the charity. It appeared that the property now produced the annual sum of 3,000/. • and the question raised by the information was, to wh om the surplus belongs after providing for the maintenance of the 100 boys? The Arro!usEY-GENERAt. contended that the Society of Merchant Venturers took the estates which were conveyed to them, as trustees only, and for the benefit of the charity; and that they took the trust accompanied by an obligation to maintain the charity for 100 boys, and even if the revenue of the charity estates should be insufficient, unless such in sufficiency were occasioned by fire, hurricane, or other in evitable accident; while, on the contrary, the defendants contended that the estates were conveyed to them abso lutely for their own use, subject only to the condition of their maintaining the charity forone hundred boys, according to the directions of the founder; the more so as they were bound to maintain the hundred boys whatever might be the amount of the rents of the property, and, therefore, any sur plus beyond what might be necessary for that purpose be longed to them, in respect or the risk entered i nto b y them. The Master of the Rolls , by his decree of the Ist of August, 1842, declared that the lands and hereditaments were held on charitable trusts, and that the defendants were not entitled to appropriate any part of the rents to their own use, and, at the same time, directed an inquiry to the Master of what the property consisted, an account of the rents from the filing of the informati , m, and also ordered him to approve of a scheme for the future regulation of the charity, and against this de cree the present appeal was brought. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied to-day at some length, and at the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's argu ments, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should take time to con sider his judgment. LANE V. DUR.RANT. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were then re sumed, and occupied his Lordship the remainder of the morning. ROLLS' COURT._( IS DAY.) ELDEATON V. LACK., This was a suit to establish a lien on an annuity, and also to prove its priority, under the following circumstances. The defendant, who held the office of Examiner-General of the Board of Customs, had as.igned his pension, as well as current salary. to the plaintiff for a consideration of 1,200/. and an annuity of 1951. 19s. during his lifetime. The deed wes executed prior to the expiration of the term of servitude which entitled the defendant to the pension, which was also subject to the approval of the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. KINDERSLEY, on the part of the defendant, contended that the assignment in question was invalid and opposed to public policy, being calculated to induce persons to cling to office even at a period when they were incompetent to dis charge efficiently their duties. The Learned Counsel also contended that the ineulorial in this case did not set forth - 1•01.1.111, m - the la i d c , ' n it, on Ti Prildi ekyin t "tainatlon That In ail i n 'otts for ntt'reqt ar ti o i 4 141.__Cleperit TUE C' ntral of the 11 (- t b Igt 7 ARTE .oe • 4, ted to b e 35th luau (4t irig Notle( To call !5.13 Nstence of edhDo. ,zOVe, XV, of 1 84. 0 in tr atie espon 24t4 A , ljSt p . ilerittO hayet 141111er delay: ...7'''-•-..._.,__ ?axkom-- Most Right Righ. Righ. Righ, Sir J Sir T Sir G .losei Jesse PEXIIIDEI tit kir ?" . u,7rt Smie 17'uard W e ; Cockerel], 4 - I, r ge soars, ?to • Deering E 1i,48 ' vrins otality: Srid i n F l itara. SARI Rober ts,t 4 er t P. Abral • Car Esq V. Crow y. ley , )1 en IrPton 'Ed t e,11 3 , Foss E. ( arnbert. Esc widp Chan., ii Dinner on Tal 41! the Steward s ; and 4 toom b s ury. 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