The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-22 00:00:00

THAMES-OFFICE.

Yesterday George Pitman, a good-looking stout youth,
was brought before Mr. BRODERIP, on a charge of abscond-
ing from and robbing his master, Mr. Thomas Bott Bur-
ford, a paper-hanger in Ratcliffe-highway.
Mr. Burford stated that the prisoner was his apprentice,
and formerly conducted himself in a very exemplary man-
ner, but for some time past his propensity for thieving had
been so great that wherever he sent hini on business he
carried away property, and he had been put to great in-
convenience and loss of trade by his conduct. The lad
had plundered several gentlemen's houses where he had
been employed, and witness was obliged to make good the
loss. On Wednesday night last the prisoner absconded
from his service, taking with him a suit of new clothes,
which he had lately purchased for his use. He heard no
more of him until he was taken out of the Regent's Canal,
and conveyed to the station-house.
Mr. Burford requested the Magistrate to cancel the in-
dentures, and said he could not trust the lad with anything.
Mr. BRODERIP refused to do this, and said it was the
duty of the master to try him again,oil his release from prison.

MONEY MARKET.—The Continental Exchanges
were more favourably quoted yesterday than on the last post
day. The most considerable improvement was in the rate on
Paris, which was decidedly higher. Among the arrangements
entered into between the Bank of England and the American
interest, the advance by the former of two millions s.erling to
the United States Bank has been said to be one, the latter en-
gaging to return half that sum in gold; but no such arrange-
ment has, we are assured, been actually concluded. We have
reason to believe that the Bank Directors would have no ob•
jection to accept the bills of the United States Bank upon the
terms named, and under sufficient guarantees; but it cannot
at present be known whether or not the Bank of the United
States could accede to the proposition. Good bills on Eng-
land arc much wanted in the American markets, and the iu-
ducement to do so appears therefore to be a strong one.—
Morning Paper.
On Friday, as Wm. Cud(' was out shooting with
his master,'M'r. Gibbons, of Bardney, on pulling the trigger
of a double-barrelled gun, which he had raised to his shoul-
der, the barrels burst, and blew his head to pieces.—Lincol*
Gazette.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1837.

In the House of Lords, the Newbold Inclosure Bill, the
Worcester County Hall Bill, and the Transfer of Aids Bill
were severally read a third time and passed. The Royal
Mint Bill was read a second time.

A good deal of discussion, it will be seen, was inciden-
tally raised, on the presentation of petitions relating to
Church-rates.

Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should this day
present a petition from the Canadian House of Assembly,
complaining of abuses.
Lord DUNCANNON laid upon the table official doCuments
connected with the state of the Criminal Law.
Ia tha House of Commons, Captain PECHELL gave no-
tice that he would, on the sth of April, call the attention
of the House to the system of allowing Members of Com-
mittees on Private Bills to vote without hearing the evi-
dence taken before those Committees.

The St. Pancras Paving Bill was lost by a majority of 18.
The Wills Bill, which had been brought from the
Lords, was read a first time and ordered to be printed.
The Order of the Day for the further consideration of
the Great Western (Paddington line) Railway Bill having
been read,

Mr. T. Du NCOMBE—after a short speech, suggestive of
reflections on the real cause why" the Bishops oppose the
settlement of the Church-rate question--moved as an
amendment—" That the Bill be recommitted, with a view
to ascertain the terms upon which the Bishop of LONDON
had disposed of the lands in question to the Great Railway
Company." This amendment was negatived without a di-
vision, and the Bill ordered to he engrossed.
Mr. MACLEAN asked several questions relative to recent
events in Spain. It was stated by Mr. CRAM-ES WooD,
in answer, that no accounts of the events reported to have
taken place at St. Sebastian had been received by the Go-
vernment ; nor was he aware that there had been any tele-
graphic communication with Paris.
Mr. ROBINSON brought forward a resolution, to the
effect that foreign corn be allowed to be manufactured into
flour in this country in bond.
Mr. POCLETT TitomsoN opposed the motion.
The debate was adjourned to that day three weeks.
The House then went into Committee on the Imprison-
ment for Debt Bill. On arriving at the 12th Clause,
Mr. W;ISON moved " the omission of the words recog-
nizing the exemption of Members of the House of Com-
mons from the full operation of the Clause." After a dis-
cussion, brief, but exceedingly interesting, and to which we
direct the especial notice of our readers, the Committee
divided. The numbers were—For the amendment, 39 ;
against it, 27.

Mr. RoßrNsoN last night brought forward a mo-
tion, the object of which was to allow foreign Corn
bonded here, to be ground and exported in the state of
flour and meal. The form in which the subject was
brought under the consideration of the House, was
that of a Resolution which the Honourable Gentle-
man proposed should be passed to the following effect :
That the laws which prohibit the manufacture of
foreign grain, flour, and meal in bond for exportation,
are injurious to the interests of British navigation, and
unjust :n restraining the free employment of capital
and labour in the United Kingdom, whilst they afford
direct encouragement and undue advantage to the
foreigner in a valuable branch of trade, not only with
other states, but with our own colonies ; and that it is
expedient to alter and amend the same." It may, perhaps,
puzzle people of plain understanding to discoveron what
grounds a proposition so reasonable could be objected
to. The simple ►natter of fact is this, that by our
absurd and impolitic restrictions with respect to foreign
corn, a most valuable branch of commerce is
entirely cut off from our merchants and ship-
owners, without bringing any equivalent advantage,
or indeed any advantage at all, to any other class of
the community. There is a very considerable
demand from our West India Colonies, and
occasionally from America, and other quarters for
flour and meal. The produce of Great Britain
is excluded from these markets by its high price, and
the consequence is, that the consumers on the other
side of the Atlantic resort to the Continental markets

f:x the supply of their wants. Now, were the grain,
%,hich is by law allowed to be bonded in this country,
allowed also to be converted into flour and meal, the
essels that now sail in ballast from Bristol, Liver-
tool ard other ports, would take out cargoes on which
c,tir merchants would realize a profit ; and thus that
trade which is in the hands of foreigners, and which,
without some alteration in our present laws, must con-
tinue so, would be transferred to us. This is so plain
a matter that it needs no illustration.

The only objection attempted to be raised against the
plan seems to be, that it might lead to fraud, and thus
prejudice the interests of our agriculturists. But
tirely this is rather a matter for consideration
in a Committee, than a valid objection to the Fin-
;iple of a measure. This was the opinion of
Mr. POULETT THOMSON, who hinted, that if
Mr. ROBINSON had moved for leave to bring in a Bill
on the subject he would have agreed to it. When,
however, an amendment to that effect was moved by
another Member, and the Right Hon. Gentleman had
said that he would support it, another amendment
was moved by Lord JOHN RUSSELL for adjourning
the discussion, which, we are sorry to say, was carried.
We fear this does not augur well for the ultimate fate
of the measure.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, who, we understand, has
been prevented for some time past from taking his seat
in the House of Commons, in consequence of severe
indisposition, has addressed the following letter to Mr.
PoUNCEY, by way of answer to a question put to him
by Mr. DEVEAR, at the request of some electors of
Westminster, who were naturally desirous to know his
opinion of the policy of the present Administration :
" Brighton, 12th of March.
" DEAR MR. POUNCET,—I .am requested by some electors
of Westminster, who met at the British Coffee-house on
Friday, the 3d of March, to return to you an answer to the
following question—. What is my opinion in regard to the
Ministerial measures now before Parliament ?' I thought my
former answer to Mr. DEVEAR could leave no doubt on this
point. I can, therefore, only repeat my entire disapprobation
of them, and of the whole system of Ministerial policy, both
foreign and domestic; that the measures now before Parlia-
ment are ill concocted, unjust in principle, feebly sustained,
and mischievous to the public. A question so general admits
only of such a general answer; but it is, I trust, sufficiently
explicit.
" I remain, Sir, with the utmost respect, yours very sin-
cerely, " F. BURDETT."
This letter will, we suspect, be read by the West-
minster electors with more regret than surprize ; for the
Hon. Baronet has long since ceased to be a Reformer,
except in the Tory interpretation of the term. But
how humiliating, to see the man who in the prime of
life was the sworn champion of Reform, " Westmin-
ster's pride and England's glory," degenerate in his
old age into a mere Conservative driveller ! Who would
have imagined that so tame a sun-set would have fol-
lowed so brilliant a dawn ? In the Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT of the present day, we cannot recognize
one feature of the Sir FRANCIS BURDETT of ten
years back. The Reformer of 1827 was bold, active,
energetic, uncompromising ; the Reformer of 1837 is
slothful, vacillating, full of distrust, and beset by all sorts
of apprehensions. We defy the most experienced Tory
practitioner to twaddle in a more genuine, heart-felt
spirit, than does the Honourable Baronet in the letter
which we have quoted above. It is worthy the pen of
a KENYON or a NEWCASTLE. Of course the elec-
tors of Westminster will take up the subject, and give
Sir FRANCIS a hint about the expediency of resigning;
for it is impossible that they can allow them-
, selves longer to be represented—say rather, mis-re-
presented—by one whose political opinions are di-
rectly at variance with theirs ; and who is falsifying,
if not in letter, at least in spirit, every profession which
he made tliem on the hustings. What, let us ask, is
the cause of :he Hon. Baronet's quarrel with Minis-
ters ? Are the; diverging from the broad high-way
of Reform, or are they moving along it too rapidly ?
Nothing of the sort. They are proceeding steadily,
in strictest accordance with the forms and spirit of
the Constitution ; but they happen to be receiving the
frequent support of Mr. O'CONNELL, whom Sir
FRANCIS honours with his signal dislike, and
hence, we suspect, originates his disapprobation
of their policy. We foresee that at no distant
period the Honourable Baronet will become just as
stanch an ultra-Tory, as he once was an ultra-
Reformer. He is exactly the sort of wood out of
which to hack a bigot. Just now he is in a chrysalis
condition ; but he will soon put forth wings, and flutter
in the political atmosphere as unequivocal a Tory
butterfly, as even a SiwritoRporaWETHERELL. Under
these circumstances the Westminster electors have but
one course to pursue. It is their duty, without an
instant's delay, to call on the Hon. Baronet, respect-
fully but firmly, to resign the mis-representation of
that city. In electing him, they imagined of course
that they were electing a Reformer; but now that they
find themselves mistaken, they must hasten to rectify
their blunder. Our Tory Contemporaries will, of
course, hail the apostacy of Sir FRANCIS as a triumph
for their party. They are perfectly welcome to him.
He is worthy of them, and they are worthy of him.

" Sure, such a pair Were never seen
So justly formed to meet by nature !"

In our Police Report yesterday, two charges were
preferred at Bow-street, by the Solicitor to the Post-
office, against a letter carrier employed in the Inland-
office, for stealing letters, the one containing a money
order, the other a 51. note. By the evidence produced
against tire prisoner, it appeared that a great number of
letters containing money have been stolen lately in that de-
partment. The great feature of the Post-office Establish-
ment ought to be its security. We never could understand
why a system of registering money letters could not be
resorted to in this country ; or why it was abolished in
Ireland, immediately after Sir EDWARD LEES was ap-
pointed to Scotland, under whose management in Dublin
it was found to work so well. Sir EDWARD LEES, in
his evidence before the Commissioners of Enquiry,
states that " the amount of lost notes paid by
the Bank of Ireland, in 1823, was 12,0001.,"—whereas
he says—" In the last return I obtained from the
Bank of Ireland the whole sum they had paid for
that quarter for lost notes was 350/., for every letter to
and from England, to and from Dublin, and through
the interior of the country ; of this amount and number
there were only, four letters (three containing a one-
pound note each, the other containing a half of an
hundred-pound note), directed to Dublin."— Vide
Appendix, page 812 of the 19th Report. This evi-
dence was given in 1826, after the Registry System had
been in operation about two years. In 1829, the last
year of this excellent check upon money-letters, the
amount paid by the Bank of Ireland was somewhere
about 3001., and this was paid to persons who had
failed to register their letters. For the establishment
of a Registry-office in Dublin two or three clerks were
appointed, at an expense of about 2001. a-year, there
being no extra charge for sending money-letters. If
we remember
.right, Sir EDWA ItD LEES suggested
to the Commissioners of Enquiry that an experi-
ment might be made of registering money letters,
by confining it to the three Capitals, direct to the post
towns, and to country post towns holding direct ac-
counts with others ; but that all letters registered for
other cross-posts should be first sent to the Capital, and
then register.id on. Tire delay would very seldom ex-
ceed 24 hours, winch would be no object contrasted
with security. Surely this is worth the attention of the
present Commissioners of Enquiry into the abuses of
tire Post-office, and his Majesty's Postmaster-General.

Letters from San Sebastian to the morning of the
16th instant have been received, bringing details of the
movements of General EVANS'S division to the even-

Lig of the 15th. On the 12th the Anglo-Christinos
carried Ihe village of Loyola ; on the 14th they drove
the Carlists at the point or the bayonet from some
houses beyond it, which w,.'re required to shelter the
troops from the torrents of rain that for three days
poured incessantly ; and on the 15th they made them-
selves masters of the Venta7hill which commands Her-
nani, after several hours' hard fighting, and the loss of
about 500 killed and wounded. The action lasted
ou, an early hour in the morning till dusk, when the
last Fosition was carried in the most gallant style by
two brigades of the British Legion. An eve-witness
describes the Venta-hill as " the key to Hernani,''
and the strongest position possessed by the Carlists
in the province of Guipuscoa. General EVANS
was foremost in conducting the attack, and in the
course of the day was conspicuous wherever was
the greatest danger, cheering on his men, who en-
thusiastically responded to his appeals to their
gallantry. Throughout the whole of the opera.
dons detailed in these letters, his personal bravery
is not more warmly applauded than the high order of
military talent which he displayed. His troops, Spa-
nish and English, did honour to themselves and the
cause in which they were engaged, by their heroic de
termination to overcome every obstacle. The Venta-
hill was carried solely by the valour of the Anglo•
Spanish force ; the Royal Marines being held, during
the whole day, in reserve, within sight of the action.
The Marine Artillery threw a number of shells and
shot in the course of the engagement, with that mur-
derous precision for which this corps is justly cele-
brated. LOrd JOHN HAY, the Hon. Captain PEL-
nAm, Captains DACRES and HENDERSON, and the
Hon. Mr. PLUNKET, were spectators of the gallantry
of the Anglo-Christino force.
As the intelligence from San Sebastian is not of so
late a date as the Bayonne telegraphic despatch re-
ceived on Monday, announcing the defeat of General
EVA NS, we are still in the same state of uncertainty
as to the authenticity of that communication. We will
not repeat doubts which our letters of the 15th from
San Sebastian have tended to confirm, inasmuch as a
few hours may put an end to all uncertainty on the
subject. _ _

Generals ESPARTERO and SAARSFIELD are, we
understand, both indisposed. The maladies that afflict
Spanish General Officers appear to be of a very pecu-
liar kind. They always seize upon them on the
eve of warlike movements, and stick to them while
the atmosphere is impregnated with the smell of
gunpowder. Ali Asian was but an infant to the
least of them in boasted courage in time of peace,
or when entering a peaceable hamlet at the head
of. their battalions ; but on the prospect of an en-
gagement, they rarely escape the attack of some
fearful distemper which confines them to their head-
quarters, till they can appear abroad without danger of
encountering an enemy. The cause of this must be
sought for in the jealousies, intrigues, and political
sentiments of the Spanish Generals —not in any de.
fect in personal bravery. The Spaniards, nationally
and individually, are as brave a people as ever existed ;
and SAARSFIELD,of whose loyalty we entertain strong
suspicions, is the descendant of a race of heroes--
not of Spanish, but of Irish origin. But if, as is reported,
the command of this General's division during his ill-
ness has been given to Colonel CONRAD, it will mat-
ter very little whether his sympathies are Carlist or
Constitutional. CONRAD is a French officer of dis-
tinguished bravery, and we have no doubt will prove
himself well worthy .of the trust reposed in him.
Would that some other French officer of equal ability
were to take charge of ESPARTERO'S troops, and
thus allow him, before his Bilboa laurels are quite
faded, to retire to some watering place in the Pyrenees,
if he be of opinion that the air of LarGranja would
i:ot prove more beneficial to his health.
We !tad almost forgotten to state that in carrying
the heights of the Venta-llernani, Col. De LANCEY,
of the Ist Regiment of the British Legion, was mor-
tally wounded. ad LA NCEY was a fine officer ; ad-
mired by his comradeS, and idolized by the men.
General EVANS was near him w.lyen he fell, and ex-
pressed the deepest sorrow for his untimely fate.

The Paris Papers of Monday contain no domestic
news of any interest. The distress of the Lyoneoa
manufacturers is said to engage the serious attention
of the Ministers of Commerce and the Interior. There
ate no fewer than from twenty to thirty thousand per-
sons out of employment, and for these and their fami-
lies the Government is now called upon to provide
bread. Men willing and able to work will not
submit to be starved to death without some
attempt to alleviate their misery, and the state of
political feeling in France will not allow Ministers to
disregard the claims of such a multitude of able-bodied
individuals. The working population of St. Etienne
are also reduced to the greatest extremities for
want of employment. In fact, trade, throughout
the Southern Departments of France, is as bad as
it can be ; and yet the Ministers lack either the
knowledue or the honesty to relieve it, by removing the
absurd restrictions which shackle and paralyse it. In
our extracts from the papers—Morning and Evening
will be found a summary of the gossip of the French
Metropolis.

Dutch and German Papers have been received.
They arc barren of all interesting intelligence.

A report of the death of the King of Prussia was
circulated on Saturday, but no confirmation of the rumour
havin,, since arrived, there is every reason to •believe it un-
Galignani.

The Duke✓of Wellington will not return to town
until the re-assembling of Parliament after the Easter recess.
Sir G. Hamilton, Secretary of Legation at Berlin,
will leave town in a few days for the Prussian capital. Sir
George returned to Lower Brook-street from a visit to his
brother, Captain Hamilton, at Duddingstone, the seat of the
Marquis of Abercorn, near Edinburgh.
It is rumoured that it is at the desire of the Emperor
of Austria that Prince Esterbazy is to continue to represent
the Austrian Court for two or three years longer.
The Chancellerie of the Russian Embassy has been
in a state of great bustle during the last week. Communica-
tions with the Foreign Department and messengers from Vis-
count Palmerston's office have been frequent—they are supposed
to relate to the capture of the Vixen schooner.

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The Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquis of
Hertford, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday, from Paris.
Mr. Bish has paired off till Monday, the 10th of
April, with the Recorder of Dublin.
The Royal William steamer, the property of the city
of Dublin Company, arrived at her moorings off Ironaate
Stairs, early this morning, from Ireland. The number of
hours occupied in steaming the distance from Dublin to
Gravesend, touching at Plymouth, was 62 hours, 52 minutes,
a speed we believe unequalled, when the weather she had to
encounter is taken into consideration, for during the entire
passage from Plymouth to the South Foreland, she had to
struggle against a very heavy gale of wind from E. N. E.,
blowing so hard that the ships in the Channel were under close-
reefed top-sa Is. Notwithstanding those very unfavourable
circumstances, she was only 26 hours 30 minutesecfurioiamrittileies
Sound to Deal, a distance of 239 miles. This splendidtvo heressel ivser well
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of construction worthy of imitation. The hull is divided
into five sections, by iron water-tight bulkhead, an ar-
rangement which prevents the possibility, of f
.oi.n,ermg
in the event of collision, and also the extension of fire. The
wh le of her floorings, side-timbers, planking, and beams
have undergone the process of seasoning under Ryan's pa-
tent, which has been proved by the English and French Go-
vernments to prevent dry rot. She is entirely fastened with
copper, to the exclusion of treenail:, and all her floorings
and futtocks are dowelled together; her size is 617 tons, and
her machinery (by the celebrated house of Messrs. Fawcett
and Prestons, Liverpool) 270 horses. (?) We have had an
opportunity of conversing with several of her passengers, and
they speak in the highest terms of the comfort they experienced
during the voyage. (?)

EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS

A Quarterly G•meral Court of the Proprietors of East In u:
Stock was held 'this dav ; Sir JAMES R. CA RN AC in the Chair
After some preliminary routine business, Mr. BIRNIE called
the attention of the Court to the late attack on the Deputy
Chairman. IP! thought that if possible the Court ought to
know what were the circumstances that induced Kearney to make
that attack, particularly after the statement he had made at
the Mansion-Louse. He thought it was the duty of the Chair-
man to disabuse the public mind on the subject. He ( Mr.
Birnie), with reference to what took place on Wednesday
last, was authorised to state that fie Deputy Chairman did
not make use of any insulting language. All who knew him
were aware that the Deputy Chairman was, from nature and
disposition, one of the kindest men that ever lived. At the
critical moment when the Deputy Chairman had promised to
assist his son out of his own private resources, Kearney rushed
upon him with a dagger in his hand and struck him on the chest,
on the head, and afterwards in the neck. None of the wounds
however were of a dangerous nature, and he was happy to say
that the medical men, under whose care he was, considered
him in a fair way of recovery.
The CHAIRMAN said it was not his intention to
have brought the matter before the Court, but the Ho-
nourable Proprietor having done so, he would beg the
attention of the Court to a statement of facts rela-
tive to Kearney, and if that did not refute the gross
calumny on Mr. Loch uttered by Kearney, he knew nothing
that could. If ever an individual showed kindness and for-
bearance to another, it was the Deputy Chairman towards the
man Kearney.
Tire statement, a very long one, was then read by the clerk.
It completely refuted all the charges brought by Kearney
against the Deputy Chairman and the Company.
A certificate, signed by Sir Benj. Brodie, was also read,
stating that the Deputy Chairman was going on favourably.
Mr. LAURIE moved a resolution congratulating the Deputy
Chairman on his fortunate escape from assassination, and ex-
pressing a hope for his speedy recoversy.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Twisn4n, and put and
carried amid loud cheers, and ordered to be advertised in the
different papers.
The CHAIRMAN said he should feel great pleasure in in-
forming his friend the Deputy Chairman of the resolution
which the Court had just passed.
(LEFT SITTING. )

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

IN THE MATTER CF nowNtso COLLEGE.

The Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the
Vice-Chancellor sat to-day in Lincoln's Inn Hall, to hear the
petition of a Gentleman at the Bar, named Alfred Power, re-
ferred by his Majesty to the Lord Chancellor, as the visitor of
Downing College. which prayed that the election of a gen-
tleman, named Worsley, to the Mastership of the College,
might be declared void, and that the petitioner was the pro-
per person to be appointed. The petitioner contended,
that according to the true construction of the charter by which
the College was constituted, the Master must be a layman and
not a clergyman, which Mr. Worsley was.—Tho case appears
likely to occupy several days, some of the most eminent men
at the Bar being engaged in it. Among them are the Attorney
and Solicitor-Generals, Sir W. Follett, Mr. Pemberton, Mr.
Knight, and Mr. Jacob.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Our only arrival this morning is a French mail. We havo
no ship-letters, owing to the prevailing north-easterly winds.
There were several reports afloat yesterday respecting the
present situation of our commercial affairs with the United
States,las to the assistance to be given to the merchants trading
with that country. It was stated that bills of exchange should
be drawn by the Bank of the United States, instead of by pri-
vate merchants ; and that an engagement should also be en-
tered into, to remit a corresponding amount in specie to that of
the bills drawn. Another report also prevailed that the Pre-
sident of the United States Bank had arrived in London, pre-
pared to give his consent to this arrangement; but this state-
ment is much doubted in the city by th monied interest.
The course of Exchange at New York on London is 109ii-
per cent., and the par of Exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex-
change is seven per cent. in favour of England.
The Foreign Exchange did not advance yesterday after-
noon, but obtained the quotations of last post.
Consols rather improved in the afternoon of yesterday, and
closed at 891 ; for the April Account, 90 to i ; and
opened this morning at 901 1 for the Account ; Exchequer
Bills, 28 prem. ; India Bonds, 23 25 prem. ; Bank Stock shut.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off 21k to 224- ;
but owing to there being no confirmation of the telegraphic
despatch of the 13th, Spanish improved to 231 a ; Portuguese
47 to 471 ; Three per Cents., 30} ; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half pi Cents., 52k
The express from Paris this morning still leaves us without
any details of the retreat of General Evans. All the accounts
from the frontiers of Spain and St. Sebastian are only of the
date of the 16th inst., and the telegraphic despatch with the
disaster was dated the 18th. In all probability we may receive
further information in a telegraphic despatch in the course of
the day.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The Spanish funds, which were improving in the early part
of the morning, and done at 23k, within a short period gave
way, and receded about 2 per cent., and may at present be quoted
at 22, owing to a report that an express had arrived to the
Carlist party with a confirmation cf the retreat of General
Evans. As yet we hare not obtained any particulars on the
subject. _ _ _

Consols have improved to 90i- 4 for the Account ; Nloney,
90, in consequence of several mercantile houses in the Ame-
rican trade being relieved by the timely assistance of the Bank
with a large amount. Exchequer Bills improved to 28 ; India
Bonds to 27.

In the Foreign Market very little doing, except in Spanish,
which has declined ; Portuguese also lower ; Five per Cents.,
471 ; Throe per Cents., 31 ; Passive, 01 ; Deferred, 9 ;
Dutch, 521.
In the Share Market nothing doing.
At the India House this morning, a statement was read,
prepared by the Directors, showing that the account given by
Kearney at the Mansion-House, of ill-treatment by the De-
puty- Chairman, was grossly unfounded. Mr. Loch has nearly
recovered.

We have received Dutch Papers to the 221 instant, with the
prices, by the //Wavier—Five per Cents., 100 7-16 ; Two
and a Half, 52i.

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THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols fur the Account, 90k to 901.

The House of Lords adjourn tilt Thursday fortnigli
for the Easter recess.

Major Scarlett, the second son of Lord Abinger, is
the new Conservative candidate for Guildford.

Prince and Princess Polignac visited the Marquis
and :Marchioness of Downshire, in Hanover-square. In the
course of the day the Prince and Princess were visited at Mi-
vart's Hotel by the Countess Bjornstjerua, Lady Mary, and
the Hon. Miss Petro, Lady Stewart, Lady Emily Drummond,
Hon. Miss Drummond, Mr. Mortimer Drummond, Major de
Tiran, Sir T. Higgins, Mr. Ross, Miss Milner, &c.
During the fortnight, from February 26th to the
lith inst., twenty-one steam-packets arrived at Boulogne
from England with 468 passengers, and the same number of
packets took their departure with 607 passengers from the
Same port.
The complaints of stagnation in all the manufac-
turing towns of France, and the fears of a commercial crisis,
increase each day.
It is rumoured that the Rev. Mr. Convbeare is likely
to succeed Dr. Beeke as Dean of Bristol.

In the diocese of Bergen, hundreds of persons have
given notice of their intention to emigrate to North America.
Lord Lyndhurst and his (laughter arrived in Paris on
the forenoon of Monday last.
Tuesday presented the extraordinary anomaly of
persons crying asparagus about the streets during a heavy fall
of snow•.

The Augsburgh Gazette gives a letter of the 2d
inst. from Naples, stating that the cold still continues un-
usually severe in that city. No one can remember the moun-
tains in the neighbourhood having ever before been so deeply
covered with snow as at present. This fact is the more sur-
prising as, during the last month, there had been several warm
days. The King and Queen aro at present at Caserta. A
letter of the :28th ult., from Palermo, published in the same
journal, states that his Majesty has given an order for the ne-
cessary works for forming a port at Catancs, on the coast of
Sicily.
According to a letter of the 10th inst. from Berlin,
we learn that the health of the King of Prussia declines so fast,
that but little hope remains that his life can be preserved for
any length of time. His Majesty's strength fails daily, and
the chronic disease of his liver has for some time past assumed
an alarming character.—Gazette de France.
STATE OF TRADE.—The cloth-market is very
much depressed. All descriptions of 6-Bths and 7-Bths are
materially reduced in price. Yarns are also on the decline.
i-ell cords and velveteens still maintain good prices. A
general gloom and want of confidence are apparent in the
market. —Manchester Times.

At the private view of the exhibition of the So-
ciety of British Artists, on Saturday, the following distin-
guished persons were present :---Prince Esterhazy and son;
the Lord Bishop of London ; le Compte de Surveilliers (Jo-
seph Bonaparte); Marquis of Lansdowne, K. G. Earls
Morley, Tankerville, Listowell, and Arran ; Duchess Countess
of Sutherland ; Countesses Blessington and Morley ; Vis-
counts Strangford and Burghersh ; Lords Carrington, North-
wick, Rolle, and Ellenborough ; Ladies Louisa Finch, Louisa
Rabett, Charlotte Bury, Ford, Hamilton, Vincent, Monson,
Montgomery, Barnard and Wheatley; Baronets, Sirs G.
Noel, F. Russell, 11. Webb, G. Phillips, W. Curtis, J. Rao
Reid, W. llerries,Telix Booth, and F. Maddox ; Honourables
J. Coventry, Leicester Stanhope, and J. L. Melville ; Sir
W. Beechy ; Colonel Sibthorp, M. P. ; Ridley Colborne,
M. p. ; J. P. B. Chichester, M. P. ; T. Greene, M. P. ; C.
savil;.• Onley ; T. L. Hodges, M. P. ; 11. Baring, M. P. ;
E. Holland, M, P. Colonels Noreliffo, Fox, and Sutherland ;
Messrs. Vernon, Broadhurst, Parnther, 444 other patrons of art,
On Sunday evening last as Mrs. Chase, the lady of
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place, New-road, was leaving
Marylebone Church, she was hustled at the door by some mon
and women, and a purse, containing, about 6/. in gold and sil-
ver, was stolen from her pocket; and on the Friday morning
previous Mrs. Morris, of 14, Cornwall-terrace, ltegent's-park,
was robbed at the same place of more than 51. under similar
circumstances,