The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the
Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Majesty
the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House.
The Royal dinner party at the Palace yesterday in-
cluded the Archbishop of York and the Hon. Miss Har-
court,- Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl of Uxbridge,
Earl of Albermarle, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady
Burghersh, Lord George Lennox, Mr. and Hon. Mrs.
Hamilton, and Mr. George Edward A.tson.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
during the evening.. _

Atwthe Queen's Levee on 'Wednesday, Dr. JeXreys,
Liverpool, President; Dr. Boisragcn, Cheltenham, Vice..
President ; Dr. Porbes, Chichester, and Mr. J. H.
James, Exeter, Members of Council, presented an Ad-
dress of Congratulation from the Provincial Medical and
Surgical Association. These gentlemen were presented
to her Majesty by Sir Astley Cooper, Bart.
The Presentation, at the Queen's Levee on Wednes-
day, of the Address from the inhabitants of the city of
York, in public meeting assembled, was accompanied by
tlr. Elsley, the Recorder, and Sir John Simpson, as part
of the Deputation appointed. Sir John Simpson was pre-
sented by Lord Morpeth.
Addresses of Congratulation to Prince Albert, on his
marriage, were presented to his Royal Highness yesterday
at Buckingham Palace, 'by the following noblemen and
gentlemen:

- Lord Segrave—from the inhabitants of the City of
Bristol, also from the Working Men of the same cite ;
also
from the Borough of Thornbury in the County of Glou-
cester; also from the Town of Cheltenham; also to ac-
company the High Sseriff of the County of Gloucester,
and Mayor and Sheriffs of the City of Gloucester.
Sir Michael Hicks Beecb, Baronet, High Sheriff of
Gloucestershire, accompanied by Mr. Codrington—from
the County of Gloucester.
Mr. David Mowbray Walker, Mayor of Gloucester; Mr.
Charles James Tasker, Sheriff; and Mr.- Henry H. Wil-
ton, Town Clerk ; accompanied by Mr. Hope, M.P., and
Mr. John Phillpotts, M. P.—from the Town Council of
the City of Gloucester.

Lord. Dunsany, accompanied by the Marquis of Head-
fort, the Earl of Fingal!, and Mr. Corbally, M.P. for
Meath—from the County of Month.
Marquis of Headfort—from the Town of Kell3 in the
County of Meath.

The lion. E. J. Stanley—from Stockport.
Rev. C. Baup, Rev. Dr. Gehle, Rev. F. Martin, and
Messrs. H. W. Masters, J. Matthey, J. Bernelot Moues,
and Nicolas T. Scheimers—From the French and Dutch
Protestant Churches in the City of London, established by
Royal Charter of King Edward the Sixth.
Mr. Christopher Thomas Tower, High Sheriff of Escex,
Mr. Thomas Morgan Geffe, tinder Sheriff, Lord Ray.
leigh, Sir W. Cornwallis Eustace, Mr. Disney, Mr.
Bramston, M. P., Mr. John Round, M. P., Rev. Henry
Ducane, Rev. J. P. Wood, and Mr. Gurdon' Rebovv—•
From the county of Essex.
Mr. Philip Miles, M.P.—From Bristol. •
Mr. Ewart, M. P., and Mr. Standish, M. P.--From
•
Wigan.
Mr. Watford, Recorder of Maldon_.From Maldon.
Sir James Douglas—From Guernsey and Alderney.
Mr. John .Hudson, Mayor of East Retford—From the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the borsugh of East
Retford.
Lord Albert Conyngham—From the Mayor and Cor-
poration of Canterbury.
The Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Harmer, Mr. Alder-
man Thomas Wood, Messrs. David Salomons, George
Grote, M.P., William Crawford, M. P., James Pdttison,
M.P., George Selson, Jodeph Robinson, Geo. Bracher,
Edward Wilson, and William Henry Tayler—From the
Lord Mayor,- Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London,
in Common Council assembled.

Sir William Somerville, 13:rt.—From the Grand Jury
of Drogheda. The Lord Mayor of Ytirk, accompanied
by Mr. Lowther, M. P., Mr. Elsley, the Recorder, the
Sheriff; and Sir John Simpson—from the Corporation of
the Ctty of York. Also from the Inhabitan:s of the same
City.

tilt. Hutchins, M. P., from the Mayor, Corporation, and
Inhabitants of Falmouth.

Mr. Arthur Pott, High Sheriff of Ccru, accompanied
by Sir E'lward Knatchbull, M. P., Mr. Hodges. M. P.,
Sir Edmund F.tlmer, M. P., from the County of Kent.
Also from Tonbridge Wells.
Mr. George Byng, M. P., and Colonel Thomas Wood
M.P.—From Old Brentford. ,
Dr. Jeffreys, of Liverpool, President, Dr. Boiaragon, of
Cheltenham, Vice President, Dr. Forbes, of Chichester,
and Mr. J. H. James, of Exeter, Member, of Council
from the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association.
Sir Charles- Williams, Recorder, Aldermen Long and
May, and the Town Clerk—From Ipswich.
Sir Edward Knatchbull, Part., M. P., arid Mr. Plump-
tre, M.P.—From the Inhabitants of Margate.
Mr. Hodges, M.P.—From the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Burgesses of Tenterden.

His Royal Highness, Prince Albert, was attended by
the following officers of his household :—Lord Rt Gros.
venor, Groom of the Stole; Mr. George Edward Anson
Treasurer; Lord George Lennox, Gentleman of th., Bed-
chamber ; Colonel Wylde, Equerry ; and Mr. Francis
Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber.
Addresses to the Duchess of Kent congratulating her
Royal Highness on the Marriage of her Majesty iith
Prince Albert were presented yesterday afternocp. at
Buckingham Palace, from the following places and public
bodies:—
Front Richmond, Surrey, presented by Mr. Selwyn,
Q C and Sir Thomas Reeve.
- - -

Front the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Ipswich,
presented by Sir . Williams, Aldermen Long and MAy,
and the Town Clerk.

From the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the
City of London in Common Hall assembled, urescrited
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Harmer and Thomas Wood,
Messrs. David Salomong, George Grote, Al. P , William
Crawford, M.P., James Pattison, M.P., George Selson,
Joseph Robinson, George Bracher, Edward NXilson, and
W. H. Taylor.
Front the county of Kent, presented by Mr. Arthur
Pott, High Sheriff, Mr. Plumtre, P.,the mover, Mr.
Rice, M. P. the seconder, also by Sir Edward Knatch-
bull, M P. Sir: Edmund Filmer, Al. P., Mr. Hodges, M. P.,
Rev. J. T. Wilgress, and Mr. Woodgate ; also from the
Magistrates, Clergy, and inhabitants of Tonbridge Wells.
From the Corporation arid Inhabitants of Falmouth, pi., -
rented by Mr. Hutchins, M. P., and Mr. Freshtiold, M. P.
From the Town Council of Malden, presented by Mr.
Walford, the Recorder.

From the Protestant French and Dutch Clergy in the
City of London, presented by the Rev. C. Baup, Rev.
Dr. Gehle, Rev. F. Martin, and a deputation.
From the Society of Patrons of the Anniversary of the
Charity Schools of London, presented by Lord Kenyon.
From the County of Essex, presented by Mr. C. T.
Tower, High Sheriff, Mr. T. M. Gepp, Under. Sheriff,
Lord Rayleigh, Sir W, C. Eustace, Mr. Bransten, M. P.,
Mr. Disney, Mr. John Round, M. P., Rev. H. Ducane,
Rev. J. P. Wood, and Mr. .1. G. Rebow.
From the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association,
presented by Dr. Jefferys, Liverpool, President, Dr. Bois-
ragon, Cheltenham Vice-President.
Dr. Forbes, Chichester, and Mr. J. iI. James, Exeter,
Members of Council.
From the Inhabitants of Margate, presented by Sir
Edward Knatchbull, Bart. M. P., and Mt. Plumptre, M.P.
From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Tenterden
—presented by Mr. Hodges, M. P.
From Wigan—presented by Mr. Ewart, M. P., and
Mr. Standish, M.P.

From the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens cf York,
in Council assembled—also froat the Inhabitants of the
City of York, in public meeting assembled—presented by
the Lord Mayor of York, the Recorder, the Sheriff, Sir
John Simpson, and Mr. Lowther, M. P.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended
during the presentation of the Addresses by Ludy Fanny
Howard, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Couper, C. 8.,
First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's
Household.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager paid visits to the
Princess Auguaa and the Duchess of Gloucester on Wed.
nesday. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty
yesterday.

The Duchess of Cambridge, accomparied by the Prin-
cess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured the Duke of Wel-
lington with her company at dinner on Wednesday at
Apsley House. The Duke and Duchess and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr, honoured
the Earl and Countess of .I,,rtey with their company on
Wednesday evening at her residence in Berkeley-square.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent did 11-.
Hayter the honour to sit on Wednesday for the picture of
the marriage of her Majesty.
The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotba left
Buckingham Palace on Wednesday morning on a visit to
the Duke of Beaufort, at his seat at Badminton, Glouces-
tershire.

A Deputation from the Tower Hamlets, on the subject
of the .Legit Jury System, consisting of Messrs • White,
John Mackey, James Hayman, William Harris, Samuel
Woolfe, George Elliot, James Tanner, Peter Mellish,
William Broad, George Griffiths, J. Howell, W. Colson,
and Robert Elliott, had an interview with the Marquis of
Normanbv yesterday, at the Home Office.
Mr. Chichester, Ml. P., and Mr. Mildmay, bad inter-
views with Viscount Melbourne )esterday, in Downing.
street.
The Attorney-General returned to town yesterday, from
the York Ass:vs.
A Deputation, beaded by Mr. Parker, relative to the
yesterday with Mr.
Liverpool Docks, had an interview
Labouchere, at the Board of Trade.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party yester-
day at Lansdowne House.
Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. T. Duncombe, the Attorney-
General, and Mr. G. Phillippe, M, p,, had interviews
yesterday with the Marquis at Normanbv. Mr. Alston,
M.P., had an interview with the Noble Marquis,. at the
Home Office, on Wednesday, Mr. Wood, Chairman, and
Mr. Dehany, Solicitor of the Excise, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

His Royal
Highness Prince George of Cam-
bridge leaves town in a few days for Badminton, visit to
the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, during; the sojourn o
la
'
of the
Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha at that elegant seat.
The Duke of Wellington entertained the Eall
and Countess of Wilton, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, and
a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening at Apsley House.
Lady Dalberg Acton, daughter of the Duke
and Duchess Dalberg, left the Clarendon on Wedne4lav, for
Udenham Park, the scat of her son the youthful Sir J. Acton,
near Wolverhampton. Sir John succeeded to the large estates
of his father, the late Baronet, in the counties of Shropshire and
.Staffordshire, and also to a splendid palace at Naples, which her
Ladyship, as the guardian of her son, has let to the 111arquis
of Sligo for six months. •
The Countess of Cork continues in a.hopeless
state at Marston House, near Frome, and tie.r demise was daily
expected. Her Ladyship, we understand, is suffering under a
I fourth paralytic seis tire.

EVENING EDITIO

RUSSIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST
K HI VA.

(From Galisrnani.)
A Russian officer attached to the expedition against
Khiva, writes to the 111e:taw Gazette from the camp
at Emba, on January 17th, a letter from which we take
the following extracts:—

" Small detachments have been posted on the steppes
at two points, one 315 and the other 428 miles. from
the Russian fiontier. Each of these is well fortified, and
is a depot for provisions and forage. At about it 25
miles from—the fast, which is called Ak Bulak, rises the
plateau of the mountains which separate the Caspian
Sea from Lake Aral, and border the western shore of
the lake with a girdle of rocks 700 feet high, nearly
perpendicular and accessible only in a few places.
Springs are. to, be found only at a distance from
each other of 270 miles ; affording to the traveller
and his camels but a scanty supply of water, and that
brackish. It is from the southern side only that one
can descend into the Oasis of Khiva, which is fertile,
and diversified with habitations and water-courses.
The little time we had be:ore us, and the difficulty of
procuring necessaries in this frightful desert, admitted of,
the equipment of only a comparatively inconsiderable
corps, and the more so as, on account of the want of
water, the expedition could only be undertaken in the
winter. The troops, therefore, have been compelled to
provide themselves with numerous articles, besides fuel,
which they might have dispensed with at a different
season. They have required 10,000 camels for the
purpose of enabling them to transport the provisions' nd
ammunition. Our convoy, when on its march, occupies
a space of 500 paces in length by 250 its breadth. The
infantry and artillery march at the head,lifollowed by the
train. When they reach a defile the infantry oedupies
' the most commanding points, while the cavalry keeps
order among the Kirgliis, who lead the camels. k
is a singular spectacle to see this mass from a (lis_
tance commencing .its march at the very first dawn
of day. In general, six er e:ght camels are at-
tached in a string, each fastened by the nose. The
treatment of these useful animals is one of our greateet
cares-. At two o'clock every afternoon we make a halt
for the purpose of allowing them and our horses to
graze, and•notwithstanding the depth of the snow, they
find an abundance of pasture underneath it. After
bringing in the camels the Kirghis clear away theEtrow-
around their huts, and spread blankets for these and the 1
other beasts of burden to lie upon, for one night pat teed
on the snow would render them unserviceable. W bile
this is doing other men are cutting rushes, which mike
excellent fuel. If they find none they mustemake ue sof
the wood suppli.d for cooking, or-bivouac the night
through without fire. Under all circumstances, h ow-
ever, the attention paid to the comforts of the troo ?Tit;
excellent. Soup is given out to the men morning add
evening, and when it is extremely cold, a.drink ma ife of
honey seasoned with pepper and other spices ; :aro is
brandy spared. We make no other halt than etilsit
which I have mentioced ; but the soldiers in turn are
allowed to mount the camels, and when on their Iss ekre
produce a picturesque e&et. Still the difficulties web eve
to overcome are uuparalleled. Imagine us on this pail eful
march, encumbered with a burdensome masse of el‘otlaing,
over a trackless waste covered nith a thick .case: of
snow. Conceive our feelings when the reveillLe soma;
at two in the morning, and our pain in having to load
the camels while our limbs are stiff with cold. D.u. int;
some days past the thermometer has been down as. I 'ow
as 34 degrees below zero of Reaumur, 4 below t be
zero point of Fahrenheit, and never has been high er
than l 2 below. zero, Reaumur, or 5 degrees above zer 09
Fahrenheit. But it is from the snow-drifts that Cr e
suffer most. 'limy come with a violence unknown
Europe, and seem to be sent to sweep all intruders Iron t
the face of the land.. When we reflect that our men .
have for upvarils of two months had no prospect but
an arid and virgin soil, their moral and physical courage
cannot be euEleiently admired. Not only has the num-
ber of our sick been very small, but not one of our
men has been frost-bitten, and when our tents are
pitched, our soldiers become full of life and gaiety,
and sing the joyous airs of their native conntrf.
Whatever may be the issue of this expedition, its
conr,uest, over the unexampled obstacles of such r. ,
march of 900 miles will be cited as one of the meet ,k
glorious military feats of ancient and modern time. •
Our correspondence with Oremburg is carried on by the.
Kirghis, who travel between &; and 80 miles a-day,
going singly, or at most in couples, using alternately two
or three horses. They traverse the desert in the mast
frightful weather, braving the wolves, and the still more
savage brigands. As they can carry no fuel with them,
they make a shelter for themselves at night by forniiogt
cavities in the snow. Their only food is a species of
cheese made of sheep's milk, which is very hard, and in.
small quantities. The view of the steppes, by widish
we are surrounded, is sombre and monotonous in .then
extreme. Here and there near the streams are te- be
sccu acme mountains totally bare, and on the plait)* a
few scattered tufts of dwarfish alders or willows. Here
it is that we have killed a few wild boars ; the only
other animals to he found on the steppes are foxes, !,
beavers, badgers, and marmots, or mountain rats, and
whole legions of ni'ete. White partridges, and a tieer
descript species of larks, are the only birds which persy4..
the air of this inhospitable region."

Miss Emmeline Montague (late of Drury-kum
Theatre) has beer, engaged by Madame Vestris for Cover.
garden, and is to make her debut as• Juliet.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland !lava
left Alnwick Castle, and are on their way to town.
Graces are expected this afternoon.

It is said that one of the first parties given by.
the Duke of Devonibire, at Chiswick, will be to the Queen:lt
Court.

The i\'larchioness of Lonclontletry's next slant,.
is on the night of the first drawing-ro.an, and the invitationt
will include the eite of the fashionable world.

Tile Earl and Countess of Cardigan have left
town for Dcene Park, Northamptonshire, where a distinguished
party is about to assemble, including the Hereditary Print* of
Saxe Coburg.

The Earl and Countess of Vernlain will remain
in London for a few days only, en route for Gorhanibury. Tire
races annually held in-his Lordship's park will be considerably
later than last year.

The Earl and Countess-of Effingham intend tio
leave the Grange, in Yorkshire, about the middle of AKA,
fur town.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton take their
departure in the cours.e of the vreek to visit the Dnke al*l
Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton.

There will be no contest for lnvernes,•shire.
The Conservative candidate, Mr. Baillic, walks over the count&
Morning Poet.

The Dowager Countess of Clare will hold I-Apr
first assembly for the season this evening, in Belgrave-sie Alm
Lady Mary Ross has an evening party, on Wed.•
nesday next, in Park-lane.

Viscount Loftus has arrived in town from Ely.
Lodge, Fermanagh, the seat of the Marquis and Mardpionest
of Ely.

A Coroner's inquest was held on Wednesday-
evening at the Marquis of Anglesey, Bow-street, before Mr.?:
Higgs, on the body of -a respectably dressed man, name tut- •
known, apparently about sixty years of age. On • Tuesday the e.
deceased was dining at an eating-house; as soon as he had eaten .s
a mouthful he was seized with a violent fit of coughing, mull
shortly afterwards became insensible. Verdict—" Died by tb r
visitation of God."

FIRST SYMPTOMS OF eONSUMPTION.—O, te
of the first symptoms leading us to suspect that consumption . is
commencing, is the extrenie liability of the patient to the te-
Tient recurrence, on the slightest occasions, of a short /ley
cough. At first there is no expectoration, except a little fr Day
phlegm ; the breathing is slightly impeded, a sense of tight ziess
felt across the chest, and the pulse somewhat accelerated . If
on repeated attacks of these symptoms we perceive the p rticnt
gradually become emaciated, and the cough more traubi tegi Re
on every successive attack, we have reason to conclude 1.5,,ait
these apparently slight attacks of cold are, in fact. tire its Ti-
pient symptoms of consumption.--Dr. Weatherh tad oil 14 lis-
eases of the Lrings.
ALEXANDER AND NAPOLEON AT imesrT.
—During the apparent friendship of the two Emperors ab Til-
sit, M. de Nov, esilow, who belonged to the Russian Chansuery,
and was much attached to Alexander, approached him with an
earnest manner on one occasion, and said to him ra a low woke
" Sire, 1 must remind you of the fate of lour fitb er.". " tiaied:,
Heaven !.' replied Alexander, " 1 know it—l see it ; but what'
would you have me to do against my destiny ?"-- Tyaes Itik ,w,
trated Life if Napv/eon. .
THE ISLINGTON MuitDEß.—The three pri.
soners, Gould, Jarvis, and his wife, were again brought
b before
:In Magistrates, at Hatton Garden, yesterday, for f
tnination. Allen, the husband of Mrs. Allen:, examilrtnedeorn the
exaprevious day, made a long statement which gave no additiortal
information. Some witnesses proved that tlaey had paid the de-
ceased house-rent previous to the day he Naas murdered. The
missing blunderbuss was produced by an individual to whom tit*
deceased had lent it. During the investigation Gould stout,lll
tered to himself at certain parts of the evider.ce, and he leased
over the box and listened with great attention to the proceed-
ings, as did also Jarvis. Mr. Coombe again remanded the
who'e of the prisoners, hot the witnesses .were all bound over
to prosecute at. the Old Bailey ter the wilful murder. The
Court was most excessively crowded, awl the examination was
not concluded until a very late hour of the evening.
FIRE.—On Sunday evening, at eight o'clock, a
tremendous fire suddenly broke out at the extensive brewery autl
malthouse of Mr. Heathorne, in the Earl-street, Maidstone,
which at first threatened to destroy those valuable premises..
Nothing could exceed the apathy with, which the working class
viewed the conflagration—they could not boefitnhdiuscteod
btea
that lenda
helping hand. We ascertained the cause
they
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tref unsoe nobly
their labour and damage done to their clothing; hence they haste
to be inert on all future occasions. There being a
haste
of water, and the premises being contiguoutt to
the flames were extinguished in the course of an
considerable.
MELANCHOLY MORTALITY.—On Wednesday
}lour,11l) lifebuduliautiii:eP.annage occasioned is very
an inquest was held at the sign of the Lord Nelson, in the
Whitechapel-road, on the body of Mr. Topping. On the
Wednesday before Mr. Topping buried his wile, and, on the
Friday following, les sister. On Saturday last he returned to
town, after paying a visit to his sister at Peckham, and, though
much afflicted at the loss of his wife and sister, he still appeared
in toles able good health, and told his son he would stop for tea,
preparatory to his going to his country residence at Leyton,
stone, in Essex. While the tea was being got ready the de-
; ceased leaned back in his chair, and was instantly a cetpse.
Verdict—" Natural death,"
THE TYR' A N.—Wednesday morning an inquest
was held at. Grays, Essex, on the bodies of Sheen, Smitb,
Mason, and Walker, who lost their lives on board the barque
Tyrian,'but no additional facts were adduced ; and the irk,
after some consultation, t.djourned the inquest till next Thurs-
Iday, to allow time for th, owners of the Manchester steam packet
to bring forward their witnesses.

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LONDON :
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1840.

The Lords were last night almost overwhelmed with
petitian,. Lord HOLLAND, in the absence of the Mar-
quis of BREADALBANE, presented no less than 200, all
against the principle of intrusion into the Scotch Kirk,
tho,igh they take up the question in various modes, as
was pointed out by the Earl of ABERDEEN.
Several other Noble Lords presented petitions with
a similar prayer, one of which was from Belfast, the
Presbyterians there taking a lively interest in whatever
vs_ eirus the Mother Kirk in Scotland.
Some petitions against the Ir;sh Municipal Law, for
a repeal of tbs Corn-laws, and for an alteration of Leet
Juries, were also pr. seated.
The Marquis of NORMANBY laid on the table a Bill
for better defining the power of the Justices in the metro-
politan police districts, which was read a first time.
The Administration of Justice, or Equity Bill, was
postponed till next week. It must wait the return to
town (Stile Law I.2rds.

Dr. BOWRING'S Report on the Prussian Com-
mercial Union, better known as the German
League, and called in Germany the Zoll Verein,
or Customs Union, which has been for some time
looked for, is now published. It makes a goodly-
sized blue book, filling, with the Appendix, no less
than 290 folio pages. The mass of the public,
though much interested in its contents, are not
likely to learn anything of them, unless they be
made known by the newspapers, though at the
risk of libelling the statesmen of Germany. We
shall content ourselves, on the present occasion,
with adverting to the nature, objects, and extent
of this Customs or Toll Union, about which the
strangest misapprehensions appear to exist in
England.
Dr. BOWRING'S own Report, filling 71 pages,
would have been more useful to the public had it
been broken into chapters or sections, each one
devoted to some particular subject, set forth at. its
commencement, or at least in the margin. As the
Report is drawn up, it is without means of refe-
rence, except a scanty index at the end, which, for
newspapers at least, is a very great defect. We
scarcely know where to look for what we desire to
place before the public, and can scarcely distin-
guish
speculation from facts. We recommend
these matters to Dr. BOWRING'S consideration
when he has another Report to draw tip.
AU our readers are well arquainted with the facts,
that the finest rivers of Europe flow through Ger-
many, and that there is not as much navigation, or
as many steam-boats on them all, as is found in
one river of England or the United States. They
are also aware that Germany is divided into a great
number of independent Sovereign States, each of
which, jealous of its neighbours, sought for many
ears to promote the sale of its own productions,
and impede the sale of those of the other States, by
border-tolls and customs. Not contented with levy-
ing turnpike-road tolls and customs at their respec-
tive boundaries, they laid tolls at various passes,
on the rivers, one of which, at Stade, was
last night the subject of complaint in the House of
Commons, as inflicting a grievance on England.
It was, in a great measure, owing to the immense
variety of conflicting tolls, on the land and on the
water, in every part of Germany, that the commer-
cial communications between the different parts of
that fine country were trifling and insignificant.
The eviis flowing from these numerous petty
States have long been felt in Germany ; and the
demand fir a union of the wholv into one German
empire or nation, of which philosophers have
written and students have raved, has in a
great measure grown from the many impediments
which the separation of one people into so many
political bodies has caused to commercial commu-
nication.
Many partial efforts have been made to correct
this, of which the Rhenish Confederation, under
the protection d BUONAPARTE, is one example.
So late as 1817, a different fiscal system prevailed
In the different provinces of the Prussian monarchy,
• as it still prevails in Austria and Hungary, and it
was only in 1818 that a law was passed which al-
lowed the unrestricted circulation of all foreign pro-
ducts which had once paid Customs-duties, and the
free transit from province to province of all home
productions throughont the whole of Prussia. That
was a Zoll Verein for Prussia.
A similar kind of Custom-house Union has for
seine time existed of the three States of Bruns-
wick, Hanover, and Oldenburgh. In 1824,
Bavaria, Wirtemberg, Hohenzollern-Sigma-
ringen, and Hohenzollern-Hechinger, embraced
by treaty a common fiscal system, and did
for their several States what Prussia had done for
her provinces in 1818—established one tariff, one
Customs boundary, with free circulation within it.
Betwixt 1818 and 1830 Prussia had, by treaties,
extended her Customs boundary, and included
within Ducal Hesse, Lippe, Detmold, Niecklen-
burgh-Schwerin, and several other States. In
1831 the Saxon States and Electoral Hesse united

111 the Commons, too, a great number of petitions themselves to the Bavarian Custom-house system
were presented. Whatever the Chartists may recom-
For many years, therefore, there has been a gra•
mend, there is yet no lack of appeals to the House.
On the motion of Sir G. GILEV, an alteration was dual abolition of Custom-houses and tolls in
snede in the Standing Orders relative to Divorce Germany, and a gradual extension of the
Bills, by which the petitioner for any Bill who lies at- Custom-house frontier, till it has embraced
tended the Lords shall be required to attend the Coin- the great bulk of Germany, which now, for
mite of the Commons, and answer any questions put the first time, so far as tariffs and fiscal re-
to him. gulations are concerned, forms one State. In 1833
Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice of emotion with re- the Bavarian and Prussian branches were united, and
gird to China, on the ...2d of April, but he was not pre- the Customs Union now embraces a population of
Feed to state the exact form of words in which it will
26,000,000 souls, a territory of 8,252 square
be couched. miles, with a Custom-house frontier of 1,064 miles.
On Tuesday Mr. Hume is to move for returns of
the noc-resideut incumbents in different parts of Eng- Thus the main object of this so called, but much
Ihied ; and Mr. HINDLEY is to move for returns of the miscalled, Commercial League, is to put an end to
number of Churches and Chapels supported by volun- toils and Custom-houses for the different States
tary contribution—a very proper matter to he known which belong to it, and to establish for them all
before voting money to build churches that will never one fiscal system, and one Custom-house boundary.
have congregations, and endow parsons who have no It did for the States of Germany included in it,
inks• what the union between England and Scotland did
Sir IL VIVIAN stated that it was by mistake he had
for Great Britain ; it set trade free betwixt them,
ascribed, on a former evening, the delay of the Report
of the Military Commission to the Duke of WELLING- greatly to the benefit of both. As regards 26 mil-
-1 TON'S illness. It was caused by the pressure of bush. lions of Germans, says Dr. Bow RING, it was the
ness on the Secretary. establishment of free trade, and it put an end to re.
In answer to questions put by Sir J. GRALIAM, Lord strictions, duties, prohibitions, and Custom-houses,
PALMERSTON stated that one of the ships having on between the various States which comprise the
board opium having sailed away after the aggregate
quantity of opium in the possession of the English at The unfortunate misnomer by which this Cus-
Canton had been returned to the Chinese Commis-
toms Union has been known in England, of Com-
aioaer, Captain ELLIOTT had been obliged to pur-
chase a quantity to make up the deficiency. Sir JAMES mercial League, has conjured up a host of prejn-
h.naiddanteaetend toot, tthatuithkeiopium, instead of beim-, destroyed, dices against it. It has been supposed to be a
o
eistaseoei could give ono'
ready to produce any further .
abpuntniofine tlt point 'Lord Pat- Union to extinguish the manufactures and trade of
information. Hepwlis,
bad
not
received
an papers required, but he
said to have been m.
against our blockade.
In answer to a yadeacactount of the remonstrances
Canton by the Americans
question put by Mr. J. A. S
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that theobjects* of j our re ch
rations against China were ---‘1
ilnnsultthse firdst England, and promote those of Germany. It has
no such object. The Union is one thing, however,
and the Tariff, or scale of duties which the diffe-
rent States may choose to adopt, is another. We
mem, may hereafter discuss thiesxteptoitinetf.
the At
Union, present
em-
rations P pa- e all observe, that the .
bracing Bavaria,
Prus-
to ofeain reparation for the
offers-d to her Majesty's Superintendent
Majesty's subjects, by the Chinese Government':
and, in the second place, they were to obtain for the Wirtemberg, Saxony, and ,
and
djurihes sia, with somewhat different interests in relation to
England, is a guarantee that the common rariff
never can be framed on a principle of hostility to
merchants trading with China an indemnification for the our countyy. Were the interests of all the States
loss of their property, incurred by the threats of vie. Precisely the same as those of the manufacturing
lenee offered by persons under the direction of the Parts of Saxony and Prussia,
Chinese Government ; and, in the last place, they were be possible ; but if it be so framed as to be exclu-
to obtain a certain security that persons and property swots for their advantage it will break up the
such a Tariff might
in future trading with China shall be protected from in- Union. we
shall
ge,
all stop now, quoting two passages
salt or injury, Dad that their trade and commerce would of the Report.
be maintained upon a proper footing.'
not': "The
it Zoll Verein,'. laVeerein
It appears, by a statement of Lord PALMERSTON, says Dr. Bowing, "was
often asserted to be, a union
that the gentleman 'he had selected to be a Commis formed in hostility to
intendedthe commercial interests of
t prematurelyl to create
sioner for settling Portuguese claims had declined the other States—it wa,,Y-
a manufacturing population in ''a ry with or oppo-
office ; which will cause some delay.
Mr. HUTT brought leeward his motion concerning the sition to the manufacturing aptniftuidteris'fof Great Britain—it
was by no means the purpose
Stade duties, the merits of which we have lately fully
encourageofi less the field than the factory.
to sacrifice
to misdirect
explained to our readers. Mr. iitritat,toourntpor table employment,'
motion. HAWES seconded th.e
ctoasacrifice floriculture
Lord P
- ALMERSTON assured the House of his wish
. The Zoll Verein was the substantial •
expression and effect
to have this question settled but ;* , of a general desire among a great nation, spilt •
into many
, it was compncated by small States, but still of common origin, similar mangers,-
treaties with cessions of territory,and was by no means. so speaking the same language, educated in the same ;it-it
simple as Mr. Hiner imaeined e was in communication 1 to communicate, to trade, to travel,
without
the annoyance
with the Government of Hanover
, and had received a I and impediments which the separate s.scal regulations of
propcoition within a month.suggested to the Hon. I every one of their governments threw in the way, if, in
Member the propriety of .• lie
11drawing his motion as ' the natural progres of things, the tariffs of the Zoll Ve.
prem it ore.
rein have bevoine hostile to the importation of foreign, and
Mr. A. CHAPMAN would support the • ) especially of British produce, It is because our laws have
Sir W. JAMES thought the Duke of mwetkion.
prevented the greater extension of commercial relations
LLINGTONT , , ,
COUIII settle the question, though he never 2W have rejected the payments they
did anythiii, 1 with Germa e
towards it, when he bad the power. -'l° have offere eddy. we have forced them to m:lnufacture
Mr. Later:incite:RE was unwini,,.; at what they were unable to buy—and we have put in their
present to give ng cheaply by refusing to
an opinion on the subject, and hoped the motion would ~ heeds the means of nianufacturi
u'u ndre the surplus of their agricultural produce, the non-ex.
be withdrawn.
Mr. HUME recommended t; c employment of a 74- portalion of which has kept their mark :As so low that small
• , great comforts to their
i : ,i(.l.,rini 11 , jEsTy,- n,, is r.,iges have been sufficient to gisa.
1 gun ship, but eis Ha. ~.. i , . s a%y corn- labourers.
r;ged fn an old English 10-gun brig, and one of the - The.
Pobjects
tessels that wears her MAJESTY'S pennant ' 'novel cf all
i
would suffice to clear the Elbe of this piratical ob. proposed by the Zoll Verein were the re-
restretions to ieeeninunication and transit, the
abolition of all intornal Custom-houses, the establishment
______

receipts on all imports and exports, according
to of the struction. A vessel there to levy toll is no better than of a common tariff and system of collection, and the re-
a pirate or a highway robber, and so it ought to be partition
the population, among all the members of the League."
treated. We learn, however, from Dr. BOWRING'S Re-
port on the Prussian Custom-house Union, that his
Majesty of H s,NovEn has lately condescended to leave
off taking Bd. for every package or parcel every passen-
ger carries up the Elbe. Our people have submitted to
this piracy a great deal too long. The previous question
was put on Mr. HUTT'S motion, and agreed to.
Lord TrioNinotryn moved to refer the petition of
Mr, B. MILLS, a Surveyor of the Divisions of St. Pan-
cras, complaining of being removed on a pension, to a
Select Committee, and on a division carried his motion
by 42 to 17.
Sir E. SUGDEN, by quitting the House mal a pros,
lost his turn, and his motion concerning the Appellate
Jurisdiction of the House of Lords lapsed, greatly to
the chagrin of the Learned Gentleman.
The Committee on Banking was nominated, and the
several motions for adding other Gentlemen to those
put clown by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
were not pressed, Sir R. PEEL having objected to the
Committee that it was already too numerous. The
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the
Committee be secret, which on a division was carried
by 33 to 23, which, as Mr. HUME said, will, we are
afraid, render the Committee useless.
Lord MORPETH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
put an end to mendicancy in Ireland, and the SOLICI-.
TOR-GENERAL to bring in a Bill to amend the Irish
Tithe Act, substituting rent charges for Tithe compen-
sations, of which Mr. SHAW approved.
The House adjourned at Ten o'Clock.

At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank of
England yesterday, the Governor made a very re-
markable statement, both as an evidence of the
great care with which the business of the Bank is
managed, and the careful principles on which trade
has lately been conducted. He said that up to the
end of 1839 the Bank had discounted upwards of
40,000,0001. ; and of all that vast sum oalv three
failures had occurred, so that the Bank would not
lose 6001., or only about one seventy-thousandth
part of the whole. Such a statement, though most
astounding for us, did not satisfy some of the Pro-
prietors. The half-yearly dividend was declared to
be 3i per cent. or 7 per cent. per annum, with a
small increase to the rest, and an accumulating
fund into the bargain. But while the merchants
and manufacturers, out of whose profits the Bank
lives, have been making little or nothing—many of
them even losing, 7 per cent. did not satisfy some
of the Bank Proprietors. They looked at the report-
ed extraordinary profits of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and were not contented. It was said that
the profits of the Bank are not enough. Amidst a
starving people it may be dangerous for these cor-
morants to be over greedy. The community is not
prosperous, though the Bank of England is, and
its immense profits, instead of being, as one of the
Directors supposed, an evidence of the service it
had rendered to the best interests of the commeicial
world, are an evidence of its success in profiting by
the general distress. How can the creation and
loan of paper, which the Bank is always unable to
pay on demand, and which is not issued on real ca-
pital—for the Bank capital has been consumed by
the State—be advantageous to the best interests of
commerce ? That the Bank, endowed by the
State with a monopoly of credit, has flourished,
while the bulk of the population has been in great
distress, is not likely to add either to the popularity
or the stability of the Bank.

Sir DE LACY EVANS last night presented a
petition from 200 officers of the Anglo-Spanish
Legion, and gave notice that he would, after
Easter, call the attention of the House to their
claims. The Gallant Officer would fain have en-
tered into some explanation, both as to the de-
mands of the petitioners, and his own share of the
transaction ; but that unfortunate regulation of the
Reform Parliament—not to admit discussions on
presenting petitions, which has rendered the right of
petitioning a mere empty form—was enforced
against him, and he was obliged to stop short.
The sum certified yet to be due to the Legion
amounts to 280,0001., and 28,0001. interest on
arrears is said to have accrued since June, 1837.

In V a representation of their case, which the
officers of the Legion have published, they insist
strongly on the Legion having been formed in ac-
cordance with the views of the Government, on

their having entered the service on the faith they
placed in our Government ; and they express asto-
nishment that the Government should have per-
mitted the matter so long to remain unsettled. It
may, however, now be expected, as Spain is almost
restored to tranquillity, as the country is gene-
rally prosperous, and as the revenue must be in-
creasing, that the Spanish Government should
voluntarily fulfil its engagements. Now that it is
deprived of every pretext for non-payment, it will
no longer be unfriendly, on the part of our Go-
vernment, to insist o❑ the arrears of the Legio❑
being paid, and, in obedience to an unanimous vote
of the House of Commons, already passed, the
Ministers will no doubt use their best exertions to
induce the Spanish Government to settle the de-

iiiands. As long as they are unsatisfied, a sligl
share of the stigma which attaches to the Spanis
Government will cling to our own Ministers.

We are happy to see that the excellent letters
of the Reverend Mr. O'MALLEY, on the state
of popular education in Holland, Prussia, Bel-
gium, and France, which lately appeared in
the Dublin Evening Post, are now published
by RIDGWAY in a collected form. The
author, justly estimating the importance of correct
information on the subject of education, as it is
conducted in those Continental States in which it
is made a national concern, determined to see with

his own eyes, and judge for himself. He made an
educational tour last summer through the countries
above mentioned—examined carefully the working
of the sys:em adopted in each—and has laid the
result of his inquiries before the British public in
the pamphlet before us. As soon as we can find
room we shall give our readers a few extracts from
this interesting work, and in the meantime we
strongly recommend its perusal to all who are
anxious that their judgment should be guided by
the lights of experience, on
,a question which holds
so prominent a place among the topics of the day.

The Morning Herald of to-day calls Mr. HUTT a
singularly noisy, empty personage," and says, " he de-
livered a very silly speech in a very furious fashion.
The tolls levied by the King of HANOVER seem to him
nothing better than the tribute formerly levied by the
lleys of ALGIERS." Then the Herald goes on to
enlighten its readers by such remarks as these :
" This affair exhibits the insolence of Mr. HUTT and
his coadjutors, no less than the utter meanness of Lord
PALMERSTON, and his confederates. What right
have we to complain of any amount of duties
levied by the King of HANOVER on British
manufactures? The King of HANOVER is as much
justified in placing an exorbitant tax on British cotton
and cutlery, as we are justified in placing an exorbitant
tax on brandy. The King of HANOVER may have
seen enough of the pestilential effects in England of
free trade principles to induce him to limit, as much as
possible, their operation in the dominions over which he
reigns. His care to protect the industry of his subjects
—or his desire to lighten their burdens, by raising from
finvigners a portion of his revenues—deserves the ut-
most commendation." " It would be deemed discreditable

in any English Ministry but the present—(the present
Ministry can take no deeper stain of infamy than at-
taches to it already)—to apologise to an impudent bab-
bler like Mr. H Orr, for not interfering with the King
of HANOVER'S unquestionable privileges !"
The Stade Duties are not levied on commodities en-
tering the kingdom of Hanover, as the writer in the
Herald asserts. The tolls are levied on every vessel
which passes up the Elbe, by an armed ship, belonging
to the King of Hanover, which lies at anchor off Stade.
At least that armed vessel exacts a bond for the pay-
ment of those duties on the arrival of the vessel—not
any Hanoverian port, buti n Hamburg. Till within
a short time, his Majesty of HANOVER levied a toll of
8,1. on every box and parcel carried by every passenger
in one of our steam vessels going to Hamburg. The
Stade Duties have no more to do with the protection of
Hanoverian industry or the encouragement of Hano-
verian trade than our Trinity dues hare to do with the
Corn-laws. The Stade Duties are an impudent exaction,
a Royal piracy, of which nothing can be said in the jus-
tification, but that they have long been much too pa-
tiently submitted to. The conceited impudence of the
abusive writer of the Herald is only matched by his
gross ignorance. They are indeed essential parts of
the same shallow mind ; for the impudence to abuse
Mr. HUTT so unjustly could not possibly co-exist with
the least knowlege of the subject on which the Editor
writes.

NinthVee aHreoeuxstereomfelcyownletillwpnlesasiaedstwniitghhtthebyaeLcoouridlt
jgoiviemn
ItessELL, of the objects of the expedition against
China. They are such as, from the first news received
of the opium siezure, we declared to be neces-
sary for the honour of our flag—for the per-
manent security of life and property in the Chinese
raters for the prevention of more extensive.
bloodshed—and for the conservation of the Bri•
tish Power in India. We repeatedly recommended
to the Government to insist upon reparation for the in-
sults and injuries offered to the British Superintendent
and British subjects in Canton
; to compel repayment
for opium which, at the time of its seizars, was in Bri-
tish ships, and which, without the threat of murdering
an European community indiscriminately, was beyond
the reach of the Chinese Government ; and, above all,
st
cand
ionpstu
lsuchts nmde
injuries.nsuresas 141,4•?ouwl d
these,
arreep
he taipt ipoyn
to
state, arc precisely the objects of the Government ex-
pedition.
rest outcry has been raised
We are aware that a g
against the Government, by a faction in this country,
with a view to prevent Ministers from adopting such
decisive, and, we will add, such humane measures ; but
the object of that outcry was so notoriously at variance
with what it pretended to be, that till we saw such a
highly respectable and venerated name as that of
3050111 STOOGE associated with it, we considered the
best way was to treat it with utter conten pt. But Mr.
STOOGEis a truly religious man, by principle opposed
to ad wars, and when under an erroneous impression of
f ,icts he appeals to the feelings of the religious
world against what he denounces a " disgraceful
and expensive war," it is no more than
courteousi\lr. s
Ttuoiwt
GanEr,
on a
theti,n• so incapable
just
:tz'sn(l fallen.
of %%1111_11 deception to correct some mistakes into which
I statementP'nil)et' owe
his suppose,address
eel s
(tuovcvti,liealoopt,i.;l:i.noo,E,f.r l
that
et,
the superintendent of Britishit-trisada' ;_ng explicit

so far compromised his official character and duty as to
take under his protection one of the most extensive
opium smugglers, and thus rendered himself justly
liable to the penalties to which they were obnoxious ;
and at the same time gave, as far as was in his power,
the sanction of the British nation to the unrighteous vio-
lation of the Chinese laws." Now, this statement is
calculated to convey a very erroneous impression of the
conduct of the Superintendent. That he refused to
deliver up to certain death a merchant accused of no
crime but that of heir); concerned in the opium traffic,
i- true, and, 3S the representative of the British Go-
ei ament, redounds to his honour ; but that ha thereby
justly rendered himself liable to the same punish-
, ment, after having volunteered to prohibit the opium
' trade in conjunction with the Chinese Government, is
what no humane, Christian-minded man, who has fully
examined the question, can for an instant admit. So
far from rendering himself amenable to a just interpre-
tation of the laws against opium smuggling, we have
condemned, and do condemn, the zeal manifested by
Captain ELLIOT in support of the Chinese authorities
against the merchants. Thus, in a public notice to
British subjects, dated so far back as December 17th,
1838, we find the following words :—" I, CHARLES
ELLIOT, &c., do hereby formally give notice and
require that all British-owned schooners, cutters,
and otherwise rigged small craft, either habitually
or occasionally engaged in the illicit traffic of opium
within the Bocca Tigris, should proceed forth of the
same within three days from this date, and not return,
being engaged in the same illicit opium traffic." The
Superintendent goes on to declare, that any British
subject causing the death of a Chinese shall be as liable
to capital punishment, as if the crime was committed
within the jurisdiction of Westminster-hall; and he cau-
tions all British vessels from offering any resistance to the
Chinese Custom-house officers, who are to be suffered
to seize and carry away all opium without a hope of
compensation on the part of the authorities. Surely
this was far from the conduct of a person, who for an
act which no British officer would disgrace himself by
neglecting to perform, is to be held up as justly amen-
able to a law of capital punishment against opium
traffickers !
Mr. STURGE talks of the horrors of wholesale car-
nage as if the Government intended to deluge China
with innocent blood, and innocently adverts to the righ-
teousness of the EMPEROR in excluding a pernicious poi-
' son from his people. Now it is not the introduction
of the opium, but the " oozing out of the Sycce," or the
native silver, that troubles the celestial authorities. In
a memorial from the Councillor CI-too-Taut,' to the
Emperor, dated October, 1836, that officer says,
in allusion to the native opium :—" From FUHKEEN,
KWANGTUNG, CHEKEANG, SHANTUNG, YUNNAN, and
KWEICHOW, memorials have been presented by the
Censors, requesting that prohibitions should be enacted
against the cultivation of the poppy, and against the
preparation of opium ; but while nominally pro-
hibited, the cultivation of it has not been
;topped in those places. Of any of those provinces,
except Yunnan, I do: not presume to speak ; but of
that portion of the country I have it in my power to
say that the poppy is cultivated all over the hills and the
open campaign, and, that the quantity of opium annually
produced there cannot be less than several thousand
chests. And yet we do not see any diminution in the
quantify of silver exported, as compared with any pre-
vious period. To what cause is this to be ascribed 'r
To what but that the consumers of the drug arc
very many, and that those who are choice and
dainty prefer always the foreign article." Here are
ix immense provinces out of the twenty-four which
compose " the central flowery land," all confessedly
growing opium; and in such quantities as to cover bill
and dale. But the wealthy consumer preferred the
foreign article, and the consequent oozing out of the
alver alarmed the Celestial Government. This, and
not a regard for either the health or morals of the
people, led to the prohibition of the traffic.
We shall take another opportunity of throwing some
necessary light on the mistaken notions about the pacific
policy, humanity, and much-talked-of regard for life 01
he Chinese Government. This is the more imperative,
as we maintain that our Government, in adopting ener-
;uric measures, are pursuing the only truly humane
course.

The King of the BELGIANS experiences none of the
difficulty of his Royal father-in-law the King of the
FRENCH, in the formation of his Cabinets. 'Fruu, the
task in itself is not so difficult; but LEOPOLD does not,
after the Louis- PHILIPPE fashion, multiply obstacles by
a system of finesse which aims at personal aggrandise-
ment at the expense of the political reputation of the
members of his council. To destroy popular confidence
in public men by openly dragging them through the
filthiest sewers of political apostasy—to turn all faith in
the pure patriotism of statesmen into ridicule, would
seem to be the object of Louis PHILIPPE's constant
endeavours. King LEOPOLD adopts a sater and more
I.onourable. policy. His respect for the Constitution,
and his regard to: the rights of his responsible advisers,
is as great as that of the most liberal of his subjects.
Content with the moderate exercise of the prerogatives
which the Constitution assigns him, he exhibits no
jealousy either of the talents or the policy of his Cabinet.
He is too great and too honest a man to descend from
the dignity of a Sovereign to be the head of a faction—
the leading intriguer of his own Court. He affects no
mystery—deals in no diplomatic cajolery—has no mid-
night interviews with the leaders of faction, in oppo-
sition to his Government. Accordingly, we are not
surprised to learn from the Brussels Papers that a Ca-
binet is already all but officially appointed, consisting of
M. LEBEAu,as Premier and Ministerof Foreign Affairs ;
M. ROSIER, Interior ; Baron D'HUART, Public Works ;
NI. DOLEY, Justice ; M. DUVIYIER, Finance ; and
General NYPOLS, War. On the 16th instant, the
KING gave audiences to all his ex-Ministers, and cor-
dially thanked them for the zeal they had manifested
in his service.
BELGIAN 1. UNDS-..BRUSSELS, MARCE IS.
Actual Debt, 2) per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant ..... 101%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent...„..... 95%
3 per Cent. 74%
Loan of City, 1934, 4 per Cent
Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent 109%
Bank of Belgium, 5 per
National Society
Exchange on London (short)
_Brussels Papers, March 18.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsrEaDass, MARCH 17.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, S% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
AsnortB,ndic,43 per cent 69% 9054
Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent —
Commercial Company, 41,2 per cent 177% 179%
Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Ditto is:37, 5 per cent. ISO 100%
Loan 1537, 5 I,er cent.
Exchange on London, One month ll 95
Two months ...... 11 85
—Dutch Papers, March 18.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARCH 14.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan 109% 109
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Series 103%
Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th
Series 98% 93%
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pec Cent 51% 51%
Ditto 5 per Cent 9B
Polish Bondi
New ticket
Anglo-Oanish Loan, 3 per Cent 74% '74%
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent. lO2
Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 93%
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAR6H 10.*
Five por Coats. Matailiques - ••••••• 109%
Four per Cents. ......... ..... ...... ...• 1013 i,
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
—Attgcmeine Zeitung. March 15

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all reached
us. The following extracts include all the news they
bring of any interest :
SPAIN.

A report of General Ramirez states that he has just
trained a great advantage in the province of Guadalaxara.
General Espartero, in his answer to an address that has been
presented to him, expresses the hope that he shall soon be
able to put an end to the vandalism which still desolates
a part of Spain.
It has been announced that Cabrera was drawing near
to Mora. The Gazette de France accounts for this move-
ment by his desire to inspect the troops at the mouth of
the Ebro.
Pasied
Every thing, however, indicates a speedy and vigorous
renewal of military operations.
A letter from Oberon says :--" On Wednesday four
rears of pay of through this town, which
carriages, heavily loaded,
were said to have a million in ready money, being a part of
a loan negotiated by Mr. Devantes, our fellow-country-
man, on account of the Spanish Government. It is
ziffirmed that this money is intended to discharge the ar-
A letter from Passages of the 9th of March says :—" It
is reported here that the English ships on this station have
received orders to depart. The corvette commanded by
Espartero's army."
Lord John Hay is repairing its rigging and sails. A steam-
boat is just now preparing to set out for St. Sebastian or
Santander."
It is not the first time that the English have announced
Chair departure
; we shall see what they will do this time.
Rear-Admiral Mege, Governor of Martinique, desires his
recall. His successor is not yet appointed --Le Commerce.
The Univers says :—" Several journals speak of the
determination come to by the Ministry to confide to Gene-
ral Bugeaud the command of our army in Africa, and sub.
sequently the Government of the whole colony.
We believe that these journals are well informed.—
Constitutionnel.
ii,,,,k BolorUtallSe E.-- PAKIst, WEDNESDAY, MO,RCH 18.
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4 per cent, lOO ..,, ic2 ... 102 ... 102
3 per Cents B3 70 . 83 75 ... 8,,1 55 ... 83 53
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3 per Cents 74 90 ... 74 9) ... 74 90 ... 74 90
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Passive 7% ... 7% —
Neapolitan
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BRUSSELS, MARCH 18.-The avern2e price
of Wheat ]act week was 201% 46c., and of Rye 13f. 74c. The
exportation, therefore, is still proh:.bitcd, and Wheat free from
import duty ; but Ilye is liable to a duty of 21f. 50c. per ROO
kilogrammes.