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MISS PARDOE'S PARDOE'S NEW NOVEL. 1 subject so important and so well-deserving the consideration I
Ncw ready at all the Ll'ffaries, in 3 vols. of the House as the famine that was at present existing in
CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN. rean I d .
By I:lh,s PARDOI:. • The subject then dropped.
A i.thoress of `, The City of the Sultan," dre.
Henry Col Lorn, 13, G3l reat arlboron !
gh-street, Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Lord George
136ntinek, said that since the rept al of the auction and,glass
duties, although there had been a falling off in the Excise,
there had been an increase in the customs duties.
The House then resumed the further consideration of the"
Report on the Customs' Resolutions (the Tariff.)
On the question of the reduction of the duties on hops.
Mr. PLU3IPTRE thought that if any duty was taken off that
article it ought to be the Excise duty.
Sir R. PEEL could not consent to take off the Excise duty
on hops, or retain the high protective duty to which foreign
hops had hitherto been subjected.
After some diecussi,,n, the House divided, when there ar-
peared—for the Government proposition, 91
hopsga it, 44.
Mej,rity in favour of the reduction on proposed by
Ministers, 47.
• Mr. RErrox objected to the Government proposition for
the reduction of the duty on straw plait, but would not divide
the House upon it.
Several other items were agreed to.
• On the item for the reduction of the duty on silk being
proposed,
Mr. G. BANKES moved as au amendment, that the item
should be omitted.
After a lengthened discussion the House divided, when
there appeared for the amendment, 114; against it, 220;
majority fur the Government proposition, 106.
It was then arranged that the Tariff should be proceeded
with to-night.
Several Bills were then forwarded a stage.
After a conversation, in which Mr. WAKLEY, Sir JAMES
GnAnAM, Mr. S. CRAWFORD, and Lord J. RUSSELL took
part, the Fever Hospital (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed to-night.
Vie' other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
Hrarse adjourned at Twenty Minutes past One o'clock.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Mattel' 17, will be performed
(tsar the first thae this Season), Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled,
ERNA NI.
Li Ire, Mad late Parini (her first appearance in this country) ;
Jiuy Gomez, r_dgnor Fornas,iri ; Don Carlos, Signor Bencich (his
first appearance in this country); Ernani, Signor Castigliano (his
first appearance in this country).
To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by
M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pngni. The
Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled,
CATARINA ; ,m, LA FILLE DIJ BANDIT.
The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, Madame Petit Stephan,
Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni;
31. M. Gosselin, Bertrand, DI llattia. and Perrot.
VcrilFs highly successful Opera of 'NINO will be repeated
forthwith.
Madman Castellon is daily expected in town, and will shortly
appear.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, on Friday last, of a me-
&Al on the 26th instant (next Thursday week), on the state
of Ireland. The form of the motion is for the House to re-
solve itself into a Committee to consider of an address to
her MAJESTY on the state of Ireland. The first idea which
occurs on hearing of this motion is, that it is likely to em-
barrass the Government, which embarrassment of the Go-
vernment may yet have an injurious effect on the pro-
gress of the pending commercial measures. Such, we
have reason to believe, is the view taken of Lord Josire
RussELt's Unexpected: notice of motion by many in-
fluential Members of Parliament who are his supporters.
But it would be unwarrantably ignoring all the many
proofs which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has given of a
uwernunatrou LVL w
PEEL'S commercial measures—it would be not only refusing
him the confidence due to a statesman of his experience and
often7proved caution and forbearance, but supposing him
capable of the grossest inconsistency, to imagine that after
discouraging by every means in his power, and ultimately
voting against, Mr. VILLIERS'S amendment for imme-
diate repeal, he was going himself to make a hostile motion,
framed to catch the votes of the protectionists, and so place
the Government in a minority on a leading political ques-
tion, while the fate of the Corn Bill is yet undecided in the
Lords. What was Lord JOHN Russatt's reason for voting
against Mr. VILLIERS'S amendment, after Sir IL PEEL had
declared that, should that amendment be carried against him
by a combination of the Protectionists with the Liberal party,
he would adopt it? Why, that, though Sir ROBERT PEEL
would make it his own, there might be many Peers who had
consented to the compromise of three years' delay in the
original measure, but would not agree to immediate repeal,
and that so by grasping at more, we might lose all in the
Upper House. Now, tholigh Lord JOHN RUSSELL were to
delr his intended motion on Ireland till after the Corn Bill
had gone up from the Commons, and though his defeating
the Government on that Motion would notlead Sir RoBEItT
PEEL to resign till the Corn Bill bad either become the law
of the land, or had been rejected by the Lords (and Sir RuseßT
PEEL said as much - in the discussion about foreign
books as that he had made up his mind to disregard all
defeats and brave ill difficulties till be carried his new tern.
Bill and Tariff, or at least as long as he saw any chance of

Tli EA Tlt E ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS.
The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har-
rison, ianrdtnl, ilorncestle, S. Tones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King,
3lts ; Romer,- and Mies Rainforth.
After which, a new Fairy &diet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH.
it, which Mons. Desplaces, 3ldiles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme.
&c., will appear.

T.F.-11LAT it E RD-VA L. HA YMARKET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Comedy of OLD HEADS AND YOUNG
IM MO; 31,r. : LiChriflCO fad isrJuilar ENtiiiVet: JP"'
The Band will perform the Overture, " La Rehm d'un Jour,"
"Antoinette," Callari us Waltz, and the Quadrille, " Le Rol d'Yvetot."
After which a New Conic Drama, called THE IRISH POST.
Characters by Messrs. J. bland, .Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c.
T he fldlowed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHTL-
-I•INGS. Mr. Colightly, Mr. IluAstone ; Capt. Phohbs, Mr. Tilbury;
Capt. Spruce, Mr. Itrhalal ; Mrs. Major Phohbs, Miss P. Hcrton.

kiE.ATR iIOYAL, CE 17 IN.
TND ER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.

First Appearance in the Regular Drama of the celebrated
GENERAL- TOM THUMB !
Tins EVENING

The performances will commence with W iTC A AND WARD.
After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE
'MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley,
and Miss LAdlaw. _ _ _ . . .

To he followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en-
tith.d .110 P 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and h's Seven League
1;oota. In ,hich General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly
ter this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. •
To .conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Mesas. A.
Wigau, Turner, Bellingham; Misses Arden, Yillats, and Howard.
St ells, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2t. ; nallerY, 6d•

: • THa*.A.TICE ROYAL, ADEI,PIII.
Wondrons saccess and hearty shouts of laughter at the New Farce
of " Dal you ever send your Wife to Camberwell ?"
TILES i.;VENING
Weil ho performed a New Petite Drama, in Two -Acts, called,
THE CABIN roy. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti,
Mr. Paul Bedford; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss
Wo‘Agar.
Afte77 Avlite.h, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND
YOU It WIFE. TO CAMBERWELL? Chesterfield Honey bun, Mr.
Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. o.;Smith; Mrs.Honeybtm, Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by TAM MO A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma-
zourkaphobia. which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wrigle, Miss
Woolgar. Madame Celgste, &c. will perform.
To cowhide with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM
BIZE.II•7.FA,;I`. Supported by Mr. I'aul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss
Wraf,!gar.tzc.

r c, EATME, OXFORD-?TM; ET.

THIS EVFNEN

~arrying them),—still a defeat of the Government in the
Commons, by Lord J. Itt,ssam, on Irish pacy, could not
but hive its eff,ct on wavering Peers, and might make all
the difference between a majority and a minority for the
Corn Bill. We take for granted, therefore, that Lord J.
RUSSELL intends no embarrassment of the Government, and
will avoid embarrassing them. His motion stands at present .
for the 21.ith, but that is probably a merely nominal day:
After all the Government may not oppose his me-.
lion ; the concord between Lord LINCOLN and . Mr._
Dvarsox, on • the Nottinghamshire hustings, may pre-
dgure concord- between the two leaders on the
great questions of Irish policy. .. Or. if the Government
oppose, the protectionists may not support Lord JOHN. Lord
JOHN'S views on the. Irish. Church will certainly not come
nearer to Sir ROBERT Iz:qt.'s's and Mr. Couvitouses, than
will those of Sir ROBERT PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM.
Chat we may say safely. Still the protectionists, as a party,
may side with Lord Jons for going into Committee, to
enunciate, when there, their own views, in distinct opposi-
:ion to
_those respectively of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir
ROBERT PEEL; and the motion is so framed as to give
them an opportunity of helping to place the Government in a
minority, if they like. But we feel confident that if Lord
lons RUSSELL sees danger in his motion, he will steer
clear of it; and we would venture to say respect-
fully to the zealous free-traders who have taken
alarm at Lord Joule's notice, "you persisted in an amendment

Will be pA*,l,rme,l 4t New Vatle'rille Comedy. entitled, THE
POT; 11,:S OF' .1 Ni(l FIT. Duke de Chartres, Mr. J. Vining ; Count
d Etrissa,, Mr. Harris ; Pr. Druggendratt, Mr. Compton ; Pierre
Mr. C. II athews : W)le. Duval, 3liss E. Honner ; Duchess
de Chartres, Madame Vestris.
After which, -• a New Comic Drama. entitled MATHEWS'
AND CO. Cliaract::rs by. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,
Wtdtm, Oxborry, and Mss E. Honner.
To he followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING
LIKENESS'. Itaron.,de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James
Vining; Coco, Mr. Compton Manette, 7.lladatne Vestris.
To be succeeded by a Conic Scene, cr.lled, TWO IN IHE
MORNING. By Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. CoMpton.
To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs.
Gilbert, Marshall. Adrien, 3liss Miss Marshall, and Mdlle.
Melanie Duval will appear.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEES MYSTERIEUSES.
Two Morning Performances during the Week.
At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingteshed
fam;lic., ai't in order to accommodate the crowds who thsz.k to
'Mond his Morning Performances, M. PHILLI PP M.: will. give his
tlrstid Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday
Mormig., a Two ''clout..

M. Philiippo's moit Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Exper!ments
will he repeated every Evening, varied by • the Ainu4ing Per-
formances of the Chiarini Family, n l the astounding Feats of the
American Itrothem—Doors open at a quarter p tat Sec en. to com-
e:Mee at a quarter before FAuht.
33.; Boxes, 23: ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Gil. ; Pr•vate Boxes,
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11. lls. 6d.

ASTLEY's Kt:IAL I kir....Vrite. ()I
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the present
brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throngs
of admiring Spectat"rs to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeous
tableaux sikt magnificence of effect.—Splendid Double Band, Stu-
pendonS Performing Elephants, &c.
THIS EVENING
Will ha performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF
NAG PORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the
Whoh of the Csinpiny and beautiful Stud will appear.
tri,lfine scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of
th, British and Forewn Company.
To conclude with THE IRISH SCHOOLMASTER.

tor immediate repeal against the remonstrances of very many

TI-tF. wEAVIER.—StYN OFFICE. MARCH 15.
THERMoMETER, Lowest. 47; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 54
BAnomETER, 30.10.—WIND W.N.W.
Morning, rainy ; Afternoon, fine.
MARCH 16.

of your friends,—some of those who remonstrated with you
•net with severe rebukes at your hands,—allow to others a
little of that freedom of action which you claim for your-
selves,—if your past services entitled you to some Confidence
in your sincerity when you took a course opposed by a large
number of your friends, Lord JOHN RUSSELL also, by past
forbeara3ce, and by the zealous support which he has hitherto
given to the Government, lies establiihed a claim to confidence
also ; and you should •at least wait till you
see what Lord JOHN . RUtBEI.I. does, and hear what
he says, before you _ condemn the step which
he has taken." It should be borne in mind, also, that Lord
Gamy has giVen a notice in the House of Lords, similar in
terms to that of Lord.Joure RUSSELL in the Commons; and
there is every _appearance of the two Noble Lords acting in
concert.

The surprise excited by Lord Joint Russam:s notice on
Friday last had hardly time to subside among the Members
of the House of Commons, when Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S unex-
pected proposal of a Bill to mitigate the effects of ad-
vancing disease in Ireland, excited more seriously
startling reflectious. While the protectionists have
been consuming weeks and weeks with their holiday
speeches, famine, whose existence some of them affected to
doubt, has been proving itself by the sad consequence of
wide-spreading dieeaeo. The details of disease in Ireland,
furnished by the Parliementary paper published on Satur-
day, are of a nature to excite the most painful and alarming
appreheneiove Will they have any effect on protectionist
politicians? Wilt it induce them to abstain from further
AA+ uction of monsures which they cannot prevent, fur en-
iarging the supply of food for the famished people of Ire-
heel? We are unwil:ing at this moment to say a harsh word
against Sir R..neenr PEEL'S Government, and have
no great pleasure in agreeing with an orator
from the protection benches; but we must say with
Mr. BANI,ZES, that the advance of disease in -Ireland
shows how wrong were those members of the Cabinet who
prevented Sir R. Pelee from taking immediate measures in
Neveml:er for opening the ports. Compared Stith what
might have been done then, the best measures now will be
oo late. But what is offered us now let us have as soon as
possible, and let. Mr. 13Aeueeee use his eloquence and iefluence
with his party to dissuade them from further factious delay.
Sir R. PEEL postponed the second reading of the Corn
Bill from last night, in order that the tariff might be pro-
ceeded with and, if rossible, finished.
[Since writing the above, Lord JOHN RUSSELL has post-
poned his motion until after Rester.]

We recorded last week with national pride the activity
and 'seaman-like work displayed by the officers and crews of
the Ships Rodney and Albion, in fittieg out the Bellerophon,
et Portsmouth, and the Calcutta, at Devonport. At
Portsmouth a rivalry seemed to exist between
the different departments in -the dockyard and
the officers and seamen on board the Rodney, which
ehould do their work quickest and best. On Saturday week
the officers and crew were turned over to the Bellerophon,
and on Monday they went to work, and on that day the
tops and cape were got over, the lower rigging put on together
with the topmast, crosstrees, and caps, the mainyards got
across—all heavy work, says our Correspondent; next day
the rigging was set up, the bowsprit completed, the topgal-
lant-masts fidded- and rigged, a number of the main and
lower deck guns got on board, with many other operations
which the common reader cannot understand, and which it
is needless further to describe. It is enough to say, that ac-
cording to the usual calculations all the fittings could not be
completed before Saturday, and even then it would be called
quick work. What was the result? Had our gallant sea-
teen or our brave officers become enervated by peace, or less
active in their operations by having no enemy to rouse them
t ► exerlon ? Quite the contrary. At noon oa Wednes-
day the. Bellerophon, 78, was anchored at Spithead,
all ready fur sea, completely rigged, royal yards
acme., sails all bent, three months' provisions on board, guns
alt in, in shert, fitted for service, and in condition to go
into immediate action with an enemy, powder being only
wanting, and that the harbour regulations prevented her
from-taking in. The Calcutta, at Devonport, was fitted out
with the same rapidity and spirit, for between the
two creeei there seemed also to have been a
rivalry, and the officers of superior rank at these
two sea-ports on the occasion, as well as the in-
habitants, were alike surprised and delighted to find that
Englend can yet the so well that arm which has saved her
in every hoer of danger. But foreigners, on reading
the aeceutite, will be more than surprised,—they
will be struck with aetolii,linient that opera-
iens, which .in RU:36ja• or Holland, or France,
would have occupied the same number of men for four-
t:eri flays a least, were accomplished in England in lea
than a f,urth part of the time. On looking at feats of which
the country has such just reason to boast, it is natural to
ar=k what reward and what treatatent should sailors like these
rrceive at the Ilan& of eievernment. When they are not wanted
II:mild they ha. turned adrift, and heeded over, much against
theaeleille to ouranemieee? Should they be paid less than
meichent seamen—be subjected to a "severity' of discipline,
often needless and injurious to the service, and have mixed
Up with tht-m tho refuse of awls and the offecouriLto of C.O

people? Should they have forced into their ranks the best GUIN was the only other speaker on that side of the Chamber,
of our fishermen along the coasts, as prisoners and slaves, and said that it was the duty of the Chamber to expres.s its '
and be compelled thus to associate with men detained against: opinion on the subject, and censured in the strongest terms •
their will, and as fully entitled to their liberty as the first the cruel policy adopted towards Poland. M. GuizoT was
noblemen of the land? Such, we blush to state, with the ' the principal•speaker on the occasion, and in order to under-
eiception of a'retreat in Greenwich Hospital, when maimed stand his remarks we give the following brief ques-
or worn out in the melee, were the rewards given to tions put to him by the Marquis DE LA ROCIIEJACQUELIN-:
the brave defenders of their country, to the men who " For the last fourteen years," said the Marquis, " the two
guarded so faithfully the British coasts against all the Chambers had expressed their wishes, had manifested their
hostile attacks of Bosupatere, and finally annihilated the formal intention to maintain Polish nationality. He would
fleets of France and Spain. Peace certainly has mitigated ask whether those wishes were to be nothing more than an
to a certain extent these hardships—we should rather say annual epitaph written on the tomb of the Polish nation ?
cruelties, but still much is to be done.; and naval reform, Had the Government been able to do what had been desired?
if we wish to maintain our superiority, is absolutely ne- i He thought not; and felt convinced that the wishes so often
cessary. Their pay must be increased as well as their renewed by the two tribunes had been useless.—s.(Murniurs.)
pensions ; they must be induced by rewards, not forced by He considered there was some instruction to be gained from
violence,- to engage in the service, and on every occasion what was peeing in Poland. Could it be believed that in a
when a ship is paid off, or the number in active service re- monarchical Government orders had been given by which a
duced, should provision be made that the experienced 1 price of 25f.1utd been offered for the headof every noble, priest,
Seaman shall find it his interest to remain in his or landowner that might be brought in. He must protest
native country, and still look to it as his home. Only against such horrors, and would now ask the Government
a few hundred thousand pounds a-year Would accom- what it had done towards the accomplishment of the wishes,
plish all this, yet that is refused, and economy seems fourteen
.times repeated by the Chambers? What can it do
always, in the most preposterous manner, to be allowed to fulfil them, now that the remnant of the Polish nation was
first to attack the defenders of their country—the sailors suffering under a long and painful agony? What measures
and soldiers. The pay, and more especially the pensions, would it adopt ? Would it guarantee that the independence
are too small ; sufficient • inducement is 'not held out of Craeow shall be respected and. maintained? Would it
to respectable men to _engage .in the services, and the guarantee that the action of political vengeance shell not be
consequences are • becoming more and more felt every day. eubetituted for that of regular justice? In a word, what
The artillery corps cannot be supplied. with., recruits front. has the Government done, what will it do, and what can it
Scotland ; soldiers, who it appears are entitled by sense over- do ?"
sight to their discharge, for the same reason decline to
remain in the army,
.and when any large vessel is to be
manned the greatest difficulty is found in getting able
seamen. The remedy. is • perfectly eimple, and occurs to
every man of practical knowledge.

"M. Guizot in reply said, among the questions that had
been put to him by the honourable Deputy, that on which ho
most particularly insisted related to the policy and acts of a
foreign Government, and not to those of the French Govern-
ment. For that reason he should confine himself to the line
of conduct he had always adopted in that tribune—to speak
of what he knew.—(hear, hear.) If the acts which had
been reported were true, he would not hesitate to designate
them as deplorable and guilty. To provoke a social
overthrow as a defence against a. political danger would be
a criminal act. Revolutionists were sometimes guilty of
such acts—but 'regular Governments never.—(Approba-
tieu from the Centres.) From the information which
had, however, reached him, he had seen nothing to Con-
firm the facts of which he spoke, and far from admitting
them to be true on the faith of the journals and the cor-
reopondence which bad been quoted, he should be more in-
clined to deny them. In order to explain the part *which
the peasants of the Grand Duchy of Posen and of Gallicia
naa Just been playing, there was no necessity to bring for-
ward guilty suppositions and hypotheses of prices being
placed on the heads of certain patties which the Hon.
Dsputy had alluded to. Since the Grand Duchy of Posen
and Gallicia have been united, the one to Prussia, and
the other to Austria, both those Governments have
used their utmost exertions to ameliorate the con-
dition of the peasants. In• the Grand Duchy of Posen,
RS in all the provinces of the monarchy, the Prus
sian
,Government had constantly endeavoured to improve
the condition of those people, and they had a right to hold
land; they had obtained special jurisdictions instead of those
under which they htd ben formerly placed. When, there-
fore, an attempt was made to excite them to join in the
revolt, they had refused, because their situation was no.v
better than it had ever hitherto been. The same had taken
place in Gallicia, where, since the laws of Maria Theresa
and Joseph 11., the condition of the peasants had been
much ameliorated. That was the true reason which had
ir:fiuerced the conduct of the peasants of Gallicia. There
was not the slightest necessity to bring forward these odious
euppesitions of the setting a price on the heads of the nobles
and the clergy; they had stronger motives for their con-
tiact, in the improved condition in which they had been
placed. At the very moment when these events were threat-
ening, before the results of the insurrection were known, the
Austrian Government foresaw all that happened, and it had
expressed its tears that a revolution among the peasants
would break out simultaneously with another insurrection ;
such it feared that fresh difficulties and 'fresh causes of em •
barraissment might arrive. This is whet was foreseen
by Prince de Metternich, who communicated it to the
French Government. The Chamber might form its opi-
nion on theie assertions. He was not charged to defend
front that tribune such or such a foreign Government; but
he considered himself celled- Upon to dissipate false ideas
and erroneous opinions. Ile might refrain from entering
into any further explanation on the subject; but he would
tot quit the tribune without explaining the ideas of the Go-
verntnent.—(ltlear, hear.) It was not. without a deep feeling
of grief, and without a serious conviction that his friends
and himself had, in 1831, adopted and supported, with regard
to Poland, the lint of 'policy which lied been-followed. The
Chamber would permit him to remind it of the motives of.
their conduct and of their policy—the non-intervention of
France in the affairs of Poland. The interest of France
called for this policy. They thought that after the revolu-
tion of July, France should establish her own government,
and cover with her buckler not only her own independence
but that of those countries which were closely connected
with her—Belgium, Switzerland, and Piedmont. The na•
tional interest of France imposed this policy on them. An-
other motive influenced them—the-right of 'nations. France
accepted the state of Birope and it a'matter of faith to
maintain good relatiOns between its Governments. Such were
the motives which in 1831 determined the line of policy to
be adopted by France, and they had been too often discussed
from that tribune, to make it necessary for him to allude
further to them on the present occasion; and now when
after sixteen years they were reaping the fruits of their
policy—prosperity and security at home, and consideration
and dignity abroad—he did not consider it was a moment to
abandon it, on motives less grave and less imperious than
those which led to its adoption in 1831. This policy im-
posed on them two duties towards the unfortunate Poles ;
the first, was not to hold out to them any illusory or false
hopes, and the second, to render them every relief core-
r atible with the interests of France and with the law
of nations. Such had always been their line of conduct, and
such it would continue to be; and whilst they remained
faithful to this line of duty, they had a right to hope that
men, who placed themselves under the protection of France.
would not forget the duty imposed on them, not to compro-
mise the hospitality they received. What would be the
feelings of the Chamber, were it to learn • that Abd• en Bader
was receiving assistance from a foreign power? Was there
any one in that assembly but would feel that the interests of
France were thwarted by such a proceeding? He begged
the Chamber not to lose sight of those facts, and of' the posi-
tion in which they placed the Government. He was anxious
that those who claimed and obtained the hospitality of
France, should find so good a rule for their. conduct. France
wi bed to be a place of refuge for misfortune, but not a re-
sort for conspirators."—(Approbation from the Centres.)
The Opposition press, as we have stated, expresses indig-
nation at this reply. The Cqnstituiionnel, more mild than
the rest, thus characterises; the Ministry ;
‘ettheerysburgh and at
1..
might be et
London a: no longer,ce andquite Absolutists.
theyoi
AairteiAantSt. as P
We ;seal! soon see its effects at home. After this fine defence
Of the Austrian Government, M. Guizot replied to the
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second point, that he intended without any reserve to
pursue the rile), of non intervention, and that he con-
sequently wished to remove all illusory hopes from the Poles
ty promising them nothing beyond hospitality. A deep and
aiuful emotion penetrated the Chamber at this pitiless
declaration." -

Simultaneously with :the progression of the Customs and
Corn Importation Bill, two official doCUmentd of the utmost
interest and importance, bearing, as:they cln,:upon the pre.
valence of disease and the scarcity of provisions in Ireland,
have been issued, one by our Most gracious Sovengeax, and
the other by order of the Commons in. Parliament assembled.
And with the publication of these very remarkable papers,
the list rags of :hope to which the -most visionary sceptics
had clung are for ever scattered to the winds ; the great,
haggard truth stands out with hideous prominence before
them; the miseries %shies. have been:. isseathsnsa rive.-
..msed:t the wretched populace et Ireland are not
fictitious in ono solitary tittle—not to the extent of a single
diseased potato—not to the extent of a single case of dy-
sentery—not to the extent of a single empty pocket, or -a
stomach minus nourishment. On the contrary, the picture:
which have been hitherto drawn of Irish destitutb;n and
Irish wretchedness pitive to be anything but over-coloured :
the oratorical allusions through which the 'English public
acquired their first inklings of the moral hniricane brooding
Over our sister island. are corroborated by the unanswerable
logic of statistics; the.visions which bad been evoked by our
statesmen as persuasives to a vast movement, are realised by
these numerical figures, and that••with a rhetoric more
stirring and niore solemn than could be enunciated by the
most accomplished scholiast—the rhetoric of fact ! Never
within the limits of any appreciable'record ham Ireland been
visited with a more dire accumulation of suffering during u
period of confirmed tranquillity then that under which her
children are now writhing, without solace and without hope.
Committed, for some inscrutable reason, to the spoliation of
a vegetable pestilence, without an opportunity of acquiring
by additional toil wages enough to compensate for the de-
ficiency, their frames emaciated by hunger, or burnt up with
contagious meladieS, the Irish multitude are plunged into
one of those•woful Plights from which extrication is impos-
sible, unless through the interference of the more fortunate aed
less embarrassed among their couCirymo. • We have, how-
ever, so repeatedly viewed the matter in this par
titular light, namely, as an incentive to .the sympathy, the
generosity, and the •Justice of Government, that we are fain
to believe any further enforcement of thiS point to be super-
fluous, the more particularly as our -legislators are giving
every indication of their anxiety to-administer comfort where
it is so urgently required, and and 'descending from the ex-
pression of, sentiment to the perfoimaece Of acts. Looking,
however, at the two documents before us, as patina-
tions of 'anything that may have appeared like
over-precipitation. .en the part of the • Ministry—
or rather as direct evidence of the integrity by which
their conduct has been guided—they assume a new
importance and require a yet closer examination. The one
presented by comtnand of her MAJESTY
.is-a full exposition of
the rapid and gigantic _strides alteedy taken by disease, by
way of sequence to the tainted esculents with which the la •
bourers had been compelled to ar lie* the' cravings of nature,
in defiance Alike of their poisonous qualities and the nausea
produced by their . odour and their flavour. From the re-
ports condensed into this abstract it appeava that each of the
four principalities partake, and in a great Measure, of
the infections arising exclusively from the murrain,
or from . the aetual non-existence of either nutritious
or unnutritious provisions. The greatest caution; -more-
over, has been observed by the Commission throughout
their exertions—epd this circumstance is conspicuous in the
care with which the different medical statements have been
selected. 'A mere.glance at these eight folio pages will suf-
fice, in all conscience, to penetrate the moat obdurate
with feelings of commisgeration for the sufferers,
and with'. a real anxiety •to behold their penury
alleviated, and their pangs of body assuaged. Colic, typhus
fever, intermittent and low fevers, dysentery of the most
violent description, diarrhcsa, and negative indisposition,

such as debility and spasmodtcseizures, are rife in almost
every district ...throushout the length and breadth
of that unhappy land. Only a single county, in
fact, in this • mournful catalogue,. has attached to its

name the brief, satisfactory and,emphatic corollary—"
and that county is CARLOW. That ailments of this acute and
contagious character should lee thus prevalent, is, however
matter of little astonishment on turning to the other docu-
ment of which we have already made especial mention—
being a return of the average Price of pOtatoes is the various
market-towns in. Ireland. Comparing the price of that es-
sential commodity during the January. of the last five years
—a contrast which testifies in many instances the extraordi-
_ fact, that potatoes are selling in 1646, iu
many towns, at more than double the sum re-
quired during "a corresponding date in 1810 ; that a
yet greater number of markets average exactly double that
amount; and that the majority shoW o vast increase of price
with a correspondingly greater decrease of quality in pota-
toes at the present season as compared with the seven
years precediug. After a perusal of these documents, it.
he.zomeslncum bent upon every right-thinking man to strive
individually, as•well as in concert with his neighbours, to
rurtlier the wishes of the Prime Minister as far as private co-
operat ion in his measures is concerned : this, in short, is not only
incumbent upon us as members of 'a bady politic., it is our
solemn.and bOunden duty as men and as Christians.
it is, that we are tilled with a more particular anxiety than
ever to witness. the proposition that the House form itself
into a Committee for the purpose of taking the condition of
Ireland into consideration, as. promised by Lord Junx Rus-
.and the yet earlier movement.of a similar character.
as promised by Lord GREY. Sentiment will not suffice any
longer—action; action, action is necessary

nary

Madrid journals of the 7th and.Bth have been received
We find no facts in them, but as usual plenty of rumours.
Among others; says the Clamor Public°, " A personage be-
longing to the Government • has received a letter from M.
GUIZOT, in which that Minister signifies that, in the event
of the. Trapani match not being accomplished, Louis I'm-
LIPPE has determined to promote the QuEzst's marriage with
the Count Dm MONTIKMOLIN." This. royal marriage appears
to have been the cause of the divisions in the Cabinet. It
broke up the last, and will probably have the same effect on
the present. • All repOrts agree that the existing of iniatry
cannot hold long together, and that the QUEEN-MOTHER and
NARVAEZ are resolved on another change. It was said that
the QUEEN icould, in the course. of the summer, visit
•
Andalusia.
~

The Government paper, the Journal des Debate, writes in
a more sober strain:—
" We have just heard the questions addressed to the Go-
vernment by M. de la Bochejacquelin on the subject of the
deplorable events which are taking place in Poland. We
not conceal the painful feeling. which has been cau,,ed
us by this discu-sion ; the whole Chamber seemed desirous
to bring it to an end. To what have the interpolations (,!
M. do Larochejacquelin led ? To what could they have led ":
For our own part we did not require to hear the noble lan-
guage of M. cx..,;zwi to be assured that the French Govern-
ment would fulfil towards the unfortut‘ate Poles all the
duties imposed on it by humanity and policy. What more
is wished for ? Is it desired that France should interfere
in favour of the insurgents of Cracow, and that she should
go, arms in hand, to act the part of the police and of pro-
pagandism in Gaiticia and in the Dueler of Pesen ? No—the
only wise and genfrrous conduct to he tidopted is that pointed
out by M. Guizot. You cannot, you will not interfere in
favour of the Poles. Do not, then, hold out vain hopes; do
not trifle with their heroic maltase,,. All illusions may be
excused in - theM. They are proscribed and exiled; they
have lost their country. Nothing can be more natural than
that at the slightest movement they should consider it ready
to revive. If they deceive themselves, no one has a right
to reproach them with an error• for which they pay with
their blood. But you—what do you desire ? To push them
into dangers which you will not share with them ? To en-
courage them in enterprises, the success of which even in
your own eyes is but chimerical? We beg pardon of M.
Odilon Barrot, hut that would be barbarous conduct, and as
contrary to the dignity of France as to the law of nations. We
shall not dwell on the details of this discussion, which was,
to say the least, inopportune. We shall not recur to the
frightful massacres of Tarnow. We choose rather to refer
our readers to the speeches of M. Guizot and M. de Castel-
lan. Discussions do not take place when events are scarcely
known—when, perhaps, blood is still flowing. The misfor-
tune of the Poles is too great, and even in their illusions they
deserve too much respect, for their cause to be given over to
party dispute. Let it be sufficient for us to state that not a
voice was raised, even on the Extreme Left, to call for an
armed intervention. The moment will arrive to determine
whether the best means to be adopted to pacify Poland will
not be to restore to her the remnant of national existence
guaranteed by treaties, of which force has deprived her, but
to which she is entitled by right."
The following are the only other extracts from the papers
of interest :
" A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the German Journal
Franhfort, states that the French Ambassador there, the
Count de Flabaut, had used his good offices with the Austrian
Government to induct it to show clemency to the insurgents
of Cracow, and had to far succeeded as to receive an assur-
ance that, if they _submitted in proper time, an amnesty
should be granted.
" A Berlin letter of the Bth, in a Frankfort journal, states
that the three protecting Powers will keep up the force which
had been sent into the Polish provincee, until the revolt is
entirely put down. Prussia, Austria, and Russia will, it
adds, act with the greatest leniency towards the individuals
who have been led to take part in the movement, but will
adopt the severest measures against the leaders of the revolt.
"The National says We have received through a channel
on which we can place confidence, news which is very favour-
able to the insurrection. A division that had advanced into
the Carpathian mountains, entered into communication with
Hungary; and two important Cotnitats of that. country have
risen. The movement continues to penetrate into Lithuania,
and presents to, Austria a character so general, that the most
extreme measures are taken to prevent the real state of things
from being known.'
" A letter from Coblentz of the 11th states that the reign-
ing Duke of Byte Gotha will set out in the course of the
month for Spain and Portugal. The King of Naples, it
adds, has broken off all negotiation relative to the marriage
of the Duke de Trapani with the Queen of Spain, in conse-
quence of the protests on the subject which have taken place
in the Spanish Cortes.
- "We learn from Rome, 28th ult., that the Grand Duke
Constantine of Russia visited the Pope on that day. The
interview was exceedingly cordial, and after the usual cete-
mtialcil of reception, the Pope and the Grand Duke were
closeted for nearly half an hour. At the close of this con-
ference, to which only the Count de Iloutenieff, the Russian
Ambassador, was admitted, the Grand Duke presented the
gentlemen of lids suite to his Holiness."
The Three per Cents. closed at 1141. sc. ; tke Tire per Costs., 1191.
95e. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,3221. 504 ; Rouen, 1,065 f. ; Havre,
757 f. 50c.; Great Northers, 7117 f. 50c. ; Mignon, 990 f.; Vierzou, 763 f.;
U•rdeaux '
. 676 f. 25c. Boulogne, 522 r. Sec. ; Troyes and Mentereau,
4421. 20e. ; Basle, 247 f. 60c. ; Fampous, 460 e. ; Dieppe, 450 f.; Paris
And Stcasioare, 5461. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 475 f. ; farts and Lyons,
definitive, 622 f. 53c.;
Pas-
sives, 5%. Spanish Three per Cants., 37% ; Spanish Pas-
- • - • . . .
The following are _thagnotatiene for other -
Lyons and Arifloll, definitive, 566 f. 25c. • Bordeaux *and' Cette
(Mactenate), NU. ; ILtte (Zspekta), 509 f. ; Viarltael; ti 50c•

. .
Ou the 7th the Three per Cents. closed at 29% cash, and
293 at 40 days; the Five per Cents. at 2134 for the 30th
of April.

An interesting discussion took place in the French Cham-
ber of Deputies, on Friday, on the insurrection of Poland,
but, as might have been expected, led to no result. The
question was brought forward by the Marquis nn LA ROcHE.
JACQiTELIN, .belonging to a family that had displayed the
utmost bravery, and made the greatest sacrifices in the
cause of legitimacy. Often had the people of the West
of France risen: under their guidance against the Govern-
ments that had occupied the place of the Bourbon dynasty,
and in several, if not nearly alt instances, when success was as
hopeless as the present unfortunate attempt in Poland. The
Marquis, therefore, probably thought he had a right to
take the lead on the occasion, but his principles amalga-
mated ill with those of MM. MAUGtillf, ODILOW BAR-
ROT, and other Deputies of the Left; from this cause,
as well, perhaps, as the conviction that .nothing
could be done by the Government, they made but a faint at-
tempt to force on a discussion. The Marquis DE CAS-
TELLAN, though agreeing in the policy of non-interventon,
and admittng that Prussia sought to benefit the peasants
under her rule, complained of the conduct of Austria, which
was quite the reverse, for that power sought to keep up a
spirit of division between the different classes of the people,
the nobles and the clergy on the one hand, and the peasants
on the other. He said nothing of the conduct of Bussia;
the remarks made by M. ODILON Bannoi were extremely
mild, and formed a strong contrast to the violent attacks
made on M. GUIZOT by the Opposition journals.
He felt convinced beforehand of' the answer
that would be given. He would net make any
remarks to the contraOictions (alluding to M. Gni-
toT's speech, given below) given to acts which, for the
honour of humanity, he would fain hope might prove un-
true, but he would ask what had been the result of the
wish expressed every session, for the last fifteen years, on
behalf of the Polish nation ? Was not, he would ask, thy
conduct of the Government a reproach for that wish, so
solemnly expressed ? It had been said that the spirit
of conquest might lead them too far, but that theory
was not at all applicable in the present case. They had
suffered sufficiently from the consequences of the treaty
of 1815, to be permitted now to claim its execution in
favour of rationality without being taxed with being am-
bitions. • • It had been said. that=their. protest • woula -be vain,
but it should however be made. He had faith in Polish na-
tionality, awl he hopi fin its ultimste.trituurli." M. Kitt.

MARSMILLES, Meacn 10.—Marseilleg and Mignon, 995 f.; North-
ern, 785 f. • •
!Joss, Mattcn I2.—Marseilles and Aviinion, 9651: ; Paris and
Orleans, I,?2'f. 75c, ; Rotten, 1,0331'. '7sc. ; Lyons, 61$( 75c. ;
Vierzon, 740 t. •
BCSINESis' DONE IN FORF.IGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 14.
Dntch Rhenlsli, 634 -- EiSt Indian, %—Great Northern of France
Constituted, —Great Western Canada, 3 —Luxembourg,
—Orleans and Bordeaux, 12;i—Oyer Yasel, 2 dis.—Sambre and
Meuse, VA. .

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
2.000 to 2.500 b.des, including 350 American for export, and
700 on speculation. The market was steady. There was
considerable activity in the Share market, and a good busi-
ness was done. The Scrips were advancing.
The letters and papers delivered this morning from the
United States, brought by the Cambria steam vessel, are,
upon the whole, considered satisfactory. Great expectations, the
mercantile writers say, are entertained that war would be
avoided upon the Oregon question, the mere so as the Intel
ligence received oat from England of the propositions of the
Premier to reduce the tariff so materially, especially in favour
of the produce of the republic, continues to be applauded to
the echo. From Canada we learn that much interest was
felt for the opening of the United Legislature. A change in
the Council was fully anticipated. The weather had again
become very mild. The ice on the St. Lawrence was just off
in the vicinity of, Quebec, b-it the channels opposite were
clear—a most extraordinary circumstance—the season
of the year _being considered. In all the principal districts of
Canada, and other British North American Colonies, the pro-
jection of railways was a topic of most earnest consideration.
In the year 1844 and 1845, it appears from official returns
that the number of vessels built at Quebec was 17, of the
aggregate tonnage of 11,770 tons.
Contrary.to the expectation entertained at the commence-
ment of business in the English Stock Market this morning,
Consols have receded in value. The first impression was that
the news from the United States would have lifted up prices.
The opening prices were similar to those which were paid on
Saturday afternoon, but soon afterwards the Bear party corn•
meneed operations, and the result was that for the first
transfer to-morrow the quotation of Consols fell to 95%, and
for the Account from 96% to 96%. India Stock is quoted at
260, and Exchequer li»illa at 375. premium. There have not
been any other prices noted this morning.
In the Foreign Stocks there has not been any feature of
importance this morning, if we except a rise in the value of
Portuguese from 56 to 57. We have not heard of any infor-
mation from Lisbon to account for this change. Spanish
Actives remain at 26 to 2614, and the Three per Cents. at
36%. Brazilian Five per Cents. have been done at 83 ;
Mexican at 31%; and Peruvian at 361.
The Railway Share Market is rather more firm this morn-
ing. ' The accurate list of prices are annexed.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Three per Cent. Console Annuities .. .. 9tl ( 93% 96
Bank Stock for Account 211
ConstAs for Account • . • . 96% % % 96 IA
India Stock ibr Account .. 260 260
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001... „ 37 pm.
Ditto, Small 34 37 pm.
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31%
Ditto, for the Account .. 31%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account • • • • • • 36%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto. 4 her Cent .. • • .. • • 56% 57
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 26%
Ditto, Coupons .. • • • • ..
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 36%
• Dividends on the above payable in London.
Frelich Itentes, 5 per Cent .. —f. —c. 119 f. —c
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 70c
Dutch Two-and-a-lialf per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. • 95

PRICES OF.
RAILWAY SHARES.

CLOSING
PRICES.
83
31%
3114
36
36%

RUSINESS
CLOSINTI
PAID. DONE AT• PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction 2%.... ...... • •
Mimi:lomm and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2%
Bristol and Exeter .. .. 70 . 83 ........ B3
Ditto New .. 6 .... 9% 10 lO
Buckinghamshire 425. .... %-% his.. • . % die
Caledonian .. 10 .... 11 14 11 iz
Ditto, Half Shares .... 254 234
Ditto, Extension .... %
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%
Chester and Holyhead .. .. 20 .... • • .... •
Chuniet and Blythe .. .. 2 .. .• 1% ....
Direct Blanchester (Remington's) .... %
Direct Manchester (Resnick's) .
Direct Northern .. 2%.... 2% 22%
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 5 .... 3
and Galway .. .. 4 .... 2 • •
Esslern Counties .. 141. lr:s. .... 21% 21 ....
Ditto New 81. 16s. ....
Ditto, York I: xtension 105..... I ..
East Lincolnshire .. ....
Exeter, Yeovil, and DorChester .. 2%.... I
Gloue., Aberysf., & Cent. of Wales 11i.... %
Goole, Doneast., and hefileld,&e. 42e. % p.. ..
Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn., &c... 425..... 3i die
Great Western • .. 85 ..145 . ...

34 P
.... % dis.
145

Ditto, Half Shares .. 5O ....
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 16% ..... .
Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5
Hull and Selby 30 ....101 .... • • ....
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .... ..........
Lancaster and Carlisle 35 .... 53 ..... 53
Ditto, New .. 5 .... 9% 1014 .... 104
Leicester and Birmingham 22s. .... dis dis
Leicester, Tamworth. &c. .. 42s. ... 1 dis. ........ 1 die
Liverpool and Leeds Direct 2sg .... 2% 4 ........
Liverp., -Manch., & Newc. Janet. 214 .... . .
London an Birmingham ... .100 ..•.219 . ..... 219
Ditto Thirds .. .. 16 .... 49% .• •
Ditto Quarters .. 2 .... 264 ••• • • •
Ditto Fifths .. 2 .... 33 .. • •
London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 834 8%
London aid Brighton .. 50 .... 64 63% 644
London and Croydon .. 131. 15e. 9d. 22 21% 22%
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9%4 . .
London and Soutit-Weeent.. 411. 6s. 10d. 77 75%
London and York .. .... 31,E
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 234 • .. 214...........
London, Warwick, & Kiddermins. • •
Lynn and Ely .. .. 10 .... 9%
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 ....130 .....
Ditto; Fifths .. • .. .. 2 .... 12%
Ditto Extension 425..... 314 p.
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 ..........
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 ...• 124 ..........
.. Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 2 .... 10 .. • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. I 8 ....••
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... 1% 54 p......
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ....
Midland ..100 ....146 145........
Ditto, New 18 304 ......
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 ..........
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25
Ditto, New 1 ..
Ditto, New, Brandling .. 20 .• 36 .....
Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 .... 191/ n... .....
North British .. 20 .• 27 26%
Ditto, Hail Shares .. .. 6 .... to% .....
. Ditto, cariisio Extension .• .. 254%• • • •
Ditto, Dalkeith 25 .... 30 ••• • . .....
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 ....
Ditto, New • • .. 1 13 .. •• • • ....
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 254 24 2.. ••• • .. 2
-Norea Staffordshire 425. 3 % p•• ••• 3.4 p
Nerthinpton,Bauhury,&Cheithm. 2 ....
. oxlil., Worcester, & Wolverhinptu. 1214 .... 1254 % •
Perth and Inverness • • .. 254 ......
Portsmouth 111recti • • • • .. .... 314 • ....... • •
Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25. .... 34% •• ••
Scottish Central .. . • . 754 .... 144 14
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 3 ........ • .
South Devon .. 35 .... 33 ••••• • • ..
South Midfand .. • • 4211; •• • 114 p.... •• ..
South Eaidern and Dovor .....
Do., New (do 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 11 . • .....
Do., New (do. 30/4 .. No. 3. 15 ....
3autll Wales

4........
%•• •• •• ••

.... . . .
. •

i'ean and Dove Valley.. 1%....
Tang. Reading, and lia,ingstoke.. 51y
Vale of Neath ~ 2
Waterfil, Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 1% ....
Welsh "Midland „ 24
Wed Riding Union .. • • .. 425. .
'Cork dad North Midland .. 50 .
Ditto. i,carborough Branch .. 25
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten. .
foREIGN.
1:oulogne and Amiens .. 10 ..
Dord., Tout., St Cette Mackenzie) 2 .... 2
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... .
Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • 5 ..
East Indian .
:rt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 16%;i
.;reat Indian Peninsular .. ss. „ .
Brest Western Canada 31,,y .... 3% .. . .
Jersey
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentin 2 .... ••
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 12% .... •• ..
Sambre and 3lause .. 6 .... ....

- -
• ..... .•

. .. .. .. .. •• •4

ii •

JOINT-STOCK BANKS. -
London and Westnlimter .. 20 .... 261,4 27 x.d
Provincial of Ireland 25 ..........

Real del 'Route, Unregistered —3% • • .• • • •• •
United Mexican 281.25. d.. 4 .. •••• • • • •

MORGAN'S PATENT.ENVELOPES.—We have been much
pleased with the new patent envelope, invented by Mr
Morgan, which combines security with neatness and dis-
patch. The envelope is ready sealed, and is secured by a
cemented flap, doubling over one end, over which the stamp
may be affixed, thus affording double security and doing
away with the trouble of sealing. They are perfectly secure
and save.both time and trouble.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT HAVERING. The
village of Havering-atte-Bower was, on Sunday, the Ist
instant, the scene of a most lamentable occurrence, in the ac-
cidental death of a little girl in the parochial school, named
Emma Vale, who was shot by another child, only four years
of age. Soml young men, instead of attending a place of
worship, had been violating the Sabbath by shooting small
birds with a large pistol, which they left within reach,
loaded with a heavy charge of shot, when Vale returning
from school ran into a cottage to give part of an apple to
the other child, and the latter at the instant taking up the
pistol, it went off, and the contents caused the death of the
deceased. An inquest was held on the 3d instant before
W. H. Clifton, Esq., coroner, who, in suitable terms, repri-
manded the young men, to whose conduct the death of the
poor child is to be attributed, and the jury expressed them-
selves in the strongest terms of censure at the criminal
negligence evinced by them in the transaction.—Chelmsford
Chronicle.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch entertained the
Earl and Countess Camden, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, Vis-
count and Viscountess Jocelyn, Sir Jamee and Lady Graham, the
Right Hou. Sydney Herbert, and a distinguished circle at dinner on
Saturday, at Montagu House.
bACRED liAiLutoNIC SOCIETY.—A selection of an-
theme and Cathedral music is to be performed on Friday next. The
programme comprises specimens of the works of the beet English
masters, from the Reformation to 1800.

PRINTERS' PENSION SoCIETY.—The Right Honour-
ahl,a Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart has, upon application made to him
by the cominittee of this excellent society, intimated his consent to
take the chair at the approaching anniversary dinner in aid of the
Minds of the Institution, which is announced to be held at the London
avern on the 18th of 31 ay next.

ROYAL A RTILLERY.--AVoOLW ICU GARRISON. MAItCH
l4.—Major-General Sir Robert Gardiner, K.C.8., will, it is rumoured,
sneeeed Lord Bloomfield as commandant of this garrison.
THE DRURY-LANE MURDEIL—WiIIiam wicks, who
was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to suffer the extreme i e.
amity of the law, was 110 t executed yesterday morning, Re was generally
expected. It is stated that a strong memorial, coupled with evidence,
htY b ten presented to Sir James Graham relative to the previcius
state of the convict's mind, and that a searching inquiry upon the
subject is at present going on.
ALARMING FIRE IN GRACECRUfterf-STRENT.—Yes-
terday morning between four and five o'clock a fire was discovered
on the premises of Mr. It. Plant, hosier and outfitter, situate at .No.
6, Grens3church-strect, City. The police, after some trouble, suc-
ceeded in arousing the inmates, who fortunately made their eskilpe
without injury. Engines from the ,Teffery-square end Watling-
street stations were quickly in attendance, and the supply of water
being abundant, the tire was subdued, but the stcek on the premises
was in a great measure destroyed, and the building itself much in-
jured. Upon Mr. Braidwood making au examination of the pre-
mises, he found that the flames had commenced in five or six differ-
ent portions of the shop, and that there had apparently been some
tar placed on the wall. Mr. Plant, upon searching the cash-box,
discovered that a 101. note had been abstracted, as well as some gold.
These circumstances appear to leave little doubt that the premises
had first been robbed, and afterwards set on tire. The police have
set an inquiry on foot, and it is to be hoped that the guilty party
will, ere long, be brought to justice. Mr. Plant Is insured in the Sun
and Globe fire-offices. •

PROPERTY-TAX.—It appears from the return issued
on Saturday, that the net amount of property and invorn:.-tax re-
ceived. ft-the -year.,ending. the sth day of January, 1844, was
5,372,786/. 12a. 001.; 4nd for thip..Filituandiag„tl4,fAlLtliniusrY,
1S 3, '*.303,591/. 16i.