The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service yesterday in the pri-
vate 'chapel, Buckingham Palace. The sermon was
preached by the Bishop of Oxford. Prayers were read
by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accus-
tomed early walk yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were
taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens.
Sir Robert Feel had au audience of the Queen on
Saturday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal ilighness the Duchess of
Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy,
the Marquis of Northampton, the Marquis of Abercorn,
Lady Augusta Brute, Baroness de Ahlefeldt, Earl and
Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Captain
the Hon. James P. Murray, Sir Henry Willock, and
Baron Knesebeck.

The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at
the Palace, and performed the remainder of the evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited his Serene
Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen at
Marlborough House, at two o'clock on Saturday after-
noon. The Hereditary Prince, attended by Colonel
Cornwall and Baron de Reitzenstein, visited and in-
spected the Wellington Barracks, in St. James's Park.
on Saturday morning. His Serene Highness honoured
the performance of the Italian Opera with his presence
in the evening, attended by Baron de Reitzenstein.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine
service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripon, who
took his text from Hebrews, chap. ix., versos 11 and 12.
Prayers were read by the R. J. C. Haden, the Lessons
by the Rev. J. V. Povah and the Communion service by
the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was " Awake, awake,
put on (Wise). Mr. Tulle presided at the organ.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of
Sheffield and Earle Howe. Among the nobility present
were the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl and Countess St.
Germans, Lords Delawarr, Cawdor, Sheffield, Canter-
bury, Cantalupe, Hawarden, De Manley, and Paget,
The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paul-t, and Sir
Frederic Trench attended the early service yesterday.
The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the
sermon.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach the sermon
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday next.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough
House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and
Prince George attended Divine service, yesterday morn-
ing, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audisy-street.
Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, was pre-
sent on Friday night in the House of Commons during
the debate, and remained until the division.

A deputation from Glasgow, opposed to the amal-
gamation of the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway, consisting of Mr. Baird,
M.P., Mr. Bain, M.P., Mr. Hugh Tennett, Baillie
Anderson, Mr Brooks, Mr. Mann, Mr. Lamond, Mr.
G. Tennent, and Mr. Strong, had an interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade, on Saturday.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
Committee•meeting on Saturday, at the offices in White-
hall place. There were present the Bishop of Ely,
Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, and Rlpon, the Earl of
BessLorough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the
Dean of Westminster.

Mr. A. Hope, M.P., had an interview' with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The first appearance for the season of Madame
Castellan, and the first appearance in this country of
Mademoiselle Gaetaniva Brambilia, were the attractions
which on Saturday night crowded her Majesty's Thea-
tre to the ceiling with the elite of rank, beauty, and
fashion. The opera v% as Linda di Chanam,:i, Madame
Castellan sustaining the part of the heroine, and Made-
moiselle Gaetanina Brambilla appearing as Pierot.
Such being the cast, it is almost a work of supereroga-
tion to state that the voice of the fair debut rote is a con-
tralto. Her personal appearance is very prepes-
sessing ; she is exceedingly young, her figure is
perfect, her large dark lustrous eyes beam with ex-
pression, arid her features are beautiful, exceedingly,
and vary in their expression with every passing thought.
Her voice is rich, mellow, and of great compass and
power. Her intonation is very fine, and her histrionic
powers are of a high order. She appeared suffering
dreadfully from nervous agitation when she came upon
the stage ; but the applause of the audience reassured
her and she gave the beautiful opening aria, "Per sua
madrt." with such sweetness and pat] os that her success
ass at once seeured. Her gifted namesake, to whom,
however, we believe she is not in the remotest degree
related, could not have given it more exqtrisitely in the
zenith of her power. At the end cf the first 'let both
Mademoiselle Brambilla and Madame Caitellan were
called for, and again at the conclusion of the opera.
Having thus recorded the triumph of the fair debutai;t3,'
it is our pleasing duty to congratulate Madame Carrel-
lan on her rerun to the scene of her former glories, and
returned only to achieve fresh triumphs. She appeared
in the third scene of the first act, looking even more
lovely than ever, notwithstanding her recent illness. She
was welcomed with an nthusiasm seldom exhibited
within these walls; and in the exquisitely bt autiful
aria, " Oh! luce di quest' anima," which she sings almost
immediatelyarter she appears on the steep, she exhibited
so .11 an intensity of feeling, such a delicacy of expression,
such a power of voice, and such a degree of high
musical science, that the audience were perfectly asto-
nished, and carried away by their enthusiasm. It was
scarcely possible to believe that it was the Madame
Castellan of last year, so.astonishing has been the pro-
gress she has made in her art. In the duet which fol-
lowed, with Corelli, " Quel dover crelar nel core," she
was equally great, and, at its conclusion, both artistes
were called for. Indeed, throughout the opera she sur-
passed the most sanguine expectations of her
most ardent admirers, and her Linda may
be considered as a perfect performance._ Co-
relli, as Carlo, afforded her admirable support. Of
the Anthony of Fornasari, it is as superfluous to speak
as it would be of the Richard of Kean. It is one of
the most intensely impassioned, soul•harrowing pieces
of acting on the lyrical stage. F. Lablache, as the
Marchese, exhibited a rich and mellow humour, that
would have been not unworthy of his father. His exe-
cution of the music, too, was most artistical. The
several artistes were called for at the conclusion, and
were received with deserved applause ; and bouquets
innumerable were showered on the ladies. The ballet
of La Caterina, with Lucile Grahn as the heroine, fol-
lowed ; and by far the greater portion of the audience
(one of the most crowded and fashionable of the season)
remained to its conclusion.

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There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Sa-
t urday, the 28th of March—His Royal Highness Prince
George of Meiningen, the Duke of Wellington, his Excel-
lency the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness Brunnow,
his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke of Devon-
shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worces-
ter, the Countess of Dalhousie, the Earl and Countess Howe,
the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lady S. Holroyd, the
Baron Reitzenstein, the Marquis of Titchfield, Lord Foley
' and the Hon. Miss Foley, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Viscount
Cantalupe, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Suffield, the
Viscount Beresford, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord and Lady
Macdonald, the Baron and Baroness de Lagos, Lord Aylmer,
Lady Bentinck, Lord Sandye, the Countess of Suffolk, Sir
Wm. and Lady Fremantle, the Marquis of Palavacina, the
Count and Countess de Salis, Lady Pollington, Lady Glent-
worth, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Lady E. Greville, Sir ,
Henry Webster, Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, Lady Eli-
zabeth Dawson, Lady Boyer Smith, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir
Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Henry Webb, Sir
John Lowther, Lady Carroll, Hon. 0. Toler, the Hon. James
Macdonald, Sir Lionel Goldsmidt and Lady Goldsmidt, the
Hon. H. T. Hope, SirFrederic_Trench, Sir Wm. Abdy, Major
Buckley, &c. kc.
DRURY LANE THEATRE.—The success which the
gorgeous opera of the Crusaders is enjoying continues un-
abated, the house being literally crowded every night it is
performed. Its representations must, however, cease, we
understand, after the present week—for an entire change of
performances takes place at Easter; the first of which will
be Les Diantans de la Couronne (Auber's celebrated opera),
for the debfit of the charming Madame Anna Thillon, who
has just arrived in town, to comment :: rehearsals.
MR. F. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT.—On Tuesday next Mr.
F. Webster, the stage director of the Haymarket theatre
takes his benefit at that, the only theatre remaining
devoted exclusively to the representation of the legitimate
drama. In addition to the new comedy of The Beggar on
Horseback, which is nightly increasing in attraction, Madame
Celeste, supported by the elite of the Adelphi company, will
appear in The Cabin Boy, one of the most popular dramas
that has been produced of late years. There are to be a
variety of other entertainments, and certainly Mr. F. Web-
ster has shown himself an admirable caterer. That the house
will be a bumper there cannot be a doubt, more especially
when it is recollected that Mr. F.Webster is one of the ancient
order of Freemasons, an order, the peculiar characteristic of
which is, to rally on all occasions round a brother.
SACRED H ARMOFIC SOCIETY, EXETER PA' L —The
oratorio of Joshua will be performed on Wednesday next,
The principal characters will be sustained by Braham, Phil-
lips ,Miss Dolby, and Mrs. Sunderland.
On Saturday, at the Marylebone vestry, the Rev. Dr.
Spry, the chairman, called the attention of the vestry to the
distressing c mdition of a number of poor families resident in
a place called York-corrt, near the workhouse. If ry few of
these people had more furniture than an old stool, and a few
shavings to lie upon. He proposed that a Committee should
be appointed for the purpose of investigating the subject:—
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Joseph, and Sir. Peter Laurie corroborate I
the Rev. Chairman's statement, and a committee was ultimate'y
appointed. A notice of motion was given for Saturday next .
upon his grounds
GAME-LAW MORALITY.—On the nor tllorn circuit, a
for the establishment of five additional fire•escrrs in ratio' the instance of Mr. Charles Waterton, the philanthropic nate.
f the parish; and Mr. Potter, the chin cawarden f
St. Mary's district, announced that a subscription had been of game. Mr. Waterton was examined :—" Mr.
opened for the survivors of the late calamitous fire in Cray .. irDalisset,a::hme men were indicted for treApassing
Sergeant Wilkins asked the witness if a spring-gun did not go
ford-street, and most of the leading members of the ye try a off ?—Witness : Does not the law of this country forbid the
busfes orfisnpgr-ignugb-gs,unlsw?—anitt Jiro.
kSbeorwge:ebteWtbeilrkiansm:
aTbhaist, sir, is not
once came forward and contributed liberally.
an answer to the question.—Witness: It the law forbids the use
THE BATTLE OF ArAwA.L.—A letter received from
a officer engaged in the Aliwal affair observes that it was a superb
IwViethcovin,hs
which
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learned
ewdors worthy
s ght to see the IGth Lancers with the Native Cavalry breaking . rbound by
through the Khalsa square the former cutting up like fury. Shawls
and gold bracelets without end
.fell into the hands of the 'victors.—
pf?re"ssed himself " satisfied." The
one
There was, indeed, a tre-
Bombay rotes.
An artist at Stuttgart, named Wenn', is said to have witness then wound up by saying....."
got eatbhatewv
jeteorsyucirstii,gm.
bisaltieenghteliytmaesnexdl
discovered a process by which copies of drawings may be multiplied mendous explosion !" Artless Mr. Waterton. He had no
to an unlimited extent, without the aid of pressure. The copes
thus objection to prosecute poachers for breaking the law, but it '
obtained present the appearance ofaquatint prints, lithographs, and , was not for him to "criminate himself" by owning to a syste-
crayon drawings. They can be executed by none but artists. The
music violation of the statutes. And this is
Augsburgh Gazette states that it has received copies, which seem to game-law morality.
prove the success of the in-ventlon. • Punch.

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LONDON, MARCH 28.—Wind S.E., light airs and hazy.
DEAL, MARCH bt. Wind W.N.W.—P./d. S W., squally.—Arrd.
Caledonia, Berbice ; Pallas, Lukie, New Orleans, and-sailed for Hull.
Arrd. from the River, City of Poonah, Nelson, Madras; Madras,
Kilberg, New Zealand; Slaviana, Visconich, Rio Janeiro; Zion,
Coleman, Quebec ; Prince George, Coils, ditto ; Princess Victoria,
Mainland, ditto ; Favourite, Leitch, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Archimedes, Stark, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Lord Metcalfe, Grey,
Sagninay ; Hymen, Howell, Wallace, United States.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 26.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Orixa, Chris-
tian, from Bombay ; Coronation, Savannah ; Elizabeth Hall, Myes,
Baltimore. Off port, Iris, Alexandria; Lahore, Joshua Bates.
Coax, MARCH 25.—Arrd. Louisa, Pallot, Valparaiso ; Wilsons,
Campbell, Trinidad.

SHIELDS, MARCH 26.—Arrd. Britannia, Irvine, Quebec.
PWI,LITELI, MARCH 26.—The smack John, from Holyhead to Port
Madoe, which came on shore here, 21st inst., came off yesterday,
snaking a little water, and sailed for her destination.

STRANGFORD, MARCH 25.—The Britannia, M'Millan, from Troon
to Dublin, on shore on Ballyquenton Beach, has just been got off,
making a great deal of water, and brought into Portaferry.
GRANGEMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Sid. Henry Porcher, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, MAxcu 27.—Ski. Emerald Isle, Palmer, Sydney ;
Pauline Houghton, Arnoyl, Mauritius ; Louisa Munro, Harding,
Aden ; Zealous, Douglas, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Sld. Alex-
ander, Newfoundland. Pat back, 26th, 3larmion, Bell, Ceylon.
CLYDE, MARCH 26.—Sid. Packet, Steele, Jamaica; Clydesdale,
Auld, Halifax.

DUBLIN, MARCH 26.—S1d. Wave, Smallman, New York.
KmALE, MAitcH 25.—Arrd. Ann, Nicholson, St. John's, New
Brunswick, for Sligo, very leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, &c.
SHIELDS, Miami 26.—S1d. Tom Bowline, Hunter; Lilburn, Ellison;
Isabella, Reay ; Harvey, Cunningham ; and 27th, Herrings, Taylor.
Quebec.

PROTEST OF THE GREAT
LIVERPOOL.
The folowing is an extract of the protest made by the late
Capt. McLeod, of the Great Liverpool, before the Vice-Consul
of the district of Corcubion, on the 26th of Feb. last :
"I, Alexander McLeod; Lieutenant in her Britannic
Majesty's royal navy, and commander of the contract mail
steam-ship Great Liverpool, do make known and hereby
protest; that at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 24th of Feb.,
1846, whilst on our homeward passage from Alexandria,
Malta, Gibraltar, towards Southampton, and being then
from 7 to 10 miles to the southward.of Cape Finisterre, in
the province of Galicia, in the kingdom of Spain, that the
said ship did strike on a shoal, during thick, foggy, dark
weather, blowing strong from S.S.W., with a heavy sea run-
ning, steering at the time N.N.E., and thereby received so
much damage that the engines were soon stopped by the
water flawing into the engine-room; that she then drifted in
towards the land, and stranded in a small bay called Gure,
about a league and a half to the southward of Corcubion."

FLANDERS MA IL

. _
BRUSSELS, Mancn 25.—Tiie official part of the Illoniteur
of this date contains a royal ordinance, by which the Cliam-
ber is adjourned till the 20th of April next. The ordinance
is dated the 24th of March, and signed by Baron de Anethan,
the Minister o [Justice.

The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday
the 21st of this month was 231. 34c., arid that of. Rye 17f. 16c.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 24.—The list of the Ministry has
been placed in the hands of the King, together with a pro-
gramme. It is thought that his Majesty will receive M.
Rogier to-day to acquaint bim with his determination. The
Ind,pendenee says—" It is assured to-day that the
Honourable Member for Antwerp (M. Rogier)
has agreed with the persons who are to take
office with him on the principles and bases
of their policy. What is stated on the subject allows us to
say that those principles are calculated to satisfy all the
friends of liberal opinion, and at the same time to be accep-
table to all reasonable partisans of the Catholic opinion."
We (the Courrier Beige) heartily desire that the Insiepen-
dance may be right, but we just learn that the programme is
drawn up is such terms, that it compromises a combination, in
which we find, with pleasure, names which offer all desirable
pledges of mediation and capacity.
At four o'clock Messrs. de Brouckere and Delfosse entered
the Hall of the Chamber of Representatives. They were
immediately summoned by a great number of their col-
leagues, who learnt from these two Members of the proposed
Cabinet, that the King did not accept the Ministerial pro-
gramme of M. Rogier, and that it was all broken off.
P.S.—lt is said that three of the conditions of the pro-
gramme submitted to the King were—the dissolution of the
Chambers, the withdrawal of two laws voted by a parlia-
mentary majority, and, it is said, the dismissal of func-
tionaries, in case of need they occasi ned his M. jesty's refusal.
In the debate in the Chamber yesterday, the Minister of Pub-
lic Works made a statement which is worthy of notice, as show-
ing the progress of useful public works. In the year 1835,
Belgium possessed highroads of the total length of 738
leagues, and, in 1845, 1.073 leagues. Two years ago we had
only 50 leagues of canals, we have no•s 183 leagues. We
say nothing of the railways already completed, much less of
those which are projected.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCH 19.
5 per Cent. Metalliques... •
4 per Cent. ditto. 101%
3 per Cent. ditto• •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 75%
Loan, 1534 • • • • • • • • • • 154
Ditto, 1879 ••.••• •• • • • • • ••••• • • • • • 123%
Bank Shares • • •• • • • • • • •••• • .•• • • • .... 1572
Estwhazy's Loan •• • • .•••••• • • • • • 57
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand •• • • .• 1921/
Gloggnitz • • • • • • • • • 139%
Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • 119%
Leghorn 11334
Sienna
Grosetto 96%
Oldenburg ••••• • • • • • • •
Apennines ..............
Pesth BricF:e ............
—Allgememe Zeitnng, March 22.'
DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, MARCH 20
Money. L..
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • ••• •••• • • • 60 601ei
I,itto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • ••• •••• • • • • 72% 73
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Amort syndic, 4' per Cent .. 9914 9914
Ditto, 3% per Cent • .
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 1651 A 166
East India Loan, 4 per Cent
Exchange on London, at sight • •••• • • 12 25
Two .. . .• . • 12 15
On Hamburgh, at sight .• • • 35 62
Two months..... •••• • • • . 35 31
—Ditch Papers, March 21.

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fIAMBURGII BORSENIIALLE, Mallen 20.
Bits. l'lJney
kustrian 5 per Cents .•••••• • • • • • • 113
&Ink Shares ............ ••••• • • • • • 1600
Angio-linssian Loan •• • • • • .• 107
Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 10214
Ditto Ist series Inscription .. •• . • ••• • • 101
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 98
Ditto, in Certificate....
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • . • 89%
Ditto Stieglitz •.•• • • . ••••• • • • • , ssy,
Spanish New 5 per Cent.. •••••• • • • • • • 1714 171
Ditto 3 per Cent • • ••• • • 29
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2 pert ent ... • . 59
Ditto 3 per Cent. ................
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 81
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • . 87%
National Flank Shares • . .•• • • ........
BELGIAN FUN DS.—BaussELs, 3IARcn 26.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent .......
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -...—
Ditto Three per Cent..
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ......
Ditto, ditto, 1849 .•••••••••• • • • • • • • . • • 101%
Ditto, ditto, 1842....
Ditto, 1844. .. .
Ditto, 1835 ... • • 96
Ditto, 1838 • • •• . • • • •••••• • • • • .. 74%
Ditto of the City, 1832
Ditto, 1843 . • • •
Bank of Belgiutn
—Brussels Papers, March 25.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 17.
Bills
9'N

100
... ............... 905

St. Schuld Sch., 34 per Cent .....
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent......
Foreign Exchanges ........ ...... ..........
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 253,
Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149%
Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months • Vp,,,
On Paris
Two inonths. —
-Universal Prussian Gazette, March 18.

1/U1 CH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, MARCH 25.—1 n the sitting of the
Second Chamber of the Stat,,s General to-day the two
projects of law were agreed to ; Ist. for an extraordinary
advance of money to the Charitable society, by a rnajo •
rity of 49 to 1 ; and 2d. that for increasing chap. ix A.
of the budget of the expenditure for 1846, UUREHM,HsIy.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—1 n the sitting of ih,-
Serond Chamber to-dly, the report of the Committee
for revising the standing orders was discussed. It was
resolved that the report shy uld agreed to by a majo-
rity of -16 to 7, and the debate on the several proposed
modifications is fixed for to-m-irrow, and each stpa-
rattly.

NIMEGUENt MARCH 24 —We are sorry to ohsFrve an
increastng desire in the inhabitants to emigrate to
America, the motives for which we will not inquire into,
but we think it our duty to warn those, who intend to
leave their own country, of the danger to whiol they
expose themselves, and the privations they may expect
to suff,r. Hundreds of eVery rank have reached the
place of their destination, with the loss of all their re-
sources which they possessed, and are plunged into the
greatest distress.

ZWOLLE, MARCH 24.—We learn from Zulphen, that
a baker of that town had purchased American flour to
the amount of 1,000 florinst the American wheat-flour
cost him 12c. prr lb., free to Zutphen ; while our own
flour coats there 16c., and h,re 20c. per lb.
'rUItKI4:Y.

AUOSBERG, MARCH 24.—There have been freA cam-
bate between the Montenegrins and the Turks in th!,
neighbouring district, Andvari, which have been occa
sioned by an attach of the Montenegrins on the village
of Tabre. We shall give the particulars to-morrow.

THE INDIAN PRESS.
The conduct of a portion of the Indian press cannot
be too strongly condemned in reference to the rNient
actions on the Sutlsj, as well as in connexion with the
frar!ul disaster that betel our arms in Affghanistan some
time since. There can be no doubt that the statements
made in these papers—many of which have an enormous
circulation among the natives—.have been indirectly the
cause of severatof the reverses sustained by our troop,
and it may be also the cause of the Seikh invasion. An
anti-English spirit pervades the whole tone of the jour-
nals in question, and it might be doubted whether they
are writt4.n by natives of this country, so violent are
their attacks upon every act of our' policy, so eager are
they to point out to friend and foe the weak points of our
territory. It is stated that these journals are the pro-
perty of native merchants and native princes, and that
that they are concocted by renegades or Americans, as-
sisted in their wretched task by the egotism or the anger
of British-Indian officers in actual service. If so, the
anomaly is explained, and the treachery of the writers
accounted for.

The last thing that should be done in a free country
is to fetter die expression of public opinion ; but when
the mischief caused by these anti-national publications
is taken into account, there is hardly a man in the com-
munity who will not look on .a check upon them as the
least of two evils offered for adoption. It is time for the
India Company, therefore, to bestir itself in the matter,
and to let indigo bags and bales of cotton lie side by side
for a while with sacks of sugar, chests of spices, and turn
their attention seriously to the modification, if not t e
extirpation, of that canker in the very heart of their so-
vereignty in Asia. The Marquis Wellesley made such
stringent regulations as preventd much ill from result-
ing hrough these organs of intelligence. The India
Company have not,-therefore, to establish a precedent in
the case ; and, consequently, they need not, in suppress-
ing this moral and political nuisance, incur any public
odium in the matter. At any rate, it were well that
something was done in regard to it, and done speedily.
The risk is enormous, and the injury that may result
from inaction is incalculable: Observer.

TESTIMarNIAL to MR. SHERIFF

LAURIE.

A meeting was held on Saturday at the London Tavern.
Bishopegate-street, of the friends of Mr. Sheriff Laurie, for
the purpose of making arrangements to present him with a
testimony of the estimation of his fellow-citizens, for his
exerti,ns in endeavouring to procure refuge for destitute
prisoners discharged from custody.
Henry T. Richardson, Esq., presided, and John Lilley,
Esq., proposed, and Lieutenant Colonel Moody, seconded the
following resolution, which was carried unanimously:—
" That the conduct of Mr. Sheriff Laurie in the discharge
of his hiph office offers an example which it ie for the benefit
of mankind to .hold up to imitation—that his benevolent
anxiety on behalf of the most destitute of human beidgs, con-
victed prisoners, forced, by the absence of all possible refuge, to
continue in a course of guilt which they are earnestly de-
sirous to renounce, reflects equal honour on his judg-
ment and his philantrophy, while the use he
makes of his official opportunities and experience in
this behalf happily distinguish his shrievalty. in public
benefit in value far above the most magnificent display—that
his fellow-citizens assembled at this meeting are able fully
to carry out such, hit; benevolent efforts, are yet proud to
avail themselves of the means of manifesting their sympathy
.vith his object, therefore propose to present Mr. Sheriff
Laurie a fitting testimonial, whereby they may record his
endeavours, and their own appreciation of them.;'

A Committee was then appointed, and a vote of thanks
,assed to Mr. Richardson, and the meeting adjourned.

MR WILSON.—The Scotch pagei a record the sue-
cesses of this vucalist in his tour.

liE
PRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. We
think it right to state, for the information of our readers,
that there is considerable probability of an early election for
the southern division of this county. Within the last few days
rumours which had previously been in circulation, of an
intention on the part of government to create several ad-
' ditional peers, have acquired greater probability and con-
sistency. It is now pretty generally believed that after the
Bill for altering the corn-law has passed the House of Com-
mons, several individuals, now or recently in that House,
including Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Lincoln, (and Lord
Ashley, will be called to the Upper House, in order to assist
in carrying the great measure through that assembly. We
give the statement as it reaches.us, not vouching for its truth,
but, at the same time, with a strong impression that there ig
at least some fouadation for it.--Manchester Guardian,