The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-11 00:00:00

THE SITN, LONDON,- SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1846.

American affair as a sort of by-play or adventitious
scene, which must necessarily close with the great drama.
Affairs are new different. Pretensions are put forth to
which no independent European nation can submit—
encroachments are made upon a neighbouring state of
the most unjust, violent, and deceitful character—the
very existence of all the British colonies in the New
World is endangered by this invasion, as well as by
threats not disowned by American statesmen or Ameri-
can presidents ; and should a war about the Oregon
commence, it would involve many points, in
comparison of which the navigation of the
Columbia, important as it is, or the fixing
of any particular line of latitude, or the possession
of Vancouver Island, or any island or territory what.
ever in that quarter, sinks into absolute insignificance.
American statesmen have long been well aware of these
facts, and they now make no concealment of their ap-
prehensions. Mr. CAL- OUN but the other week
earnestly impressed upon the Senate a speedy adjust-
ment by compromise, because, " among other measures,
the settlement of our controversy with Mexico depended
upon the adjustment or non-adjustment of the conflict
ins claims to Oregon between us and Great Britain. In
the event of a war upon this question, Mexico would
at once act upon the offensive, and by Mexico on the
south, under the discipline of British officers, and by
British steamers along the sea-board, the Canadians on
the north, a British fleet upon the lakes, and the Indians
on the west, we should be enfiladed on every side." Be-
sides, it is well known they have no navy, no war-steamers,
that can for a moment be taken into account with
those of England. They have no debt, it is true; at least
they acknowledge none, but that is counterbalanced by a
very important consideration—they have no credit. No
human being, not even a Yankee, would lend money to
the American Government, and any loan-contractor
commissioned by President POLK to raise money on the
Exchange at Hamburgh, or Amsterdam, or Paris or
London, would be received with universal derision. We
put all this, however, out of the question. What Eng
land wants is only justice, the settlement of her rightful
claims on the shores of the Pacific, as well as in the
Gulf of Mexico, and a security that her colonies shall
not be endangered by such wanton acts as the annexation
of Texas, or by the enforcement of such preposterous
and insolent claims as those put forth by American
senators in regard to the interference of European
powers with the political affairs of the new world. Sir
ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN have only to re-
main calm and firm in their purpose, for that is the only
certain means for preserving the blessings of peace.

As a better opportunity is now afforded us, by the
Easter recess, for taking into consideration matters not

immediately comprehended in the current Parliamentary
business, we gladly take advantage of the interval to
emphasise (by repetition) our opinions upon education as
a means of exercising a vast moral influence over the
multitude. Our views upon this particular
theme received a fresh illustration only yesterday in

our reference to the last monthly meeting of
the magistrates for the metropolitan county. It is,
however, with renewed pleasure, that we observe almost
every successive day some circumstance transpiring
which tends materially to enforce the advisability of some

official interference with the social condition of the

humbler classes of our fellow-countrymen—some equit.

able exchange of principles, such as the resignation a

an exclusively penal system for the purpose of interpo-
lating certain pages in the criminal code of
an educational character. That irresistible sub-

current of public opinion, which ultimately subverts
every fallacious doctrine, moral, political, and social, is,
we firmly believe, pressing forward rapidly and evenly to
the realisation of that scheme, the advocacy of which we

regard as one of our most sacred duties. Everything
shows that this under-stream is working, and that too
with indomitable assiduity; the noise of its progression
occasionally bursts up through the silent superficies by
which it is otherwise concealed. In this manner, establish-

ments for the instruction of the destitute children of this
great capital have been organised with much sagacity,
and have already received considerable encouragement,
under the generic title of " The Ragged Schools." The
introduction of elementary works into the cells of such
institutions as the model prison at Pentonville, was an
indication of the same secret movement. Something of
a similar nature was apparent in the demonstra-
tions elicited by the Recorder of Birmingham, and
the City Solicitor, and an increase of influence
was imparted to those demonstrations by the
influential patronage which came forth like a necessary
sequence to each. Nor, indeed, could the adjournment
~f the Honourable the House of Commons be per-
mitted before the question of education in at least
two of the divisions of Great Britain had been mooted—

first, by the Member for Coventry with reference to Wales,
secondly, by Mr. WYSE, with reference to Ireland.
These facts of themselves would be, undoubtedly,
sufficient evidence that a large proportion of
the most powerful members of the community is
striving boldly and unswervingly in the proposed direc-
tion. Nor are the instances we have already adduced
all that can be enumerated : a spirit equally en-
lightened and benevolent has manifested itself in
other quarters deserving of especial attention, and if we
mistake not, such efforts are only the precursors of
others yet more strenuous, and extending to a somewhat
more comprehensive unaminity. Nobly has the Mar-
quis of WESTMINSTER pressed forward amongst the
foremost of these peaceful agitators to proclaim himself
the champion of his less elevated countrymen, and to
insist upon the excellence and feasibility of some ame-
liorative measures in their behalf. This grati-
fying announcement was repeated by the Noble
Marquis at the Dorset Quarter Sessions, on
Tuesday last. He introduced it unostentatiously enough,
as a mere appendix to a motion of local interest for
some modification of the plan adopted at the county
gaol ; nevertheless, the nobility of the cause then sup-
ported by the Marquis of WESTMINSTER cannot but
bruit a mere whisper in its favour like a trumpet-blast
over the land. There was something practical as well
as concise in the language uttered by the noble
speaker ; he seemed anxious to place the matter
in its most common-sense light, and while insensibly
engaging the hearts of his hearers, to arouse their co-
operation through the medium of their sound reason.
Thus he demonstrated how infinitely tardy the inhabi-
tants of this country were in the effectuation of this im-
provement, by reminding them that already the Parisians
had allotted a portion of their prisons to the
moral tuition of juvenile culprits, and that so
admirably effectual was this arrangement in its opera-
tion, that " if a cnild was even about to fall into evil,
he was brought by his parent and immediately incar-
cerated." Thus again the Marquis appealed, we will
not say to the cupidity, but to the regard to economy by
which society is so wonderfully guided in the adoption
of any novel scheme :
" He could give them one instance of sixteen children, at
Liverpool, that cost, from the frequency of their re-committals,
60/. a piece; whereas at an establishment in the county of
Warwick, out of 77 children 64 had been returned to their
friends, and usefully and profitably employed fur many
years ; the expense of these children was only 251. a piece."
Let England, however, look to her sluggishness in this
instance, and become abashed into some concession to the
advancing spirit of the age; let that Parliamentary
paper just issued, containing the tabular statistics in-
cident to education in British India, be generally exa-
mined : it comprises many incentives to our home
exertions, though we must acknowledge that yet
more might be expected from the prodigious wealth and
extraordinary area of our Oriental possessions. The
amount devoted to the purposes of native education
during 1843 by the Indian Government was 830,772 r.
lla. Ip. ; and that for regions extending throughout the
several presidencies of Bengal, North-Western Pro-
vinces, Port St. George, and Bombay. But a very
competent authority has elsewhere calculated
the distance we are behind other countries
on the score of education. Mr. KAY, the Travelling
Bachelor to the University of Cambridge, in a very ex-
cellent work recently published, says :
" Unless the State steps forward to assist the Church
and the Dissenters in an efficient manner, so long must
we remain by far the worst educated country in Europe
—a country where towns of the importance of Oldham
and Rochdale have only 1 in 150 of their inhabitants
receiving education, whilst in the cantons of Berne and
Vaud in Switzerland, the proportion is 1 in 41."
Such is the opinion cf one whose ideas must be re-
ceived as in some measure authoritative as the mouth-
piece of one of our universities. In another portion of
his volume this gentleman has, if possible, a yet
more striking antithesis. He proves that, for the edu-
cation of England and Wales alone, forty normal
schools, at the very lowest computation, would be ne-
cessary for the training of our schoolmasters, and then
expresses his mortification at our only possessing five
such establishments. The subject, however, is of such
paramount importance, and has been treated hitherto
with such egregious injustice, that it swells out to an al-
most interminable length. We must, nevertheless,
hope, and strive courageously for its definite settlement.
_ _ _

The Madrid journals of the 4th inst. contain the his-
tory of the late Ministerial crisis. It appears that EcaNA.
and PEZUELA, not being able to agree with NARVAEZ,
Bonoos, and ORLANDO, on the subject of the decree for
the regulation of the Stock Exchange, resigned, and
that their resignation was accepted. On the 3d of April
General bIAzzEBEDO, a strong partiAn of NARVAEZ,

was appointed in the room of PEZUELA, but on the same
day GONZALES BRAVO, for whom NARVAEZ had des-
tined the portfolio of the Foreign-office, not only refused
to join the NARvAEz Ministry, but resigned his post of
Ambassador to the Court of Lisbon, and announced his
determination to energetically support a liberal line
of policy. NARVAEZ being unable to fill up
the vacancies occasioned by the refusal of GONZALES
t3v.s.vo and the retirement of Exuma, tendered his own
resignation on Saturday, which was accepted by the
QUEEN, who immediately sent for M. ISTURITZ (who was
Prime Minister at the period of the Revolution of
La Granja, and who under the MIBAYLORES Cabinet
was Minister of the Interior), and commissioned him to
form a Government. M. IsTnarTz, who at once acceded
to her MAJESTY'S desire, was immediately appointed
President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
General ARSIERO, who remained with Mom, PIDAL,
and MAYANS, to the last in the MARTIN= DE
LA Rosa Cabinet, was appointed Minister of
Marine. ECANA remained as Minister of Justice, and
there was every probability of Mom resuming his portfolio
a, Minister of Finance, and of his friend PIDAL, who has
already afforded him great assistance in carrying out his
financial reforms, also becoming a Member of the ISTURITZ
Cabinet. This is the most efficient Ministry that has
been formed in Spain since the downfal of ESPARTERO.
ISTURITZ, although a Conservative Moderado, is a con-
stitutionalist and a statesman, and Mom is certainly the
most honest, firm, and trustworthy financier that Spain
has yet produced. If the intrigues of NARVAEZ and
CHRISTINA do not overrule the Cabinet (and M. ISTURITZ
is not the sort of man to submit to the dictation of a
Camarilla), the future prospects of Spain are brighter
than they have been for years past. For the sake
of that unhappy country, it is to be desired that
the ISTURITZ Ministry should last, and that
its chief should acquire the confidence of Queen
ISABELLA, who cannot have a better tutor in the
art of reigning as a constitutional monarch than M.
ISTURITZ. It appears from advises from Bayonne and
from the north of Spain that the movements of the In-
fante Dox ENRIQUE are strictly watched, both by the
French and the Spanish authorities, as it was suspected
that his object in repairing to France was to place him-
self at the head of the discontented in Upper Arragon.

MADRID BOLES, APRIL 3.—Three per Cents., 31* at
30 days ; Five per Cents., 201-, for money ; Bank of St.
Ferdinand, 2530 ; Bank of Isabella, 170 ; Company of
Iris, 125 ; Company of Probity, 185 ; General Assu-
rances, 82 ; Alliance, 170 ; Anchor, 170 ; Gas, 160.
Exchanges—London, 37i ; Paris, 16.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.

The annual promenade of Longchamps commenced on
Wednesday, and although the weather was remarkably
fine, there were but few elegant equipages. Thursday
and Friday are, however, the grand days. On the
Thursday the weather was not quite so fine as it had
been on the preceding day, but the Champs Elysees

were crowded, and the number of carriages out was very

great.
Madame NARVAEZ, who is by birth a French lady,
had left Paris for Madrid, to join her husband. She

arrived at Bordeaux on the 6th.

The Moniteur contains a report of Marshal BUGZAVD
to the Ministe of War, dated April the 2d, announcing,

on the authority of information received from General
MARCY, the retreat of ABD-EL-KADER to the country

of the Ouled Sidi Chikks, within two days' march of
the Morocco frontier. The march of the light column
of General JOUSSOUF had been delayed several days, he
having been obliged to wait for the arrival of the barley
and provisions which he had seat for to Boghar and
Teniet-el-Ilaad the only points where he could procure
resources. The dispatch of the Marshal incloses a re-

port from General LIMORICIERE announcing the submis-
sion of several of the native tribes, and stating that he
was marching to reduce to obedience the tribe of the

llamas and several others, which had made overtures to
him, and which had heretofore supplied ABD- EL -KADER
with the greater portion of his cavalry. The Moniteur
likewise contains the official report of General CAvAIG-
NAC'S victory at Tlemcen, an account of which appeared
in the Semaphore de Marseilles a few days since. The
Arabs were under the command of MOHAMED BEN
ABDILLAH, a pretended prophet, calling himself " the
chosen of GOD, the image of the LORD JESUS, JESUS
resuscitated," and he had written in his prophetic cha-
racter to GeHerRICAVAIGNAC, calling upon him to submit.
The prophet, however, did not trust to spiritual
weapons alone, for he had collected from among the
emigrant Arab tribes who had taken refuge in Morocco
a force of from 700 to Soo cavalry and 1,200 infantry to
fight for the faith. General CAVAIGNAC, at the head of
300 cavalry and three battalions of infantry, attacked
and routed these fanatics, killing a hundred of them.
The French loss was one officer and one private killed,
and nine wounded.

The National, under the head of " Important tidings
of the insurrection," gives the following intelligence

'rom Poland :

" Events are becoming more and more conspicuous,
and the insurrection, transiently repressed, is reviving
and recovering fresh strength. W e have this day
learnt, by our private correspondence, the situation of
the insurgents, their precise organisation, and the unex-
pected succour that a felicitous direction has yielded
them. We need not tell the reasons that prevent our
publishing these details, but we can announce that, on
the 22d, the insurgents had an encounter with a squa-
dron of Austrian cavalry, and completely routed it,
after killing twenty-five men. This first success was
not the only one. On hearing of this defeat, the com-
mandant of the troops assembled in the environs of
Tarnow, sent on two battalions and three squadrons.
These forces advanced against the insurgents, who re-
tired to the forest, wherein they had entrenched them-
selves ; the march continued thus on the 23d ; and,
after some skirmishes, the Austrians stopped at the ap-
proach of night. Fires were lighted by the insurgents ;
nut, whilst the enemy were in front awaiting daylight
to continue their march, the columns of peasants took up
positions scarcely accessible to infantry, and inacces-
sible to cavalry. Whilst this was passing to the south-
west of Tarnow, another column of insurgents, after re
inforcing themselves at Wornski and Borec, surprised
at night the Austrian garrison at the little town of
Chrzanow, and massacred it.

On the subject of the Polish insurrection, the Presse
observes:—

" We eannot help noticing the circumspection main-
tained by all parties in England in presence of the in-
surrection of Cracow. The English have abstained from
all manifestation calculated to encourage a movement
which could have no other result than to entail fresh
misfortunes on the heads of a population worthy of a
better fate. This conduct appears to us much more
skiltul and wise than to chant the " Marsellang" without
an echo, to throw to the wind phrases which are hero
merely ridiculous, but which may be homicidal else-
where, and to make much ado about abortive subscrip-
tions."

Suleiman Pasha, the new Ambassador of the Sublime
Porte, presented his credentials to the King, on Wed-

nesday.
The Constitutionnel announces that the Palace de
Joinville has been appointed to the command-in-chief of
the Mediterranean squadron, by a royal ordinance of the
29th ult. Rear-Admiral Hernoux, Aide-de-camp of his
Royal Highness, was to act as Major-General, and to
be assisted in his functions by Captain Touchard and
Rear-Admiral Quesnel was to command a division of the
squadron.
The Journal de Debats has a long article on the Irish
Coercion Bill, consisting for the most part of a summary
of the late debate in the House of Commons on the sub-
ject. The following is the concluding paragraph of the
article in the 'Mats:—
" Sir J. Graham considers that the poor of Ireland
are sufficiently well off as to their church to be able to
dispense with a mode of subsistence being ensured to
them. This is certainly a very great eulogium addressed
to the Catholic Church; but is the Protestant Govern-
ment of England, with such ideas, right in maintaining
this monstrous anomaly, which imposes on an impercep-
tible minority the supremacy of a hostile creed, enriched
with the spoils of the national church? It is impossible
that such a paradox can be much longer maintained in
an enlightened country. The relation between landlord
and tenant will be always difficult to regulate; it is one
of the greatest evils of Ireland; but by its side is another
which the law can reach, and that is, the position of the
national church. As long as these twe great questions
are not courageously grappled with, Coercion Bills, cur-
few measures, the re-enactment, in fact, of the codes of
the middle ages, will be only temporary palliatives of the
evil. Ireland may be kept down, but she will never be
pacified."
The ConsOutionnel contains a long letter officially ad-
dressed to Count DE CASTELLANE, from Vienna, and
which report attributes to the pen of Prince METTaR-.
NtcEr. This letter contradicts the statements made rela-
tive to the massacres alleged to have been committed by
the peasantry of Gallicia at the instigation of the Aus-
trian Government. It also contains some curious details
as to the state of the peasant proprietors of Gallicia since
the abolition of serfdom in 1811, when each peasant be-
came possessed of a certain portion of land, which he can
neither sublet, subdivide, nor part with; to which he
cannot add by purchase, from which he cannot take any
by alienation, of which he cannot be deprived, and
which descends to his heirs for ever, subject to all the
fiscal imposts and to the jurisdiction of the lord
paramount.
The following appears in Galignani's Messenger of
Thursday :
" The Harmonic whaler has just arrived at Havre,
after having touched at Papaeti. She left that harbour
on December 16, and after a rapid passage of three
months and a half, brings the latest news that could
arrive from that part of the world. Dispatches have
been received by her for the Government, the dupli-

cates of which are on board the Somme store-corvette,
which left Otaheit2 at the same date. Their contents
have not transpirei ; but the Journal du Havre says
that, from the information it has been able to colic ct, the
state of distrust and secret hostility which has ben so
long existing between the French authorities, the natives
in their entrenches camps, and Queen Pomare, who was
still taking refuge in the windward islands, continued to
subsist without any improvement. The French occu-
pants, confined to s small portion of the shore, where
works of commurication and defence protected tht ir
position, were a!narst entirely without intercourse with
the interior of the island, and each day their position
was becoming more difficult."
The Funds opened at a rise on the Paris Bourse on
Thursday; but, owing to a report that the arrangement
concluded between Baron DE ROTHSCHILD and M.
CHARLES LAFITTE, respecting the Western Railroad,
had been cancelled, they afterwards declined. This re-
port produced a similar effect on the Share Market.
Spanish Stock alone improved.
The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 60c.• the Five per
Cents., 120 f. 15c. ; the Orleans Railroad ;hares, 1,225 f. ;
Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c. ; Havre, 740 f. ; Great Northern, 757 f. 50c. ;
Avignon, 900 f. ; Vierzon, 672 f. sc. ; Bordeaux, 622 f. 50c.;
Boulogne, 505 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 420 f.; Basle, 233 f.
75c. ; Fampoux, 460 f. ' • Dieppe, 450 f. ; Pan, and Strasburg,
521 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 550 f.; Paris and Lyons, 575 f.;
Be'gian Two-and-a •Half per Cents., 561 ; Spanish Three per
Cents., 36% ; ditto Domestic Debt, 30% ; ditto Passives, VAL.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—

Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 540 f.; Rordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c.; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f.
Lvoss, APRIL 7.—Marseilles and Avignon, 922 f. 50a. ;
Paris and Orleans, 1,232 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,028 f. 75e.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There is no cotton market report from Liverpool to-
day, as yesterday was observed as a strict holiday.
Most of the private letters from the West Indies were
opened to-day by our City merchants connected with the
trade in that direction. Their contents, as communi-
cated to us, are of a satisfactory character, very gene-
rally speaking.
The Bank of England's return, published last evening,
as compared with the one preceding, gives the following
results:— _ _

A decrease in the amount of the notes issued of
87,2651., or to 27,181,4801.
An increase in the Rest of 9,5371., or to 3,799,5081.
A decrease in the public deposits of 245,5991., or to
7,074,0261.
A decrease in the other deposits of 340,8811, or to
16,763,0471.
An increase in the day and other bills of
11,8671. or to 965,4461.
A decrease in the amount of bullion held, of 162,0241.,
or to 13,525,5211.
It will be apparent from an inspection of the returns
connected with other deposits, that cash lodged with the
Bank of England and the Accountant-General, for new
railway deposits, is gradually finding its way back into
circulation.
The Stock markets have been very thinly attended this
morning, but still a very fair amount of business has
been entered into. Consols for the account have been
very steady at 964 For the first transfer day next
week the quotations have ruled from 961 to 96i. The
premium upon Exchequer-bills has been rather tint at a
tall from 275. to 245. and 255. Bank Stock has fallen
from 2064 to 206 ; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. from 97 to 96i.
Not half-a- dozen bargains have been made in the
Foreign Fundy this morning. Mexican Bonds have
fallen from 32 to 314. Portuguese Fear per Cents. have
been done at 571, tie Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at
591. and the Four per Cents. at 92.
Many bargains have been made in Railway Shares
this morning, but prices have not varied to any material
extent. The official list is annexed.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock .. .„ 206% 306
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96%14
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 96 t 14%%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97 96%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO%
9 15-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859
. 10 7-16 %
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 •
Consols for Account • • .• • . • • •• 96 %
Exel.equer Bills. I%d.
1,0001. • . .. • 27 24 25 pm.
503/, ..• • . 24 28 prn.
•Ditto. Small 24 pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 6 per Cent • •
poDr
tiot too ,
efsoor tphoeu
rAccount
Cent 134
Dividends on the above payable In London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pal SHARE.
Aberdeen • . • .. .. 10 ••• • • • 2 •••• to
Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 1%• • .. to
Birmingham arid Gloucester • . ..100 • . 124 .... to 125
Caledonian .. .. 10 • • 7 .... to 6%
Ditto Extension • .. . • I% ••.. to
Chester and Holyhead .. .. 20 . • 17% ex inst. to
Direct Northern .. .. 2% •• • • 1% •• .. to
Dublin and Galway .• .. 4 .• 114 .• .. to
Eastern Counties • • • • 14/. 16s. ed.• • 21% %%to
Ditto, New • • .. .. 8/. 16s. 0c1..• . p.... to
Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d
Ditto, ditto .. .. N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 46.•. p x.d. to
Ditto, York Extension .• .. 10s. • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .• •• .... to
Ditto, Halt Shares • • .. .. 10
Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. .. 10
Edinburali and Perth • • . .. 3
Great North of England .. ..100 2ll .... to 210
Ditto, New • • • • .. • 51% .... to
Great Western • • • • .. 85 .. • • .... to
Ditto Half Shares .. . 50 .• • • 84% .... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. 5
Hull and Selby • • .• 50
Ditto, Hull Shares .. • • .. .. 7 .• 24% ••.. to
Lancaster and Carlisle • • .. .. 35 . •
London and Birmingham •• • • ..100 • 221 220.• to 222
Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • • • •• 24 .. - 62%35.. to
London and Blackwell • • 161 13s. 4d. .• .• .. to
Lie.don and Brighton .. • • • • • . 60
London and Croydon .• • • 131. 15s. 9d 21% to 21
London and South-Western •• 411. 6a. 10d.
Ditto, New .. • • • •• •• .. 12% , 20% ...to
London and York • • •• • •• 1%%•. to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • •• • .
London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2%
Alanch.yster and Leeds • • • • .. 82 l2l .... to
--
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 38
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • •• •• 2
Ditto, Extension • • • • • • • • 42s 2 p.... to 1% p
Manchester and Birmingham .. •40
Ditto, Quarter Shares (II) • •
• 9% • • .. to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • •
▪ 714%
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425..... % p.. to
Manchester and Southampton •
100 2 .... .... to
Midland .. • • •• • .... to 144
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 18 •• • • 294 ... to
Newcastle and Darlington Junction .• 25 .... .... to
Ditto. New • • • • • • • • • • .. 1 g to
Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 10 173¢ 34 .to
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston •• 2%.... N.... to
North British • • " • • • • • • 20 •• .. 24% .... to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 6 .... 8 to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • • , 1%•••. 1%.... to
Northern and Eastern• • • • •• 50 .... 67 to _
North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. p to 2 p
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% to
Perth and Inverness • • • • • • • • 2% .... 1% .... to
Portsmouth lilrect • • • • '• • • 3% •• • . .... to
Rugby and Huntingdon • • • • • • 2 .... 1 .... to %
Scottish Central .. • • • • • • • • 10 .... 13% 5i • . to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • • 2%.... 131 to
2116 L to
South Midland • •••• •• •• 425. %% to
--is •• • • 36 •• .. to 35
Ditto, New, No. 2 • • •• • • • • 10
Ditto, New, No. 3 • • • • • • •• 15 •• 13% .... to
South Eastern
aNstee•.vrn, aNn'l.o 1 Dover•
Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • •• •... 2% .... to
South Wales .. • • " • • •• • • 5 .... 114 .... to
Vale of Neath • • ........2 .... to
Welsh Miillend • • • • • • • • •• 2% •. • . 1%14 •• to 1
West Riding Union • • • • • • • • 425..... 1% p.. to
251
485%%N...... to
York and Carlisle • • • • • • •• • • 2%.... 1% .. .. to
York and North Midland • • .. 50 .... to
to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
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Dutch Rhenish • • • • •••••• 5 • • 513/4 to -
East Indian • • • • • • •• • • • • 56. •• • • % .. to -
Great Northern of France Constituted 6 .... 14%.... to -
ikeat Western Bengal • • • • • • ss. %.... to -
Orleans and Bordeaux • • • • .. G • ... 10%74 .. to -
Sambre and 31euse • • • • • • • • 6 .... 3 .. to -
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
.• .. • • 40 .... 261Aixd • to -
• • • • 20 .... 22y., .... to -
.. • 25 .... .. to -
MINES
Real del Monte. Unregistered • • .... to -

Australasia • • • •
Commercial of London • •
Provincial of Ireland

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Arum 11.—Wind E., moderate, and hazy.
WIHTEHAVEN, APRIL B.—Sld. Thomas Herbert, Quebea.
CLYDE, AralL B.—Sld. Gleaner, Duncan New Richmond ;
Louisa, Watson, Pugwash; Lord Sidmouth, Daw, Quebec.
RAMSGATE, APRIL 9.—The Pfeil, Hentz, frcm liamburgh
to Lisbon, put in here this morning leaky, and with other
damage, having been on shore on the Goodwin Sands.
PORT TALBOT, APRIL B.—The Magnet, Davis, which was
on the bar, was hove off this morning without damage.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.—A bale of cotton, apparently not
long in the water, was passed 22d ult. in lat. 44 lon. 34, by
the John Garrow, arrived here.
SHIELDS, APRIL 9.—The Bernhardine, from Aberdeen to
this port, which was on the Herd Sand, was get off this
morning without material damage, and brought in here.
OFF ST, ALBAN'S HEAD, APRIL 7.—Emile, Bahia.
PORTLAND, APRIL 6.—Arrd. Emily, Raupart, Angustura ;
7th, Garonne, Texas ; Christian, Batavia.
OFF TORBAY, APRIL B.—Lady
M‘Naghton, Calcutta, &c.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind N. to N.W., moderate—
Arrd. Freeia, Wanberg, Newcastle for Rio Janeiro, to stop
a leak.
HOLYHEAD, APRIL B.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Sld. Aurora,
Scott, Quebec.
BEAUMARIS, APRIL 7.—Sld. Hindoo, Hughes, Boston.
OFF POINT LYNAS.—Elizabeth, New York.
PoßTsmouTir, APRIL B.—Wind N.N.E. to N.— Arrd.
Johannes HK er Rasmusser, for Copenhagen, from Rio
Janeiro; Somersetshire, Dempster, London, for Quebec, with
damage, having been in contact with the Aneas, for Cal-
cutta, off the South Foreland. Sld. Hull, Putman, Sumatra.
SOUTHAMPTON.—Arrd. Avon steamer, West Indies.
Poway, APRIL 9.—Wind N.—Sid. Good Intent, Quebec.
MUMBLES, APRIL 7.—The Wanderer, Ward, for Ross, was
run foul of by the Royal Oak, of Neatb, and lost foretopmast.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.—The Catherine, Daly, from Halifax
to Liverpool, was abandoned in a sinking state 26th January,
in lat. 46, lon. 37; crew arrived. Two casks of oil, large
quantitiee of broken boards, apparently damaged, and pieces
of wreck, were passed on the 18th and 19th February by the
Indiana, arrived at New York.

wI
ha
it:::aplazette of last night we find that her Majesty
has been pleased to create Major-General Sir Harry Smith a
Baronet, m addition to the military honour previously con-
ferred upon him.
OMNIBUS COLLISION.—On Friday afternoon, as one
of the Poplar omnibuses was turning sharply a corner near
Church, it came in violent coctact with one of
the Bank omnibuses, which was proceeding in an opposite
direction, and the wheels of the vehicles became locked. The
pcorlaliestilocrei
ofh dadetsheretibeffbeocft
sohfipjserbkying from the outside of the
omnibus several persons into the road, none of whom, how-
ever, fortunately sustained injury beyond a few bruises.
DEnwrION OF SEA APPRENTICES —The frequent
sea p
in the coal, coasting, and c )lonialtimbaerptrtireandecse,s esp
h,
asbeecgycioame
such a source of annoyance to the ship-owners, that some of
them contemplate memorializing the Government to enact a
law providing that sea apprentices who shall be guilty of
desertion a second time shall, upon conviction, be sent to
serve out their apprenticeship on board a man-of-war.—
Nautical Standara.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAN.)
COVENT-GA.II,W= .
There were full average supplies of vegetables on sale,
yet good clearances were etiected by the salesmen at our
quotations. Potatoes from 4s to 8s Gd per cwt ; Turnips,
10d. to Is 8d; Carrots, 4s to 5s Gd; Spring Onions, is to
2s; Greens, is 6d to 2s Gd ; arid Leeks, ed to is 2d per
dozen bunches; Apples, is Ed to ss; and Spinach, 4d to Sd
per half-sieve; New Potatoes, 2d to 6d per lb; White
Cabbages, is 6d to 2s; and Cauliflowers, is 6d to 5s per
dozen ; Celery, 8d to 2s ; Horse- radish, Is 6d to 4s; Forced
Asparagus, 4s to 6s; and Rhubarb, 4d to is 2d per
bundle; Oranges, 7s to 15s; and Lemons, 7s to lOs per
100; Seakale, Is 3d to 8s fid; and Small Salad, 2d per
punnet; Turnip Greens, Id to 2d; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d
to 8d per bushel ; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands ; Cos
Lettuces, ld to 2d ; and Cucumbers, 3s to 9s each ; Straw-
berries, 15s per small basket.
HUN GERFORD.
The supplies of most kinds of produce on sale were tolerably
extensive. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at
but little variation in prices.
NENITGATZ AND LEADZNHAZZ.
Lamb and Veal sold readily, at the late advance in the
quotations; while the value of other kinds of meat was
steadily supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton,
8s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 6s 4d to 8s ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ;
and Pork, 3s 6d to 5s per 81bs., by the carcase.—Turkeys, 4a
to 9s ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s. 6d ; tame
Rabbits, is 6d to is 9d; wild ditto, 4d to 10d ; Pigeons, 6d
to 10d ; roasting Pigs, Os to 9s ; and Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to
3s 6d each; Fowls, 4s 6d to 9s; and Chickens, 3s to 6s. per
couple.

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Veal,
4s 6d to 55, and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs.

BILLINGSGATE.
Turbot, 9s to 15s; Brills, 3s to 4s 6d ; Cod Fish, 4a to
8s; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackarel, 4d to 8d; Lobsters, is to
3s; and Crabs, 8d to 2s each ; Soles, 10d to 3s 6d per pair;
Smelts, is 6d to 2s 6d; and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 2s
per dozen ; Salmon, 10d to is 4d ; Eels, 4d to is ; and
Crimped Scate, 7d to 9d per lb.
WEITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d;
Lamb, 6s to 8s ; Veal, 4s 4d to 53 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to
5s per 81bs.

BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are front
Bid to 9d; of Household ditto, 6icl to 8d per Albs loaf.

HIDE MARKET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21,-d to 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b
3d to 314 d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3%d to 3V2d ; do. 801 b to 881 b
314 d to 33/4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 33/4 d to 4d ; do. 961 b to 1041 h
4d to 414 d; Calf Skins, each, 3s 9d to 6s 9d ; Horn Hides,l3s
Polled Sheep, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Half-breds, 4s to 58 7d;
Downs. 3s to 4s 4d ; Lambs, 2s 8d to 4s, ; Shearlings
6d to 9d. _

_
HAY 11/16.3LICIETS.
Sistrnizuct.D.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s co 4/ 8s; Clover ditto,
4l 85 to 51 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat
Sraw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. A full average supply, and
a sluggish trade.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 103 ; Clover
ditto, 415 s to 5/ 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s; Wheat
Straw, 1114 s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply moderate, and trade
rather dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 418 s ; Clover ditto,
4/ 5s to Si 18s • Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw,
1/ 14s to 11 As per loa. Trade steady, at but little
alteration in prices.

LONDON SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD MAYOR, RECORDER, and ALDERMEN.)
These sessions were holden this morning. The cases
set down were principally for assaults.
APPEALS.—The RECORDER, on tiking his seat, said
that the Court had c, me to the decision of adjourning
the Court for the purpose of hearing appeals. This, for
the convenience of the public, for the first day was ge-
nerally occupied in criminal cases, and persons were thus
frequently kept in waiting to no purpose. The Court
had fixed this day fortnight.
An application was made that one of the cases set
down for hearing to-day be adjourned till next session:.
The RECORDER said he could not grant the applica-
tion, the Court must be inflexible in the rule unless under
special circumstances.
Mary Ward, a young woman, was indicted for assault-
ing Mrs. E. Page, licensed victualler, of No. 17, Minories.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the Saturday
evening mentioned in the indictment, the prisoner and
others were drinking in front of the bar, and about seven
or eight minutes to twelve were told it was time to leave,
on which, without the slightest provocation, the defend-
ant threw a pint pot at the prosecutrix, which struck her
on the mouth and knocked her down.
s 0
n'
eaniti,risaonnderto wasfind sbeanitlenfocre d 2 tO7) fourteen
.tokeep days' impri-
sonment, peace far
twelvemonths. _ _

A man named Jones, was indicted for violently assault-
ing three police constables named Brand, Butler, and
Templeman, in the execution of their duty.
The prosecution was at the instance of the authorities,
and Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie appeared on their behalf.
Mr. RYLAND said that this was a case of assault under
very extraordinary circumstances. It appeared that on
the 2d of March the officers were conveying two pri-
soners to the justice-room, Guildhall, when they were
surrounded by a crowd, amongst whom the prisoner was
the principal, who attempted to rescue the prisoners,
and it was with the greatest difficulty that the original
prisoners could be got before the magistrate. The pri•
wrier and another were then secured, after a very
despi rate resistance, and the prisoner was sentenced
to one month's imprisonment, but at the instant he struck
Brand, police-constable 227, a violent blow under the
ear. Ott this the Alderman rescinded his order, and
sent the prisoner for trial. The City authorities deemed
this to be a case for prosecution, for as they were most
anxious to bring the officers to justice when they mis-
conducted themselves, they were also anxious to protect
them to the utmost when they were faithfully and pro-
perly performing their duty.
The officers were called and proved the violence in-
flicted. The prisoner appeared to be quite sober; he
was so desperate that it required seven officers to secure
and handcuff him. Oti their way to the Comptor, he
turned round to one of the officers and said he would
mark him, and serve him out when he got out.
he prisoner denied the assaults.
The turnkey of the Compter said that the prisoner
had been confined there for theft.—Verdict, Guilty.
The RECORDER said, that the prisoner had been con-
victed of a series of most violent attacks. It was a very
high offence to commit an assault in the presence of a
magistrate in the performance of his official duty, and
for that alone he would formerly have been indicted.
The sentence of the Court was that he should be im-
prisoned for four months in the House of Correction,
and afterwards enter into his own recognizances to
keep the peace for three years.

SIR F. TRENCH AND LORD LIN-
COLN.
To THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—l have been much surprised and annoyed to see
in the Times of this morning two letters of mine, Which
ought not to have been made public without my sanc-
tion. I called at your office to inquire how y, u kid
become possessed of them, and by what authority you had
published them, but could not obtain any satisfactory ex-
planaiion.
I had caused these letters to be printed, to secure uni-
formity of paper and type, with sundry hints for the
improvement of the metropolis, which are in my pos-
session, but they were not intended for publication, and
my printer assures me that no copy has escaped fr,na
his office. I hope, therefore, you will give immediate
insertion to this expression of my regret and indignation
at the dishonesty or breach of confidence which has
placed these letters in your hands.
I have the honour to be your obedient humble servant,
F. . TRENCH.

85, Pall-mall, Wednesday night.
P.S. Thursday, 11 oclock, A.m.—l have this moment
received your note, in which ) ou state that the letters in
question " were sent by a correspondent to your office,
printed as a circular, and with an intimation that they
were at the editor's service." In reply, I beg to ob-
serve that they were not "printed as a circular," nor
" intended for circulation," as your note intimates ; and
I must repeat my regret that letters bearing my signa-
ture, should have been published without my sanction.
F. W. TRENCH.

[Sir F. Trench asserts that the letters were not
"printed as a circular." When two letters are printed
upon one sheet, and folded as if for the purpose of being
sent by post, we were until now under the impression
that they were in the form of " a circular." W hy, too,
letters should be print d in this or any other form which
are not intended for circulation, we are at a loss to con-
ceive. Our belief, when we received them was, that they
had been forwarded to our office by Sir F. Trench him-
self.] Times.

THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—
Between 800 and 1,000 persons availed themselves on Friday
of the privilege of proceeding over the state apartments. The
great majority of these parties had fortunately provided
themselves with tickets previou,ly to leaving town. Others,
however, who had not adopted this necessary precaution,
were either compelled to pay most exorbitantly for the Lord
Chamberlain's tickets, or forego altogether their intended
visit to the Castle. A set of persons, in Windsor termed
" guides," have always a good supply in hand of the Lord
Chamberlain's admissions, which they obtain through the
medium of their agents in London, from one of the four
respectable parties who have been specially appointed to
issue tickets, at their respective establishments, to all per-
sons who may apply for them. In many instances, in the
course of Friday, five shillings were modestly demanded,
and given, for one of these tickets, which admit seven per-
sons ( and which are to be procured gratuitously in London),
by parties who had visited Windsor, without being aware
that admissions were not to be obtained in the town. There
is very little doubt that a stop will speedily be pat to this
description of traffic, by causing some plea to be
rocmarried
g
into effect, so that the public may din be
Windsor
fndsor for the
s
im-
position, either by an office being; opened
being abolished
issuing of tickets, or by the ticket y_
altogether. It being now upwarc,s ofour months since any
public Lotification appeared of the f
places where ad missions
to view the interior of Windsor Castle are to be obtained, it
may save those parties, who are about to visit the royal re-
sidence, some little trouble, as well as prevent their being
imposed upon, if we insert the list. They are as follow :
er an Moon, 20, Threadneedle-street; Mr. Mitchell,
.Al3l3r.()%ielldrnßond-street ; Messrs. Colnaghi, 14, Pall-mall East ;
and Messrs. Ackermann, 96, Strand. We may, observe that
it was contemplated, when no persons would he allowed to
enter the Castle but those provided with tickets, that the
sight-seers would be far mere select than before; but the
fact of the Lord Chamberlains cards of admission being
hawked about Windsor at from Is. to .ss, each (the price
being regulated according to the demand, pretty clearly
proves that, when the demand is not very brisk, any seven
persons who can muster a shilling amongst them (or a trifle
more, as the case may be), can purchase a view of st the state
apartments," without any regard to the 46 select" character
of the parties themselves,
THE COST De FASHION.—It is said that five hundred
millions of dollars are spent annually in the United ,States
for such articles of dress as are subject to the fluctuations of
fashion. Of this sum it is computed that 16,000,000 are
spent for hats, probably about 20,000,000 fur caps and bon-
nets, and fur other articles of dress not less than 400,000,000.
EASTER TERM.—The ensuing term will conlmenew op
Wednesday next, upon which day the .4.ord Qiituieellor will
entertain the Judges and members of the inner bar with the
usual Easter Term dejWe4ner at his Lordship's house, whence
they will prooeed to estminster Hall, about 94. e g'eloc*.'

METROPOLITAN TEMPERANCE
ASSOCIATION.
A soirée and an aggregate meeting of the Friends of
the Metropolitan Temperance Association was held, last
evening, in the Royal British school, Cowper-street,
City-road, Mr. John Cassell in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting upon the
formation of the Association, and expressed a hope that
by an union among the various societies in the metro-
polis, tl e consummation so devoutly to be wished would
be accelerated. HP regretted the want of previous cor-
dial co-operation, but he trusted they were now in a
position to achieve great triumphs in the cause of tee-
totalism. He next referred to the advocacy of temperance
principles by the press, as a proof of the rapid progress it
was making throughout the country. He could not, how-
ever, but lament that greater efforts were not made by
the religious portion of the press to disseminate prin-
ciples of a character so well fitted to prepare the
minds of men for the reception of the great truths
of the Gospel. He complained that the conductors
of the Wesleyan Magazine had refused insertion
to a temperance advertisement in that publica-
tion, and had in other respects acted very partially,
and had, in fact, manifested the most decided
opposition to the teetotal movement. He could not un-
derstand what right the editors of that magazine had to
complain of the Americans being anxious to stifle dis-
cussion upon the question of slavery, when they them-
selves endeavoured to stifle the promulgation of princi-
ples in which 600,000 immortal souls were involved in
one of the worst kinds of slavery that ever existed
under the canopy of heaven. He was glad, however, to
congratulate them upon the growing strength which the
cause was, day by day, acquiring, notwithstanding all
the disadvantages with which they had to contend ; and
he was satisfied that if they continued their united exer-
tions, they would, ere long, have the satisfaction of reap-
ing some of its fruit. He urged them not to relax, but
rather redouble their labour in their philanthropic
cause.
Mr. D. WALTERS next addressed the meeting, and
drew a graphic picture of the squalor and misery at-
tendant upon drunkenness, and contrasted it with the
comfort and happiness of a life of sobriety and morality.
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Bayliss,
Mr. Whittaker, 1)r. Oxley, Mr. Buckle, and the Rev.
Dr. Campbell, of the Tabernacle. A collection was
then made to defray expenses and for the general pur-
poses of the association.
Mr. HUDSON then addressed a few observations to the
assembly ; after which the meeting separated.