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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
CIIRONICLE.--rarties whose opinion is entitled
to weight, say, that the objection of " preference,"
started against the plan of exacting security from
issuing banks to protect the bill-holders, does not
affect the justice of the principle, for .they contend it
is right that the Legislature should secure this pre-
ference. Looking upon bankers' notes in the same
light as money, they ecntend that the Crown should
take care that no paper should circulate whose per-
fect safety is not secured. Depositors, they say,
need not lodge their money with bankers unless they
choose, deposit being a purely voluntary act; but
this is not the case with respect to holding country
issues, which "pass as money, from hand to hand.
It is to ba kept in remembrance, nevertheless, that
bankers' notes are not a, legal tender, and that no
person is obliged to receive them in payment of
debts. But it is true that they possess a general cur-
rency, which renders it very odious for any indi-
vidual to refuse the notes of banks in good credit.
They are looked upon, in fact, as if they were legal
tenders; and it is, perhaps, fair and expedient, that if
thy Crown allows others to exercise the prerogative of
"coining," that legislative means should be taken to
I secure the safe operation of the trust.

HIGH TIDES.-.--•The present spring tides, which
were supposed to be at their greatest height on Wednesday
afternoon, continue to rise. At high water on Thursday morn-
ing (17 minutes past two o'clock) the depth at the outer lock
of the St. Katharine's Dock was 29 feet 1 inch, and et!high
tide in the afternoon (39 minutes past two o'clock), the depth
of water was 29 feet 2 inches, being an increase of six
inches on the tides of Wednesday A considerable number of
low lying premises and a few wharfs on both sides of the
,ri4v, above and below bridge, were partially flooded; but
as high tides were expected, all goods liable to loss or damage.
by water were removed to places of security before high
water, and, consequently, little or no damage has been
sustained by the high tides of Thursday.
During the past week three of the oldest and most
esteemed magistrates of the Metropolitan county have died,
viz.,'Sir John Gibbons, the Rev. T. Cresswell, and James
Otley, Esq. ,
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to keep food on his stomach ; indeed, he was at last reduced
to such a state of general weakness and debility that no one
thought he could long survive ; but, by the use of
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THE AFFAIRS 01, INDIA.
Bombay, March 1.
(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
By the last • mail you will have received full ac-
counts of the battles near Gwalior, which have in-
vited the strictures of the here, and no doubt
Will be fully commented upon in England, to the ad-
vantage and disadvantage of all concerned. No one
will for a moment deny that in both actions, so gal-
lantly disputed by the Mahratta troops, the British
regiments and the Sepoys even surpassed 'their
former deeds of bravery ; and that in flick despe-
rate charges up to the very muzzle of well-served
cannon, loaded with grape, canister, round, - and
chain shot, declared by the Peninsular veterans
present the heaviest fire they had ever seen, the con-
duct of the troops, both European and Native coul.d
not have ,been surpassed by that of any in the
world. Whole sections were mowed down as the
advance was steadily made, which never faltered for
a moment, and in the first and last deadly volley"
within 50 paces of the muzzles of the guns, and the
headlong charge afterwards, we see the admirable
discipline of well-organised troops, and a devotion to
the cause of the British Government which, though
often before put to the test, has perhaps never been
more daringly displayed. The lons -of native corps
equalling, if not exceeding, those of the Crown, both
in men and officers, proves them to have been not a
whit less daring than their European comrades; and
the Government of India and the Governor General
are, as they have a just right to be, truly proud of
them. A bronze star, made from the' cannon faken,
is to be presented to every man, officer, and soldier,
who' fought in those bloody engagements, and an ho-
nourable nark it will be of duty done, and of fearless
bravery.
the tactics displayed by the. Commander-In-
Chief much comment, has been, and will be, made,
and all have joined in declaring that, under more
precaution, the affairs at Maharajpoor might have
been concluded with comparatively little loss. I
doubt this in any case, but it is due to the Comman-
der to consider well- the dispositions made before any
charge is brought against him for risking the event
or the lives of his troops by undue exposure.
It was believed on the 28th that the enemy's whole
force was concentrated at Chounda, with the river
Ahsin in their immediate rear, affording good oppor-
tunity to escape, with comparatively little less, should
the engagement prove unfavourable to them ; and the
Quartermaster-General had fully reconnoitred that
village, and been fired upon from it. It might,
therefore, be well presumed by the Commander-in-
Chief, from the general experience of Indian armies
in intrenching camps, that the Mahrattas would
hardly change their position suddenly, but would en-
deavour to strengthen further what they had deter-
mined upon. Maharajpoor and the other villages
were supposed to be unoccupied; and, as the troops
were directed upon them, I conclude it had been in-
tended to make a temporary halt, and such further
dispositions as would turn the flank of the Chounda
position, and so render the action short and decisive.
These intentions were, however, frustrated by the
intelligence of the Mahratta commanders, who with
excellent judgment took up, during the night of the
28th, the triangular position of Maharajpoor, defended
on both flanks by ravines over 4lvhich cavalry and
hcrse-artillery could not pass, commanding the road
of the 'advancing troops, and placing them between
the concentrated fire of several powerful and well-
served batteries, the existence of which was not known,
or even guesssed at., until the troops were within range,
upon a plain which afforded •no shelter whatever. I
think it may well be said that the motions of the enemy
ought to have been closely watched during the night,
and that blame here attaches itself to the intelligence
department. , A few patrols. thrown out during the
night, or a few small parties of intelligent sepoys,
armed in the •native fashion, would have brought the
necessary information, possibly with some risk, still
the attempt might have been made, and would, I have
no doubt, have proved successful. The disposition of
the infantry might then have been changed, so as to
have outflanked Maharajpoor, Stc. The cavalry might
have been directed to the rear, to cut off the retreat-
ing Mahratta battalions, instead of being severely
handled almost as spectators of an action, which fell
upon the infantry alone. Above all, what heavy ar-
tillery remained with the army might have been
brought up to cover the advance, instead of those
light guns which produced no effect upon the Mah-
ratta batteries, and suffered severely. Thus the
Commander-in-Chief might have availed himself of
all arms.

This is but theory, however; the practice proved
very different. As the Mahrattas opened their fire,
Sir Hugh Gough saw that he had, as it were, fallen
into an ambush, and had but one of two alternatives
—either to withdraw his troops out of fire, manoeuvre
to outflank Maharajpoor, and in the interim advance
his artillery, or do as he did—carry the batteries at
once. He preferred the latter ; indeed, there seems
to have been no two thoughts upon the subject. Ge-
neral Littler's column promptly attacked Maharajpoor
in front, and that of General Valiant having made a
short detour to the right to outflank the battery, de-
ployed and advanced to the right and rear of the posi-
tion, under a heavy fire. The two brigades met in
the village, driving all before them, and afterwards
carried two other batteries in succession, which
opened on tliern as that of Maharajpoor was silenced.
To have retired or halted would have checked

the ardour of the men, and the hope of
the artillery being able to silence the fire of the Mah-
ratta batteries, protected as they were by mud walls,
and houses, was futile. There were no heavy
guns near, which alone could have destroyed the de -
fences of the enemy, and to have trusted to the light
pieces present would only have delayed what was in-
evitable at last. It is true, if the troops could have
made an extemive detour right and left, and left the
artillery to cannonade in front, some loss might have
been saved; but, again, the troops were already
within range, and the fire and loss already severe. To
have moved parallel to the batteries would have ex-
posed the flanks of the brigades ; the day was already
advanced, and the sun high; delay would have fa
tigued the men in a heavy march through fields, end
those only who know the exhaustion consequent upon
such a movement can appreciate it properly. Water
was not to be had, probably, unless in the villages,
ansi therefore there was nothing left but at once to
make the dash which proved so brilliant an i so deci-
sive. As it was, the action was not over till noon,
and with troops tired by manoeuvres and detours, the
issue against enemies so well provided and so despe-
rate might have proved very different.
Sir Hugh Gqugh says he had underrated his ene-
mies, and the result proves that he had. When will
our Conimanders do justice even in anticipation to
the resolution of native armies well provided with ar-
tillery ? At any rate, Sir Hugh Gough found them
made of very different stuff from the Chinese • and if
he was not told by his staff, that whenever the Mah-
rattas were found their artillerymen and infantry
would defend their guns to the last, they were
strangely uncommunicative upon a point notorious to
every man who has the least experience of native sol-
diery. All Golundage or native artillerymen, whe-
ther Hindoos or Mahomedans, believe guns to be en-
dued with supernatural power; the Hindoos
especially, that they are incarnations, as it were,
of Bhowanee or Kalee. All guni are treated
with superstitious reverence ; all receive sanc-
tified names expressive of their powers,
and to all divine honours are paid on occasion
of the Dussera, or other festivals. The loss of British
troops at Mehidpoor and. Assaye was owing to them
alone, and the obstinate courage with which they were
defended by the Mahrattas on those occasions ought
to have suggested more precaution than was exerted
on this. Leaving the action itself as a hurried, dash-
ing, gallant display of bull-dog courage, it is neces-
sary to revert to the previous day; and here it must
be owned that the Commander-in-Chief was wanting
in the best part of a general's duty--watchfulness.
The enemy was at Chounda, and, besides the precau-
tions I have before suggested, could not a couple of
light brigades have been thrown forward as soon as
possible after Col. Gordon had been firedupon,r too ccupy
the villages in front of Chounda ? The Mahrattas
would not have attempted to manoeuvre their artillery
in the field, or if they could have been drawn out, it
would have led to a more bloodless and more decisive
notion. - Their cavalry never crossed the river behind
Chounda; their infantry was useless without their
guns ; and the whole might have been confined, for
the night at least, to the first position, for the attack
of which the Commander-in Chief's arrangements
were scientifically made. On consideration of the
whole, the enemy appears to have been the better
tactician of the two; and the scientific distribution
of his guns, and his advance from Chounda, prove the
originator of the movement, whoever he was, black
fellow or white, to have been a very clever fellow.
There were English deserters who served some Mah-
ratta guns, and who fell at them. One of these men
may have given opinions as to the disposition of force,
which were taken up and acted upon by the Mahrat-
tas. Altogether the action has been a sharp lesson to
Sir Hugh, and I hope will lead him to exert some

blameworthy, but not so now. He accompanied the
army, as did the ladies, on the march, and probably
was as little prepared for what followed as Sir Hugh
Gough. Having got, as it were, of a sudden into the
very thick of it, he col Id not run, but, like a gallant
English gentleman, as he is, kept his ground as the
brigades advanced. Some people choose to sneer at
his distribution of gold mohurs and oranges to the
wounded ; but take my word for it, his Lordship, of
his own tact, or of good advice, has found out the real
secret of popularity among the troops ; and though
you may say this is more necessary in a Commander-
in-Chief than in a Governor-General, he is not to be
sneered at for it, except when he makes blustering
proclamations, as he did when the Somnauth gates
were brought to Ferozepore. His Lordship was a
griffin then, as new-comers are usually termed here,
and did odd things, which have passed by. He has
again distributed sweetmeats by cartloads at Gwalior,
and many a Sepoy has heartily enjoyed them, and
thanked his Lordship while splicing the mainbrace
in this simple fashion ; but we have no trumpeting
forth of the matter, and the object is gained which
was desired, and no room is left for persons to be
facetious about what nine-tenths do not understand.

At Gwalior matters have progressed to the con-
summation apparently desired without further fight-
ing, though some apprehensions were entertained of
further resistance at the capital, where there was a
large, force and some 200 guns in position in the
various camps. The regular Gwalior contingent was
placed early in the fort, and some guns mounted to
command the camps. After a few days' negotiation,
Colonel Stubh, Sir Richmond Shakespeare, &d.,
brought the men of the Gwalior forces to terms,
their arrears were paid up, and to those discharged
three months' gratuity was given. The whole have
dispersed or are dispersing, except those who have
re-enlisted for the new contingent; and the once
factious, arrogant, and presumptuous Cumpoos of
Gm alior, which, with their4oo guns, were considered
invincible, are gone for ever. A new force under
English officers is to be forthwith enlisted, and
while it will prove an efficient protection for
the Gwalior State, and protect the country from in-
ternal revolt, it-will further strengthen our interests in
Central India. It will be as large and efficient in a
short time as that of his Highness the Nizam, which
has hitherto preserved that important State from in-
ternal disquiet,' supported the succession, and been
ready to afford aid on all occasions to the interests
of the Government of India. On the 20th of
January, the Governor-General having finished
his diplomatic employment seated the young Ma-
harajah on the guddee, with every ceremony, and
declared that he henceforth occupied it with the
full consent of the British Government, and having
done this, and generally set matters in a fair train,
his Lordship has left the rest to Colonel Sleeman,
and Governor Stubbs, and departed in the direction
of Calcutta, after two exciting months and two vic-
tories, adding further to his power in India, and to
his popularity among the native troops. The Gwalior
State has paid 26 lacs towards the expenses of the war,
so that the events which have occurred will be no
burden to the Company's treasury, and a native
report has it, that the Ranee has ordered the dis-
tribution of 60 rupees to each European, and 30 to
each native soldier, as a free gift from the State for
the moderation they have displayed, and the respect
of property which they have observed. There is,
perhaps, no truth in this. A division of six infantry
regiments, with some cavalry and artillery, under
General Littler, remain at Gwalior for the present, as
a precautionary measure, and the rest of the Army of
Exercise has broken up, and is moving on various
cantonments.
- Now, with you many will cry for much praise of
Lord Ellenborough for his moderation in the hour of
conquest at Gwalior, and for not yielding to the
temptation of subverting a dynasty, and attaching
2,000,0001. sterling of revenue to the British Crown,
as they did blame when Sinde was taken possession
of; but I confess that, for one, I must express my
dissent, for. if ever there has been a case of down-
right treachery and insincerity in India, it has been
the present. You are aware of my opinions upon
the Sinde acquisition, and they have not changed, nor
will change by the lapse of time. I thought that an
act of oppression and wrong, and I think so now ; but
the annexation of Gwalior, if considered as far as
we know of the circumstances, and I do not
know if any have not transpired, would have
been perfectly justifiable, that is, if the existing Go-
Government of the Maharanee was considered a a re-
sponsible one. I need not repeat the former history
of this State, nor how it gradually fell by a succes-
sion of weak and singular intriguing administrations
of women and young Rajahs, to a position in which
it almost voluntarily renounced independence by the
submission of every question of importance to the
British Government. I will not repeat, either, the
substance of the proclamations of the Governor-
General, which gave succinct but ample explanations
of the causes of disagreement. I can only say, that
When a semi-independent State like that of Gwalior
puts itself forward, not only in an attitude of
hostility, but of defiance, and at the same time
possesses such decided power of doing mis-
chief, some settlement of the numberless
breaches of treaty was imperatively necessary; and
as from the time Colonel Spiers left Gwalior, then
only on the failure of all negotiations to the present,
some six months had elapsed, the whole period being
occupied with correspondence, it was impossible to
bring the Court to reason without a display of force.
In most cases this has been effective, but not in the
present, though to all appearances for a time it was.
As the troops collected at Agra, the amicable pro-
testations of the Durbar became more earnest as
they advanced. The British demands not having
been complied with, the Khasgee Wallah was given
up. The Gwalior vakeels waited on the Governor-
General, a treaty was drawn up and signed, and the
place fixed for a meeting between the high powers.
Under the utmost professions of peace from the
vakeels the heavy artillery was dispatched back to
Agra, and the Governor-General prepared to move
forward. While all this was going on, the desire of
war at Gwalior became decided; preparations were
made ; messengers were sent into the independent
States of Pluttea, Shunsee, &c. • a correspondence
was maintained with Lahore, and Heera Singh moved
troops down the Sutlej to take advantage of an mis-
hap to us; the Pindharees of the Nemawar districts
were summoned, and the troops and guns at the
capital were prepared for active service. At the very
time the Gwalior vakeels were with oily tongues as-
suring the Governor-General of peace, the Ranee and
the whole of the chiefs were actively preparing for
war, and as soon as the great object of the Mahratta
vakeels was effected. that of the dispatch of the heavy
guns to Agra, the Mahratta forces marched out.
Now the Governor-General calls the Mahratta
troops mutinous., They appear to me the very con-
trary. They marched out under the Ranee s own
orders (who personally upbraided those who appeared
to linger), and decorated with chaplets of flowers,
which she had sent for the officers and guns; and
could she have gone herself, I suspect very much that
she would have done so. No one for a moment ap-
pears to have raised his, voice against hostilities; in
fact, all advised her to adopt the course which she
pursued, and for which she upbraids all in Durbar

"4. The accustomed friendly relations between the
British Government and the Gwalior State are now
restored, and the British armies will immediately re-
turn to their own provinces.
"By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-
General,
" F. CURRIE.
" Secretary to the Government of India, with
the Governor-General.
Camp, Gwalior, Jan. 13, 1844.
" (True copy.)
"J. P. WILLOUGHBY,
" Secretary to the Government."

In this Gwalior affair Lord Ellenborough's hands
were tied from the first; he had recognised the boy,
and must support him. I have always thought the
recognition of the boy a mistake, but that is neither
here nor there. Now he might have pensioned the
Dunbar, but he has chosen a less questionable
course ; he has espoused its cause in earnest ; let us
see what is made of it. If in having placed the young
Rajah upon the guddee, and given over his territory
to the charge of a Council of Regency, without an
European head, Lord Ellenborough is content to
watch its proceedings in future, I humbly conceive
he has not done that for the interests of the minor
which they imperatively demanded, and which he
professes to maintain. No Regency ever was, or ever
will be honestly managed by native agents, though
Mysore under Poornea may be well considered an
exception, and we hear of no one like him at Gwa-
lior ; the persons who are there have all, more or less,
been mixed up with the late intrigues, and will require
to be very closely watched in future ; and if the
young Ranee's power has tot been extinguished ut-
terly, she will cause more trouble by and by.
If Colonel Sleeman is to have the duty of guard-
ing the interests of the minor, and of teaching him
his duties and responsibilities, it is not too much to
say that he must either neglect Gwalior or 13undel-
kund. But this can hardly be; a Resident must be
appointed to Gwalior. I would fain have seen intel-
ligent officers, as at Nagpoor, placed in general civil
superintendence of districts, and something done to
check the acts of the regency, both as regards civil
administration and the Durbar affairs. 'Neither as yet
have been done ; but the terms of the treaty are not
known, yet, and they may provide for both. If they
do not, it appears to me that a worse state of things
than before has ben established, because the people of
the country will be under the pressure of a military
power which they cannot resist, and under an, irre-
sponsible Government, which will not fail to take ad-
♦antage of it to further its own purposes. The non-
interference doctrine in this case seems to have been
too far stretched ; and I confess I looked for a better
arrangement, ensuring for the future the well-being
and safety of this large territory, at the hands of the
Governor-General. He may be obliged to alter his
policy in future, and while the ball was at his foot he
should not have allowed the opportunity to pass of
turning it into another and better channel than here-
tofore.

By the events at Gwalior all apprehensions for the
peace of Central India are at an end ; and the Bun-
delkund Rajahs having now no force like that at
Gwalior to back them, will be more circumspect in
future. Lord Ellenborough's police force there is
still deemed insufficient for the purpose of keeping
the country quiet, and a new provincial battalion, 800
strong, has been directed to be raised forthwith.
Whether by this it is intended to reduce the regular
force or not, I know not; or it may be that the police
force is not sufficient, and that a body independent of
the regular military power is required. Yet there
are strong reports that Dhuttea and several other
small principalities are to be brought to a severe ac-
count for their restless intrigues ; and I should be
right glad to see it was the case.
At Lahore matters are quiet. It is supposed, not
without reason, that an active correspondence existed
between the Gwalior Durbar and this ; and that, if
our arms had not been as decisively victorious as
they have been, advantage would have been taken of
the opportunity by the large Sikh force now on the
Sutlej. Colonel Sleeman may ferret out the truth at
Gwalior—if, indeed, it be not already in the Gover-
nor-General's possession ; and if hostile thoughts have
been entertained, will a remonstrance be made,
and reparation or apology demanded? 1 do
not think so at present. We are watching the
Sikhs, and they us. We have a large body of
troops in an advanced position, so have
they. A river only divides them, and any cause,
however slight, may bring on a collision; it may not
be immediate; but though our troops are restrained.
by discipline, theirs are not, and any d.ru.nken,
or overweening leader may, by a.trifling act, bring
on hostilities, which can only end in. a general. war—
one which in his present flush of victory might. not
be declined by Lord Ellenborough. It is providen-
tial that the Gwalior affair was settled as speedily as it
was: all the disposable cavalry almost were at Gwa-
lior ; and, as it has been remarked, 20,000 Sikh horse
might have crossed the Sutlej, and committed vast
devastation before they could have been checked.
'lt becomes more and more strongly reported that
'kern
Singh intends to abandon his position at La-
hore, as soon as he has made a handsome provision
for himselfin his estates in the hills. Treasure

to a very large amount, and strings of elephants,
laden with jewels and other valuables, are being con-
stantly dispatched from Lahore to Jumboo ; and,
with what Raja Golab Singh helped himself to,
the Treasury must be pretty well cleaned out.
Heera Singh contrives to hold his own wonderfully
well, all things considered; and though the mem-
bers of the army seem to do pretty much ,as they
please, yet he has strength enough to lay heavy
mulcts upon persons of condition, which he could
hardly do without support. There are one or two
small rebellions going on, and disaffection is very
general ; but the consequences will not appear yet—
perhaps not till next year. It is a marvel to me that
the Aff!hans have not taken advantage of some
mutinies among the Sikh troops at Peshawur, to
attack that district, which Heera Singh could hardly
defend. I conclude, therefore, that the assemblage of
men for the winter was impossible. Akbar Khan
had, however, arrived at Jellalabad, and was supposed
to 'be endeavouring to get up a crusade against the
infidels. The spring may disclose his intentions
more fully.

LORD ABINGER.—We regret to state that the ac-
counts received at his Lordship's residence in Spring-
gardens, from Bury St. Edmund's, continue unsatisfac-
tory. Letters, which came to hand yesterday, stated
that his Lordship had not rallied any, and continued
much the same as when the last accounts left. Mr.
Bransby Cooper remained in attendance on his Lordship.
The inquires of the nobility and gentry at his Lordship's
were exceedingly numerous yesterday.
GOOD FRIDAY AT HAMPSTEAD.—In the archives
of the register of this parish there is a singular bequest of
100 loaves, to be distributed every Good Friday. The tes-
tatrix was a lady who contracted a fatal disease, which was
suppoeed to originate from her fasting too long on Good
Friday.

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Will be performed the (lees
indeed from bewailing the transportation of Messrs.
Cl.Duprez ; Gestiler. Mr. G. Horncastie; vtilham Tell, Mr. I PEEL and GRAHAM as a y
itret on ; Lutero, Menlo. Albertazt ; Matilda, Miss Romer;
Martha, Miss Letts
great discouragement" to the popular cause, our
To conclude with the revived Meiculrama of THE TALE OF
MYSTERY. Count 3onamo, Mr. &Inv ; Cot:nt Romaldi, Mrconscientious opinion is, that the people
,firm and
;doper; Michell'. Mr. harlcy, Selina, l'rs Stirling. I would receive the tidings of such an event with the
i); C 53 Boxes is., Second Plic‘. 3s. tin. • L ',pet CA CM'S a Coxes 5.4.- I
5-con ; d Price ..s. Pit ::s , Second P: '
ice ;:a.; Md le (labety xs., i liveliest feelings of satisfaction. The manufacturing
5 cand Price 14.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price &I. _ 1 districts would of course illuminate ; the agricul-
turists, with the Duke of RICHMOND at their head,
would be anything but broken-hearted; the Opposi-
tion would regard the circumstance as a signal dis-
pensation of. Providence in their behalf; and the
wailing and gnashing of teeth would be confined ex-
clusively to the white-waistcoated Treasury Benches.
It is a delightful picture to contemplate, and the
patriotic imagination lingers on it with fondness—the
spectacle of Messrs. PEEL and GRAHAM tending sheep,
with their hair cropped, on the vast pastures of Au stral ia,
fixing on each other looks of grim despondency, and
mutually confessing that the only chance of freedom
left them, consists in their taking to the woods and
becoming bush-rangers ! We fear, however, that the
present age is not destined to witness:the renegarle
Whig and the author of the income-tax figuring in
this interesting situation. They have yet much mis-
chief to do ere their public career be closed, and the
only transportation we can venture to anticipate for
them is a transportation from the Treasury Bench to
the Opposition side of the House !

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mq. BENJAMIN WEBSTF.K, LF.SSEE.
heturn of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews.
ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8,
Twill b.. performed a New Conic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus
Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle Ja.iics Bland; Mary, Miss Julia
Bennett; Lady Ciutterbues
,Mr's Hamby.
After which, a New Comic Drama. entitled GRIST TO THE
MILL. Marqui- sie Kicheviile, Mr. I:Ludes Mathews; Francine,
Madame VestriA.
To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, anti Local Extra-
rapra fountird on Fact, entitled rHE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
1 i Even mg with Putt: Principal C!:aracters by Mr. C. Mat, ews,
Mr. J. Li.nJ, Mr. CaWDed, Nrs. GLiver, Miss P. Horto and
Miss Lee.
To conclude with the ExtraortYnary Performances of Processor
RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed "Le Petit Mercure."
orchestra Stalls, ; Boxes, ; Pit, 5. ; Gallery, •s.; Upper
tiarery, Ir, 'laic-price -Boxes, ; Pit, is.; Gallery, Is ; Upper
naliery. 6.1. Doors °penes at Hail:past aiix, and the Performances
commerce at Seven
'rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box-
lice, from Ten till Five.

THEA FRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LASE ENGLiSH OPERA-
EOM.
Under the Management of Mrs. KEEI.EY.
The Pubic is rest ectiolly informed that this Iheatte WILL OPEN
on EASTER MONDAY, April 3, with an = d rtss by Mrs. Keeley.
Alter which, be pre lured a New Cornedietta, in Two
entit:ed HASP( CONCLCSIO• S. I tncipal Chatactets by Me;srs. I
Diddear, F Mathews, F. Vining. Emmy, and Miss Fairbrother, and
Mrs. Keeley.
'Fo be folt.'wed by a Ne‘v Drama, its One Act., called THE POST
OF HuNitU R. Charaaers by it s. Keeley, Turner, Moloch,
J. Col cr, Sidon», Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the heatre Royal,
Adeh,lii, her .first appearance at this 1 heatre), and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely new Grand Bade qua r airy Extra.
vaganza, called OPEV SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. t ha.
ractets by Miss W001g,..r, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs..Woollidge,
Turner, Mi,s Grove, Mfs. 11igtn, Miss Jurors, Miss Pairbrother,
and M-s. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathza ner, lounge, NV isan,
Yarhold. and Chaplin.
PRICEi OP A DMI.SSION.—First Price---oxes, 45.; Upper
Poxes, 2s. ; I'it, €a. ; Gallery, SE..ceill Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.;
Upper Boxes, Is kJ.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony i ier
((holding eight person.),- iWJ iwineas Prira a Poxes on the Second
Der (hoc lug eight peiro..s), t ne Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the P.t t ier (holding six pr,onsl' One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Transferrable k ree Tickets (for the fir,t torty nights', 1 h ree Guineas
Doors open at Half.paet six. Performances begins ;A even o'Clock•

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
EASTER MONDAY, Avail. 8.
Toe RE.OPENI Nl+ of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI.
THEATRE of ARTS (under ihe inanagefnea and sole proprietor.
snip ~t Mr. BA rri). was. its Treble Rotation of Equestrisn
and Dram itic Spectscles, and u :equalled Scenes of the Circle, and
Ritty's Mw.ehlebs Stud of beautinal Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c.
Mr. Batty, in announcing the Rc-opening nt Ast:ey's for tl,e se.
cond season of his management, nevi respectfully to .cquaint the
Nikility, Gentry, and public that, enecuraged by the flattering
success during the past year, and in ,ding the 1 heitre not suffi-
ciently commodious for its PUM:sIO4I3 p t ons, he entered into an
extensive arrangement v;,th Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi—
nent build:l.s of Lambeth, for the re.cons• meting on a magnificent
and novel praiciple, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has been rebuilt, dress boxes entarge,, upper boxes wEened,
and it and g,lieries ext naively improved Fourteen glass metres
are addcd, a ti a Grecian dome ceding, with er tirely new sp eM'id
classic decorations, and gcoTof:ci,,s appp.antments, which, with the
first-ra.e tal,nt to he tdr,rekl, tic presn.nes cannot tail of obtaining
that support so literally bestowed on his endeavours during the
lot seas- in. The grand Raster national Spe:tacle will combine al• the
splen histor:cd efftcts of the Nie wan Conquest of Engl
produced by Mr. W. D. BroarlfJot. The Cirque thyropiqi.e will in.
troducc un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou le company corn-
wise Wen_ of the highest older.
The die r will open nighty at six o'clock, and the performances
eminence at s ven. Box-oltice will be opened on Saturday, April
and contnve so rialy front tea till fo.,r- 'Die private boxes have
teen reconstructed and decorated with care ,nd splendour.
Acting and stagennanager, Mr. W. D. Rroadfoot.

The usual fortune of Sir ROBERT PEEL to reap
‘vliere others have sown, the " sic vos non vobis" fata-
lity which hands over to him the realised results of a
policy that, while in progress, he has denounced, op-
posed, contended against, and done his utmost to
obstruct,—are exemplified in the revenue returns for
the year and quarter ended yesterday. They exhibit
upon the enormous aggregate revenue of 50,396,9771.
the proportionably enormous increase, over the aggre-
gate of the year ended sth April, 1843, of 4,318,1671.
The comparison of this quarter with the correspond-
ing quarter of the year 1843, gives, not indeed a
similar ratio of improvement, but a total increase of
325,034/., being the difference between 10,469,4771.

and 10,794,511/. Now, if we analyse the returns, so

aA to assign the particular items on which this excess
of productiveness has been developed, we shall find
that (setting aside the " property-tax," which is an
integer in the account .s-ti gerieris, and not influenced
by causes that inevitdoly affect the. other sources of
revenue,) we shall find that the two heads of largest
increase are precisely those which received the most
incessant care and attention of Sir ROBERT'S prede-
cessors in office. They applied to them, to the utmost
of their ability, those free trade principles which Sir
ItonEar strenuously combated whilst in opposition,

en masse ; but furtively adopts, piecemeal, (that he
May not too abruptly shock the prejudices of his col-
leagues,) n3w that he is in office. It appears that the
increase on the present over the last financial year
(respectively ended sth April) has been—on the re-
ceipt of Customs 658,3351.; ditto Excise, 474,607/.
Nov, what the admirable llbours of Mr. LABOUCISERE

and Mr. BARING, in the consolidation and reduction of

Customs' duties, were not permitted to accomplish,

the luck of the Premier has, from time to time, suc-

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Inurtmoatraill, Lowest, 41; Hnedest, 64; Noon, 56,
BAROMETER, 29.95 S,W.

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reezing point, and 53 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29..

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cessfully pushed forward into practical working.
Opposed, if we my credit his speeches in opposition,
to the principles of free trade, he consistently enough
declaimed against the preliminary of extensive modie
fications of existing duties. In office he has, almost
in silence, but by little and little, given to those prin-
ciples efficiency and practical application. But for
treading in the steps, therefore, which Lord Men-
nseateE's Government were displaced for venturing
to tread. Sir ROBERT would have had as indifferent
an account to show of receipts from Customs as those
who went before him, so long as these were
not allowed to carry out the suggestions on
which the Premier and his Government have since
successfully acted, albeit in the teeth of their own
avowed convictions or prepossessions of past years.
The improvement in the product of the Excise is
attributable to another cause ; but here, too, the result
is one that comes, as in the other instance, in aid of
the Premier's finencial receipts, whilst it supplies the
most striking argument against the law he so per-
versely upholds. During the last administration cf
the Whigs it was their misfortune to have high corn-
prices ; say, far an average, about 70s. the quarter for
wheat. The impolicy of the statutable prohibitions
virtually operating to exclude cheap corn from the
market, they never ceased to deprecate; but they
never could succeed in carrying a majority of Pirlia-
meat with them to repeal such impolitic laws. In-
deed, to say the truth, they were at time seriously di-
vided upon the question among themselves. Some of
their more distinguished leaders were avowedly inimi-
cal to all propositions for disturbing the insufferable
monopoly Which the class legislatien of the landed
proprietors gives to the landlords of the supply of
bread for the community. The consequence was that,
with lowered wages, this artificially sustained high
price of bread became not only a cruel but a destruc-
tive burthen on the labouring poor and bread-con-
suming artisan. They went on, month after month,
year after rear from bad to worse. Pauperism in-
creased, with frightful rapidity, on all hands.. Simul-
taneous with that increase was a fearful diminution
in the demand for labour. The very sufferers, by
overtaxed bread comprise the great mass of the con-
sumers of Excise-charged articles of consumption,
as tea, coffee, &c. The natural and necessary con-
sequence f.llossed. The revenue of Excise deterio-
rated in a corresponding ratio, quarter after quarter.
But what has been the price of corn, since PEEL and
his colleagues displaced Lord JOHN Russenn and
Lord IthenoußNE? Corn has on an average been at
about 50., per quarter. The demand for labour,
though still very disproportioned to the supply, has
very considerably increased, indeed, during the same
period. The influence of these two facts is mani-
fested in the growing increase of the Excise. The
labouring artisan i again able, thanks to the lowered
price of bread, to spare a fractional portion of his
wages, as formerly, in the purchase of those ex•
ciseable commodities which, if not absolute necessaries
of 'He, are indispensable to his own comfort and
that of his family. The numbers of such consumers
in the aggregate more than countervail the small-
ness of each individual's expenditure ; and thus the
difference between years of high-priced corn and
years of low, or at least cheaper priced corn, ma-
nifeste itself in the income of the Excise revenue.
If Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Conservative land-
lords, supporters of his Government, were men of
political (we had almost said—moral) consistency,
we might expect that considerations of this kind
would suffice at once to determine their policy with
regard to a corn-law. They would have before them
such irresistible evidence to the national prejudice, GS
well as the political weakness and immorality of such
a tax, that we might look for its immediate and indig-
nant repeal. But, unhappily, we have no such ex-
pectations—we indulge in no such hopes ! With
Sir ROBERT especially, the principle of ex-
upon patronage,
andna pediency—the contrivances, alliances, adjustments
of
—theprivate hold interests
pg e
, and conflicatlilngother official
considera-
tions connected with his own maintenance of place
and power—these outweigh, we verily believe, all the
err of famished hundreds of thousands of our labour.
ing poor for cheap bread, as well as all the mur-
murs of scores of thousands, in other classes, of
moderate incomes, against the cruel and intolerable
addition to the burden already imposed upon them
by assessed and other taxes, poor-rates, and of a
property-tax which has, this last financial year,
yielded no less than 5,356,887/. ; being an increase
on the product of this impost last year, of 2,900,5991.
Altogether, the Premier's " financial fortune" is really
remarkable ; but that the public should tolerate this
last gigantic robbery of capital and income--this
clumsy device for making good the defective working
of his scheme of domestic and financial administra•
ion, is infinitely mor
' surprising.

One of the moat affecting cases of suffering and
destitution we ever remember to have read of, was
made known on Thursday at an inquest held by Mr.
WAKLEY, on the body of WILLLAM Lisowx, aged one